Eagle Flag of Epirus

"Eagle Flag of Epirus (

"The Yankee is really vulnerable." Looking at the city, there was no movement, and the Czar Buriel said in disappointment and disgust. He did not have any sorrow for his people who died in the battle as he did before Emperor Mikhail.

The Connaughton Palace, a noble of the Palatonavon, was also indifferent. The casualties who filled the gully in front were indifferent, but calmly and naturally estimated that the next attack might cause land losses.

"On the three walls of Thessaloniki, only the front and back are narrow and long. The deployment of the defense line will inevitably have loopholes. You only need to attack and break through one of the walls to occupy it. This will defeat the defense of Thessaloniki. If we concentrate our efforts, we will be able to succeed."

Connaught, who has been on the battlefield, followed the former Tsar Kaloyan, who knew every city in Macedonia well. The Thessaloniki in front of him, the rulers of Bulgaria in all generations coveted and studied it. How to conquer this prosperous city, under the influence of ears and eyes, the palace minister broke the weakness of Thessaloniki's insufficient defensive force.

Emperor Mikhail also agreed with him, and immediately ordered his soldiers to prepare for battle.

Before that, the Tyrant of Epirus raised his hand with a wave, and finally adjusted the next round of trebuchets from the rear to aim at the walls of Thessaloniki and launch another round. This time, the firing was no longer a boulder shell, but an asphalt barrel igniting flames.

"Fell down! Look for cover!"

"It's pitch, don't be contaminated by things from hell."

Seeing the huge fireball launched from the enemy's position suddenly smashed over the city wall and smashed over their heads, Arslan quickly ordered his men to hide. He used to travel with his father in the Levant region. He has seen this weapon used by the Muslim army to besiege the Crusader castle. Compared to the giant Mikhail’s trebuchet they are facing now, he is like a toy, but that Once he saw an asphalt barrel that turned the Crusader’s castle into a sea of ​​flames, and the Frankish soldiers who were doused with asphalt could not extinguish the flame no matter how hard they struggled, and finally struggled to death.

Thinking of that scene, the young Turkic shuddered.

The huge fireball engulfed in black pitch exploded above the head, turning into a not-so-brilliant meteor and falling on the head of Thessaloniki. Some of it fell into the residential area, and suddenly some residential areas ignited. There was a raging fire, but fortunately the people there were ordered to evacuate.

But even if there were precautions before, casualties were still avoided. Many soldiers were still burned on the wall with visible bones, but Arslan had no time to organize people to bandage them, because at this time, Epirus The siege towers pushed by the heavy infantry were lined up in a row, slowly approaching them.

Even on the siege towers, Epirus artisans installed simple small ballistas on them, and the Epirus army pushed the siege towers forward while firing stone bullets on the city. A curious Italian soldier subconsciously poked his head out to see what was going on, but happened to be shot by an oncoming stone. When he fell, all his companions squatting behind the city wall saw was a headless one. Corpse.

Gee, it's troublesome.

Unexpectedly, the enemy was equipped with such a thing. Looking upstairs, the soldiers in charge of reconnaissance had no room to escape. They were naturally burnt to charcoal by the previous round of attack or shot to pieces by a ballista. The defenders on the front of the city passively became blind in order to hide. . This is what Arslan would like to see, because in this case, the plan that Sir Baptiste handed over to him would be impossible to implement.

But at this moment, on the white pagoda behind the city wall in the distance, there was a piercing sound of gongs and drums. Someone was making noises here to get Arslan's idea.

I quickly glanced over and saw that above the most conspicuous, a man was dancing towards Arslan, and he recognized at a glance that the man was not Sir Baptiste, who was supposed to be sitting behind him.

"The daylight in my place is good, and the whole city, including the olive grove in the wilderness outside the city, can be seen."

The Turkic man suddenly heard the previous conversation with Baptiste on the White Tower, and he immediately reacted.

"Position No. 1, Position No. 3, Position No. 5, Position No. 7! Launch the ballista!"

Arslan yelled abruptly-although they had to be blind in the city, the Latin man on the white tower behind him was their guide, and he was everyone's ear.

According to the original plan, after receiving the order, the soldier in the corresponding position immediately responded and triggered the fixed ballista that had already been deployed. However, the targets of these ballistas were not the enemy siege towers approaching on the opposite side, but the marks that had already been made on the ground below Thessaloniki.

What flew out from the ballista was a huge iron cone of one foot long, followed by a very strong rope. Like a giant snake, those ropes flew out of the city with the iron cone. At first, the Epirus people were very wary of the appearance of these things~www.ltnovel.com~ For a while, they stopped marching to see what tricks the Thessalonikis were playing on the opposite city wall. But nothing happened, and immediately the Epirus army was relieved, believing that it was either a bluff on the other side or a self-confidence, and continued to push the siege tower forward without fear.

Sure enough, the following giant iron cones all deviated from the target together and did not hurt the Epirus at all. Watching this scene, the soldiers of the siege laughed, but they didn’t know that they were getting worse. Laughing, Arslan, who was hidden in the city's head, was more at ease.

"kill--"

As the city wall and the siege tower touched each other, the gate was opened, and the first group of Epirus soldiers and the Bulgarian cavalry slammed on the wall of Thessaloniki.

Arslan, who was at a disadvantage, immediately commanded his troops to fight. The two sides fought with each other with spears and swords. The Turkic men were unstoppable, taking the lead with a sword, piercing the two Bulgarian nobles who came to charge him, and then a few more Iranians. The heavy infantry of Perus held up a sword and a warhammer, and attacked him. Arslan's eyebrows were cold and cold. Facing the dangerous pinch attack, he first attacked with a sword, cutting off the arm of a Greek soldier, and splashing blood over the others. The sight of the Epirus people, just as they wiped their eyes, the Turkic sword had fallen and killed them.

Arslan repeatedly beheaded the remaining besieged enemies and boosted his morale. Watching his commander burst out with such strength, the defenders and the soldiers of the city became even more desperate.

"Come on, my comrades-in-arms, let those Bulgarians and Epiruses know how powerful Justinian-sama's warriors are. Since the war is coming out of your desires, let's taste the bitter fruit for yourself!" Arslan Shouting loudly, Hengjian stood at the head of the city, alive with pride.