Eagle Byzantium

Under the guidance of the battle flag of San Theodore, more uniformed cavalry swept and trampled the remaining fortifications and guards outside the city. In the two main attack directions designated by Giovanni in advance, the Gimage soldiers were Divided into two groups, they bravely climbed onto the city and attacked fiercely. In addition, the besieging militia under the command of Birrell set up crossbows and continuously fired horrifying roaring arrows into the city, shocking the ears and eyes.

"Everyone, prepare to follow up! From now on, the objects of our allegiance are the Grand Duke of Seleucia and Her Royal Highness the Princess in Purple." Under the flagpole hanging Severn's head, the female consul lost no time in expressing her loyalty, waving her golden finger to point at the smoke-filled sky The fortress shouted, and the Pauline archers around him rushed to respond, then shouldered their bows and quivers, and held the ropes hanging from their arms. The stabbing spears on their shoulders were piled up and clustered around the female consul's horse, and they were also heading towards Aleman Castle - after several painful lessons of being defeated by Gawain, the female consul had a new strategy, of course. This military system only applies to the army of believers directly under her, which requires all soldiers in the battle line to "never leave their bows without their spears, and never leave their spears without their bows. Use bows in long-distance battles, and switch to spears in close combat."

But there’s no need for Cabea Amiya or Monomachus from the fighting wing over there to invest. At a small door at the corner of the east gate wall, several soldiers who were not willing to die for the Kallegos family used axes to open the door latch, pushed it open, and kept shouting "Long live Seleucia" in Greek. "Slogan, the gap clearly appeared in the He came in front of Gaia and Nexus who were running around the wall. Then Gaia took the lead in driving the war horse and chopped down all the rebels who betrayed the castle with several axes. He cursed fiercely under his visor. With a few words, he stepped on their corpses and rushed into the chaotic city.

"The city has fallen!" In front of him, there were shouts like this everywhere. The guards and citizens were in despair. Gaia raised his head and looked at the central tower that was only one street away from him. He clearly saw that originally His third brother, Ace Kallegos, was commanding the remaining archers, relying on the steps and pillars, shooting arrows outwards, making the final resistance. There were many Jimegis soldiers who had broken through the city wall, divided into small groups, and followed the scattered houses or stables here and there, attacking the central tower from all directions.

"Sigma!" At this time, Nexus pulled the reins and rushed to Gaia, who was feeling desolate, and reminded him. Gaia looked over, and saw that Sigma had jumped off the wall on foot, pulled out his sword, and slashed everywhere. Killing people who are kneeling on the ground begging for mercy, while looking for valuable targets. It seems that the pioneering officer is not satisfied with the reward of first raising the flag, but wants to rush to the central tower to hunt a more valuable target, which is their father Nika Kallegos. Who can cut down this The head of a famous old man in Anatolia, whose reputation will surely resound throughout the plateau in the future, is a temptation that a notorious mercenary knight like Sigmar cannot resist.

Gaia whispered to Nexus, "Take out our bows hanging from our saddles and shoot this beast. No matter what, my father and brother will die in my hands. This is a tribute to the dead." The final tribute to the Kallegos family... Don't hesitate, Nexus!"

"Yes, brother." After finishing his words, Nexus raised his bow and fired an arrow at Sigma's back.

At the same time, Ace across the street also raised his bow and shot an arrow at Gaia Ducas who was gesticulating (because Gaia was covered in heavy armor, it was impossible to distinguish his appearance). The two arrows left the string almost at the same time, passing through the tangle of heads and arms, and hit the target almost simultaneously. Sigma groaned, hit his shoulder, leaned on his sword and knelt down on the blood-stained stone slab of the street, and then There was a sound of armor pricks, and he fell to the ground, not knowing whether to live or die.

Gaia was hit by an arrow in his helmet. The arrow cluster passed through the helmet plate and pierced directly into his forehead. Blood quickly seeped out from his face armor. Gaia almost fell down from his horse in severe pain, but he still held back. He took off his helmet and threw it on the ground, with a decisive and sad tone, "The obstacles and troubles have been cleared. Let's go forward and kill all the enemies."

"For Her Royal Highness the Purple Princess." Nexus also cried out, and then the two brothers held their own weapons and abandoned their horses to go into battle. Like the gods of death, they slashed and stabbed all the guards along the street. , then stepped onto the steps and fought with the remaining enemies who continued to resist here. The swords and swords flickered among the pillars, and everywhere there were groaning and falling soldiers clutching their wounds, or dying soldiers crawling on the floor, and black smoke and red flames continued to pour out. In front of the wide-open city gate, Gaudi and Walter walked side by side with more than a hundred other uniformed cavalry, holding various flags, and stepped in with the sound of trumpets. They were surrounded by soldiers and civilians from the city begging for their lives, and the city wall above On the top, the Gemmagis soldiers are carrying the enemy's head and stepping on the enemy's corpse in a frenzy They chanted religious slogans praising the holy apostles for protecting them in the battle, especially Saint Theodore. But ironically, the soldiers in the city also carried out the statue of this patron, but it was covered by the boots of the victor. Stepping in the cracks of the rubble, it seems that he is not even qualified to be a trophy...

On the mountain outside the city, Gao Wen, who was in charge of the command, breathed a long sigh of relief. He looked at the enemy's castle that was rapidly collapsing and falling. He banged his riding whip in his hand with great satisfaction. Agnes on the side also had an extremely happy smile on her lips, " The castle is finally in our hands."

"Yes, the entire western front of Seleucia has been stable since then."

"Is it going to flood the swamp and completely turn this castle into a moat that isolates the Pamphylian Military District of the Roman Empire?" Agnes was very curious.

"It won't be that serious. I don't like this way of doing things. Why can't we turn Alamein Fort into an offensive base that scares the enemy and can station many soldiers and provide a lot of fertile land? Just if If there is a swamp connected to the tidal flat, then this fortress will really decline, and we will need to provide a large amount of subsidies for it. Its maintenance." Gawain did not shy away from speaking out about his ambitions for the construction of this fortress. "In the past, under the rule of Kallegos, Alamein had only about 7,000 residents. I want to combine it with Seleucia. The city is integrated into one, and sooner or later it will have 20,000, 30,000, no, 70,000 residents, and it can also provide garrison camps for 5,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry. "

Agnes snorted, indicating that she was used to Gawain's exaggerations, "Is it possible that you still want to capture Pamphylia?"

"Pamphylia? No, it will be just a huge fleet and sailor military district in the future, but it will not belong to the empire but to me and Anna. Cappadocia will be a distribution center for war horses and salt, Paphlagonia, Amma West Asia, Ankara , Melitene will be a four-column fortress, and then gather the food from the plains of Seleucia and Cilicia and the smelting of iron from the mountains. The new and true Roman Empire will be built here through the hands of Anna and me. Rise on the plateau!" (not yet available) To be continued ~^~)