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Chapter 20 War

The Byzantine army, which was at the city, did not launch an attack immediately, although they had already made all preparations for the attack.

The wind was filled with a faint smell of smoke, and the calm contained uninspiring power. The defenders in Argos were waiting for the war to suffer incredibly. They were obviously extremely scared but at this time they had the urge to start the war soon, but the other party had not moved.

But Viscount Sene was not impatient, because he knew that the more the storm came, the calmer it was. Now the other party did not move, just to wait for the opportunity to kill the throat. At this moment, he was ready. It was no problem for an army of more than 5,000 people to defend this city. Although Justinian once defeated thousands of Achaean troops in the Alfios River, this time it was completely different. The army under Sene was not the group of miscellaneous troops in Baron Louis. If he wanted to attack this city, even if he relied on several times of his strength, he would have to pay a heavy price, let alone the mere few people in Justinian.

After a while, a trumpet whistle sounded in front of the Byzantine Army, which made everyone's nerves suddenly tense up at this moment. The war finally started!

However, the Byzantine army did not charge and carried the ladder up to the city tower to fight. The army formation slowly separated from a distance, leaving the road open. In a second, the scene in front of them made all the Latin people standing on the city wall stiff and look extremely ugly.

"That's..." Seeing the appearance of the city, Senafani was stunned. He saw the huge siege slowly pushing forward by dozens of strong Byzantine soldiers. This was the new siege seized from the Venetians. Although it was seriously damaged when it was obtained, after Genoa's help to repair it, Justinian finally had this powerful weapon for siege. Although there were only two, this new counterweight siege was a terrifying disaster for any city defense, because this weapon was originally invented by the Eastern *** to deal with the strong fortress of the Crusaders. After the improvement of the northern Italian city-state, its power was incomparable. Think about it, even if it was a tall city wall like Jerusalem, the siege bomb could easily leap, let alone the mere city of Argos!

"Damn it!" Viscount Sena, who was shocked, then reacted and stood on the city wall and shouted to the army that was densely arranged to fight below, "Distract immediately and hide! The enemy has a catapult!"

But it was too late. The next second, the sound of the air being torn from a distance came from a distance. Then the counterweight trencher fired a huge rock and asphalt barrel roared. The huge rock hit the towns and residential areas full of people, and the limbs were broken and flying, and the burning flames of the asphalt swallowed all the places they passed. Looking at this scene, people seemed to see the scene of the Lord falling sulfur and fire from the sky and Sodom and Gomorrah in the Bible. Its momentum was as if he wanted to destroy this city and all the residents of the city, even the growing on the ground.

Only then did I realize what Viscount Sena reminded me just now. The army under the city dispersed and hidden with the spreading fear, but this undoubtedly aggravated the previous chaos. The affected residents fled in all directions and were crowded.

But on the other hand, the attack of the Byzantine army's catapult outside the city continued, and the walls of Argos were useless for this new type of war machine. The Latins on the city roared angrily but had no way to do anything to the enemy. Justinian had no intention of sending troops to fight for a strong attack at all, but the power of the catapult was also amazing. After a while, only half of the time-consuming and labor-intensive boulders and asphalt that could not be obtained were left.

Neusky also saw this and could not understand Justinian's intention to do so. Although the Latins were breathless with such a fierce attack, it was undoubtedly unrealistic to make the enemy in the city surrender. First of all, they could not consume the other party. Moreover, if this continues, it will undoubtedly cause casualties among the civilians in the city. Many of these people who had to surrender to the Latins. Justinian had promised himself before, and doing so was not in line with his understanding of this young man.

"Justinian, we won't last long if this continues! You will never want to return so idle. If the engineering troops do not have firepower suppression, it will cause huge losses. Order to stop the attack!" Neuski, who finally couldn't help but had to remind Justinian what bad consequences would cause if he did this.

But Justinian was unmoved, but continued to command the army to use all new siege equipment to carry out a vast long-range attack on the entire city of Argos, but he did not allow the subsequent troops to cover the siege again.

This crazy way of fighting not only puzzled Neuski and other subordinates, but Viscount Sena, who was checking the movements on the top of the city, also looked at the enemy's reaction in surprise, not understanding what the other party did this for.

The Byzantine army was also deployed separately at this time, which made Senafani even more incredible. The soldiers who manipulated the siege equipment were at the forefront and were close to the limit of their range. The infantry and cavalry in the rear did not only not form a coordinated array, but also formed formations from a distance. Especially the heavy cavalry of the Greeks even came down from the horse, and the black war horses were crowded with no preparation for fighting at any time.

What was going on? What did the Greeks want to do? Senafanis's mind was spinning rapidly, but the repeated bombings of the trenchers made him feel unsure.

"Damn it! Could it be that they can't use up too much stone casting and asphalt? These madmen!" Senafanis murmured to himself. He could not sit still at all. Even Yicheng insisted on facing such a fierce attack, especially since the opponent had not yet consumed the asphalt rock. As long as he needed to let the panic in the city spread, it was not a solution.

"Baptiste, follow me!" The man who finally made up his decision suddenly stood up and roared.

"Master Sena, what are you...what are you doing?" Baptist was startled at his lord's reaction, and he didn't know what Viscount Senafanis wanted to do at this time.

The next second, Viscount Sene's words shocked him.
Chapter completed!
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