Chapter 66: The Tragedy of the Great Emir

The Great Emir who was supervising the battle behind him opened his mouth wide, he could only see that the countless cavalry in front of him were shrouded in flames and smoke, and the figures of men and horses were staggered inside, some seemed to be still running forward, but some disappeared, and in the thick smoke, there were constantly empty horses running back with a mournful roar, directly disrupting the third wave of cavalry who followed up, they were so embarrassed that they were spinning in place with their reins, unable to continue to rush through this purgatory-like area. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

As for the first wave of cavalry, they raised their blades under the flying flags, or drew the strings of their bows, and loosened the reins, although they saw a flock of black crow-like fires flying overhead and falling on their comrades behind, and the violent explosion was like an earthquake, but now they had no choice but to rush to the enemy's fortified positions with a shout, "Break through them!" ”

At this moment, more than five hundred half-kneeling firethrowers also quickly raised the pipe in their hands, grasped the wooden handle behind it, aimed and bit the burning arquebus, and hit the fire door behind the pipe—accompanied by thirty crossbows of the Guardian Brigade, all mixed together—the earth-shattering thunder sounded, and the whole earth trembled a few times, and even Sabina, who was sitting on the opposite bank, shook her head in horror, hissing and circling, and Gawain muttered a few times before she could be regarded as quieting her down—on the other side, A cloud of smoke and gunfire, hundreds of feet wide, suddenly shot out from the front of the pyrometers and the crossbow array, and at the same time, countless rockets with exploding "flowers", mixed with iron clusters of arrows on the crossbows, burst out of the cloud of gunfire and smashed into the Danishmund cavalry rushing at the front......

This group of fierce cavalrymen was suddenly destroyed like a hurricane swept through the woods, countless clusters of arrows, with fire and without fire, penetrated their cloaks, armor and hats, as well as flesh and blood, and the Khitan rockets shot out of the handguns, after rushing into the cavalry group, drilled everywhere, and the dynamite paper cylinders in front also burst into flames, and clusters of sparks exploded one after another on the tumbling war horses and riders, people turned on their backs, and there were human feet or horse hooves rolling upside down everywhere.

But there were still some of the Danishmond cavalry, some dead, their heads dangling from the saddle and dripping blood, some covered in fire and blood, but still screaming, and continued to pounce on him in disorder.

Leotius laid down his halberd, and the pyro-throwers hurled their handcuffs and carried their crossbows backwards until they reached the rear of the artillery array.

The shooter light artillery cart did not move, and the rest of the pyropers at this time pushed out several "flying fire copper clams", they were also placed on the carriage, this carriage has two push rods horizontally, and a door panel was hung with a push rod at the very front, and the fire throwers of the copper clam in the shout sent the push rod forward, and the door panel was turned down, just in front of the copper clam, and the rest of the artillery hands began to ignite the lead behind the copper clam under this cover.

A violent sound rang out, and the door panel was filled with arrows fired by the Turkic cavalry, and a few of them flew over, knocking down several hapless firethrowers.

After the sound was over, the putter was pulled back, and the door panels of all the copper clams were raised one by one - the copper clam showed its majestic mouth, and after a burst of reverberating vibrations, a thick cloud of gunpowder came out, and each copper clam rushed out eighteen rockets, after a burst of fire and explosion, and then waited until the smoke faded, and in the field of vision of the firethrowers, the area in front of them a hundred feet away was full of flesh and blood corpses, "The cavalry of the Persians (Turks) rushing at the front, it seems that no one has survived, maybe there is, But it was only wounded and crawling on the ground, and the men and horses were so intertwined that it was hard to imagine that a moment ago they were still the elite cavalry who bravely charged at us. Smoke was rising everywhere, and only a few of the horses were still alive, running slowly backwards, and they could not hear the whistle of their dying master, they must have been deaf...... The cavalry in the rear also lost the courage and endurance to continue advancing in the smoke from the fire, and began to hesitate in place, while others began to flee...... The forward infantry of our army and the Ani cavalry threw themselves into a ferocious attack, and there were many corpses of the enemy cavalry. ”

This is the diary of a flag thrower, the first graduate of St. Paul's College, who was soon recruited into the army because of his knowledge of simple mathematics and writing, and swore allegiance to the patron and female Caesar, and served as an officer in front of the battle without any difficulty.

"The gap in the enemy's formation has been made, and the cavalry has been routed by our army, and the whole brigade and regiment have advanced rapidly, approaching them and capturing their large camp on the march." Under the banner of the brigade battle, Branas seized the time and waved his sword in order.

Then the firethrowers pushed the light artillery carts and copper clam carts as fast as they could, accompanied by the Armenian cavalry, and Branas personally supervised the infantry of the brigade to follow, walking through the dense corpses and smoke of gunpowder, and when Merrick's first two waves of cavalry reprepared their formations, they placed the artillery carts at a distance of about three hundred feet in front of them, and quickly fired a second round of fire.

At this time, all of Merrick's cavalry, including the third wave, was blown to pieces: the Turkic soldiers of Sivas and Sagitus, as if the end of the world was coming, left behind their wounded and dead companions, and fled in a panic towards their own rear troops, crushing the infantry and battalions of the Great Emir like a flood, or rather, these men did not dare to resist when they saw the defeat of their own cavalry, and at the same time routed to the north.

The "thunder" rose and fell, some of the fire was thrown into the air and exploded, some of which were the screams of Danishmund's defeated men, one side of the defeated and the other side of the attack, the scene was simply spectacular, and the flames of the Harris River were dyed red.

"On this plateau, I will no longer have enemies, and it is a good thing that Merrick can run away from his creation—for me and Anna, all that remains is a matter of time and space, and the search for bigger and stronger enemies." Gawain, who had been watching the battle on the water side, witnessed this scene and spoke to Merlot, Walter, Decius, Diem, and the Turkic servants.

Then the chief protector turned his horse's head in satisfaction, and paced forward leisurely, under the cover of the Praetorian Guard detachment and the mounted cavalry.

In the afternoon, countless defeated Danishmond soldiers rushed to the great river, and the opposite hillside was Fort Germanico, but a river crossed in front of them, and the pursuers of the Guardian Brigade followed closely behind them with long swords and long-handled scythes, and countless cavalry with red hands on the opposite bank had crossed the river first and occupied it, and this was a complete "place of death": the desperate Danishmund soldiers jumped into the water, and those who were blocked on the shore were slashed by the soldiers of the Guardian Brigade with their long-handled scythes and slashed their necks with brushes. cut the throat and pull down the head; Even those who fled into the river, drowned with all their strength, rushed ashore and were shot and killed by the red-handed general-purpose cavalry - the entire river was clogged up with overlapping corpses, and everywhere was a shocking red. (To be continued.) )