Chapter 64: The Plough with the Sword (Part II)

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The rebellious Genat cavalry, who stood in formation on the north side of the canal, soon saw a thousand elite companies of red-handed cavalry riding in the billowing smoke and dust, and under the iconostasis-painted battle flags and the flickering backlight of the nose guards, there were cold and stern faces, and in their hands were sharp cavalry spears made of oak and basswood, accompanied by the earth-shattering cheers of the people of Kabeamia and Branas.

Now the situation was reversed in an instant: with the addition of another infantry detachment of the new brigade that Giovanni had brought with him from Ramas, the force had swelled to nearly 3,000 men.

"The Grand Duke is just outside Sanguli, commanding the rest of the brigade Banda and forming a palace formation for us!" Giovanni shouted, "That is to say, the Grand Duke's banner and the purple-clothed princess's shoulders are watching from behind us, showing your vigor and courage." ”

The voice of the head of the Judge Advocate General's Department from Lombardy was extremely penetrating, and then waves of shouts reached the ears of the frightened rebels on the other side.

"The Grand Duke's main brigade has arrived!"

"Taste the taste of riding spears and large infantry spears piercing the body!"

"Dorus is attacking you from the flanks with the Genat cavalry of Cilicia, along with another detachment."

This voice quickly spread from the battlefield of the confrontation in the canal to Rum and then to Kadir.

It will be the turn of Branas, Giovanni, Walter, and Cabeamia to stand on the bank of the river with their bridles, and shout defiantly, "We're going to attack soon, we can stand back, let's cross the river and line up." Do you want to compete again? ”

On the other side, almost all the rebel soldiers were shrouded in panic and uneasiness, "Your Majesty the Emperor, even if it is the reinforcements of His Royal Highness the Prince, it is good in Alaralman." Where are they in the Mutter Valley? Several of the lords of Genat, who hated Gawain the most, surrounded Leo, who also had a cloudy face, and pointed to the counterinsurgency team on the other side of the canal, and pointed to the defenders of Rum Town, whose morale was suddenly boosted, "If the reinforcements of His Majesty the Emperor are still on the way, then do you retreat to the castle of Mute now and hold out until Your Majesty arrives?" ”

Leo with a horsewhip. Pointing to Hardy's towering mountains, he gritted his teeth, "Diga also brought his two hundred personal soldiers to surround the mountain road blocking the town of Rum on the side, if we retreat, Gawain's men will block him and annihilate him." ”

At the moment when everyone was in trouble, Giovanni on the other side of the canal was already waving small flags, and all the soldiers were shouting. "Now that the rebels have lost their hearts, they no longer dare to cry out. Then let's attack them and tell them to shut up completely. Then from the middle of the array, the servants and the mobilized members of the German armed regiment, carrying small boats, on wheels and wagons, pushed overland to the edge of the ditch. Then the infantry of the detachment flowed out, and Branas himself put on his armor and boarded a leading ship: the craftsmen had brought a large canopy from the armory in Seleucia, and stood in the bow of the ship, made of lined up timber. It was covered with smooth cowhide, drilled holes, and in the back with a simple sleeve, with a spear and a blade inserted into it, to prevent enemy attacks or arson, and at the junction of the bow and the bow, there were also mechanisms, but they could be erected, and they could also be lowered to serve as short bridges for attack, which were the basic equipment of the Byzantine ships, which were appropriately improved by Samuelfa and used in beach-grabbing operations.

In the midst of the turbid waves, four boats with standing poles, under the paddle of two oarsmen, quickly crossed the cross-canal and attacked the herd of antlers on the opposite bank.

"Shoot arrows, don't let the enemy come." With this howl, the contempt of the rebel Jinats dissipated, and the governor took the lead, escorting all kinds of light soldiers composed of dependent peasants, and fired fiercely at the ships that had split their heads with their bows and arrows, but the arrows pierced the stand, slipped and bent, and fell into the water. The rebels behind the antlers stood up and drew their bows, and then retreated to tie the strings, and in an instant, the attacking boats had already crashed into the wooden slug antlers on the bank of the river, and the spears and hooks and sickles were everywhere, pulling over the mess.

"Throw the hook!" On the bow of the central ship, Branas turned around, stretched out his saber and shouted, and the craftsman and oarsman at the stern of the boat, with their waists bent to dodge the arrows that swept overhead, each threw several hooks into the small boat that followed, and then the oarsman on it caught it, and fastened it on the special iron ring at the bow, and in a short time, the four ships that were horizontally connected with two or three grasshopper-type boats in tandem, went straight to the shore on the other side, and at this moment the people on the boat followed an order, and fastened the spears with pontoyans at both ends of their hands on the side of the ship. And every other one, planks were laid—and soon four small bridges were formed.

The rebels of Genat were terrified, but the cries on the other side were continuous—the vanguard of the Guardian Brigade, mostly Rhinelanders or Swabians, clad in leather paneled armor and armed with huge two-handed swords, were divided into several groups and pounced on the bridge. When the top of the ship fell suddenly, the antlers were full of their sword-wielding figures, the rebels' light soldiers with the fragments of the antlers flew everywhere in the sun, the team was chopped to death and wounded, and the three hundred Jinat rebel cavalry who were pressed behind also hurriedly retreated two hundred feet, ready to open the distance and then counterattack.

Branas jumped ashore, drew the standard-bearer and trumpeter closer to him again, and kept shouting to the vanguard soldiers, "Don't smash the antlers, push them forward, push them in front of our array, and stop the rebel cavalry!" ”

"Oh!" More and more soldiers and armed regiments poured to this side of the shore, and their figures continued to move forward, echoing the request of the chief Temachi chief, gritting their teeth, turning their antlers, sticking their swords into the ground along the sand and dirt, and pushing forward with their free hands and their waists bowed and lifeless.

There was a sudden sound of horses' hooves, and three hundred rebellious Genat cavalry, shouting and forming a front line, pounced on the Branas who had just taken up the shore position, but they followed the swinging horses' heads, and were surprised to find that the soldiers of Branas had half knelt down in front of the rapidly approaching antlers, and behind the protruding antlers, they had set up their swords and crossbows, and were eyeing them.

With a roar in unison, the second column of German soldiers behind the antlers stood up, and threw the Germanic heavy pikes in their hands against the oncoming cavalry, and the dozen or so Genat warriors in the front, whose helmets and necks were pierced with blood, threw down their weapons one by one, and fell backwards on the muddy ground, smashing out the splashes of dirt.

"What are you doing, bastard, don't run!" When realizing that the mood is not good, Leo. Callegos took the rest of the cavalry and rushed to the front of the cross-ditch, and found that the front was full of men and horses fleeing backwards, and he couldn't help but be furious, and learned that although there were several antlers in front of him, he also lost the news in an instant, and suddenly became frightened, he looked at the army of the Grand Duke who was constantly approaching in front of him, and looked back at the vast river valley and mountains, and sadness came from it, "Could it be that His Majesty the Emperor has abandoned us"

And in the same way, on the mountain road position, Tiga. Callegos could not help but be stunned as he watched the defensive positions on the shore under the attack of the Grand Duke's army crossing the river.

Then, the trumpet sounded, and Dorus from the fortress of Coleadeo. Lambert, leading a mixed team of foot riders, lunged at him with great speed!

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