Gawain's way of "shortening the siege time" was to throw all his strength to capture Marash Fort. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

He simply added to the present battlefield the "Firomeron Brigade" assembled in Caesarea, and in addition to writing a new order, all the 4,000 miners in the Trollzak area and the more than 5,000 Crescent laborers who had dug the canal were hired to be responsible for the manufacture of siege weapons and the engineering of the siege line, and nearly 10,000 skilled manpower, using all kinds of measuring instruments and tools, built a temporary dock for supplies around Marashburg until the fork of the Ferramis River in the next week. and the earthen ramparts that surround the entire castle for more than ten thousand miles, and a plank road connecting the two, which are used to use oxen and mules and horses to pull the heavy fire bear cannons, "There is not enough time for temporary casting, and there are not enough quantities, so directly transport the existing several fire bear cannons to the most suitable firing position and build a fort - in three days, I will see the results of their bombardment!" Gao Wen, who was standing on the mountain peak and commanding the supervision of the whole situation, ordered.

So on the tower of Marash Fort, Fell, who was frightened and pale, stood there, and looked at the terrible work below, and he clearly saw that on the plank road paved with wooden planks, countless mules, horses, and oxen were dragging large bronze cannons, and then many enemy men on the besieged earth ramparts were holding curved rulers and wooden poles, as if they were measuring the distance and angle of the artillery firing - when several of these strange gunpowder stone cannons, after being transported to various positions with great difficulty but rain or shine, wooden fences and earthen ramparts were erected around them, forming a protruding "cannon barricade", indifferently and cruelly aiming at the stone wall at his feet.

There are also some improvised siege cannons, or to be more precise, hewn-out bronze guns, with layers of shells on the outside, suspended by wooden frames and ropes, like the big bells in churches, which seem to be directly maintained in such a posture, loaded with Khitan snow and stone bombardment.

Many of the materials, such as nitrate, were transported to Tarsus by Gawain through the Italian fleet, almost through the bottom of the treasury.

Fair also saw the other party's miraculous "lead pellet" manufacturing process, Gao Wenfang's craftsmen built tall wooden towers next to the forge, and then placed the molten lead in a fixed measuring instrument, and then dripped down the towers - in the process of falling, the molten lead automatically rolled and condensed into round projectiles, one by one rolled all over the ground, and then swept into boxes for the group of musketeers to shoot on the battlefield.

Seeing this, Phil actually felt a great sense of beauty, and couldn't help but sigh: how good it was that we had established this weapon workshop in Marash!

But that's just speculation.

Like Gawain's thoughts, Fair also clearly understood that Marashborough would not be able to hold on no matter what, but the strange thing was that he suddenly surged up at this moment with the pathetic sense of fate of the "King of the Dead Country", "Parkade father and son, who have no morality, surrendered first and cut off my way." Therefore it is not possible for the whole Armenian independent state to perish without a single person to be buried for it......"

As a result, Marash continued to resist strongly.

At this time, Gawain received information that the Empire's army had gathered in the city of Amasya, and the total number had swelled to more than 40,000 people.

Many of them were the wives of the old general Theodoro, the Alan cavalry sent by Georgia, and many Rus' soldiers who were eager to make a fortune joined them, and when their ranks began to march south, the guard of honor and the military flag spread dozens of guli, and the main generals of the army were naturally Theodoro, Mikhail, and Tetisius.

Emperor John personally went to the city of Castamonu to oversee the battle.

Despite its large numbers and excellent military qualities, the question of command of this army was delicate from the moment it was born—including the peasant divisions of Trabzon itself, the Aran cavalry, Georgian and Rus' mercenaries were all under the orders of the old general Theodoro, and he himself commanded the whole army on horseback in a majestic lion crown and crimson leather boots, and had long since cast out the horror of being placed on the fire when Gawain brought the crown.

As for Tetisius, he still commanded more than 10,000 troops who really obeyed the emperor's orders, of which five or six thousand were Thessaly's new army, following Theodoro's flank, this time even if he did not agree to the route of the march, he was helpless, because he was directly responsible to John, so it was impossible to emulate Philo Mellon's actions on the battlefield, and he had to fight hard with Gawain.

Last Mikhail. Eustace was the most complicated general, his direct army was still less than 2,000 men, and he was secretly trying to prevent the bribery of his subordinates - the new emperor had been secretly doing this, and now the entire army of the outer palace guards was almost half to half loyal to him and to the emperor. If he doesn't do anything else, maybe he will lose his military power at the end of this expedition. In fact, Emperor John continued to keep his position out of the sake of military stability, otherwise he would have been sent to rest long ago.

In this way, although the new emperor who supervised the war in the city of Castamonu was inexplicably optimistic about the battle situation because of his youth, his most trusted general, Tetisius, was worried in his heart.

Soon, not far from the Sakarya River, the craggy Anglasburg towering over the hill appeared in front of the eyes of the Turkic generals, "and they can only hope that Diognis will voluntarily surrender to His Majesty the Emperor......"

At this moment, in the Anglasburg, Diognis stood in the center of the hall with his head bowed, and beside him stood the icon of Emperor Alexios, and in front of him were all his former soldiers: Gawain gave him the position of head of the border area, and returned almost all the more than a thousand old subordinates, and arranged for the holy land to be the main force of the garrison castle.

"Everyone understands that I am a pure soldier of the Empire, and although I belong to two rival nations by blood, I have been promoted and favored by the Emperor to serve as a glorious border keeper, so no matter what the future world holds, the grace of the Empire and the Emperor must always be remembered and cannot be betrayed!" The Capture Officer's expression was excited, and he stroked his chest and generously stated to the officers and Plonian knights in front of him, "Now, all the armies of the Empire have come here. And this is the mid-waist gateway of Gawain's entire country, as long as it penetrates here, Gawain's elite hinterland will be exposed to the sweep of the army, and the situation he will face when he is besieging Marash with all his strength will be more dangerous than the pirate attack when Philo Melellon was attacked. So I ask you, if you are willing to join the Imperial Army under the city, now is your chance, please stand up bravely. ”