The barracks outside the city finally moved, and Heraclius was never short of decisions.

Ma Zhong watched the enemy retreat from the city, and deeply admired the decisiveness of this barbarian general at this critical time, and in one day, just one day, Heraclius's entire army was ready, and he thought that they would hesitate here for at least two or three days.

There is no doubt that the faster they make a decision, the more time they have to react.

The generals under his command were also very disappointed, everyone just watched the enemy army in the city in a blank air, the formation of the enemy soldiers, orderly withdrawal, the enemy army withdrew so early, so prepared, it seems that there is no flaw in the slightest, which means that at least now the enemy has not left them a chance.

At least now, before the enemy is completely burned out and demoralized, Ma Zhong will not choose to send his men to provoke this group of enemies in the city who still have the strength to fight.

Hunters need better timing and more patience to catch their prey.

Ma Zhong turned around and looked at the eager subordinates behind him,

"My lord, shall we catch up?"

An officer asked.

Ma Zhong nodded,

"That's right, of course you have to chase!"

The current situation is, of course, to chase.

At this time, no one would consider letting the enemy go so easily.

Don't look at how calmly they are retreating now, it seems that their morale is still good, but the situation is not in a hurry to that point.

Withdrawing troops has always been the most difficult task in the war, being in the enemy's territory, suffering from the enemy on their backs, the further back the situation of Heraclius' army goes, the more unfavorable it is for them, the entire army of fifty or sixty thousand troops, thousands of miles on the road, anything can happen, coupled with the harassment of their own side along the way, they want to return to Constantinople safely from here?

No way!

If that's the case, the entire Tianzhu army here can eat.

Whether it is Ma Zhong or Shi Xiu in front, they will not let go of this opportunity.

It is now possible to assert that it will be an arduous journey for this army.

Ma Zhong looked back at the enemy troops under the city and said:

"If that's right, I think their goal will be to go to the Western Front first and join their detachment."

"Huishi?"

"How's that going to work?"

The officers below hurriedly said:

"We must not let them learn so easily!"

"Of course, it's not that easy!"

Ma Zhong slowly turned his head and looked at his subordinates,

"Wang Jue!"

"In!"

"Chen Zhiyuan!"

"In!"

The officers who were called by Ma Zhong were all complacent, and those who were not called were all full of frustration.

"The two of you each lead your subordinates, and equip you with one person and two horses," Ma Zhong called out the Japanese soldiers who performed better in riding training, which is not difficult for the soldiers in the Japanese army, "I gave you the task of hanging the enemy army along the way, but ......"

The two generals who listened to the order heard a flash of spirit,

"Remember, remember, my order is never to engage the enemy, just to keep the enemy hanging all the time."

Wang Jue and Chen Zhiyuan were all a little disappointed when they heard this.

However, even so, it is still very cool to be able to receive the military order from the commander-in-chief, which at least shows the status of the second general in the mind of the commander-in-chief.

"Also,"

"Flying pigeon herald! Spread the news to General Wang Degong on the Western Front and ask them to cooperate well. ”

"Yes!"

The officer who gave the order was given the order to go down.

"Alright, everyone!"

Looking around at the strong desire to fight on the faces of his subordinates, Ma Zhong smiled:

"Now, let's get ready, keep up, and start this hunt!"

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In Asia Minor, in the northwestern part of the Anatolian Plateau and west of the Imery Mountains, the ancient city of Ankara fell to the iron heel of the Dangko army.

The Dangkou army is not one of those chaotic and untrained West Asian cavalry with no siege ability, although there are not many of them, but there is also a special small siege force in the Dangkou army.

The core of this force was four 18-pounder siege guns. In front of these four guns, the gates of the ancient city of Accra were as fragile as papier-mâché. In just half an hour, the bombardment broke through the gates of the ancient city, and then the roaring cavalry of the Dangkou army rushed into the city along the passage with scimitars.

The bright scimitar, the roaring firebolt, only need to transfer a cavalry cannon to solve the problem, this cannon caliber is only three pounds, any cavalry can run with it, and the cavalry of the Dangkou Army has this kind of small cannon, and the attack power is like directly doubling.

A single artillery bombardment, coupled with a storm of cavalry like a gust of wind, left hardly any enemy capable of sustaining such an attack.

The Bandit army rushed into the city and rushed back and forth, the blood in the city was pouring down, and the combat strength of the defenders in the city was also low and terrifying, and soon, almost a moment later, the whole city was announced to have fallen under the iron hooves of the Bandits.

When Shi Xiu, under the protection of the brigade's own soldiers, stepped proudly into the core of the city, the Ankara Castle where the city guards lived, the sun was even in the right.

The defender of the city of Ankara, Baron Riopadodos, dressed in white, with his armor in tatters, knelt at his feet with his long hair scattered, and raised a sword inlaid with exquisite gems in both hands.

He surrendered.

In fact, he fought valiantly, but alas, personal bravery was insignificant in such a battle. His guards were quickly slaughtered by the cavalry who rushed in, and the soldiers kept him only because he was the lord of the city.

It's still very attractive to everyone to catch the credit of the city lord.

The eyes of the cavalry who rushed in were quickly attracted by the ancestral treasures of His Excellency the Baron in the castle, precious stones, famous paintings, and gold, all of which were full of attraction to them, but fortunately, they finally knew that this was the castle guard's mansion, and the contents of it were naturally reserved for their lord, their governor.

The Baron's surrender helped him escape the defilement of his daughters, but the poor people in the rest of the city's streets were inevitable.

On this night, the city of Ankara fell into hell!