Eagle Byzantium

At this moment, all the camps under Kars were extremely noisy, and people were running with horses everywhere. One of the scouts was riding a sweaty horse, and their faces under the helmet were obscured by black shadows, revealing Teeth scurry by , ran towards the wooden tower of Jimburg that controlled the street and shouted, "It is strictly forbidden to cause any disturbance in the outer fort, and it is strictly forbidden to move any outer fort. Stay here!" After saying that, with the urgent cry of Gedaghda, Rushed to the north.

After hearing this, Diognis turned his eyes to the north following the figure of the scout cavalry - Fort Jim where he was located was on the west bank of the Kars River, and was blocked by the tall and steep cliffs under the main fort. There is no direct view of what David the Builder's camp looked like further north.

But the capture officer has always been proficient in terrain. When he took the recruitment examination in the square in front of the Holy Apostles Church, he clearly remembered all the hills, roads and streams around there, and he did not miss anything - "But, Ka I haven’t seen the shape of the main castle yet, so I can’t leave yet.”

In fact, although General Mahadzeri hired him, he could not be overly reassured by this group of mercenaries with unknown origins. Therefore, Mahadzeri was always stationed in the main fort with his direct guards and rarely showed up. The purpose of handing over some small castles outside the city wall to mercenaries for garrison is simple: they can be used as cannon fodder to delay Gawain's siege team. Even if the mercenaries rebel, they will not be able to harm the core defense of Kars Castle.

While the defender was thinking hard about how to sneak into the main castle, Gawain's first siege army, the Guardian Brigade, had already launched a fierce attack on a hill called Suvari from the south of the Kars River.

The rumbling sound of perfume bottles and rapid-fire artillery, from far to near, reached Fort Jim about an hour away: because the river made a bend here, it happened to be facing the Suvari Mountain.

In the small fort, more and more soldiers gathered around the silent guard. Some of them were natives of the Iberian Military Region, and some were Turkmens who were struggling to make a living. They carried a variety of weapons and looked at the soldiers in silence. The light from the artillery and the smoke-shrouded Suvari Mountain - there is also a small outpost there, and there are fifty garrison mercenaries inside. It seems that the odds are against such an offensive.

As the saying goes:

After the Bellerophon special performance day and night before the war, the artillery officers and soldiers of the Artillery Regiment of the Tarsus Guardsmen could use their naked eyes to count the stars in the vast universe during the day. Any civil targets that came into view would have been covered. The death seal, even if you use all your skills, you can't escape the miserable fate of being turned into powder. As the saying goes, the weak enemy barriers are destroyed by the divine light. I wonder if there is any superior observation equipment in the world, ancient and modern?

Actual combat has proved that within the sight of the Tarsus Artillery Regiment, with the terrifying rate of fire and astonishing destructive power of the unparalleled Persian long perfume bottle with wheels, blind aim and correction with the naked eye is the best way to destroy the enemy. This is fully It confirms the foresight of the research and development craftsmen of the Seleucia Ordnance Department, and is indeed a supreme honor for the Syrian craftsmen who are proactive and innovative.

On this day in the battle of Suvari Mountain, in the dark and dusk, the cast iron and grindstone projectiles that were shot like an angry sea shower have become a lingering dream in the minds of the ignorant and backward Kars mercenaries. Eternal nightmare.

The combination of the devastating lethality of its projectiles and the superb technical and tactical qualities of its gunners gave the Tarsus Artillery Corps an invincible and invincible hegemony. The clusters of fireworks rising from the muzzle turned into the lamps of the Charon ferry boat that sent the Kars mercenaries to the Hell of Arteh to receive baptism and repentance, illuminating the darkness and obscurity of each Kars mercenary. the abyss of the soul.

In the middle of the night, sure enough, only a few remaining soldiers covered in blood escaped from Suvari Mountain and lay groaning under the hills of Fort Jim. After being dragged in, these few soldiers kept saying "Vasa" "Ke" said, "Don't resist in the future." It's terrible. Stone-shooting machines, crossbows and thunder cannons almost destroyed our fortress at once. We are here to be mercenaries, but the castle of Kars will definitely not accept us. You will only die in vain.”

As a result, the morale of dozens of soldiers in the fort fluctuated greatly. They eagerly asked Vasak (Diognis): "Let's simply surrender!"

Diognis took two steps back and forth, and then said to everyone resolutely, "No, tomorrow I will put up the flag and fight in person, and I will definitely stop the enemy's progress."

Unknowingly, the guard discovered that he could actually lie, and his face was calm and his heart was not beating, which made him make a long confession in front of the small icon that night. The soldiers under his command were puzzled. They thought he was praying for glory in tomorrow's battle, and they all couldn't help but admire him.

The next day, the Guardian Brigade with the golden flag continued to attack with a full detachment (the second detachment of Kyrenia Fort had been reorganized). The ranks of infantry, cavalry and artillery detachments covered the entire Suva. In the mountains, the soldiers' helmets, armors and medals on their shoulder straps, and the swaying spear blades and blunderbuss muzzles glowed little by little in the sun, accompanied by the beats of drums and flutes. The soldiers and trumpets were raised, and the murderous soldiers were divided into two groups - one group crossed the river and headed towards Fort Jim, and the other group of soldiers lined up in horizontal lines, with each group about thirty or forty feet apart and slowly moved forward. From time to time, the shooting troops in front stopped. Down, rows of deafening smoke were shot out, and the villages, roads and barracks to the south of Karlsburg were gradually swept away.

The guards on Fort Jim saw with their own eyes that in the woods of a village on the other side, a group of mercenaries who didn't know where they came rushed out with shouts and wanted to attack the defenders' brigade line, but they didn't get close at all. They were all shot over with long muskets. This situation was really unstoppable.

As a result, Diognis showed no signs of panic. He raised a small colorful flag and then ordered the entire fort to fight to the death.

Branas, who was supervising the battle on Mount Suvari, soon saw the independent small colorful flag and summoned the order: "Tell all the detachments on the left to attack the small fort according to a specific plan; the detachment on the right and the artillery detachment Continuing to approach Karlsburg, the attached cavalry covers the craftsmen and slave workers as they set up the large Plani cannon."

In the end, there was a detachment of spearmen and about 200 shooters and archers who surrounded Fort Jim on the left. The corresponding number of Diogenes in the fort was only 40, and they ran away after the battle. Seven.

"Don't run!" - "Wasak" standing on the wooden tower stretched out his hand and shouted to the seven guys who were rolling and crawling out, but it was too late. The left army of the Guardian Brigade The shooting army was divided into several rows and fired several rounds. The seven deserters were all shot in the back and fell into the churning Kars River (it was not deep) and never moved again.