Chapter 25: The Condor

On the battlefield where Trabzon's peasant army was destroyed, all the brigade soldiers and cavalry soldiers who participated in the battle raised everyone's weapons, stepped on the overlapping corpses of the enemy, and cheered to their heart's content. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The cheers reached their climax at this moment: a herald horseman, with the captured Black Madonna banner in one hand and a golden crown of lion dangling from his saddle, rushed like lightning through all the resting troops, and rushed towards the heights of Sanukh amid the deafening sound of weapon knocks and cheers.

Gawain still stood motionless on the slope there.

After the herald had rushed in, he dismounted and knelt before the patron of the Great Lord, and presented the rolled up banner and the captured golden crown, "Congratulations, under the protection of the apostles of St. Mary, St. Paul, St. Michael, and St. Nicholas, we have captured the most ferocious lions in the peaks and valleys here, and henceforth on this plateau we will only serve your command." โ€

"Long live, long live Tarsus!" When all the Red Hand cavalry saw this, they learned that the greatest victory had been achieved on the Western Front, and that the enemy chief Theodoro had been given the head.

"Well, that's good." Gawain approving, then he stretched out his ring-shaped handnail and pointed at the Turkic servant next to him, "Muzafiadin, now you can turn around, carry this banner, and walk to the highest hill in Sanukh, so that all the enemies around the Chakmak Mountains can see itโ€”besides, all the Red Hand cavalry follow my battle flag, and the men and horses turn around en masse!" โ€

Here, the builder David and the Holy Oak Mentor George have already commanded all the teams, taking turns to storm the cathedral fortress for nearly half a day.

But when the Georgian infantry assembled their ranks, they were harassed by the bombardment of the barricades and the artillery on Sanukh, and they suffered heavy casualties; As soon as they had courageously charged, the enemy's artillery continued to bombard their rear, and the use of spearmen, muskets, and shrimp whiskers, in conjunction with the fortifications of the highland battalions, inflicted heavy damage on their front troops.

When the two Yefandouni brigades in the barricade were exhausted and suffered heavy casualties, a detachment of the Defender Brigade and a detachment of the Bellerophon Brigade, which were the last reserves, were stationed in the middle and replaced.

The detachment of the Red Hand Brigade was even more ferocious, relying on the flanks of the car base, although it was only more than 500 people, relying on the cover of the artillery regiment and part of the shooting corps, like hedgehogs to hold the only road to the Sanuch Heights, repelling nine consecutive charges of the Georgian army, with more than half of the casualties, but still fighting bloodily.

Especially the veterans in the forefront, their cuirasses and helmets were full of arrows, scars, mixed with splashed blood, speckled spots, and after the shaft of the spear was broken, they drew their swords and fought, and the front of their boots were full of the corpses of the enemy's men and horses, and there was nowhere to set foot, but once the perfume bottle cannon behind the fence of the large battalion began to fire fiercely, they continued to hold their posts and wait for the enemy to come and fight.

David, the builder of the war, was stunned, and his mentor beside him was uncomfortably silent - they had previously encountered rare opponents in the closed mountains and fields of Georgia, and the royal infantry and the naturalized Cuman and Alan cavalry were rare opponents, and they could not even defeat the Turks, but today in Kars, there was an advantage in military strength, an advantage in defending the city, and an advantage in the flank allies coming to help and attack, and they had gathered so many soldiers, but they could not break through the field fortifications surrounded by carriages in front of them.

"George, my teacher, the Eagle Banner was knocked down by the enemy at the beginning of the battle today, perhaps this means that St. George has abandoned us."

At the sound of the trumpet, in the field in front of Chakmak Mountain, all the Georgian soldiers began to assemble in front of the king's eyes again, forming a huge formation that could not be seen in depth or to the left and right.

Although many people were injured, they still maintained the courage to attack.

At this moment, they saw that on the opposite side, which was obviously very close, but very far away, a flag bearer walked to the top of the highest cliff with a flag that had been rolled up, and then unfurled the flag with his hand into the wind, and the image of the Black Virgin was embroidered on the flag.

"It's Theodoro's banner!" David, the builder, covered his face with a frightened face, groaning and covering his face, he knew in his heart exactly what the owner of this flag would do.

At this moment, all the soldiers on Gawain's position erupted in huge cheers.

A column of red-handed cavalry appeared on the ridgeline, accompanied by Gawain's halberd forbidden soldiers.

The Georgian array was full of suspicion, fear, and unease, for had our allies been destroyed?

Soon the general, riding a silver war horse and wearing silver holy armor, paced under the battle flag of the Black Virgin, and the falcon "captain" on his shoulder flapped its wings and flew to the top of the flagpole, making a triumphant chirp.

Before the builder David could give the master's order, the "Mitra" on his shoulder was full of rage, and he also screamed and soared, swept straight past the opposing military formations, and pounced on the "captain" on the spearhead of the flagpole.

Not to be outdone, the captain also flew, and then two equally brave falcons, attracting the eyes of thousands of soldiers, flew bravely in mid-air and fought fiercely, their beaks and claws attacking each other like lightning, and it was inseparable.

"Look, what's that, that's what!" Many of the soldiers turned their heads and saw the sky and clouds in the distance between the sun-scorched peaks, and a huge black shadow rushed towards it, its wings spread out to cover almost the entire sun, whistling and crashing through the flowing clouds, its beak and claws like sharp steel blades, "I have never seen an eagle so large." The people shouted in horror.

In the midst of the formations of both sides, the Turks shouted, "It's Tughril (the eagle of Turkic mythology)!" โ€

And people of other nationalities shouted, "It is the Humaii (eagle in Persian mythology) on the highest peak in the Caucasus!" โ€

And Gawain, under the Black Lady, looked at the eagle, and suddenly remembered Agihe's prophecy, and muttered, "Is this my eagle?" My eagle has flown in. โ€

The legendary bird, the noblest and most ferocious bird of the Caucasus peaks, rushed to the fighting captain and Mithra in a trance, and then everyone saw that in the sun, poor Mithra was only struck by its steel claws, and it was torn to pieces in an instant, and the body disintegrated from the air, and the feathers and stumps fell one after another.

The captain was so frightened that he wailed and fled.

"Oh my Mitra!" The king of Georgia was heartbroken.

Then the huge eagle, the true king, hovered over Gawain, no one knew what it wanted of him, and Gawain raised his pale blue eyes to look at it, how powerful and beautiful the most powerful and beautiful animal in the world was to symbolize authority and divine power.

The eagle's shadow landed on Gawain's helmet and shoulder.

Soon after, without harming anyone, it flew towards the ethereal peaks and stratus clouds in the distance, and gradually disappeared, never to be found again.

"The Great Patron - the shadow of the eagle falls on him, and the Great Patron will be the true emperor! Glory and greatness are on our side, and we will win! Many soldiers in the army quickly shouted.