Eagle Byzantium

The soldiers of the fourth unit gritted their teeth and took the Royal Flag of Constantine. The bows and arrows in the hands of the Roma soldiers quickly changed their targets. Under the rain of arrows thrown from the mountains, the Italian veterans who were guarding the Royal Flag were shot one after another. He fell, but soon many people took over holding shields and took over without any regrets. They all followed Dian Mang in the Long March and fought on the battlefield for many years. They had already formed the basic instinct of obeying orders, even if Isaac Co. Muning was not familiar with them at all, but an order was an order.

At about the second hour of the afternoon, the emperor's brother Isaac, the noble Sebastocrat, and his own troops, under the desperate fight of Titicius, finally broke through the pass and ran out. It is a flat terrain. Titicius was wearing a turban and a chainmail helmet, which had been soaked in the blood of his colleagues. He ordered all the Turkmen mercenaries to gather the remaining people and horses. The final number was more than a hundred He brought with him some forty war horses.

"Send ten good horses to His Excellency Sebastocrat and the great eunuch, and the rest of the people will follow me on foot to escort them to Nicomedia. The despicable Sultan of Konya may pursue us at any time." Theseus said as he pulled off the helmet, blood dripping down the chain link.

Looking at the canyon where the blood and fire were flying, and then looking at the rivers and plains ahead, Isaac completely lost the momentum of commanding Ruoding in advance, but was devastated and suffered a huge mental blow. He never dared to take off his helmet because he was afraid that the attendants would see him. At this time, Nicodemya, miraculously safe and sound, rushed out with many young people, and opened the curtain of the carriage behind - it was densely packed with arrows. George was lying inside. The eunuch shook his head and said, "Take it with you." Bury the city of Nicomedia, now even the emperor’s dungeon will be saved.”

Then, everyone hurriedly mounted their horses. Titicius panted, holding up his shield, and followed on foot with the others, continuing to escape like a bereaved dog.

In the canyon, in front of Constantine's imperial flag, the corpses have been built into a mountain of flesh and blood. The arrow feathers on it are like dense forests on the mountain. Hundreds of holes have been shot out of the imperial flag, and they are still floating in the black smoke—— Of the 6,000 elite soldiers of the stable master, excluding the 1,000 men behind Gawain's palace, not even a third of them could escape.

"A great victory, dear Vizier, a standard victory." Maimon, who was commanding at the top of the mountain with several Attabergs gathered around him, congratulated him very happily.

Maimon looked at the pass under the sun and nodded with satisfaction, "Bring the Greek royal flag over and treat it as a trophy. Also tell all the soldiers not to rest." Then, the vizier pointed his riding crop at the canyon. Over there, "Because the Greek rear team is still fighting, we will destroy this enemy group immediately and crush all resistance."

At this time, Attaberg, who had escaped death from Gawain's sword in the previous outpost battle in the woods, was also riding a horse and approached in shock. Maimon saw him and said, "Ahei Suho Er. Hajib (Turkic language, meaning White Eagle who has served as a great attendant), I must thank you. Sixteen tribes in the entire valley participated in the battle, but yours was the only one that did not reach the ambush site."

This obviously sarcastic remark made Hajib very embarrassed, his face turned red and white. He came from a very humble background. He was originally a Turkic herder in the Armenian mountains, and later became a slave of the Seljuk Sultan Malik Shah. and his previous experience as a hostage in the Seljuk court. He made good friends with Giliki Arslan and helped him escape from Seljuk, so he was highly regarded by Giliki. However, after all, Hajib did not have any other talents in the world, so in the eyes of the officials of the entire Roma Sultanate, He is just an incompetent person who relies on connections.

"Okay, go and lead your army, go to this side of the canyon, cooperate with His Excellency the Sultan, and wipe out the remaining Greek army." Maimon disdainfully gave Hajib the task of saving face.

Then, Hajib rode on the horse, followed by the regrouped troops and horses, forming a double row column, moving in the opposite direction along the ridge. They hoped to end the battle before sunset, so as to achieve good results. The winner rises to the stove to eat.

In the team, three or four people wearing standard Turkic armor were walking in the team. One of them wore a pointed iron helmet and covered his face with a cloth, but his red hair was still exposed. The person behind him had a standard Saracen appearance. Yes, he hurriedly put the hair back.

"Captain, this..." Before the red-haired man could finish his sentence, Diognis hit him hard, indicating that he could shut up his Varyag language. Got it!

The officer on horseback came over and said a few words in Turkic to the queue. Diognis raised his face and replied a few words in Turkic, very fluently. After all, he was a border guard, and he was responsible for all the people. All languages ​​are more or less familiar.

So the officer, without any doubt, rode to the front of the queue to mobilize and maintain the troops. Diogenes tightly packed the rosary beads left by Gawain in his sash and tied them, while he kept cursing in his heart, "Gawain, you bastard, you are so stupid." How many people have been trapped, so that we have to follow the army of Konya Sultan to clean up the mess for you!"

At this time, on the other side of the canyon, Gawain had already led his team, becoming more and more courageous as they fought, breaking through the two lines of defense of the Roma army, and approaching Giliki under the Crimson Eagle.

Giliki could hardly sit still. After all, he only had 3,000 men on hand, and the other 2,000 people were given to the vizier to set up an ambush in the canyon. Although after receiving his arrows, many domestic Turkic tribesmen gathered in groups. The army came on horseback for reinforcements, but with Gawain's fierce fighting spirit and the blue fire magic sword in his hand that brought great fear to the soldiers, was he going to be defeated by the Greeks with an absolute advantage?

Surrounded by soldiers who were running around randomly with no intention of sticking to their posts and formations, Giliki's mood was like the canyon in front of him, and he hit the bottom, "Where are the Neo-Manicheans in Teflis! The vizier's men haven't come down yet. Well!"

"The gate of Nicaea has been opened!" Over there, Gawain held his sword high, and the soldiers beside him rushed to hold the flag of the team for him. The Turkic losers crawling in front and behind him, the Byzantine army formed a group, and stepped on After passing the defeated corpses, shields and flags of the enemy, they were only half a mile away from the main entrance of Nicaea, and no enemy in front dared to stop them.

At this time, Hajib and the Turkic soldiers on the ridge on the other side, holding the tooth flag, raided down the valley and caught the Red Hand detachment who failed to follow Gawain. Gawain's formation was divided.

Then, Gawain handed the general's flag to Barromio, "You lead the men and horses into the city of Nicaea, and I will go to meet Farov."