Eagle Byzantium

At this moment, or in the early morning after the beacon fire was ignited, under the towering Nurhas Pass, a small village of Turkic herders called Ashlon was being attacked unexpectedly by Task Force Mero!

This is an extremely remote land. Since Merlo's army marched, he has seen no more than a hundred living people, most of whom are nomads with their flocks. And the Ashlen village in front of him, In fact, it is just Danishmund's frontline outpost on the mountain pass.

"Fight well, use military flags to cooperate with each other, and don't let the enemy go to the mountain pass to report." Mero stood in the command position, looking down at the village with thick smoke flying, and constantly reminded himself.

He saw, amidst the sound of trumpets and whistles, the infantry of a detachment of the Guardian Brigade, who acted as the vanguard, were divided into three wings. The first ones held up shields and scythes, and quickly destroyed the defensive wooden fence of the village. Then the reserve infantrymen poured in with their swords raised. They all set out at night and arrived at the attack point on time and accurately at dawn without any delay. Soon flames were rising everywhere in the village. On the exit road to the east, many Turkic herdsmen were crying, riding ponies and dragging various caravans as they fled towards the grassland at the pass. They seemed to have given up resistance.

"The cavalry ambushing on the left wing, attack." Mero made a prompt decision, and the flag bearer beside him immediately waved the flag in his hand.

"Charge, charge!" At this moment, Monomachus and three hundred cavalrymen suddenly appeared on an earth embankment beside a stream near the village. They jumped off the collapsed earth embankment one after another, and their horse hooves jumped into the light blue and cold stream. In the middle, the dense sound of horse hooves and water in Gdaghda The splashing of flowers mixed with the shouts and whistles, and soon they formed a circuitous formation to cut off the exit of the village. Then they carried oak seedlings and javelins, chasing and assassinating on horseback, and soon the escaping people were killed. All the Turks were killed.

Half an hour later, the village was completely destroyed. Mero rode down with satisfaction and looked at the bodies lying everywhere in the grass. The Jinat cavalry still kept two prisoners, clamped their heads with a hatchet, knelt in front of Mero's horse, and ordered them in Turkic language to tell the truth to the camp manager, "From this village to the mountain pass , it’s about a day’s journey, and it takes one to two days to cross the mountain pass, which is very dangerous.”

At this moment, another Turkic prisoner burst out laughing, "Why are you laughing!" The Genat cavalry behind him swarmed up and beat this man, "Let him speak." Mero pointed at this man with his riding crop.

"I just came from the Melitene Fortress over there some time ago. The distinguished Emir Merik gathered all the fighting Ghazi warriors in the country, and also recruited countless fighting Oghuz and Turkmen from the Greater Armenian Plateau. , gathered in the fortress. The wise Emir also understands your ridiculous surprise attack route, and he will soon send the most courageous General Attaberg to lead an elite army to fight against you, and you will die without a burial. " The prisoner of war yelled, triumphantly.

Melo swung his riding whip, indicating not to kill these two men, and assigned him to the group of military servants.

Over there, Monomachus walked over holding the bridle rope. He also heard what the prisoners of war said and asked what to do.

Mero cautiously looked at the passes and forested peaks within sight, "The Red Hand Cavalry and the Armenian Servants behind have not caught up yet. We will wait for them to arrive and then expand this village into our garrison camp. Wait until After stabilizing, I will send scouts to detect the situation and then make a decision."

"Would this violate the Grand Duke's order to make a quick decision?" Monomachus asked worriedly.

The camp manager shook his head and said that what we brought out were almost half of the elite directly under the Grand Duke. I must be responsible for this team. "In this case, I must accept the words of the prisoner."

In the afternoon, six hundred red-handed cavalry on war horses, laughing and shouting, gently and deftly escorted the baggage team to the village of Ashrun amidst the shouts and curses of the infantry and military servants who were digging camp. Many Armenians were in high spirits. Bo Bo sat on the pry car and slid in. When Plagit and "Hector" walked up to the camp manager in the village, he was instructing the officers on the regulations for setting up the camp, "dig all the horse-proof trenches on the outside of the village, Three layers of movable horse antlers were set up at the passage. The infantry and Armenians were all stationed in the village, setting up camps in separate areas; the cavalry Set up camp on the other side of the stream to prevent the enemy from cutting off the water. Also, here, I set up two five-barreled cannons and aim them at the open space at the exit of the village - Oh, you are here, quickly command the people to move the carts and pry carts along. Line them up here and there, dig out the earth and fill the gaps between them, and protect the baggage, flags, drums, and five-gun cannon at the central core. "

Plagit received the order, and Hector carefully asked Mero if there was a large number of enemies coming to attack and intercept us.

"We will know tomorrow or the day after." Mero put down his command scepter, "But I think they will come. Then we will resist for a while and wait for the Grand Duke's order."

As a result, at night patrol time, several soldiers found Mero in shock, "The man nicknamed Hector, with six Armenians, killed two military servants, snatched the horses, and lied that he had your orders." Go scout and escape!"

In the firelight, Melo fiercely stabbed the spiked end of the scepter into the earthen wall in front of him, "Damn it, these untameable Ani people. The Grand Duke spared his life in Kokisong Castle, but now they repay kindness with hatred - quickly, pass the order and send 30 cavalrymen to chase them. If they are caught, they will be executed on the spot; in addition, all the Armenian logistics teams in the camp will be supervised and controlled!" Soon the whole camp was in operation. The soldiers of the brigade shouted and drove all the ignorant Armenian logistics soldiers to the vicinity of Melo's command post and put them under centralized custody. Among them was Pragit, who squatted in the crowd and kept complaining to the camp manager, "Please don't treat us like this. On the battlefield, we Ani people are also loyal to the Grand Duke. Will fight bravely. "

Melo on the earthen wall was also very conflicted. He walked back and forth holding the scepter, frowning at the Armenian soldiers who were crying and petitioning. Finally, he said, "Divide all 900 people into six teams. When the battle comes, assign them to the vanguard, left and right wings, center army and rear guard teams. Whoever can fight to death will be forgiven. Otherwise, according to the collective responsibility regulations, you will all be executed. Everyone has family members in Vanka City. Think about them-the Grand Duke is so good to you. He gives you military pay, rations for your family, and will give you land in the future. "Amidst the chaos, the situation gradually calmed down. The Armenian logistics soldiers were indeed divided into six teams and began to continue working and building camps.

And on the grassland under the mountain pass over there, Hector led six rebels on horseback like a frightened bird, and the sound of chasing and shouting behind them was getting closer and closer! (To be continued ~^~)