When the generals quickly drew up a strategy against the enemy in front of the map sand table on the Sivas Plateau, Gawain said two words:

"After we occupied the great city of Meritane, we were afraid that these 70,000 mujahideen would live on the Sivas Plateau and attack us, and now that they have been provoked to go south, it is a good opportunity for us to break the enemy in a big way, and the initiative is now in our hands. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"But this battle is a very special battle. It is the first time that we have dealt with such a large number of enemy forces on our own, and how to fight you has been finalized I will not interfere much, but I will personally command the battle. ”

After the meeting was dismissed, in the palace of the Great Emir, Gawain said to the Holy Sister, who was packing up, "We are ready to divide our troops into two ways. One is composed of three thousand frontier troops, and two thousand five hundred makeshift Meritene New frontier troops, the Pyrinth, the Oghuz Cavalry Regiment, and your army of believers; The other road consisted of two brigades and three cavalry regiments. ”

Kabeamia's eyelashes trembled, and she carefully hung the wiped Gawain red hand feather ornament on the stand, "Who is the commander of the second road?" ”

"It's Earl Merlot, this road is enough to rest assured." Gawain replied.

"I will command the believers to obey the commander and marshal you have designated along the other way." Cabeamia remembered the lesson of the battle of Milio Sephalong when she was at odds with Billel, causing the camp to be attacked by the emperor and lost, which almost led to the collapse of the camp.

After finishing speaking, the Holy Sister's waist was hugged by Gao Wen from behind, "Don't worry, I am personally the commander of your way, I will be by your side with one hundred and twenty forbidden soldiers and the Red Hand Banner, and I will protect you." ”

Cabeamia sneered, clasped Gawain's arms with both hands, resting her head on her broad shoulders, as if sitting in a steady ship, slowly dangling around.

In the middle of the Sivas Plateau, barren peaks stood everywhere, and when you looked up, you could see the unobstructed sky, only vultures hovering over it, and a full seventy thousand Crescent Mujahideen were strictly lined up in five formations of Hermis, young and old, with star-moon banners and flame flags fluttering everywhere, in this respect they were much stronger than the blind stream of pilgrims from the land of the Franks, and it was with this fighting spirit and momentum that this group of people came out of the desert in the wilderness, relying on simple infantry (the earliest Crescent Legion, It was modeled after Greco-Roman, with dense infantry formations and few cavalry) and simple weaponry, capable of crushing two empires (Persia and Eastern Rome) with a long military tradition.

Clustered in the core of the Chinese army were 3,000 Daxia camels, one of which was also carrying eight "madam" guns that were regarded as killers by the mujahideen, with a large hardwood barrel inside, several hoops of iron outside, and a simple trolley under the launch tube, using gunpowder similar to Khitan snow (but with a relatively low proportion of saltpeter) to launch stone pellets or arrows, and the mujahideen cherished them with colored ribbons to pray that these horses could play a heroic role in the upcoming decisive battle and make the enemy flee in terror.

At the vanguard were the Armenian army of Kiposa believers, all armed with arms, marching in a line carrying almost the same flaming banner as the Paulicians, and walking in front of the army with a baggage cart in the middle. Botani was a fierce warrior with scars on his face, and of course he was the ultimate interpreter of the Gospels, riding on his horse and watching the dust roll ahead.

"You have to tell the Turkmen behind to send more light cavalry to search for the direction in which the enemy appears." Papu kept talking to the people around him.

As soon as the words fell, several Turkmen light horsemen with felt hats and wrapped heads ran in front of them, and quickly crossed the array of Kiposa believers, shouting desperately, "There is an enemy cavalry ahead, there is an enemy cavalry ahead!" ”

"How many are there?" Pap asked, shouting.

But no definite answer was given.

Then Papu turned his head, stared at the surrounding terrain, and after asking the guide a few words, he made a simple judgment, "There are several rivers in front that can be drunk by the army, and the enemy cavalry is trying to seize it, and all the believers will rush up with me, and I can't let them succeed!" ”

After the consul's order was delivered, the Kiposa believers first drove out the donkeys and mules in the procession, and then the warriors, regardless of whether they were infantry or cavalry, all sat up with their weapons and sandwiched their horses in the middle, and the banner of the consul of the followers quickly rushed over, and when they left, the rest of the old and weak believers put their carts on their oxen, and walked to a hill in a mighty way, and began to circle the chariots, enclosing most of the people in the middle, and began to hold on.

The Turkmen scouts were talking about two squadrons of the Oghuz Cavalry Regiment, which were chasing the weeds and rivers in the area, preparing to find a suitable camp for the horses of the Great Patron and the Archon Kabeamia, when suddenly a large number of men on mules and donkeys came out of the morning mist, and when they rushed to the hillside a few hundred feet away, the group changed the horses they had brought, or on foot, and struck at them.

The arrows came quickly, and the two squadrons of Oghuz cavalry, immediately leaving one squadron in a horizontal formation, also kept returning with a row of arrows, and the other squadron stepped on the splash of the stream, and rushed to the south, reporting the situation of the front line to the brigade of Gawain, which was fifteen miles away.

Gawain immediately turned over and dismounted, summoned Orson, Monomachus, Haarlem, Kabeamia and other cadres, and urgently convened a meeting to defeat the enemy before the battle.

At this time, it was the cartographer who personally presented the clear sand table trembling in the local area to the big lord and guarantor, and he didn't dare to be sloppy anymore.

"How far are Merlot and Branas from us?"

"About twelve gigami behind him, a hurried march of an hour was strictly followed." General Orson, who had just been honored as an Armenian, replied.

Gawain's finger pointed to the area in front of him on the sand table, "There are several rivers here, tributaries of the Teleboas, and it is estimated that the enemy's advance will think that we are going to fight, so they will rush over and attack my scout outpost in such a hurry - however, eight giurgies to the northwest of our front, there is also a tributary of the upper Comahes that passes by-tell Hajib to take the Oghuz cavalry regiment to the enemy's advance guard first, hold them in, and we and all the baggage convoys go to the hill to set up!" General Monomachus, lead all the border cavalry in the rear to reinforce Hajib! ”

Soon, in Pap. At the river where Portani was looking, a fierce outpost battle broke out between the cavalry of both sides. The Kiposa cavalry, all Armenians, were natural riders, and they were scattered and constantly attacked with bows, while in front of them was the Oghuz cavalry regiment, but this group of naturalized Turkic cavalry uncharacteristically rode in formation, holding the slope along the hill, and constantly volleying arrows to keep the Kiposa cavalry at bay - and soon the trumpets and drums sounded, and four hundred border cavalry also appeared on the ridge behind them with banners, and they appeared in formation, quite as if there was room for reinforcements. (To be continued)). If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote, your support is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to read. )