Thanks to the combined efforts of the craftsmen who accompanied the army and the soldiers who were temporarily serving as lumberjacks, a special heavy siege tower stood on the opposite bank of Eagle Rock Fort. This thing will have a very strong psychological impact on the Ottoman defenders in the city.

When the walls were no longer safe, they did not think that they could achieve final victory in the battle on the walls.

What's more, the problem of food shortages has begun to emerge.

The rats' appetite for food is extremely exaggerated, and they can destroy all the food stored in a warehouse in a short period of time. Eagle Rock Fort itself was a military fortress rather than a granary, and after two or three days of torture by rats, the food that had been re-protected had been depleted.

Running out of food was a serious logistical problem, and the Empire ensured the smooth passage between the Moreah granary and Constantinople even in the most critical of times. It can be seen from this that the morale of the defenders in Eagle Rock Fort will fall to the bottom in a short period of time.

"First of all, we can do something that is not very authentic."

Early in the morning, Giovanni, who had just woken up from the tent, smelled the mouth-watering aroma wafting from the camp.

"Lord Jerj...... What are you? ”

In the center of the tent, five or six large bonfires were set up, on which iron pots filled with stewed soup were set up, or large pieces of meat that had been cut up were cooked on a roast grill.

"General Giovanni, today is Siege Day, and this is the most crucial step for us to boost our morale!" Gerdi looked at the soup that was boiling in a saucepan with some interest, "Look at the guests who have come all the way from Rome, the Albanian boar is stewed, this is the best delicacy in the world." ”

Giovanni has to admit that sometimes, he simply can't keep up with the way of thinking of a genius like Jerj.

He took the spoon from the soldier next to the stew pot and flipped it twice, the pot was indeed very generous, and the large Albanian boar meat was perfectly matched with the stew.

Although he was only a lord of a land, it was surprising that Jerj was able to achieve this level of logistics.

"But I suppose that the picnics in the marching camp at this time are not just to boost the morale of the soldiers, right?"

"General Giovanni is really different, Rohr, Jack, let's go, let the Ottomans see your craft."

Giovanni suddenly vaguely remembered that when he was negotiating peace with the Ottoman envoys, he had become a pawn of Princess Sofia in this way. Could it be that the lords of the Orthodox Church have such a bad taste?

Then again, the salt-roasted pork does taste good.

The siege camp was across the wall from Eagle Rock Fort, so the Ottomans on the wall could clearly see the movements of the Albanian soldiers. Thanks to the direction of the wind, the aroma of the stewed stew permeates the entire Albanian mountains.

"Lads, come and enjoy your lunch today! If you haven't eaten enough, come and get it again! There are still a lot of painted stews in the big camp just under the pot! ”

As the commanders, Roel and Jack shouted in the besieged camp, and countless hungry vanguard soldiers surrounded them. But the biggest impact of this scene was the Ottomans who had been without food for two days on the city wall.

Allah above, they must be the devil......

But why does that piece of meat look so tempting?

"The craftsmanship is very good! Lord Jerj, the soldiers under your command are indeed happy enough. Giovanni took the stew from the attendant, and even spices were used in the cauldron. You must know that after the key areas of the Silk Road were cut off by the Ottomans, the price of oriental spices on the European continent has increased dozens of times, and the court of Constantinople may not be able to taste such delicious food every day.

"If you're not a Crescent follower, that's true." Jerj smiled and drank the stew from his bowl, "I've only tasted this when I was a kid. My God...... It's been thirty years...... When the Ottomans plundered my land and killed my people, they must not have imagined that one day I would appear in front of them in the same manner. ”

Two hours later, the siege officially began.

After all, the construction of the siege tower was a bit rushed, and the details were not so perfect in order to capture Eagle Rock Fort before Edirne's reinforcements arrived. For example, the defects of the wheels make it travel very slowly. Fortunately, the huge size of the siege tower can block the powerless arrows falling from the city wall, otherwise it will still cause a lot of unnecessary losses under the city wall.

"General Giovanni, you are distinguished guests, and the first wave of storming the city wall will be left to our Albanian boys."

After the tower of the siege tower came into contact with the city wall, the landing gangplank was immediately lowered, and the Albanian soldiers who had been lying in ambush in the tower jumped down the wide gangplank and fought their way into the wall. The Ottomans tried to use those bows and arrows to get in the way, but were stopped one by one by the siege towers' open barriers.

And on the city walls, it was a one-sided show by the Albanian soldiers.

In addition to the heavy knights who were bored under the city walls and did not ride war horses, the Ottomans were under great psychological pressure, and the Albanian soldiers who poured out after the siege tower landed on the gangplank made the Ottomans collapse even more.

Morale grows and war turns to slaughter.

The impact of food shortages on morale and combat effectiveness was visible to the naked eye, and the Ottomans were unable to organize a strong counterattack, even on their own walls. The special siege towers were so fast that they could barely get a single step closer to the landing site, and the walls were already occupied by Albanian soldiers.

It wasn't until the Ottomans lost control of the city gates that the war came to an end.

The heavy city gate was slowly opened by iron chains, and the soldiers of the Phoenix Legion, who had been waiting for a long time, frantically poured in from outside the city gate, with the javelin phalanx in front, the heavy foot, the cavalry in the center, and the bow and crossbow light infantry behind. Even without war horses, this kind of front is extremely impactful, and the phalanx with heavy infantry as the core cannot be broken by the infantry. In the small distance between the soldiers, javelins and arrows flew out, reaping the lives of the Ottomans under the walls.

An hour later, the walls of Eagle Rock Fort had completely fallen. The Ottomans were almost unable to organize a strong resistance and were completely crushed.

Only half an hour after the fall of the walls, the Ottoman resistance in Eagle Rock Fort was gone.

"If I had time, I would have liked to have waited two more days to minimize the damage." Jerdi sighed as he looked at the pale captive.

"General Giovanni, thank you for your assistance. I've never heard of this kind of siege. ”

"If I can learn your logistics skills, my trip will be worth it."