Then Birrell explained to the soldiers of the Nationalist Army how the spearmen in the second and third rows should maintain a resolute posture together with their own weapons, so that the infantry of a detachment could withstand two or three times the size of the enemy.

At a distance of more than ten yards, Gao Wen, who was walking in the sun, had already seen the soldiers who had seen the action demonstration before, using wooden spears, constantly shouting in unison along with the flags and slogans, practicing the tactical movements of Billel's talents, the wooden spears wrapped in linen cloth and dyed with lime dots kept going up and down, and the soldiers of the Nationalist Army on the side were practicing the transformation between the marching column and the battle horizontal team, they followed the training flag officer, stepped into the narrow alleyway, and trained seriously. Simulate an unexpected situation on a rugged mountain road.

At the side of the stables, more than a dozen trained recruits, riding on wooden horses, holding wooden swords and training chopping movements, they are the cavalry of the garrison, and in the future they will form a squad of eight to ten people, responsible for the escort of the passing Seleucian caravans, in case they are attacked by bandits in the border area, and the patrol and guard work around the border. And in front of the stables, Walter. Sanzabal stood there, accompanied by the banner of command, and before the eyes of the white-haired old knight, a column of recruits was sweating profusely in winter, carrying bundles of willow branches and timber, heading towards the designated trench, repeating the cycle, both for physical fitness and for mastering the basic techniques of marching and fortification.

"Train 300 people out as soon as possible, and then lead the training of 3,000 people, so that the speed of forming an army will be very fast, and the garrison will soon be able to fulfill the responsibility of defending the homeland and country, and it will become a brand-new army in the future." When Muzafiadin brought out the black Sabina, Gawain sat down on top of it and exhorted the fraternities gathered around him, "The pattern of war is changing. I want to have strong cavalry, and now that wish has come true, it will put me up against all sorts of enemies like the Romans, the Turks, and the Normans—and then if I have a new and powerful infantry, I will no longer be content to fight them, but to defeat them. ”

Then, the servants and samurai around the Grand Duke. Hula and Ladu ran together with the sound of the horses' hooves on the castle field, and with a command, the Seleucian city gate rumbled open, and by the fence of the equipment yard there, Agnes raised her gray hair, saw the Grand Duke's red hand feather ornament swinging, and rode in the direction of the city gate, shrugging her shoulders. Secretly sighed, and then continued to turn around.

In front of her, the craftsmen had erected a triangular wooden pedestal with a height of four Anna feet on the left and right, which was an experimental model of the new device.

Agnes replied that yes, she could draw the drawings immediately, and the unicorn master company would wait until the Ordnance Division would make it. It can be directly put into use in the army.

After hearing this, Gawain gently tapped her on the head. In the past, in the barracks, the invention of any new type of weapon was the result of empiricism, but now you have to preside over the whole process - first manipulate the experimental model. The actual model is then designed, and finally equipped into the company and put into actual combat.

"Alamanburg, sooner or later it will still be the real battlefield of your weapons, and you have no confidence. Little sunfish? At last the bear crossed his waist and stood in front of Agnes and asked the question.

"By the honor of Prani's family, I will find what I lost somewhere." The gray-haired girl's eyes were unwavering.

While the Seleucian army camped in winter, gearing up and preparing for battle, the siege of Antioch became more and more difficult, prolonged, and bloody and brutal.

On the wilderness leading from the siege camp to the Dog Gate, by the low wall of an orchard, a group of Turkic cavalry roared, carrying scimitars and quivers, and jumped over the low wall and ruins one by one, calmly breaking away from the Frankish hoplites who had come to the rescue and pursuit, in fact, with the help of the miners, wearing chain mail and helmets, and taking their weapons, the Turks had already slashed and killed all the pilgrims who were transporting their baggage, and then, like a meteor falling from the sky, they ran towards the Dog Gate along the stone bridge across the river in Antioch City.

By the time Ademar and Adelbello (a handsome young priest, the nephew of Arian's predecessor Caesar Henry III, and now a priest of the Council of Cardinals) arrived with the soldiers of the large camp to ambush the battlefield, the entire orchard, until the grass on the shallows of the river, was full of headless Christian corpses, whose heads had been cut off and taken away by the Turkic cavalry.

The wagons were also set on fire, smoke rose high beside the corpses, and the priesthood of Ademar holding a cross, watching the scene, listening to the mockery and provocation of the Turkic defenders at the head of the city, the corners of his mouth twitched quickly with anger, and he kept saying, "The Lord will punish this city, the Lord will punish this city!" ”

The military staff of the Council of Cardinals, Count of Blois, Stephen, who had just arrived in armor and cavalry, was silent when he saw this, and asked Adelbello, "Where did the enemy come from?" ”

The young priest pointed to another gate, about half a mile from the Dog's Gate, where was Robert Fernandes, Count of Normandy. Curtis was guarded by a stone bridge over the river, and "the Turks, on the watchtower of the city wall, saw the whereabouts of the baggage caravans, and took advantage of the darkness of the morning to sneak out of the gate and the stone bridge, and lurked in the midst of the orchard, and ambushed and killed everyone." ”

"Why didn't Curtis realize that it was his guard?" At this time, Ademar roared angrily, "Slack and incompetent, let the Turks swagger past his barracks and go around to the side of the camp to kill the pilgrims." ”

Seeing the thunder and anger of the priesthood, the Count sensed the hardship and helplessness of the besieging army, and at the same time felt that the situation was serious, because Ademar's next curse was, "The Count of Normandy must pay for the destruction of this baggage convoy, and he, along with his knights, soldiers, and servants, will be deducted the same weight of grain." ”

"Please calm the anger of the priesthood, and do not make a disciplinary decision for the time being." Count Stephen turned over and dismounted, half-knelt before the priesthood, and kissed the back of his hand, "Now all the besiegers are in a state of misery, and this is the Lord's test for us. The city gate and the stone bridge were surrounded by swamps and springs, and the Count of Normandy really could not block them, nor did he have the strength to destroy the stone bridge, so he asked His Excellency the Priesthood to be considerate of his lack of strength, and if he really withheld the supplies that belonged to him, then Robert . . . Curtis will either starve to death or break away from the besieging camp. (To be continued.) )