Chapter 11: The Romans

The sound of the horn suddenly spread throughout the wilderness, and the order to "abandon here and retreat towards the city of Nicaea" was not said by the Sultan himself, but it could be witnessed with his own eyes - Giliki's crimson eagle banner and his elite army of slaves had quickly retreated and turned towards the canyon of the city of Nicaea.

Then, the surrounding groups of Roma soldiers, on horseback, on foot, also abandoned the attack on the Forsheh camp and, following in the Sultan's footsteps, retreated somewhat in order. In the corner of the camp were many pilgrims who had survived the catastrophe, including Walter . Sanzabal, including them, could not believe their eyes, but through the wooden fences and the earthen ramparts, they did see that the infidels were rapidly departing in the midst of the smoke and dust, as they had rushed to kill.

The shouts of "Allah blessing" rang out, and the pilgrims in the camp threw themselves down before the cross with their hands raised in the air, and thousands of words and words could not describe their joy now.

On the other side, Hajib, who had received the order from the Sultan to die, hung his head in discouragement, and then he raised his eyes in silence, and saw the red hand banner with which he was very familiar, approaching him—a group of fierce cavalrymen, with spears and swords like a forest, following the banners fluttering in the wind, facing the rising sun, their armor shining, and coming towards his formation without stopping.

"There is a death order from the Sultan here, the Armenian mongrels over there are fleeing, we have no flanks, no way to retreat." Hajib raised his head and sighed, "I can only do what the command says, kill the Born Benevolence and ascend to heaven." ”

Not only Atarberg thought, but also 3,000 Roma soldiers. After watching the situation around me a little, I also understood my fate. At this time, a brave standard-bearer rode out first, "the generation of conquerors of the whole world as prophesied in the scriptures." Their banners will be commemorated by the blood of our generation! Hundreds of Roma soldiers, on horseback or on foot, followed the standard-bearer, shouting, and then bravely rushed at the attacking company of Gawain's cavalry!

"Don't back down!" The Red Hand Feather Ornament was blown down by the wind backwards, and Gawain shouted these words, and some of the cavalry in the Dalian team kept kicking their mounts with their spurs, thus accelerating to the prominence. The head of the horse that bravely marched forward opened its mouth wide and neighed, swinging - forming a blade shape with the companions who followed, and in an instant the Grand Duke was the first to lay down the spear in his hand, and the subordinates behind him followed suit, and in the earth-shattering assault, the figures of the Turks swept one after another, passing from Gawain and both sides, and the end of the spear pierced the oncoming standard-bearer like lightning.

In the crashing sound. The standard-bearer was impaled and fell from his horse, and the battle flag in his hand rose and floated past Gawain's eyes, flying in the air. Shining through the sunlight, it flew to the other side of the battle formation in a blink of an eye and disappeared without a trace. But Gawain and his comrades continued to charge forward, under the hooves of their horses. The Roma soldiers overturned and cut down the rows, and soon the company and the Frankish cavalry formed several "blades". It tore through Hajib's formation, and the bodies of the fallen Roma soldiers in the wilderness were innumerable, like signposts and lanes made of flesh and blood.

In front of the high ditch of Exero, despite the smell of corpses under her, Anna put her hands in her sleeves and walked there, her eyes widened, she saw the spear charge of this group of barbarian cavalry, and in just one time, it swept away all the pagan Turkic soldiers in front of the camp like a raging fire, everything, weapons, men, formations, horses, and banners, were mercilessly destroyed, "The Franks and Normans rode on horses, and charged with spears, which could almost pierce a hole in the mighty walls of the city of Neo-Babylon, No one can resist it. Anna, I finally saw it with my own eyes on this day. ”

"What a barbaric massacre." Agnes, who was behind her, also sighed.

"No, it's a holy war, it's just a prologue. The brown-haired brute, the brute who galloped through the wilderness with great prowess, perhaps he would one day become a true Roman, like Julius. Caesar, like Belisarius, was able to free the Lord's realm from the pagan banner and truly lead the Roman Empire to revival. Anna groaned, but the expression on her face was very serious.

"A barbarian is a barbarian."

"No, if the Roman Empire were not a universal empire, then it would not be worthy of the emblem of the eagle. It is true that when the capital was first moved, the noblest and bravest men migrated to Constantinople, but now that nearly a thousand years have passed, the new century needs new blood. What are Romans? Noble and brave people, not stuck in pedigree and bloodline. This is Anna's answer.

At this time, Gawain, who had already guided the cavalry through the formation of the army behind the Röma Palace, saw the position of Hajib's banner, so he pulled out the sword of phosphorus and fire, jumped off Quicksilver's horse, and killed Hajib together with several brotherhoods with long axes and broadswords, and Muzafiadin with spears.

A Turkic nobleman from Ankara roared on his horse and raised his spear to stab him, and at this moment he actually recognized Muzafiadin Adin, "You apostate bastard! "It turned out that Muzafiadin was originally a subordinate of the emir of Nicaea, Zahaas (now Lord Zahas was wandering around Tunisia in North Africa), and was later subdued by Gawain, and after Zahaas was expelled from the Greek Peninsula by his royal brother Sebastoclat, his power in Asia was also destroyed by Giliki. Arslan annexed them one by one, and this Turkic nobleman was among them.

"I have not apostasy, I have not killed the believers." Muzafiadin shouted, lunged forward, possessed and brushed the spear stabbed by the nobleman, and then reached out and put his spear out, hitting the horse's neck, the horse screamed, lost its front hooves and fell, the nobleman couldn't hold his hands and feet with the spear, flew and pounced, and was swung by Gawain with his sword, cut in two from his waist, and rolled out of the long way. Then another Turkic nobleman cursed, and slashed with his sword, Gawain forced it, avoiding the blade, and then lifted the other man's shoulder, and a sword from his abdomen to his chin. Looking at the blue flames flying out, Hajib's memories of fear in the past were instantly ignited, and his determination to become benevolent with all the tribes was also shattered, "It's that akin warrior, killed by his sword, he can't ascend to heaven at all!" Then the Atarberg took the reins, abandoned the flag with several of his servants, and fled toward Nicaea.

“akin,akin!” The rest of the Roma soldiers under Shuai's banner were also shocked, and the warrior who had slain them with his magic sword in the valley of Nicaea was actually in the ranks of the pilgrims, and they shouted like this, and they also fled with Hajib.

Although the 3,000 Roma soldiers were first broken by the cavalry, and then divided and slaughtered by the successive large groups and the Frankish infantry regiments, the few remaining small units still leaned on each other and resisted bravely with bows and spears to the last breath - in the end half were killed, half wounded and captured.

"Execute all these evil infidel warriors who dare to attack the pilgrims." Godfrey, who had just ridden out of the pass and was unable to take a direct part in this great victory. Eustace, with regret and anger, so ordered. (To be continued.) )