Eagle Byzantium

The river mouth fortress is located four Roman miles northwest of the city of Antioch, just at the intersection of the Orontes and Falfa rivers, and the latter cuts the city of Antioch into two parts: the small triangular West City, and The huge east city. Today's West City has lost its surrounding city walls and towers due to the shrinkage of the city, but inside it is a desolate jungle land with no comparable buildings and chambers of commerce. From the west of the city to the prosperous East City built on the mountains, one must start from The bridge passes because there is a rushing river in between.

The powerful armed force of Achish Xiyang is stationed in the East City. Especially on the edge of the East City and among the high mountains, there is a particularly strong city wall called "Celebirus" that surrounds the core acropolis fortress with an altitude of up to three meters. 100 meters, and this place is also the fortress that Ajih personally defended. The four huge towers around its acropolis were handed over to his four closest emirs.

Now, these four emirs, together with tens of thousands of cavalry, are guarding the river mouth fortress, facing the pilgrim camp far away. If you want to approach Antioch and implement a siege plan, you must capture this river mouth.

Because this river mouth controls the only huge stone bridge on the Orontes River, it is for this reason that the river mouth fortress is not built in a rectangular shape like the plain area, but is sandwiched between the two ends of the bridge. There are two towering towers on the side, and their multi-story buildings can be equipped with densely packed archers and ballistas, each with a hundred elite Turkic soldiers, most of whom are garrisoned in Ghazi with noble titles.

On the plains at the passage in front of the bridge, Adsonius, the head of the four emirs, personally led two thousand Saracen spearmen to set up defense. These soldiers were all members of the Futois guild in the city. They were very Wealthy and fanatical, he wears fine and lightweight armor and holds a sharp spear.

Then, on the side of the Orontes River, on the hill called "Rose Ridge" opposite the fortress, one of the four emirs, Kupa Suixin, led 3,000 light-armed soldiers and 400 The cavalry is here in strict formation, echoing the fortress from a distance, forming a cornering force.

On the other side of the bridge, Rosellon and Kaziknuz supervised the remaining infantry and the 700-meter elite assault cavalry in formation, ready to respond at any time.

After the pilgrims completed their enthusiastic oaths and mass, all the lords jointly elected the distinguished Hugh as the commander-in-chief of the front line. Then, following the hunting ceremony of the Frankish nobles, Xio held a sharp knife and sat in front of the huge dinner plate brought by the servant. Inside was a bloody piece of venison.

"Sir Raymond, and the Grand Duke of Gawain Empire, command their respective cavalry to capture Rose Ridge." After saying that, Xiu cut off the meat at the antlers and handed it to the two of them.

"Bohemond, Tancred, Robert Curtis, Robert the Second of Flanders, Lord Stephen of Blois, gather all your main forces and attack the main pagan force at the bridge head from the front." Arrangement. After that, Xio cut off the deer's front legs, separated them and handed them over to the hands of the lords.

"Your Excellency Ademar and Lord Baldwin, organize the manpower to serve as the second front and be responsible for supporting the battle at any time." Xio cut off the hind legs of the deer to the two of them.

"Finally, I myself led the troops directly under the royal family to roam around the north area of ​​the Orontes River, ready to reinforce all parties. Lord Godfrey, who is in Cilicia, has also sent a messenger to invite His Majesty the Emperor. Tatisius, the steward, has come to support us."

Then, the soldiers followed the noble Hugh's arrangement, stood under the banner of clouds and clouds, wore chainmail, held weapons in hand, and began preparations for the war. In the midst of the smoke and dust, Gawain, with red hand feathers on his head, rode Quicksilver, surrounded by detachments holding huge infantry spears. Then he saw Tancred standing at the head of the formation, organizing Norman and Armenian cavalry to attack The moment is coming, launch an assault.

At the same time, they saw Gawain, the Parkards, his son, and Brad's subordinates behind Tancred all opened their eyes with anger, drew their swords and rushed towards them. On the other hand, Osdu stood far away. He keenly felt that there was something approaching in front of him. The tall general sitting on the silver horse is not an easy warrior.

Next to Gawain, the generals and guards such as Diem, Muzaffy-Addin, and Bramson, either armed with crossbows or swords, came towards him.

"Mello, Birel, the Red Hand Brigade is entrusted to you. Arrange the formation on the left and right of Sir Ademar. Immediately after Bohemond's first formation was defeated, he immediately used infantry spears to defeat the blocking enemy in a relay. "Gawain pulled out the horse-headed scepter and deployed it very solemnly, "The rest of the Genat cavalry and the cavalry company directly under me will follow me to fight against Rose Ridge."

The Normans and Armenians immediately shouted angrily, but Tancred calmed down and said, "Let the Grand Duke go as he pleases. We have no reason to compete with him here."

"You are more mature, boy." Gawain pulled the reins.

"Sooner or later, you and your city of Seleucia will be wiped out. In the future, it will be you, Gawain, who is alone and helpless. Don't think that you will be safe if you mix with the people in Lower Lorraine." Tancred replied, and then he also stepped on He got off his horse and took off his mask.

"Long live Saint Gilles!" This slogan was what Raymond usually liked to shout to encourage others before charging into battle, so he was very proficient in it. Along with this shout, countless elite Provencal soldiers, holding shields and spears, lined up against the hills of Rose Ridge and attacked continuously. Many of Raymond's soldiers were veterans who had fought against pagans in the Spanish mountains before. Their fighting style did not change even when they arrived here: they liked to wrap Saracen-style patterned cloaks on their armor, and many of them used the same sharp scimitars and short swords as the pagans, holding small round shields, braving the locust-like arrows, and walking like flying on the rugged mountain road in twos and threes, and rushed up like this.

Raymond also drove his mount, wielding his sword bravely in the front line, while Gawain immediately stood behind the battle flag, observing the entire battle formation: the front line was commanded by the Ginat noble Monomachus and the two Calegos brothers (the two youngest), and their front-line forces were mainly Ginat soldiers, all deployed on both sides, constantly shooting arrows upward to cover Raymond's desperate charge.

Kupasuksin on Rose Ridge changed the previous fighting style of the Turkic soldiers. He dug the mountain roads at both ends of the position with shovels, cut trees to block them, and arranged archers to cross-shoot arrows from behind. On the flat and gentle slope in front, he ordered the main force to rush forward, all holding shields and overlapping, kneeling or standing, and the elite cavalry behind dismounted to serve as the second-line support. The battle formation was strict, quite a bit like the legacy of the Roman Empire army.

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"These Crescent Moon followers are learning warfare very quickly. It's no longer a light cavalry battle." Gawain held the scepter, thinking. (To be continued ~^~.)