Eagle Byzantium

Titicius vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he could not disobey the imperial edict in the hands of the imperial officer, so after explaining to Melicelos, he boarded a two-masted ship from the city's West Water Gate and quickly sailed away. Here, heading towards the Marimara Sea.

On the deck at the stern of the ship, looking at the distant city walls and even the densely packed siege camps in the distance, some New Army guards stood on the towers, watching their departing figures with strange eyes. They believed that they would Come back, or do you doubt that you will take the opportunity and never come back?

Titicius simply sat on the deck, with inexplicable sadness in his heart. He understood that no matter how young Emperor John prepared to fight, the city of Prusa would definitely not be able to be defended. The only thing that remained in suspense was the time of the fall of the city. , because no matter how tenacious the city defense is, once there is not enough main field force to repel Gawain, he can continue to maintain the siege here until he captures it.

So Taticius would rather think this way: the city of Prusa is to buy precious time for the imperial capital's war preparations. After all, the empire still has half of the country, and if it wins diplomacy, there is still a chance of counterattack.

But of the thousands of new troops trained by Thessaly, probably not many of them would be able to escape from the terrible siege. They were all sacrifices that had to be made...

Suddenly, the lookout on the mast shouted loudly, and people were running everywhere on the deck. Tatisius stood up in a hurry, and the lead pellets fired from a row of muskets screamed and flew over his head. He lowered his body alertly, and the row of lead shot shot into the side behind him, making a violent sound.

Then more and more arrows and projectiles came flying, and the brigantine galloped forward in the waves, bouncing up and down, in the direction of the Gallipoli Fortress. Titicius lay on the side of the ship and saw many light longships sneaking out of the sandbars, rocks and seaside caves on both sides of the river's mouth, attacking from all directions. The sailors above undoubtedly belonged to the Kingdom of Tarsus. They shouted and held up the firecrackers in their hands. From a distance, they fired continuously at their own warships. This group of light ships The shrimp cannon on the bow of the ship opened fire without warning. The sailors around Titicius were constantly shot and fell into the water. Many oars were also interrupted by close-range shot fired by the shrimp cannon.

"What ship? When did they rush here!" Titicius was really shocked, but in front of him, groups of Gawain's light ships flew out of the smoke amid the rumbling sound of cannons and beating drums. Rushing forward, their posture resembles a pack of wolves and light cavalry on the sea.

After a hard fight, Titicius's brig finally broke out, but the hull was riddled with holes and the stern rudder was broken. This was only because the captain was bold and skillful and flexibly used the strait. The tide carried the ship to the shore of Gallipoli. Titicius ran to the stern of the ship and looked at the sea in the distance. Many Tarsus "skuas" took advantage of the victory and landed ashore, and some broke into the river west of Prusa. "This, The supply line to Prusa has been completely cut off!"

The desperate Taticius found Emperor John in the fortress, who was also full of sadness.

"We want the Venetian fleet to come here as soon as possible and destroy Gawain's light ships."

"It's impossible. After the Venetians rescued Crete and Rhodes Island, excluding the garrison, they could mobilize no more than a thousand mobile troops."

"It doesn't matter if we don't have an army, we just need their ships."

John shook his head, "Now Gawain is instructing Bill Leoni beside him to instigate the city state of Pisa to send envoys to Rome to impeach Venice, so it is unlikely that they will directly attack Gawain again in the short term."

"The defenders of Prusa City will all be destroyed."

"I know...that's why I took you out at the last moment..." At this time, John finally told the truth.

"Without the army, what use am I?" Titicius was very painful.

And John was even more painful, "When we first stationed in Prusa to defend Prusa, except for my new army, no generals or troops were willing to go to Prusa; now that Prusa is in danger, apart from my new army, there will be no other generals or troops. Generals and armies are willing to defend it to death.”

After saying this, the young emperor actually raised his face, faced the sky with difficulty, and shed tears, "I made a mistake at the beginning. I chose to use such an excessive method to eliminate the disaster that I feared in my heart, but it was in the name of destroying the empire. The price..."

Taticius also lowered his head and held the hilt of the sword, "God does not give people pure happiness. He mixes happiness and pain and gives it to people. But Your Majesty, it is still not right to talk about the destruction of the empire now. It’s still too early.”

"So I want you to stay at Gallipoli and forget about Prusa. It's a glorious fortress and it did a good enough job before. Now the Venetians have stepped in. Gallipoli Our defense has also become perfect, and the large granaries of the imperial capital will continue to be used to recruit new armies - as long as you and Aksepokos are here, my new army will not be extinct, and we can still hold back the high power. arts."

In the early morning three days later, many soldiers on the Big Turtle Base held torches and shouted slogans of long live, surrounding Gawain and Anna who were standing at the top, waiting for the arrival of the patron before the general attack. Discipline.

In the front line of trenches, behind wooden fences, dog-footed timbers, and parapets, the soldiers responsible for the first round of attack were either half-kneeling or leaning over, staying there in dense numbers. Their helmets reflected the brilliance of the rising sun. Guns of fire, swords, battle axes, bows and crossbows overlapped one after another, blending together with human figures like a black forest covering the entire white wall.

In their central position, three heavy mortars and six light mortars were concentrated and lined up, forming a 250-foot-long bombardment section. base.

The lecturing speeches of the great patron could not be transmitted here.

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They only listened to the orders of the centurion beside them. Once the order was issued, they had to risk their lives and pounce upward.

Although the number of enemy soldiers who can still defend the opponent's earth fortifications and city walls should be greatly reduced due to the previous continuous shelling, their deadly threats are still everywhere.

On the Big Turtle Base, Gawain's speech was very brief, "Most of you are honorary veterans who have participated in countless wars. Don't use any sensational words to add to the trouble. I only want to say one thing here. Anna and I are here to urge for all warriors.

In addition, Anna, Princess Dido and I jointly issued an announcement announcing the list of sinners who had previously participated in the killing of the Holy Apostle Emperor - the masterminds include the false emperor John, the chief noblewoman of the palace Marlena, and Trabizon The traitor Theodoro Gapuas, Theodorus’ wife Marianne, and John’s minions Titicius and May Riseros, Aksepokos, and the pseudo-Patriarch Masdas; the accomplices include David, the Georgian chieftain, and Mikhail Nistas, the pseudo-palace stablekeeper... .These characters on the list, if you encounter them in any subsequent battles, you must kill or capture them without mercy..."