The detachment of the Left Route Army of the Defender Brigade that surrounded Fort Jim, with the light repellents of the Shooting Corps, almost blocked the roads inside and outside the small fort, and constantly raised volleys into the fort. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The lead shot hit the surrounding trees and watchtowers with a fierce roar, and the brave Persian jackal "Vasak" asked everyone to calm down, crouch behind the wooden fence and earthen wall, and insisted on guarding.

As a result, the left army detachments on the periphery were fighting "more and more lively", but the officers of the shooting corps all asked the gunners to pay attention, "just lower the mouth of the gun and hit the earthen wall and the wooden door, and don't raise it indiscriminately, as the stray bullets will hit the defenders inside." —that's how thoughtful it is.

In the early afternoon, the Left Army was reinforced by two light mortars from the pontoon bridge erected over the Cars River, and fired their guns with a bang, but it also happened that they landed on the hillside next to Jimburg, and smashed up some stones, dirt, and branches.

By this time, the Right Wing of the Defender Brigade had successfully swept the entire strip on the right bank of the Kars River, began to build a blockade of the outer walls of the castle, and erected a fire cannon and two large Prani cannons to attack the southern slope between the inner and outer walls.

At dusk, Gawain personally commanded the other three brigades in a line, and all the cavalry regiments appeared in a cloud east of the Kars, with a large army stretching four quaries to the north, occupying the south bank of the Chakmak River (which is actually a small east-west stream) to the north, and a hill called Muha (opposite the Suwari Mountains across the Kars River to the east and west).

On the north bank of the Chakmak River, the mountain range also called Chakmak, with the Georgian Eagle Banner erected on it, had been occupied by the men of David, the builder, and David's main camp was on the road and hills behind it, and was guarded by the Carlesburg under its cover.

Gawain then ordered the Red Hand Brigade and all the cavalry, engineer and artillery regiments to occupy the Sanuh Heights in the center of the front and set up camp; The Geemagis Brigade was encamped on the south bank of the Chakmak River and served as the left flank; The Bellerophon Brigade encamped around the Muha Hills to the south, echoing the Defenders Brigade of the southern Karles. The whole army surrounded the west and south sides of Kars, "but it was not possible to encircle him, because the detour was cut off by the camp of the chieftain David." ”

At the same time, after hearing that Gawain's army was coming from the east, David couldn't help but want to meet this opponent, so he personally led the royal guards to the highest point of Chakmak Hill and looked at Gawain's main camp in the Sanukh Heights outside Wuguli.

I saw a crimson tent standing in the center there, with flags in front and back, left and right, and long halberds shining. The white camp tents in all directions are densely packed, and the four corners are dug out of the guard gun positions, controlling the access of all parties, and the horses, antlers, and fences around them are erected in sections, and the baggage caravans are arranged in between, like a moving city wall, and the soldiers are distinctly feathered, and the formation is strict in advance and retreat.

Such a strong formation couldn't help but make the builder David shocked, and he said to the surrounding generals a little lost, "I have to wait until the mentor recruits more soldiers before I can fight to the death with Gawain......

At this time, the Armenian general Zacharias pointed the whip to the market town of Kiart, east of Kars, and advised the king, "Gawain's road to Cals is cut off here, and he may send a detachment back to the town of Chiart, to the east, and allow the Ani soldiers of my army to be stationed there alone." ”

"Okay, all the 3,000 Ani horsemen from the general will be given to you, cross the river to Chiart, and build a fortification. If Gawain's detachment attacks, it means that his main force in the Sanukh Heights is lacking, and I will take the initiative to attack and defeat him in one fell swoop! David the builder reined in his mount a little anxiously and continued to look at the Red Hand Brigade's camp.

When the main forces of the two sides confronted each other across the winding river, Fort Jim was still being "attacked" from all sides, and it was fought for a day and a night "without deciding the winner."

Not only that, but the warrior "Vasak" often stepped on the earthen wall with one foot, drew his bow and shot back, and harassed the besieging enemy, which made the whole castle admire him. In between the battles, there were about 100 people from other fallen outer forts who came to join Vasak one after another.

After the second and third days passed, even the general in the castle in the castle, Mahad Zeri, was impressed, and after hearing the news that "the small Jimburg outside the city had been besieged by the enemy for three days, he stood on the outer wall and looked down, and sure enough, he saw that the small fort that had been shot at from all sides was still waving its battle flag, although it had been shot everywhere with holes. Mahadzeri couldn't help but admire, "Raise the signal flag, allow these people to break through at night, and stand out as much as they can, and contain as much as they can in the city, because they can come in and preach as heroes to boost morale." ”

At nightfall, "Vasak" (Theognes) gathered one hundred and thirty-eight mercenaries from the fortress and told them briefly, "The outer towers of the city have hoisted signal flags at us, and tonight I will abandon Jimburg and go to the inner city." ”

All the mercenaries felt that although they had fought very well in the past three days, they would be cut off from the inner city if they continued like this for a long time, and they would not have to surrender the enemy when their supplies were exhausted? So they lined up and obediently followed the captor out with him.

Dressed in a Persian turban, and dressed in a shining chain mail sharpened with sand, he carried the small bunting, and the mulberry horned bow, and a quiver with twenty-five arrows in it, and after opening the gates of the fort, he quickly ran down the dirt slope towards the outer wall of the Karlsburg in the night. The rest of the soldiers, whistling and dusting their boots, followed the fifty-captain tightly.

The south of the city of Karles was now full of flames, illuminating the river all night—the blazing cannons under the command of Branas had begun to fire, and the Great Prani cannons had vibrated their long arms to throw incendiary fires into the city, and many houses on the southern slope of the front were set on fire, and the whole atmosphere was very tense.

The officer of the guard ignored it and bravely continued to advance, and soon after the rejection of the horse at the road checkpoint, many of the Guardian Brigade Shooting Corps soldiers noticed at the sound of the warning whistle and began to fire guns and bows and arrows at them.

Shots from several directions came suddenly, and the guards fell behind them in response, and the lieutenant of the fortress named Mushg was also grazed by a lead pellet on the wrist, and blood flowed everywhere - the rest of the mercenaries were frightened, some lay in the grass, and some began to run around, "Vasak" was not afraid at all, shouted to continue following me, and bravely waved the colored flag at the checkpoint, and then lowered down and pulled up Mushge.

Mushg shed a lot of blood, and was dragged forward by Vasak, so he suspected that the other party was trying to pull him to block the lead bullet, and he couldn't help but look like dirt, and shouted "Let me down." ”

"How do you say that? Together, they managed to break into the inner city. In the fierce and dense sound of the guns, Vasak turned back to him boldly.