"May my son Zangi avenge me and appreciate the greatness of his father's fight for the scriptures." The bearded Ataberg said these words with his eyes closed rapidly.

Over there, Theognes jumped off the boulder, kicked out all the torches, and gestured to Gawain, shouting, "Leave him alone, go!" ”

Gawain looked at the lucky fellow, who was still shrugging his shoulders and breathing hard, and turned his back with two weapons, and with Ekrison picked up the Varangian warrior with a wounded knee, and under the cover of another warrior and the two remaining servants, he and the captor quickly headed for the depths of the ridge forest—in this dim wood, only the experienced scouts of Theognes could accurately help them to reach the canyon.

Everyone gasped and ran, and even if they were tired under their feet, they did not dare to relax for half a minute, because the shouts of Roma soldiers and the trumpets of contact were constantly sounding behind them, and from time to time, one or two stray arrows flew from their side, and the whole scene was still very tense.

"Sabina!" Gawain looked up and saw that in the shadows of the trees and the light, his beloved horse was shaking its beautiful mane, barking intimately at himself, and the horse was extremely docile, and did not run away at all, but waited for his master to arrive at this end.

Then everyone walked out of the woods one after another, the dazzling sunlight suddenly shone on their faces, and then the earth-shattering shouts poured into their ears!

Throughout the narrow gorge, Isaac's more than 6,000 soldiers, plus nearly 3,000 craftsmen, mechanics, and sailors, formed a crowded queue and desperately marched down the mountain pass. Gawain and Theognes looked over the pass they had prepared to survey, and the eagle banner of the Sultan of Rûm was already fluttering on it, and the other side had been occupied by the treacherous Turkic army.

At the foot of the mountain on both sides of the canyon and on the back of the mountain, red dogtooth flags were displayed everywhere, and countless Roma soldiers stood scattered behind trees and rocks, pouring bows and arrows and stones at the valley floor.

It was a well-planned and perfectly organized ambush!

"Your Excellency Sebastoprat, follow the despicable cavalry, and stop flying the royal flag of Constantine." Tetisius already had three servants by his side, and he was shot and killed one after another, and he also changed his mount because he had been shot dead before, but the general without a nose was still reminding Isaac, who was also embarrassed behind him. Komnenos, in the back was a small bird sitting on his shoulder, still cheering up the surrounding slaves and soldiers, "There is nothing to panic about, it is very safe to walk against the wall of the camp, General Tetisius has already sent the elite to seize the pass." ”

In fact, the chief of the royal wardrobe is talking nonsense, nearly half of the 700 mercenary cavalry under Tetisius have been injured, and most of the war horses have been shot dead and wounded, so they can only dismount and walk to break through.

Good thing for George. Pala Rogus's subordinates were all battle-hardened veterans, so they withstood the rain of arrows and continued to move forward with gritted teeth.

"Listen to the birds, I'd rather spend the rest of my life in a monastery within the empire with my stump than be abandoned by you and fall into the hands of the heretics of Konya." At this moment, in the dimly lit carriage behind which arrows were pierced, George, the Torturer, who was covered with a blanket, said this to the eunuch.

"I promise you." Birdie Nikdemia promised.

Originally, the Grand Eunuch and Tetisius, including Farov, were not very much in favor of abandoning the camp and marching over this damned canyon. Because after the completion of the long serpentine battalion, and let the detachment occupy the pass, leaving the guards on both sides and the strength of the temple army behind, nearly 10,000 men and horses and baggage can smoothly get out of Nicaea, and go to Nicomedia with peace of mind. However, Isaac acted arbitrarily, and when the "troublemaker", the barbarian Gawain, who did not know the height of the sky, was sent to serve as a scout, the royal brother could not wait to give the order to march hastily, and happened to be caught up by the combined forces of Gilichi and Cabeamia.

Isaac. Komnenos did this in the hope that he would leave Asia Minor as soon as possible, so that the rebellious elements of this army could be eliminated and then controlled, which was what his brother tried to explain before he left, but Isaac did not expect that he would make a complete mess of things.

"Damn, Sultan Konya, destined for divine punishment." Diognis said indignantly.

On the other side, Gawain hurried to the east side of the cliff at the edge of the canyon, where he saw that the Roma troops at the other ambush points had been in place one after another, and under the flying arrows, the Farov Division, holding high the red-handed battle flag, and the more than 1,000 people holding the purple and white banner of the first division, who were his commanders, were forming a defensive line along the narrow valley floor in misery, resisting the onslaught of the large number of Turkic and Tevris warriors who had swarmed in from the walls of Nicaea, and the distance between them and the main army was getting bigger and bigger.

Gawain continued to see the Turks dragging the flaming fireballs and firewood down the hillsides and cliffs, quickly cutting off the connection between Isaac's main force and the forces behind the palace.

Gawain didn't have time to think about it, he rolled over and rode on Sabina, Erickson put his weapon on, Gawain began to straighten his shoulder straps and belt, and Sabina's hooves came to the edge of the cliff where the gravel was falling—the mare began to twist her neck backwards, and it was obvious that she did not want herself and her master to go down in such a dangerous situation.

"You're crazy, Gawain!" The captor, Theognes, stepped forward, grabbed Sabina's chew, and pulled it backwards with all her might.

"There's no time, I have to go back to my post."

"To go down now is to die, and it is only right for us to go down the west and follow the team of His Excellency Sebastoprat." Diognis shouted.

"I'm not going to continue to fight this bastard and coward, you're going, that's your judgment, not mine. your Emperor, your Sebastoprat, I promised all the soldiers before, only to temporarily hand over the camp to Francisco supervision, I also promised the Red Guards and Farov not to let everyone die in this hellish place, then now is the time for Gawain to fulfill his promise and duty! With that, Gawain untied the red cloak, removed the rosary wrapped around the sword of phosphorus and fire, and threw it into the hands of the captor, "I entrust these things to you, and you return the cloak to Yudoxia. Nestas; Keep the rosary for now, and give it to Peter the Hermit when the time comes. That's it. ”

"I won't keep these relics for you, it's just a strong man!" The catcher held these things in his hand and protested angrily.

However, in the blink of an eye, Gawain put his arms around Sabina's neck, "Baby, follow me, help me, we won't lose." Then Sabina shook her head, hissed, and jumped down from the near cliff with Gawain.

"Gawain!" Theognes stretched out his hand, but only a strand of hair on Sabina's tail, and the rosary thumped between his fingers