Chapter 67: The Coming of Eastern Power
Zangi sighed, turned back to him, and said, "You have lost your faith, Makyanias. You are a naturalized Greek www.biquge.info you are a naturalized Greek, and there is no place for the Lord in your heart, only the beautiful Helena. β
"You are misunderstanding me, can't the knights of Oghuz shout on the battlefield, and can't they shout the name of the noble woman in their hearts?" Majaanias clutched his chest, a little shy, but bravely refuted Zangi's accusations.
"That is really not surprising, but the Knight of Oghuz also raised the banner of Allah in his heart, but you didn't."
"Then you left the emperor and your father like this?"
"You don't care about the situation in the Seljuks, and you probably don't know that Makjanias is not yet aware - there are countless locust-like alien soldiers, from all sorts of strange peoples, among them the believers of ancient Christianity, who have arrived at the border of the Amu Darya River, their tents and horse caravans covering the whole world, and the entire army of Seljuk Oghuz is gathering in the hope of stopping their migration. The Sultan had even asked the Emperor for help, but the Emperor replied that he would send four or five more brigades to aid Isfahan after the capture of Durazo, because the Emperor needed the entire plateau as a barrier to his empire. β
Makjanias frowned, it was indeed the first time he had heard such shocking news.
If this is the case, then the Oghuz do have an obligation to support the Great Seljuks, even if the ancestral family of Makjanias is only a young branch and has a blood feud with the suzerain.
At this time, Zangi stretched out his hand and whispered, "How?" Brother, go with me, where we can also go on magnificent adventures, and become true kings in battle against pagan enemies, a world that will always be like this, and where the gates of power and glory will always be open to the brave who are steadfast in their faith. β
Hearing this, Makjanias felt a pang in his heart, he knew that if he asked Emperor Gawain to resign, His Majesty should agree to him, and he would continue to treat his mother and sister well, but Helena, in Helena's eyes, would become a "foreigner" on the Persian plateau, and would no longer be a Roman......
He had mixed feelings, raised his dark and deep eyes, and slowly stretched out his hand to Zangi, but his fingers were hesitant and weak, and he couldn't hold Zangi together.
"Zanji, my brother......" Makjanias wanted to say something, but didn't know how.
"Alright." Zangi withdrew his hand and said to him, "Stay with your beloved, even if she may never face your heart for the rest of her life, it will be a happy thingβleave the plateau to me to explore, to see what kind of heroes and heroes will be on the other side of the Amu Darya, worthy of the enemy." β
After saying that, Zangi turned over and got on his horse, raised his horsewhip and pointed to the other side of the grass, "Go and report the order, don't delay your mission." β
When Marcjanias succeeded in meeting General Merlot and recounted his experience, he was very angry, and immediately demanded that Marcianias return to the Emperor's imperial camp, and carried a letter of impeachment against General Gregor, "He used a herald who should not be used, and the heralds around His Majesty are ten or even a hundred times more valuable than those in the brigade!" β
Gawain also felt ashamed when he saw the letter, he had sent this child out in order to live with Anna and Agnes, and he couldn't wait to enjoy the joy that he had not received for more than a year, who would have thought that Marc Yanias would encounter such a danger.
Gawain sent a message to reprimand Gregor and fined him two months' money, after which he summoned General Branas, "Take your son with you and protect him, I don't want to lose this wonderful young man." β
At the same time, Zanji and Hajib also prostrate themselves in front of Baselius and Baselisa, and Zanji recounted his wishes.
"I know that there are many terrible things going on on the other side of the Oxus River, and it seems that the whole world is going to migrate to the west, and there is an even more terrible devil driving them away?" Gawain's expression was solemn.
Anna held his hand, and Gawain felt that there was a faint number in his heart, could it be that the Imperial Song Empire, where Zhao Zhao was originally located, had already destroyed the Khitan and Mongolia that he could understand, and his power had extended to Khorasan. In the middle of the river, the peoples who were originally on the Chinese steppe were oppressed and began to make a huge and astonishing migration westward? Whether this is the case, Gawain is limited to conditions and cannot get a clear answer.
"Regarding this matter, Mr. Zhao Zhao, who has received the order, has rushed here at the same time, and I would like to appoint him to go to the East to spy on intelligence, and by the way, to explore the mysterious empire of Axum and King John. I believe that in half a year or a year, we will be able to get accurate intelligence information. Anna added, after a pause, she said to Zangi, "When the city of Durazo falls, you can go to Isfahan, and you can get more information on the front." β
"Obey the Mistress."
"Remember, the rank here is reserved for you. Hajib remained here as commander of the Oghuz Cavalry Regiment. Anna said gently.
"Yes, you will always be our Mistress." The father and son said in unison.
A day later, the Red Hand Brigade routed the Hungarians and captured the Monastery of St. Mikhail, after which a contingent of artillery regiments followed up and began to build artillery fortifications on the hill in front of the monastery, preparing to flank the northern walls of Durazo; At the same time, twenty skuas rushed into the river, and the boats were fixed with guns on the side of the enemy, and the other side was fixed with pins, and formed a battle line to bombard the enemy camp on the opposite bank, and the Venetians in the defending army counterattacked with spears of gunfire to burn the skuas.
On the fourth high platform, in the camp of the Guardian Brigade, Marcanias looked down condescendingly at the river in front of the castle, where the spears of fire fired by the Venetians, dragging their long comet-like tails and sharp and terrifying whistling, lit up the entire surface of the water, and shot into the longships of the skuas sailing into the river.
"It seems that the enemy's resistance is still fierce, father." Majanias couldn't help but say as he looked at his own ships that were burned into a ball of torches, and the rain of gunsmoke and bombs on both sides of the river.
"Because the enemy also knows that if Durazo can't hold on, His Majesty's army will be able to attack Italy unimpeded." Branas replied to his stepson.
"But the situation in the east is so tense, will Your Majesty still cross the sea to attack Italy?"
"It depends on how the Lord wields the scales of victory." "Your Majesty has surrounded the northern side of this castle," he sighed, "and the time for a decisive battle should come." β
Branass was right, and when the battle between the Guimegis Brigade and the Skua longship on the River Front was unfavorable, Gawain decided to open up the situation on the northern front, and he demanded that a gun fort be erected on both the south and west sides of the Monastery of St. Michael, with the west being used to bombard enemy ships on the sea of Durazo......