"Long live the Emperor, long live the Emperor!" Beneath the perimeter of the "convex" barrier, a group of Immortal Army grenadiers were almost in a state of madness, stepping on the corpses of their comrades who had been killed by arrows, making hemp ropes in the shape of nets, tying lit fire hoops between them, swinging their arms, and throwing them on the barriers. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the distance, Alexios saw that on the top of the "convex" barrier, which was about two hundred feet long, flames suddenly exploded, and the broken wood burst and splashed one after another, as if the whole place had been swallowed up, and the trench was shaking. Then the Varangians, the guards of his outer palace, armed with their long and terrifying battle axes, tread on the almost vertical slope of earth (the fortifications dug by Gawain's soldiers) and the dense thorns and thistles, like swarms of bees, clinging to the target of the smoke and dust.

The imperial flag was raised, and the guards and court officials around the emperor were stretching their necks on horseback, how they longed for this flag to float there forever, and the successive immortal army and Varangian guards were climbing up one after another, and the breakthrough was about to open!

Ten seconds later, the ground shook again under the "convex" caracity, and the earth and flames spread out like blooming flowers—behind the barricade, Gawain's border soldiers used an extremely lightweight, one-arm lever projectile, which could continuously throw the fires fifty feet away with only two people—dozens of spare fires were ejected in rows and pieces, and all of them landed in the narrow trenches outside the fortress, killing and wounding dozens of imperial soldiers who pounced on them.

Then, on the top of the barricade, black smoke billowed and white swords flickered, and soon the emperor's military flag was cut and thrown down for the fourth time, and the corpses of many guards and warriors were also pushed down. Then gathered there, the terrified soldiers of the Imperial Left Wing Army saw the Oghuz Volunteers who had swooped back on the top of the barricade with a terrible howl from their mouths, holding crescent-like scimitars, and shooting down the bamboo arrows with their bows, and behind them there were also firethrowers who once again set up their long guns, constantly shooting white smoke bullet marks.

The Emperor's fingers trembled a little, first on his cheek, then on the wing of his nose, then on his forehead.

And Gawain, who was on the earthen tower over there, also held the hilt of his sword, and simply sat down and looked at the battlefield of the tragic melee.

Soon, on several sections of the central fortress front, the Guardian Army and the Imperial Army even discharged their respective defensive fires and fire pipes, and fired at each other from a narrow distance, and long snake-like fireworks swept up, while the soldiers on both sides continued to fight each other to the death with axes and broadswords, and some people were still fighting to the death with flames on their armor and hats.

The sun gradually sank in the west, "Master, the battle line is still in our hands. The Turkic servant carried a quiver on his back, stepped on the battlement of the earthen tower, and pointed downward.

"Then we are close to victory, Muzafi Adin." Gawain could only say this, he himself couldn't believe that the border people's army, the pyrinos and the Oghuz volunteers would fight to the death to such an extent, how many of their subordinates would die today? Three hundred, five hundred, or a thousand or more?

Speaking of this, thinking of the distance, the bridge of Gao Wen's nose also trembled slightly, and he couldn't help but cover his mouth with his hand.

In the emperor's imperial camp, there were constantly ownerless horses running, carrying the bleak twilight, and the military servants leading the spare war horses were at a loss, so they could only stand in place, watching more and more of these horses return from the front, and their owners really didn't know what the outcome was.

"Gawain's main brigade didn't leave at all, it should have been, otherwise he wouldn't have used so much strength to hold the front." Finally, Alexios, with a hoarse voice, said this to his son-in-law beside him.

But what else can be answered? Brenus also closed his eyes in pain, silent.

"Let the right-wing Tetisius press on it too." The Emperor said, "Before the sun is completely dissipated, another three thousand new Thessaly troops will be transferred from the fortress to be strengthened under the command of Tetisius." The emperor raised his horsewhip and pointed to the "convex" shaped fortress opposite the left flank that was still in the hands of the enemy, and then pointed to the Gawain fortress line opposite Tetisius, "Gawain should concentrate all the elites in the direction of our army's left flank, and the enemy army that Tetisius is facing should be empty, tell him to attack it, attack it!" ”

Speaking of this, the emperor's tone was obviously not calm.

The herald cavalry in the line of fire, holding the banner of the fish and dragon, galloped to the banner of Tetisius and Yasin Khan, and told the emperor of his orders.

"The wing I am responsible for should be the guard of the rear line, Your Majesty should use the left wing as the main spearhead of the attack, if I attack again, once Gawain counterattacks, the emperor's rear guard line and even the imperial camp will be in danger." Tetisius replied.

But the herald cavalry was the emperor's bodyguard, and he shouted in a very unquestioning tone that the general must attack before sunset after the arrival of the new army of 3,000 new forces behind the barricade.

Soon, Artretis, who was still holding his spear diligently on the rearguard front, turned his head a little to the right and saw many of Thessali's cloaked new troops, and began to pour out of his own fortifications and line up towards the right flank.

The emperor in the imperial camp was constantly pinching the whip, waiting for Tetisius to attack on time, he became more and more agitated, and even said to Brenus, "Son-in-law, if Tetisius does not move after half an hour, then you will immediately go to the right flank to replace him and attack for me." ”

"Your Majesty, I ......" Seriously, Brenus was also shocked by the bloody and brutal battle in front of him, with the smoke and flames everywhere that killed people, and the humiliation of being captured at Fort Antioch in the past.

"Son-in-law, you're a Roman warrior, aren't you? If Tetisius doesn't go, you can go, in front of you is a ditch, a few feet high, and a row of caravans on it, and there are very few Gawain rebel soldiers guarding behind, it's a weak lot, right? All you have to do is wave your sword and say to all the soldiers, for the glory of me and the safety of the Empire, march through the line for me, fill up the trenches, climb the ramparts, and plant the flag on the other side's caravans, and it will be over. Right! When the emperor said the last sentence, he suddenly roared uncontrollably.

Frightened, Brenus tugged at the reins and took a few steps back with his mount.

Just as the Emperor was gasping for breath, the herald cavalry he had sent out ran in front of him, and the young chief of the guard also had a frightened expression, "Your Majesty, General Tetisius and Chief Komaloi have refused to obey the order to attack!" ”

At this moment, Alexios's green tendons bloomed one by one, and he looked fiercely and sluggishly at his stationary right-wing men and banners, his eyes desperate and terrifying.

The rest of the palace guards, who were carrying swords and shields, were also so angry that they couldn't believe themselves.

As a result, before the emperor could make any new instructions, another horse passed the order, and flew through the array on the left side and came to the emperor's horse, "Your Majesty, General Matthew's other battalion has been defeated on the battlefield over there!" (To be continued.) )