The Turkmen cavalry besieging the east entrance of the village suffered heavy casualties in front, but General Kudbu, who watched this scene in the rear, did not express his heartache - this group of troops in his eyes was just cannon fodder that consumed the enemy's defensive strength, and the Oghuz soldiers who arrived later changed their tactics, they jumped off their horses, walked forward, formed a four-line battle formation, dragged the powerful horned bow made of animal tendons and bones in their hands, and shot an overwhelming rain of arrows at the Milutin garrison detachment on the earthen wall, and there were two "Roma fire tankers" on each sideHe also kept throwing fire canisters at the head of the village. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, the position of the Milutin garrison detachment was also full of flames, some soldiers fell to the ground with arrows, and some were struggling to extinguish the fire, Milutin himself stood by the frame to direct the battle, and the battle flag behind him was raised high, not only to boost the morale of the surrounding area, but also to "look at each other" with Merlot's command post.

"Your Excellency General Ataberg, see that black battle flag, it's the flag of the enemy garrison, the commander is there, shoot it down, shoot the flag bearer and the commander, and the enemy will be defeated." Under the banner of Danishmund's rear army, Hector, who had defected, pointed to the camp at the head of the village surrounded by smoke and fire, and suggested.

"Scatter my falcon!" General Kudbu raised his hand and chopped down, and then a group of ordered slave soldiers rushed out on horseback, approaching in front of the village entrance wall like a whirlwind, reaching the direction where the flag was drawn, and shooting deadly horse arrows one after another - the standard-bearer next to Milutin was hit by an arrow in the throat, and the body fell directly on the mutilated frame, and another soldier took the battle flag with a shout, and before it could be shaken, three short arrows shot by General Kudb's slave soldiers hit his ****, arm and head almost simultaneously, and the soldier was bleeding and knelt on the ground, Then he leaned against the low wall of the earthen wall with his last will, and curled up and died by relying on the instinct of a veteran, but he still held the battle flag in his hand and did not fall.

The Danishmond soldiers under him were all on foot, howling and holding knives, stepping on the trenches filled with corpses, and crawling up the walls densely, Milutin stepped forward quickly, holding the blood-stained flame tongue flag, and the other hand was holding a single-edged saber, stepping on the wall, his eyes were as angry as light, looking down, the enemy soldiers who climbed up all shrugged their shoulders, half dead in fright, and retreated back like a tide, "I will cover here, send the wounded back first, and then form a formation with each other, and retreat ......" The words were not finished, One of Kudb's good archers quickly put his bow on his horse's back and fired a horse arrow with great piercing power, Milutin's back suddenly arched, and his saber fell down the wall - the horse arrow pierced his ribs, and half of his body and right arm were bleeding, "Allah is great! With this howl, all the Turkic soldiers saw that the commander of the opposing side had been shot by their own side, and they rushed up like a frenzy, and a battle axe slashed straight at the door of Milutin's face, and the body of the commander of the garrison fell on his back, and then the Turks stepped on his fallen body, tore off the battle flag of the garrison, and poured into the east entrance of the village in rows, assassinating all the wounded of the garrison still lying behind the earthen wall, forcing the Milutin garrison to retreat one after another, and soon occupied the position at the east entrance.

Soon only a hundred and fifty feet away, Merlot, dressed in a magnificent and striking armor, also jumped onto the earthen ramparts, drew his sword and shouted at the swarming Turkic enemy, "Shoot! ”

The two five-pole guns behind him suddenly swung and fired rapidly, and the ten stone pills roared over the top of their heads, falling intensively, directly "pasted" on the front face of the rushing Turkic formation, broken bones and dirty blood splashed everywhere, and the Turkic soldiers who rushed into the entrance of the village were caught off guard, dozens of people were killed on the spot, and the rest of the people wailed, demoralized by the shooting of this five-pole gun, and retreated backwards with the captured fire tongue flag, "Take back the battle flag of the garrison!" Merlot was furious, jumped out of the wall, led the soldiers who had retreated, and led his own guards, shouting and chasing the Turks back to the ditch at the entrance of the village, and many of the Turks jumped down again, and fled with rolling and crawling, and the rest were blocked in front of the moat, and turned back to fight in desperation, only to be killed one after another like an avalanche, and the corpses fell upside down into the ditch, stacked like a hill.

"Why did you retreat again!" Seeing this, Kudb was furious, he had never seen such a resilient Greek army, and it was still possible to launch a counterattack.

But before the general could change his disposition, his two flanks were slaughtered: Melot's pre-arranged cavalry on the left and right flanks also rushed out, especially on the right flank, with two detachments of Armenian logisticians, led by Pragit, eager to wash away the shame of "Hector's flight", after seizing the opportunity, Prajit took the lead, rushed with spears, and everyone followed closely, killing the enemy in front of him and scattering.

As a result, Kudeb and Firuz were defeated for more than three days before stopping, and the Turkic Ataberg was so angry that he whipped Hector with a horsewhip, "Don't you claim to know the enemy's camp and military system best? ”

"Please don't whip me, know that Gawain's infantry formation is based on the camp, and once defeated the army of Kobha, the prince of Khorasan." Hector cried out, "I think, Your Excellency, you can leave part of your army to keep an eye on Merlot head-on, and concentrate on the sides to trap him, so that the enemy will inevitably abandon the village and flee backwards in a panic, and the surrounding area is a wasteland for dozens of miles, and our cavalry will pursue them." ”

"Tomorrow, each with a wing, take a detour to outflank them." Kudb waved his whip angrily and commanded.

In the village of Ashlon, the soldiers found Milutin's body, wrapped him with the battle banner that he had taken from the Turks, carried it on a wagon shelf, lined up in a solemn procession, and carried it to Merlot's eyes, and in the twilight, Merlot, who was deeply grieved, pulled out the arrow cluster on the corpse, and said to the people around him, "Even if we disobey the order of the Grand Duke, we will not be able to attack forward, and then in two days we will be completely destroyed in Ashlon." Merlot, wearing leather gloves, wiped the blood from the arrows, and Monomachus, the commander of Genat, whispered, "But in today's battle, we have won a great victory......

"I remember the Grand Duke telling me that a real victory only takes one, and that two or three victories in quick succession may be a harbinger of a crushing defeat." Mellot exhaled softly, the setting sun shining on his handsome face, "Now we are facing such a paradox - after nightfall, I will leave the cavalry under my own command, act as the rearguard, bury the corpses, and all the wounded soldiers will get on the cart and retreat first." Then the infantry retreated, and the cavalry marched towards the beginning of the Sanus Valley, where we communicated with General Branas by beacon fire, and it was relatively safe. (To be continued.) )