Because at this moment, the builder David's "Holy Oak Mentor" George has successfully recruited 4,000 Cuman soldiers on the steppe (north of the Caucasus) two days ago to arrive here quickly, David's first-line attack force has as many as 19,000 people, plus 6,000 people from Theodoro over there, it is enough to crush Gawain and his army and camp in the favorable situation of the front and rear attacks. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Don't give it meat! Let it starve, let it suffer. David suddenly scolded the falconer beside him, and then the spot-breasted falcon named "Mitra" flew up to the master's shoulder, "Mitra, Mitra...... Endure it, and when this battle is over, you'll be able to feast on victory. ”

Then King David looked at the situation around the whole of Kars.

Gawain has two brigades that are still besieging the main fort on the ridge, and as for the Chiarte side on the eastern front, the armies of Gawain's two client states have not made any major movements, as if they are afraid that the chaos will cause the front to collapse, "This barbarian is too arrogant, he should withdraw the siege of Mahadzeri and gather the main hedgehog, so that we still have some chance of winning." When David swept his eyes over the Basilica of the Holy Apostles, he said to the generals beside him, "Draw your fist back to strike more forcefully, where the enemy has imitated the Alans in a ridiculous barricade, presumably to provide cover for their cowardly musketeers." Eventually, the young king of Georgia set his sights on the Sanuch heights, on the camp of the Tarsus, which seemed to be unguarded, for Gawain had gone with all his elite soldiers to the western slope of the garrison to defend Theodoro, "and at once the infantry and archers would attack the enemy's barricade of the Basilica of the Holy Apostles, and they would have nothing to do if they could break through its section; And I personally led the cavalry across the middle of the stream to storm the enemy's camp, and there was no need to be afraid of the enemy's musketeers, and when they shot out the smoke, we rushed through with the help of fast horses and slashed the enemy to pieces. ”

When the arrangement was complete, David the builder raised his arm—the standard-bearers waved the eagle flag, which was both a signal for the whole army to be dispatched and a signal for Theodoro to attack.

The Georgian army was so fast that they poured out of the camps and roads of Chakmak Hill, and gathered like many rivers into the sea in an open field about a thousand miles in front of the Basilica of the Holy Apostles, and the clouds of battle were terrifying.

At the front of the Basilica of the Holy Apostles, on the wagons connected by cooked cowhides, lined up with light shrimp cannons and gunners with ignition rods, the soldiers of the two detachments of the Yefandouni Brigade were half-kneeling inside, holding spears, axes and halberds in their hands (the brigade had not yet been renovated), and the blades of their weapons were clearly piercing into the sky.

The barricade line was arranged in a zigzag zigzag to prevent the Georgian soldiers from "attacking its section", while the three long perfume cannons with wheels each controlled a section of the position, and they were pushed out of the barricade line, the muzzles of the guns facing the dense Georgian troops, the brave gunners with various utensils on the left and right, in front of them were covered by wooden poles, trenches and earthen basket walls, and behind them were covered by the fire of the long gunners and crossbowmen on the carriage boards.

There is also a cannon housed behind the large remodeled windows of the chapel's transept tower, designed by the young Nexus. Sanzabal himself commanded, his gaze always following the black, gloomy muzzle of the cannon at the central core of the tidal Georgian army, where the proud eagle banner of the opposing side was conspicuously advancing with the ranks.

Nexus calculated the firing meter and began to tell the gunners to prepare the projectiles and Khitan snow gunpowder - he had received orders from Commander Leotius beforehand, "In this battle, you are the first gunner, and you must give the enemy a hard blow, boost the morale of our army, and lead everyone to victory." ”

"Lift the cannon up one degree." Nexus said as he adjusted his breathing.

Several gunners immediately raised the heavy bronze gun body, pressed down the bolt sticking out from the back side, and erected a unilateral curved wedge on the gun carriage, which was long arc-shaped, and an average of one hole was drilled through each section, and when the bolt and the hole below were tightened, the muzzle of the gun was "raised one degree" as Nexus wished, that is, Tarsus's light artillery could now use this bolt and wedge adjustment to achieve free pitching, and shoot different distances at different angles.

At this time, on the slope of the hill where Theodoro was located, the elite of Trabzon was also in formation. The old general looked at his battle formation: on the left of the whole position was the Chakmak stream, in the center was a somewhat soft and sunken sandy and flat field, and in the middle there were damp and somewhat vertical and horizontal ravines, which were very unfavorable for the cavalry, and on the right was a dry road, which was a suitable place for the cavalry, and behind the road were undulating forests and hills.

The old general quickly judged that this kind of terrain had the same advantages and disadvantages for him as Gawain.

From here to Sanukh, the terrain is relatively narrow and long, which is not conducive to the exertion of Gawain's unilateral superiority in military strength, at least his four cavalry regiments cannot be smoothly detoured; And the disadvantage is that if Gawain's spear array is pressed along such a terrain, I am afraid that it will be unbearable for anyone.

And Gawain, who wore the red feather ornament on his head, after the sun broke through the clouds from the first line of the day, supervised all the spearmen of the Gimagys Brigade and the Red Hand Brigade (most of them), and formed three large phalanxes close together, one in the front and two in the back, each of which was composed of three detachments, that is, thirty companies of large infantry spearmen, and in the middle and four corners were all shooting armies with muskets and forks, and the feathers in the shape of a bird's tail and an umbrella crown were in full swing under such a formation, and all the soldiers walked slowly and neatly towards the position of Theodoro"Gawain wants to concentrate his forces on the west to defeat me first, and the sun is on their backs and illuminates our side, which is advantageous for their shooters. However, the archers of Trabzon's peasant army were by no means in vain. The old general remembered Gawain's reply yesterday, and felt that after this battle, no matter who was the winner, he would not have the slightest mercy for the loser, so he took off his peacock feather helmet and put on the golden crown of the lion that symbolized his glory, "My beloved wife Marianne, help me in this battle!" ”

At this moment, a cannon rang out, announcing the beginning of the Battle of Kars.

The cannon was fired from the Cathedral of the Holy Apostles, from Nexus, the walls and window lattices around the muzzle trembled and swayed, and the candles and small carvings on the altar table rolled in all directions—the cannonball flew for a while, and then it fell in a long arc and smashed into the center of the Georgian array, and a puff of smoke and dust and the fragments of the barrel of the gun fluttered, and the eagle flag in the core of the Georgian army was knocked down.

"Long live Santa Barbara!" All the gunners of this cannon, including Nexus himself, raised their hands and shouted.