"Lord Jerj! Roman ...... The mercenaries are coming! ”

The camp of the Albanian army was only a few hundred meters away from Eagle Rock Fort, and the faces of the Ottoman defenders on the city walls were faintly visible at this distance. Djerj knew in his heart that it was absolutely impossible for the Ottomans to go out of the city to meet them, and they did not have time to create any siege weapons suitable for attacking the fortified cities, let alone fill them with human lives little by little.

"Rome...... It came surprisingly quickly. I thought they should be a few days late. Gyrdi pulled his mind back from the siege plan and hurried out of the camp. Perhaps the legions of the Romans would bring some clues to the siege.

"Lord Jerj, I'm Giovanni Giustiniani. In the name of John Palaiologo, the co-emperor of our lord Rome, he led an army to aid Albania. ”

"Please come in ......"

Before entering the camp, Giovanni saw Eagle Rock Fort in the distance, and I am afraid that this is why Jerj's army has been hesitating in the past few days.

"General Giovanni, time is limited, I'll make a long story short. The castle in front of us, Eagle Rock Fort, was built on Albania's gateway to the outside world, especially to the lower Danube plain. It's a hard bone, we've wasted a lot of time, but we'll have to take it before Ottoman reinforcements get here! ”

Giovanni opened the curtain of the tent and looked at Eagle Rock Fort from afar: "If you want to enter Eagle Rock Fort, there is only one path without any protection?" When the time comes, not to mention the siege, just the loss of falling off the cliff and stampede will reach a very terrifying number! ”

"There are thousands of cliffs on all sides, and they are almost perpendicular to the horizon, so it is impossible for anyone to climb over them. And this wall is also impermeable, unless it is bombarded day and night with heavy artillery, it is almost impossible to open the gap! ”

The city wall is dozens of meters high, made of stone bricks, and it is extremely strong, and on the cliff, even the space for the siege ladder to spread is very limited, and the soldiers who fall on the ladder are not just as simple as falling to the ground and falling and breaking bones. Once the ladder is overturned, they will be left with no bones!

Attacking a fortress of this terrain was an almost devastating blow to the morale of the army. Few people dared to climb the walls, let alone break them.

"No one would choose to storm Eagle Rock Fort, Lord Jerj. Since there is not enough time to wait for them to run out of food and open the door and surrender themselves, then why don't we just leave here? By camping here, not only would our position be exposed, but we would also be at risk of being flanked by the Ottomans. After a moment of silence, Giovanni spoke, "Wouldn't it be good to find a way to repel this wave of Ottoman attacks first, and then find a way to take this castle?" ”

Gyrdi denied: "The mountainous terrain of Albania is complex, and this is true for the Ottomans, as well as for us. Between the dense forests and the deep valleys, the speed of the army's march must be affected, and because of this, every fortress that can garrison soldiers is the most important resource, and I have been able to hold out in Albania until now by relying on a total and rapid joint defense. With only one fortress to hold on, Albania would have been wiped out long ago! ”

After a brief silence, Giovanni made another suggestion: "What if arson? Eagle Rock Fort has no water source, only one way out. If there was a fire in the city, they would have to open the gates and escape! ”

Soon, Derj rejected the suggestion again: "Eagle Rock Fort is a military fortress, there are not so many easily burning structures, and the buildings are all made of stone bricks. With rockets or throwing incendiary bombs, there is simply no way to form a large-scale fire. ”

"Could it be that this Eagle Rock Fort is really airtight?"

Jerdi nodded regretfully: "At present, there are no flaws. We need to prepare for the worst. ”

"Storming a fortress of this magnitude? What's the difference between this and sending to death? ”

"Of course, a blind assault is tantamount to death, and even if you want to storm the city walls, you need some means. There are risks, but it's worth trying. ”

Jerdi took Giovanni outside the siege camp.

In front of the walls of Eagle Rock Fort, there was only enough space for the army to stretch out, and there were only enough to place three to four ladders at the same time, which was easy for the more than 500 Ottoman defenders in the city to defend. Therefore, they needed to create a siege equipment that was really suitable for such a campaign in a short time.

Having spent many days in the mountains and forests, Gyerdi had a very clear understanding of such mountain fortresses, especially the defenders of the isolated city built on the cliffs.

They have an absolute superstition about the city walls. The city walls, which even the rushing carts could not destroy, were their reliance. In response to this, Jerdi suddenly thought of a tentative countermeasure.

"Isn't that too ...... Contrary to the spirit of the warriors? ”

The gate of Eagle Rock Fort is an iron grating gate, heavy and sturdy, but this kind of gate has one disadvantage, that is, there is a gap between the grate and the grate, although this gap is absolutely impossible for people to get into, but for some small animals, it is simply easy.

Like rats.

The defenders in the city relied on food to hold the city walls, and once the food was gone, Eagle Rock Fort would be self-defeating.

The method of Jerdi is to speed up the loss of grain.

Rats are the best choice. The shadow of the Black Death still looms over the hearts of the world. Since there's only one way to Eagle Rock Fort, turn it into a cage gate at night and release a large number of hungry rats.

In search of food, these rats will surely sneak into the city to quickly take root. The speed at which the Ottoman defenders exterminated rats was absolutely impossible to catch up with the speed at which Albanian soldiers roamed the mountains and fields to catch rats.

Moreover, if there is a famine in the city, whether the defenders dare to use rats as food is still two theories!

"Siege in this way...... may receive condemnation from the world...... Lord Jerj. And if a large number of rats are concentrated and there is another outbreak of plague......"

"Giovanni, if I'm not mistaken, you were a Catholic, descended from the nobility of Genoa. For the sake of your ideals, you gave up your faith and your family, and came to a poor and strange country. It's your life. Me too. Gerdi waved his hand indifferently and told his men to prepare for this invisible siege.

"I wrapped a cloth in the court of the Ottomans, and I made a compromise, all so that today, I can lead the people of Albania out of Ottoman rule. If the evaluation given to me by the future generations is spitting. At least the people of Albania will consider me a hero! Jerdi didn't bother with Giovanni's strange eyes, "Of course, it's just a preparation. We also need to plan for the layout of the ramparts. ”