By the time Lycaon stormed the walls, almost the entire section of the fortress had been overrun by the knights of the Order. The panting Lusignan mercenary stared at Lucaon with anger and fear in his eyes.

"Grand Master Rastik, your knightly legion is truly majestic!"

"General Lucaon, the Phoenix Legion is also worthy of its reputation." Rastik looked like a middle-aged knight in his forties, carrying a heavy two-handed half-sword on his back and carrying no shield, and at this moment, he looked at the light infantry rushing up, and his tone was somewhat teasing.

The name of the Phoenix Legion is known to everyone in the entire Aegean Sea, and the heavy cavalry and hoplites are invincible in major battles, and even frequently create epic victories with fewer victories, and these infantry brought by Lucaon are somewhat lacking in meaning.

Of course, Lycaon turned a deaf ear to Rastik's taunt: "From here, the Fort of Dionicosia, if you march quickly, you can arrive before nightfall, Mr. Grand Master, please quickly clean up the battlefield and gather your troops." ”

"Hmph......" Rustic snorted, after all, the Knights paid a considerable price for inviting the Empire's assistance, and now although it seems that the infantry of the Phoenix Legion is very brave on the city wall and takes the lead, this group of guys knows very well how to avoid losses, often three or five to catch the right one, bullying a lone mercenary, otherwise they will definitely not rush forward. It's just that now if you want to capture the castle of Nicosia, you have to rely on the help of the Romans, and Rastik can't say much.

Although Rastik had not met John himself, he had heard of the co-emperor's temper.

"General Lucaon! I'll talk to you about something! ”

Lycaon was secretly watching the soldiers of the "Phoenix Legion" clean up the battlefield, fighting with the knights for the spoils of war, but Francisco also climbed the engineering ladder to the city wall.

"General Lucaon, look, these near-shore defensive artillery ......"

After staying on the Ebius Radiance for a long time, Francisco also had a general understanding of the performance of each gun, and the fact that the high-frequency fire of the city defense mercenaries during the siege of the knights just now did not explode is enough to prove how good the quality of the barrel is.

"Take it off and take it away, and move it quickly." Lucaon glanced at Rastik not far away, "Leave the Knights alone, take everything you can with you." ”

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Nicosia was the most important settlement on the entire island of Cyprus and the most fortified fortified city on the entire island. Compared to Rhodes' overall defense line of the island, the Lusignans are more like they are putting all their bets on Fort Nicosia.

Nicosia's walls were so strong that even lifting the heavy guns of the Ebius Radiance onshore would have made it difficult to create a gap in just a few days. And the towering walls of Nicosia will bring a lot of trouble to the storm.

Because the knights were very gentlemanly and sent a war letter in advance, the Lusignans, of course, were not polite, and very decisively implemented a scorched earth policy around Nicosia. Not only did he harvest almost all the new grain, but he also burned a large area of the forest directly. Near Fort Nicosia, there are also several woods burning with embers. This caused great trouble for the Knights to create new siege weapons, after all, the transport ships had a limited capacity, and it was impossible to come to Cyprus with dozens of battering rams at once. And for the Phoenix fleet to return to Epirus or Athens and re-deliver equipment, I am afraid that it will take an extra half a month before and after, and at that time, I am afraid that there will be many accidents. After all, the Ottomans, I'm afraid, are still watching Nicosia's movements on the other side of the strait.

"Damn! Build a camp ......"

The city defense of the Lusignan family is obviously far beyond the imagination of the coalition army, especially Rastik, who originally planned to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but unexpectedly, all the elites of Lusignan were stuffed into the walls of Nicosia in one go.

After all, they are also descendants of the Knights, even if the Lusignan family has defected, the combat effectiveness is not too far behind the Knights of St. John.

Because the timber that could be used around the area had been burned by the Lusignans, the Knights could not build even the most basic wooden fences. After nightfall, more soldiers needed to keep vigil to prevent Lusignnan from attacking the camp.

The entire besieged camp was built halfway up the hill near Fort Nicosia, with an open view of the surrounding area and no shelter. There is a considerable open space in front of the walls of Fort Nicosia, and if you try to get close to the walls, you will definitely be suppressed by fire.

Nicosia's defensive weapons were completely different from those of the coastal forts, with rolling logs and stones, heavy crossbows, artillery, and stone-throwing machines on the walls, as well as arrows glittering from the battlements. The whole fortress is like a hedgehog, and it is impossible to know where to start.

"It should ...... What to do? Rustic sat in the middle of the tent, in the same position for hours, but there was nothing to do with Nicosia.

I'm afraid that the entire Phoenix Legion has been transferred, and there is no chance to occupy the city wall by storming. The fort of Nicosia must have been quite adequate, both in terms of food, grass and ammunition, and the Lusignan family must be prepared to defend it.

"If we rely on a long-term siege, I am afraid that our supply lines will be the first to break. Now the Phoenix Legion is still consuming the food supported by the Venetians, and the Empire will have to bear a large amount of expenses for military salaries before the next time Moreah enters the warehouse, so we still have to consider finding a way to force them to surrender. Lucaon said.

Since the end of the Balkan War, the rations of the Imperial army have indeed been a huge burden.

"So General Lukaon, as the current commander of the Phoenix Legion, you were the strongest general under the Ottoman account, do you have any opinions about this city?" Exhausted, Lastic had to put down his body in front of Lycaon, and although he didn't expect Lycaon, who had only a few thousand light infantry, to think of anything too good, but now, it was better to take a gamble than sit still.

"You must know Mr. Rastik, storming the walls is always a last resort...... Even if we have advanced siege equipment and artillery, we will have to pay a huge price to capture such a fortress, not counting the losses in the street battles that followed. If you want to storm a fortified city, if there are no other external factors, you should have at least a five-fold advantage in troops. Our coalition forces, including the support of the transport ships, add up to less than 15,000 men, and there are at least nearly 10,000 people in this fort of Nicosia. Grand Master, are you really mentally prepared? ”

"As long as they can capture Nicosia, the Knights can pay any price!"

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