Eagle Flag of Epirus

The smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield filled the entire sky, and the gloomy clouds enveloped everything. The rain rushed down and washed everything on the ground, diminishing the strong smell of blood. But it is still difficult to hide the disgusting breath in the air after a cruel war.

That is the breath of death...

Although the Byzantines won this victory, the price paid was tragic. Fort Wiscari paid two-thirds of the casualties of the defenders. If it is an ordinary battle, this proportional loss is enough to make any elite army defeat and lay down their weapons and surrender.

But because of the hatred and fear of the Venetian atrocities in Constantinople, under the leadership of Justinian, the Byzantines finally defended the castle firmly.

However, no one is celebrating this victory, and people are everywhere weeping because of the loss of relatives and friends. They separated the indistinguishable corpses of their compatriots and enemies, condensed their bones and buried them.

Looking at the scene before him, Justinian, who was exhausted with the sword in his hand, was stunned. Although he defeated the Venetians, the price paid was too painful. For these Greeks, it was just a victory, but there was no blow to Venice.

Due to the timely rescue of the Venetian navy at the last moment, Venice finally fled here without paying a mere loss of thousands of people, and most of the casualties were just vassals and mercenaries belonging to Venice.

And all of this finally allowed Justinian to recognize the gap between him and the behemoth of Venice at this moment. At this moment, the power that belongs to him is just like duckweed, which is not worth mentioning, even if any aristocrat in Venice slightly targets it. Enough to destroy him completely.

Only then did Justinian realize that the previous success had made him too arrogant. If the reinforcements hadn't arrived in time, he would have died by this time.

At this moment, Neusky and Arslan, who were covered in blood and unkempt, were also walking towards him.

Looking at Nevsky who came up, Justinian came back to his senses, "Neusky..." But before he could finish his words, the extremely strong Varangian barbaric in front of him was cruel. A hard punch fell on Justinian's eye socket, and he punched Justinian in the mud and couldn't struggle for a while.

"This punch is your punishment for not listening to my previous advice!"

Neusky said calmly, and even though he said so, there was no slightest anger in his eyes. And then, he pulled Justinian from the ground again, and then said: "But no matter what, you have saved the city. You have done your best. You still have a long way to go. Go, it is impossible not to make mistakes all the time. Despite the sacrifices made, take a look at the eyes of those soldiers. Although they are full of sadness, there is no fear. It is you who let them know that the Latins have nothing to do. Terrible. This is enough." The man saw Justinian's hesitation at a glance, and this is undoubtedly very fatal for an ambitious person if he can't solve his happy knot. That's why Nie Wu Skye gave Justinian a punch that awoke him and said the words, which was deafening.

And this sentence undoubtedly touched a string in Justinian's heart, and the eyes of the boy who stood up slowly seemed to be full of power. Suddenly, Justinian reacted to a fiery pain in his eyes. He couldn't help but grinned and touched his bruised eye sockets. He glanced at Neusky and said, "Can't you be lighter? Really hit...hiss~"

Seeing Justinian recovering quickly, Nevsky felt relieved and said with a smile: "Don't fight harder, you kid may not wake up yet!"

"Thank you so much." Justinian glared at the opponent again, then changed to a serious face, "How did you come here? Those Tatar cavalry and sea warfare. I am afraid that the ship is not yours!” This is what has most puzzled him in the previous battlefield. The best result that Justinian had originally expected for the reinforcements of Tripolis was only to confront the Venetians. The enemy had to give up the siege, but they never expected that Neuski and the others not only appeared at the last moment, but also severely damaged the Venetians. And this is undoubtedly due to the fleet of unknown origins and those Tatar cavalry.

Seeing that Justinian was also so puzzled, Nevsky immediately told Justinian all the things they had encountered before the Genoa Fleet on their way.

And the more I heard Justinian’s look, the more weird he looked, and he looked at Neusky and asked, "Is it such a coincidence?" Even if Bantic returned to Genoa from the east and met them halfway, although there was a little friendship before, but This will inevitably cause serious diplomatic consequences once the Venetians seize strong evidence. This is by no means a decision that Bantic alone dared to make~www.ltnovel.com~ At this moment, Arslan, who had never spoken, interjected indifferently: "Maybe it was not a coincidence, but they did it deliberately. ."

"Is it just for revenge on the Venetians, but this kind of risk is really not in line with their character." Justinian did not hesitate to judge categorically, for his own sake, Genoa can never be open to the point where the Venetians are openly torn apart. , Based on his current status, there is no such value at all.

But Nevsky shook his head and said: "What Arslan said is not unreasonable. Maybe this is not a resolution made by the Genoese Noble Assembly, but it does not mean that no one instructed Bantic to do this and mobilize one. It is actually not very difficult to build an overseas fleet. Justinian, it seems that you owe a great favor to a big man in Genoa!"

As soon as this statement came out, Justinian reacted immediately, remembering the gold coin of the oath that Andrea Doria gave him that was still in his locket. This is the only explanation. Justinian knew very well that the biggest reason why Murad, the Turkic mercenary, left behind was Bantic, and he believed that the other party was not so kind, so there was only one possibility, and that was him. Someone behind it. And the only person who has friendship with him is that Andrea Doria. Obviously this time, Bantik's sudden appearance, I'm afraid it is really because of that person's secret manipulation. But such a big favor makes Justinian's expression a little weird all of a sudden. Why should the other party help him so much? And there is also Justinian's meticulous awe of the other party's easy remote control thousands of miles away. No matter how you look at it, the opponent deserves to be the top existence in the Doria family. Such people are not only powerful friends, but also terrible enemies.