A cavalry came out from the enemy formation in the distance, holding up the flag of negotiation, and appeared in front of the formation, which immediately attracted the attention of Theodor Ducas. How could such a person appear when the two armies confronted each other?! Did the Latins also think of some tricks this time? The man who immediately felt something was wrong could not help but stumble in his heart.

At this time, the Latin man who was riding a horse slowly approaching before the village said loudly: "Listen to the Greeks inside, I am the messenger who came to negotiate with you. You have been surrounded and there is no room for death to struggle. There is only one way out before you, that is, put down your weapons and surrender. For the sake of the Christ brothers at the same time, we guarantee your life as prisoners. But if you are stubborn, don't blame us for being rude. As long as we want, we can make you burn together at any time!" The man's voice was full of condescending and domineering meaning, and he did not take the Greeks in the camp to heart at all, even though countless arrows were aimed at him at this time.

The man's words were like a hammer hitting Prince Theodor's heart. He immediately exclaimed that something was wrong, knowing that the other party deliberately negotiated like this was actually to shake their morale.

The Latin people below the village immediately said proudly: "Do you really think that your timid compatriots in the south come back to save you? But why don't you think that so many days have passed, why did they not move at all? It's very simple, they don't care about your life or death at all. What's more, even if you really have reinforcements, you just want to perish. Now you have no choice but to put down your weapons and surrender!"

As soon as this was said, the originally silent Byzantine army could not help but stir up for a moment. They had been here for two days, with heavy casualties, but there was no news about reinforcements. Combined with what the Latins said now, the soldiers could not help but wonder whether there were reinforcements. In fact, they were not afraid of death, but no one was willing to be treated as cannon fodder for nothing, and they were even more unwilling to be kept in the dark until they died and knew nothing.

But just as the Latin messenger was about to say something, he heard a sound of slashing through the air, and a bow and arrow shot into the defenseless Latin messenger's forehead. He died on the spot and turned over and fell off the horse and died.

Both sides who saw this scene were extremely shocked. Not killing the envoy was the unspoken rule of both sides of the war. However, in full view of the public, someone in the Roman army actually killed the envoys of the Latins on the spot. This made the atmosphere of the confrontation even more tense. Both the Latins and the Greeks couldn't help but pick up the weapons in their hands to prepare for the battle.

But just when everyone thought that this war under the night sky was about to break out, the horn of retreating troops sounded in the Latin army's army. It was like a tide receding. Under the gaze of the Greeks, the Latin army slowly retreated to a safe distance at the foot of the mountain. But even so, the Roman soldiers watching this scene still looked at the opposite side with their weapons in their hands, because they knew that just a little bit just now, a war might break out. It was as if they had walked past the door of hell, and finally confirmed that the other party would not make a comeback. The defending soldiers were relieved and were already exhausted when they were stuck on the ground. Just a cold arrow almost made today's night fall into a crazy war! Until now, everyone was thrilling.

"Are you crazy?" Theodor Ducas, who was still scared, looked at Murad putting down the bow and arrow in front of him, and couldn't help but squeeze a cold sweat. The scene just now scared him. You must know that killing the messenger is a taboo thing no matter where he was, but just now it was he who shot the Latin negotiator.

But Murad said calmly: "If this is not the case, do you think there is a better choice? Just when I didn't kill him and interrupt what he was going to say next, how many people do you think will be shaken tonight?"

"But if you kill him, it will only prove that we are guilty now!"

"So what, just killing the other party's messenger is enough. Unfortunately, the other party obviously noticed our intention, but the goal has been achieved. After this incident, no one will think that the Latins will let us go. All we need to do next is to continue to hold on to the aid until our reinforcements arrive." Murad replied calmly. He did this to burn his boats, because he knew that as a Turkic pagan, he would never be let go by the Latins, so instead of waiting for death, it would be better to bet on his own.

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On the other side, the Latin camp was also quarreling. Marquis Gotfrey and Duke Otto broke out in fierce struggle. Just now, Duke Otto saw the messenger sent to the place being shot and killed, and was ready to launch an attack. However, he was stopped by Gotfrey and ordered the army to retreat temporarily.

"Gotfrey, what are you doing? Haven't you seen what the Greeks did just now?" the annoyed Duke Otto roared.

However, Gottfry said with a hint of disdain in his eyes: "Obviously the other party has already realized our intentions and did so. The forced attack now will only make the Greeks more united in the enemy and cause unnecessary losses. I think Your Excellency Wenier does not want such a result." This sentence is both an objective fact and a part of his own selfishness, because although Gottfry usurped the throne of the Marquis and cleaned up a large number of opponents, due to the urgency of time, the vassal state of Achaia has not yet completely fallen into his hands, so he does not want to cause too much damage here and cause unstable rule in his country. This coincides with the idea of ​​Baron Venier as the representative of Venice. Anyway, the threat of the Principal of Athens has been lifted, and he does not need to cause too much loss to eliminate the Greeks.

Then, the Venetian interrupted the indignant Duke Otto about to say, "Enough, let's wait and see for the time being. Anyway, there is no food supply, and the Greeks will not last long in this lonely city."

Seeing this scene, although he was unwilling to accept it, Duke Otto had to give up temporarily. There was no way, now the three-way coalition forces were the weakest, and the Venetians were domineering in his territory and could only accept it helplessly. However, what they didn't know at this time was that just when they were planning how to deal with the Roman army led by Prince Theodor who was trapped in the lonely city, they had become targets in the eyes of others.

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Chapter completed!