"General! Big things are not good, the Arabs are coming! ”

In the midst of the rather unpleasant embarrassment between the commander and the eunuch of the prison army, suddenly, a low-ranking officer covered in iron armor broke into the tent and slammed himself to the ground, and shouted anxiously.

Suddenly, both Madjos and the fat eunuch froze there, the fat eunuch's face obviously showed a look of fear, the fat on his waist was thrown violently, and then he bared his teeth and shouted sharply at Madjos.

"Your Majesty orders you to withdraw your troops quickly, and not to fight the Arabs, otherwise you will be disloyal to Your Majesty!"

Unfortunately, in the face of the threat of the eunuch of the prison army, Madzychos seemed to be indifferent, grabbed the helmet with a vertical mane like a cockscomb on the table, put it on his head, and immediately stretched out his hand to the eunuch in annoyance and pointed to the port outside and shouted: "You can't withdraw the army now, you report the current situation of our army to the emperor, if Augustus blames, I have nothing to say!" ”

The Byzantine generals were much tougher than those of Huaxia, and the Byzantine eunuchs were also inferior to the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty.

And now is the time for the empire to use troops, Constantine IV is not in the right position, and it is the time to step up the encirclement of these powerful generals in these military regions, I am afraid that even if the lawsuit is fought in front of Augustus, it will be a loss for himself.

As a last resort, seeing that Madzychos was busy putting on his clothes, the fat eunuch followed Madzychos with trembling teeth and a tight leather armor.

It's not that Mezjos shirked it, but the current Byzantine Royal Navy is indeed chaotic in the port of Tarakia, about 20,000 people are still dwelling one by one, digging the ruins to the last bit of gold, silver, wealth, and the rest of the robbery is lazily stuffing the looted slave women, gold, silver, food, and clothes into the ship.

In this case, the withdrawal of troops is ordered, and the result is likely to be a major collapse. Tens of thousands of people crowded into the boats, but it also reduced efficiency, and if the Arabs took the opportunity to attack from behind, not to mention the port, they would have to fall into the sea to feed the fish, in which case it would be better to go out of the city and fight.

After shaking his head with some regret at the burned and demolished city wall, Metzchos led more than a dozen centurions in the army to shout loudly around the port city full of corpses, and it took more than ten minutes for the Eastern Roman soldiers with large bags or weak legs to come out of the ruins and gather into a military formation under the shouts of the centurion.

The dilapidated city gate, which had collapsed in half, was pushed open, and in the end, it was the old empire, and under the shouts of the officers, the neat Roman battle formation still rumbled out of the gray gate.

About fifteen thousand Byzantine royal navy lined up from the city gates, and the Byzantine army at this time was actually very different from the ancient Roman military system, and the peasant infantry under each centurion was reduced from more than eighty to sixty-four, and the military soldiers trained according to the military district were not like the city militia organized by Anna improvised with Roman short swords, and the most advanced heavy infantry was three-quarters spearmen, carrying heavy infantry guns twelve feet and about three .6 meters long, and the remaining quarters were archers, There were about three thousand people in this segment.

Most of the rest were light infantry, dressed in armor inlaid with iron plates, holding a kite-shaped shield in the left hand, and a much longer ninety centimeter sword in the right hand, a barbarian sword that had been ridiculed by the Romans, and many of them also carried bows behind their backs.

The whole Byzantine army was like a huge mallet, with a slightly thinner heavy infantry in front and a thicker light infantry array behind, and Constantine IV also knew that this was the last chance to pounce, although it was not long to recruit, and the peasants who relied on the power of hatred still squeezed the last savings of Byzantium out of the treasury.

Such an army formation finally gave the fat eunuch behind Mazchos the confidence to start watching the Arabs coming slowly in the distance.

And seeing the Arab army coming from afar, this fat eunuch was even more relieved.

Mu'awiyah's Mu'awiyyah's Muslim expeditionary force, which had impressed Byzantium, was almost always dressed in black armor elaborate by Damascus craftsmen, with heavy armor-piercing spears or sharp Damascus scimitars in their hands, especially the rain of arrows like locusts.

But the Arab army in front of you? Although it appeared to be a little outnumbered, and most of them rode horses or camels, the whole army looked disorganized, squeezing out of the edge slopes of the Lebanese mountains like a mass of marshmallows, with flags everywhere, and it was unknown what its formation was.

In particular, the Arab troops in Damascus who came to fight wore all kinds of clothes, some wore leather armor, some simply wore the headscarves and robes of the Arabs on weekdays, and looked back at the sturdy armor of their soldiers, this Byzantine fat man couldn't help but feel more confident, and even raised his head.

It's just that Metzios, who insisted on going to war, frowned at this time, his impression of the two Arab Empire's crusades against Byzantium, the impression of the military appearance and the military formation is too deep, why can't the defenders of Damascus even approve a single armor? In the past two years, I heard that the Arabs have been going downhill, and they are going down too fast, right?

He knew that these Arab tribes in front of him were all instigated by Hou Jie when they fled in chaos, and of course they didn't have time to put on their armor in a hurry, and some of their weapons were issued by the forward military station prepared by Hou Jie last night.

Moreover, the Arabs have never had a strict formation like Rome.

"Lord Hou!"

Just when the Byzantines went out of the city to fight, the Arab army arrays on the hillside that were rushing to the sea were also slowly approaching the port, and even the Macedonian scorched teeth in the front of the Byzantine heavy infantry on the opposite side could be seen, and the Arab army finally stopped.

Riding this camel, Faisal trotted back from the front army, respectfully bent over Hou Jie's chest, and asked with a high fighting spirit: "Do you want to attack?" ”

"War is war, and the ceremony cannot be wasted!"

Hou Jie, who was wearing a lion helmet, shook his head heavily, but waved his hand forward at the Cairo Imam Sarawa on the side.

"Elder Sarava, please come and ask the Byzantines why they invaded our city, and persuade the Byzantines to surrender."

Religious strife, every Arab in the heart, fighting the infidels is a matter of course, starting from the war with Byzantium, few Arabs still say hello before the war, and in this case, the enemy army is violent, surrendering without firing, it is also unlikely, even if you trust Hou Jie, Sarawa's thin old face is also embarrassed.

"Trust in the Lord!"

Full of religious implications, Hou Jie added another sentence, which made Sarawa nod helplessly, kicked the camel lightly with both feet, and rushed forward.

However, when he ran almost a hundred meters away from the enemy's position, Sarava suddenly became blessed and opened his mouth and shouted to the Byzantines opposite: "The caliph asks you and other infidels why they have invaded the kingdom of God without reason. Nothing but Allah will come upon you and destroy everything you infidels if you do not surrender quickly. ”

At this time, the superstition was still very strong, and seeing a thin old man like a wizard speak a lot of unintelligible Arabic with his teeth and claws, and then use Greek to threaten viciously, even the Macedonians in the front row were a little stunned and shrank back slightly.

Madzychos, who was hiding behind the command, couldn't help but be amazed when he heard this, it turned out to be the caliph of the other Arab empire who came with this messy army?

If he is killed or captured, then the recovery of Syria, and even the annexation of the whole of West Asia, will be a small success, and thinking of this, Mezchos's heart began to become impetuous.

The coach was thinking about the gains and losses, but for a while he forgot to let people go back to refute, and no one paid attention to him when he opened his teeth and claws in front of the battle, and Sarava, who felt bored, had to retreat suddenly.

Listening to the sound of our caliph, and then looking at the Arab warriors around him who behaved as a matter of course, the corners of Hou Jie's mouth couldn't help but provoke a smile again, watching him run back, and nodded slightly to Faisal beside him: "It's time to attack!" ”

Hearing Hou Jie's order, Faisal, who was overjoyed, screamed strangely, and ran to the front of the cloud-like Muslim army on a camel, brandished his Damascus scimitar high, and shouted loudly.

"The Prophet Muhammad Muhammad said that every Muslim has the obligation to take up arms and fight for the way of Allah, and to fight for Allah is infinitely glorious! The dead have been cleansed of all sins, and ascend to heaven to enjoy eternal peace and abundance, and the living, the Lord has given you these heathens as spoils of war, and you may legally speak of being slaves! Become your legal property! ”

Swinging his sword at the Byzantine army, Faisal roared like an enraged leopard: "For the glory of the Lord and for the riches, rush!" ”

The chief of the largest tribe in Damascus was like an arrow from a string, and after him, countless Arabs rained down like arrows.

Whether it was for wealth, captives, or religious fanaticism, the Arab tribesmen who wanted to migrate back to the hot desert yesterday to avoid the rebellion are now blood-red, full of murderous intent and possessiveness.

Peeled off a layer from the front of the Arab army and slammed into the Byzantines.

Listening to the loud shouts of killing, Madzychos finally woke up from the sweet dream of capturing the caliph, and hurriedly turned his head to shout loudly to the legionnaire beside him.

"Blow the trumpet!"

In the sound of whining, more than a dozen snare drummers turned red, and blew the Roman trombone in their hands, and in the sound of the rising trumpet, the heavy infantry in front of the formation was also quickly mobilized.

The big war is on the verge of breaking out......