Eagle Flag of Epirus

"The Eagle Flag of Epirus (

"Woo-"

With the sound of the long horn, Epirus and the Bulgarian coalition forces that had besieged Thessaloniki on three sides were finally ready to begin the siege.

"Squeaky squeaky."

The taut rope snapped into the wooden runner to fix it in place, and the giant counterweight trebuchet in the Bolgar and Epirus army had also been loaded with shells. The heavy boulders came from the valley at the border of Macedonia and Bulgaria. Emperor Mikhail used hundreds of cattle and horses to transport them with all his energy. In addition, he also brought a lot of prosperity from Epirus. Wooden barrel with sticky asphalt. The lethality of these things alone is amazing, enough to match an army. Mikhail originally used it as his own assassin to suppress the battle, attempting to suppress the morale of the people in Thessaloniki through this method, but now due to the pressure of his allies, the Bolgars, He had to use it in advance.

After symbolically sending people under the city wall to negotiate with the Thessaloniki and order them to dedicate the city, the messenger of Epirus unsurprisingly got the arrow of Turkic contempt.

With an order from Emperor Mikhail, a giant trebuchet projected artillery shells on the walls of Thessaloniki as a signal, and the siege of Thessaloniki kicked off.

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As the forward are the Selmium light infantry in the Bulgarian army. They are holding wooden shields covered with leather. They don't even have a complete set of armor on their bodies. They are completely used as cannon fodder and are being threatened by the Bulgarian officers behind to push the siege. The car and the ladder slowly approached Thessaloniki. Emperor Mikhail and the Bolgars did not expect to rely on these weak soldiers to conquer the heavily guarded city wall, but used them to test the defenses on the city's head. These Selmiums were contemptuously referred to as Yankees in the Bulgarian army. After Grand Duke Ivan Assen launched a civil war and was defeated, the Selmium nobles as followers were severely suppressed, and the civilians living there We were especially excluded because of the customs closer to the Magyars, so looking at the casualties of the Thermium light infantry caused by the rain of arrows falling over the city, Tsar Boriel and Connaughtin Palace remained indifferent.

"There are many Turkic barbarians under Justinian." Emperor Mikhail said faintly as he looked at the walls of Thessalonian, which was raining down like arrows. In fact, he had heard about it. In addition to the fact that Justinian had a foreigner around him The mercenaries, not long ago, took the opportunity to incorporate the Vadarutai garrison in Bulgaria. So looking at him standing next to him under the feather cover, Czar Bolier and Connaughtin Palace, proposed:

"Before, the cavalry who was able to gallop outside the olive grove to launch an attack must be those Turkic cavalry under Justinian in the city. Although I sympathize with your country's previous experience, the crime is not the whole city of Thessaloniki. It is not as good as after the city is broken. Those Turkic barbarians want to kill or slash, so listen and respect, how about?"

As a ruler, Mikhail Dukas certainly has no sympathy for the lower class, but he does not want an important city like Thessaloniki to be looted by the Bolgarians, so he proposed.

But without waiting for Tsar Bolier’s answer, Grand Duke Connaught, who is the magistrate and Uncle Bolier, said: "Your Majesty Mikhail, the warrior of the country has come from afar for your majesty’s grand cause. Sacrifice, but was so humiliated after death, written in a horrible body, "The enemy of Rome will suffer from heaven." Is it really appropriate to just wipe out a few insignificant Turkic people?"

Humph, the insatiable Bulgarian barbarian, this is wolf ambition.

Sure enough, as he expected, Emperor Mikhail suddenly realized that the other party was taking this opportunity to put eye drops on himself, just to bargain with him. This is the end of the matter, Mikhail Dukas, of course, is not willing to regenerate minor details, so he proactively proposed:

"In that case, if I promised your country's request for the territories south of the Rhodope Mountains, I wonder if I can comfort the souls of the warriors who died before in your country?"

Long before the two sides reached an alliance, Bulgaria repeatedly expressed to Mikhail his desire for several cities on the border with Epirus, but they were all politely rejected. By now, Mikhail Dukas also understood that if the opponent's appetite could not be satisfied, this time even if Thessaloniki was conquered, the subsequent processing would be very troublesome, so he had no choice but to express his willingness to make concessions to the Bulgarians.

After finally waiting for the other party's words, Connaughtin Palace showed a trace of pride in his mouth with satisfaction, but he still pretended to ponder: "If this is the case, I can indeed make my country feel the sincerity of your majesty, but it still needs Boli. The Czar is here to make the decision." Connaughtin’s answer, indicating that he is the czar’s nephew, clearly indicated his attitude, and finally let Emperor Mikhail breathe a sigh of relief.

Soon, the attention of both Epirus and Bulgaria was drawn back from the negotiation.

Forcibly against the arrow rain of the Turks and Vadarutais on the city, the Selmiums who have completed the advancement have pushed the siege truck to the gate of Thessaloniki~www.ltnovel.com ~ At the same time, the ladder was also erected on the city wall, but at this time their companions were already dead or injured, and there were countless dead bodies in front of the city wall. But even though they have paid such a huge sacrifice, these Selmiums cannot take a step back, because any cowardly warrior is bound to be punished ten times more cruelly than death. Lonika's offense in the first round.

Above the city, this scene fell on Arslan, who was commanding the defense, with a panoramic view. Naturally, it was clear that such a disorganized enemy came to die and was just some fragile cannon fodder. It's just that he can't help but feel afflicted when he sees that the attire of the Selmium soldiers is similar to his own customs as a Turkic. It's just that now they are their own masters. Seeing that the enemy army who is up to the city wall with a ladder is about to come up, he immediately yelled:

"Let's release the arrow!"

The Turkic soldier under his hand was already waiting, holding the bowstring and ready to go. In the sound of Arslan’s command, the arrow quickly left the bowstring, and the torrential rain swiftly set off. Many Thermiums were caught off guard. Some were shot down from their faces and screamed as they fell behind their companions. Going down to pieces, there are some people who are determined to endure the painful wound, lower their bodies, hide behind the small and poor shield, and finally climb up the city wall. But waiting for them were the Italian mercenaries in front of the Turkic archers. Armed with a shield and a long spear, the defense was also significantly easier than the previous Italian infantry, which was able to smash the enemy who was trying to climb the city. The Turkic people on one side also drew their swords after shooting their bows and arrows, and fought side by side with the Christians holding the spears at the forefront.

Soon, the cannon fodder of Thessaloniki was wiped out by the defenders of Thessaloniki above the city.