Chapter 10: Oath Renewal

Pak Ade, who came out, saw the soldiers behind the wooden fence, all lying down and falling asleep, this group of Armenian soldiers because of the last night of the Dalian trumpeter and drummer tossed all night, they were all noisy and did not sleep well, now these noises suddenly stopped, they could no longer bear it, they all fell down, snoring like thunder.

"Rise, all arise, the sun has risen, and the enemy and the Sultan are going to move!" Parkard kicked back and forth viciously, and whipped with a horsewhip.

The red morning sun has indeed risen from the horizon, "The camp, it's still holding on!" Bramson on the tower, seeing the Fourche camp under the thick smoke, and in its corner there was a high cross, could not help but exclaim, "Now it is up to the believers and people of Christ to launch a counterattack!" After saying that, the swordsmanship instructor jumped onto the tooth wall with an arrow, raised the order flag with his arm, and then swung it several times with all his strength.

Receiving this signal, the newly caught up Greek infantry company, and the Italian veteran company, densely packed, spread out the formation along the left side of the high ground, and the flags of the kite shield, the Saxon shield, the spear, the sword, and the triangle were raised one after another; At the rear of the array, the cavalrymen were silent, saddling their horses, tying their horse armor and hanging gears, inserting feathers and manes on their halders, and preparing various weapons.

In the morning breeze, Gawain raised his helmet with red feathers, slowly put it on his head, and fastened it with a belt, and then Muzafiadin came with the quicksilver with its hooves, and Gawain stepped forward and whipped it a few times with the whip, and the violent stallion immediately breathed and bowed his head to show his submission to his master.

Then Gawain stepped forward, "Be brave and fight." I'm here watching you, big brute. In the back, Anna opened her white teeth. Spread his fingers and encouraged him.

"Again. I'll be back soon. After Gao Wen finished speaking, he turned his eyes to the front of his formation and rode Quicksilver forward at a high speed.

At this moment, Ataberg Hajib of Roma looked with some alarm at the miraculous increasing number of pilgrim warriors, including elite infantry and fierce cavalry, on the heights of Axero, "Where did these people come from?" The road over there. It's been blocked by Lord Park'ad! Then Hajib pointed to one of the slaves beside him to the Armenian camp on the side, "Go and inform Pakad, and get close to me as soon as possible, the enemy may launch a surprise attack, and he cannot withstand it alone." ”

The slave soldier immediately rushed to the Armenian camp like an arrow from a string, but he answered with a flurry of arrows. and angry cursing -- based on the lessons of Gawain's escape from the camp yesterday, the Armenian archers fired fiercely and indiscriminately at everyone outside the wooden fence.

Then the slave soldier cried out, "I have come on the orders of Atarberg Hajib, but to no avail." His horse was so frightened that he could only carry his master in order to avoid the cluster of arrows. Run back towards the formation.

"Could it be that Parkade wants to fight back?" Hajib was furious to see his correspondent being treated in this way. "Send someone to report to the Sultan that Pak Ad has unstable movements."

Actually, this time. Pak Ade also looked at the high ditch of Axero on it with great bewilderment, the dense shadows of the elite men of the Dalian army had been projected above his camp along the morning sun, and also covered the flash of his bald head, at this time the Armenian soldiers also stood up one by one, also with their mouths open, looking at this scene, they all had a huge question in their hearts, "Where did this group of enemies come from?" ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, have you forgotten the oath you took to fight in Bari City?" Gawain shouted as he looked at the rows of soldiers who were staring at him.

"We are willing to go on an expedition with swords, and we will never be friends with the pagan slave Yuan Qiangliang, and we will never turn our backs on the blades and arrows of the pagan religion!" All the generals and soldiers responded in unison, and then knelt down in unison, kissing the hilt of their swords and spears, "The banner of my lord is our flag; The sword of Mikhail, the god-like archangel, is the sword of us; The God-like One, St. Nicholas, blessed us and other ships to sail with the wind without being capsized, and blessed us with arrows that were not misguided; Christ will crown him king over him who has a red hand, Amen. ”

Then, Gawain drew the sword of phosphorus fire, the blade of which pointed straight into the sky, and the people of the Brotherhood around him drew their swords one after another, stacking them on top of the sword of phosphorus fire, "Christ will crown him with the red handβ€”the will of God!" ”

"God's will!" The entire ranks of the large army, with such a roar exploding everywhere, and waving all kinds of weapons, covered the entire high ground and swooped down towards the Armenian camp.

"Array!" Pak Ard had just stepped on horseback when shouts of murder were heard on the other side of the camp - from the pass, there were countless Swabian soldiers with long swords, all of them Godfrey and Baldwin's men, who had received a message from Giovanni and Wright soon after they landed, and followed Gawain's instructions to storm along the old road.

"I'm just here for money, there's no need to die." Pak'ad happily dropped the order, and then he bowed down, rode his horse, and fled first over the fence he had set up, and fled in the direction of Nicaea, while two hundred Armenian heavy horsemen followed in the footsteps of the commander-in-chief, abandoned the camp, and fled frantically, followed by the infantry and archers

In less than half a minute, the Armenian camp was completely attacked by Gawain and Godfrey's troops.

"Your Excellency Gawain, please give the order to fight, and the contemptible people are willing to accept any dispatch from you." At this time, Count Emicius, who was carrying two hundred Frankish chainmail cavalry, trotted in front of Gawain on horseback and asked for instructions.

"In the direction of the camp, just attack me." With the edge of his sword, Gawain pointed at the Forshe camp, which was besieged by Roma soldiers, and the order was very simple.

So, the Saint-Cyril cavalry company, the newly baptized company, the Frankish chainmail cavalry, and the long horizontal queue of nearly a thousand assault cavalry instantly filled the entire field in front of the Civet Pass, and countless military servants ran up and handed the riding spears they were carrying in their hands to the hands of the cavalry masters.

"Red Hand Cross Sword Banner!" Gilligi also jerked to his feet, his teeth fighting, "Ben Sultan will remember this flag." After saying that, "Surelman" jumped on horseback, "Mentor, the battle has been decided, I have lost, but I cannot lose the city of Nicaea. ”

"His Holiness Hajib is called." Riding on horseback, Maimun gave the order to several of his slaves, "All his three thousand men can be sacrificed, and Allah will let them enter a garden-like paradise, as long as the Sultan is safe and sound." (To be continued.) )