When the first alarm bell sounded, Khayyam's cavalry had already entered Alexei's Chinese camp, and the Turkic knights all raised their torches in their hands, fearlessly showing their most hideous faces.

The knights of the Second Legion brought the flames of death to the enemy's tents every time they passed through a tent, and the defeated soldiers scattered and fled carried fear in all directions.

"Ahh Yes! Yes! "Some of the rebel soldiers were set on fire, and their bodies were quickly burned beyond recognition.

In a camp not far away, Dandolo looked at this crazy scene and scolded hatefully: "Rubbish! Worse than useless! ”

"My lord, let's get out of here first!" Dandolo's bodyguard, Francis, had already set up their master with five guards.

The old Venetian nobleman roared, "I'm going to watch that fool perish here!" ”

How dare Francis let his master become a prisoner of the Romans, and in this way it would be a huge blow to the Republic again, he and his guards forcibly dragged the old man away, no matter how much he scolded, he did not dare to let go.

Seeing that someone in the left flank camp seemed to be planning to open the camp gate to meet him, Khayyam beckoned his men to come along, and the knights galloped away with their sabers.

The huge camp belonged to the Bulgarians, who were no longer brave knights, but Alexei still issued them a large number of spears and blades, and now some of them seemed intent on coming out.

"Paul, what are you doing?" At the head was Verchev, his blood-red eyes staring at the coward who stood in his way, and the tyrannical aura exuded.

"Verchev, don't go out, you'll die!" Paul stared at the burly man, and behind Verchev there was a large group of Bulgarians, and his anxious expression was palpable.

"Paul, my son is still in Alexei's hands, what's going on in the rear camp now! In case none of these cavalrymen are going to let go! ”

Verchev slammed his tomahawk into the ground with a loud noise that terrified everyone around him, and his words were echoed by many behind him.

"We are only prisoners of war, all we have to do is to hold the camp, no matter who wins, they cannot ignore us, but if we attack rashly, we will become a victim of the Roman infighting!"

Paul was not that smart, but he was sensible enough to realize the danger, and the wisest thing to do was to stay in the camp and not get out.

But Verchev couldn't listen anymore, he directly used his tomahawk to pull away Paul's body, and the Bulgarian warriors behind him followed and swarmed out, with a crowd of five or six thousand.

There was a black pressure in the camp opposite, which made Khayyam a little suspicious, and those who dared to go out of the camp to fight in the face of a surprise attack must be the warriors of the rebels, Khayyam naturally thought.

"Kill it!" Khayyam shouted, and the Turkic knights followed their captains, their horses galloping across the flat ground, and the unparalleled might of the Bulgars was shocked.

Although there were only 1,000 cavalry, the strength of the 2nd Army was still vividly displayed, and the cavalry marched in a neat line, the distance was rapidly approaching, and just when the Bulgarians thought they were going to engage the battle, the cavalry split up and circled around in two groups.

The sound of the "whooshing" bowstring brought a chill, and the Bulgarian warriors led by Verchev and others were the first to fall to the ground with arrows, and countless soldiers spilled blood on the ground.

When Khayyam saw the Bulgarians who had been knocked down by a rain of powerful arrows, he shouted, and the Turks who had pulled out the harnesses threw them out.

A large part of the dense crowd on both sides was suddenly brought down, and the battle line became even more thin, and the Bulgarians who were dragged tried to break the rope with both hands in agony, but to no avail.

The cavalrymen of the 2nd Legion, having killed the Bulgarians who had been dragged out of the line one by one with their spears, turned back and pressed in a circle of knights against the protective line, which had shrunk into a semicircle.

The defenders, who had lost their leader, were in a state of panic, and the Turks' attempts to tease made the trapped Bulgarians bewildered, and many of them threw themselves at the gate of the camp that came out, but the gate was already closed.

"Help!" The mournful cries of his compatriots came one after another, and Paul's tears flowed down his cheeks, and he finally relented.

"Open the camp gates and let them in!" The gate of the large camp on the left flank slowly reopened.

The defeated soldiers outside were covered in blood, their original high morale was long gone, and now Paul lamented his depressed appearance.

Khayyam stopped the thoughts of his knights, this is not the main target of their assault, and continuing to waste time here now will definitely give the rebels a precious respite.

In fact, Riddle of the Chinese battalion had already gathered two thousand archers of the Varangian Guard and more than a thousand auxiliary legions to Alexei's camp.

There is a well-repaired second inner ring here, and the two ravines ensure that even if the cavalry is raided, it will not be broken through immediately, and it is indeed the best time to attack when Alexei has not reacted, and now the presence of the Riddle army has injected new strength into Alexei.

"Your Majesty, taking advantage of the fact that the enemy is not attacking, please let me go to the garrison of the Third Army, the Bulgarians are too weak to take them into account.

But the Third Army Corps in the flank camp has not moved so far, which is not logical, please allow me to take someone there to check it out.

I think it is necessary to gather the various legions and gather forces before dawn to drive these raiders out of the camp, otherwise the appearance of Alexios is very likely to cause the various legions to defect! ”

Riddle immediately made a judgment, the number of raiders was not large, and so far only the front battalion of the Chinese army had been attacked, and then the enemy turned to attack the Bulgarians, and they did not divide their forces to attack the main camp of the Chinese battalion.

Emperor Alexei was unharmed, which gave Riddle plenty of time to gather his troops, and all that remained was to gather the various Imperial legions to counterattack, and with his superior forces, Riddle could easily drive the enemy out of the barracks.

"No! You must stay and protect me! After all, Alexei had never experienced such a dangerous battle formation, and he just wanted to hold out until dawn under Riddle's protection, and wait for the enemy to retreat automatically, which was completely contrary to Riddle's ideas.

Riddle held back his anger, and he calmed down: "Your Majesty, the current situation is that either we can gather all the corps to counterattack before the enemy storms the main tent of the Chinese army.

Either it is dawn and Alexios will lead an army to surround us, and then the various legions will fight back, and then we will be left alone and will surely die without a place to bury. ”

Alexei was also stunned when he heard Riddle's serious tone, but the light brought by the sky-high fire in front of him, but the killing of blood and fire, he felt his knees weak, and he could barely hold on.

Seeing his master like this, Riddle was also extremely helpless, and left his sword on the ground: "Let's wait to become Alexios' captive!" ”