On the narrow and long Macedonian plains, the noisy and restlessness did not return to silence because of the defeat of Bonifas in Memphis a few months ago. On the contrary, the approaching civil war in Epirus made all the ulterior motives on this land ready to move.

Whether it was the Greeks, Latins, old Byzantine nobles or crusade lords, they were all planning for their future. Bonifas' death was not really a final decision. It was just a piece together. Now the Kingdom of Thessalonika is just back to its original fragmentation. Here, the Greeks who witnessed the fall of Constantinople would not talk about loyalty, and the Latins who had personally robbed Zara, who belonged to Christ, would not care about any faith. All people only seized and pursued wealth and power. Now, the lion is dead, and the wolves are waiting to share their flesh.

Today, Thessalonika, the rich ancient city, second only to Constantinople's pearl, is undoubtedly the most fertile piece.

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"kill"

Outside a castle, the shouts of killing were shaking the earth. The asphalt barrel burning with flames was thrown into the small space of the city by a catapult. A flame that spread across the castle suddenly rose. The castle was full of screams, but the attacking army did not get what they wanted. Even if it was a little confused, the defenders on the top of the city immediately reacted and gave them a color. Under the strong bow and crossbow, even if they were hiding under the tough cowhide of the siege hammer chariot, they would not help but feel their stomachs broken.

"Damn it!"

Looking at this scene, the nobles who were commanding the attack gritted their teeth, but in order to take the castle, he could only grit his teeth and order his army to push the siege equipment step by step.

Although the city temporarily repelled the enemy's first round of attack, they were also in a heavy mood. Without any help, they had fought bloody battles for two days, and the casualties of the defenders were intensifying, while the enemy's attacking positions were getting closer and closer. When the towering siege towers and the city heads were added, they didn't know if they still had the strength to fight against the enemy in close combat.

Having said that, the soldiers who still held a glimmer of hope were still making their final struggles.

"emission!"

When the commander gave the command, the heavy crossbow cannons on the city wall aimed at the siege tower that was slowly advancing. The moment the soldiers pulled down their phones, the crossbow arrows as thick as forearms flew directly over and penetrated the entire siege tower. The tower body of the siege tower was finally nailed to the wall of the other city wall. The scene happened that shocked all the attacking troops in the siege city, but it was not the power of the crossbow cannon, but the extremely strong hemp rope was tied to the tail of the crossbow arrows.

Before they could react, several of the same crossbow arrows pierced through the siege tower again.

"Not good!" The attacking nobleman suddenly changed his face at this moment and realized something, but at this moment he had no time to stop it, or to be precise, he was powerless to stop it.

The defenders in the city pulled down the mechanism at the same time, and the huge rock connecting the crossbow arrows with ropes was dropped off the top of the city. The huge drop and the fallen force complement each other, just like a strong arm pulling the tower of the siege tower hard. In an instant, the siege tower, which was originally towering, immediately lost its balance and was shaking, and collapsed and broke into ruins in everyone's eyes, either horrified or surprised.

"How could it be?!" Looking at this scene, the attacking nobles felt a split headache. Not only did he feel sorry for the siege equipment he had lost, but more importantly, the collapse of the siege tower just now would inevitably be killed or injured. These are all families that he had settled in Macedonia! But now he has reasons to conquer this castle no matter what the price he paid, he had to grit his teeth and endure it.

"Occurrence, attack, attack me! Go up the ladder!"

"But sir, if we let the soldiers take the ladder to attack with such a fierce defense, it would be a huge loss."

"Nothing but! Tell everyone that there are only two ways now, either to die in battle or to take down this castle. I will reward you who fight to the death, and I will enthrone him as a knight and give him this castle a fief." The desperate nobles gave out serious injuries to everyone that everyone could not imagine! This is a position that most soldiers will never reach in their lifetime! Not to mention taking a castle as a fief.

There must be a brave man under the heavy reward. The soldiers who were still giving up just now also became excited. Most of them were from poor families and had to eat this mercenary meal in order to survive. If they had the chance to win a fiefdom and become a little noble, how could they not be moved!

Once again, the soldiers inspired by the reward returned to the bloody battlefield and launched a fearless attack on the seemingly indestructible ancient city in front of them.

Seeing such a fierce attack, the defenders in the castle were also frightened at this moment. They were exhausted and were still very grateful to destroy the enemy's siege tower, but before they could breathe a sigh of relief, the enemy actually carried the ladder over again, without any intention of giving up.

"General, what should we do? If we continue like this, we will not be able to hold on!"

"How many bow and arrow stones are there?"

"There are not much left. General, if the reinforcements don't come again, we..."

"Shut up, don't shake the morale of the army. Lord Batiste will definitely come from Thessalonika to support us. As long as we survive, we will definitely be able to repel the enemy!" The lord of the castle took a deep breath and shouted, allowing his voice to make everyone of the soldiers and subordinates around him to hear clearly. At this moment, he can only encourage his army in this way.

But he had no idea whether the reinforcements came or not.

But at this moment, a surprise shout broke the tense and solemn atmosphere, allowing everyone to look in the direction they said in their voice.

See only

On the hill in the distance, a man rode a horse and held a long sword high. Then behind him, black cavalry arrived one after another, lined up. When the man waved his sword to indicate, the sound of "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Now, the panicked side was no longer the defenders in the castle, but instead became a besieged army. They never expected another army to appear suddenly.

But when they realized that something was wrong, everything was too late. The cavalry formed an arc formation were surrounding the attack. The knights who were originally sitting on the other side had not prepared their equipment and rushed to fight.

"Stop them!" The nobles in the lead shouted heart-wrenchingly, and could only hope that his knights would gain time to organize defense.

However, when the Latin knights also charged towards the enemy in front of them, they found that the cavalry in messy armor and uneven weapon styles were not the mobs in their eyes, but the entire Macedonians were terrified of the "barbarian" cavalry. Since they appeared here, it meant that the people of Thessalonika had intervened in the war. The nobles who witnessed all this trembled in their hearts, and when they watched the knights and the attendants were trapped in the encirclement and were swallowed up in an instant, they almost fainted. Excellent riding skills made the nomads, with their wildness and destructive combat, were enough to overwhelm the advantages of the knights' equipment.

What's more, these cavalry equipment looks complicated in strict sense, but in fact they protect the riders strictly. Even the front-line impact cavalry war horses are equipped with horses as chests, which can better resist the killing of weapons.
Chapter completed!