Anastasias waited for two days on the shore of the lake, never waiting for reinforcements to appear, and only then did he know that the messengers he had sent to the nearby towns for help were probably intercepted halfway through, otherwise, it would not have been possible that no reinforcements had arrived until now.

Knowing that no reinforcements had arrived, Anastasiaus immediately blocked the news and strictly ordered those in the know to prohibit the spread of the news so as not to cause panic among the army.

The news of the blockade can only be concealed for a while, but it cannot be hidden for a lifetime, the soldiers will know about it sooner or later, and this is not the solution to the problem, if you want to reach Carthage safely, you must deal with this unknown enemy.

While thinking about it, the princess of Odosia sent someone to invite her, and Anastasia immediately went to the princess's tent to meet her, "I wonder what will happen to the princess in the future?" ”

Anastasiaus also knew what kind of woman Odosia was, and he was on a mission, and he was lucky to be able to be a dewy couple with the princess for a night, and he didn't force it, he just hoped that sending the princess to Carthage would complete the mission.

And Princess Odasia is a veteran of playing court politics, and she is not young, so she will naturally not change her original intention because of a man, although she is very reluctant to marry Prince Vandal, but she also knows that if she is with Anastasia, she will definitely not have a good result, and Anastasia may not be able to make up her mind to give up a qiē and take her away. Therefore, it was as if both of them had forgotten what had happened that night, and neither of them had ever mentioned a word again.

Odosia said: "General, this princess knows about the current crisis outside. But we've been stuck here and can't do it? I heard that the general had sent people to ask for help from the garrisons in nearby towns, but I wonder why the reinforcements have not yet arrived? ”

Anastasiasius thought about it and decided to tell the truth, lest the princess always interfere with his command. "Princess, in fact, there are no reinforcements, the enemy is much more terrible than we thought, I have sent five messengers back and forth, it stands to reason that the reinforcements should have arrived a long time ago, but the fact is that they have not arrived yet, there are two possibilities. First, the reinforcements were blocked in the middle of the road by the enemy, and second. All the messengers I sent were ambushed by the enemy and killed in the middle of the road, and the letters for help were not delivered to the generals of the garrisons in nearby towns at all! ”

Odosia was shocked when he heard this: "What? How can we deal with the Saracens without reinforcements? General, are those Saracens trying to rob us? As long as they can retreat and leave, the princess is willing to give up some gold, silver and jewelry to buy a way for them. Why fight, kill, kill? ”

Anastasia frowned. "Your Royal Highness the Princess, I'm afraid things are not so simple, but the princess's words are not unreasonable, if they are just for money, things will be easy to do, but what if they are not for money?"

Eudosia didn't understand Anastasia's words, "What do you mean?" ”

Anastasias said, "Princess, I guess at the end. I'm afraid they're just here for Her Royal Highness the Princess! ”

"What? For the sake of Princess Ben? What do they want to do? Eudosi's face turned pale, but she had personally experienced the Vandals storming the city of Rome and then slaughtering and plundering them. She, her mother, and her sister were also captured by the savage Vandals in the Vandals' pirate fleet, and the horror of the time is still unforgettable, and it would be terrible to fall into the hands of these Saracens now.

Anastasia was also afraid of frightening Odosia, so he hurriedly said: "Princess, this is just the last general's speculation, maybe they are just for money, it is better to do this, the last general will send someone to ask, if they are really for money, then we will give them some to buy a road!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Odosia immediately said: "Give them to them, it's no problem to give them all!" ”

Anastasiaus hesitated, but still asked, "What if, they came not for money, but for the princess?" ”

Odosia turned his mind and asked rhetorically: "The general won't hand over this princess, right?" ”

Anastasiasius said sternly: "Of course not, the princess is safe before the last general's death, if they really come for the princess, then the last general will only have to gather all his forces to fight a decisive battle with them!" ”

Odosia worried: "But they are all cavalry, even if the general wants to fight them in a decisive battle, then they have to be willing!" ”

Anastasiaus said to himself: "The last general naturally has a way to let them fight!" ”

Anastasias then sent an envoy to Balhan, and the cavalry who were scouting and patrolling heard that it was a Roman messenger and did not embarrass him, and brought him to the camp to meet Balhan.

When Barhan saw the envoy sent by Anastasiaus in the big tent of the Chinese army, he snorted coldly: "You are not small, why did you come to see the king?" ”

The envoy hurriedly saluted and said: "O king, my general sent a villain to ask the king, if the king is here for money, my general is willing to spend money to buy a road from the king!" ”

"Hahaha!" After laughing, Barhan said: "There is a lot of money in this general, I don't want your general's money, you go back and sue your general, this king has taken a fancy to the princess of Eudocia, as long as he hands over the princess, this king guarantees that he and all his soldiers are fine, but if he refuses, then don't blame this king for being ruthless!" ”

After the envoy returned to the camp, he repeated Balhan's words to Anastasia and Eudosia in 1510, and Anastasia said coldly after hearing this: "As I expected, those people are really here for the princess, it seems that this trip is in danger for us!" ”

Eudosia asked, "I wonder what the general is going to do?" ”

Anastasiaus looked at the messenger and asked, "Where is the camp of those men?" ”

The messenger said: "Twenty miles southwest of this place, next to the oasis, there are no defenses, only a few hundred tents arranged according to certain rules!" ”

Hearing this, Anastasias pondered for a moment, his eyes were full of war, and he shouted outside the tent: "Someone, pass on the general's military order, and let the centurion and above officers come here to participate in the military meeting!" ”

"Yes, General!"

Two hours later, Anastasias left 400 men in the camp and personally led 2,000 Janissaries cavalry to the camp in Balhan, with the intention of finding Barhan for a decisive battle.

Since Anastasia's 2,000 Praetorian Guards were also cavalry, it didn't take much time for the cavalry to run out of twenty miles.

In the Balhan camp, a scout cavalry galloped into the camp and stopped in front of the Chinese army's tent, ran into the camp tent and reported: "General, Anastasiaus is coming at full speed with two thousand cavalry in the direction of our camp, and it seems that he is going to find our army for a decisive battle!" ”

Balhan frowned, thought for a moment and then stood up and said: "It's too late to evacuate now, we are cavalry, they are also cavalry, if we evacuate in a hurry and bring nothing, we are likely to die of thirst and starvation in this desert, it seems that Anastasia decided to take a risk, and wants to win or lose a game with General Ben, since he wants to fight a decisive battle, then let's fight a decisive battle, pass on General Ben's military order, and the whole army will quickly assemble on the eastern heights!" ”

"Yes, General!" The herald said yes and ran out, and soon a desolate trumpet sounded outside the tent, an order for the army to assemble.

Balhan's 3,000 cavalry were assembled quickly, and Anastasias's 2,000 Praetorian Guard cavalry also came quickly, and at the same time that Balhan's 3,000 cavalry had just finished assembling, Anastasias also arrived with his men and horses.

As soon as the two sides looked at each other, they launched an attack, and the army of Anastasia on that side only ran for twenty miles, and they were all cavalry, which did not lose much body, enough to attack, and Balhan's side took a little advantage of waiting for work, but this advantage was not obvious, and he would not give Anastasia's army a chance to rest and regroup, when Anastasias arrived with a large army, Balhan immediately rushed down from the high ground with his three thousand iron horsemen.

The importance of occupying favorable terrain was demonstrated as soon as the two armies came into contact, and Balhan's army occupied the high ground, taking advantage of the advantage of the high ground to not only contain the speed of the impact of Anastasia's army, but also inflict great damage on the front of his army.

The difference between the two armies is that one thousand of Balhan's three thousand iron cavalry are archers, and the other two thousand are light cavalry, he arranged one thousand archers in the middle, and divided the two thousand light cavalry into two parts and arranged them on the left and right flanks, when the army of Anastasia rushed over, the one thousand archers of the Chinese army of Balhan did not rush down the high ground in the same place, but used bows and arrows to shoot arrows at the army of Anastasia constantly, and the two thousand light cavalry on the left and right flanks rushed down to outflank the left and right flanks, and surrounded the army of Anastasias in the middle in one fell swoop.

Anastasia saw that the shape was unfavorable to his side, and saw that the high ground kept shooting arrows at him, so he swung his sword and looked at the high ground

At this time, it is not easy for the army to turn around, and the only way out is to rush to the high ground without moving forward, and there is a great possibility that the left or right assault will be blocked in the middle and never get out again.

Anastasia was too impatient, he shouldn't be in such a hurry to attack, at least he should stop and regroup before the attack, if he didn't force the attack when he found that the Balhan army occupied a favorable terrain, he would definitely not fall into such a situation, but now it's too late, the battlefield has reached this point, and only by forcibly capturing the high ground can it be possible to reverse the situation, but is the high ground so easy to rush?

When Anastasias led the army to the high ground, the thousand cavalry archers on the high ground did not stop shooting arrows into the high ground for a moment, and the overwhelming arrows fell down the hillside, so that the army of Anastasia on the hillside suffered heavy casualties, and when the army of Anastasia rushed to the middle of the hill after suffering heavy casualties, the thousand archers on the high ground put away their riding bows, drew their swords and rushed down the high ground with a loud roar.

"Kill—"

Anastasia was defeated, and the thousand archers became a thousand light cavalry at this time, like a torrent pouring down, Anastasia's army could not resist at all, and was shocked to pieces, and was already surrounded in the middle, and at this time, when it was impacted again, there was no chance to turn the tables, and in the battle, Anastasia was also killed.

After that, Balhan led his army to break through the Eastern Roman camp by the lake without much effort, and killed all the people in the camp. (To be continued......)