Eagle Flag of Epirus

　　The pirates who had been counterattack finally felt the feeling of difficulty, and even the slave army as the dead could not continue to suppress the prey in their eyes.

"Retreat, retreat!" The little pirate leader who saw that the bad pirate finally developed a heart to retreat, but Justinian had already leaped in front of him with a roll, and the pirate who was late to react was about to lift the bend in his hand. Knife, but Justinian leaned over and cut off his calf with a sword, and immediately afterwards, Nevsky slammed his head with an axe.

At this moment, I saw that their command was killed. The pirates on the deck finally had no way to calm down, and their morale disappeared instantly. First, the slave army left the weapon in their hands, and the commander was to supervise them. No one can control them anymore.

　　 The retreating pirates evacuated from the deck and returned to the pirate ship, but Justinian did not stop but pursued victories.

　　 "Everyone, charge with me! To defeat them, these pirates can no longer resist."

　　 Amidst Justinian’s voice, whether Byzantine soldiers, Italian mercenaries or Turkic Chincha people, they all bravely took the lead. This made the already aggressive pirates even more frightened. They thought that what they were facing was nothing more than a Genoese merchant ship, but the other party didn't let them squeeze it out at all.

　　 "Stop them!" The captain of the pirate ship shouted and ordered the archers to resist. I saw the Bedouin archers hurriedly set up their arrows and shot the bow, but the Italian mercenaries in front of them had rushed into their ship with a huge shield and a hook and a spear. Moreover, the Italian crossbows and the strong bows of the Chincha Turks also aimed at the panicked Saracen pirates.

Almost instantly, several arrows were fired in a row, and a dozen more people were shot to death under the arrow like a locust rain, which made the pirates on this ship completely lose the will to resist. I saw the archers let the pirate leaders shout. Shouted, unwilling to maintain the formation. On the other side, the Italian mercenaries walked like flying, holding a shield to cover themselves, rushing in the direction where the pirates had broken, and those who stood in front of them were either dead or injured.

　　 And Justinian also continued to rush to the forefront. Next to him, Neusky, a tomahawk wielding a tiger, followed the young man to charge. Although the pirates were extremely brave and brave, they were still equipped with simple weapons.

　　 But Justinian’s performance was quickly noticed by the leader of the pirate ship. Although he was very young, it was obvious that everyone’s morale was inspired by him.

"Be careful!"

　　 Seeing rows of Bedouin archers lined up to open their bows, Neuskiden time realized that Justinian was locked by the opponent.

　　 But it was too late, Nie Usky slammed Justinian to avoid the arrow rain, but an arrow shot Justinian. The Byzantine soldiers and mercenaries who saw this scene were stunned, and the offensive suddenly slowed down and panicked.

"Get out of the way, Neusky!" Justinian with the arrow in his shoulder struggled to get up. Bedouin's archer happened to hit the gap in his body. Although there was a layer of chain mail inside, he still suffered. hurt. But he can't take much care of it now, and if his subordinates know that he is not in a serious condition, the situation is likely to get out of control. When Normandy conquered Britain, William the Conqueror almost made the army out of control when his horse fell during the battle. It was his commanding his men to lift him and take off his helmet to stabilize the army. Justinian knew that the top priority was to stabilize the military's morale. After taking off his helmet, he ended up with the flag of the guard next to him. Only then did the soldiers who had been panicked know that their commander had nothing to do.

　　 "They can't stand it anymore!" Justinian was still at the forefront to inspire morale, but Nevsky stood by his side to prevent him from getting into the battle and charging himself again. Under this kind of combat, the quality of the fighters on both sides is not high. The key to winning is morale, just like a group fight. Once one of them can't support it, then failure is as unstoppable as dominoes.

Seeing that there was nothing wrong with the opposing commander, at the same time the Italian mercenary’s crossbow shot and killed several archers. At this moment, the situation has been completely reversed. The pirates did not expect that their prey would be so tricky. Turkic The arrows of the Qincha people flew across the top and sides of the head, and the sharp arrows with barbs pierced the human body to tear the bones and muscles, and cut the bones, making the Saracens no longer as fierce as before.

　　 The troops led by Justinian didn't mean to stop at all. They trampled on the pirate's body and continued to go up. In a blink of an eye, a few more helpless Saracens were chopped down to the ground.

　　At this time, it was too late for the pirate ship to leave. The soldiers under Justinian became more and more courageous. This also inspired the soldiers on other ships, and made the pirates frightened and no longer willing to stay for meaningless resistance.

　　 The pirates flinched backwards, and even if the head leader wielded a knife and shouted to kill the fugitives, it didn't help. At this time, the pirate leader finally felt bad. He thought it was just an ordinary merchant ship, but it was obvious that they provoked the wrong target~www.ltnovel.com~ With the rest, the pirates jumped into the sea and climbed up. Qingzhou, want to escape. The battles of several other pirate ships also suffered heavy losses, and the Byzantine army was unwilling to continue fighting and gave up the pursuit.

　　 Looking at this scene, Justinian did not order his men to attack and kill. At this time, the poor would not chase them, and he was unwilling to expose his target.

The pirates fled in a hurry, and the sailors on it threw water to escape. The Byzantine soldiers simply pierced the bottom of the ship to dissolve the ship, leaving hundreds of floating corpses rushing into the sea. The pirates no longer dared to stay panicked. Fleeing to the west.

　　Despite the victory, Justinian’s army suffered a lot of losses this time, and there were nearly 100 casualties, and now there is a shortage of medical treatment and medicine at sea. And the other worst news made Justinian's heart sink. The small transport ship carrying the baggage behind was knocked over by the pirate ship. Although the rescue was the first time, there was still a lot of material loss.

　　 Looking at the only remaining grain and grass, Justinian's expression was also a little solemn. "How long can the remaining grain and grass support?"

　　 Abudra, who had been on other ships, looked very ugly, and said with difficulty: "It can only last for five days, and we can almost reach the destination in three days."

"That also means that we have to solve the food problem as soon as we get ashore, otherwise we will send our lives to the Latins." Justinian understands how serious this is. Although the original supplies are not many, they are enough to reach Namboro. After Pennessa captured the base area, but now this little food means that the fault tolerance rate of the next action will be extremely low.

　　 "The news is blocked, no word is allowed to be leaked!" Justinian took a deep breath and immediately issued the order without any hesitation.