Chapter 31 Turkic attack

The Duke of Bellason is very clear about the situation Sofia is facing. If the eastern territory is in peace, even if it is looted by the Seljuks at most, it will only affect the income of the nobles. However, now 10,000 soldiers rely entirely on the supply of these territories. At this time, the attack on the eastern territory is really a fatal blow. The only northern territory that has not been mobilized at this time is the Duke of Bellason and his vassals. It can be said that the Duke of Bellason has become a life-saving straw for the Antioch Kingdom at this time.

"Her Majesty Queen Sophia, please consider it again. This is for the benefit of the entire kingdom." The nobles gathered outside Queen Sophia's dormitory and kept petitioning Sophia, saying that in their opinion, the happiness of a woman's marriage is simply negligible compared to the interests of the entire kingdom.

"What happened?" Schwab, who was walking in the courtyard, asked curiously when he heard the noise in the direction of Queen Sophia's court.

"It seems that the Duke of Bellason asked Queen Sophia to marry him, and he was willing to mobilize his own army." The servant who served on the side said indignantly. Even these low-ranking people looked down on Duke Bellason's despicable behavior from the bottom of their hearts.

"Sir, please help us." At this time, William appeared in front of Schwab, and his anxious expression appeared on his young face, as if the sky had collapsed.

"I understand. That despicable person is not only coveting the queen, but also holding the crown." Schwab said loudly, thinking that using such means to threaten was really annoying guy.

"But there is no way. I can't find reinforcements anymore. I'm afraid Sophia can't stand today?" Little William said uneasy with a frown.

"Can't my Teutonic Knights go on a war?" Schwab asked back, as if people had forgotten the Knights stationed outside the castle.

The next day in the palace of Antioch, Queen Sophia formally appointed Schwab and his Teutonic Knights as troops to fight against the Seljuks' invasion. However, this army was only about one thousand, and many nobles had no hope. They believed that the Queen had given up the eastern territory and had only symbolically sent mercenaries.

"Ha, that silly girl, she actually sent only a thousand people. Did she think the Seljuk people were made of paper?" The Duke of Bellason was very happy. Although Queen Sophia refused her proposal, he was not worried at all. When the news of the annoying Earl Schwab's death came, she knew that she was the only support, not the little white-faced one.

"Little William stays here to take care of Queen Sophia." Schwab put on his armor and rode a war horse and said to Little William. Then he kicked the horse's belly and headed out of the castle. He wanted to return to his Teutonic Knights and lead them to win the fruits of victory.

"Haha, the war is finally coming, and birds are almost out of here." Bald Otto held a skin filled with ale, yelling loudly while drinking. The galloping war horses collided in the castle. The civilians were in panic. After the smoke and dust remained on the horse's hooves, the guards in the city watched the knights rush out of the castle.

In the camp of the Teutonic Knights outside the castle, there were throwing wine barrels and the slutty laughter of men and women. It seemed that after Schwab and the officers entered the Antioch Castle, these knights lived a very comfortable life. From time to time, they could see the flat-breasted prostitutes and women emerged from the tent, which was simply a nest of bandits.

"Blow the assembly horn." Schwab looked at the scene helplessly, but he was not worried. When the horn sounded, the knights, sergeant commanders, spear infantry and musketeers gathered neatly in the shortest time. Although some of them still had women's lips on their faces, the bright armor and shiny weapons made no one dare to underestimate the team.

"It seems that your special training method has worked, hahaha." Baron Liugudi said with a smile. Schwab carried out a nearly cruel training method in the Teutonic Knights, which is the raid-style assembly order. Any knight or infantry who did not gather when the assembly horn sounded must undergo a series of inhuman torture training. So as long as the horn sounded, even if these soldiers were fighting cannons with women, the job would be pulled out immediately, and then put on the armor and put on the weapon at the fastest speed.

"Although the speed is a little slower than before, it's not bad." Schwab looked at his subordinates with satisfaction. This knight order he had carefully built was reliable, "set for the eastern territory."

With the order issued, the Teutonic Knights began to advance to their battlefield. In the eastern territory, Seljuk Sultan Anudin was leading his Turkic cavalry to wander in the Antioch Kingdom. The Seljuks were the excellent nomadic Turks, but the Turks from the more eastern part were more like people growing on horseback. They were good at shooting bows and fighting on horseback. They destroyed the civilization they encountered like locusts. When the Turks were defeated by the Eastern dynasty, their tribes were divided into countless branches and fled everywhere. One of them called themselves the Seljuks, so the cavalry was an important military force of the Seljuk Turks.

These Turks were defeated and driven away by the Eastern Dynasty. They crossed the Sir River under their chief Seljuk and entered the river center area, so they were called the Seljuk Turks. They accepted the teachings of the Crescent Cult here and launched bloody massacres of other religious believers here, which led to several crusades. It can be said that other Crescent Cult Cult was just implicated by them. It can also be said that the crusades actually had an indirect and incredible connection with the Eastern Dynasty. This is really a storm caused by the flaming of the wings of butterflies.

"Sultan, are we too deep into the enemy's territory?" A general reported to Anudin that although the looting along the way would not be short of supplies, it would be bad if the Antiochs surrounded them, not to mention that this adventurous Sultan had no idea what caution was.

"The Antiochs are nothing but sheep, and they will never dare to fight us." The young Anudin despised the Westerners in thick armor, who would hide behind the high walls under their own attacks, and their nobles were nothing but cowards.

"Don't underestimate the enemy, my sultan." The general said to his monarch. Sheep will use their horns to deal with hungry wolves when they are forced to do so, so good military leaders should always be cautious.

"Don't be as verbally as a woman. My general, even Saladin, knows that the power of our Seljuks is unstoppable, so he sets up a strategy to attack the Antiochs with me." Anudin was very proud of Saladin's request for help. The emerging Seljuks were desperate to gain recognition from others after being defeated by the Eastern Dynasty. This may be the unconscious way for them to establish their national self-confidence defeated by the terrifying Eastern Dynasty.

"Sultan, our scouts found traces of the enemy, and they seemed to be coming to us." At this time, the scout cavalry of the Light Cavalry rode their horses to report to their Sultan.

"How many of them are there?" Although Anudin likes to take risks, he is not a fool who does not understand military affairs. If the enemy is too large, then according to the nomadic fighting style, he will immediately lead his Turkic soldiers out of here. Anyway, this robbery is enough.

"There are about a thousand troops." The scout reported to the Sultan.

"What? One thousand people? Are they crazy?" Not only Anudin laughed, but even his subordinates burst into laughter. The Seljuks had a total of three thousand people and were mostly cavalrymen. These bow-shooting cavalry were enough to make the Antiochs scared.

"What should we do?" Anudin turned around and said to his subordinates with a smile. His eyes were full of cunning and bloodthirsty, and his subordinates quickly understood what their sultan meant.

"Kill them, kill them~~~." The Turks held up their scimitars and shouted loudly, as if they had been in that eastern land, and they longed to reappear the glory of their ancestors.

"Silently surrounded them, the hunting began." Anudin looked in the direction of the enemy, put his hand on the hilt of the sword, and his scimitar was eager for the enemy's blood.

The Teutonic Knights also noticed the enemy's movements at this time. When they saw the suspicious Turkic scouts, Baron Liugudi suggested that Schwab immediately send light cavalry to kill him, but Schwab waved his hand to stop Baron Liugudi's suggestion.

"Sir Earl, if we don't kill the scouts, we will be discovered." Baron Liugudi said worriedly. Although he was full of confidence in the Teutonic Knights, their number was insufficient. The farmers and merchants who were hiding from the war along the way told them that the enemy should have about 5,000 people, and most of them were cavalry.

"I just want the enemy to come. Judging from the villages and towns that were attacked along the way, the enemy is very arrogant. They will definitely come to eat us." Schwab walked to a sand dune, looked around at the terrain, and said to Baron Gudi on the same side.

"What do you mean?" Baron Liugudi thought about Schwab's words.

"We find a suitable place for the terrain and fight defense." Schwab nodded and said. Although the Teutonic Knights have so many excellent knights, if they are in this desert, they are really not opponents of the Turks. However, if attack is turned into defense, Schwab has enough confidence to kill enemies several times his own, it just depends on whether the Turks will come.

"So where are you going to choose?" asked Baron Liugudi.

"Here, here." Schwab pointed his hand not far away. There was an abandoned village, but there were several adobe thatched houses and a warehouse.

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