Chapter 105: May 18 (II)
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A large number of soldiers continued to flee, and the noble emperor could no longer control even a force within a distance of five hundred feet.
Brenus rushed back to the camp with great guilt, where many of the soldiers of the military region to which he belonged, the staff of the army and the Plonian knights all grabbed the frightened His Highness Penipasian Bastos, "We cannot continue to fight, General Cosa, please return to the city of Afyon and think again." ”
In the firelight, Brenus, who was wearing a beautiful helmet, hesitated slightly, and said, "Tell General Xhosa that I will set out for him at once, and ask him to make all preparations." ”
And Raymond, under the escort of hundreds of Callegos, moved the staghorn fork at the exit behind the barricade, and then galloped along the path in the wilderness in the direction of Laudisian Castle without looking back, "I, I have to go back, for, for Your Majesty to hold on to the castle, to guard against the next offensive of Gawain." ”
As for General Cezes, who had married a girl from the House of Comunen, he was even more nimble, and he was devoted to the Thracian estate—the harvest season was approaching.
Several of the Emperor's guards and orphaned archery officers bravely jumped onto the carriage behind the barricade, and then they saw that Gawain's barricade was slowly moving towards them.
In the glittering fire, walking on the sand, grass and corpses all over the ground, dozens of chariots covered with single-layer tents lined up in a rolling mobile front, the soldiers of Gawain's two main brigades followed the front and back with spears like a forest, singing the hymn of "Lord has chosen me to be his warrior", and the flamethrowers were in black shadows, pushing light artillery with wooden wheels, Persian perfume bottles, and hoop iron cannons carried by camels and pack horses.
"The Tarsus thief is here!" A terrible shout was heard throughout the Emperor's carriage.
Lying on the ground, Atretis could not see his banner officer or any of his superiors, only his military boots running around him, some weeping, some screaming like insanity, and some crawling without saying a word.
In the rising smoke of the gun, the firethrower showed his sweaty back, and with his bare upper body and a long rod wrapped in sponge, he rotated and brushed the bronze cannon chamber - shredded paper, iron filings, and Khitan snow powder that was completely burned out, "so that the shooting is smoother!" The other firethrowers who were in charge of loading the bullets wrapped and tied the polished stone pellets in fine deerskin and sheepskin, lifted them vigorously, and pushed the bones into the muzzle of the fire bear cannon. Everyone smiled obscenely, and then each stood and fought according to the new military code.
"Hurry up, or it won't be good for our shells to fall on our own heads." After urging him, Nexus waved the small flag.
"Tong-Tong-Tong", the thunder of the muzzle of the cannon suddenly rose everywhere, followed by the sharp hiss of the burning Khitan snow, and several stone pellets of the fire bear cannon were shot out, one shot passed over the head of the attacking Tarsus army, and landed only 200 feet away in front of everyone's eyes, first overturning a section of the emperor's wooden fence in front of them, and then jumping over the trench, and then wedged through the two frames, smashing it into powder.
The other two shots, which were not so good on the spot, landed on the ground outside the Emperor's chariot barrier, striking out a column of mud like water.
There was also a shot, which also broke down a section of the antler wooden fence, with a loud noise.
However, after this volley, the Emperor's soldiers fled even more, like a returning wave of rage. Like a swarm of rats escaping from a house that is about to collapse.
"Shoot, shoot!" At this time, the light artillery of the Tarsus Guards was also pushed to the firing range, and when the rear fire of the fire bear guns stopped firing, they acted as a fire to resist the fill.
Fourteen Persian perfume bottles, three wheeled "long perfume bottles", and four wheeled light short-barreled mortar cannons lined up, shooting red and white fireworks in the direction of the emperor's imperial camp, and the black night burst into the dark night in horror - perfume bottles that were fired continuously at "bang bang bang", and short mortar cannons that fired fiercely at long intervals, smashing lead shots, iron pills or stone pills on the car barrier in front of them in waves.
And inside the "assault chariot" covered with a single-story wooden tower, there were also firethrowers crouching, who would shoot with long guns and arrows through the shooting holes.
The sound of horses' hooves thundered through, and the 800 "armor soldiers" who had been killed on the side of the city wall of the self-camp all rode their horses and rushed through this open field, approaching the chariot defense line on the right side of the emperor, a section of which had been broken by the fire bombardment, and the soldiers of the Thracepine Military Region and the new army of Thessaly, who were supposed to be stationed here, had already fled.
Tim and Billel, who were at the head, flipped off their tired mounts, and then one carried the Tribulus Meteor Hammer, the other held an iron scythe in one hand and a small curved sickle in the other, and together with the other elite elites with three layers of heavy armor, they lined up in a dense phalanx, and walked forward and attacked the base in front of them.
The last to protect this front and the Emperor's palace were the Immortal Army, the Orphan Archers, and the Emperor's Varangian Guard, who were the only ones who had unrivaled loyalty to the Emperor. There were two commanders, Merles, the Imperial Ink Officer, and Selilarus, the wounded Commander of the Immortal Army, and even if the Emperor did not call them by name, these two men bravely climbed up the barricade, the latter of whom had his legs pierced and almost struggled to climb up, encouraging the only soldiers around him, "Set up the fire, coil the horned bow, and strike hard by the light of the fire!" ”
In front of them, Gawain's heavily armored guards had rushed to a distance of sixty feet, and many half-kneeling Oghuz soldiers bent their bows and arrows in rows of bamboo arrows.
Many of the Emperor's soldiers were shot down through the screams, but many more still held their posts, and the stones and firearms fiercely counterattacked.
Hula-la-la, many armor soldiers turned their irises and shields, and continued to advance tenaciously in the rain of arrows amid the sound of sparks.
The two Oghuz soldiers at the front, covering the wounds of the arrows, fell into the trench, and were then killed by the tower-like Diem. Goliath stepped over, and the giant roared and rushed to the base, "Hit him!" "Right above him was the Emperor's Imperial Ink Officer, Myles, commanding several soldiers.
Two fiery arrows, three arrows, struck Dim back and forth, his armor swaying a few times with sparkling fireworks like broken stars—but he kept going.
Several lightly armed servants who accompanied him carried the planks and took the opportunity to slam onto the chariot, and Diem's armor rose in front of the eyes of Myles and the others with a hint of flames.
Then Tim swung his arm, the sound of chains rang out, and the eyes in his helmet and visor flashed, "May 18!" ”
With this roar, the Imperial Ink Officer was struck in the neck and face by the Tribulus Meteor Hammer thrown by Diem, and the helmet and skull shattered and twisted together, bleeding profusely, and then slipped backwards under the wheels of the cart.
In the firelight, the emperor, who was just about to escape on a horse, saw the body of the imperial ink official who he got along with the most day and night, and his throat rolled down, and tears fell uncontrollably......
On the night sky of the Anatolian plateau on May 18, on the battle-torn battlefield of Philomeron, a large number of meteors suddenly fell rapidly towards the west...... (To be continued.) )