The fighting was going on under the city of Thessaloniki, and the enemy Venetians from the sea also started to take action at this time. They launched an uncharacteristically fierce attack this time, covering the hull with iron armor and facing the Greek fire spraying from the shore, directly approaching Thessaloniki.

Lonica sea wall. I saw the ladders of Venetian ships erected on the outside of the sea wall, and Venetian soldiers were constantly climbing up the city wall - these soldiers responsible for attacking were not weak Venetian sailors in close combat, but a group of people wearing chainmail and carrying

Armed warrior with buckler and mace!

They were volunteers recruited by Ranieri Dandolo from the Muslim community in Candia. All of them were extremely brave. The Venetians selected them precisely because of their fearless qualities. As a condition, these volunteers received generous salary.

In addition to being able to get wages, Ranieri also specifically promised them second-class citizenship rights on the island of Crete that were higher than those of the Greeks. So these Muslim warriors climbed up the city wall like crazy, trying to overwhelm Thessalo.

The Nika defenders showed no intention of slowing down their offensive.

The defenders composed of the Macedonian noble guards on the sea wall soon fell into a hard fight. Like the pampered masters, although these guards were all dressed luxuriously, they had not experienced a real war for a long time, so when they faced the siege,

The Muslim mercenaries, the dignitaries headed by Ioannis, complained endlessly. They thought it was safer to patrol the seawall, but who would have thought that the Venetian army would pounce on a mad dog at this time.

Seeing that the army could no longer hold on, at this critical juncture, the alderman Sir Baptiste led the Turkic mercenaries to appear in time. They were originally preparing to go out of the city to fight to support Justinian, but they learned that Venice by the sea wall

The people invaded in large numbers and had to come to support.

"Fire arrows!" Pulling out his long sword and pointing forward, the Latin man shouted loudly. The Turkic archers behind him put their hands on the bow strings and shot fierce and sharp armor-piercing arrow cones at the enemies who were attacking the city. For a moment, they were caught off guard.

The Venetian army suffered heavy casualties. The originally vigorous offensive was cut off in half. At this time, the Chandian warriors in chainmail could only hide behind their bucklers and withdrew most of the sea wall that had already been captured and returned to the ship's deck.

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The Macedonian nobles who had escaped were relieved, but they were not happy because the one who came to them turned out to be that annoying Latin man.

And Baptiste was too lazy to pay attention to the Macedonian nobles. He ordered his soldiers to strengthen the defense of the sea wall and replace the noble guards who were strong on the outside and capable on the inside. It was obvious that the Venetians would not give up after being temporarily repelled.

The ghostly nobles can be optimistic about the gateway to the sea in Thessaloniki.

Just looking at Venice's mighty naval fleet outside the sea wall, Baptiste, who hurriedly repelled the enemy's attack, vaguely felt that something was wrong. The opponent and the Bulgarian Epirus outside the city joined forces to attack the city.

Thessaloniki was not surprised, but this attack was not in line with the cunning Venetian style at all. It seemed to be done deliberately to attract their attention.

Baptiste's guess was correct. While the Venetian navy stormed the sea wall, the two galleys did not participate in the siege but escorted a Levantine-style transport ship slowly approaching Sessa.

There were no troops stationed on the beach on the southwest coast of Lonika, because it was the time of high tide in the Aegean Sea, so the three ships were able to dock smoothly.

I saw the hatch of the transport ship opened, and a group of Teutonic Knights who were exhausted from the turbulence at sea walked out of it. They were finally able to set foot on land. At this time, the dizzy Germans had no time to rest and were busy moving their weapons.

Horses were carried from the ship.

"Let's help you too!" On the transport ship, Yaroslav, a Russian, couldn't even stand upright as the Germans, who didn't know how to handle water, shook their arms and prepared to go down to help.

However, his behavior was stopped by Councilor Giovanni on the side, "You don't have to go down. If you have any difficulties, just let the people under me handle it." He was not as groveling as before.

After reaching an agreement, the Venetian nobleman's attitude towards the Russian sailors suddenly made a 180-degree turn. Not only was he taking over all the Teutonic Knights, but even the Russian ships were full of people.

Heavily armed Venetian soldiers. This is simply surveillance! Yaroslav, who dared to be angry but dared not speak, had no choice but to stare angrily.

On the tidal flats, all the Teutonic knights also got off the ship. There were 647 people in total. It didn't look like a lot of people, but you must know that each of them was a knight who had fought in the Holy Land of Jerusalem for many years. They would be placed on any battlefield.

, they are a force that cannot be underestimated.

After preparing everything, Maximilian, the leader of the Teutonic Knights, ordered his men to mount their horses. The man looked up at the Venetian nobles waving to him on the deck of the ship behind him.

"I wish you and your men a successful victory in advance, Your Excellency Maximilian." Giovanni looked at the other party and said with a smile.

And Maximilian, who was wearing a bucket helmet that covered his face, could not see his expression at this time. Only the dull voice came from it, cold and stiff, "I will do the things agreed, but remember

The promise you made before."

"Of course," Councilor Giovanni promised. "After the matter is completed, we will send you to Venice. In the past two years, the post house built by your country has reached a large scale in the city of Venice. I believe that you do not need to set foot on the country.

You can get a warm welcome.”

Maximilian snorted coldly, ignored the flattering Giovanni, and led his subordinates behind him to the battlefield below the city of Thessalonica ahead.

Looking at the retreating figure of the Teutonic Knight, the cold Senator Giovanni froze on the spot. After a long time, he threw down his waving arm angrily, his expression extremely ugly.

"Humph, these barbaric and rude Germans!"

If he didn't need something from the other party, Giovanni would usually not even look at the German, but at this time, Yaroslav's voice sounded from the side.

"Well... by the way, Mr. Giovanni, I wonder if you can pay us the reward you promised us before."

"Why are you so anxious? I will give it to you when the time comes. Do you really think that we Venetians are so untrustworthy?" How could the angry Venetian man give the Russians any good looks when they were no longer of any use?

Although Yaroslav was full of anger, considering the implementation of the plan, he still smiled and said: "Isn't this because I was tricked by those Greek villains in the past? Of course, I have 100% trust in Mr. Giovanni.

But the other people under my command are all rough people, and if they don’t see something golden, they won’t feel at ease in their hearts.”

"Humph, it's really troublesome." Giovanni muttered with a look of disgust. However, seeing that the Ross man who was still arrogant before now looked like a humble person in front of him, the man suddenly felt a little happier, so,

nodded.

"Okay, then ask someone to come with me. I just have to go back for something. I can pay half of the reward to you first, and the rest will wait until everything is over." Giovanni calculated that these Russians in front of him should be fine.

The big problem was that I didn't need to stay here 24 hours a day, so I agreed to the other party's request.

However, Yaroslav called several people in succession to prepare to leave with Giovanni, but the Venetian man rejected them all. He pointed at the young man who had been silent and inconspicuous in the crowd and said:

"Just him!"
Chapter completed!