When he saw Vasika carrying a scimitar into the Ottoman crowd, Latius, who was about to fall unconscious, could not describe the mood at that time.

The Ottoman generals in charge of directing the siege were equally heavy.

The wide central square made the Ottoman army too scattered, and the cavalry could be interspersed at will, and the cavalry of the heavy cavalry could easily string ordinary Ottoman soldiers into a gourd.

The heavy infantry, which followed, also quickly entered the crowd. The Ottoman weapons could not effectively kill the Genoese heavy infantry at all, and the whole body armor made the heavy infantry look like immortal saints, frantically cutting the Ottomans in half with two-handed swords.

John entered the city of Thebes under the protection of Morey and a few of his own soldiers, and the dazzling purple robes and gold ribbons on his body, as well as various intricate religious coats of arms, blinded the eyes of the Ottoman soldiers who were looting or rushing to the central square.

That's purple! In the entire Eastern Roman Empire, there was only one category of people who were qualified to wear purple on their bodies! Royalty, and the core royalty!

Although a large part of the Ottoman infantry, who had just returned to the Balkans from Asia, did not know the identity of the little boy in front of them, they clearly understood what value he would bring.

Glancing at the miscellaneous ornaments in their hands that could not be sold for a few dollars, the Ottomans quickly made a choice.

At this moment, the Ottoman siege of Thebes turned into a massacre of the Ottomans by the Phoenix Legion.

Apparently, the Ottomans in the city did not figure out a single question. The besieging military tent was just outside the city, how could there be Eastern Roman nobles entering the city.

The Wallachian raiding light infantry, which had finally poured into the city, and the traditional Castilian phalanx, led by Sancho Alfonçois Valente, who had just joined the Phoenix Legion, soon told the Ottomans the answer.

The javelin pierced the Ottomans at the front with precision, and the Wallachian light infantry followed, slicing the Ottomans' necks with their short-handled scimitars.

And the Ottomans, who wanted to rush straight to John, were treated with even more hospitality.

This was the first time John saw the secular knight Morey draw his knightly sword and put on his overlay on a real battlefield. The silver-white armor reveals a chilling murderous intention.

The way he kills people is different from that of ordinary dismounted knights. The one-shot slash is not Morey's style at all, the heavy two-handed knight's sword, which he can easily swing with one hand, crushes the enemy in front of him with all kinds of incredible angles.

There was almost no way to break this killing, and it was a moving killing machine until Morey ran out of energy and collapsed.

The rest of John's own soldiers were also trained by Morey himself, carefully selected by Morey from among the Genoese hoplites. Everyone, like a small infantry phalanx, blocked all attacks, and John, who was weak, seemed so safe at this time.

John, indulge in this killing. When the Ottomans fled, he also allowed the light infantry to pursue them at will. He could have chosen to hang Murad's head and force everyone to surrender, but he didn't make that choice.

He wanted to help the Ottomans eradicate the idea of the weakness of the Empire, and he also wanted to let the other Imperial soldiers know that "not having a single victory" would be a thing of the past forever.

"Your Highness, senseless killings are against the teachings......"

"Morey, you have returned to the world, and doctrine cannot help us complete our revenge, complete the revival." John looked disdainfully at the killing in front of him, "The infidels, half an hour ago, treated our fellow citizens with the same cruelty. Whether it is words or deeds, they are no longer worthy of being influenced by the Lord. What I need is not for all of them to disarm and surrender, but for all of them to know what kind of empire they are about to bow to. ”

The situation on the battlefield was reversed almost instantaneously. The impact of the heavily armed soldiers is undoubtedly huge.

But it was a light cavalry who did not even carry a weapon to deal the final blow to the Ottomans, and the only thing he held in his hand was the head of the former Ottoman Sultan Murad II.

This is also a sign that John is finally satisfied.

All the killing, this is the end. Countless Ottomans looked at the front of the Greek coalition army, which was already full of holes, and there was a lot of unwillingness in their eyes.

Latius had fainted, and Prince Morea was exhausted......

It's just one step away......

Some of the Ottoman soldiers who originally came from the areas controlled by the Balkan Empire laid down their arms, and those who did not surrender were also exterminated by the imperial soldiers in a short time.

"Your Highness, you slaughtered the man of Murad II?"

"Well...... You take someone, go and take over that Thessaloniki city first, and then ...... Send someone to send Murad's body back to Constantinople to be sewn, keep this and we can get a good armistice. ”

"Yes, Your Highness!"

After clearing out the captured Ottoman soldiers who were still looting in all corners of the city, and did not know what was happening in the central square, the battle in Greater Greece came to an end because of a life-and-death rush.

Although he had lost a lot of blood, it was not fatal, and after a meticulous bandage, by late at night, Latius was awake. After a general understanding of the war in Great Greece, he expressed his sincerest gratitude to John. Although medieval medicine was widely criticized, in fact, they already had a relatively complete system for dealing with trauma caused by war.

The city defenses of Thebes have been completely destroyed, and it will take a lot of time to rebuild. The most important thing for the Empire now was to advance the line of defense to Thessaloniki at once. The city of Thessaloniki is thirty meters high, and it is not easy for the Ottomans to break through easily.

"Your Highness......"

The next day, Latius's situation improved slightly, and after handing over the defense of the line from Greater Greece to Morea to Prince Thomas, John accompanied Latius to Athens under the protection of dozens of his own soldiers, and prepared to board the ship to return to Constantinople.

"You're going head-to-head with Murad?"

After arranging Latius in the cabin, John couldn't help asking: "In this battle, the defense forces of Great Greece and the Epirus region have been directly weakened by at least 50 percent, and there is a lot of pressure to replenish the troops. ”

"I don't want to admit it, but I'll ask for His Majesty's forgiveness...... ...... hiss" Latius tried to sit up with his body propped up, but some blood immediately oozed from the gauze on his shoulder.

"What's going on?"

"I'm too confident...... When I saw Murad, I knew that it was impossible to capture Thessaloniki with a frontal siege, but I still wanted to try to weaken the Ottomans by means of false retreat and ambush. ”