"Soldier, why are you crying? Was it because of the defeat of the empire and the emperor? Seeing Atretis burst into tears, the brown-haired general reined in his horse, and the red feathers that stood on his helmet shook a few times. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Atretis bowed his head in shock when he looked at the Praetorian Guards behind him with halberds, iron spears, and battle axes, but he finally told the truth, pointing to the corpse of Selilarus, who had been trampled under the boots of the Guards soldiers, and said, "He is one of our generals, so I can't help but cry when I see him." ”

The brown-haired general followed Atretetes' point, and when he saw this, he waved his hand and sternly demanded that the soldiers not allow such an insult to the corpse, and then he turned to Atretis with pale blue eyes, asked for his name, and when he had received the answer, he said, "I will give you and the other three hundred captives the tools to dig a pit in the trench of the barricade, and help bury the officers and soldiers who have died in battle on your side—and as for the wounded, I will ask the medical personnel of the army to take care of them." ”

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Excellency." Atretis and some of the soldiers hurriedly bowed.

In the thick smoke, the general nodded and raised his scepter, "Don't be so restrained, I am the Empire's greatest traitor - Stephen. Gawain. The Lusails, the Tarsusians call me the Turkic White Death, the Turks and Saracens call me akin, and the believers of the old Roman city call me a servant of God. Now I need your help, and your holy estates will be set up in Anglas, Philomelon, Afyon, Germanico and other places on horseback, and your salaries and armaments will be abundant. How is it? ”

How else can ...... When Artretis and most of the soldiers heard Gawain's words, they obediently flocked to the office of the Messenger under the banner, and received the tools for digging the earth and the other to be granted the property of the holy figurine.

The only bond of allegiance of the soldiers to the monarch was the land or salary, and now as a captive, they could also be granted the Gospel of the Holy Fish, and signed a contract of continuous guarantee (the output of the number of holy peasants was guaranteed in proportion to the number of holy farmers), and there was no reason to refuse it at all.

Gawain then rode his horse and the guards to the Emperor's ruined imperial camp, where many soldiers and vehicles were carrying captured supplies: gold, silver, and glassware, candlesticks, furniture, books, and richly decorated royal chariots, various harnesses and weapons inlaid with gold and silver, and hundreds of horses for the entire imperial camp, most of which had been captured by the Guards.

In front of Gao Wen's eyes were the emperor's big imperial flag, small imperial flag, several purple robes and holy armor, and the brilliant cross, "This is the real cross?" Gawain on Sabina's back asked.

The answer was yes, and this was what Queen Helena (mother of Emperor Constantine) excavated from the site of the Holy Sepulchre.

"Send back to St. Paul's Cathedral in Tarsus."

With the disposition of the chief guarantor, the surrounding soldiers cheered and chanted the slogan of "St. Paul".

Then Giovanni, Gregor, Parni, Birrell, Branas, Monomachus, Walter and other generals surrounded him with tired and excited looks, among them Giovanni, who was still in charge of supervising the battle on the front line of the car base yesterday and was wounded by a stray arrow.

"Tens of thousands of captives were captured, and an equal number of pack beasts."

"The attached cavalry of our brigade intercepted the retreat of the emperor's chariot and captured more than a thousand deserters."

"In the enemy's camp city, a lot of grain and equipment have been hoarded."

One by one, everyone reported to Gao Wen.

Gawain asked the confidential officer beside him, Philaktos, to go with him to register the captured supplies, and make sure that the promised booty and the Oghuz Volunteers and brigade soldiers were distributed, and the rest was transferred to the treasury for later use, and then Gawain said to them, "You have worked hard, but you must also select light cavalry from all the brigades and regiments, and quickly pursue the remnants of the Emperor's rout. If nothing else, our team will have to fight once or twice in Afyon, which is not a large scale, but it will not give the Emperor a chance to regroup. ”

"Yes, Your Highness." All the generals responded in unison, "Please rest assured that you are waiting for the next good news from the Guardian Army." ”

"No, after a short rest, I will join you in commanding the cavalry in pursuit." Gawain shook his scepter and said categorically.

In the decisive battle of Philomeron on 18 May, the Emperor's army, together with General Matthew's camp, killed nearly 5,000 men, most of whom were the Emperor's Praetorian Guards; Of the 12,000 captives, 7,500 strong and clever men were selected and placed in the hands of the Faculty to form new brigades, mainly Romans (Greeks), and the rest were assigned to cultivate the land in the newly occupied territories; The rest of the party either defected from Alexios or scattered in the mountains leading to Afyon and Phrygia.

So Gawain deployed the next step of the siege plan:

Himself, Bramson, Hajib, and Monomachus, commanding three thousand lightly armed cavalry and Nikitas (who knew the terrain well), were at the forefront, followed by Merlot's command of the Red Hand Brigade and the corps of Leotius, advancing towards the city of Afyon, "knocking at the gates to Phrygia and Lydia";

Gottí, Sigma and the rest of the cavalry regiment members and training teams remained in Firo Melellon, and Giovanni was based in Iconium, and built a temporary barracks to accommodate the emperor's troops to form a new brigade - the structure of the two brigades, clearly named "Firomeron" and "Hierapolis", and set up a false name of "ship division" on it to "rule" (Gawain for the convenience of expanding the field corps in the future, previously set up a "bow division" for the old three-wing brigade, but there was no actual organization and subordinates), The name of the second brigade clearly reflects Gawain's ambition to march into the rich plains of southwestern Anatolia (Hierapolis is located near Ephesus, where the holy city of ancient Greece was located);

The Branass Guardian Brigade with Walter Guards. Assisted by 3,000 Caesarea border troops, Sanzavar marched north to capture the isolated city of Anglasburg;

Gregor's Gimaggis, with 1,500 border troops from Biller, assembled at Milio Sepharon, ready to pounce on Atalya, Alanya, and farther afield, on the Damendras;

The armies of Cilicia, Seleucia, and Vanka and the frontier armies stood still, monitoring the surrounding land and sea, and defending the noble Caesar Anna. Ducasse.

When Gawain had gone into pursuit, he rushed with his generals and cavalry to a distance of about thirty guilli outside the city of Afyon, and saw three or four thousand Cuman cavalry who had escaped from Firomellon earlier, as well as the bunting and chariots of their king Khan Yasen.

"Tell Yasin to come to me with humility!" Gao Wen, under the banner of the Red Hand, pointed to the envoy who gave the order.

About half an hour later, Yasin Khan rode his horse and brought only two Bayi nobles to Gawain, then rolled off the saddle, kneeled in front of Gawain, and stroked Gawain's boots with a flattering face, "Brother, I think your boots should be purple. (To be continued.) )