Sorry I was on vaction and still am. I will be uploading a shortend chapter for now, I may edit it and make it longer latter, but until I get off from my vacation which is in a few days, I wont be able to upload. Sorry for the inconvinece.
Chapter 6: Long Live Empire, Fall of the Holy City, The War of Reclaimation part 1
The year is 1635, Byzantium has finally gathered his forces and has prepared a full on invasion of the Mamluks to liberate former lands that belonged to the empire, in particular the holy city its self and Alexandria. "It is time men, today we move to take what is rightfully ours and with our supieror power and strength we should easily take back the holy lands and Egypt at the same time. Byzantium stood at the border between the two lands, "Men march, and remember Long Live the Empire!" Byzantium turned around and began to march towards the first city, Antioch. The Mamluks was surprised when he found that he was under siege at one of his northern cities, "Who would have the tancity to challenge one of the largest Empires in the middle east?" he said quietly to himself as he prepared an army to retaliate.
Byzantium was pleased when it only took a few hours to breakthrough the walls and take the city. He moved the army down ward to the next city, Damascus. The siege there was easily won as well barly any resistance. The Mamluks army had stopped at what would be the next major city to siege, Jerusalem. A few hours latter Byzantium's army arrived at the large walls of Jerusalem the holiest of cities, but this one would be harder than any siege he has ever fought before. "Well looks like they hold priority over their most important cities first. Men I don't want this wall hurt, we will starve them out." The minuet they set up camp was when the Mamluks sprung a trap sending a horde of calvarly in their direction, "Oh hell, Pike men ready your arms its time to get bloody!" Byzantium yelled as he pulled a musket off his back taking a shot hitting one in the head causing the body to flip of the horse. The horse men were armed with nothing but swords and were charging at highs speeds, a few in the back of the camp got runover while the rest were able to get out of the way. The group of horse men neared the middle of the camp, when they met the Byzantine grenadiers, the most well trained troop known to man, deadlier than cannon at close range is what they say. The Byzantine Grenadiers have never lost a single solider before and have killed over a thousand soliders as well. What is the real defining factor for the grenadiers is their grenade, which is filled with shrapnial covered in greek fire so when it explodes the land is scorched with a nigh undousable fire and shrapnial that is on fire landing in the people its aimed at put a sure fired death to that person do to the extent of the wounds on a grenade would usually kill some one, but they had a chance, with this they are granteed to die.
The calvalry didn't know this and kept charging them, but when they got close enough the brunt of the calvarly meet an unsavory demise at the hands of fire and metal sienging them and cutting them. The rest of the calvarly retreated at this hellfire that had spawned and as they ran they were shot down by the Byzantine troops.