Chapter 30: The Banner of Durohan

Legend has it that the banner belonged to the world-famous Attia the Great, and the Bulgarian warriors, although they embraced Christianity, always considered themselves descendants of the fierce Hun royal family. The pen "Fun" pavilion www.biquge.info and this large flag, which is dyed in black in the shape of "IYI", and the top of the flagpole is tied with a dried wolf skull, which is the flag emblem of the ancient Bulgarian "Durohan" (according to legend is the son of Attia), which shines in the sun after the snow, frightening the enemy.

Under this banner were the cloud-like iron horsemen, only three gulls away from the front of the Gawain Front.

Because it was a plain area near the river, except for a few isolated and undulating hills, there was no unobstructed terrain at all, and the confidence of the cavalry in this situation would be multiplied exponentially.

And it took great courage for Gawain's soldiers, in the face of the approaching countless cavalry, to calmly use all kinds of tools to build fortifications around the chariots, to consign artillery, and to enter their respective flag teams and combat posts, because under their boots there was all frozen hard earth that was difficult to dig, and even then they were shivering, which was shaken by the sound of horses' hooves.

With a sudden burst of loud cheers, many of the foot knights on the left and right flanks and on the central front raised their heads from their busyness, it was not the enemy attacking, but their emperor riding a bronze steed, passing through the ranks like meteor lightning, until the avant-garde cavalry stopped, and then Gawain pulled the reins, turned two small circles in front of the snow, and shouted in a loud voice to the soldiers who saw him, "I have come here only to see your victory at a closer distance!" ”

"Our commander, our father, the Great Supreme Baseryus!" The red-handed soldiers who were ready in front of the central front, all veterans who had followed Gao Wen's campaign for more than ten years, shook the red war spear with a gray and white mink tail in their hands at this moment, and responded loudly three times.

"Soldiers don't have to fear this group of bandits on horseback, our artillery will be able to bombard them on the right flank at once, and your brigade's shooting corps is already equipped with ammunition, and the avant-garde cavalry here is also standing here with lightning-fast light artillery, just hold on here and watch the enemy all fall from their horses!"

"Great, great! The Three Saints lead us to victory! All the soldiers rose to their feet in a rage, and the straps of their helmets were tightly choked by the growth of their mouths, and countless regiments of white gas erupted with the shouts, and soon the spearmen and skirmishers of the Red Hand Brigade and the Gemagis Brigade shouted out, and then the shooters also carried their guns and forks, shook the scabbards behind their belts, and marched out of formation with the same shouts, ready to stop the charge of the enemy cavalry with blazing fire.

Soon, the cavalry regiment on the left flank and the Imperial Tomb Forbidden Army also raised their voices, especially the foot warriors of the Imperial Tomb Forbidden Army, who were lined up on the second front and served as reserves, holding battle axes and iron spears in both hands, especially hoping to re-establish themselves in the new army system in this battle.

Mikhail. Eustace stood in front of the forbidden army, looking at the Gawain cavalry regiment in front of him, and at the enemy cavalry army in front of him that could cover the entire heaven and earth, and he couldn't help but sweat in his heart.

In front of the guarded Janissaries on the left flank, Theognes wore a white cloak and squinted eyes—he was at the forefront of the battle more than Mikhail, so his mood was as straight as a bowstring.

On the right flank, nearly 200 wagons and baggage wagons had been lined up in a double front by the river, and the craftsmen were sweating and continuing to build the ramparts, while the artillery detachment was under the brave command of Nexus, "pushing all the artillery forward a little more, advancing a little more", and the gunners shouted the slogan "Santa Barbara bless our eyes", and directly pushed the wheeled artillery rumble to the front of the barricade line before stopping.

On the other side, Kadam and Akrida also walked up to the high ground, watching the movement of their countless cavalry and observing the enemy's formation.

The result quickly surprised Kaddam, "Gawain the usurper has strengthened his ranks, and he is now simply outnumbered as we originally expected!" And a lot of vehicles and firearms were delivered. ”

Hearing this, Akrida frowned and also looked at the other party's formation, an army he had never seen before......

On the central front, Gawain's soldiers were like a "great forest" that had emerged from the ground in an instant—the trunks were full of large infantry spears and long firearms, and at the front of the soldiers were lined up portable horses made of twigs, wattles, and balsa wood, and the various mink tails tied to the blades of the spears were particularly eye-catching. In front of each flag corps, there was a small group of attached cavalry, who dismounted, and set up a short, stout and large gun on their shoulders with a short fork diagonally, facing their own moving battle line.

Gawain's right flank was lined up with tall and sturdy chariots, all fastened with cooked oxen belts, and in the middle there were gabion and earthen baskets piled up for fortifications, and in front of them were larger "guns" with wheels, and the muzzles of the cannons were raised—a sight that seemed to have built a city in a short time.

Gawain's left flank was also densely packed with cavalry, with a group of Norman-style spears, well-armoured men and horses, and bows and arrows from the Oghuz and Komaroians guarding his flanks.

"Don't charge." Aklida said this suddenly.

But Kadam next to him did not refute, and he also saw the other party's camp, "No matter how good the cavalry is, it will not be cheap to charge head-on." ”

The orders of the general and the bishop soon reached the front, and a large number of Wallachian light cavalry began to crouch in the saddle of their horses and gallop back and forth, their hooves raising clouds of artificial snow, and from a distance only the black tails of the horses were left fluttering in the air, which was their usual skill - to confuse and frighten the enemy, and to seize the opportunity to surprise the enemy.

Seeing this, Emperor Gawain on the avant-garde line couldn't help but laugh when he knew that the opponent's technique stopped there, and quickly asked the forbidden soldiers around him to blow the horn and erect a signal flag embroidered with the portrait of Santa Barbara.

Flags fluttered, and the image of Santa Barbara holding the tower was quickly imprinted into the eyes of the soldiers.

"Fire." On the right flank, Nexus turned his head and slashed his arm.

"Santa Barbara!" The gunners pressed the Gospel to the raised position of the tail of the gun, and then began to push the projectile into the chamber.

"Knock-knock-knock", the artillery in front of the right-wing barricade retreated rhythmically one after another, and the black shells whistled sharply and long, smashing into the Bulgarian cavalry cluster in turn.

The filthy black soil and yellow-stained white snow were blown up in clusters, like many columns of water in a black sea, and many Bulgarian cavalrymen only saw that the cannonball had just risen in front of their eyes like an arrow, and the next second they hit their own side, or their own body, and screams, screams, and roars came and went.

"Tell the warriors in front of you not to act rashly, but to calm down." Seeing the great confusion in the shelled area of the army, Kadam hurriedly shouted, and then he galloped down the hill to restrain the march of the army himself.