Chapter 54: The Prelude to the Offensive
In the outer city of Fort Wiscari, the soldiers stationed carefully monitored the every move of the Venetians below. Although the previous night attack taught the other party a severe lesson, this does not mean that the Byzantines would take it lightly. Everyone knows that the little loss is really not worth mentioning to this huge Venetian army.
Especially the guards on the periphery, they dare not be careless at all. Although the residents of the villages outside the castle retreated to the fortress, a mountain spring on the hillside was related to the life and death of the whole city, there were still a small number of troops stationed on the wooden walls of the fence. Once the Venetians tried to attack the mountain and seize the place, these soldiers would send 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 of the soldiers and civilians in Fort Wiscarry were celebrating their previous victory, they did not dare to be careless.
"I don't know when these damn Italian barbarians will leave our sacred land." Staring at the camp that the Venetians were repairing at the foot of the mountain, Baron Nickifrus, who was guarding the place, was worried. He knew that it was only a matter of time before the other party made a comeback. The previous Battle of Watergate was already thrilling. In fact, I knew that the Venetians did not attack with all their might just because this nation, who was good at evaluating the risks of interests, was unwilling to pay too much of the price that was not worth the loss.
But this does not mean that the Venetians will continue to be rational. If the other party makes a desperate bet, then Fort Wiscarri will inevitably flow into a river of blood.
Thinking of this, Baron Nichifrus couldn't help but shudder. Of course, he saw Justinian's arrival as if a divine weapon had defeated the arrogant Italian from the sky, but this did not mean that the young man would be invincible.
Even if they were trapped in Fort Wiscari, they could not bear the heavy price they paid.
However, at this moment, the sudden terrifying voice of the sentry on the wooden wall brought Nicky Fruce, who was pondering in his heart, to reality.
"Look, what is that-"
The sentry's voice trembled with fear, and then he realized that something seemed to be a little bad Nicky Fruce looked in the sound and was completely stunned by the scene before him.
The gate of the Venetian camp at the foot of the mountain suddenly opened, and the next moment, the fully armed Venetian army gathered out like sea sand, with great momentum. What was even more frightening was not such a huge military force, but a giant catapult, as well as several groups of crossbows and small catapults, which were undoubtedly dismantled from the Venetian warships. Such an astonishing formation made Nickifrus, who saw this scene, immediately realized that the Venetians were really ready to use all their strength to launch an attack at all costs.
"Oh God!" Nickifrus murmured with air conditioning, completely panicking, and saw that the Venetian army of thousands of people had slowly advanced towards them.
I saw that the Venetian army was suddenly pushed up several soldiers, and they were wearing the armor of the Byzantine army, covered in scars and knelt in front of the formation, which were the few captured in the Fort Wiscarri in the night play. At this time, Ranieri, who was at the fortress of the army at the fortress in front of the army, jumped off his horse, pulled out the sword from his waist, pointed at the captured Byzantine soldiers and said to his soldiers, "These cunning Greeks are unwilling to fight us on the battlefield.
, greedy and cunning, relying on the protection of the night demon, attacked us and caused us to suffer heavy losses. This is not only our shame, but also the shame of the entire world of Christ. I originally hoped to negotiate with these Greeks in accordance with the laws of the nobles, but the hateful remaining barbarians of the heretics who are difficult to educate, and the Venetians in the name of St. Mark, think about the blasphemy done by the Greeks! Even the Pope despised them, and it is time to wash away the shame with their blood."
With the spirit of an eloquent person, Ranieri gave a very inflammatory speech in front of the battle, which immediately aroused the desire for war by the Venetian army, which was originally a little depressed.
I heard that whether it was the town militia in Venice or the mercenaries in Dalmatia, Albania, Croatia, they all shouted, "Avenge your shame, avenge your shame!"
Immediately, under Ranieri's order, several swords and axes and swords were raised and executed directly by the Byzantine soldiers in front of the formation. The bloody heads fell to the ground accompanied by the cheers of the Venetians. Nickifrus and his subordinates all witnessed this brutal scene, wishing they could rush down to fight with the Venetians directly.
But this was far from over. The Venetian executioner held the tied head and raised it high to show off, and the next second it was handed over to the soldiers standing next to the trencher. This immediately made Nicky Fruth feel that something was wrong.
With a "bang", the Venetian catapult cart roared out the head of the chopped Byzantine prisoner as a projectile, and passed the low wooden gun and fell not far away where Nickifrus stood, stirring up dust. But the next moment, the Baron Nickifrus, whose face suddenly changed, suddenly roared:
"Falling rocks, lie down and look for cover!"
Along with the captive heads, the huge rock of the Venetian trencher was also captured. In just a moment, a rock fell and smashed a piece of the city wall, and the affected soldiers were also seriously injured.
Nicky Fruceden was stunned when he watched this scene. Such amazing range and accuracy undoubtedly exceeded all other siege equipment he had seen before.
But now he no longer cared about this.
"Prepare for battle!" Nicky Fruz stood behind the city wall, directing his soldiers to avoid the attack, while monitoring the every move of the Venetian army below.
At the same time, under the cover of the catapult, the Venetian army carrying the ladder carried the clouds and finally launched a charge in the Albanian cavalry. A great war had begun, and the Venetians finally made up their minds to attack Fort Wiscari. But looking at the scene in front of them, Nickifrus knew that this was just a prelude. The wooden wall on the periphery was like a fence in the sheep pen, which was completely vulnerable to the army that looked like a pack of wolves.
Chapter completed!