Eagle Byzantium

The empire's attack on the northern front was actually broken by the guards who fought back and forth. John in the imperial capital was very disappointed with Theodoro's obedience, but the old general was more suspicious of the imperial capital. After all, there was a former The lessons of the first siege of Angrasburg lie ahead.

John went to see his adoptive mother again and again, gave her many gifts, expressed that he would honor her title and honors more, and begged her to send letters to his sister Marianne continuously to "put pressure" on the old general.

Of course, Malena loved and cared for John, and the letters she sent to Trabzon City were never missed.

But in this daylight that passed quickly due to wasting, Gao Wenfang's actions never stopped for a moment. Due to the crises on the southern sea route, Giovanni, Sven, and Samuel Fa worked together desperately to finally use the camel team, Mule carts and various tools delivered the "siege trump card" to the Prusa siege position from the difficult new canyon roads.

This trump card is the heavy short mortar.

Originally, General Branas used a light mortar when he captured the city of Doliraem. This kind of gun was also used in the Battle of Philomelon. Its specific shape is two cast iron pipes that are thick at the front and thin at the back. , placed on a back car that tilts upward. The thick barrel in the front is connected to the charging chamber, and the pipe in the back can be inserted into the ground for fixation. This kind of light mortar Khitan Snow is used in large quantities and can throw relatively heavy stone pellets to destroy city walls and kill people.

The three heavy mortars shipped from the rear are round, stocky short cannons carefully cast from brass and copper. The outer diameter is almost the same as the length of the barrel, and the inner diameter is about one to four. because of using Due to the required restrictions, the cannon wall was cast very thick. The whole cannon squatted on a thick rectangular base like a majestic toad. The barrel of the cannon was only two feet long. The muzzle was supported by a hardwood seat, and it glared upward. .

Each of these heavy mortars cost as much as 500 Byzantine gold coins, which shows that Gawain spent a lot of money.

Then the Tronzac miners tied the heavy mortar with ropes, pulled it from the vehicle on the second siege line, and then used only manual labor to pull it along the vertical and horizontal trenches until it reached the first siege line. The trenches - which surround the entire southeast corner area of ​​​​Plusa City - were placed in the pre-dug gun emplacements.

During this process, the resistance of Prusa's tumor-shaped fortress was unprecedentedly fierce. It may be that when all the defenders saw the enemy dragging these three monster-like artillery pieces, they felt that the decisive battle to siege the city was coming, so " Don’t let them drag this thing into their artillery positions!”

The fire gunmen of both sides were crouching on the high fortifications and incomplete city walls, while the other was crouching behind the trenches and dog-legged wood. A few dozen feet apart, the rain of projectiles fired at each other was like countless Taiwan weavings. The cloth machine was shuttling, and mixed with it were fireballs and primitive grenades being thrown to each other. The flying soil and splinters of wood were hurting the bodies and nerves of the soldiers.

Then the light artillery of the enemy and our armies also fired volleys at each other, as if ceremonially drawing a sign of rest for this rapid battle.

The sky filled with smoke filled the white city of Prusa. When Anna personally moved the Scarlet tent and the medical camp back to the turtle base in order to boost morale, she and Gawain, as well as many of the Tarsus Guards, The general stood there and looked forward along the terrace-like earth fortress: after the smoke slowly dissipated, the entire battlefield became silent.

It is said that thirty miners were killed before the heavy mortar was finally sent to the gun emplacement.

Two lookouts climbed down from the nearby wooden tower, knelt down in front of Anna and Gawain, and reported the enemy situation that could be seen in Fancheng.

Gawain nodded, "It seems that Titicius has made plans to lose the corner wall. He may have built a new wall behind it to continue to block the deep gap."

"Then how to deal with it?" Anna asked with concern.

Gawain smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. I want to see if Titicius can cultivate the second, third and fourth paths. He is a very smart enemy, but he is not that smart yet. Anna Ah, in fact, siege is a competition between the weapons and resources of both sides. Whoever can invest more can take it. We will win the final victory. So now that our heavy mortar artillery has arrived on this battlefield, even if Tatisius builds a new protective wall, it will only cost them more shells and Khitan snow. If there is a city wall that cannot be solved in one round, then use one more round.”

"Then annihilate them all." Anna's eyes flashed, she covered herself with a gauze coat, and pointed at Prusa's city with her hand.

The generals who followed also responded in unison.

Under the fluttering flag, next to the giant cannon, Gawain must satisfy everyone's needs, his men's, his wife's, "Atalia's fleet must also gather in the sea here, and they must rush to the sea with huge losses." Come, blockade Prusa There are six to seven thousand defenders in the sea and river, almost all the forces that John can still use, and the puppet emperor's most reliable general Titicius is also inside. Our slogan is to annihilate the puppet emperor's new army and capture them alive. Regicide and traitor Tatisius!"

Then, the Guardsmen soldiers continued to rely on the car bases and trenches to gather troops and weapons at the forefront of the siege. Gawain set the time for the general attack in ten days.

As a result, three days later, the Venetian fleet and mercenary corps landed on Crete, and joined forces with John's defenders to launch a full-scale counterattack.

Crete's rioting rebels lined up with the allied forces of Venice and the Empire at the junction of the Messala Plain. They fought many bloody battles in one day. The corpses of the rebels covered the ditches and fields. They were eventually defeated. The two noble bands The remaining troops retreated towards Baishan. The Venetian mercenary general Gonletto Sargimons led the light and powerful Magyar cavalry, sweeping and slaughtering the entire Messala Plain, executing nearly a thousand prisoners of war and peasants who sympathized with the uprising.

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Twelve of the captured rebel leaders were specially escorted to Gandia Castle, tied to crosses and burned alive. Bloody black smoke enveloped the blue sky.

Two days later, twelve large Venetian galleys suddenly appeared, ambushed the Pisa fleet that was encircling the pirates of Rhodes Island, sank a large Pisa ship, and captured one, along with seven Tarsus. The light Pamphylian warship that came to the rescue was also sunk and severely damaged. Gawain's naval great count Andreev lost more than 300 sailors and oarsmen under his command. Then more Venetian warships flying the flag of San Marco arrived, seemingly determined to rescue Assasidus and Zahas who were trapped on the island - the Pisa and the Rela Duck were outnumbered and began to Fleeing in the direction of Samos, Andreev also retreated in despair.

Soon, the Lion of San Marco flag was raised on the fortress of Rhodes Island, "Ask Lord Molitor to go to Prusa City and tell Stephen Gawain that it is best not to hinder our city-state's claims on this ocean." The Venetian generals who landed triumphantly declared this.