Eagle Byzantium

Soon, arrows continued to be shot from the shrubs under the tomb of Saint Basil, forming a cross-shaped "net of arrow clusters", trapping everyone in the middle. Then, soldiers armed with spears and swords, wearing scarlet clothes and Turkic-style armor rushed out from the bushes, shouting, "We are the royal guards of the noble Roman emperor, and we have come to kill the rebellious thief Stephen." .Gawain!”

Sabina panted, constantly dodging the arrows shot from the left and right, and neighing, probably to remind her master to lower her body. Gawain also very smartly turned the horse's head and ran back. The soldiers who were ambushing on both sides, One side was on the high embankment, the other side was among the shrubs, shouting that they were the Roman army, and the other shouting that they were the emperor's praetorian guards.

"What nonsense are you talking about, bastard!" Diognis roared among the arrow feathers, pointing at the group of "Emperor's Guards" who came out with crossbows, "How could His Majesty's Guards have such a weapon? "As soon as he finished speaking, the guard's horse was hit by a featherless crossbow arrow on its neck, and it stood up. Screaming and falling down, Diognis, an old soldier, rolled on the ground a few times, then pulled out the crossbow arrow from the dead horse's neck, dragged the flail, and ran to Brennu, who was spinning in fright on the spot. Next to Si, "Crack the whip and stand back, Your Excellency Penipasibastos!"

At this moment, arrows continued to pass along the wind, snow and the remaining sunlight. Gawain and Brenus' subordinates all turned around on their horses, hastily abandoning formation and order, stepping on the mud and shallow water, Red and yellow droplets are flying, trying to escape from here. However, the horses' hooves of the Cuman cavalry escorting Brenus kept sinking in, and they were hit by arrows on the back one by one. They fell to death. The situation was extremely critical.

As for Gawain's cavalry, they quickly jumped out of their predicament in the low-lying areas as if they were treading on flat ground. Among them, the Grand Duke was the first to rush out, and then he saw a melee behind him. Most of Brenus and others' mounts were shot and wounded, while the ambush soldiers on both sides, all armed with weapons, iron nets and hooks, rushed over to attack them. Hunt this guy. He shouted to Bramson next to him, "Go and call for reinforcements." Then he said to Mello and Andreev, "You and others are here to monitor the battle formation and guard against the enemy's back-up." Then he shouted Take Muzaffy Adin and Birel and rush back with him to rescue Lord Penipace Bastos. "There is nothing we can do but rely on us."

Of course, the rope in Gawain's hand also held the handcuffs of the second glorious man of the empire, Isaac Sebastian Krat Komnenos, who was frightened and turned pale. Gawain pulled, feeling very lucky to have escaped the sudden killing array. But in the blink of an eye, the horse neighed - Isaac jolted suddenly on the horse's back, his cloak fell, his hands were held by Gawain again, and he rode the galloping horse. Returned to the lowlands.

"Grand Duke, what are you doing!" Isaac shouted in horror as the whistling wind and the sound of arrows piercing the air filled his ears.

"This is the most glorious Sebastocrat in the entire empire. If you want to shoot him to death, the emperor's soldiers, just come towards me, Gawain!" Gawain possessed him. Shouting these words, Isaac held a shield in one hand and led the horse behind him with a rope in the other. He broke into the low-lying land again and ran towards the "Forbidden Soldiers Team" coming from the bushes.

But the forbidden soldiers seemed not to understand at all. They all raised their crossbows and fired at Isaac.

The "ambushers" on the high embankment over there also turned a deaf ear and continued to draw their bows and arrows, cursing loudly and shooting intensively at Gawain's returning men and horses.

As a result, several heavily armored warriors from Gawain's guard took the opportunity to penetrate under the embankment while holding up their shields. They took the opportunity to climb up the embankment and attack with their spears and battle axes. They chopped down and killed several "ambushers" one after another. , the rest wailed and rolled down the high embankment. Some fled into the deep grass and snow, and some fell into the moat and drowned.

When the "forbidden soldiers" who fought out from the bushes saw Gawain's cavalry attacking from several directions, they all rolled around, shouldered their crossbows and shields, and headed towards the valley of the royal tomb. They ran away, but the last two who were walking slowly were killed by Muzafi'adin, who was on horseback and pursued with a bow and arrow and a saber, but could not trap the survivors. Subsequently, the two corpses of the "forbidden soldiers" and the corpses of several "ambushers on the embankment" were dragged in front of Gawain and Breanus.

"Without the scarlet robes given by the emperor, and without tattoos or bronze medals, these are not Tecobo people at all." Diognis and Titicius knelt in front of the body of the "Temporary Soldier" and said, then Diogenes Gurness also pulled off an iron pendant from one of them's neck, "It's a Catholic cross with Latin characters on it."

Over there, Muzafi'adin and Birel were also examining the body. After peeling off the outer leather armor, they also saw ornaments engraved with Latin characters.

Then, Isaac, who had disheveled hair, was stunned for a moment. Not only him, but everyone present was stunned.

Suddenly, there was a soft "buzz" sound, and the blade of the phosphorus fire sword was unknowingly placed on Brenus' neck. "Don't move," was Gawain's calm and threatening voice, so Brenus immediately Too frightened to move.

Then Muzafiadin also jumped up, jumped behind Isaac, quickly pulled out the Turkic scimitars and axes from left and right, and clamped them on Sebastokrat's neck. At this moment, the guard saw this man and exclaimed - it turned out that the emperor's younger brother was also in the opponent's hands.

"Gawain, what are you doing!" Diognis stood up and held the flail, but Birel quickly stepped forward and blocked his flail with the iron pole, "Don't approach the priest indiscriminately. "There was a sound of metal heads rubbing against each other, a clanking sound - so the guard shook his flail and was forced to step back two steps. Step forward, but still angrily, "The situation is now clear. It is the Normans who pretended to be His Majesty's Archer Guards to ambush you and tried to blame the Brachna Palace." Then Diognis raised the A crossbow arrow that killed his horse, "This form of weapon was not owned by the Roman army at all."

"Do you think I'm a child? Diognis." Gawain ignored the rhetoric at all. He hid his head behind Brenus, carefully avoiding the rays of the Cuman cavalry over there, "Then you How to explain, these pretenders Who sent them to ambush me on the high embankment? To put it bluntly, Emperor Komnenos and the Norman gangsters are not good people. They both hope to kill me and frame me. The other side, both sides are equally despicable.”

"Calm down, Gawain..." Sweat dripped from Diognis's forehead, "You should know that this matter has absolutely nothing to do with Lord Breanus."

"It has nothing to do with me. I have always been in the Dalian team camp." Over there, Isaac also explained with a cry. (To be continued ~^~)

PS: Thanks to my classmate Panda Lao from Sichuan Laobaozi for the tip. I feel like the post forums for this book are all full of panda people, and many of my book friends are panda people. Also, Sura's first round of pan-fried fish was already salty. Essex and Lion Feather were not seen, but there was Lafite, Peanutton, and Yin Emperor. Then a dozen Persian cats. The resources have bottomed out, and I am saving for another wave to try again before the end of Shengjian.