Chapter 25: Two Arrows

Under the illumination of the battle banner of St. Theodore, more mounted cavalry swept and trampled on the remnants of the fortifications and defenders outside the city, while the two main directions designated by Giovanni in advance, the soldiers of Gimagis were dividing into two and bravely attacking the city. The Besieging Garrison under the command of Birel www.biquge.info set up crossbow machines and continuously fired terrifying arrows into the city, which was astonishing.

"Guys, get ready to follow up! From now on, we will be loyal to the Grand Duke of Seleucia and Her Royal Highness the Princess in Purple. "Under the flagpole where Severn's head was hung, the consul wasted no time in showing her loyalty, waving her golden finger and shouting at the wolf-filled fortress, and the Pauline archers around her also folded their arms, and took up their bows and quivers, and took up the spears hanging from their arms with ropes, and folded around the horses, and marched towards Alalmanburg—after several bitter lessons from the defeat of Gawain, the consuls came up with a new plan, which of course only applied to her direct army of believers, That is, all soldiers are required to "keep the bow from the spear, the spear from the bow, the bow from a distance, and the spear from close combat".

But it didn't take Kabeamia, or Monomachus from the Wing, to put it in. At a small gate at the bend of the east gate wall, several soldiers who were not willing to die for the Callegos family at all used axes to split the latch of the door, pushed it open with a bang, and kept shouting the slogan "Long live Seleucia" in Greek.

"The city has fallen!" In front of his eyes, shouting everywhere, the dejected guards and citizens, Gaia raised his head and looked at the central tower that was only one street away from him, and he clearly saw that his third brother Ace. Callegos was commanding his last remaining archers, leaning on the steps and columns, constantly shooting arrows outwards in a last-ditch resistance. There were already many soldiers of Gimageis who had broken the walls, divided into small groups, and attacked the central tower in all directions, along the scattered houses or stables.

"Sigma!" At this time, Nexus took the reins and rushed to the desolate Gaia, reminding him that Gaia looked and saw that Sigma had jumped off the wall on foot, drew his sword, and slashed and killed those who fell to his knees and begged for mercy everywhere, while looking for worthy targets. It seems that the Pioneer is not satisfied with the reward of being the first to raise the flag, but is going to rush to the central tower and hunt down the more worthy target, which is their father Nika. Callegos, whoever can cut off the head of this famous old man in Anatolia, who will surely resound in the future will be famous on this plateau, this temptation is impossible for a notorious mercenary knight like Sigmar to resist.

Gaia whispered to Nexus, "Take out our bow from the saddle and shoot this beast, father and brother deserve to die at my hands no matter what, this is the last sacrifice to the extinct Callegos family...... Don't hesitate, Nexus! ”

"Yes, brother." With that, Nexus raised his bow and fired an arrow at Sigma's back.

At the same time, Ace, who was across the street, also raised his bow and pointed at Gaia, who was pointing fingers. Ducasse (who couldn't tell the difference between his appearance because Gaia was heavily armoured) also fired an arrow. The two arrows departed almost simultaneously, skimming the mischievous heads and arms, and almost simultaneously hitting the target, Sigma snorted, struck the back of his shoulder, and fell to his knees on the blood-soaked street slab with his sword, and then the armor piece rattled, and he fell to the ground, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.

Gaia was hit by an arrow in his helmet, and the cluster of arrows pierced his forehead directly through the helmet, and the blood quickly oozed from his visor, and Gaia almost fell off his horse on his back under severe pain, but he still held back, took off his helmet and threw it on the ground, with a resolute and sad tone, "The obstacles and troubles have been removed." We go forward and kill all the enemies. ”

"For Her Royal Highness the Purple Princess." Nexus cried out with a cry, and the two brothers, armed with their weapons in hand, marched into battle on horseback, slashing down all the defenders down the streets like a reaper of death, and then stepped up the steps to fight the remnants of the enemy who continued to resist here. The swords and swords staggered between the pillars, everywhere covered with wounds and groaning and falling, or crawling on the floor of the dying soldiers, and black smoke and red flames constantly gushing out. And in front of the wide open city gate, Gotti and Walter side by side, and the rest of the hundred or so armored cavalry, holding various colored flags, stepped in at the sound of the trumpet, surrounded by the city soldiers and civilians begging for their lives, and on the city wall above, the soldiers of Gimages, carrying the head of the enemy, stepping on the corpse of the enemy, were feverishly shouting religious slogans, praising the protection of the holy apostles for their battle, especially St. Theodor, but ironically, the soldiers in the city also carried out the statue of the patron, but were trampled in the rubble by the boots of the victors, It doesn't seem to even qualify as a trophy......

On the mountain outside the city, Gao Wenchang, who was in charge of the command, breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the enemy castle that was rapidly collapsing and falling, and smugly knocked the horsewhip in his hand, and Agnes on one side also showed an extremely happy smile on the corner of his mouth, "This castle has finally fallen into our hands." ”

"That's right, the western front of the entire Seleucia has been stable since then."

"Is it to flood the swamp and turn this castle into a moat that separates the Panphelian military districts of the Roman Empire?" Agnes was curious.

"It's not that serious, I'm a person who does things, I don't like this way, why can't we turn Alalmanburg into an offensive base that can shock the enemy, can garrison many soldiers, and provide a lot of fertile land? If it were just a swamp with tidal flats, the fortress would really be in decline, and we would have to provide a large amount of allowance for its maintenance. Gawain did not shy away from expressing his ambitions for the construction of this fortress, "In the past, under Callegos, Alarman had only about 7,000 inhabitants, and I want to unite it with the Seleucian city, and sooner or later it will have 20,000, 30,000, no, 70,000 inhabitants, and can also provide a garrison camp of 5,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry." ”

Agnes snorted, saying that she was used to Gawain's exaggerations, "Could it be that you still want to capture Panphyria?" ”

"Pamphylia? No, it will be nothing more than a huge fleet and a military district of sailors, but not the Imperial, but me and Anna. Cappadocia will be the distribution center of war horses and salt, Paphlagonia, Amasia, Ankara, and Melitene will be the four pillars of fortresses, and then gather the grain of Seleucia and the Cilician plain and the iron smelting of the mountains, and the new and true Roman Empire will rise on this plateau through the hands of Anna and me! (To be continued.) )