Eagle Flag of Epirus

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"Antonia!" Watching the Genoese girl aim the crossbow at the Macedonian mountain people below, Odoxia subconsciously wanted to stop it, but Sir Baptiste, who stood by, stepped forward to block the emperor.

"His Royal Highness, you should know that sometimes we have to give up." The Latin man looked at the angry mountain people under the city wall and persuaded Odoxia.

"But they were not wrong, we abandoned them." Seeing that the subjects of the empire below were pierced by sharp arrows, Odoxia started to cry. Today's Rome is torn apart, but her rulers have to continue the cruel civil war.

"It's not safe here, Your Highness, so let us take care of these things! I think Master Justinian made this arrangement in the first place." Baptiste calmly said to Odoxia. As Gentiles, it's no better to have their black gloves for this matter. As a flag of the emperor, there is no need to come forward at this moment, even if she sympathizes with all her strength this time, what people are most willing to remember is always her weakness to the Genoese. On the contrary, while treating the people with lenientity, they must also be treated with coolness. The people, of course, because of their grievances with the monarch, will feel worried when facing challenges to the ruling authority. This is a quality that a ruler should possess. It is a pity that Queen Odoxia does not possess it yet, or is unwilling to possess it.

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On the other side, the mountain people under the city’s head are rushing towards the city gate and the tower one after another. However, these poorly equipped villagers and peasants are like moving targets under the city, and the Turkic archers draw their bows without scruple. Archery, many people fell down quickly, but this could not prevent them from continuing to crawl on the wall.

"Look at the enemy who killed us in the city. The rebels who betrayed His Majesty Mikhail are colluding with the Turks and massacring fellow Orthodox fellows! Don't back down and kill the city. Your Majesty's army is with you. Now, go to liberate our Thessaloniki." Eustaceus stood far behind the crowd and encouraged the mountain people who believed in him to continue to serve as cannon fodder, while the heavily armed Epirus Bulgarian coalition was in The rear was pressed, and whenever the mountain people used their flesh and blood to push the size of the ground, they slowly followed.

Watching this scene, Mikhail Dukas sneered, "I want to see how long you can support!" This time, Epirus and the Bulgarian coalition chose to fight steadily and use the mountain people as cannon fodder. Push forward and pull out all the organs outside the city wall, and never give the defenders in Thessaloniki a chance to destroy the siege equipment.

The defenders who understand this can only use howling arrows and slings to greet downwards one after another. But the intrepid mountain people didn’t mean to stop at all. They were beaten back again and again, and stepped forward again and again. Even though the corpses under the city got higher and higher, they kept shouting, "Go into the city, go into the city." ." Climbing the outer city wall, trying to capture the upper tower.

In such a situation, the Turkic warriors led by Arslan were a little overwhelmed. There were fewer and fewer bows and arrows in the quiver, and their arms were already numb under the high intensity of the bow. …

"Huhuhu~" Antonia, who was constantly winding the crossbow, was also panting. This is not the first time she has experienced a battlefield, but she has been involved in the killing. Even at a long distance, the weight is almost Crushed her. But the Genoese girl seemed to be immersed in it, as if to forget something, so that she was standing on the side of the city wall and there were enemies who had climbed up the city and jumped down beside her without responding.

Fortunately, at the moment when a sharp knife almost pierced the girl's delicate body from behind, an arrow from an unknown source hit the other's chest, and the Genoese girl escaped. When Antonia noticed it and looked around, the person who had saved her life was gone.

"Prepare to take the enemy!" Arslan shouted immediately after witnessing this scene. With this command, the Turkic warriors immediately threw down their bows and arrows, and began to draw their knives to slash and kill the enemies who climbed up the ladder. The corpses and broken limbs fell from the walls and crenels, and there were blood stains everywhere, but at this time Bulgaria and Epis Ruth's coalition forces have also been mixed in, their weapons and equipment are better, the refugee cannon fodder from the current side opened the gap for them, and the restless coalition forces launched a full-scale attack on Thessaloniki.

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At the same time, the Empress Odoxia, who was withdrawn from the city wall, was originally escorted to a safer underground palace to escape danger, but under her repeated insistence, the accompanying guards took her to the civilian settlement.

Although it is a civilian area, it has been turned into a filthy slum under siege in the past few days, and the residents here are obviously resisting the arrival of the emperor in front of them. In their eyes, the efforts to provide relief and comfort over the past few months are not as powerful as the unclear knowledge of their emperor and Genoese a few days ago.

Some people say that their Royal Highness has been bewitched by the witch from Latin and has become another "Western puppet." Rumors spread like a plague, and the secret spurning of Odoxia has been vague, but it is certain. The relief food sent by the Genoese was sent to the square every day and was soon scraped out.

Looking at the residents of Thessaloniki who were staring at him, Odoxia could feel their dissatisfaction. The guards around the emperor were also very nervous, never leaving the scabbard with their hands, for fear that the civil upheavals in front of them would erupt, which would be catastrophic.

But Odoxia shielded her guards, and walked into the sight of everyone in the civilian area alone, letting her white long skirt be contaminated by the mud under her feet.

The emperor took a deep breath, looked at everyone in front of her, and said sincerely: "I know the dissatisfaction in your heart, people of the empire, and try to listen.

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Your voice understands that you have been owed too much in the past. Perhaps, I was born in the Purple Room and I am not even qualified to beg you to fight for me. But I still hope that the descendants of Romnus can come down from the Qiqiu Mountain as they did thousands of years ago and cast aside their premonitions to fight the enemy together. Rome belongs to the Roman Senate and the people, and Thessaloniki is also yours. I don't think it is an honor for foreigners to die to protect the city. "...

After that, Odoxia turned and left the civilian area. She did not dare to look back behind her to see the reaction of the people of Thessaloniki. Perhaps she would be more spitting at her! The emperor smiled bitterly in her heart, but she had to hold it back and could not show her weak side. Regardless of whether she succeeds or not, she must return to persuade the nobles headed by Ioannis.

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At this moment, the offensive and defensive situation in Thessaloniki has almost taken a turn for the worse. The aristocratic army of Thessaloniki has not come to support, and the city militia has just withdrawn from the battle. The number of inferior Turkic mercenaries and Vadarutai's garrison quickly became somewhat unsupported. Below the tower, the Bulgars, who were equipped with siege equipment, started to smash the gates. Under the huge impact, the door beams of Thessaloniki made a creaking sound, and dust splashed and fell against the gate. Tied above the head of the Italian battle group. These old men who followed Justinian from Moriah were already in crisis at this moment, but facing fierce enemies in front, and those who doubted them behind them, they were reluctant to lend a helping hand.

"Hold it up! Hold it all, keep the city gate!"

The Italian soldiers gritted their teeth. As mercenaries, they firmly defended the front line and refused to take a step back. They fulfilled their obligations and roared across the sky of Thessaloniki.

The Thessaloniki militia group, who had been watching coldly and withdrawing from the battle, finally reacted. The militia leader stood up and said: "His Royal Highness is right. We are not fighting for her, but for ourselves. War, Thessaloniki also belongs to us. I will definitely not hide behind foreigners like those decadent and weak aristocrats, and stay alive behind foreigners, and come with me if the **** ones are!" The militia soldiers who had made a decision in their hearts also chose to stand up and rush to the city wall to participate in the defensive battle and fight side by side with the foreigners in their eyes.

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