The Sun and the Lion

After receiving the letter, Heraclius arrived at the village where Byram was stationed with reinforcements. To prevent surprise, he, like Ahmed, arranged many sentries and patrols.

Heraclius and his soldiers walked forward for a while after seeing the outline of the village in the distance, and there appeared in front of them the sentries who came to intercept them.

The leader was a captain of ten. Seeing that they were friendly troops, he stepped forward and asked: "Which unit are you from? Who is your commander? What are you doing here?" The sunlight from the sun above recognized the friendly forces, so they relaxed a little and returned to the side with their right hand holding the bow arm.

The soldiers on the side unfurled Heraclius's flag, and then he said: "In front of you is the general Heraclius Bagrationi who was personally promoted by His Majesty."

Although the captain didn't know what Heraclius looked like, he could tell from his attire and the size of his escort that he had an unusual identity. After completing the interrogation out of his duty, he took the initiative and said: "I will take you to meet the Khan."

Heraclius simply nodded, and the entire bodyguard of the general followed the ten-man army into the village.

"Garamanluhan, nice to meet you again." Heraclius took the initiative to greet Byram after stepping into the house.

"Dear Emir, I hope you can bring me good news."

First of all, Heraclius brought over most of the two cavalry. The two joined forces and had enough strength to fight Ahmed.

Then there was another better news - most of the Garamanlu tribe had passed through the mountain pass and set up camp on the plains centered on Ergani. The two people's luggage had extra manpower to guard it. Let Heraclius join Byram with all the red heads and Georgians.

"My tribe has arrived in Ergani? So fast?" Byram was a little surprised, and then came the surprise - under the influence of Ottoman, his tribe had some warriors who used firearms, and even an artillery. Moreover, he can also mobilize his subjects on the spot to expand or replenish the army to maintain his own combat power.

The somewhat arrogant Bayram quickly abandoned his plan to use the mountain roads to surround and annihilate the Aries Army. He planned to defeat Ahmed directly and then turn Diyarbakir into his own fiefdom.

Then he explained his plan to Heraclius with some excitement: "Dear Emir, if this is the case, then we have enough power to confront Ahmed head-on. And we are pressed for time, and the nights are long and the dreams are long, so it is best to attack quickly. The battle must be decided quickly, and since there are no plots and tricks on this plain, it would be better to just use force to overwhelm Ahmed openly."

Chirac thought for a moment and continued to firm his position: "No, Gharamanluhan, the military camp where Ahmed is stationed is part of Diyarbakir. His troops and the city are at the horns of each other, and ours But the power cannot attack both of them at the same time.”

"Then why did you approve of the plan to raid the camp?" Byram was dissatisfied that Heraclius had not shared this information with him in advance. He originally thought that Ahmed's camp outside the city was relatively crude, and he did not hesitate to mobilize the garrison inside the city wall in order to concentrate his troops.

"A raid and confronting the enemy under the city or even storming the city fortifications are two different things." Heraclius ignored Byram's dissatisfaction and continued to explain his reasons.

Byram thought for a while and calmed down. The Garamanlu tribe did not have the ability to capture Diyarbakir. He had neither the munitions nor the patience required for a siege.

"Okay, I agree with you."

"King Khan! Emir! We discovered the enemy's scout. Although our patrol team tried its best, one scout was still able to return." At this time, an officer rushed in and reported loudly to the two.

Ahmed is going to attack this army so soon?

In the large tent of the Diyarbakır military camp, Ahmed obtained the general location of the Bayram tribe from the surviving scouts.

Bayram's camp is about 11 kilometers away from Diyarbakir. Find Shuyuan www.zhaoｓhuyuan． com In the middle is a flat land with no big ups and downs and no man-made obstacles.

This is naked provocation.

Ahmed did not know that he had a numerical advantage at this time. He had always imagined the possible battle in the case where the strength of both sides was roughly equal.

He then sent his heralds to summon the emirs and spymasters to the main tent for a military meeting.

"Your Majesty, I think we should be more cautious and send some reliable cavalry to test first. Before we have more detailed information, the decisions we make are like being controlled by a rider with his eyes gouged out on a rugged mountainous terrain. Hold your own horse." Soon after the meeting began, the spymaster gave the first valuable advice of the meeting. But this was the limit of what he could do, because without Ahmed's continued funding, he was unable to carry out espionage activities, and the entire network was paralyzed. Due to the war and counter-intelligence activities of other forces, the spy network that had been operated before had been damaged to varying degrees and could no longer continue to provide intelligence to Ahmed.

As soon as these words came out, they won the support of more than half of the emirs. The troops under their command only had some veterans who served as officers, and most of the soldiers were newly recruited herdsmen.

However, a small number of senior officers insisted on taking a bold step and pressing the entire army directly.

"Okay, stop your arguing, I'm going to issue an order." After letting the senior officers under his command quarrel for a while, Ahmed chose a compromise plan.

"Immediately send four thousand people to investigate, and the troops remaining in the camp should be prepared to be able to go out to fight at any time."

"Yes, Your Majesty." After receiving the mission, the emirs withdrew from the tent.