After the formation of the emperor's shield wall, between the skinned iris shields, the soldiers in the rear saw that in front of them, the local chariot barricades had magically and quickly erected towers, and they all started to stir in their respective positions, and their heads shook everywhere, and there was great hesitation and surprise in their hearts. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Soon, bronze cannon muzzles began to stretch out from under the opposing tower, shining brightly in the sun, and the black hole was condescendingly aimed at his side. Seeing this scene, the emperor's soldiers couldn't help but show panic on their raised faces, "Don't retreat, don't retreat!" The Plonian knights and the emperor's bureaucrats rode their horses and whipped them, but many lightly armed soldiers and foreign mercenaries quickly abandoned their positions and rushed back to their own barricades, many of them running and looking back, for fear that they were still within the killing distance of the Persian perfume bottle in their backs.

"No retreat, no retreat!" At the sides of the boxes and wheels of the emperor's fortress, the people who supervised the battle were still raising their hands and shouting, but to no avail, most of the soldiers in the more than 4,000 shield arrays jumped over the trenches in rows, and some of them were jammed at the entrance, so they climbed the vehicles and the earthen ramparts and turned back, and the whole scene was very chaotic.

The emperor, who got the news, was also shocked and hurriedly came with the imperial camp and guards to revive the momentum.

Under the sky of stone bullets, the large antlers of the Gawain chariot were removed, the red-handed cavalry were slightly hunched over the saddle, carrying sharp spears, the heads and breasts of the horses were covered with fine armor, and the horns of the battle flags struck the soldiers' armor with a fluttering sound—along the open hatches, on the opposite side of the Pingchuan, most of the soldiers behind the emperor's shield wall had already broken out like a tide.

The emperor's soldiers, who remained in place, also hesitated, some trembling and holding their spears, some barely pulling their bowstrings behind their shields.

"Bang bang bang", the flames of the tower on Gawain's car base began to move in turn, and the perfume bottle began to shoot rapidly, and a black lead shot hit the depths behind the emperor's shield wall like lightning and raindrops.

The emperor who rushed to the scene saw that there were people crawling and climbing in front of him, and in the open space in front of him, his soldiers who were still loyal to their duties on the battle column were suffering from the slaughter: people were constantly hit by lead pellets shot from perfume bottles, their armor and weapons were torn apart as if they were violently torn apart by the claws of demons, their bodies were pierced, some fell straight to the ground, some were knocked away in an instant, and some were in place, watching the death of their comrades and the clouds of smoke and dust smashed by the lead pellets and were at a loss.

On the tower of his own camp, Gawain also stood there, watching the battlefield silently from the side.

A large cloud of gunfire erupted, and the sound shook the sky—the pyrometers behind the barricade fired a volley with great might, and then the red-handed cavalry shouted in unison, and after this dense artillery fire and arrows, they quickly rushed out of the barricade, forming a continuous procession, flanked by border men with bows and pikes and the cover of the Oghuz volunteers, and in half a moment completely destroyed the emperor's almost unguarded shield wall: countless horses' hooves trampled the corpses, and many cavalry even rushed to the edge of the emperor's chariot fortress in one go. Throwing and stabbing with a spear, then drawing a knife and a mace to slash and smash the emperor's soldiers in the trenches.

The Emperor's Immortal Army and the Orphan Army Archers also climbed into the vehicles, and they had to bravely suppress this depressing situation, while at the same time, hundreds of Kovan Flame throwers also galloped to the rear of the Red Hand Cavalry, half-kneeling, and the two sides began to shoot fiercely at each other with long trenches, and for a time sparks and smoke and dust carnivaled, and they were everywhere. After an hour of firing at each other, after Gawain's foot knights had withdrawn, hundreds of well-made shields on the emperor's side were dragged away as trophies.

In the next two days, Gawain took the initiative to send 40 caravans and 500 elite firethrowers to arrange a protruding "temporary barracks" along the front of his own barricade, and similarly built a wooden tower on the vehicles, hoisted the perfume bottles and cannons, condescendingly controlled the surrounding battlefield, and hid the elite cavalry in the middle, waiting for the opportunity to surprise - as a result, the emperor's soldiers no longer dared to go out of the base, nor did they dare to dig trenches and set up camps in front of them, and the project was delayed.

As a result, the two armies entered into a long stalemate and confrontation, each doing nothing.

The emperor was countered, and Gawain was not ready to fight a decisive battle because of his lack of military strength.

The time slowly entered the middle of April, the weather warmed up, but fortunately it did not rain, the camp was quite comfortable, the emperor and Gawain almost unanimously set up a camp in the safety of the camp, and also brought in prostitutes from their respective territories: Gawain came from the Seleucian city baths, and the emperor summoned dancers from Atalya and Smyrna.

In addition to the tedious work of digging trenches and sentry posts, the soldiers also had to endure the torture of lust after filling their stomachs, and they had to have a space and opportunity to take turns to relax.

After much time had passed on this, at the end of April, the Emperor received a report of the battle: some of Gawen's 3rd Brigade (Defenders) of the siege of Anglasburg suddenly appeared on Gawain's "old road" to Philomeron, and according to the scouts' report, this team carried heavy wagons and a lot of luggage, and seemed to be trying to advance to the flank of our camp to assemble.

"Does this mean that Gawain's reserve has arrived at Anglasburg, taking over the traitor from Branas, and continuing to besiege Anglas, while Branas and his brigade are to withdraw and threaten my flank? Damn it...... If only I had given Theognes more jurisdictions and armies. The emperor felt a little remorseful when he received such information, and then he pondered in front of the sand table for a while, "After all...... Gawain's brigade must be recognized for its combat effectiveness, and the Branass brigade should have 4,000 men, and if they are allowed to succeed, it will be like sticking a sharp dagger into my side. Therefore, I must send a separate battalion of 6,000 to 8,000 men to withstand this additional enemy brigade. ”

After much consideration, the Emperor decided to have General Matthew send 8,000 soldiers and set up an additional camp on his flank, ready to stop Branas's attack.

This will also Paphragonia and Sinop war situation continue to come: Harold and Marinus two generals each have a single army, and they do not cooperate well with each other, neither of them can command the other, and now one is trapped in the harbor of Sinop, the other is confined to the newly built fortress of Castamonu, and the entire surrounding countryside and passages have been reduced to the world of Theodoro, the old general is said to have really worn the crown of the lion fed by Gawain, and resurrected the former "usurper Leo" (found a cave monk to pretend to be, Anyway, everyone was familiar with the road) as their banner, and wantonly distributed the "peasant and soldier fields" in the newly occupied villages and military towns, and the ranks swelled rapidly, and not only did Theodoro's original peasant soldiers seize a large number of fields, but many ordinary peasants who were thirsty for industry also threw themselves into his service like a torrential rain, "In almost a day, Trabzon's army was doubled, and they forged weapons in Amisus and Pveral, and the farmers and shepherds went into the barracks to be trained, and willingly fought for the rebels. (To be continued.) )