In the early morning of the second Thursday of the Feast of the Whirring Season, a violent killing broke out outside the city of Nazar in Cappadocia, North Carpadocia, and the black battle flag of General Orson suddenly attacked the Red Meadows settlement near the Great Salt Lake, and under the guidance of Bai Sensen's "middle finger bone", about 400 Jinat cavalry took the lead, and they rushed from the river valley dozens of miles away, the horses' hooves raised huge black smoke, the Turkic scimitars in their hands were constantly chopping down like lightning, and the javelins made of oak seedlings pierced through the fireworks. Piercing the backs and necks of fleeing Danishmunds, villages and pastures were set on fire, corpses lying in the grass, crimson flames staining half of the grey morning sky, obscuring all the stars and waning moons. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After galloping the light horsemen of Jinat, a group of "frontier people" from the Karon border area with spears and flags also marched on the red grass along the edge of the lake covered with red light by the newly rising sun, and attacked Naza.

The "Divangash" in the city of Nazar quickly sent several brisk groups of scouts and horsemen, moving or static, light or covert, or simply or resorting to force, to reconnoiter the incoming contingent of Karon--a reconnaissance party of fifteen horsemen, which was bogged down in a swamp at a river by the Great Salt Lake, and was besieged by the approaching frontier army with spears and halberds, and killed only two men who fled back, and reported to the supreme commander of Divangash, Giribey, in shock, "It is the main force of Gawain's troops, They use projectile weapons and hand-to-hand combat weapons with great precision and ferocity. ”

But in fact, this group of people is still Gawain's border army and Jinat cavalry, but because the former and the Seleucian militia have received training from veterans of the Red Hand Brigade in advance, their combat skills have improved significantly, and the array and fighting are all in shape, and they actually gave the garrison team of Nazar City the illusion that "Gawain's main brigade is coming".

Giribey climbed onto the wooden tower of the fortress and saw that the entire wilderness and meadow were burning in front of him, and the real situation of the opposing team could not be seen clearly in the smoke and firelight, "Beat the drum to warn, all the border people of Divangash stepped on horseback and entered the gate to defend the fortress!" Send me another scout to make an emergency for Kayseri and Amasya. ”

At the simple gate of Nazah, a large number of Turkic frontier people dragged their children and daughters, rode horses, and poured in nervously shouting, and many soldiers on the pheasant moat and the tower beat the rapid drum in a desperate manner, "In the past, we kept attacking each other's Karon, but now the enemy has revenge!" And began to light a long, lonely beacon fire, warning for help in all directions. Several Turkic Ghazi warriors, cloaked and helmeted, with vital letters hidden inside, galloped towards the east and north sides, respectively.

Three of them, running to a certain beach at the bend of the Harris River, and when they crossed the opposite direction of Fort Kayseri on the opposite side of the murky water, they saw a loud noise half a thousand miles away, and they turned their heads and looked almost half to death: in the morning mist, about hundreds of horsemen with red-handed battle flags, each with bales of straw and rafts tied to their saddles, densely lined up from one side of the river to the other, forming a "men's and horses' embankment" to block the turbulent water of the upper Harris River, and then the infantry of the brigade of infantry behind this "embankment", The shallower river flows rapidly, leaving behind a swirling and spreading trail of dirty water.

They wondered how shallow this beach could be during the summer flood season.

Soon, the bows and arrows of the pursuers flew one after another, and the three brave and calm Gazi whistled at each other, flipped their bodies and hid themselves by the stirrups, evading the pursuit of the enemy rangers, and boldly headed towards the Kayseri Fort, where they wanted to report the enemy's movements completely and clearly to Gemaladin Bey.

At this moment, on the sandy slopes of the famous Cappadocia Grotto on the other side of the Harris River, on the border with Kayseri, Gawain and the generals were already facing the bright blood-red sun, looking out at the skirmishes that were everywhere below.

The banner of the Red Hand Seven Ridges fluttered behind him, and the Grand Patron stretched out the silver horse's head staff towards the silhouette of Kayseri in the distance, "Giovanni, you return to my command at this time from your duties as the overseer of the mounted cavalry regiment, and lead seven hundred red hand cavalry to attack and advance in the direction of Kayseri Fort, and kill any heretic if you see it." ”

When Giovanni held his spear and led the red hand cavalry to leave, Dim. Goliath pointed to the river, "Master, our equipment and convoy are here!" Gawain turned his head to look, but saw that most of the infantry of the Red Hand Brigade and the Guardian Brigade had successfully crossed the river and spread out on this side of the river, and the rest of the five hundred Red Hand cavalry (after the Battle of Milio Sephalon, more than three hundred men had entered to make up for the casualties) spread out on their wings, and protected one after another of the Glamorgan wagons and two-wheeled carriages between the central passages, and on those vehicles near the river bank, the craftsmen and military servants shouted to unload the improvised wooden boats and various assembled siege equipment loaded on them, Then, along the slanted planks of butter, the wooden boats were first pushed into the gushing river.

A fleet of boats that could cross the banks of the river soon became operational, switching roles and transporting carts of various colors to the opposite bank, which were then dismantled into components......

"Cheer everyone up, and I'm going to lead you through the first hapless tower of Kayseri before sunset today." The chief patron raised his fist and cheered up all the soldiers on the spot.

In the panicked Kayseri Fort, a fierce dispute broke out between Gema Radin Bey and Ghazi, the herald of Giribey, who received an urgent report: both sides believed that it was the main enemy force in front of them.

Gemaladin Bey claims that his scouts and you (the three Gazi who crossed the river) have seen with their own eyes that the enemy has slain me with a large number of siege engines in wagons and boats;

The three Ghazi also claimed that there was a "cavalry of men and horses, all covered in heavy armor, and marching stoically in such hot weather," headed for the city of Nazar, which was Gawain's terrifying mounted cavalry, and it was clear that Giribey was the enemy's main attack.

In the absence of any conclusion, Gemaradin Bey sent five hundred cavalry out of the fortress to reconnoiter the city of Naza - about an hour later, one hundred and fifty remnants of the army came back from the gates, saying that they had been attacked by a large battalion of enemy cavalry ten thousand miles outside the city, accompanied by an ambush by the infantry, the others were killed in battle, and some were taken prisoner without knowing whether they were alive or dead.

"The enemy's main force is already close to me, and I will personally climb the tower to supervise the battle to protect this fortress!" Gemma Radin Bey is impassioned.

"But what about Naza?"

"I wrote another urgent letter by hand and sent it to Melitene and Sivas farther away for help. Of course, your Bey can also go directly to the Great Emir, whose 20,000 men are the closest there. With that, Gemma Radin Bey ascended the tower.

In the fields he looked down, enemy cavalry poured along sandy hillsides and sparse bushes, their armor reflecting a disturbing glow in the hot air. They lit fires everywhere, seized water sources, and countless flags spread from the city to the big grotto over there, and there was no end in sight. (To be continued.) )