Eagle Flag of Epirus

The retreat of the Bulgarian army made the task of siege fall on the Roman army, and most of the soldiers of peasant origin were even worse equipped than the Hantes. However, they could only push the siege tower slowly and walk towards the battlefield nervously.

Before the attack, the Orthodox priests in the army had already issued an announcement, praying for victory.

"God bless us to drive us out of heresy invading our land, and the great victory belongs to the empire!"

With only such a word of prayer lingering in the ears, the Greek soldiers tried to forget their fear and prepared to fight the enemy. But to welcome the emperor, it was a sharp arrow issued by the Latins, overwhelming and endless.

The Roman soldier with only one zither-shaped shield faced the intensive rain of arrows and was killed and wounded all at once. They are so lack of training that they are very reluctant to evade and defend against long-range attacks. In the true sense, they can be considered as World War I, and probably only accounted for less than a quarter of the war veterans.

Hundreds of soldiers were killed in an instant, and many of those who fell to the ground were still alive and wailing. But no one would pay attention to them, and the siege troops would not stop their advance because of them.

And Justinian also looked as firm as iron, because there was no sacrifice without sacrifice on the battlefield, and any hesitation caused by guilt and apology was the greatest harm to the soldiers.

A specially-made long ladder was set up to the top of the city, and the veterans were used as the backbone of the siege troops to start climbing. Compared with other auxiliary soldiers, they appeared undaunted. I saw them climb quickly, avoiding falling bows, arrows, and falling rocks. Dangerous kerosene.

Among these people, some fell and some died, but they did not retreat. Because Justinian had made a generous promise before the attack, anyone who climbed the city wall would be rewarded if they survived, and even if they died in battle, their family members would be properly placed. Although I don't know if this is just empty talk, it can be called "kindness" compared to the lord who regards them as cannon fodder.

Whether it was an obscure corpse or a warrior who restored the empire’s lost ground and glory, with this belief, the Roman soldiers, who were somewhat timid at the beginning, finally entered the state, climbing the ladder, and the city head was looking at this time. .

"kill--"

With a roar, it was not only to vent the hatred of the Latins but also to dispel the fear in the heart, revealing that hideous face, and the Thessaloniki defenders guarding the city wall were also taken aback by this scene.

Although the frontier army is equipped with simple and slack armaments, many of the Latin army are civic groups with limited combat effectiveness. Seeing the once defeated generals attack so frantically, these people trembled and sweated.

"Kill them all, don't keep one!"

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"Push the ladder down! Quick!"

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"Don't stand still! Release arrows!"

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"Kill all these Latin wild dogs, for the sake of the empire, long live!"

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The shouts kept coming and going for a long time. In order to repel the Bulgarian army’s attack, the Latins had used up the first batch of oil tanks, so they could only choose to fight with the Greek army on the wall.

Dennister supervised the battle behind his soldiers, holding a sword and shouting and commanding,

"Resist, don't be afraid of these defeated men of yours, knock them back, the glory will belong to you!" This man still has no intention of leaving the front line at this moment. Although he couldn't understand the purpose of the opposing commander, if he didn't guess wrong, the battle flag of the black fox should belong to the man named Justinian.

His performance in Moriah has been heard by them even in Macedonia. Intuition tells Dennister that the other party's intention to do this is by no means a simple storm, and because of this, he dare not slack in the slightest, where is he willing to leave.

But at this moment, a loud bang from not far away attracted everyone's attention.

I saw that the huge boulder thrown by the trebuchet finally smashed a corner of the city wall. It was an old city wall that was relatively fragile and low for a long time. After all, it was still unable to withstand the violent attack just now. And seeing this scene, the Roman army, which had been nervous and precarious because of the hard fight, saw a glimmer of hope in the dark night. Immediately, the **** soldiers swarmed up and rushed directly to the narrow gap in an attempt to break the deadlock at the moment.

But they were greeted by the Latin infantry with a tomahawk shield behind the city wall. These mercenary reserves have been standing here to prepare for the emergency. Even if the wall was tight for a while, the Marquis Dennister did not intend to use them. .

At this moment, they finally came in handy and intertwined with the Roman army. Although they were not many in number, they were all well-versed in battle, regardless of victory or defeat. And under the remote command of the Marquis of Dennister~www.ltnovel.com~Thessaloniki’s reserve team repelled the attacking Roman soldiers while carrying the deer wall to reject the horse and earth bags to fill the gap in the city wall-time passed, The battle situation became more and more stalemate, and more and more people fell.

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"We have a chance, Lord Justinian!" I didn't expect that the trebuchet we got from the Pisa would really come in handy. Arslan, who saw one side of the city wall breached from a distance, was overjoyed and trusted Chash even more. What Denny said before.

The morale of the attacking Roman army was also obviously high. At one time, a small team successfully eliminated a section of the enemy on the wall, took down a tower and planted the flag of the Empire on it, causing the entire city of Thessaloniki to shake, Latin People rushed to the lost tower and gathered heavy troops to retake the tower. However, when they were at a loss, other surrounding defenses were breached in several places, and they became more and more embarrassed.

But only the look on Justinian's face was still solemn, and there was a haze hidden in those blue eyes, and there was no slightest joy in the victory of the front line.

At this time, the sudden appearance of another army on the battlefield changed the situation again. It was not just the two sides at the battle between Justinian and Thessaloniki, but also the Czaroyan who had been watching the battle. Suddenly he was dumbfounded.

A brutal force in the northwest quickly broke in. The majestic body of the northerner shouldn't be too noticeable among the Roman army! This is obviously an elite force in Bulgaria. There are as many as three thousand people and it is directly like a whirlwind. They suddenly joined the battle but made the Czaroyan who watched from the rear look pale, and his eyes were almost spitting fire. roar--

"Who allowed Borill to lead his troops to act alone! Asshole—"

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