Eagle Flag of Epirus

Sooner or later there will be problems.

Seeing the Venetian army rushing forward from the city, Justinian’s two eyebrows were deeply locked together. They were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. The walls of Fort Wiscari couldn’t support much. Long time. Especially now that he still can't get the reinforcements he deserves--

damn it! Sure enough, Leosgros had already taken action. If the wall fell in this situation, even if I could only support it for a long time, I couldn't wait for reinforcements to arrive. Justinian couldn't help feeling anxious, and then he saw another Venetian army under the city wall carrying a siege wood trying to smash the gates of Fort Wiscari even though the gap in the city wall allowed the Venetian army to kill. Going in, but the small space is still not conducive to the advancement of the army, so they tried to break through the city gate, so that the Albanian cavalry could rush in.

The Venetians used a trebuchet to throw an asphalt fire barrel for cover. The heavy-armored Venetian soldiers carried a siege hammer and slammed through the gate to break through the last layer of defense. Once they succeeded, the situation would be overwhelming. Sexually detrimental to the Byzantines.

Never let it go! Justinian made a decisive decision.

"Imaz, you lead a team to follow me!"

"Yes!" Imaz was one of the Turkic guards who followed Justinian. After Arslan left, he was the main person in charge of protecting Justinian. Seeing Justinian's order, he did not hesitate to lead a group of people up and down the tower together.

At this moment, the battle under the castle of Wiscari Castle has become fierce, and Justinian can only take his men shoulder to shoulder and walk along the high wall to avoid being discovered. On the other side, the city gate has reached its limit. The fierce impact of the siege wood made the gate full of cracks, but when the Venetian was about to give it the final blow, the city gate was suddenly pushed open, and the Byzantine gate was held high. The banner of Justinian suddenly slammed out, followed by fierce Turkic warriors. I saw the double-headed eagle on the battle flag waving in the wind, the eagle of the Roman Empire dancing with the lion of Venice. The unprepared Venetian was caught off guard in time, and arrows shot out from the city as well. Rocks spun overhead, smashing steel and flesh.

No one had expected the Byzantine army to open the city gates and take the initiative in this situation. Seeing the enemy swarming up, Justinian didn't change his face, and the soldiers who had been struggling to push a huge siege hammer before had to put down their equipment to prevent the interference of the Turkic people who killed them. From time to time, bows and arrows shot down from the city threatened them.

"Are these Greeks crazy?! They dare to rush out to fight us!" A Venetian general couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the scene before him. It was clear that the Byzantines were still afraid of their enemies more than a year ago. Hidden behind the city wall, but now dare to confront them head-on.

"Reinhardt, it's your turn to play, crush their formation at all costs!"

Ranieri said coldly, since the enemy dared to come out to fight, let the stupid Greeks taste the lance!

And Reinhardt, who had already negotiated with the Dandoro family, nodded immediately, and the heavily armed Italian knights behind him were also ready to enter. These mercenary knights were wandering nobles without fiefdoms in Italy. They are extremely brave, and are very active whether they are going to the east to fight against infidels or accepting the lord’s employment to attack each other.

I saw the Italian knights holding up their lances in their armpits, and then urging the horses under their hips towards the Byzantine army that was fighting with the enemy in front of the city gate. No one dared to go wherever he went, the infantry in Venice scattered one after another, and Justinian also noticed that the Italian knights rushed towards his troops.

No one knew that once a heavy cavalry assault was encountered, even the decisive heavy infantry formation would inevitably fall apart, but Justinian was not panicked.

Just listen to him yelling:

"Hedgehog Formation!"

The Byzantine soldiers caged around him formed a circular array together with their spears, and the spears in their hands were as dense as the spikes on a hedgehog.

This is the traditional infantry fighting method of cavalry, but it depends on the discipline of the soldiers to maintain it, because the length of the lance is longer than the spear in the soldier’s hand. Often the infantry has not touched the rushing heavy cavalry. The lance pierced. Because of this, the Italian knights did not hesitate at all, but accelerated their speed to crush the enemy's battlefield in one go.

But something unexpected happened. I don't know when there was a pile of mud on the ground in front of the city gate, it was damp and slippery, and it was still mixed with blood. Ordinary soldiers would not notice much, but the high-speed impact horse tripped, slipped hooves, and stirred the mud, which directly caused the charge of these invincible knights to be greatly reduced, even though the horses and horses maintained their balance due to their skillful skills. However, it gave the Byzantine army time to fully cope with the onslaught of the enemy. Justinian raised the mace and shouted: "Long live the empire!" The crowd responded loudly. I saw long spears like forest against the Italians' horses, while the infantry behind them threw heavy javelins with steel screams, and the sound of rolling horses hoofs and the clank of swords were still mixed together.

"Master Justinian, be careful!"

I saw a knight on the opposite side seeing Justinian commanding the army at a glance, so he took it straight with a lance in his hand and wanted to destroy the center of the Byzantine army.

Imaz flattened the spear at the last moment, threw it out with all his strength and pierced the chest of an enemy in chain armor. The weak lance immediately dropped, but the horse still carried his dead owner.

"Protect Master Justinian!"

The Byzantine troops lined up again, and the Italian heavy cavalry, who could not take advantage, also retreated to wait for the opportunity to find the next opportunity to charge. The Byzantine army under Justinian’s survivors was also somewhat shaken at this moment. It is undeniable that they were brave in the fight just now, but after all, there were too many enemies.

At this time, Justinian was looking at one side of the collapsed city wall. The Venetian seemed to be unable to hold on and gradually retreated~www.ltnovel.com~ and the soldiers carrying sandbags rushed up to fight the enemy while fighting on the other. Mending the gap in the city wall.

So Justinian ordered, "Prepare to retreat, keep a good formation and don't mess up, don't let the Venetians see our purpose!"

But only a swish of a bow and arrow slammed into the shield beside him. Pod was galloping around, and the Venetian archer came. Suddenly, another arrow "clicked" across Justinian's visor and almost shot him in the eye. This surprised the composure Justinian, and obviously there were no shortage of good archers on the enemy.

"Can't stay where you are like a stake, do you want to target the Venetians?"

Roaring Justinian ordered the army to retreat. Originally, he wanted to retreat slowly. He found that he was too naive. Once the opponent's archer was in place, the man and horse he was carrying would not have any cover and support. It is bound to be surrounded and wiped out of the city by the opponent. No matter how big the risk is, he must take the risk at this time. Justinian directly violated the previous order and led the army to retreat.

However, the Italian mercenary knights who had been waiting for a long time would miss this opportunity, and immediately rushed forward to cover up and kill the Byzantines who had come to disperse the formation.

And just then, Justinian’s heart sank, thinking that at the moment of hopelessness, a fine rider rushed out of the city gate, and the front rider was armed with a spear, and the Italian knight who had come over was stabbed down on the spot. . And they are the new heavy cavalry under the command of the Grand Duke Anastasius who use Latin combat. No one dared to go wherever he went, and because the Italian knights arbitrarily charged before, the arrow rain of the Italian archers behind also eased, and Justinian who saw this scene was also taken aback. He didn't expect to be there. At this critical moment, this heavy-armored cavalry will actually fight.