Chapter 33: The Death Battle
A burly warrior came out, Boriel was not dead, looking at the golden lion battle flag in front of him, tears flowed in the tiger's eyes, since this flag is here, do you still need to think about where the old master is......
Boril looked up at the sky, he didn't want the Romans to see him weeping emotionally, the warriors of Bulgaria dared to face the bleak fate, even if God did not favor us, then prove our loyalty to Bulgaria with blood!
Borrill wiped tears from his eyes with his thumb and looked back at the remaining soldiers, many of whom were his fellow countrymen.
Among them, there is even a boy who is only eighteen years old, he has not even held the girl's hand, but he wants to follow him here to bury his bones in a foreign land?
"You're all good! The Bulgarians are proud of you, and now that the general is dead, no one can ask you to continue fighting! You can choose to surrender and go home! ”
Borrill did not intend to let his soldiers continue to fight for this shattered dream of independence, these soldiers had no reason to continue fighting, and it was better to bury their young lives here than to save some vitality for Bulgaria.
But after a long time, no one came out, Boriel looked at his soldiers, many of them were scarred, after all, those who could wear armor were generally knights, these ordinary soldiers responded to the uprising with enthusiasm, but he actually brought them all into a desperate situation!
"General, if you want to surrender, we will go out of the city in the morning, let's kill! At least in the future, there will be a group of Bulgarians who have not surrendered! They fought to the end! ”
Boril watched as the soldiers could no longer hold back their impulses, covering his mouth with his hands and choking, he showed an ugly smile that he could not tell whether he was crying or laughing, but he deeply hid his pride in Bulgaria.
"Bulgarians! I'm so proud of you! ”
"Hooray! Banzai! Banzai! The soldiers raised their swords and shouted loudly, and the sound shook the heavens and the earth.
Theodosius still doesn't understand the choice of this group of Bulgarians, if it is for Rome he will fight until the last moment, let them go like a warrior!
"Romans! Advance! Destroy the Bulgarians in front. Theodosius drew his sword and pointed it at the enemy's line, and the Roman legions advanced with their swords in hand.
"Bulgarians! Banzai! Boriel also swung his sword and slashed into the void, aiming directly at the Roman legions, and the two sides fought again with their swords.
Theodosius' red robe flew behind him, his sword unsheathed and slashed several people, and he pounced like a wolf into the Bulgarian warband, grabbed the neck of a defender with his left hand and caught him under his arm, and stabbed the two defenders with his sword in his right hand, and the Roman soldiers followed him.
Borrier was in the middle of the fierce battle when he saw Theodosius kill several of his subordinates in a row, and smashed away a few Romans who stood in the way with a frantic look, and copied a short axe from nowhere, and slashed it hard, and the long sword in Theodosius' hand was immediately knocked out.
"Your Excellency! Protect the General! A few of the Romans beside Theodosius withstood Boriel's slash and dragged back the legionnaire who had almost died.
For a time, the Bulgarians were actually demoralized, and they fought back again and again, so that the Roman legions retreated in great strides, and at this moment a long arrow broke through the air and shot into Boriel's right arm, and he was so painful that he lost his tomahawk and had to retreat.
"Proud Roman warriors, what a shame it is that we have been beaten back by this group of Bulgarian barbarians!
Look at His Majesty the Emperor right behind us, if we can't destroy this rebel army, all the honor you have earned will be trampled on the ground! ”
Theodosius had returned to battle, and seeing Boriel retreating, he immediately encouraged the Roman soldiers to advance, and as he said, Alexios had become impatient, and if he could not win again, he would replace Hayyam to oversee the battle.
When the Roman soldiers saw Boril withdraw, they all marched forward one by one, and the fallen soldiers could no longer stand up, and the Bulgarians were forced to retreat step by step until the moat, and they had no choice but to fight on their backs.
The blood gradually flowed into the river, slowly staining it with vivid crimson, and the Bulgarian was exhausted, his whole body was sore, and the sword in his hand was wielding more and more slowly, supported by a force of will.
The thick corpses were piled up in the river, and the ground was covered with blood, and Boriel bandaged it up and threw himself into battle, even if he was wounded, he was unstoppable, rushing left and right, stabbing with his sword and axe, and slashing with both hands with weapons, and the Romans were so impressed by his superior skill that they did not dare to fight him and avoid him from afar.
When the sun hung high, the battle was already at noon, and there were only seven Bulgarians left standing on the battlefield, and Boril had one of his arms cut off, and his sword was still in all directions.
"I'll do it! The general will not die at the hands of a pawn, give him the honor he deserves! ”
Theodosius came out in line and told all the soldiers behind him to retreat, perhaps because the chivalry of the West had infected the general, or perhaps because of the courage of the Bulgarian, he intended to give Boril a decent death.
"It's better for you to come than to die at the hands of a nobody!" Borriel was exhausted and could no longer fight, but he was unwilling to die at the hands of ordinary people, so he smiled with relief when he saw Theodosius.
Theodosius saw that Boriel was determined to die, and quickly stepped forward and flew a sword, and a great head rose into the sky.
"Get out of the way and let them go!" Theodosius saw the dejected appearance of the remaining Bulgarian warriors, sighed and ordered to let go of a way to live, and it was no longer interesting to kill the last few people.
"General, if you do this, Your Majesty will not blame you when he sees it!" The adjutant looked incredulous at Theodosius' approach, and hurriedly reminded him that the emperor was still watching!
"Any responsibility is on me! You go! ”
When Theodosius finished saying this, Boriel's body actually fell, and the last few Bulgarian soldiers hugged their generals and cried loudly, and the Roman soldiers silently withdrew from the place.
"I don't agree with what you're doing, but military orders can't be changed at will, I agreed, but there is no next time!" The Emperor said this as he rode past Theodosius.
"Thank you for your Majesty's leniency, since the Bulgarians have surrendered, I thought it might be better to gather the hearts of the people by gentle means, so I took the initiative to release those remnants of the Bulgarian soldiers."
The emperor was silent, it doesn't matter if Theodosius is a hero or a hero or uses a policy of gentleness to guide the Bulgarians, since it is released, it is released, how can there be any regret medicine, but these unruly Bulgarians are difficult to do!