"Help me up, I'm going to keep fighting!" Prince Reuben's cry of grief resounded throughout the river, but the squire lifted him up, lifted him onto another horse, and galloped in the direction of departure, for Gawain's swarms of spear-carrying infantry had already been killed.

The archers of the Ruben army, who were on their backs, shot a flurry of arrows, but this round of shooting was the same as the battle on the hill - the spearmen of the Red Hand Brigade ran, not afraid of the long-range weapons flying over their heads, and directly pierced the Armenian light army with the large infantry spears in their hands, and then the sword and shield men, halberders, and thorn spears swarmed up, and fought bravely with the Armenian spearmen on the Asase and the shore, all kinds of weapons were waved, and many were pushed and wounded, and fell into the waves in the river, and some were stabbed by the blades of spears, Some had their necks cut off by thorn spears, and some had their shoulders shaved off by halberds, and the river was soaked in a blood-colored expanse with all sorts of miserable deaths and injuries.

In the splash of water, Prince Reuben's great sword had cracked, and he crouched in the saddle, and ran backwards towards his camp through the ranks of his own soldiers, surrounded by elite cavalry, but instead of attacking the enemy's position, he trampled his own infantry line in disarray.

After the three Banda detachments pounced on all fronts, the Armenian infantry from various mountainous areas could not stand it, and section by section of the battle line was penetrated, torn, and slaughtered, and they began to wave and discard their battle flags and weapons, throw themselves into the water, swim in the water, or trek, shouting for each other's support, and fleeing towards the camp.

"The enemy's spear assault just now, from the hills to the river, has also exhausted its strength, right?" Reuben's soldiers swam back to the camp with this in mind, and the strong self-esteem of the mountain people still drove them to say that they could not easily say that we were completely defeated, and that we were only out of the battle line. It's just a matter of reorganizing the defenses.

Sure enough, the Banda detachment, which had fought before, stood in place with their spears and rested, without wading into the water to pursue. However, three detachments of infantry Banda arrived from the city of Mamisstra. In the melodious sound of the flute, they came to the river, Gawain rode his horse in front of them two times, and then the flag officers of each detachment raised the square flags and pennants, several drummers came out, "dong dong dong" sounded the drum, "shouting", the follow-up infantry one by one stabilized the twelve wrist ruler spears, lined up in formation. Rushing against the waves stirred up by the Felamis River, they took over and rushed up.

This "second lightning strike" completely collapsed Ruben's army, and they rode on horseback, walked on foot, and could no longer line up in any formation, and fled towards the mountains to the left and right of the Armenian Pass in the rear, without even having time to take the large battalion and baggage.

Over there. Tanfred's cavalry was also routed by Baldwin, and the Normans suffered one of the few defeats. But Tancred still didn't give up, "Go to Issus City and reassemble the team!" The defeated Norman cavalry crowded around the commander, while the Pak Ard father and son commanded the relatively lightly armed servant cavalry, and swept past Tancred in groups. First go to the city of Issus to "settle" and get ready to meet Tantared.

Baldwin, however, was destined not to give the Normans any chance, and ordered "all the knights, mounted sergeants, including the cavalry company of the Red Hand Brigade, to rush across the Pheramis River." Pursue until sunset, encounter a lone enemy, and kill without mercy".

The Franks and red-handed horsemen, with their irises and round shields on their backs, threw down their spears, swords, axes, and iron rods, and showed no mercy as they had done to the infidels in the city of Nicaea, slashing and chasing along the way, shouting slogans of revenge, and their bloody corpses were scattered all over the meadows and rivers.

On the right flank, the Armenian commanders Fira and Khussus saw that the situation was not good, and they also fled towards the city of Issus, and the brothers Orson and Callegos commanded the cavalry, and they also pursued fiercely!

It was already noon, the sun was in the sky, Tancred stripped off his chain turban, his forehead was covered with sweat, but he still took the Holy Banner cavalry company, turned back and fought again and again, alternately covering with Earl Richard's cavalry, and protecting the military servants of his own camp to escape with baggage, so the battle situation here was much stronger than that of Reuben who left in a hurry.

"Assemble and stop chasing!" Giovanni pulled up Muzafiadin, who was holding the battle flag, and pointed to the retreating Norman cavalry, "If you follow them, you can't break through the defense line of this group of elite warriors." ”

The Turkic servant gasped, sweat twisted his pigtails, carrying bloodstained flags, hair piled up messily around his neck, stopped, waiting for Giovanni's instructions, and the red hand cavalry behind also slowed down one after another, their horses were too tired, "What to do, military judge?" ”

"Go back and sweep the enemy's camp, capture the baggage, and then let the general and Lord Baldwin's infantry march to the city of Issus, the enemy will not hold on to it when they are exhausted."

At this moment, Gawain had already ridden his horse to the Ruben barracks, which was full of fire, and Bramson jumped off his horse and pointed to the tent embroidered with the lion's emblem, "This is the hyena's tent, and the food and drink in it are still warm!" His servants, who also hoped that the hyenas' despicable sneak attack on our army would be successful, set up a celebration banquet in advance. ”

Gawain lifted the curtain and walked in, and several shivering male and female slaves cut off small pieces of the food on the plate one by one, rolled their throats and swallowed them to show that they were not poisoned, and then presented them to General Stratigos, who drew his dagger, cut off a piece of roasted venison dripping with oil, put it in his mouth and chewed it soundly, and then sat down in Prince Ruben's luxurious seat, moved his hips twice, and said pleasantly, "Send all the prisoners of war and the captives to the city of Mamistra, Give it to Mrs. Goldchild to take a look at. ”

After saying this, he saw a beautiful locking box stacked next to the seat, and next to him was a white-skinned beardless young man, wearing a golden collar and an embroidered silk robe, and the key hung from the collar, which seemed to be the escort officer who kept the box.

Gawain continued to put the venison in his mouth, and winked at the young man, telling him to open the box.

After a while, the boy was held down by several of the servants who pounced on him, but he struggled to swallow the key he had taken from his belly, and then curled up, trembling in pain on the carpet, the great golden key would have made his stomach rot, and the process of death was slow.

There was a loud chopping sound, and the flying pieces of wood and gold fell on the young man's face—Gawain, who was standing in front of him, threw a battle axe back to the guards behind him, and then kicked the severed box open, and the jewels and crowns rolled and overflowed everywhere, and the whole tent was filled with dazzling colors. The boy could only close his eyes in the end, and he fell to his feet and gasped.

Gawain squinted his eyes and brought up one of the most striking of them, a large tiara, zigzag-shaped, entwined with brilliant gold leaves, and a relief of a lion, "This is what the master will use for the coronation moment!" The boy whispered, but it was clear that he didn't have much to live. (To be continued.) )