Eagle Byzantium

A Trabzonnon flag officer, covered in heavy elite armor, roared and took advantage of the spearmen's phalanx's opportunity to reload ammunition at the four corners of the spearmen's phalanx. He rushed towards him with an oaken spear, but it was blocked in front of him. The round helmets of the ranks of the Gemmagi soldiers gleamed with the sun. Light, gritted his teeth and stretched out the spear like a branch in a dense forest. The peasant cavalry flag officer's horse roared in fear, carrying its owner and ran sideways back and forth to dodge. The flag officer then simply threw the oak spear into the spear array. Among them, several large infantry spears were knocked down in mid-air.

He drew out the four-foot-long broadsword he wore on his waist, and prepared to mount his horse to chop down the unprotected Yijiao gunmen.

Just as he was doing this, he could clearly see with his eyes hidden between the brim and visor of the iron helmet that the group of fire gunmen brought out a large fire gun. The amount of Khitan Snow it contained was an ordinary long The musket was nearly ten times as heavy and the lead shot was much heavier. It was preloaded and carried by two strong shooters, now mounted on a birch fork.

The flag officer ran towards him with his sword raised, and the hook of the large fire gun was also triggered.

About fifteen feet away, a cloud of smoke exploded. The armor on the flag officer's chest was shattered to pieces, and even his broadsword was broken. Heavy lead shot erupted from his back shoulder blade, carrying Catching the scattered blood and broken armor, the flag officer then leaned forward and backward, leaning on the saddle, as if he was still struggling to continue fighting.

Three shooting soldiers rushed forward, dragged the dying man off his horse, took out daggers and daggers, uncovered his armor, and stabbed and stabbed his exposed neck and private parts. As a result, the man was killed. .

In the midst of the bloody battle, the remaining detachments of the second grand phalanx also formed a hollow phalanx one after another, releasing the large infantry spears like porcupines to resist the attacks of the Trabzon peasant cavalry, with small squads mixed in between. The shooting troops and skirmishers fiercely fought against the peasant cavalry. The smoke of countless spears, war horses, and fire guns sometimes mixes, sometimes collides, and sometimes disperses...

Theodoro, under the banner of the Black Madonna on the high rock, saw that his peasant army and cavalry team had scattered and could no longer form a wedge for an onslaught. They encountered strong resistance and failed to successfully break through the opponent's formation with a blitz. He couldn't help but face it. If you are dead, you are shaking your beard, looking in the direction of the faint Chakmaq Mountain, and speaking in a tone of voice With despair and complaints, "I gathered all the elites and traveled twice the distance from Amasya to get here, and restrained Gao Wen's main force. However, what on earth is that Kutaisi boy doing? Facing Gao Wen's small remaining army , a total of 20,000 people, 20,000 people, but they have not yet broken through the cathedral over there!”

Before Theodorus could understand, Tarsus was approaching the first large phalanx by the stream. All the spear soldiers of the three detachments of the Gemmage brigade were standing on the horse of Commander Gregor. After raising the silver spike flag, he and General Count Parney shouted, "Glorious Syrian Christian warriors, hold on to your spears and charge forward!"

"For St. Paul!" All the soldiers lowered their spears in unison, with the spear blades slightly tilted toward the ground. They formed a sharp formation like a "boar's head" and began an overwhelming advance.

On the other hand, the third large phalanx finally successfully advanced to its destination, and then spread out its formation along the street axis and advanced equally rapidly.

The second large square array sandwiched in the center soon began to do the same.

Under the cover of rows of muskets and bows and arrows, thousands of elite spearmen moved forward with unstoppable momentum, spanning three miles from Chakmak Creek to the Muha Hills, holding spears and pushing forward!

Many soldiers of the Red Hand Brigade were holding their breath before the battle. They had experienced the bullying and fighting by the Trabzon peasant army, especially the cavalry team, in Paflaconia. Who would have thought that they would be fighting in Paflaconia a few years later? Kars repaid him with tenfold arrogance!

The Trabzon peasant army followed, which can be described as "falling apart".

The Ross mercenary team, which has always been known for its strength and bravery, was crushed by the spear formation!

The peasant cavalry, which had always prided itself on being "the flower that revives the sea," was overthrown and killed by the spear formation, and some began to retreat and flee;

The Trabzon archers, who had always been famous for their hunting skills and accurate archery, were dying and injured, and they began to abandon their lines and flee across the mountains and valleys.

"Gawain, Gawain...David, David!" The old general under the Black Madonna's banner was filled with tears when he saw his team being attacked by a frenzied spear forest, suffering heavy casualties and retreating step by step. The blood flowed out, and he couldn't help shouting Gawain's name first, and then he was angry at the incompetence of the builder David's army.

The entire sky was spinning sadly in front of Theodoro Gabuas's eyes. The Chakmak Mountains, Sanuh Highlands, Mucha Hills, and the trembling Kars Castle in the thick smoke were all spinning. stand up.

Then the beautiful smile of his wife Marianne appeared in front of his eyes, "Everything is over. I have been running Trabzon for decades, and the elite men of my majestic division are really like a late summer storm. They are about to... It's all gone. Goodbye, Marianne. I'm going to be the saint who protects the black sea of ​​Trabzon."

What Theodoro never understood at the last moment of his life was that with nearly 20,000 elite Georgian infantry, he could not break through the mere carriage barrier of the Holy Apostles Cathedral, which only consisted of Gawain drawn from various brigades. There are only five detachments. "David, a young guy with no beard, failed me."

According to the subsequent report of the soldiers of the first phalanx of the Gimages Brigade who witnessed the battle, when they rushed to a high ground at the end of the position with bloodstained spears and the flag of the Black Madonna flying, they found that it was originally a swampy sandbar irrigated by overflowing streams, but now it was covered with piles of corpses of Trebizond peasants, so that their boots were not even wet with water, and they stepped over one by one.

The old general attacked quickly, which was to keep his promise to the builder David, because he led 6,000 elite soldiers to Kars, but there was actually no supply route, which could be said to have mustered the courage to fight with his back to the water.

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Theodore had violated the covenant many times before but survived. This time he abided by the covenant, but ended up with the annihilation of his army, death and destruction of his country.

The Gimages soldiers who attacked the flag heights encountered desperate resistance from a group of enemies, including young military musicians, flag bearers, and monks who accompanied the co-emperor on the expedition. All of them eventually died in front of the spear blades, and none of them retreated.

On the higher rocks next to them, a team of dismounted soldiers from the Comaloi Cavalry Regiment occupied this place with long and short muskets (long muskets in hand, two short muskets hanging on the shoulder straps), and fired volleys at the location of the Black Madonna's battle flag from a high position. "The last general wearing a golden crown there was almost beaten to pieces with his horse before he rushed to our spear formation - he was covered with ornaments that symbolized his status and military honors. Later, we identified the body and learned that it was the great General Theodorus. No soldiers robbed his relics and armor - because this hero was ashamed to escape, and so was his team. No more than a thousand people escaped."