Eagle Flag of Epirus

Under the charge of the Byzantine heavy cavalry, the Venetian army trying to outflank Justinian’s army was immediately defeated. It was either trampled by horseshoes or beheaded by the cavalry that followed. The Venetian soldiers fell down in pieces. The miserable howling is endless.

But even so, the Venetians still fought hard and wanted to drag the Byzantine army to retreat, and the expression on Justinian's face sank slightly when he saw this scene. It seems that the opponent is also determined to try to destroy the last defensive force of Fort Wiscari here. But how could Justinian let the other party's intentions succeed? Now that he has been entrusted by Grand Duke Anastasius, Justinian had prepared for the worst before, but even though the situation is very dangerous now, it was within his expectation.

Inadvertently, an imperceptible smile appeared on Justinian's face.

On the other side, Maximilian was still trying his best to pursue the Byzantine army at all costs.

"Right-wing reinforcements forward cavalry collapsed!"

"The encirclement of the left wing of the reinforcements was crushed by the Greeks!"

"The infantry and archers are disintegrating, and we have suffered heavy losses!"

The terrible news one by one made Maximilian who was in charge of all this look pale. Master Ranieri gave him such an important task, and he caused such a loss himself, which he would never allow. .

What he said would make the Greeks in his eyes pay ten times a hundred times the price!

The gambler psychology was formed in this way. As the commander-in-chief of Maximilian at all costs, he immediately asked the scout cavalry under his command to send orders, so that the defenders of the other two battalions all joined the attack on the Byzantine army. Although the fighting power of the Byzantine army was beyond his expectations, the number of the Venetian army this time was several times that of theirs. As long as Lord Ranieri came back, the final strength of the Wiscari Fort could definitely be fully restored. wipe out.

This has indeed caused tremendous pressure on the Byzantine army. Venetian soldiers rushed in from all directions. Smoke and dust billowed on the battlefield. Even the elite heavy-armored cavalry were fighting with each other. The number of casualties rose rapidly. But this did not deal a heavy blow to the morale of the Byzantines. On the contrary, they admired that Justinian was able to predict the enemy first. Looking at the current situation, the Byzantine officers became more and more afraid if they did not listen to Justinian. If you continue to love the battle with the order, the whole army will definitely be wiped out here. At this moment, although the expression on Justinian's face was solemn, he was still not flustered, which made the soldiers following him feel relieved.

Looking at everything in front of him, Justinian actually breathed a sigh of relief in his heart at this time. Although the Venetian attacked from all sides, it was only now that he ensured the success of his plan.

At this time, the Venetians who were attracted to come out might not have thought that they had fallen into the trap set by Justinian for them. They only wanted to annihilate the last defensive force of Fort Wiscari. , But completely forgot that Justinian’s purpose was just to break through.

If someone familiar with Justinian is by his side, he will definitely find that at this moment, there is one less person beside Justinian who is commanding the army, that is, Arslan, who has been protecting Justinian’s safety. He neither followed Justinian nor led the Turkic cavalry.

The Turkic man at this time has been lying in ambush at another mountain pass, waiting for the defenders there to leave to support the army against Justinian...

"It really came out. Justinian really angered the Venetian, and he was desperate to get revenge back." Arslan and Anastasius' Anbu acted easily together. A small number of guards in the camp easily opened the passage, but Arslan, who stepped on his horse, looked at the flames and the sound of fighting in the distance, but was still a little worried.

"Don't be okay, you guy. If you have an accident, we can't explain to the adult." Arslan muttered to himself half-jokingly, but still remembered that they were in Genoa a few months ago. What happened on the ship was huge.

On the side, Anastasius’s dark side said: “I hope you will come back with reinforcements as soon as possible, otherwise, Lord Justinian’s situation will be very dangerous.”

"Of course I know this." Arslan said with a sullen expression, and shook his horse whip and drove away. Justinian had already arranged everything. He used the means to make Arslan break through the siege and there was no risk of being hunted down by the Venetians, but it also meant that Justinian, who was the commander of the army as the bait, took the majority. risks of.

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At the same time, Justinian estimated the time, thinking that Alslan should have succeeded, and then issued the next instructions.

"The whole army retreats. After the cavalry breaks, the archers and infantry retreat first!" Under Justinian’s unsatisfied order, the Byzantine soldiers retreated towards the city of Wiscari Castle in an orderly manner, and a soldier responded. Before, bowed his head respectfully holding the Justinian Scarlet Eagle Flag. And Justinian, who took the army flag, was about to wave his subordinates ~www.ltnovel.com~ suddenly felt cold out of thin air-a near-natural sense of crisis spread directly from the top of the head to the whole body. And at this moment, Justinian's intuitive eyes flashed, and the fire light inadvertently illuminated a sharp short dagger, and the dagger was silently piercing his heart.

The quick and accurate blow made Justinian gasp in a sudden, and at the same time he felt a familiar feeling.

It was the soldier holding the battle flag that did it. The cheeks on the helmet covered his face, and he looked ordinary and couldn't be ordinary. But Justinian was aware of the breath of the opponent-it was the breath of a killer.

Almost at the same time, Justinian reacted, raising his arm, and using his arm to block the fatal blow in a way that was almost a strong man breaking his wrist.

The hard blow directly penetrated the three layers of iron armor on Justinian's body. But after all, it was a short dagger, and the sharp blade directly penetrated Justinian's forearm without a fatal blow.

The assassin who missed his hand was undoubtedly a little surprised. He didn't expect Justinian to react, and he was about to draw out the dagger and hit Justinian again, but because of that moment of pause, Justinian was able to take advantage of it. The machine, I saw Justinian resisting the severe pain and twisting the wound, letting the dagger tear the muscles, but the sharp blade was locked by the radius and ulna of the arm and couldn't be pulled out.

what? !

The assassin who had never been able to handle it had never expected Justinian to be so cruel. For a while, he was in a hurry. At this time, the guards who reacted hurriedly drew out their sabers and rushed to subdue the assassin and threw him down.

And Justinian, who had escaped the catastrophe, watched this scene, with lingering fears—has the person who assassinated him reached the blatant step? !