Next, a large number of Plonian cavalrymen loyal to the emperor, dressed in various armors, stacked on top of each other, flying flags, carrying broadswords, maces, and battle axes, trotted on horseback, and followed their private soldiers at high speed, raising clouds of dust, and shining feathers and spires on their hats and helmets, and successively filled the area between the rearguard line and the light line, and they formed the second line of the army, that is, the most ferocious spearhead of attack, that is, the wedgeline. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The group of hoplites, numbering about 1,000 men, formed six small phalanxes, with two fronts and four fronts, continuing the "one horse and two steps" formation, in which a Plonian knight was flanked by private soldiers armed with pikes, catapults, and axes for cover. Originally, according to the military system of the Byzantine Roman Empire, in the center of the six phalanxes, there was also a large wedge formation specially responsible for Ling Gang's destruction of the cataphract (mounted cavalry), which was responsible for the light soldiers rushing forward after the battle, tearing through the enemy's line, but now the emperor has not had time to form mounted cavalry, and secondly, it is a siege battle rather than a field battle at the moment, so Alexios did not take this shortcoming seriously.

"Dismount!"

The Plonian cavalry, who had arrived at the predetermined battle line, began to turn over and dismount one after another, tethering their horses to their own private soldiers, and in the sun they were immediately transformed into a heavy infantry formation that could climb the fortress.

Behind Gawain's barricade opposite, the perfume bottles were still shooting one by one, and the soldiers' hats and helmets began to flicker behind the carriage boards, and it seemed that they were hurriedly trying to defend, "It seems that there is not much firepower and troops, and the enemy's commander and main force are really evacuated by the enemy from the back." Our Emperor is really good at capturing the fighters. Atretis, who was still holding his spear, watched the awkward movement of the enemy line in the distance, and his fighting spirit gradually stabilized.

The last to come out were the two wings of the emperor.

But this is by no means ordinary wings.

The left flank was originally the "flankguard", as the name suggests, the task of this wing is to cooperate with the rearguard line, mainly defensive, and prevent the enemy's right flank cavalry from outflanking.

However, in this battle, because the bulging position of Gawain was located on the right side, in front of the emperor's left flank, and was the primary target, Alexios ordered that "the left flank be equipped with my strongest Varangian outer palace guards, some of the new immortal army, plus two thousand strong soldiers, under the unified command of my general Selilarus." ”

The right flank, which was originally the "outflanker" responsible for outflanking the enemy, was now the garrison, led by the troops of Tetisius and Yasen, consisting of 2,000 new spearmen and more than 1,000 Cuman light archers, who formed a narrow single line to monitor the enemy forces that might be attacking in the direction of the camp of Gimegis.

At the sound of the trumpet, Alexios personally took his son-in-law Brenus (who was afraid that his son-in-law would be captured again for no reason) and the great nobleman Cezes (who was worried that he would stay in the camp and the base), Raymond (who was simply afraid that this sudden pig would come to disrupt his deployment plan), and all the forbidden soldiers of the imperial camp: including five hundred Inner Palace Shield Guards and four hundred Inner Guard cavalry and orphaned forbidden army archers, as well as the knight sergeants under Raymond's command, and finally rushed to the rear of the guard line where Atretis was. That is, he set up a tent in the open space next to the barricade to supervise the whole army. On both sides of the emperor's imperial camp, there were many military servants holding nearly a thousand strong war horses and stopping there, they were all used as a reserve, transferred to the front soldiers, although the use of war horses in this battle will not be very large, but the excellent tradition is still preserved.

In fact, the emperor's men and horses out of the camp were only about 20,000, and the reason was the same - the distance between the two battle lines of the enemy and us was too short to accommodate too many soldiers and horses. Therefore, Alexios determined, "The whole army is divided into two parts, the inner and the second, the rearguard heavy spearmen will stabilize the axis, and the rest of the light troops and the various armies will take turns to fight until they defeat the convex stronghold of Gauvin, and then destroy the rest of his barricade line." Therefore, the emperor still left another 20,000 people scattered and stationed in the camp to be on standby, in order to seek the magic of wheel warfare, but did not arrange a well-known general to command in a unified manner.

The gold and gem-encrusted crosses, as well as the purple royal flag, stood out among the axe-encircled positions, and gave a great morale boost to all the Imperial soldiers, including Atretis. Everyone knows that His Majesty the Emperor is under the cross and the imperial flag, personally watching the brave deeds on the battlefield with incomparably noble eyes.

"Your Majesty is the Creator of Heaven on Earth, the Destroyer of the Rebellious Enemies of the Alien Race. He represents justice and law, is the truly living Holy Apostle, and is our unquestionable Commander. On the battlefield, silently pray for the glorious name of Your Majesty, which can bless the enemy's arrows and swords that cannot kill you, and can also bless you to move forward bravely and cut off the enemy's head for meritorious service! Now Your Majesty is behind you, rejoice, and prepare to attack! On all fronts, in front of the soldiers standing in formation, the "battlefield propagandists" who were served by the emperor's officials and court officials were shouting such words hoarsely.

"Long live the Emperor, long live the Emperor!" Atretis lifted his breath from his heart, and shouted such a slogan angrily, as did his spearmen in front and behind, and the slogan spread out layer by layer, and soon he felt that his voice was completely overwhelmed by the unified shout of thousands of people, and his ears could not help but begin to buzz and ache.

The formation of this large army array, under the careful command of Meles, took a full two hours, and even this was ahead of the original plan, which made the emperor extremely satisfied,

"Please give orders, Your Majesty, everyone is willing to die for your victory." Several guards knelt in front of Alexios' horse and asked.

Suddenly, the emperor saw that the thousands of troops and horses in front of him were quiet, and only the chaotic shooting sound of Gawain soldiers' perfume bottles and fire guns in the opposite carriage base was left, as if there was nothing more than a weakness and the wailing of mosquitoes and flies. It seems that Gawain and many other main forces have indeed gone to Seleucia to put out the fire, and now is a great opportunity for me.

Alex Shuston paused for a moment, then drew his sword of the Holy Sea and raised it high, its blade glistening in the sunlight, and the horse under his crotch neighed and spun violently.

"Whole army, attack!" Miles, who was on the tower, turned to raise a small flag at the towering Posta.

Then, five flags were hoisted on Posta, dancing in the wind, representing the offensive orders for the light line, the cavalry assault line, the rear line, the left flank and the right flank.

With this signal, the sparse line of light troops, which had been stretched for a long time, suddenly gathered together, and the archers of all races braved the fire and fire of the guns, close together, and in a loud sound, the arrows were pulled out of their pockets, leaned over and set them on the bows, and then with a command, everyone raised their bows high, and the eyes of hundreds of archers stared at the various shaking enemy soldiers at Gawain's chariot, and then slowly pulled the bowstring until it was extremely full.

"Put!" (To be continued.) )