Eagle Flag of Epirus

A light ride from the enemy formation in the distance, appeared in front of the formation holding the flag of negotiation aloft, and immediately attracted the attention of Theodor Dukas. How can such a person appear when the two armies are facing each other? ! Does the Latin think of any tricks this time? The man who felt bad immediately slammed in his heart.

At this time, I just listened to the Latin man who was slowly approaching on horseback before the walled city: "Listen to the Greek inside, I am the messenger who came to negotiate with you. You are already surrounded, and you are no longer struggling to death. There is room for you, and there is only one way out in front of you, and that is to lay down your arms and surrender. For the sake of brothers in Christ at the same time, we guarantee your safety as prisoners. But if you don’t understand, then don’t blame us for being polite. If we want to, we can burn you jade and stone at any time!" The man’s voice was full of condescending and domineering, and he didn’t care about the Greeks in the camp at all, even though there were countless bows and arrows facing each other at this time. Allow him.

　　 The man’s words were like a hammer hitting Prince Theodor’s heart. He immediately yelled badly, knowing that the other party deliberately made a negotiation in fact to shake their military spirit.

And the Latin under the walled city immediately said triumphantly: "Do you really think that your cowardly compatriots in the south will come back to save you? But why don't you think about how many days have passed, why they didn't at all? Any action? Very simple, they don't care about your life or death. What's more, even if you really have reinforcements, you are just killing yourself. Now you have no choice but to lay down your weapons and surrender!"

As soon as this statement came out, the silent Byzantine army could not help but commotion for a while. They have been here for two days with heavy casualties, but there is no news of reinforcements. Combining with what the Latins are saying now, the soldiers for a while Can't help but start to doubt whether there are any reinforcements. In fact, they are not afraid of death, but no one is willing to be treated as cannon fodder in vain, and even less willing to be kept in the dark and know nothing at the time of death.

But just when the Latin messenger had to say something, he heard the sound of a swoosh cutting through the air, and a bow and arrow hit the unsuspecting Latin messenger in the forehead. He was killed on the spot and turned over and lost his horse. Died.

　　 And both parties who saw this scene were extremely shocked. Not killing the messenger is the unspoken rule of both sides of the war, but in full view, someone on this side of the Roman army killed the Latin messenger on the spot. This made the confrontational atmosphere of the two sides even more tense. Both the Latins and the Greeks could not help but take up the weapons in their hands and prepare to fight.

But just when everyone thought that the war under the dark was about to break out, the Latin army’s army blew the horn of retreat, and it was as if the tide was ebbing. Under the watch of the Greeks, the Latin army slowly Retreated to a safe distance down the mountain and stationed. But even so, the Roman soldiers who watched this scene still held the weapons in their hands and looked at the opposite side in fear, because they knew that a war might break out just a little while ago. As if walking through the door of hell, it was finally determined that the opponent would not make a comeback. Only then did the defending soldiers breathe a sigh of relief. They were already exhausted when they were lying on the ground. Just a cold arrow almost plunged today's night into a frenzied war! Until now everyone feels thrilling.

　　 "Are you crazy?" The lingering fear of Theodor Dukas watched Murad put down the bow and arrow in his hand, and couldn't help but squeeze a cold sweat. The scene just now scared him too. You must know that killing the messenger is a taboo no matter where it is, but just now it was he who shot and killed the Latin negotiator.

But Murad said indifferently: "If this is not the case, do you think there is a better choice? Just now, if I didn't kill him and interrupt what he was going to say, you think there will be tonight. How many people are shaken by this?"

　　 "But if you kill him will only prove our guilty conscience now!"

"So what? It's enough to kill the other party's messenger. It's a pity that the other party is clearly aware of our intentions, but the goal has been achieved. After this change, no one will think that the Latins will let us go. All that needs to be done is to stay on hold until our reinforcements arrive." Murad replied calmly. He did this to break the boat, because he knew that as a Turkic heretic, he would never be a Latin. Let it go, then instead of just waiting to die, it's better to be all-or-nothing.

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On the other side, the Latin camp is also in the same quarrel. Marquis Gottfrey and Duke Otto broke out fierce struggles. Just now Duke Otto saw that the messenger sent by the past was shot and prepared. Launched an offensive ~www.readwn.com~ but was stopped by Gottfrey and ordered the army to retreat temporarily.

　　 "Gottfrey, what are you doing, don't you see what the Greeks did just now?" the angry Duke Otto roared.

However, Gottfrey had a trace of disdain in his eyes: "Obviously the other party has already sensed our intentions before doing so. Now the forcible attack will only make the Greeks more antagonistic and cause unnecessary losses. I think the Lord Venier I don’t want such a result either.” This sentence is both an objective fact and a part of his own selfishness, because although Gottfrey usurped the position of the Marquis to cleanse a large number of opponents, but due to the tight time, the Marquis of Achaia has not yet It is completely in his hands, so he does not want to cause too much loss here and cause the instability of his domestic rule. And this coincides with the idea of ​​Baron Vernier as the representative of Venice. Anyway, the threat of the Principality of Athens has been lifted, and there is no need for him to cause too many losses in order to eliminate the Greeks.

　　 Immediately, the Venetian interrupted what the aggrieved Duke Otto was about to say, “Enough, let’s wait and see the changes for a while, anyway, there is no food supply, and the Greeks cannot last long in this isolated city.”

　　 Seeing this scene, even though he was unwilling in his heart, Duke Otto had to give up temporarily. Helplessly, his strength of the three-way coalition is now the weakest, and the Venetians can only accept helplessly when they are arrogant on his territory. However, what they didn't know at this time was that 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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