Eagle Flag of Epirus

The Moria's army, which had originally gathered into a huge formation, quickly ebbed under the command of Justinian, and generally spread out to surround Tripolis on three sides, and a tense atmosphere immediately filled the surroundings.

At the forefront is a phalanx of heavily armed infantry and many lightly armed archers holding a flying flag and following Justinian. I saw them marching side by side in a tight formation. Equipped cavalry and light cavalry on both sides cover the flanks, ready to kill at any time. But it was not these troops that made the Tripolis' defenders the most nervous, but the siege equipment that had already been prepared behind the army.

The Morias were debugging catapults and ballistas, many of which were new weapons seized from the Venetians, far more powerful than the old ones. This is also very clear to Romanus Dukas at the top of the city. Because Epirus is close to the west coast, he has seen the power of this war machine made in northern Italy. When he saw Justinian Even possessing these, the frightened Romanus's rebelliousness was directly frustrated.

In the same way, the soldiers defending the city no longer have the courage to resist. With this person, facing Justinian's army attack, no one thinks that the walls of Tripolis can stop him. During the battle of the Alfios River, they had already seen the terrible little fox.

"attack!"

In the voice of Justinian’s command, the Genoese crossbowmen at the forefront took the lead in attacking, raising the crossbow in their hands against the city wall for a first shot, and the Chincha and Tatars also bowed behind them. Shoot the arrow, and then the arrow fell from the sky like a locust like rain to the head of the Tripolis garrison. Although the power of the projectile was greatly reduced, the deterrence formed made the terrified enemy army unable to raise its head and could only hide under the shield.

While suppressing the fear in his heart, Romanus also tried to desperately, shouting hoarsely:

"Give me an arrow to fight back! Defend the city wall, they can't capture this place at all!" Now that it has reached this point, Romanus can only choose to die.

However, his voice had just fallen, and the city gate that was supposed to be tightly closed was suddenly opened in full view, and the defenders under the city gate had already been killed by a group of extremely powerful Varangians. With a big axe covered in blood, Nevsky stood in front of the city gate like a temple serving a **** of war. Taking advantage of the panic of the Tripolis garrison, these brave and daring peoples actually depended on dozens of them. The man frightened the defenders of the city gate and opened the gate to the city.

And Justinian who caught this opportunity was like a shark smelling blood, and immediately shouted:

"The whole army broke in, attacked, killed—!"

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhh!" Then, under the order of Justinian, the heir of the autocratic governor of Moria, many cavalry and infantry like wolves and tigers broke out from the gate of Tripolis's fall. The machete, bow and arrow, and battle axe were held in the sound of the horn, which instantly smashed the fourth company that Romanus relied on to defend the city and his guards. It's utterly devastating, like a violent wind, no one can stop it.

In just a few minutes, the heavy-armored cavalry commanded by Salleus rushed into the streets of the city. The Tripolis garrison who fled in all directions either surrendered or hid in the houses. , It is impossible to organize an effective defense.

The other soldiers who fled could only scream helplessly. The Turkic Tatar light cavalry who chased them shot into their bodies with an arrow, and fell to the ground one after another, just like this group of nomads. It's common to chase prey on the grassland.

On the city wall, Romanus watched Justinian’s army arbitrarily enter Tripolis as if they were in no one’s land, they were all his guards and belonged to his father, Theo. Prince Dole's private army, the Fourth Company, was like a prey to be slaughtered in front of Justinian. Such a huge loss, how did he go back to explain to his father.

The almost desperate Romanus Dukas can only pin his hopes on the final hole card, and saw that his only Pronian noble rider attempted to be attacked by Justinian’s archer, but he had been prepared for it and lay ambush on the side. The left and right flanking strikes of the Italian hook and scythe, the time has allowed these invincible noble lords to stand up and dismount and never get up again, and steadfastly reported Zeodore Cephalon’s original revenge for using them as cannon fodder. The remaining noble riders who survived the attack also completely lost their fighting spirit, like a bereaved dog rushing back to the tower behind the fortress.

And Romanus, who had witnessed all this from start to finish, almost fainted~www.ltnovel.com~ I'm going to kill you, Justinian! "I could only roar to no avail. Although he knew that it was useless, Romanus Dukas still drew his sword to go down for the last fight. He had lost his mind. However, he was quickly dissuaded by his men and forced to force him. Take it away and evacuate to a safe place in the city. It is only a matter of time before the city wall falls.

"Leave your Royal Highness immediately!" Moswar decisively retreated to the city with the rest of the people.

The battle was decided in an instant. An army like a pack of wolves poured into the city of Tripolis, and the panicked civilians hid in their homes so scared that they did not dare to come out.

On the other hand, Justinian once again issued an order not to allow anyone to harass the innocent people, especially the newly joined Tatar mercenaries, who were originally the goods of the Genoese sea slave trade. During the war, Bantic lent Arslan and they severely damaged the Venetians, so Justinian bought them in exchange for their allegiance, but the nomads, Justinian, knew their qualities best, looting. Fortune women, this is their favorite.

Therefore, as soon as he entered the city, Justinian once again applied for his own military order, and the other side of the Turkic Qingqi Xun also quickly occupied important places such as the Town Hall Square in Tripolis, and the defeated enemy army was already crushed. Almost no one can escape, either to be killed or captured. However, most of the casualties were Romanus Dukas's personal guards, and the fourth company originally under Justinian only rebelled slightly and surrendered.

At this moment, in addition to the bunker guarded by the remnants, Romanus led the defeated generals with the remnants to resist, and the entire Tripolis was completely under Justinian's control.