Eagle Byzantium

In fact, even if Amasa wanted to wait for his master's army, it was impossible for the time being: Raymond, the Marquis of Provence, led 3,000 subordinates to defend the iron bridge fortress at the mouth of the river. The camps and armies of Massa, Ridwan and Kobuha were divided into three, like nails, firmly stuck in the center of the nearly 100,000 Turks.

Lord Raymond, who was not far from Gawain's camp, soared bravely. He left 400 people behind the twin towers at the end of the bridge. He also mobilized soldiers and some laborers. In addition to reinforcing the bridge fortifications, he also equipped with a large number of throwing missiles. Cupping jars were dug out at the bridge ends on both sides to prevent the Turkic ships from flowing down the river. They set up a simple attack camp without even a rammed-earth city gate - "I, we, just need to attack, that's it!" Raymond also kept his word. He had to turn the soldiers in turns and put on armor himself every day. He mounted his horse and led them to attack various Turkic camps, which shocked the enemies everywhere and made them panic all day long.

Yesterday, Robert of Flanders, who volunteered in the city, marched by land and water from the Porta Saint-Paul with eight hundred armored infantry and one hundred cavalry, and took up residence in Raymond's position.

Just after this, the army of Cobuha and Budakis, totaling 40,000 cavalry, swept towards this place from the mountains east of Antioch like a frenzy.

"What lord of Gaul is in front of you?" Cobuha asked, pointing to the towering Twin Towers of the Iron Bridge.

"His Royal Highness is the most ferocious and skilled one-eyed lord in Southern Gaul, Raymond is the fourth." Budakis reminded.

"It must be very difficult for our army to knock down those twin towers, right? But if we leave them alone, they can threaten to attack our camps and transportation from the mountain road or the waterway. Send an order to the whole army, the archers line up in front, and the infantry center, ride The soldiers followed the mountain roads on both sides to outflank them, and asked Ridwan over there to assist from the north!" After receiving the instructions, the messenger cavalry around Kobuha crossed the rugged mountains beside the river and headed towards Ridwan's camp ran.

In the long grass on the other side of the mountain, the Provence crossbowmen who had ambushed in advance stood up one after another. The teeth of the crossbow in their hands clicked loudly. Among the flying grass and wild flowers, several messenger cavalry who were caught off guard suddenly fell on their backs. The last surviving young soldier fell on his shot horse In front of him, he was captured by the sharp soldiers who rushed up to catch him alive. They hit him on the head with fists and sticks like raindrops, and then dragged a long blood trail on the grass until he was dragged to the door of Raymond's camp. On the hillside: I happened to meet the one-eyed lord who came out with forty knights and one hundred and twenty mounted sergeants.

When Raymond saw the captured messenger, he jumped off his horse. When everyone thought that the lord was going to question him, Raymond directly pulled out his sword and cut off the neck of the dying messenger. His head was bent and half hung on his shoulders. His kneeling body was swaying, and blood was spraying out like a fountain.

"What are you still questioning, Kobuha, I'm sure, I'm definitely getting closer - call Robert, guard, guard the iron bridge!" After saying that, Raymond got on his horse, kicked his mount with his spurs, and headed towards the hillside first. Galloping over there, the rest of the knights and sergeants screamed, and before the infantrymen who had left the camp had set up their positions, they followed Lord Raymond's battle flag like a storm.

On the cliff facing the mountains, the flags were fluttering in the wind. The soldiers were fully clothed, holding spears and swords. The Lord, covered with a chain turban, gasped and looked at the pagans filling the mountains and valleys below. The army, then a roar——Raymond pulled out the weapon he wore on his waist With a long sword, he turned to face his small but high-spirited cavalry battle line, and only shouted, "No, don't be a coward, do it!" Then he followed the sunshine in the rising sun and saw the mounts with fluttering manes and hissing voices. , and hundreds of comrades who lived and died together, galloped down the cliff.

Several groups of Turkic archers who were originally at the police post were so frightened when they saw this formation that they shot sparse arrows and fled towards their own large forces.

"Is this vicious dog Raymond Fourth? Maybe he will become a trouble and nightmare for our army." At this moment, Kobuha, who was commanding the formation on the hillside over there, looked at Lei Mongolia who was galloping and rushing in front of the soldiers in the front team. Lord Mondstadt was shocked...

Afterwards, they fought fiercely for almost a day and night, but Cobuha was unable to break through Raymond's defense: Lord Provence also imitated the tactics he had learned before. After the cavalry successfully attacked, he quickly retreated to the starting point, and the infantry occupied the road leading to the starting point. The key to the iron bridge The hill dug out the passage for the enemy to attack, and they constantly used crossbow fire and light infantry to block it. In addition, Lord Robert, from time to time, brought a small number of capable cavalry to attack on the flanks there. Kobuha's army was captured in front. Caught in the valley, it is impossible to use it. As for Ridwan over there, although Kobuha later urgently dispatched several groups of messengers, the news was all lost. A few mountains away, there was no reply, let alone a coordinated attack. .

Kobuha, who was so angry that he could only set up camp along the valley for the time being, prepared to adjust his deployment in the future, and then took Raymond's Iron Bridge Fortress to join forces with Amasa in the direction of Atta City.

But he also didn't know that Amasa's tens of thousands of cavalry and many siege equipment also launched a massive attack on Gawain's camp on this day.

Standing at the front of the formation was a trebuchet carefully made by a Persian craftsman. "Nail the rope!" When the officer gave this order, several craftsmen separated the two ends, passed the large iron spikes through the rope rings on both sides of the leather bag at the end of the trebuchet rod, inserted them into the ground, and then pounded them firmly with a sledgehammer. Then several tall and strong slaves grunted and placed the polished stone bullets in the middle of the leather bag and hung them in the air.

"Pull, cast!" The officer raised his scimitar and turned his head to chop down.

At the end of the trebuchet, five people tied a rope, seven in total, to the tip of the trebuchet pole, and shouted "Ahhhhh" together as they pulled in the opposite direction. Under such a huge force, the roller sandwiched between the wooden frames of the trebuchet made a violent and rapid rotation sound, and then the big iron spike was quickly pulled out of the mud and flew into the sky with the rope ring - and under the centrifugal force, the stone bullet in the leather bag drew a long trajectory in the air, and together with the companions shot up and down from other trebuchets, they made a whistling cry and flew towards the top of the Orontes camp.

The guards behind the sub-wall and the dog-foot wood stood on tiptoe. They could see many black spots rolling rapidly in the air and becoming larger and larger. "Get down!" Following the order of their flag officers, they crouched down one after another.

With a crisp sound, a stone bullet passed through the gate tower, smashing the top of a row of dog-foot wood, and then fell into the inner moat behind the gate tower with flying debris, creating a column of water. (To be continued ~^~)