Eagle Flag of Epirus

"The Eagle Flag of Epirus (

In the battle for the walls of Thessaloniki, the offensive of Epirus and Bulgaria's coalition forces ended in failure, costing nearly a thousand casualties and losing all the siege towers. Without the equipment, it was obvious that the strong city defense of Thessaloniki was no longer possible. The offensive was suspended for a while, but with the insistence of the Bolgars, the coalition forces organized several sieges, but the intensity of the battle was far less than before.

Either he was barely holding a ladder and cooperating with a trebuchet to approach the city of Thessaloniki, but soon the fire oil poured from the tower and the arrow rain of the Vadaruta taught Epiru Slovakia and the Bulgarian army were humans-the ladder and the chariot were quickly burned, and the unconcealed coalition soldiers suffered heavy casualties, so they had to throw away their helmets and unarmed and fled.

Either the coalition forces were trying to dig underground tunnels to attack the city, but they were seen through by the well-prepared defenders of Thessaloniki. Those new forces formed by the Macedonian self-cultivators had already dug trenches around the walls and even dig through the enemy’s direction. It's authentic, pouring dung water into it, and you can imagine how undecent the people inside were when they were dying.

Repeatedly, Epirus and the Bulgarian coalition not only made no progress in breaking the city, but only increased casualties.

There was a stalemate for almost two days and one night. When the sunset fell the next day, the helpless coalition finally gave up the offensive. The main soldiers on the front line also asked whether they could temporarily rest. After all, the morale of the soldiers had been quite low.

Seeing this scene, Emperor Mikhail had no choice but to order the striker's troops to withdraw, but the Bolgars on the side were still unwilling.

"We can't just give up like this, Your Majesty Mikhail." Connaughton Palace said the opposite. "The people in the city are exhausted. At this time, we should continue to attack the city in the dark."

"But our soldiers are also exhausted, not to mention the poor vision at night. Forcible attack will only increase casualties." Mikhail categorically rejected the opponent's proposal. The night battle itself is very dangerous, and it is a siege. The chance of victory is fundamental. Not big. Besides, in addition to the capture of Thessaloniki, he also has to guard against these Bulgarian barbarians-even though they are currently allies, Mikhail knew that if his SLR showed a trace of weakness, the opponent would definitely stabbed him from the back without mercy. One cut.

"That can only be the case." With an ugly face, how could Connaughton not know the true intentions of the Greek emperor in front of him.

After the Epirus chose to retreat, the Bulgarians could only give up temporarily. Before the sun set completely, the Bulgarian and Epirus coalition forces quickly cleaned the battlefield, packed up their equipment and settled the wounded, and chose to camp 30 miles outside the city of Thessaloniki.

Mikhail Dukas knew that Justinian had gone to Bulgaria before and moved all the Vadaritai tribes who had been in exile there. He didn't want to risk being robbed at night. . Without siege equipment, it can be built again. Anyway, there are still a lot of woods in this area. He doesn’t need to worry about wood. In addition, Mikhail Dukas also has a killer's skill. Those guys will be happy for a while! The emperor thought so in his heart.

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As night fell, Thessaloniki, who had been fighting for two days and one night, finally got a chance to breathe. When the soldiers put down their weapons and panted by the city wall, they seemed to be relieved of their heavy burden. They did achieve victory and defended the city, but the strength of the enemies outside the city exceeded their previous expectations. In just one day of fierce fighting on the northern wall, the Turkic and Italian mercenaries lost most of their combat effectiveness, and the rest depended on the support of the Vadarutais and a small amount of Moriah's new army left by Justinian on the spot.

Fortunately, the enemy's siege equipment was destroyed before. Otherwise, it is still unclear whether the dilapidated Thessaloniki can support several times the number of enemies.

The Church of San Dimitrios is already overcrowded. In addition to the soldiers wounded in the fierce battle on the front line, there are also many civilians who were accidentally injured by trebuchets outside the city. Among them, the burnt asphalt burns the most to the monks responsible for the rescue. We have headaches. Due to the lack of numbers, the priests of the church agreed to let the women from the city come in to help, but the scene was still chaotic.

Until the Queen of Odosia walked into the entrance of the Cathedral of San Dimitrios, the monks who were rescuing the wounded stood up.

"Your Highness!"

After more than a year of familiarity, the empress, the people at the bottom of the city of Thessaloniki, love from the bottom of their hearts. In addition to helping the poor and poor people, in the past few days, Odosia, the most expensive person, has even gone to the front to comfort the soldiers without avoiding danger. Some injured people are fortunate enough to get the benevolent Highness to personally bandage their wounds~www.readwn.com~ In my eyes and warm in my heart, in the name behind the inhabitants of Thessaloniki, Odosia, the third queen of the dynasty of Andreas, has become the co-empire of Rome and has won the support of many people.

The Empress Odosia is still as approachable as she used to be, and she beckons the monks who are helping the dying and healing the wounds not to care about her arrival. I cordially visited the wounded soldiers and civilians in the church, and accompanied her there were a large number of medical supplies and clean gauze that the wounded needed most. Seeing Odosia's charity, there was a burst of cheers in the church, and people shouted the name "Odosia" to put her alongside the saint.

Little Helena, who was holding her mother's hand by the side, asked in confusion: "Why are these people calling mother your name?"

"Because this is a way for people to express their emotions."

"How?" To the mother's answer, the little girl obviously still didn't understand.

Odosia patiently thought of his three-year-old daughter and explained: "Emotions are our innate talent, and they are also something that we can easily reveal. One day you will become a member of the ruler of the country. The future husband governs his own people. By then, you must also know how to interpret the emotions of others and how to cover up your own emotions. When the people are happy, you must not be complacent, and when the people are angry, you must not be complacent. Avoid responsibility. If you hide behind the scenes, the water that carries the emotions of this country will overwhelm you."

"Will that big sister not come with us, will she be overwhelmed by what kind of water it is?" the silly girl said to her mother in fear.

But she didn't expect her own child to ask like this, and Wei Wei's somewhat tranced emperor didn't know how to answer her own daughter's question for a while.