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"Hey, Gawain, aren't you worried about another betrayal like Barromeo?" After the military meeting, Gao Wen, who was personally patrolling the night, and the guard officer followed behind, and the other party asked him this question curiously.

"I have removed all the noble officers of Greece, and the remaining thirty warriors of the Red Hand detachment have also been taken in by me as guards, so I have no such worries, Tetisius is Caesar's agent, and needs to extract political and military capital from me, and now he must support me wholeheartedly; Francisco and the Italian veterans wanted to return to their homeland and old station, and their possessions in Asia Minor were gone, and they had no loyalty to the emperor; As for you, Diognis, you have said before that you are willing to fight alongside me, and I will put all the five hundred Tekopo soldiers under your command, and I believe in you. After saying that, Gawain, who was cleaning himself with his boots and stepping back and forth in the grass, turned to Theognes and said, "In two days' time, I will ask you to take a small team of sentinels to strike a blow at the pirates, and I will watch the battle from behind." ”

In the night wind, the guard nodded, "Yes, since Your Majesty has appointed me to be your deputy, then I will definitely fulfill my duties!" ”

Two days later, on the outskirts of Gallipoli, about three quari villages to the southeast, leaning on the edge of the gradually rising brown peaks, which had been the "border" between the Zahaas pirates and the garrison of Gallipoli, a "dog's tooth" that both sides tacitly acquiesced: previously, about a thousand pirates, in fact most of them Turks and Saracens, the former fighting on land and the latter on ships, had marched north, ready to attack Gallipoli and obtain greater sweetness, but were led by Franchisco's Italian veterans plus refugees from Asia Minor, Standing on its own and repelling.

After that, the pirates retreated to the lair of Erainus, concentrating on attacking the wealthy islands of Samos and Chios to the south, and switched to harassment and raiding around Gallipoli.

But the commander of the Byzantine garrison in Gallipoli did not have the slightest intention of counterattacking and enterprising, he just cowered in the fortress, waiting for His Majesty the Emperor to personally bring troops to solve the problem.

Therefore, even small groups of pirates who came to rob goods and livestock were unscrupulous to break into mountain villages.

About three minutes before the first hour of the day, two Tekopo soldiers with quivers and scimitars on their backs, slowly touching the grass, walked on the hillside, looking at the village shrouded in mist, according to the usual law, at this time, the sheep in the village, led by the children, had already gone up the hillside to graze and eat, but because it was about the day of the pirate attack (regular, but not particularly accurate), so at this moment, the village livestock pen was still locked up, and there was a simple lookout wooden tower erected at the entrance of the village. The villagers on the watch, hung the iron bell, were very nervous, and kept looking at the roads leading to their villages between the hillsides and valleys.

About five or six arrows away from the village, fifty Turko cavalrymen in dark robes were waiting quietly under the command of Theognes, and Gawain himself and two Varangian warriors lay on the hill in front of the cavalry, and lowered the red hand banner to the ground, staring at the village.

Half an hour later, the fog gradually cleared, and sure enough, from the other side of the valley came a cacophony of noise, and soon a group of men and horses came out from behind the rocks and bushes, and this group rode very little, about five or six people, walking in the front and the rear, with turbans on their heads, or felt hats, and walking in disheveled clothes, many barefoot, with swords on their shoulders, talking and laughing.

Dressed as a typical pirate, it seems that Zahaas's army is very adaptable.

The two Tekopo soldiers, who were serving as outposts on the cliffs, hurriedly fell to the ground and quietly observed the progress of the group.

Almost at the same time, the bell rang at the entrance of the village, and many villagers rushed out of the village, pulling cattle and sheep, carrying soft and soft furniture on their backs, and ran towards the flat ground below, trying to escape and take refuge in the Gallipoli fortress, and the cries suddenly surged.

The group of pirates burst out laughing, and brandished their weapons unguarded, and rushed towards the village, seemingly having succeeded many times, with little sense of precaution.

A Tekopo soldier jumped up, hurried through the woods, ran to the rock of the hill where the cavalry had been ambushed, raised the horn hanging from the shoulder strap, and in an instant the whining sound was heard through the mountains. At this time, in addition to the alarm bell of the village, there was actually the sound of the trumpet of the army, and the pirates who rushed into the village raised their heads, and another Tekopo soldier who had laid an ambush in advance stood up, and flew at the pirate procession, and shot an arrow at the pirate procession, and shot a horse on horseback, and the horse fell to the ground with a flutter, and the pirates howled, and some rushed up the hill with their knives, and the other part crossed the wooden fence and began to rob and set fire everywhere.

The two Tekopo mercenaries followed each other, shooting arrows at each other for cover, and ran towards the other side of the hill above the village. At this moment, in the villages, in the houses, in the warehouses, and in the holes above the bell tower, arrows suddenly flew out, like the sharp teeth of a pack of wolves, and shot down the chaotic pirates one by one, and the raiders who came were completely confused, and fell into an ambush.

Hearing the sound of the trumpet, the other two Tekopo cavalrymen who were in ambush at the entrance of the village, taking advantage of the fact that the pirates were attracted by the two on the cliff, quickly mounted their horses, held small flags, and galloped away on the hill where Theognes was.

"I see the little flag, put up my red hand battle flag!" Gawain shouted, and then one of the Varangian warriors raised the red hand flag, and the other also raised his horns and blew them in response.

"Attack!" Seeing the signal of the red hand flag, Diognis shouted loudly, and took the lead, galloping towards the village, fifty Tekopo cavalry roared, followed by more than ten pirates who had rushed to the flat ground to hunt the villagers, and hurriedly turned around and ran towards the village.

Soon, Theognes led his party to the bottom of the village, "Half of the men dismounted and attacked me, and half of them continued to ride around the valley passes, cutting off the return of this group of bandits!" ”

The Tekopo people are good at using bows and arrows, and most of the pirates are Turkic people to whom Zahas belongs, and they are also good at using bows and arrows. At this time, Theognes, who came from the other side, bravely climbed the slope that connected the village to the plain, knocked down two pirates who could not escape with his flail, and then with twenty or so Tekopo soldiers, drew their swords and swords, cut down the outer fence, and chased and slew the enemies who ran in all directions.

Encouraged by the captors, the rest of the Tekopo soldiers also abandoned their archery and rushed out of their ambushed houses and switched to white combat—the unorganized and untrained pirates were quickly defeated, and the remnants fled towards the mountain roads outside the village, where they were caught up by another cavalry sent by Theognes

Within a minute, this well-organized outpost ambush ended perfectly.