Chapter 94: Deus Vult

But before Amasa's command could be followed by the horses and heralds from the central camp, the soldiers in the several camps on the east side of the barracks, looking at the figures of the messengers in the city rolling in their direction, began to stir, and many people flocked to the gate and the wooden fence, some of them hurriedly beckoned and begged others to help the group of believers, some shouted and screamed, and took a wait-and-see attitude, and many officers waved their whips and whipped everywhere, ordering everyone to return to their posts.

In the middle of the boundless and dangerous sand, the fifteen hundred released Crescentists also kept shouting in despair, "Don't shoot arrows at us, we are all people who believe in the scriptures!" Gregor, who was following closely behind him, saw that the camp of the Turks of Mosul was getting closer and closer, and some of the soldiers in the camp had already begun to beat their drums and horns, and climbed the tower of the gate with their weapons in hand, thinking that it would be too late to move their hands.

"Raise the dogtooth banner of the Turks. Clothed in their robes, I now issue the latest order to drive out this group of infidels and take the camp on the other side! Gregor drew his sword from his horse, then turned to all the soldiers behind him, "Raise our silver tassel banner as well." ”

Then Gregor pulled the reins and rode to the Crescentists who had fallen behind and refused to run any further, and slashed down with his sword, and in no time there was an old man with gray hair who was cut to the ground, struggling and fluttering twice before his limbs limped and died.

The other, who appeared to be his son, immediately broke down and shouted, his hands bound by ropes, and he threw himself at Gregor, who stepped back from the hilt of his sword, then straightened his arm and stabbed it even harder, piercing through the son's chest, and the other man howled, and then fell to the ground on his back, and Gregor stepped on his horse's hooves, trampling his internal organs out.

Gregor shouted, slashing left and right, killing several more, and then his face was covered in blood, and he was very frightened, "Give me to run forward, and whoever does not run will be killed." ”

At this moment, several flag officers beside him immediately erected large and small battle flags, blew the horn, beat the drums, and also raised their war swords, facing the Crescent Sect disciples who were screaming and running forward.

The rest of the soldiers who followed him stayed for the time being, but most of them understood that military law was like a mountain, especially the Grand Duke's team, and now in the cloud battle array, no one wanted to be hanged on a tree in public. So they responded mechanically, quickly put on the robes of the Crescent Cult, wrapped themselves in fake turbans, and raised their small shields, which were guarded with iron inside, with short knives or pikes and darts, or bows and arrows or maces, thistles, and small axes in their backpacks behind them, and coaxed to accompany the Crescentists in front of them, running quickly towards the camp on the opposite side.

The cries of the cultists almost shook the entire Orontes River, and on the twin towers of the Iron Bridge, the two lords Raymond and Robert, who were dressed in military uniform, were actually a little hungry, but they still clearly saw that over there, thousands of "Crescentists" who could barely distinguish each other from each other rushed towards the camp on the east flank of Amasa, "Gather all the soldiers, storm the camp in front of us, and support Gawain's attack on the flank." Robert shuddered, shouted with all his might, and then coughed violently over his shriveled abdomen, he was so hungry.

",,!" Raymond's face turned the color of a pig's liver, and he shook his fist, then turned around, and the chain mail made a rapid thud as he rushed down the tower.

On the watchtower of the central camp, Amasa looked stunned, and his hands fell on the wooden fence, shouting hoarsely and scolding the herald cavalry, and demanded that "all the cavalry in the camp be assembled and attacked, and go to the aid of the camp over there, regardless of whether they were the believers in the city or the attackers mixed with the enemy, and kill them all." ”

But at the same time, on the tower of the gate of the Orontes camp, thousands of feet away, Gawain slashed his big hand, and several soldiers' hats and helmets danced in the sunlight with reflected light, and with their halberds tied to the flames, they slipped away to the beacon that protruded in front of the gate tower, and set fire to the central haystack and miscellaneous debris - and soon a huge flame rose up, and stood out in the whole river and valley.

The barracks in the rear of the western side of Amasa were instantly lit up with black smoke and flames, and the soldiers ran in panic: Having received this beacon signal, Branas, who had been stoic in ambush in the valley of Rose Ridge for the previous three days, swallowed the last ration of dry food, plucked the chews and titles from the mouths of the horses, galloped out with three hundred cavalry, crossed the slopes of the road, and rushed down towards the Turkic camp below, and in an instant broke two of them, threw torches everywhere, and slew the enemy. Then Branath shouted and waved his sword, entered through the main gate of a barracks, and rushed to the back door, shouting to everyone, "Do not linger, use all the strength of men and horses, continue to rush in the direction of Atta City, cut down anyone you see on the way, and stop to die." ”

"Our camp on the west side was also attacked." At this time, the group of generals and imams around Amasa didn't want to have such contemptuous expressions on their faces, and many of them were colorless, sluggish and didn't know what to do, and would only walk around Amasa's side, shouting some words that they didn't know, and arguing fiercely with each other.

Annoyed, Amasa immediately sent several more heralds, asking them to go around to the north side of Atta City and hurry to Ridwan. Go to the camp of Tutosh and tell the prince of Aleppo to rush here with reinforcements as soon as possible. Then the brave general Mosul could no longer hold back, and demanded that the servants "prepare fifteen horses, and the general should personally guide the cavalry of his battalion to attack and force the enemy back on the east flank, and ask the defenders of the camp on the west side not to panic and force the enemy to retreat." ”

The gates of the Orontes camp were also opened at the same time, and the soldiers left behind in the city cheered loudly with all their might, riding the white cloak of Gawain of Quicksilver and lifted it back, like a dazzling lightning, and instantly rushed to the cavalry column led by Hartman and Werner, and then Gawain gasped slightly, looking at the two lords who were holding the reins and stunned at him, he pointed his finger at the "real target", that is, the central camp of Amasa, "When Amasa attacks from the inside, we will all rush over, in front of his camp, Defeat him completely. ”

"Brothers and comrades, if you are trapped any longer, you can only starve to death in the city of Antioch or in the defense, and you will have a chance to kill them." Hartmann, Earl of Swabia, and Werner did not hesitate, and both drew their swords, and the blades that reflected the cold light pointed directly at the camp where Amasa was, "Follow the hooves of the Grand Duke of the Empire, DeusVult!" ”

β€œDeusVult! (God's will)", "Hallelujah! "All the horsemen burst into such a shout, and in the majestic horn of sorrow, they threw down their reins, saddled their swords, held their spears, indulged their horses, and galloped towards their targets with thunder and wind, and the speed became faster and faster. (To be continued.) )