Ostu was the most warlike warrior of the Sagetus tribe, living by selling force to various employers, riding the fastest steed, wielding the most beautiful horned bow, even the feathers on his arrows were the specialties of the Venetian city-state, and carrying the sharpest scimitar—Ostu should have been the chief of his tribe, but because he had made the greatest mistake, that is, he once took advantage of the drunkenness to have an inappropriate relationship with his blood sister, whom he had always admired.

After the incident was revealed, Edo's father broke his leg and ran to the orthopedic surgeon in Samosata City for help, so that he could be saved. As a result, shameless stopped in the interior of the Sagetus, wandering around with a bow and a horse outside.

But Estu still has a dream, that is, to be able to rely on his own strength to build a magnificent city as Samosata, become its master, and then be able to take his beautiful sister Tang Wu and officially become husband and wife, and no longer have to rely on the snort and ethics of the clan to live.

Now Ostur is in Taurus. Reuben's annual salary was ten pounds of gold, far from his dream of becoming the master of the metropolis.

At the end of the day, Ostu fired seventeen arrows from behind the battlements, killing seven Armenian warriors and successfully resisting the enemy's attack on the city gates. Returning to the hall, Taurus rewarded him with a few variegated gold and silver coins, and urged, "Haven't the reinforcements from all of Edessa been gathered yet?" ”

"Your Excellency, I have sent a request to Antioch, Khorasan, and other places, that they will gather on the other side of the Euphrates when they receive your monetary gifts. They will soon go to this fortress and repel the pagan enemies. Estu touched the delicate pattern on the arrow basket he was carrying. I am confident that I will say this to my employer.

With a wave of his hand, Torus sat down in a chair trimmed with diamonds and gold trim. He took up the amber wine and drank it down, and said impatiently, "This group of characters is still unreliable, since the violent death of the Seljuk Sultan, Edessa and Armenia are scattered everywhere, if there are no reinforcements in half a month, I will sacrifice the city and surrender to the Norman pilgrim." ”

Several of the mayors standing beside them looked at each other and said to Taurus worriedly. "Now Samosata, very isolated in the periphery, we are afraid that even if reinforcements come to repel the foreign enemy, we are afraid that others will take their place. Moreover, in order to gather the money for the help, we have looted the people under your rule to the bitter end, and if you do not show sincerity, I am afraid that you will not be able to collect taxes here in the future. ”

Torus angrily slammed his glass on top of the table and yelled at the mayors. These taxes are nothing, as long as I continue to control the city of Samosata, there will be an inexhaustible amount of wealth, and no one can help me. Then he asked Estus. "With fifty cavalry ready, as soon as the banner of reinforcements appears on the other side of the Euphrates, light a signal bonfire on the tower. We will fight together inside and outside to wipe out all the pilgrims and Armenian mongrels! ”

Two or three days later. When Torus hunched his back and carried a large set of keys. One by one in the cellar of the tower, after inspecting the mountains of gold and silver coins that he had scavenged, he stepped on the stairway and slowly walked back to the hall, his mood at this time was much more relaxed, because the enemy's successive sieges were skillfully defused and resisted by Esdu, although this Turkic mercenary officer was sometimes weird and disgusting, but his ability and martial arts were still quite outstanding.

As long as they hold out for another day or two, the Turkic armies from all directions should arrive, after all, neither Yagy (Governor of Antioch), Ridwan (Governor of Aleppo), Kobha (Governor of Mosul) nor Dukak (Governor of Damascus) will sit idly by and watch Samosata fall in case this group of Christian pilgrims crosses the Euphrates! And once my city is saved, the citizens and merchants who dare to collude with the enemy must be punished with severe revenge.

Thinking so, Torus sat back down in his chair, looked at the wounded soldiers who were moaning at the edge of the fence, the corners of his mouth twitched with disdain, and he took the wine soaked in ice and poured himself a drink.

"Grandfather, please don't do this in front of the soldiers, yesterday I was in the hall, and I heard their angry voices, and I was very afraid" At this time, Taurus's granddaughter, who was also his pearl in the palm of her hand, Mesander, with a flask, stood uneasily sideways behind a curtain that could cover herself, and tried to persuade her grandfather, because through the gauze curtain, she saw several Turkic soldiers on the fence over there, and cast a terrible and hateful gaze on this side, and she could not help but feel a chill down her spine.

But the old man was not moved at all, and just as Mesander was about to continue the exhortation, a great cheer came from the corner tower on the other side of the city wall, which shook the utensils and cups of the whole room, "What is it! Torus braced himself up excitedly, and no longer paying attention to his granddaughter, he walked straight to the aisle between the towers, and hurried all the way to the corner tower, but saw many soldiers cheering, and the besieging enemy besieged below erupted into frustration - Torus clearly saw that on the other side of the great river flowing by the city, countless black and crimson battle flags appeared, and countless cavalry.

The bonfire burned, accompanied by Torus shouting excitedly, "It's reinforcements coming, it's reinforcements coming!" Osto, Ostu is about to prepare the cavalry, we will counterattack and bring reinforcements over. ”

In the fort between the inner and outer cities, Eth took all his men and climbed on horseback, began to string his bow carefully, and turned back and raised his arms, begging the lord not to worry: the glory and victory of the immediate attack must belong to our army.

Hence the Torus. Reuben turned pleasantly, left the fence with smoky stains and bloodstains, and walked back to his hall, where he could not help but be overjoyed, and then he sat down on the noble and splendid throne, stepping on the silk carpet, waiting for the good news of the battle.

Soon outside the Acropolis, the sound of horses' hooves and the clashing of blades was like thunder, and the sound of killing soared into the sky, and several guards and soldiers came one after another, reporting to him the dynamics: Ostu drove his horse out of the side gate and shot many of the enemy's elite warriors, but the other party did not dare to stop them; And on the other side of the river, the cavalry of the emir princes is also raging and trampling the weak line of the besieging enemy, and is charging towards our walls.

So Torus smirked, but the sweat on the forehead of her granddaughter Mesander on one side was even more, and she saw that the soldiers on the city wall and the tower, as if they were not defending at all, but had reached out their weapons, and seemed to be inadvertently approaching the hall, and the foreboding in her heart grew stronger, so she reminded her grandfather whether he should go to the corner tower to see the situation of the battlefield himself.

"No, no." Grandfather always said this.

About an hour later, the stairway at the entrance of the hall was filled with the sound of agitated footsteps, accompanied by the excited and joyful voice of Osdu, "Reinforcements have rushed in, we have been rescued!" ”

Torus stood up in joy, and then he saw Estus and a young warrior dressed in black chain mail, with flaxen-colored hair and beard, walking in. (To be continued.) )

PS: The map of the current forces of Tank Red will be updated in the post bar soon.