"My father thought that he relied on the power of the empire, and neither Gawain nor Baldwin dared to come to take the city of Tarsus, but today I want to break my father's illusion, which shows that the imperial system to which he belongs is no longer worthy of the name 'Romania'." When Anna's shoulder appeared on the hill on the outskirts of Zephilim, overlooking the besieged city of Tarsus, she couldn't help but say the following words with triumph.

It is true that the Seleucian army did come to besiege the city - first, Monomachus with two hundred soldiers occupied the upper reaches of the Sidenus River, cutting off the channel through which Tarsus was supplied, and then the rest of the Genat soldiers, Paul's soldiers, and the garrison brought by Anna formed a marching formation in the outskirts of the city, blocking the passage of land and water, and shouting to the soldiers in the city;

His Majesty the Emperor has retreated from the plateau, and in order to aid in the smooth passage of the Antioch road, we need to take care of the city, please allow us to take over, or we will cut off supplies and set up ballista guns to attack the city!

The shouts outside the city shook the earth, and the more than 1,000 defenders at the head of the city were also panicked like lost dogs, or rather, they were originally: since the emperor took back the city, soon Tetisius and Theognes went to the battlefield of Antioch with the main force, and cut out us old and weak to stay, and the emperor's supplies could only come from the plateau along the Sidenus River, and now the emperor completely ignored them, and even General Tetisius, it is said that he had also broken away from the battlefield of Antioch before, and did not go from Tarsus, Rather, it was taken from Cyprus.

Despair pervaded, and then the lookout on the tower heard a shocking sound of iron hooves, drowning out the shouts of the besieging infantry array.

Later, several lookouts saw a group of "ironclad monsters" galloping from the opposite side of the river.

Or rather, it was a revival of the armoured cavalry of the Roman Empire, which had always been the most powerful and powerful symbol of the Empire's armed forces, and after the defeat of Manchicette, most of them were lost in the terrible Battle of Van Lake, and the few that survived were later killed in the Battle of Durazo by Alexios, and then disappeared completely.

So the revival of this armed force was actually realized by Anna.

In addition, Anna had been planning to reorganize this force in preparation for the shame of Gawain's infantry company being bullied by Theodoro's peasant cavalry in Paphragonia. This can be seen from the fact that she called the Seleucian Ordnance Department in advance and created a large number of armor for men and horses: it must be known that the soldiers are different in height, short, fat and thin, although they pay attention to the difference as much as possible when selecting soldiers, but when making armor, Anna still asked Samuelfa to build according to three equations, in order to meet the needs of different body shapes, and now absorbed more than 300 Franks or Normans to form a new army, and there is no difficulty in armor not fitting, which shows the wisdom of the princess in purple at the beginning.

On the high ground on the other side of the river, three hundred mounted cavalry stood densely packed, and their momentum shocked all the soldiers defending the city, and their original swords and shields, although Anna promised to keep them, had already been collected and handed over to the infantry to use. Now they have a hood on their heads that only shows the bridge of their eyes and nose, two colored horsehair tassels on the top, ring-necked chain mail and a dark cloak below, the shawl on their shoulders and the armor on the front and back of their chest are tied, and the lower body armor is open to the left, which is convenient for stepping on and getting on and off the horse. As for their vests, they are no longer as simple as the iron armor on the horses' chests when Gawain's Red Hand Dalian first set foot in Bulgaria:

At the top is the "face armor" that protects the horse's face, and the inner part is clamped to prevent stabbing and beating to protect the horse's head, and four parallel colored feathers are inserted on it;

Then there is the "chicken neck armor" that wraps around and guards the horse's neck, riveted together layer by layer, and finally tied with a rope underneath, which can not only play the role of protecting the flying arrows, but also appropriately reduce the burden on the horse's neck;

Below, it is the breastplate, which is integrated with the chicken neck armor and the face curtain armor, and becomes the armor of the front body of the war horse;

There are also horse armors on the saddle, which are separated on both sides, and strips of linen are decorated from under the abdomen to prevent arrows from flying indiscriminately and hurting the belly of the horse;

The horse's hips, on the other hand, had a hitch armor that showed only its tail, and the cavalry on it was armed with a long-handled weapon, and from the saddle hung hammers, iron rods, and swords, such armored cavalrymen would be invincible infantry butchers in their hands when they were assaulting with a tribulus rod or a spear in their hands on a flat battlefield.

"Hallelujah!" When all the armored cavalry shouted this slogan, the soldiers who were guarding did not dare to guess where this group had come from, so they lowered their battle flags, stretched out the retractable drawbridge, and surrendered to Anna's besieging army.

"Little sunfish, it seems that your siege weapon will not be useful this time." Anna on her shoulders is very splendid, and she feels very good about Zephilim, who had previously entered Seleucia with Gawain to fight and defeat the Konyan Turks and opened the portal, and now she has backhanded the entire capital city of Cilicia, Tarsus, the birthplace of St. Paul, in the palm of her hand!

"My stuff is completely and absolutely in Alamanburg to the west." The little sunfish replied that it seemed that her grudge against the Callegos family could only be washed away with blood and fire.

After the grand entrance ceremony, Anna, who was standing in the hall of the newly captured city acropolis, raised her hands and turned in a circle, and said to Walter, the imperial ink officer and the general flag officer of the garrison, "Although there is some decline, the spaciousness and bearing here are really not comparable to Seleucia!" ”

"After capturing the city of Tarsus, the next step is Cappadocia." The Imperial Ink Officer reminded.

Anna stopped spinning, raised her eyebrows, and said of course - now that her father is gone, and Gilici is busy recovering the devastated land of Konya, while the Danishmunds are focused on capturing Bithynia in the north, the Cappadocia, which is at the gate of the plateau, has become a vacuum, "With the blessing of the Lord and the Virgin, we cannot delay or hesitate at all, and now we are advancing towards the plateau in one go." Walter. Lord Sanzabal, as the Overseer, take control of Sigmar, Goti, and the three hundred mounted cavalry, with some auxiliary Genat Foot Cavalry, and immediately march to Cappadocia, and take the southern stronghold of Karon Castle as soon as possible. ”

Then, Anna pointed to her imperial officer, "Sign the order to give them the 6,000 inhabitants who have taken refuge in Conya and Milio Sepharon, plus the 1,000 soldiers who have just surrendered, and give them the sacred estate of Cappadocia to form a military colony to assist Sigma and Gotti in reclaiming and defending the city of Caron." Gilici had a secret pact with Gawain to recognize our sovereignty over Cappadocia, so if Danishmond attacked, he would fight them off mercilessly! ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Under Agnes's gray hair, her eyes were devoid of fear and hesitation. (To be continued.) )