Eagle Byzantium

In a half-day battle, a total of twenty-two camps on the arc-shaped front lines in the center, east, and west of Amasa, including the inactive central camp, were all broken into pieces by the pilgrims' crazy counterattack. The cracked sheepskin was ruthlessly torn apart by several pairs of large hands like iron pincers.

The defeated Turkic troops poured into the city of Atta and even into the valley of the Syria Gate. Pilgrims from all walks of life looted and burned their camps. "Don't burn the food, don't burn the food." Bula, who was so hungry and tired that his face turned pale. Nass, jumped off the horse, pushed a cavalryman who was fighting until he was almost crazy, and snatched the torch from his hand. The cavalryman was so jealous just now that he wanted to kill everyone and everything he saw. Think about it. This is a camp only half a mile away from the city of Atta. Branas's cavalry had just captured this camp and found that there were many beasts of burden and carriages parked inside, as well as a lot of food. It seemed that it was originally prepared for Sent to the frontline camps.

When Branas stopped the madness, all his cavalrymen began to draw their sabers and swords, slaughtered the beasts of burden abandoned by the Turks, and filled wicker baskets with grains - the Turks soldiers, Most of them came from areas such as Mosul and Khorasan, where farming was very developed, so the soldiers became more accustomed to eating crops and began to fight with the military equipment of agricultural countries.

Soon, Merlot came here with hundreds of infantrymen. Seeing such a scene, he shouted to all the military servants behind to stay, "Steam wheat cakes, cook horse meat and camel meat, Fill the pitchers with clean water, and the rest of the armed men, proceed Heading towards Ata City." After saying that, he also jumped off the horse. Several soldiers cut off some pieces of freshly cooked horse leg meat with knives and handed them to the camp manager. Melo almost choked to death and burst into tears. Then he quickly climbed onto his horse and continued to direct the well-fed soldiers to pursue.

When the smoke from this camp continued to emerge, pilgrim soldiers from all directions "consciously" began to use this place as a supply station leading to Atta City. After Gawain drove his horse here, , found that there were infantrymen running on both sides of the road, with cloth bags or small baskets hung around their necks, which contained a few pieces of half-cooked meat and a few hastily made wheat cakes. While eating, they headed towards the target castle.

"Move my flag forward. I must take advantage of this momentum to capture Atta City."

After arriving at the gates of Atta, Gawain saw that under the flowing clouds, there were roaring attacking crowds everywhere, and shouts of despair or madness: the defenders were in the former mood, and the attackers were in the latter mood.

Then the Grand Duke saw green or orange flames whistling and flying down from the castle guard tower, just like a scene from a fairy tale. Anyone who encountered this thing on the side of the moat would be scorched and rolled to death, and no one else could do anything. Put out the fire with your hands or water. "Is it something similar to Venice's fire spear?" Gawain thought for a while, then shouted to Merlot Inform all the pilgrim teams who are pursuing the victory, "Don't attack the city blindly. After all the soldiers have eaten the plundered food, set up camp facing the Daphne jungle and the Orontes River, and separate the city of Atta and Cobuha, The military camp of Ridwan was divided. Then, the north, east and south sides of the city were surrounded, leaving only the road leading to Port Saint-Simon to the west. "

At this moment, the entire city of Atta was boiling and bathed in the flames of war: several castles in Syria, including Little Alexandria, where the remaining troops of the Gemeguis Brigade, plus the infantry abandoned by the Count of Blois, The troops also rushed out, struggling to uproot the Turkic camps there, killing and driving away many people.

At the same time, when another general from Mosul, Boesas, led five thousand soldiers and horses around the jungle of Daphne, he discovered that King Kedwan of Aleppo and his more than 10,000 soldiers had not gone through any battle at all. After seeing the defeat of the Amasa tribe in front, they neatly abandoned the camp and position and fled in the direction of the territory in a swarm.

Boesas looked at the scene of an empty camp in shock and anger, sighing at the cowardice of the descendants of the Seljuk Sultan.

Over there in the jungle, blood-red flames filled the low sky...

When the flag officer next to him asked General Boesas if he wanted to support the remnants of Ata City and Amasa, the general rolled his eyes and said, "The soldiers are all afraid of crossing the river. We can only give The enemy achieved greater success. The whole army first occupied the camp left by the brave prince of Aleppo and held it."

After nightfall, the Turkic soldiers in Atta City, seeing that there was no hope of reinforcements, began to abandon the towers and city walls, opened the city gates themselves, and fled along the west road in no order, towards the port of Saint Simon.

But this road was deliberately left by Gawain, and on the side of the road, five hundred Red Hands and Lower Lorraine cavalry were ambushed. At this moment, they swarmed up and hacked and killed the Turkic soldiers who only knew how to run. , more than 2,000 people who were originally nesting in this city were all killed.

At dawn, Gawain led the guards, and with the sound of trumpets, stepped through the dilapidated and fire-stricken Ata gate, and the bodies of the injured and dead, and entered the city. Several sharp soldiers and Bramson came to report. Said, "In the granaries of Atta City, reserves were found that could feed ten thousand people for two days."

Gawain's eyes were full of tired bloodshot eyes. Hearing this report, he said to Godfrey and Robert beside him, "Our attack is undoubtedly correct. If you are the army of Amasa and Cobuha two days later, If we gather together and attack us who are completely starved of food, we will be the ones sinking into hell and death today.”

"What should we do with these military rations?" Robert of Flanders asked.

"Leave this to me for supervision. Gawain, you and the earl return to Antioch and discuss these matters with the lords." This was Godfrey's suggestion.

But in the firelight, Gawain's expression was as if he was deaf to Godfrey's thoughts, as if he didn't take Godfrey's thoughts seriously at all. His tone was full of surprise, "We have achieved such a great victory, Godfrey, you actually have to discuss the use of these food reserves with that group of people?"

Godfrey was stunned, his ears were full of the sound of flames hitting wood and ruins, and then Gawain stared at him and said in an unquestionable tone, "Just ask someone to send a private letter to Bohemond. Our current situation is far from being settled. Of course, all the food reserves in Ata City will be given to our soldiers. Ask the people in Antioch City to find a way to hold on for a few more days. They have held on for so long and don't care about two more days. Tomorrow we will distribute food to all the troops, and then divide the troops to seize the port of Saint Simon and advance towards the camps of Cobha and Ridwan."

"Make up your mind, Duke. I think Anna and Godhild should mobilize the Italian fleet that originally fled to the Bay of Issus to return to the port!" Gawain then raised his voice several degrees. (To be continued ~^~)