Eagle Byzantium

"Phiteas!" Gawain also shouted, but the Turkish cavalryman opposite him put the second arrow on his bow again. Perhaps he "liked" Gawain's eye-catching scarlet cloak too much, and wanted to pin this love on the arrowhead and fly over again.

Gawain could not dodge, because this was a strict requirement in the drill manual. All the heavy guards behind the shield wall had to rely on each other, stand like a wall, and advance like a wall.

"Swish", Gawain's ears were swept by a swift airflow, and then an arrow shot by his own side directly hit the forehead of the Turkish cavalryman who was still pulling the string, and the opponent fell to the ground from behind on his back.

This arrow was shot by Diogenes under the imperial flag, and then his technique was even more lightning-fast than the most skilled Turks, and he quickly shot the second arrow-the Turkish slave soldier holding the charging tooth flag in another place was shot in the ribs and rolled off the horse with the flag.

At this time, the Benevento light soldiers on both wings of the hillside array stood up from behind the shields in the front row, holding lever-type crossbows.

The crossbow was first discovered by the Roman Empire, but at this moment in Byzantium, the army and generals had forgotten this weapon. Even when George Paralogus brought the Italian veterans to the imperial capital, Emperor Alexius, who was reviewing, specifically asked what this "new weapon" was.

The crossbow arrows flying from both sides just instantly wove a deadly crossfire network, and the Turkish cavalry that followed fell dead on the spot. "Charge, charge!" Farof raised the red hand battle flag, and the entire guard moved with a roar, and then raised the battle axe and bravely advanced.

"Come!" Gawain gritted his teeth, threw down his battle axe, picked up the wounded and crying Fitias with one hand, then put his injured hand on his left shoulder, put his right hand around his waist, and ran forward with him. There was no other way - all the people and horses in front, behind, and on the left and right were following the flag. Fitias, who stayed in place, might be trampled to death by his own people. "Erickson, protect our flank."

"Okay!" Erickson was not vague, and he put on the fur as armor and rushed forward with his spear.

Musetto was stunned - the surging Varangian Guards charged unstoppable, and the Turkic horses that were shot down were chopped to pieces in an instant, and their bodies were trampled under the feet of the Emperor's Guards. The rest could only ride on horses and continue to swing maces and scimitars, but in the melee, they were far from being the opponents of the fierce warriors on foot.

Soon in the chaos, Gawain's small team also entangled a slave knight. The opponent was definitely the top warrior under Zahas. His scales were shining, his tassels were fluttering, and he held a three-and-a-half-foot-long hammer in his hand, which hit Gawain's raised shield hard. Under the extreme shock, Gawain's arm couldn't protect Fityas at all, and he could only throw the child aside.

Then the slave turned his horse's head and swung the hammer in his hand again, ready to smash Gawain's shield and flatten his head. The horse's hooves flew and neighed, forcing Fityas to turn pale and keep supporting himself with one hand and retreating backwards.

As a result, Ericson jumped over, and at the moment of Gawain's embarrassment, he swept the tail of his spear horizontally across the empty breastplate of the slave soldier with great force, and swept the slave soldier off the horse. Then Ericson skillfully shook his hand, stepped forward, switched from the tail of the spear to the tip of the spear, and stabbed it diagonally, piercing the slave soldier's unguarded throat. The guy groaned, and grabbed the spear shaft with both hands. He died in a second.

This made Gawain stunned. This red-haired little guy was really not to be judged by appearance. It seemed that he was born in a fighting race. Unlike Fitias, he was an "old soldier".

At this moment of shock, the Red Hand Guards had already pounced in front of the army of the Emir of Smyrna, and the personal soldiers of Musetto who were blocking in front were chopped down one after another. After a few sad horn sounds, Musetto led his slave guards and rode his steed without hesitation, running wildly in the direction of the valley.

Finally, George sent out his reserve troops - a small number of cavalry, all Turkmen under the command of Taitsius who came to help, as the final hammer to decide the outcome of the battle.

The cheers of the Byzantine army resounded through the meadow and the valley. Gawain looked down and saw that they had unknowingly seized the enemy's command position. The cannon fodder that Musetto had temporarily brought in was fleeing everywhere. This group of people was the most pitiful. The rest of the Turks rode away on horses. Whether they could survive depended on the mood of the winner.

"Please distinguish, don't kill my compatriots, they were all forced to go to the battlefield." In the end, it was George, the stablemaster, who issued such a generous order.

The Byzantine army won the first battle. Not only did they seize a meadow that was large enough to raise war horses and pack horses, but they also seized a large amount of supplies from Musetto, including many cattle, horses, mules, and vehicles. This boosted morale. Not only was Abydos consolidated, but they also had the capital to advance further into the interior.

"My hand is fine. The military doctor said that there was no injury to the bones." On the hillside, after bandaging his arm, Phythias said to Gawain, who was holding the black Sabina.

"Very good, we all have to be safe, every part of our body, until we recover Nicaea." Gawain said with relief, and then he looked at the endless green meadow below. Many military servants had already started carrying wood to build some temporary animal pens on it.

Looking at all this, Gawain suddenly thought of the small village where he and Peter had stayed before. Since Zahas' army invaded the western coast of Asia Minor, what is happening there now? Is it really like what Peter said? Like gravel in a vast ocean, it was submerged without a trace and completely destroyed?

Thinking of this, although Gawain was a man without scripture or faith, he still twisted the rosary that Peter gave him before leaving, and asked all the gods to protect the villagers there.

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That night, George and his chiefs of staff, after consulting Diogenes, immediately decided on the next step, "promote the recovery of Prusa, separate Zahas' army from his home base of Nicaea, and then Choose an opportunity to eliminate this group of Turkic bandits and eliminate a serious problem for His Majesty the Emperor. "

At this time, the sniffed cavalry general Titicius had a different opinion. He lowered his voice and asked the captain of the stables, "Your Excellency, the commander of the stables, is going on this expedition to defeat the Turks and revive the empire." , or is it to fulfill His Majesty’s important mission?”