John of Crete was the first to react when he ordered the garrisons of Corinth and Thebes, under the command of Axepocos, to begin a diversionary offensive against Larissa. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, the whole army was blocked by the two major Slavic tribes that submitted to Gawain, Maijilin and Ezliti, in the Kadmia Pass and the wilderness, and nearly 10,000 Slavic strong infantry troops stood in formation to resist the battle, and Aksaipokaus could not break through after a hard battle, and tried to make a detour back to the Makenisian Coastal Road to attack Larissa, but was defended by hundreds of defenders sent to the city by the Mejilin tribe.

At the same time, the Virtsians, another Slavic tribe in the northwestern corner of the Peloponnese, also accepted the bribes and persuasions of the Gawain envoys, and suddenly raised their banners and began to attack the market towns and fortresses loyal to John, so that the whole region of Moria could not sleep, and the offensive of Axeppokaus lasted less than five days, and they had to retreat to the city of Corinth in disarray to pacify the fire.

At the same time, the rebels on Crete were reinvigorated, and due to the embarrassment of the Venetian city-state, they continued to make a comeback under the leadership of the two great families, "Kurtatzis" and "Carlygis", and once again forced John's forces back into several fortresses in the north.

John was greatly embarrassed.

By this time, Branas's brigade had advanced to the northern end of the Vardar Valley, opposite Prizren Castle. The golden citrus flags of the Guardian Brigade stood over the vast field, spear-armed soldiers marched in line under the pale blue sky, smoke rising from mountain villages and pastures everywhere, and more than a dozen Valdar heads, dressed in embroidered robes and various headdresses, half-knelt before General Branas, begging for the Emperor's forgiveness. Branath then asked them not to be afraid, the emperor would not kill the good men who had returned to them, but that each of their tribes should provide themselves with fifty to a hundred light cavalry for the rest of the battle.

Soon, Branas received more than a thousand horses and nine hundred cavalry from the many Vardar Turkic tribes that had surrendered, and he recovered at once: with the addition of three brigades of subordinate cavalry, he soon had a force of two thousand cavalry.

The Emperor's strategic arrangement for him was: "Go north into the Vardar River valley and threaten the southern side of the Burdin Line, that is, the area around Prizren and Margolon, but the specific course of action I will not interfere with, you can attack Prizren head-on and hold Berdin's flank, or you can choose the rest of the route." Pay attention to the Turkic and Slavic tribes everywhere, and I will grant you cheap power. ”

Branass ordered the three brigades to build up their camps, announced that the logistics station had been moved to Thessaloniki, and had prepared the roads to cross the valley pass and besiege Prizren at a later date.

But at the same time, Branass had a bold idea.

He moved his gaze to the Kastoria Pass on the west side.

It was like this, from the sand table map, Berdin's brother Vladimir had set up a heavy army in the city of Prizren to block the advance of Branas. However, there is a mountain path between Kastoria and the capital court of Berdin, which is only a hundred guli, and if you use cavalry to launch a surprise attack from this road, then it will be easy to cut off the connection between Ohrid and Durazo, and appear behind Ohrid City, so that you can collect the surprise attack.

But it was also dangerous, as the Venetians of Turazzo, the defenders of Ohrid and the main force of Vladimir, and even the enemies of Fort Sofia could react violently and frantically besiege him in his "pocket" or "soft belly", and once he crossed the Kastoria Pass, he would be in a state of insecurity.

Branas, who was looking at the sand table, couldn't help but feel excitement and pain all over his body when he read this, he was not a general who liked to take risks under the emperor's camp, he had always been known for his stability and reliability, if it were Merlot or Bramson, he might have not hesitated to launch a surprise attack......

"Two thousand cavalry...... In addition, if you want not to alarm the enemy, you can only take one or even half a brigade with you...... "Staring at Kastoria on the sand table and the several city fortresses around it, he can't help but feel some kind of deadly magic that makes his blood boil and burn," No, no, Shah Nami can't be widowed again...... Let me have another brigade general under my command? No, I have to make Shah Namy proud of me......" So Branasto blushed his cheeks and paced around.

In fact, to some extent, Branass was overthinking.

In the middle of spring, representatives of the various countries that had promised to send troops gathered at Canossa Castle to quarrel over the amount of ships, soldiers, and rations. And in Sophia Fort, many Zupan nobles are also noisy, for the simple reason that their estates need to be cared for and the wheat harvest season will be in half a month or a month, and if they are abandoned, it will be difficult to do it in the next year.

"In the coming year, Gawain will help you harvest it with a scythe!" Burding was so angry that he reprimanded them.

In this year's war, Gawain's Thrace and Thessalonica actually had a lot of gains, and order and commerce were restored, for himself, the whole winter war not only failed to hurt Gawain's vitality, but one wing of the Mosian rebels was tragically eliminated by the other party, and now this group of turtle nobles is noisy, like a group of toads in a swamp.

Then Burding also felt that it was not enough to be angry, so he taught them some principles of "understanding the general situation", and finally put the situation down for the time being.

But at this moment Sophia's gate was rumbled open, and two scout cavalrymen with hats and feathers on their helmets hurried in, and several horsemen in the stables ran with their sweaty horses, and struggled to hold the roaring four-legged beast in a cloud of dust, and then the scout cavalry raised the leather cylinder and threw it at the soldiers on the wooden shed three layers behind the city wall, and the soldier reached out to catch the leather cylinder, and ran all the way down the wooden gate to the main tower tower, and handed it to the guard attendants beside Berdin.

Berdin took out his dagger, peeled off the seal on the leather tube, took out the brown paper roll and opened it, the light of the lamp stained Berding's fingers pale gold through its subtle texture, "What, the enemy army at Trajan's Gate has moved...... There are countless, definitely more than three brigades...... The two brigades that Gawain had taken with him came back, and together five brigades came towards Fort Sophia! He wants to break through, besiege, and slaughter this great castle head-on! Berdin's voice was louder and louder, and the Zupans around him were so shocked that they no longer dared to say more.

"Gawain also captured Fort Sophia once, accompanied by the hateful Franks." Berdin gritted his teeth, and at the same time his scalp tingled, "It's still coming, it turns out that at Stara Pass is just Gawain's bluff, and his main force is still in Trajan's Gate." Very well, Gawain I must tell you that when you attacked Fort Sophia from the direction of Niš, it was completely different from the attack from the direction of Trajan's Gate. I, Berdin, must teach you a hard lesson! ”

As a result, the next day, Fort Irtimant, located at the outpost of Sofia, was broken by Gawain's vanguard Red Hand Brigade within two hours of the morning, and the five hundred defenders of the fort ran back less than fifty, "The enemy has broken the hardwood fence outside our fort with thunderbolts, and has never seen such a heavy artillery bombardment." "-- The current Serbian soldiers, after all, have some knowledge and contact with firearms.