With this in mind, the soldiers of Gemagis fought bravely, and broke the old and weak Marpolo who stood in their way, forcing them to flee in all directions, and finally saw the Bohemond crowd fleeing like a tide not far away, and the big flag with gold on a white background. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Sir, you have to get around Samosata, you can't go there!" In the midst of the confusion, Gregor grabbed Bohemond's horse by the head and shouted.

"How's that going to go?"

"Break through in the direction of the Syrian Gate, and the Grand Patron and Lord Baldwin will respond to us."

Bohemond's face was as dead as ashes, but he finally said with pride and pride in his bearing, "I don't want to go to Gawain with such an embarrassing defeat, which is worse than dying in martyrdom." ”

However, Bohemond did not threaten the Gimagis brigade, for Gregor clearly told him: "Excuse me, Prince, that from now on the brigade will break through in the direction of the Syrian Gate, and will no longer accept your moderation, and I and all the generals and centurions will be responsible for the state of Tarsus." ”

"That's it, I'm breaking through in the direction of Samosata, if you're willing to take a long detour, then go around, how to say that this time I owe Gawain a personal favor. If we can all succeed in breaking the siege, we hope to take revenge together in the future. The Duke of Antioch made a rare promise, and then ran with the banner toward the more rugged Samosata Mountains, hoping that the G. Maggis's Brigade would divert the enemy's attention and cover his whereabouts.

Stay on the banks of the Euphrates River, about 30 guru from the city of Samosata, in a narrow area adjacent to the highlands: Ostu. Borduka, with 5,000 Suvak soldiers, crossed Samosata without attacking, and like a whirlwind, directly seized a key point on the other side of the river in the area, intercepting almost all of Bohemond's baggage battalions, apparently in the early stages.

Seeing that the retreat was blocked, Bohemond hurriedly ordered Richard and Lenolde to lead all the infantry, and the servant army that was still behind the banner, and the army of Ostu to launch a fierce "battle for the passage". At the foot of the pass and the hills, nearly 4,000 Suvak soldiers fought in a dense spear phalanx: the soldiers of the first three rows raised their spears, knelt, bowed, and stood upright, and the soldiers of the fourth row raised their bows and arrows to throw arrows, and in addition, a thousand Suvak soldiers boldly detoured back to a flank high mon and also used their bows and arrows to flank the attack line of Antioch. Bohemond was greatly embarrassed by the fact that Richard had been attacked several times, and that he could not take advantage of the cavalry assault here.

Soon the pursuers of Park'ard and Merrick came from the north, and Bohemond's ranks were caught in the middle, like walnuts crumbled by the claws of iron pincers, and everywhere they were killed and scattered. Eventually, Bohemond gathered together the knights and the company of the Holy Banner, and went up to the hill with the forest against him, and put up a stubborn resistance, "sending four horses out of the trail and asking for help from Samosata, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Tarsus, whichever way I came, and where I would dig temporary fortifications, at least for a week." ”

"The great bandit Bohemond must not be let go." At the same time, Parkard and Merrick also gave such an order.

Brutal fierce battles unfold in the narrow final place.

Under the banner, Bohemond adopted the traditional Norman tactics of guarding, dividing all the knights and mounted sergeants into three lines, a total of six horizontal formations, using shields and swords to ride in front of the formation, followed by mixed crossbows and infantry spearmen, protecting the remnants of the baggage and the flag at the end.

As soon as the Armenians broke through, the Norman knights quickly counterattacked, defeating more than a dozen attacks in succession; After a day and a half, Bohemond also took the time to distribute luggage supplies, let the horses take turns to rest, and let the infantry dig trenches and erect fences, so that there was a real fight to the death for a week.

By this time, two herald cavalrymen had already rushed to Samosata.

Samosata's defense, however, had been handed over to a group of knights from Galilee, about fifty knights and five hundred infantrymen, and the officers of the overseer happened to be Joseph and Adion.

The two resolutely rejected the herald's plea for help and imprisoned him, saying that it was just a spy from Armenia or Danishmund, who had tricked us out of the city.

There was also a herald cavalry, who galloped in the direction of Antioch, and did not go far before he was caught by the troops of Ostu and beheaded off.

The last cavalry to advance towards the city of Tarsus was extremely lucky to catch up with the rearguard of the Gemagis Brigade, "We have broken through on the scale of a detachment. Several centurions shouted to the cavalry, and then the battle broke out, and the men and horses of the returning Fell, Saliki, and the men and horses pursued them, and the two sides fought fiercely on the one hand, and tried to squeeze each other's path, and the detachment was soon broken up into various companies and rushed westward. The herald also abandoned his horse, took up his sword, and fought side by side with the 14th Skirmish Company of the Gimagis Brigade to which he belonged, and finally died on the battlefield.

Therefore, Bohemond was tantamount to completely cutting off the possibility of accepting foreign aid, he lost too quickly, and it was easy for those with ill intentions to plot against him, but those who were willing to help him were simply beyond the reach of him.

But the stubborn Duke of Redbeard held out on his battlefield until the third day, and he defeated Merrick's onslaught one after another, and almost most of the Norman knights had the illusion that reinforcements were coming soon because of our miraculous battle.

But it was the thousands of Suvak soldiers of Ostur who were like a forest of spears, and the mercenary general eliminated all the other men of Bohemond who tried to break through, captured the wounded and fallen Count Richard, and then regrouped and pressed the remnants of Bohemond with unrivaled force, with a roar of crossbow arrows and throwing stones. In an instant, Bohemond's tactics failed in front of the rolling spear forest, and some of the knights were killed with proud tenacity, while the rest were captured by the death of the horses and the destruction of their weapons, including Bohemond, Rainold, and his holy flag, which represented great feats.

It is said that when Bohemond was caught in front of the horses of his enemies, Merrick beat him with a horsewhip to vent his anger, and the Duke of Antioch, although his face was bruised, he did not say a word with contempt in his eyes.

Then Pak Ade, father and son, and Osto, rode over.

When Bohemond saw Estus, he immediately opened his mouth and rebuked angrily, "Capricious Turkic mouse, I regret not catching and killing you, and let you find a mongrel master who is enough to complicit, and that is Ridwan, a treacherous villain!" ”

Ace didn't answer.

However, Pak Ade took the initiative to speak, "Your Royal Highness, after all, we have the kindness of a master and servant, so we will not kill you, the Greek emperor of Brachna Palace should be more interested in you, so we will send you to Constantinople." ”

Hearing this, Bohemond looked up and laughed, "With Marash, a country that is about to perish? Not to mention that there is not even a piece of sea, how can you send me to Alexios. (To be continued.) )