The Romanes, who were also aware of the movements of the archers, even if they had not yet received orders from the Sultan of Gilici (the source of communication in Ankara, who was now in Ankara, had been cut off by the pilgrims who had occupied Konya), spontaneously left the fortresses of Seleucia and western Cilicia and gathered under the banner of the "Emir of Caria" Yesudin, plus some of the Romani soldiers who had withdrawn from the cities of Nicaea and Tarsus, led by the Turkic nobleman Toulon, totaling about 5,000 men. He also drove into the outskirts of Zefelim, preparing to rely on the castle and the river to stop Gawain's advance.

But Andreev and Jalguba, skillfully navigating from the sea into the mouth of the river, made a detour back to the lower reaches of the Zephilim River, and suddenly carried battle flags and cut off the flanks of the Yesuding troops.

The Roman Turkic army arrayed on the hills outside the city was extremely frightened, and when Toulon and others saw the red-handed cross sword banner of the enemy on the opposite side, their morale plummeted, "Your Excellency, what should we do now?" Our army has the enemy on the front, and there are large forces on the flanks and rear, ready to cross the meanders to attack us. ”

The emir had no choice but to order: Toulon commanded a thousand men, deployed on his right flank, and guarded against Andreev's detachment entering from the river island (in fact, there were not enough men, but many of them were pirates who were familiar with the local geography, driving boats in and out of the right and left, setting fires everywhere, and creating full momentum), leaving 300 men to hold the fortress, and himself with a force of less than 4,000 men, stretched out on the hills.

The queue of Rohm's flags is very rigorous, and the front line is the deer barrage. The spearmen were lined up, followed by mostly lightly armed archers. The cavalrymen were on either side and stood in front of Gawain. The sound of chanting and drumming is up to the day.

On the sandy plains of the wilderness, under the banner of the Red Hand, Gawain, riding a black Sabina, watched the battle with the generals, "Ladies and gentlemen, as long as you annihilate the main force of the Konyan army here in Zephilim City, and then reach Seleucia, you will not need to spend any effort at all. In this battle, the cavalry team did not need to storm the mountain. Avoiding the mildew, they set up a formation to stand by at the shase side of the river on the left - at the second hour of the morning, the flag of St. Theodor was raised in the middle of the army, and as a signal, Branas and Dorus led the brigade of the Guardians, and the Paulinees, marched from the left, joined the Andreev detachment, and then raised the red flag three times; Take this as a signal. The Red Hand Brigade marched in unison, attacking from the front, while the Defender Brigade flanked from the enemy's right flank - you must remember the order of the flag signals, and kill those who attack lightly. There are those who do not move forward to kill, and there are those who discuss military strategies in vain to kill. I'm in the Red Hand Brigade, if I die. Giovanni took over the command; General Branas was in charge of the Guardian Brigade, and Jobranas was killed. Dorus took over the command. ”

After arranging, Gawain glanced at Branas sharply. The other party hurriedly swallowed his saliva, and immediately said that he would take command of the new brigade in the coming day and fight to the end for Her Royal Highness the Princess and General Stratigos.

Then Gawain, leaving a small number of cavalry on guard, galloped back to the camp, and the entire archery regiment immediately marched into Seleucia, and everyone knew that as long as this battle was fought, all the way into Seleucia would be unimpeded.

Soon in the early morning of the next day, the red sun broke through the clouds, and the Red Hand Brigade and the Guardian Brigade with their backs to the east were arranged, with bright armor, a total of 8,000 athletes, standing densely on the reed sand, and the flag officers and the brotherhood rode war horses from time to time, galloping back and forth in the array and shouting, boosting morale.

Among them, the five bandas of the Branass Brigade are arranged in an array of geese with a wide field of vision and can travel quickly, and they are subordinate to the left side of the Red Hand Brigade; In the middle of the two brigades were two of the most elite cavalry companies, in a two-line broad formation, with gleaming spear tips and feathers of the heads of their horses fluttering in the morning breeze, staring at the Roma army on the hills in front of them; On the right, there are six banda detachments of the Red Hand Brigade, in an inverted "L" formation, the first three detachments are facing the position of Ye Suding, forming a horizontal line, on the far right of the "Hell Blood" detachment, and then along the diagonal line are arranged "Jackal", "Gangara", "Apollo's Arrow" three new detachments, the old detachment is lined up in a compact column with mounted spears, thorn guns, and boar guns, and the new detachment with the Germans as the core, the front is all dead men with two-handed swords, broadswords, and two-handed halberds.

In the array, and between the detachments, the Italian veteran company held a long shield and a sharp sword, and assumed the responsibility of supporting all parties.

The sun was shining, and the chief priest Gottscharke kept chanting "The door of the little heaven has been opened" and "The key is the sword in your hands", and the priests and monks held all kinds of icons and paintings and shouted in front of the array, which made the Pauline believers on the left very dissatisfied, and the "Konama Female Fox" rode on a horse, looking at Gawain, who was standing on the high hill at the back of the array, shrouded in the morning light, and secretly wondered whether this and Anna would fulfill their promise and give her and the true believers a promised land after taking the territory immediately.

"Gawain, with this military appearance, and with the favor of the Lord, you can triumph!" At this time, the shoulders behind Gawain fell to the ground, and Anna, who was hanging the curtain, saw the huge lineup of the bow division under him, and said excitedly.

"In less than a week, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess will surely enter Seleucian City." Gawain slammed his hand on his chest and swore an oath.

"Very well, if this goal is achieved, Gawain, I will give up the surname Komnenos for the time being, so that you will not feel constrained, and I will put on my own crown in Seleucia, and put on my own purple garment, and change my name to Anna. Ducasse, since then, with a new look, with you to fight the world. Anna behind the curtain, patting the cork handrail, Lang Lang said, frightened Agnes and the fat eunuch next to her, she really didn't know what Her Royal Highness the princess thought.

"Anna Seleucia, will be your casta monu."

"It's yours too, Gawain!" With the shout of Her Royal Highness the Princess, Gawain gritted his teeth, his cloak was like a scissor, and galloped down the high hill, and after rows of soldiers swept on both sides of him, he raised his hand and shouted, "Her Royal Highness the Princess's divine revelation has been true, and if you are favored by the Lord, our army will win." ”

"God's will will prevail!" All the soldiers raised their flags and weapons and shouted in response, and then on Anna's shoulder, the battle flag of St. Theodor's icon was raised, and the black flag rolled in the sun.

"Seeing the flag, the whole brigade is moving forward." When Branas, of the Guardian Brigade, saw this signal, he drew his sword, and all the detachments of the brigade, one after another, swaggered along the right side of the hill where the Roma army was located, across the crooked river, with the obvious aim of meeting up with the Andreev detachment and the flotilla opposite.

"Your Excellency, the Emir." The Bey, Ghazi, and slave soldiers around Yesudin all pointed to the brigade that was moving forward like a long snake in Branas, "This enemy flank is exposed in front of us, do you want to go down the mountain to attack them?" ”

As he watched this, fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, indicating that he was hesitant. (To be continued.) )