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The battle under the city of Thessaloniki was raging, and the Venetians, the enemy from the sea, also began to act at this time. They launched an uncharacteristic attack this time, covering the hull of the ship with iron armor to face the Greek fire sprayed from the shore and directly approached Thessa. Lonika Sea Wall. I saw the Venetian ship’s ladder frame outside the sea embankment, and Venetian soldiers were constantly climbing the walls. These soldiers were not fragile Venetian sailors in close combat, but a group of bucklers and maces in chain mail. Armed fighters!

They are volunteers recruited by Ranieri Dandolo from the Muslim community in Kandia. They are all very brave. The Venetians chose them because of their fierce and undaunted qualities. As a condition, these volunteers are not only generous. In addition to the salary they can get, Ranieri also promised them a second-class citizenship on Crete, which is higher than that of the Greeks. Therefore, these Muslim fighters climbed up the wall like crazy, and tried to crush Thessaloniki's defenders without any intention of slowing down the offensive.

The defenders of the Macedonian noble guards on the sea wall quickly fell into a bitter battle. Like the spoiled masters, these guards are all dressed in luxurious clothes, but they have not experienced a real war for a long time, so when they face the attack The Muslim mercenaries and the dignitaries headed by Ioannis complained endlessly. They thought it would be safer to patrol the seawall, but who would have thought that the Venetian army would pounce on a mad dog at this time.

Seeing that the army was about to be unable to hold on, at this critical juncture, Sir Baptiste, the municipal officer, led the Turkic mercenaries to appear in time. They had planned to go out of the city to fight to support Justinian, but they learned of Venice by the sea wall. People invaded heavily and had to come to support.

"Arrow!" Pulling out the long sword and pointing forward, the Latin man shouted, and the Turkic archers behind him put their hands on the bowstring and shot the fierce armor-piercing arrow cones at the enemy attacking the head of the city. Suddenly, the Venetian army was caught off guard, killed and wounded. The original aggressive offensive was directly cut off. The Gandian warriors in chain mail had to hide behind the buckler and withdrew from the sea wall that had already captured most of them. Back to the boat board.

The Macedonian nobles who had just escaped let out a sigh of relief, but they were all unhappy, because it was the nasty Latin who came to them.

And Baptiste didn’t bother to pay attention to the nobles of Macedonia. He ordered his soldiers to strengthen the defense of the seawall and take over the noble guards who were strong from the outside. It is obvious that the Venetians will not be so reluctant to be repelled temporarily, and a group of hearts cannot be counted on. The ghostly nobles can be optimistic about Thessaloniki's gateway to the sea.

Just looking at Venice's mighty naval fleet beyond the sea wall, Baptiste, who hurriedly repelled the enemy's attack, felt something wrong in his heart. It is not surprising that the opponent and the Bulgarian Epirus from outside the city joined forces to attack Thessaloniki. However, this time the attack did not conform to the cunning Venetian style at all. It seemed to be done deliberately to attract their attention. force.

Baptiste's guess is not wrong at all. While the Venetian navy attacked the sea wall, the two oarsmen did not participate in the siege but instead escorted a Levantine-style transport ship slowly approaching the beach on the southwestern shore of Thessaloniki. There was no army stationed because it was the high tide of the Aegean Sea at this time, so the three ships were able to dock smoothly.

I saw the cargo ship's hatch opened, and a group of Teutonic Knights, who had been exhausted by the turbulence of the sea, walked out of it. Finally they were able to set foot on land. At this time, the dizzy Germans were too busy to take a break and were busy generalizing the ordnance. The horses were removed from the boat.

"Let's help you too!" On the transport ship, the Russian Yaroslav, an ignorant German, couldn't even stand steady. He shook his arm and prepared to go down to help.

But his behavior like this was stopped by Senator Giovanni on the side, "You don't have to go down anymore. If you have any difficulties, just let the people under my hand handle it." It's not as low as before. After reaching an agreement, the Venetian nobleman’s attitude towards the Ross sailors suddenly took a 180-degree turn. Not only did he take over all the Teutonic knights, but also the Ross people’s boats were everywhere. Fully armed Venetian soldiers. This is simply monitoring! Yaroslav, who dared not to speak, could do nothing but glaring at him.

On the tidal flat, the Teutonic knights all got off the boat. There were a total of 647 people. It seems that the number is not very large, but you must know that each of them is a knight who has fought for many years in the Holy Land Jerusalem. They are placed on any battlefield. , They are a force that cannot be underestimated.

After preparing everything, Maximilian, the leader of the Teutonic Knights, ordered his men to step on their horses, and the man looked up at the Venetian nobleman who was waving at him on the ship deck behind him.

"I wish you and your men a victory in advance, Your Excellency Maximilian." Giovanni looked at each other and smiled.

And Maximilian with a bucket helmet covering his face can't see his expression at this time. Only the dull voice came from it, cold and stiff, "I will do the agreed upon things, but remember The promise you said before."

"Of course it is," Senator Giovanni promised, "When the matter is done, we will send you to Venice. In the past two years, the post house built by your country has already seen its scale in the city of Venice. I believe you don't have to set foot on the land. Can receive a warm welcome."

Maximilian snorted coldly, and did not pay attention to Giovanni's pleasing face, and led the men behind him to the battlefield under Thessaloniki in front of him.

Looking at the Teutonic Knights going away, Senator Giovanni in the cold field froze in place, and it took a long time to shake off the beckoning arm of the farewell, his face was also twelve minutes ugly.

"Huh, these savage Germans

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people! "

If it weren't for asking the other party, Giovanni wouldn't even look at the German with his eyes, but at this time, Yaroslav's voice rang from the side.

"That... By the way, Master Giovanni, the reward you promised us before, I don't know if you can end it with us first."

"What's the hurry? It will be given to you when the time comes. Do you really think we Venetians are so untrustworthy?" Where can the sulky Venetian man give the useless Ross people a good face.

Although Yaroslav was full of fire, he still smiled after considering the implementation of the plan: "This is not because I was scared by those Greek villains before! Of course I trust His Excellency Giovanni 100%. But the other people under my hand are rough people~www.readwn.com~ If you don’t see something golden, your heart will not be at ease."

"Huh, it's really troublesome." Giovanni muttered with a look of disgust, but seeing the arrogant and arrogant Rose before him now looks like a small, low man in front of him, the man's heart suddenly felt a little better, so he did. Nodded.

"Okay, let someone come with me. I happen to have something to go back. I can pay you half of the reward first, and the rest will wait for everything to be over." Giovanni calculated that there should be nothing wrong with the Ross people in front of me. The big problem, I don't need to stay here 24 hours, so I agreed to the other party's request.

However, Yaroslav called several people to leave with Giovanni, but the Venetian men rejected them all. He pointed to the unremarkable young man who had been in the crowd and said:

"Just him!"

And the Ross sailors all choked in their hearts at this moment, because the young man Giovanni was pointing at was not someone else, but their true leader, Igor.

Dear, this chapter is over, I wish you a happy reading! ^0^