Eagle Byzantium

But before Amasa's order could be given, the horses and messengers set off from the central camp. The soldiers in several camps on the east side looked at the faces of the believers in the city who were running in their direction. The figures began to become restless, and many People flocked to the village gate and wooden fence. Some waved and begged others to help the believers, while others shouted and took a wait-and-see attitude. There were also many officers waving whips and beating them everywhere. , ordering everyone to return to their respective posts.

In the dangerous middle area of ​​boundless sand, the fifteen hundred released Crescent believers also kept shouting in despair, "Don't shoot at us, we are all people who believe in the true scriptures!" closely behind this group. Following Gregor, he saw that the Turkish camps in Mosul were getting closer and closer, and the soldiers in some camps had begun to sound the drums and horns, and climbed up to the high tower of the camp gate with weapons in hand, thinking no more. It was too late to do anything.

"Put up the Turkic dog-tooth flag. Put on your robes. Now I issue the latest order to drive out these heretics and seize the opposite camp!" Gregor drew his sword on horseback, Then he turned to all the soldiers behind him and shouted, "Put up our silver flags too."

Then, Gregor pulled the reins and rode up to several Crescent Cultists who had fallen behind and were unwilling to run forward. He raised his sword and slashed hard. Immediately, an old man with gray hair was chopped down. He struggled and fluttered twice before his limbs became weak and he died.

The other one, who seemed to be his son, immediately broke down and shouted. His hands were tied with ropes, and he rushed towards Gregor without caring about the others. Gregor moved the hilt of his sword back slightly. Then he straightened his arms and thrust out even harder, piercing the son's chest. The other party howled miserably, and then fell to the ground on his back. Gregor's horse's hoofs stepped on him, trampling out his internal organs.

Gregor shouted, slashing left and right, killing a few more, and then his face was covered with blood, which was very scary, "Run forward, and those who don't run will be killed without mercy."

At this moment, several flag officers around him immediately erected large and small battle flags, blew the trumpets, beat the drums, and also raised their swords to face the Crescent Cultists who were screaming and running forward. Whenever they found Anyone who lags behind will be immediately trampled, hacked and killed.

The rest of the Gemmagis soldiers who followed were temporarily stunned, but most of them understood that military law was as strong as a mountain, especially the Grand Duke's team. Now in the cloud battle formation, no one wanted to be hanged on a tree in public. die. So they responded mechanically, quickly put on the robes of the Crescent Cult, wrapped themselves in fake turbans, and raised small shields with iron guards on the inside, with daggers or spears inserted, or on the backs behind them. There were bows and arrows, maces, iron caltrops, and hatchets in their bags. They shouted and followed the Crescent Cultists in front of them, running quickly and approaching the camp on the opposite side.

The cries of the believers almost shook the entire Orontes River. On the twin towers of the iron bridge, the two lords Raymond and Robert, who were dressed in military uniforms, were actually a little faint from hunger, but they were still very strong. I could clearly see the thousands of "newcomers" over there who could hardly distinguish each other. "The Moon Cult", running towards the camp on the east side of Amasa, "Gather all the soldiers, storm the camp in front of us, and support Gawain's attack on the flanks" Robert shouted with all his strength, his whole body shaking. Then he coughed violently while holding his withered belly. He was too hungry.

"Do it, do it, do it!" Raymond's face turned the color of pig liver, he waved his fists, then turned around, his chainmail made a rapid sound, and rushed down the tower.

On the watchtower of the central camp, Amasa looked stunned. He fell on the wooden fence with his hands, yelled at the top of his lungs and scolded the messenger cavalry, and asked to "gather all the cavalry in the camp to attack and rescue the cavalry." In the neighboring camps, kill all the believers in the city and the attackers among the enemies."

But at the same time, on the gate tower of the Orontes camp thousands of feet away, Gawain slashed his big hand. The helmets of several soldiers danced with reflected light in the sun, holding up halberds tied with flames. , sneaked up to the protruding beacon in front of the gate tower, and lit the haystacks and mixed materials in the center - soon, a huge flame rose, which was particularly eye-catching among the entire river and canyon.

Several camps on the west side and rear of Amasa instantly ignited black smoke and flames, and soldiers started running around in panic: after receiving this beacon signal, Bra, who had been stoically ambushing in the Rose Ridge Valley for the past three days, Nas, with a beard all over his face, swallowed the last mouthful of dry food, pulled out the bit and bit from the horse's mouth, and galloped out with three hundred cavalry, crossed the hillside, and headed towards the Turks below. The people's camps pressed down and rushed down, breaking two of them in an instant, throwing torches everywhere, killing the enemies, and then Branas shouted and waved the sword in his hand, entered the main entrance of a camp, and rushed straight to the back door. , shouted to everyone, "Don't stay, use all the strength of man and horse, continue to rush towards the direction of Ata City, chop down anyone you see on the way, if you stop, you will die."

"Our camp on the west side has also been attacked." Now, the group of generals and imams around Amasa did not have the same contemptuous expressions on their faces just now. Many of them were expressionless, dull and did not know what to do, and they would only circle around. Amasa was walking around, shouting unknown words, and arguing fiercely with each other.

Amassa was filled with rage, and he immediately sent several messengers, asking them to go around to the north side of Ata and rush to Ridwan Tutushi's camp, asking the prince of Aleppo to rush here with reinforcements as soon as possible. Then the brave General Mosul could no longer hold back and asked his servants to "prepare fifteen horses. I will personally lead the cavalry of our camp to attack and force the enemy to retreat on the east side. I ask the guards of the camp on the west side not to panic and just force the enemy to retreat."

The gates of the Orontes camp were also opened at the same time. The soldiers who stayed on the city and outside the city cheered loudly with all their strength. Gawain, riding Quicksilver, had his white cloak flapped back, and like a dazzling lightning, he instantly rushed to the front of the cavalry battle line led by Hartman and Werner. Then Gawain took a slight breath, looked at the two lords who were holding the reins and staring at him in amazement, and pointed his finger at the "real target", the central camp of Amasa, and said, "When Amasa attacks from inside, we will All of them rush over, and completely defeat him in front of his camp. "

"Brothers and comrades, if we stay trapped any longer, we will only starve to death in Antioch or the fortresses. If we rush over, we will have a chance of survival." Swabian Count Hartmann and Werner did not hesitate at all, and both drew their swords, pointing the blades reflecting cold light directly at the camp where Amasa was, "Follow the hooves of the Grand Duke of the Empire, Deus Vult!"

"Deus Vult! (God's will)", "Hallelujah!" All the cavalrymen burst into such shouts, and in the tragic and majestic horns, they threw down the reins, carried their swords, held their lances, and indulged their horses, like thunder and wind, galloping towards the front target, and the speed was getting faster and faster. (To be continued ~^~)