Chapter 9: Blood and Fire
Alexios saw the Turkic cavalry rushing towards him, and pulled off the iron armor mask hard, the metal armor protected the whole body of the Eastern Roman Empire cavalry, even the war horses were covered with full body armor, and the knight's sword pointed diagonally ahead, as if armed to the teeth, and accelerated towards the strong enemy.
The bright scimitar in the hands of the Turks has been clearly visible, only an instant two cavalry converged on the plain, countless people were stabbed from the horseback, blood splashed, Alexios's ears echoed everywhere the Turkic screams, beat the horse and whipped up and rushed out of the enemy's cavalry, the Turks lost half of their good hands under the confrontation just now, and the Turkic commander who led the team was terrified, beckoning the remaining subordinates to break away from contact with the emperor's army.
Alexios watched coldly as the enemy routed into the distance, and he had no intention of pursuing the defeated army. A considerable part of the Turkic mercenaries were nomads recruited from various small clans.
If it is a tailwind battle, then this group of cavalry can use the high-speed impact of the war horse to defeat the enemy infantry to play the advantage of cavalry archery, if it is a frontal battle, it is not much more useful than to add to the battle record of the Roman soldiers.
Alexios led his pro-army soldiers to continue to advance, and soon a well-equipped cavalry came to intercept him. This is the real elite soldier of the Seljuk Turkic Empire's Ghulam Guard, although it is only a local ordinary Ghulam, but these slaves who have been trained since childhood, and the soldiers who are proficient in bows, spears, swords and other weapons are already valuable and excellent knights.
Before they could get closer, Alexios and his surrounding guards were covered by five waves of arrows, flying all over the sky and almost obscuring them.
Alexios clearly saw that almost all of the guards around him were shot like hedgehogs, but the new armor created by the best craftsmen of the Eastern Roman Empire was fully tested in this battle, except for a few unlucky ones who fell from their horses in the eye, the others still galloped on horseback, advancing rapidly.
The Ghulam guards on the opposite side raised their spears and charged, Alexios felt that his blood began to boil, he drew his long sword and inspired his knights: "Forward, warriors of the Roman Empire, puff up your chest, stab your spear forward, block your shield hard, raise your sword and fight, blood stains the earth, and we will fight until the end of the world!" ”
The flag bearer blew the horn, and the knights sprinted again, even if there was a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of them, they could no longer stop this group of knights who had already gone berserk, they would step through the hell and slay the powerful enemy.
Two strong iron horsemen collided together, and countless cavalry of the Qualam Guards on the opposite side were knocked off their horses, and then trampled by the war horses and looked dead, and Alexios's pro-army also had multiple soldiers who were picked off their horses and killed in battle.
Alexios was not injured under the protection of the pro-army soldiers, but he still remembered the hideous faces of the Turks who had just crossed with him, the moment the two sides met, he slashed the sword along the neck of the other party, and the blood flowed down the body of the sword, before he died, the Turk wanted to pierce the spear in his hand at Alexios, his guard immediately galloped by the side and cut off the hand of the Turk, and the Turk fell off his horse before he could spit out a word.
Alexios calmed down and called to his subordinates: "Don't fight the enemy, our target is not them, follow me around to the rear of the rebels, hurry!" ”
Alexios knew that as long as he defeated Andronica's heavy cavalry and took his head, no matter how strong the Turks were, they could only cry out in vain, after all, they only came for money, and if their employers died, they would fight to the death.
When Alexios broke through the Turkic defense line and rushed out, Khayyam also broke through the enemy's weak defense, although everyone was covered in blood like a devil crawling out of hell, but they couldn't hide their excitement, the enemy was going to be finished!
The two cavalry teams gathered together and slowly spread their wings in a wall-mounted charging posture, and as the horses galloped forward, Alexios was already in control, so let this charge complete the final blow!
In the melee, Andronica was injured in many places, and the blood flowed, and when he turned around and saw the double-headed eagle banner fluttering behind his own camp, he already knew that the general trend had gone, and he was over sixty years old, and he could no longer wield his sword to compete with the young man, and muttered to himself: "I didn't expect to achieve Manuel's son in the end, let this kid become famous, it's ridiculous that I fought with Manuel all my life, and in the end I failed, he gave birth to a good son!" ”
Andronika urged her mount to charge into the crowd with the largest number of Varangian Guards, and in a short time the crowd shouted, "Andronica is dead, Andronica is dead......"
Andronica's remaining subordinates stared blankly at the heads hanging on the flagpole, and they abandoned their weapons and surrendered, their swords fell to the ground, and the sharp weapons that had been given by the princes were now on the ground, and the remaining samurai were all dejected and silent, allowing the Varangian guards to come forward and capture them......
Andronika has the star falling......
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Alexios was so excited that this was the first big battle in his life, and he simply eliminated Andronika entrenched in Asia Minor, which would undoubtedly greatly deter the great nobles who were about to move, and bring great prestige to him to stabilize the Eastern Roman Empire and carry out New Deal reforms.
Alexios climbed a small mound and looked around suddenly feeling depressed, although the victory in the great battle secured the throne, but the soldiers of the Roman Empire died in the battle, and the blood was shed here because of careerists.
Alexios commanded: "Bury all the soldiers of the Roman Empire who died in battle here, and do not let these warriors be exposed to the wilderness." ”
Another reason that Alexios did not say was that part of the great plague in Justinian's era was caused by war, and every great disaster must have a great plague, and once the prevention is not effective and causes a large-scale plague epidemic, it will undoubtedly cause serious harm to the population.
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The night was shrouded, the moonlight was shining all over the land, the Emperor's Chinese army camp was full of laughter and laughter, and the northerners sang the old song of Thor's victory over the Frost Giants.
The Roman Emperor in the military tent celebrated the victory with a banquet, and the victory of Rome came from a hard time, and he wanted to let the soldiers who sacrificed for the empire enjoy the joy of victory tonight.