Roger saw the white-robed young player start to accelerate.

The other party may want to die with him before his cavalry arrives.

Roger made a gesture to Henk.

So Roger was on the right and Henk was on the left, and accelerated toward the young man.

Roger is just preparing to bully his opponent without a shield and only has a sword in his hand.

He didn't believe that the other party could be so fast that he could block the attack in both directions of himself and Henk with his right sword.

Just the moment three horses intersect their heads.

Henke exerted his force and slashed across the waist with one sword.

Roger also stabbed the young general in the chest with his sword straight.

War horses intertwined.

Henk cut a break.

Roger stabbed in vain.

The opponent is gone.

It disappeared from the horse's back.

Roger stopped his lost body, and he almost fell off the horse's back because he used too much force.

He blinked and looked back.

The young man in white robe turned over from under the horse's belly and rode onto the saddle.

The young general's subordinates have arrived.

Roger knew that he had no chance to fight with the young generals anymore.

So he led Henk to move forward until he met with his large group of troops.

Roger looked back.

The young general in white robe had already retreated with his men.

Roger estimated that the cavalry around him could not catch up with the white-robed young general, and even if he chased him to the city of Yikang, the cavalry would not be able to attack the city.

So Roger lost the intention to fight again.

He sighed helplessly, but he failed to overcome his full strength.

He thought that it seemed that today's battle could only end here.

The scorching sun in the summer afternoon bakes the land on the Anatolian plateau like freshly baked apple pie.

The heat waves rising on the ground even caused the Yikang walls in Roger to be constantly deformed and distorted.

Roger, who was standing bored outside Yikang City basking in the sun, looked at the trencher beside him and smashed a huge stone on Yikang's wall.

Every time he hit, the Roma soldiers on the wall would run and shout.

But then, a white-bearded veteran would appear on the city wall.

Inspired by the veterans, the Roma soldiers returned to their calmness.

Until a while later, the next stone flew.

Such scenes appear repeatedly again and again.

Roger thought, I'm afraid this situation will change only after waiting for the catapult to smash the city wall.

Roger waited patiently.

His thoughts returned to last night, the evening of the next day after the victory of the Battle of the Valleykou.

At that time, Roger commanded everyone to camp outside Yikang City and was preparing to surround the city.

Just as twilight fell, he saw that the north gate of Yikang City was opened.

The young general in white robe rushed out with a luxurious convoy and ran north without stopping.

The carriages in the convoy were both people and cargoes. The carriages were heavy, and the wheels pressed deep axle marks on the mud.

Roger estimated that the convoy was probably the family and treasures of Rom Sultan Masoud.

He guessed that Sultan Masood did not want to repeat the mistakes that his predecessors had lost the capital Nicea when he lost his capital Nicea.

At the same time, the south gate of Yikang City was also opened.

Roger saw Sultan Masud and rushed out with a group of guards, heading south without stopping, then turned east and ran all the way.

The incident happened suddenly. Considering that it was about to dark and his soldiers were not familiar with the terrain here, Roger watched Sultan Masud and the white-robed young general leave separately and did not send troops to chase him.

Roger thought that his purpose was to capture Yikang City.

Since Sultan Masud had left and his family and treasures were also transported away, the city of Icon was obviously abandoned by Sultan Masud.

Roger thought that he should be able to successfully accept this Roma capital the next day.

But the result...

Roger, who withdrew his thoughts, watched the catapult emit another stone bullet.

He thought, what is this white-bearded veteran trying to do?

When the envoy I sent this morning, holding a white flag to the city to persuade me to surrender, was rejected by the veteran who called himself "Danishmand" at the city gate.

Roger remembers veteran Danishmand said at the time: "Unless the end of the world comes, Icon will never surrender."

There is nothing to talk about after that.

Fortunately, the other party still abides by the rules and did not shoot the messenger sent by Roger.

So in the morning, Roger arranged a tentative siege.

He sent Germanic "cannon fodders" to carry the ladders that had just been made and carried out an ant-covered siege.

As expected, the tentative siege was defeated.

The Roma resisted tenaciously under the command of the white-bearded veteran Danishmand.

The Germanic "cannon fodders" sent by Roger left behind the bodies all over the ground and didn't even climb up the city wall.

Roger didn't care about the losses, anyway, it wasn't his soldier.

He was tired of bringing these unorganized and undisciplined Germanic infantry.

During the previous marches and battles, he clearly realized how burdens these guys were.

He even doubted now how true and false the Duke Welf was tempted by Mrs. Aida's beauty?

Or the adulterer was acting, just to make himself a sucker and to open the way for them.

Roger shook his head and stopped this meaningless thought.

No matter what, I will eventually defeat Yi Kang.

Of course, he could also bypass Yikang and go east directly.

But this means the severance of the back path.

Faced with an unknown future, Roger still hopes to retain a way out.

He looked at the catapult beside him. This was made by the engineers who followed him in the afternoon.

More trenchers are still being manufactured.

At the same time, German soldiers were also collecting more boulders on nearby mountains.

But these are just Roger's means of concealing others.

His real killer move is his secret weapon - Black Gunpowder.

The charcoal burner Slag Luo has been sent out by him to collect wood and charcoal.

Next he will arrange manpower to secretly reconcile the black gunpowder.

To keep it secret, Roger was not going to send a large number of Germans to participate in the production of black gunpowder.

He will only send people he can trust.

Therefore, it will take a little longer.

But Roger can afford to wait.

In the fields outside Yikang City, a large amount of mature spring wheat and inexhaustible water from the river gave Roger the confidence to fight a protracted war.

This morning, he also asked William to send 1,000 cavalrymen to come to Philomilim to protect the third echelon.

Roger thought that after 14 days, the third echelon would bring all his supplies and supplies, so his confidence would be even more secure.

At this time, a scout came to report on a fast horse:

"Captain, behind, in the valley where we came, a large number of people appeared."

Roger was a little surprised. Who would be here?
To be continued...