"Quick, stop it!"

Dennister, who was commanding the defenders of Thessalonika, probably never expected that he had obviously surrounded the Bulgarians who were rashly attacking and slowly strangled them calmly, but at that time he was caught off guard by an attack from a Greek army.

Because the battle formation at the gap in the city wall was destroyed by the Bulgarian cavalry, it was impossible to stop the army for a while. Wherever they passed, the defenders of Thessalonika were invincible. The soldiers mainly composed of militia gradually could not resist, and there was a scene of someone throwing his armor.

This scene really made Marquis Dennister feel incredible. How could the Greek army, which was once vulnerable to their eyes, have such strong combat power? Although they are small in number, they can cooperate with each other clearly because they are familiar with each other. It is like a sharp blade that quickly tear the encirclement of the Latin army apart.

Grand Duke Borier and his personal guards, who were supported by the Roman army, finally reduced their pressure at this time. At this moment, the burly fat man riding on the horse had already given up his ambition to take advantage of the victory and pursue the victory and seize Thessalonika. He quickly took this opportunity to break out of the Latin siege.

Seeing this scene, the defenders of Thessalonika were not willing to let go. Marquis Denister had already put down his heavy rewards, and even killing a person was regarded as a credit. Therefore, these mercenaries who came to the East to seek wealth were even more fearless and fearless to meet the iron hoofs of the Bulgarian cavalry. This made Borier and his men fall into the quagmire again and could not extricate themselves. In the narrow space, the cavalry was not suitable for combat and became a living target in the eyes of the spearmen. The hook sickle and hook axe became the biggest threat to the heavy cavalry, which led to the personal guards of the Grand Duke of Borier having to choose to dismount and fight. While breaking through the siege, they fought with the surrounding Latin troops, greatly delaying the evacuation.

"Damn it, can't I really die here?" In order to prevent the cold arrow, Boriel Assen also got off the horse. The heavy armor and fierce battle had already made him panting, and the despair in his heart further deepened.

However, just when the Bulgarian army was suffering heavy casualties and seemed to be ineffective, a loud bang came from their heads.

This is the explosion effect caused by the black gunpowder used by Justinian. When he was fighting against the Duchy of Athens and the Achaean vassal states, he used gunpowder on the battlefield for the first time. Although the effect was good, his disadvantage was also very large. That was, he needed enough equivalents to have sufficient killing effect. In a short period of time, he could not get out artillery and other things. So with his previous memory and the suggestions of people around him, Justinian used flammable materials such as rosin and gunpowder to make a fireball that could be shot with a catapult, which was obviously more convenient than asphalt. It was a good scare effect and killing on the battlefield. It was originally a surprise to the Latins at the last moment, but in order to rescue the reckless Bulgars, he could only take out this secret weapon in advance.

The fireball exploded in mid-air, and then the hot firelight enveloped people. During the day, the high-temperature fireworks were wrapped in choking ashes and fell from the sky. The dark scene was definitely not the momentum caused by asphalt barrels. The completely confused Latin army and the Bulgarian army were at a loss, so that the timid people thought it was a strange thing that happened. Thessalonika defenders were not in a uniform level. First, some soldiers composed of militia dropped their helmets and turned around and ran away, trampling on each other, which made the Latin army suddenly become disorganized.

This immediately gave the new Molia army attacking on the periphery a chance to take advantage of the opportunity. This army brought to Macedonia can be said to be the most elite troops trained after Justinian pacified the south. Both equipment and training were different. They were not frightened by the scene just now, but instead took this opportunity to destroy the last defense of the Latins. Because they covered their faces with cotton cloth, they were completely unaffected and successfully penetrated the encirclement of Thessalonika defenders under the cover of choking smoke and dust. Although the exiles who had accumulated anger because of their relatives were killed, they were loyal to Justinian's command with ambition to revenge, they were not manipulated by emotions after successfully entering the city, but chose to complete their mission - to cover the Bulgarians' retreat.

"Ahem, ahem, hurry up, follow me to fight out!"

At this time, Grand Duke Borier also saw the flag of the Roman army in the smoke and was overjoyed as if he had held a life-saving straw. He shouted and took his subordinates to escape from the surrounds of the Latins. The arrogant Bulgarians did not have the arrogance before, but instead, the new Moria army, who was covering them, advanced and retreated in moderation and retreated without giving Thessalonika's defenders the slightest opportunity to retreat from the city calmly.

And in the back, seeing this scene from afar, Tsar Karoyan, who fell from his heart, looked at his nephew's safety and retreated back, and finally breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at Prince Theodor beside him, he said sincerely: "He is really a little fox who is also called a fearless little fox by the Latins. It seems that this young man will really be the pillar of the Roman Empire in the future."

Seeing this scene, Theodor was a little unquestionable. At this time, the sound of the retreating horn suddenly sounded. It was from the army commanded by Justinian. It seemed that he had given up continuing the attack. Then he saw that the soldiers who were still siegeing the city retreated like the sea water of the retreating tide. However, the new Molia army, which had already suffered huge casualties, remained unmoved and slowly retreated until the entire army withdrew from the battlefield. From beginning to end, the Latin army in Thessalonika did not dare to act rashly.

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On the other hand, on the city, even though he saw this scene, Marquis Denister was helpless. He had to organize defenses on the city walls, but the performance of this Greek army was much beyond his estimate. Their own army was complex and they were brave but lacked discipline. This lack of discipline was the lack of such discipline. However, with the degradation of the Roman Empire, such elite troops should not have appeared in the Greek army, but the smooth tactic just now was undoubtedly very different from the Greek army they dealt with two years ago.

"Is this the so-called Molia's little fox? It's really worthy of its reputation... It seems that it was really a stupid thing that we didn't pay attention to what happened to Molia at the beginning, and maybe it was a very stupid thing." Murmurned to himself, Denniste had a heavy premonition. The unmasked opponent in the enemy formation in the distance might be the biggest threat to the entire person here who had participated in the dismemberment of the Roman Empire.

Unfortunately, this kind of existence should have been eliminated when it was in its infancy, but at that time their attention was completely focused on the north and the east, and it was completely unexpected that Epirus, the weakest, might become their gravedigger.

He could only wait for Emperor Henry of Constantinople to send troops to rescue him. The army of the Lascaris family was defeated by them not long ago. Even the monarch of the Niceaian Constantin Lascaris himself disappeared in the melee.
Chapter completed!