Eagle Flag of Epirus

Vol 4 Chapter 54: Prelude to the offensive (part one)

In the outer city of Fort Wiscari, the soldiers stationed carefully monitored every move of the Venetians below. Although the previous night attack had taught the opponent a severe lesson, this did not mean that the Byzantines would take it lightly. Everyone knows that that loss is really not worth mentioning for this huge Venetian army.

Especially their peripheral security forces are afraid to be careless. Although the residents of the villages outside the castle have withdrawn to the fortress, because a mountain spring halfway up the mountain is a matter of life and death for the whole city, it is on the wooden fence wall. There are still a small number of troops stationed here. Once the Venetians try to attack the mountains and seize the place, these soldiers will send early warning signals as soon as possible.

Because of this, these soldiers are actually soldiers who are responsible for the safety of the entire castle. Even though many soldiers and civilians of Fort Wiscari are celebrating their previous victory, they dare not be careless.

"I don't know when these damned Italian barbarians will leave our sacred land." Staring at the camp under the Venetians under repair, the Baron Nicky Fruss guarding here is worried. He knows that it is only a matter of time before the other party's comeback. The Battle of Watergate is already thrilling. In fact, it is known that the Venetians are not going all-out offensive now only because this nation, who is good at assessing interests and risks, is unwilling to pay too much.

But this does not mean that the Venetians will continue to be so sensible, if the other party makes a desperate move, then the Fort Wiscari will inevitably flow in blood.

Thinking of this, Baron Nikifrus couldn't help shuddering. Of course, he saw Justinian's arrival as a **** who defeated the invincible Italian, but this did not mean that the young man would be invincible.

They were trapped in Fort Wiscari, even if they only lost once, the heavy price they paid was beyond their reach.

However, at this moment, the horrified voice of the sentry on the wooden city wall suddenly pulled the brooding Nikifrus back to reality.

"Look, what is that—"

The sentry's voice trembled with fear, and only then did he realize that Nicky Fruss, who seemed to be a bit unpleasant, followed the prestige, and was completely stunned by what happened before him.

The gate of the Venetian encampment under the mountain suddenly opened, and the next moment, the heavily armed Venetian army gathered and filed out like sea sand, aggressively. What's more frightening is not such a huge army, but a giant catapult, several groups of ballistas and small catapults, which are undoubtedly dismantled from the Venetian warship. With such an astonishing battle, Nikiforus who saw this scene immediately realized that these Venetians were really ready to use all their power to launch an offensive at all costs.

"God!" Nikifrus murmured, taking a breath of air, completely panicked, but the Venetian army, which saw thousands of people, was slowly advancing towards them.

I saw that in front of the Venetian army, a few soldiers were suddenly pushed up, and they were wearing the armor of the Byzantine army, their whole body was scarred, and they knelt in front of the battle tremblingly. It was Weiss in the previous night. Several captured in Fort Cary. And Ranieri, who was at the forefront of the army, jumped off his horse, pulled out his saber around his waist, pointed at the captured Byzantine soldier, and said to his soldier, "These cunning Greeks don’t want to Fighting dignifiedly with us on the battlefield, greedy and cunning, relying on the blessing of the night devil, attacked us and caused us to suffer heavy losses. This is not only our shame, but also the shame of the entire Christian world. Originally, I hoped to be a nobleman. The rule of law, a decent negotiation with these Greeks, but the hateful surplus of heretics is difficult to educate the barbarians, Venetians in the name of St. Mark, think about the profanity done by the Greeks! Even the Pope! To spurn them, it's time to wash away this shame with their blood."

With the courage of an eloquent, Ranieri gave a very inflammatory speech before the battle, and this immediately aroused the desire of the Venetian army, which had been somewhat low morale.

Just listen to the town militias in Venice or the mercenaries in Albania, Croatia and Dalmatia, and they can't help but yell, "Shame, shame, shame!"

Immediately, under Ranieri’s order, several swordsmen and axe hands shot and killed the Byzantine soldiers in front of the battle. The **** heads fell to the Venetian mountains with the cheers of the tsunami, and the Nepalese witnessed the cruel scene. Kefrus and his subordinates were all stunned, wishing to rush down and fight the Venetians directly.

But this is far from over. I saw the Venetian executioner holding the tied head in his hand, holding it up to show off, and in the next second it was handed over to the soldier standing next to the catapult~www.ltnovel.com~this Suddenly Nicki Fruss felt that something was wrong.

Hearing a "bang", I saw the Venetian catapult, using the heads of the Byzantine captives that had been chopped off as projectiles, and shot them out with a whistling, passing the low wooden gun, and falling on Nikifru. Not far from where Si was standing, aroused dust. But the next moment, just listen to the sudden change of face, Baron Nikifrus screamed:

"Falling rocks, lie down and look for cover!"

Accompanied by the captive heads were the huge stones of the Venetian trebuchets. In an instant, a falling rock smashed a section of the city wall, and the garrison soldiers who were affected also suffered heavy casualties.

And Nicki Frusden who watched this scene was stunned. Such an amazing range and accuracy undoubtedly surpassed all other siege equipment he had seen before.

But now he can no longer take care of this much.

"Ready to fight!" With a roar, Nicky Fruss stood behind the wall and directed the soldiers under him to avoid shelling, while the other side monitored the movements of the Venetian army below.

At the same time, under the cover of the trebuchet, the Venetian army carrying the ladder finally launched an assault on the Albanian cavalry. A great battle had begun, and the Venetians finally made up their minds to attack Wiscari Castle. But looking at the scene before him, Nikifrus knew that this was just a prelude. The outer wooden wall was like a sheepfold fence and was completely vulnerable to a blow and could not withstand the army of wolves like a pack of wolves.

However, in the face of such a dangerous situation, the Byzantine had no hesitation in his eyes. Instead, he immediately shouted at the scout beside him: "What are you still doing? Hurry back and report that the Venetian is about to attack. The others follow. I stick to this place and cannot take a half step back without my order!"

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