In the darkness, every time the heavy cavalry of Lumei and the heavy infantry attacked, the Romani Turks indicated the direction with their chimes, accompanied by a sharp whistle and a dense fire of arrows from the Turkic soldiers behind the antlers and stakes. Two generals have already been killed by indiscriminate arrows while attacking the Turkic lines. The thick night covered up the pools of frozen blood, and the cold weather with the water turned into ice, and the slightest wound, if not treated in time, would lead to death. The wounded soldiers, who were still moaning just a moment ago, would soon be turned into frozen corpses. Everywhere there were torches fluttering, routing soldiers, hordes and dense horses' hooves, arrows flying everywhere, and the battle to rescue Antioch's army was both chaotic and extraordinarily brutal.

Emperor Alexey's expression was colder than the north wind, and the shouts of killing in the east had become much weaker, as if he saw the Romani Turks rushing into the camp of the front army column like a tidal wave, slashing and slashing the panicked soldiers like sheep. As soon as the first battalion of troops was defeated and retreated, Emperor Alexei urged another battalion of troops to rush forward. From here to the camp of the avant-garde column, it is only two miles, and you can even hear the noisy killing sound in the front barracks, but you just can't rush through. Unknowingly, the emperor had sent too many troops to attack the Turkic defenses.

The Turks were gradually mobilizing the forces of the besieging front army columns, and the cavalry, wielding scimitars, rushed towards the Lumei army in waves. The Turkic cavalry, which had already solved the Antioch army, continued to reinforce from the east, pressing the main force of the Lumei army to retreat. At the same time, a considerable number of Turkic cavalry passed through the chaotic battle zone of a large number of armies on both sides, took a detour through rugged mountain roads, and avoided the main defense line set up by the main force of the Lumei army on the main road, in an attempt to reinforce the Turkic defense line that separated the Lumei Emperor from the rearguard column.

However, the Turkic generals who commanded the army were pleasantly surprised to find that the hill where Emperor Lumei was located was actually defended by only a few thousand troops. He immediately made a decision and ordered an immediate attack on the hill where Emperor Lumei was located, and sent an army to establish a defensive line on the road behind him to prevent the main army of Lumei from approaching the emperor in front. The Turkic cavalry of the brigade began to gather under the small hill where the Emperor Aleksey was temporarily stationed, and while constantly firing arrows, they kept trying to break through from the weak points of the defensive line. For the Turkic warriors, whether it was the capture of Emperor Lumei or the acquisition of his head, it was a very high honor.

Sensing that the emperor was in danger, the Lumei army in front immediately divided into a column to turn around and desperately rushed back to kill. But in this short period of time, the Turks built several more defensive lines in the narrow section between the main force of the Lumei army and the hill where the emperor was located, and the Turkic cavalry dismounted to defend it, stubbornly blocking the approach of the Lumei army. The entire battlefield was in chaos, and the Turkic cavalry and the Lumei army were completely mixed up. The two sides were like two bruised beasts, biting each other all the time.

With the large Turkic cavalry interspersed with darkness, they have successfully implemented the encirclement, cutting off the connection between the Lumei Emperor and the main elite army of Lumei. Countless iron helmets, armor, and the white blades of scimitars reflected the firelight, and the small hill was already covered with corpses, and countless Turkic cavalry drove their horses to jump over these obstacles and rush out of the smoke emitted by the burned baggage. There were less than 300 sergeants left in the Chengying battalion, and there were cases where the archers had their fingers cut by the bowstring due to their weakened strength. The Praetorian Guards of the Xia Kingdom fought fiercely all night, and at this time it became the end of the strong crossbows, although they were still calm, constantly firing arrows or riding horses to counterattack, all fierce and orderly, but their strength weakened a lot. Captain Duan Huaixian ordered the sergeants not to get involved with the Turkic cavalry, but there was always a time when it was too late to retreat in the melee, and several times the white blades were connected, and dozens of sergeants were cut down by scimitars. The death of the two centurions made Duan Huaixian's heart ache even more.

The sound of the horse's hooves got closer and closer, Du Blowing Horn flashed out suddenly, aimed his bow and arrow at the Turkic cavalry, released the arrow, and then retracted behind the trunk, a majestic war horse with the sound of the whirring wind passed over his head, Du Blowing Horn rolled on the ground, dodging the sword light that swept overhead. Before he could stand up, more Turkic horses rushed past him.

Du Fujiao leaned his back against a felled tree trunk, "As long as that caravan earns ten times the amount of silver, my sons who are not successful will also have an explanation." A smile flashed in his eyes, "Envoy Zhao should have escaped safely." He threw away his bow and arrows, drew his sword, leaned his back against the trunk of a tree, and breathed in the icy air, surrounded by a tidal wave of Turkic cavalry.

There were more and more Turkic cavalry, and the army of Lumei, which was protecting the emperor, had abandoned two lines of defense, and the Praetorian Guard was constantly building new lines of defense with baggage carts, spikes, and even the corpses of men and horses, barely holding back the Turks. Now that the main army of more than 50,000 troops of the Lumei Empire is in the same dangerous situation as the previous army, some generals have suggested that His Majesty the Emperor abandon his army and break through to the west under the escort of the Praetorian Heavy Cavalry, but Emperor Alexei himself has rejected this proposal that would lead to the fall of the Komnenos Dynasty.

Except for the hundreds of dismounted Praetorian Heavy Cavalry gathered around him, the rest of the Lumei soldiers were in a situation where they were fighting on their own. The soldiers on both sides were intertwined, fighting chaotically in the darkness of night and firelight. The horses trampled on the wounded soldiers, moaning everywhere, and some of the soldiers began to flee in panic. Other battalions were scattered by the Turkic cavalry, and officers and soldiers were looking for each other. Some mercenary commanders began to hold an attitude of preserving their strength, shrinking their ranks and indifferently looking at the pleas for help from friendly troops.

The eyes of the Turkic cavalry had begun to flash with ecstasy, and the battle had reached this level, and the Turkic cavalry could no longer bother to circle and release arrows, and dozens of horsemen rushed their horses straight towards the Lumei soldiers who had gathered in a group. With great inertia, the war horse continued to rush towards the defense line of the Lumei soldiers.

The Xia Guards have been guarding the emperor's side, relying on the slight firelight, under the cover of heavy vehicles and sharp stakes, to shoot arrows at the attacking Turkic cavalry to counterattack, the Xia State sergeant's arrow skills are superb, and the arrows sent out are as accurate as eyes, through the dark fog, often a scream in the distance. The outstanding performance of the Praetorian Guards of the Xia Kingdom really won the attention of the old emperor. They were both brave and disciplined, and the officers remained calm in the fiercest battles, inflicting great casualties on the Turkic cavalry at the lowest cost.

"It's a pity that there are too few troops like this." A trace of regret flashed in Alexey's eyes, "There is nothing to die in battle, there can be no more captured emperors in the empire." "The emperor is already very old, so old that even in such a fierce battlefield, he can only wear a thick purple robe, sitting on the throne and overlooking the battlefield. The elite Praetorian Guard was being consumed by a sea of Turkic cavalry, as if placed on a millstone, about to be slowly crushed.

Emperor Alexei stood up and drew his sword at his waist. The Emperor was killed or captured in battle, which meant that the battle was lost, and the most elite troops of the Lumei Empire would be buried here with its Emperor. "It's over." This thought came to the minds of more and more Lumei soldiers.

The battle that would decide the fate of the empire has slipped deeper and deeper into the abyss of despair. Just as the endless fear was grappling with people's hearts more and more, a trumpet not far away pierced the endless darkness like the light of dawn. This is the trumpet of the army of the Lumei country, this is the horn of the heavy cavalry, the horn of the charge.

A large group of cavalrymen with eagle flags held high appeared in the field of view of the warring parties, and it was the vanguard of the rear army column that had arrived at the battlefield in time. Faced with the situation that the Turkic cavalry had completely lost their formation and were entangled with the main force of the Lumei army, Zhao Xingde immediately advised the crown prince of Lumei that the Turks must not be given time to regroup.

"We have walked more than ten miles under the obstruction of the Turks, and now there is nothing that can stop us from achieving the greatest victory. The most difficult battle is done, and it's our turn to do the rest. The Turks are already vulnerable, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince orders you, charge at once, defeat them, chase them, destroy them! ”

Zhao Xingde raised the horse lance, and the war horse man stood up. Under the jealous gaze of John Komneen, he shouted with all his might: "Charge!!" ”

The cavalry could not wonder why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had handed over the herald's pre-battle speech, which would be famous for all time, to the herald. They were so excited by the brilliant victory that was within easy reach that they urged their horses to charge.

The ground trembled violently, and the heavy cavalry charged in a battalion formation, which was already in chaos, and the Turkic cavalry who were pinned down by the Lumei soldiers all over the battlefield could not resist it at all. The Lumei army and the Turkic army were actually engaged in a narrow strip of east-west between the mountains on both sides, and the Turkic cavalry, which was routed by the heavy cavalry, had no time to pause and regroup, and could only retreat along the narrow road, and the rescued Lumei army, whether it was cavalry or infantry, immediately joined the ranks of charging and pursuit.

From west to east, the entire battlefield was like a pair of dominoes that were constantly being pushed down, and the fleeing Turks and the pursuing Lumei army seemed to snowball bigger and bigger, and finally all the armies on both sides of the battlefield were involved, and after hearing the news of the rout ahead, the Sultan of Rûm did not hesitate to withdraw from the battlefield under the protection of the Praetorian Guard, and the other Turkic generals also desperately led their own army to disengage from the Lumei army. The battle soon turned into a real rout and pursuit, with all the Turks with horses leaving the battlefield as quickly as possible, and those who could not flee became captives and dead.

"Sweeping through a thousand armies is like a sweep." Kim Chang-tae reached out and wiped the sweat on his head, his face was pale, he sat on the ground panting, and both hands were grinding out blood calluses, and only then did he feel the pain in his heart.