By nightfall the brigade of defenders of Branas had arrived at the battlefield of the day (a detachment was owed to defend Fort Kyrenia on the island of Cyprus), and the brigade soldiers, the civilian army, and the border people continued to reinforce the fortifications along the field. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Campfires in the tent were everywhere, like a rope of flame enclosing the western and southern passages of Marash Fort.

On the other hand, Melo and the Red Hand Brigade also rushed to the Armenian Pass, and because it was late, he ordered all the detachments to take up their own camps.

Marash's Armenian army was already in disarray, and they were unable to mobilize their subjects in time due to their lack of war preparations, nor did they have enough strength to block Gawain's two-way offensive, and the elite were scattered in Marash, Ravodra and Tubesena - if the regent Fell was still unable to repel Gawain's pincers in the next three days, then all the Armenian soldiers would be divided in these three places, and thus surrounded and broken by the overwhelmingly superior Tarsus Guardian Army one by one- After all, Gawain still has a genuine elite Gimagith Brigade on hand that has not yet been invested.

"Send the cavalry of the Dead Herald, armed with the best and fastest horses, to the Great Armenian Plateau to ask for help from the Great Emir of Merrick, to Aleppo to ask for help from Ridwan, and likewise to the south-eastern side of Samosata to ask for help from Tancred. If Marash fell, Gawain would have been given the chance to advance to these three places, and they themselves would have to weigh it themselves. Fell stood behind the tower in a panic and ordered the samurai beside him.

He then looked through the perforation as he watched the forces of Gawain on the plains below: the Marlash Fort, which was not very high, and the Felamis River, which flowed through the cities of Adana and Castabara, split into two streams to the west, and Marlash Fort was on a small plateau at the fork of the river.

Now the campfires of the Guardian Brigade and the Nationalist and Frontier Militias spread out along the bifurcating Felamis River, reflecting the river and illuminating it red—small groups of brave Armenian nobles were constantly attacking the field under the cover of night and dense forests. The soldiers of the Civilians who stood behind the wooden fence used their guns to repel the night attack of this group of people, and the white smoke and red sprays rose and fell, and the sound of the Pheramis River was incessant all night, shocking Fair's nerves.

"Is there any news from Laverdra and Tubesse?"

"General Saliki of Fort Ravodra has also captured the whereabouts of Gawain's Red Hand Brigade, this despicable group of enemies has crossed the mountains on the border of Vanka City, and captured several outposts of our army in front of them, which are less than twenty guilla miles away from Ravodra - General Saliki is determined to launch a surprise attack in the early hours of the morning while his foothold is still unstable!"

Fell's heart suddenly clenched, he knew that there were more than a thousand useful elite soldiers in the hands of Saliki and Hector, using surprise attacks to fight against the Red Hand Brigade of about 5,000 people, not to mention that the other party was still the first-class elite under Gawain, which was almost a desperate fight in a desperate situation.

"What about Thubesena?"

The castle was guarded by the father and son of Pachad and Hercules, who guarded the northeast passage to Melitene and also planned the rear route of Marash: for Gawain's other armies could come from Melitene at any time.

"It's not clear now." And so it was.

So Fell didn't sleep at all, waiting for news from there.

In the early morning, as the rising sun shone on the top of the lofty mountains of Taurus, Grand Earl Merlot, the commander of Gawain's Left Army, sat on a beautifully decorated mount, looked at the castle of Laverdra on the horseshoe-shaped hill opposite, and waved the scepter in his hand: all the miscellaneous stragglers of the Red Hand Brigade were dressed in armor, holding swords and shields, and formed several small columns, taking care of each other's reconnaissance and marching against the valley under the Fort of Lovdra Forest. The five detachments of soldiers who were in charge of the reserve were the spear-wielding soldiers, forming a horizontal formation, and surrounded Merlot and all the subordinate cavalry in the center.

The skirmishers successfully crossed the valley, followed by the shooting corps, and when the spearmen of the five detachments were also preparing to set off, a volley of muskets suddenly shot out in the woodland on the north-west side of the Fort of Ravadla, and when several vigilant brigade skirmishers were knocked to the ground, "What's the matter?" Melo looked at the smoke rising from the distance in amazement, under the banner of the Christfish Battle, "The other side actually has our firecracker!" ”

These handcuffs were captured by Armenia during the rout of Marash, and they also obtained some baggage wagons loaded with Khitan snow and forced the captured Jimegis soldiers to teach them how to use them.

But that was the end of it, the Armenian soldiers did not think highly of them after using handcuffs and arrows, believing that long-range combat was inferior to bows and arrows, and close combat was inferior to tomahawks and swords, and they did not know what Gawain's team was doing with these vain firearms. So the platoon of shots just now was more than a signal to guide the ambush attack: after the fire in the handcuffs, the Armenian soldiers on one wing rose from the lurking woodland, their armor covered with sheltering branches and leaves, howling and holding long and short weapons, and melee with the stragglers of the Red Hand Brigade.

There were one after another clangs, and ambushes continued to rush out of the surrounding area of the city of Ravodra, and many fierce mountain people gathered on the towers of the city wall, condescending to shoot arrows at the red-handed stragglers. The stragglers were a little overwhelmed by the ambushes that came from all directions, while the soldiers of the shooting corps who followed behind were in a hurry, each carrying a long firearm on their shoulders, and began to light the arquebuses and fires in their hands, and for a time they did not know what to do, because within the firing distance ahead, the enemy had already strangled each other.

"The spearman detachment then followed in columns - now all the subordinate cavalry, follow me to reinforce them!" Seeing the urgency of the situation ahead, Merlot knew that he had been attacked by the defenders, so he directly carried three hundred subordinate cavalry and galloped through the valley to the battlefield under the city.

Suddenly, from behind the rocks and grasses of the valley, a great number of ambushers came out, shouting and drawing their recurve bows, and shooting arrows at the ranks of Merlot and the subordinate cavalry in all directions.

"Poof!" Merlot's mount was shot with an arrow, and the horse's neck was pierced, and blood flew out, and the muscles of his body became violently tangled, and his master was thrown off. Even though the Earl was wearing light and sophisticated armor, he still hit a stone on his arm after falling from his horse, and he suddenly lost consciousness and could not draw his sword from the sheath, "broken ......" Merlot's eyes and heart were black, and the attached cavalry around him began to be confused.

"The enemy general has fallen from his horse, kill him." Hundreds of Armenian ambushers seized the opportunity, brandishing axes and spears to charge wildly, and they were led by the former traitor Hector, who knew Merlot's man and banner, "He is the Grand Count and right-hand man of Gawain, kill him and we will win this battle!" ”