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"Master Justinian, are you okay!" the soldiers who were shocked by the scene just now asked quickly. They never expected that there would be an assassin hiding in it at such a close distance, only a few cents away. Denny may die unexpectedly.

And Justinian looked at the arm with the dagger in the same lingering fear. He almost died in the hands of this assassin. It was a fluke that Justinian survived. He used one arm. The price escaped, but fortunately, although the blade hurt the flesh, it didn't move the bones.

But even so, Justinian couldn't help but squeeze a cold sweat. At this time, he was in such a position. Once he had any accident, then the army under his command would undoubtedly be wiped out here. It can be seen that the person who assassinated him had a vicious eye and had already pinched the time.

Looking at the subdued assassin, Justinian took off the opponent's helmet, revealing an oriental face, obviously from the Khorasan region.

And Justinian also guessed the identity of the other party at this moment, and said: "Assassin Assassin, so you will serve the Venetians too." As a radical extreme sect, Assassin pursues fundamentalism and treats himself The same clan is still cruel, so it is naturally even more unscrupulous against Christians. But now that they are doing the facts for the Venetians, Justinian has to be very surprised. It seems that in order to face the cruel reality, they finally have some flexibility.

But in the face of Justinian's question, the assassin in front of him strictly adhered to his own rules and said nothing, but even if he didn't say anything, Justinian had guessed it. Although Grand Duke Anastasius tried his best to settle the possible constraints for himself, those who wanted to assassinate him still detected the news in advance and sent the Assassin assassin to lurk beside Justinian.

What a good method!

Justinian’s face couldn’t help showing a cold smile. It was as cold as the mid-winter. I have to say it was perfect. Just a little bit, I accidentally lost the game. It’s a pity that the person who wants to deal with him is still Underestimated his strength.

At this moment, in the northeast direction, a loud arrow pierced the night sky, and Justinian subconsciously looked in the direction there, and there was another mountain pass through Fort Wiscari leading to the outside world. That was the signal that Justinian and Arslan had agreed, and now Justinian was finally sure that Arslan had successfully left.

In this case, then there is no meaning to continue the fight. Justinian ordered his men to take the assassin down, and then ordered.

"The former team has changed into the latter team and quickly left the battle!"

"The archers retreat first, the archers will suppress the enemy after the squadron is broken, and the others will cover the evacuation without error."

Despite his injuries, Justinian still calmly gave orders to order the troops to evacuate the Venetian encirclement in an orderly manner. This scene made him even more anxious in the eyes of Maximilian, who was pursuing them. Obviously the Byzantines no longer wanted to. Love fighting, and if the remaining defensive force of Fort Wiscari cannot be severely damaged, then the previous efforts will be wasted.

"Follow at full speed, never let them run!" Maximilian roared hoarse, without the calmness of the past, while the Venetian soldiers who were defeated by the heavy cavalry were still heartened by the enemy's rain of arrows. fear. Only a small number of elites resisted the bows and arrows of the Turkic string-controlling men barely chasing them, but they collapsed after encountering the cruising heavy cavalry. In the end, I could only watch the Byzantine army smoothly retreat back to the mountain and retreat.

All of this was seen in the eyes of the nobles on the head of Fort Wiscari. Although the Venetians attacked from all sides, the army led by Justinian seemed to be clueless in the left and right assaults but was unable to be besieged. Not to mention being hit hard. Until then, these Moria nobles really saw the talent of this young man, and they believed that the battle of Alfios was indeed commanded by Justinian.

"It's really a person whom Emperor Muzfius liked. It's been a long time since I saw someone with such a talent for commanding an army." A nobleman said with a slight emotion that the decline of the Byzantine Empire was due to the depletion of armaments. On the other hand, there are fewer and fewer good generals like Andronika I who can command the army to victory. Justinian’s performance may not be surprising compared to Belisarius and other predecessors of the empire, but it seems particularly dazzling in the entire dark age.

This little-known boy is indeed a rare general. Although Justinian’s army is the elite of the elite of the Grand Duchy of Anastasius, but he can break through the enemy in such a complex mountain. A good encirclement, this is obviously not something that can be done casually.

But another nobleman splashed cold water on the side: "Huh, what can be done, even if he was able to defeat the Latins in the Alfios River before, but now it is not impossible to break through the Venetians under the mountain. Is it just a boring act of a brave man who simply consumes himself"

This sentence undoubtedly caused everyone's heart to sink. Although they all saw Justinian retreating in the night attack, the casualties to the Venetians were still not to the point of traumatic injury~www.readwn.com ~This will irritate their enemies. Looking back at them, although the loss in this battle is not much, it is undoubtedly worse for the city's few defensive forces.

If this continues, it is only a matter of time before the fall of Fort Wiscari. For a while, everyone had a thought in their minds—that was the last ultimatum issued by the Venetian before.

But at this moment, Grand Duke Anastasius, who had been silent for a long time, said indifferently: "Didn't the monarchs find out until now? The Venetians have already been in the game!"

"What? Grand Duke, what do you mean by this?" After hearing the words of the old man in front of him, all the nobles showed a very surprised expression.

At this time, the veteran turned around slowly and replied calmly: "On the battlefield, a good commander must not only command the army, but figure out the enemy’s purpose and hide his own Intention. In the eyes of the Venetians, this is a battle they took the opportunity to destroy the main force of Fort Wiscari, but in fact they completely forgot that what Justinian had to do was to break through the defense line and open the exit for help. From beginning to end. , The Venetians have not grasped the initiative on the battlefield."

"You mean, this is a blind trick to lure the Venetians out?!" The nobles who realized this blurted out, remembering that they had been completely immersed in the sound battle before and had completely forgotten their original intentions. The Venetians who came out chasing Justinian invisibly emptied the defensive forces of other camps, which means that Justinian has been buying time for those who sneak out of the city to ask for help.

And looking at the aristocrats who suddenly realized, Grand Duke Anastasius nodded and said: "Yes, everyone, do you still think this is the trick of a brave man now?"