Eagle Byzantium

At this moment, the keen Anna opened her eyelashes and grabbed Gawain's wrist from the couch, "I won't stop you, but you must at least give your wife and your daughter a farewell kiss."

Gawain kissed Anna's plump forehead, and then Helena's little hand stretched out from her swaddling clothes, "I will do my best on this expedition and strive to conquer all the eastern territories including Melitene before winter comes this year."

"I will take care of Helena." Anna's eyes were still lazily worried, and her silk nightgown was tilted to reveal one shoulder.

Half a month later, the Red Hand Brigade, the Guardian Brigade, Gawain's Cavalry Regiment and Fire Throwing Regiment, and 3,000 border troops, a total of about 15,000 people, gathered at Caesarea Castle (formerly known as Caesarea Castle). In front of Kayseri), he swore an oath to fight on the eastern plateau. The great patron, covered with a black and white cross cloak, stood on the mountain in the north of the city. Behind him was the towering snow peak of Algaeus and the waving red hands. Cross sword banner.

Most of the generals and custodial guards were around him. Gawain stared and stretched out his hands, accepting the cheers and salutes of the infantry, cavalry and fire throwers who had gathered and marched to the battlefield.

Several civilian laborers from the Cappadocia Grand Frontier Fortress who were hired to drive the carriages were sitting on the packhorses and crows. While watching this majestic scene, they talked to each other and commented in native languages.

"It was a golden ring with a pure white horse's tail trailing from it."

A farmer pointed at the Oghuz cavalry regiment that first passed in front of Gawain. They were all pure warriors of the former Kingdom of Roma, and now they all followed Masud to serve the Kingdom of Tarsus. Haji was the leader. Bu held up the horse-tail flag symbolizing the power of the Sultan, followed closely by his son Zanji. This group of cavalrymen wore white turbans and felt hats, showing off Wearing a scarlet or black war robe, lined with light armor, he sat on a gorgeous saddle, stepped on eight-shaped carved stirrups, carried a powerful horned bow, and hung a curved and sharp saber on his belt. Underneath were all the well-proportioned and capable war horses called "Helan", cheering loudly for the Holy Alliance of the Patron and the Sultan, passing by in groups like lightning. Following the Ogus Cavalry Regiment were four centurions of frontier cavalry, commanded by General Monomachus. They wore various ancestral armors, carried four oak sapling javelins for throwing, and strapped to their shoulders round shield , also carrying curved or straight machetes, "Saint Theodore, Saint Nicholas and the Patron are with you!" They shouted such slogans and threw themselves into the battlefield along with the Ogus Cavalry Regiment. , responsible for the mission of raiding and reconnaissance.

"You run so fast, Persian horse." A farmer standing on the lever with his hand on his eyebrows exclaimed, "Hey, this team below is so strange. The flag is two golden balls, which are swaying along the colors. "Dang away."

"It really looks like **!" A farmer next to him agreed.

In fact, what they were referring to was the Guards Brigade of Branas. Gawain did not let them stay in Vanca, but unified them to gather in the city of Caesarea. This could ensure the concentration of reserve forces during the offensive. At the same time, during the previous rest and training period, the Guardian Brigade got together and equipped most of the infantry with infantry spears, because some iron smelting furnaces have been set up in the iron mines in Sisi County, and the Taurus Mountains are rich in iron. The process went smoothly - but what made Branas difficult was the problem of the brigade's general flag.

Because according to the requirements of Gawain's new military system, in order to return to the ancient system, the brigade must have its own unique flag. The spear tip and shelf of the general flag are in the shape of a cross, wrapped with white or gray ferret hair, and above it is the brigade. The symbol of the infantry detachment is gold; the symbol of the infantry detachment is silver, with ten sides. The silver rings, tied with black ponytails, contrast very eye-catchingly, indicating the integrity of the ten companies under their jurisdiction. The flag of the spearman company is a square flag, while the skirmisher company is a triangular flame tongue flag; each subsidiary company is With a double hanging battle flag, a brown fox tail is tied to it.

Therefore, before setting off for the expedition, Branas summoned all the counts and centurions. The core issue of the meeting was "the flag of our brigade."

Because among the generals, Roman (Greek) officers from Italy and Anatolia accounted for the majority, they admired Caesar more, and Caesar’s favorite food was citrus, so the final flag symbol was "Golden Citrus".

The golden tangerine flag, mixed with gray mink fur, looks like a gold-plated "***" to these farmers from a distance...

"The Guardian Brigade has made great progress recently and has been able to cooperate with the Fire Throwers very skillfully." Leotius said next to Gawain at this moment.

"Their queues and infantry spears gave me a very good feeling. They are worthy of being trained by Branas." Gawain was also very satisfied. At this moment, all the Romans and Germans in the Guardian Brigade were carrying Rulin's spears. The large spear made of eucalyptus trees has the imposing momentum of a moving mountain forest. , lined up in front were the Branas Death Guards in chainmail. They either held halberds (a medium-length multi-edged weapon that can stab or cut), or carried long swords. Some It is an ax gun, with a short and straight dagger on the waist, and a fire sickle, medals and other miscellaneous things hanging on the chest.

The man next to Gawain wearing an official hat had a look of astonishment on his face. He was the "envoy" sent by the old General Theodoro. Overtly he was discussing with Gawain about jointly sending troops to the plateau, but secretly he was here to He was testing and reconnaissance, but he was horrified by the majestic and powerful army in front of him.

Gawain also intended to demonstrate to him, because after the three thousand swaying spears of the Guardian Brigade passed by, what caught the eyes of the Trebizond envoy was another new forest of three thousand spears - the real elite Red Hand Brigade, holding high the "Big Golden Hand" flag, with white sable hair dancing in the wind. The soldiers' costumes were not as fancy as the previous brigade, but the chilling murderous aura and clouds were rising in the weapons and ranks. Their symbol was the large infantry spear. The presence of this piercing weapon was much stronger than that of the Guardian Brigade, because the first three rows of spears in the dense formation of the entire brigade were all painted vermilion, and from a distance it looked like a forest burning with red flames.

The Red Hand Cavalry and the Armored Cavalry followed behind. The Red Hand Cavalry were surrounded by the "Little Golden Hand" flag. The horizontal racks were dragged with meteor-like pendants, like dragon whiskers, and there were also strings of wind chimes, which could make sharp whistles and shock the enemy during the galloping charge. The Armored Cavalry, who were both heavily armored, followed in small steps and in a dense formation. They still used the Three Holy Banners for command, but there was an additional flag to indicate the battle - the gilded painting of the icon of the Tarsus Caesar.

As for the fire-throwers and baggage train, Gawain had already let them move towards the river mouth military station for the sake of confidentiality, and did not show them to the Trebizond envoy, because the effect of this group of infantry and cavalry was enough. Looking at the sweat on the envoy's forehead, Gawain smiled triumphantly with his eyes sideways. (To be continued ~^~)