Chapter 167: Balkan - Capture
If the battle dragged on in front of the inner city walls, it was only a matter of time before the southern gate collapsed, and now that Muhammad had decided to hold on to the inner city, John had a new plan in mind.
"For the time being, we can't hang ourselves from a tree." John glanced at the city gate with a little reluctance, and then shouted, "Phoenix Legion, follow me to the south gate and annihilate all the enemies in the outer city first!" ”
Muhammad's last courage did buy a lot of time for Edirne's survival, but in John's eyes, this was just the last struggle, the outer city fell, and there was no food in the inner city of Edirne, and the imperial soldiers who occupied the granaries of the outer city, even if they besieged but did not attack, could wait until the Ottomans ran out of food and grass, and then reap the profits.
Of course, before that, you have to deal with the stragglers who are still in the outer city and the troops of Karacha.
"General Giovanni, you stay here, after the arrival of the troops of Generals Hunyaldi and Publius, disperse the siege, remember, only besiege the city, not the siege, unless the Ottomans go out of the city to fight back, we will not move!"
"As you wish, may our food and grass not run out before the Ottomans."
John lightly clamped the horse's belly and led a group of knights of the Phoenix Legion to the south gate, with the defense map and the map of the city provided by Lycaon, it was not difficult to walk through the alleys. And as expected, Caracha was still in a stalemate with Latius, and since Lycaon had taken half of his troops earlier, Carachar was slow to gain a decisive advantage, and he was in a dilemma for a while.
Moreover, Karacha, who had been directing the attack and defense of the South Gate, knew almost nothing about the situation in the rest of the city, let alone knew that the multi-way army had surrounded the inner city, and a heavy cavalry army had circled behind them.
"Divide the battlefield first, destroy their formation, and then kill. Gain time for the interspersed divisions of the Greek Legion! Warriors! Charge! ”
At John's command, hundreds of knights flew into the troops under Karacha's command, and Karacha was slightly aware, but it was impossible to prevent the collapse of the backstabbed infantry line, and then the well-trained knights of the Phoenix Legion immediately formed four torrents and charged through the Ottoman army.
After this baptism, Caracha could no longer regroup his army to deal with the onslaught of the Greek legions, and it was at this time that Latius, who had been defending the city walls for two hours, finally decided to order the whole army to charge.
The morale of the Greek soldiers who repeatedly repelled the Ottoman charge was extremely high, and because they only defended for a long time and did not attack, the killing and anger in their hearts had nowhere to vent, at this time Latius ordered, everyone with an earth-shattering battle cry, instantly ran over the Ottoman soldiers in a huge wave, slashing and stabbing in all directions, so that the Ottomans had almost no room for resistance, and the head could be taken away by the heavy cavalry passing by on horseback at any time, and for a while, the Ottoman army was panicked and had shown an irreparable situation.
"Morey, do you see that Ottoman commander with a silver nose helmet, a long beard, and scaly armor?"
Morey looked in the direction of John's finger, there was indeed such a man in the Ottoman army who was slashing and slashing while giving orders, and only in the small area around him did the Ottomans show no signs of collapse.
"Do you have any orders?"
"It doesn't matter if you're dead or alive, how do you think it's easy to come, anyway, dispose of it. Let the battle here end as soon as possible. Dawn is coming, and we must complete the siege of the inner city of Edirne in the shortest possible time. If Karacha is allowed to enter the inner city alive, it will be even more difficult for us to deal with the situation. It's better to let him and these useless soldiers be buried here forever. Oh yes, you took someone to order all the mosques in the outer city for a while, and it was annoying to watch. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty." The secular knights had always asked only about the goal, not about cause and effect, and unless they deviated from the teachings, it was absolutely impossible for them to betray the patron saints and set fire to the pagan buildings, which was a simple matter. Wouldn't it be better for the minaret to fall like this?
Morey lowered his face-covering helmet, and then armed with his two-handed sword, he slashed into the Ottoman army without hesitation.
As in all previous battles in which Morey has participated. The heavy armor did nothing to hinder the formidable dismounted knight, who could still maneuver through the crowd like a scout and harvest the lives of his enemies with the precision and grace of an assassin.
Caracha also seemed to quickly notice Morey rushing towards him, and the unique lines on his armor forced Caracha to concentrate on the opponent in front of him.
After all, the legend has it that the Romans ruled the emperor's personal guard, and he had only heard of it in the mouths of the deserters in Thebes, perhaps with more exaggeration, and the secular knights were like gods descending from heaven in their mouths, unstoppable. The Emperor of Communism was clearly in front of them, but they couldn't get closer.
Mr. Karacha scoffed at the remarks. But now it seems that the description of those deserters can be regarded as very restrained.
"This ...... It's not human! ”
No matter how good the protective performance of this plate armor was, there were only a dozen of Morey and the secular knights in total, but they were easily surrounded by heavy surrounds without being damaged in the slightest. I'm afraid that except for the encirclement of the Sudanese guards, this group of soldiers under his command can't stop them at all.
"Retreat, retreat to the inner city!"
At this time, his men were being attacked from both sides, and their morale had completely collapsed, and Karacha had no reason to stay under the southern gate, which was not dangerous to defend at all. The last resort is to temporarily lead the army to break through and stick to the inner city.
"Morey! Don't let him go! ”
John rode on his war horse and shouted, and Morey immediately shook off several soldiers who were standing at his side, and the sword flashed, and there were two corpses in front of him.
Karacha was about to mount his horse and evacuate, but an arrow was pinpointed into the horse's hind legs. I also know that this must be the masterpiece of Latius. Archery is still not the slightest rusty.
The war horse screamed and threw Karacha off his back. And he didn't even have time to get up, Morey's heavy sword was already across in front of him.
"It's over, General Karacha, Varna's revenge, someone has to be responsible." Morey kicked Caracha's handguard sword away, and then knocked Caracha unconscious with a single punch.
"Karacha is dead! Disarm and surrender! ”
"Karacha is dead! Disarm and surrender! ”
Although Morey did not kill him, such a shout was enough to break the last psychological defense line of the Ottoman army.