Eagle Flag of Epirus

　　 Arslan realized for the first time that he had now completely stepped into the opponent's trap.

　　 Inside the otherwise unremarkable haystack, Epirus soldiers armed with spears rushed up to stab the unprepared Turkic people, while an unknown number of crossbowmen were firing dangerous crossbow arrows in the civilian houses.

This dangerous weapon makes the unsuspecting Turkic people feel scared. European crossbows have existed for a long time, but they have not been popular for a long time. On the one hand, the early crossbows were not powerful enough, on the other hand, after the development of the crossbow. It often became a patented item for assassins, and it was very dangerous to be shot by a crossbow on the battlefield, so that Innocent II directly appealed to Christians not to use a crossbow in war, thinking that it was a despicable weapon, and also in Byzantium, Anna Komunen also declared in the book that this is a barbarian arrow, a cursed weapon. However, with the development of the times, the crossbow has inevitably become a popular weapon in wars, especially after the 13th century, it has become popular on a large scale and has made great progress. Although it does not have a crossbow like the Eastern crossbow, the winch crossbow but the western crossbow has also embarked on its own path. For example, the later winch crossbow is already very powerful, but that is more than a hundred years later, but Even so, the crossbows Justinian bought from the Genoese were enough to inflict serious damage on these Turkic people.

　　 This is the only request that Justinian made to Bantic before. The Genoese improved the crossbow so that it had pedals. The efficiency of shooting was improved and the operation was more convenient.

　　 "Retreat, retreat!" Arslan didn't know how many enemies there were. In this case, he had to leave a small place like the village to turn defeat into victory.

　　 But Arslan turned his head and looked at the entrance of the village, only to see that the original cart had actually sealed the exit. It turned out that it was not discarded by the villagers but was deliberately done by the Epirus people.

　　 "It's not good... how could this happen." Arslan was already calm-headed, but he still never expected that these Greeks would dare to come out and fight the Turks to the death outside the castle.

"Break through their encirclement and kill with me!" Arslan knew that he had to break through quickly at this time, otherwise they would definitely be here and annihilate his own army. His father led the army in the distance. Something like this will happen.

　　 And Justinian had already expected the other party's reaction--

"Everyone is assaulting, none of them can let go!" He had already seen that the young Turkic man sitting on the horse should be the leader of this cavalry team. The Turkic people really gave it up, they did not put themselves in their eyes at all. It also gave him the preparation to complete the ambush.

　　 In such a small space, Turkic people can't even ride and shoot. They are either afraid of accidentally hurting their companions, or they are thrown down by Epirus soldiers just as they draw their bows and arrows.

　　 "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. But after several life and death struggles, Justinian was not shaken by the opponent's reckless aura, but raised his sword to greet him.

　　Eastern style Turkic sword and broad sword collided with sparks, this Turkic hello is so big, Justinian also felt the bravery of these guys. Worthy of being a mercenary background, they have long been accustomed to fighting.

But even so, Justinian had nothing to fear. The other party had no other place to threaten him except for his strength. Using the bouncing power of his whole body, Justinian rushed to the Turkic warrior. Behind him, at close range, Justinian subconsciously used the original combat skills of this body. He already felt that he fits with this body more and more, like a flat boat in the waves, despite facing the turbulent waves, it still does not move like a mountain. The arc of the sword fell on the Turkic warrior with a look of astonishment like a brilliant light and shadow.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah--"

　　 Every scream represented that Justinian’s sword pierced his chest. With a thump, the Turkic warrior, who had not seen Justinian’s move, fell unwillingly and became a corpse gradually cold.

　　 And this scene fell into Arslan's eyes as if he saw the devil.

　　 Isn’t this a trivial little castle? How could there be such terrible people here, and how did these well-equipped soldiers appear in such a place?

　　 Under all kinds of questions, Arslan has completely lost the courage to resist. He can only hope to rush out of the village.

　　 But when the Turkic cavalry walked in, they saw that the large and small carts were locked together with iron chains, and they couldn't be rushed away. The next moment a dozen soldiers were holding crossbows and aimed at the Turks behind the cart fence.

　　 "Dodge!"

　　 Arslan never expected that there would be an ambush here,

The fierce arrow rain did not aim at the Turkic warriors on the horses, but their horses. The Turks fell off their horses and lost most of their combat power in an instant~www.ltnovel.com~ They wanted to fight back with their bows and arrows, but they were crossbows. The soldier could not shoot at all from hiding behind the cart.

　　 This is also Justinian's handwriting. Because the Turkic cavalry can only rely on infantry to strike at the superior terrain, but the Turkic people who come and go like wind may flee at any time so that they cannot expand the battle. Therefore, Justinian used the tactics of the chain chariot in the Husi war, relying on the carts in the village to imitate the chariot to protect the long-range infantry and block the retreat of the Turks. The other Turks who dismounted to fight had climbed the chariot, but were forced back with spears by the Epirus soldiers behind the cart.

　　 Now, Arslan was completely desperate. He didn't expect that he had made such a big mistake and fell into the enemy's trap. But he also had to admit that the other party was so powerful that he came out frantically to deal with him. If he guessed correctly, there is no one in the current Iloban Castle.

　　 "What should I do, Lord Arslan, what should we do?" The other Turkic people next to them huddled together, they were already surrounded by groups, and they couldn't escape. But the Epirus soldiers on the other side became more and more courageous in the war. They did not deliberately kill the Turkic mercenaries, but captured the Turkic soldiers who had lost their resistance as much as possible. This completely disintegrated the morale of the Turkic people, and many people took the initiative to put down their weapons. After all, they were just mercenaries.

　　 After some inner struggle, Arslan also knew that he had no choice, and he also dropped the scimitar in his hand.

In the direction of Justinian, he shouted loudly: "We surrender!" As he fell, the other Turkic people who were stubbornly resisting also lost the courage to resist. They threw down their weapons and became them. captive.

　　 And only then did Justinian let out a sigh of relief.

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