"That's the first besieging ditch. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" After showing off, Anna Yao pointed to the area about eighty to one hundred feet in front of the walls of Prusa and the earthen platform, and continued to introduce to the Cretan representative.

At the "turtle head" position of the big turtle base, there are three trenches that look like thin bands from a distance, which extend longitudinally from three sides, encircling the big fort at the corner of Prussa, and as a result, it suddenly turns horizontally at a distance of more than 300 feet, and just forms a horizontal line of siege - about dozens of caravans, together with various fences, gabions and earthen baskets, which are laid out, which is the so-called "second blockade line" , which was also the position of various light rapid-fire guns, and it was with these guns that the Guardian Army firmly blocked the attack on the city of Prussia. Then the miners and soldiers set out from this horizontal ditch, dug a twisted longitudinal trench again, and when they reached only a hundred feet below the tower of the city wall (the nearest one was only seventy feet), they dug a new horizontal ditch to connect all the longitudinal ditches with the cover of bucket-shaped wooden poles or rollers, and built the excavated earthwork into a chest-length half wall, and also erected dog's foot wood on the half wall, which is what Anna just said "the first siege front".

The border militia on the other two flanks were not idle, and their barricades and trenches were also advanced to positions ranging from 180 feet to 250 feet. In the eyes of the Cretan delegates, the entire city of Prussa, to the east and south, was covered with cobweb-like moats, crammed with makeshift fortresses of vehicles, and surrounded the target city from rain or birds.

Mount Olympus in Asia Minor stood alone on the north side of the city, silently watching the fate of all living beings inside and outside the besieged city.

"They had dared to shoot at us from the earthen platform, throwing iron fire, but now they are gone. Most of the men have retreated behind the walls, and their supplies and ammunition are starting to run low, and it won't be long before we can take Prusa once and for all! Seeing that the delegate had finished her "tour", Anna promptly looked to him for a glorious future.

The implication is that you don't have to worry at all, you all see the majestic posture of the Guardian Army, once Prusa falls, I have 30,000 people here, and it is not a matter of pulling out 4,000 people to help you on the island.

All the delegates were also rejoicing, saying, "When we go back, we will definitely tell all the righteous people on the island about the situation here, and we will fight to the end!" ”

The group then immediately went to the port of Smyrna, returned to Crete on a disguised merchant ship, and then stood in front of the thousands of Cretan rebels on the plains of Mesara, boasting that Gawain had "a device capable of shooting lightning and boulders, which could have smashed the walls of that castle, even in Constantinople." In my opinion, not to mention the Venetians, even the puppet emperor John and his palace will soon be smashed to pieces. ”

The Cretan rebels, who were deeply encouraged, spread the cannon fire to the gods, and some of them boasted that Gawain's cannon could completely flatten the top of Mount Olympus or the White Mountain; Others say that this cannon is so powerful that it can blast ten sailing boats or five hundred oxen into flesh and blood with a single shot; Some people boasted that the cannon could shoot poisonous flames as long as ten guli, and from a distance, it looked like an evil red dragon flying, sweeping through with its wings, and all the plants, trees, and animals within a radius of three hundred guli were instantly scorched and died, and not a single tile remained.

As St. Paul's missionary outrage accused, the Cretans were a bunch of "big talkers, liars and braggadocio," even though they fought with great tenacity and bravery. And we all know that the highest level of lying is to deceive yourself, and the Cretans have undoubtedly reached this point, and they will soon march towards the castle of Gandhia!

"Seize the castle of the puppet emperor first, and wait until the cannon of the great protector of Gawain comes, and one shot can bury the Venetian fleet at the bottom of the sea."

However, at this time, Gawain and Anna were anxiously waiting, waiting for the "siege ace" in their hands to be transported from the rear, so that they could capture the entire city of Prusa in one fell swoop.

In the city, Tetisius was also very anxious.

The sharp-nosed general's face had become thin and dark because of the heavy and complicated battle command, and at first glance it looked like a skeleton covered in an embroidered cloak.

He stood on the crumbling rubble of the wall, looking at the wreckage of the destroyed stone thrower and the wounded citizens on the ground behind the wall, and was silent for a long time.

Letters kept coming from John, asking him if he wanted reinforcements, and if necessary, Prussia could desperately draw some troops from all directions, such as the Marinus department of Kastamonu, the Zezes department of Thessaloniki, or the five thousand reinforcements of Klembauder, the general counsel of the Hungarian royal palace, and if they could, "the palace guards of Mikhail stationed in the imperial capital, plus some private soldiers of the Ducasse family." ”

After much thought, Tetisius wrote back:

"I have been holding out in Prussia for a long time, and there are more than 4,000 new troops left in my hands, and a quarter of the 10,000 inhabitants of the city have died of wounded and starvation.

The enemy besieged me several times, and the army was all the main force of the traitor Gao Wen, with a total of more than 30,000 people. The enemy dug trenches near the base of the city wall, and all kinds of large guns and bronze cannons bombarded day and night, and I prepared to build a retreat wall at the corner of the city one hundred and twenty feet behind the city wall, and concentrate the fire and bronze cannons to hold on, so that even if the Gawain soldiers broke through at the price, they would be defeated and retreated by our intensive firepower.

Your Majesty, I have done this, with a clear conscience.

There is no need for the hedgehog to gather valuable military strength here, which would have fallen into the hands of Gawain.

Weapons, medicines, food, and ammunition were urgently needed, and General Marinus and the co-emperor Theodoro flanked Gawain's other forts or supply lines, eagerly awaiting such good news.

Your Majesty in the court should not trust the warden Mikhail too much. Nystas and his army should not get too close to the Ducasses, and must stay in the Brachna Palace, and do not go out easily, but rely on the five thousand Hungarian soldiers sent by the queen's mother's family to defend them. ”

A few days later, the good news came back from Constantinople, "The supplies you need will soon arrive by sea, and that Theodoro and Marinus have made a separate attack on the Sakarya River, which will surely shake Gawain's mind and judgment." ”

However, the besieging Guardians remained unmoved.

About five days later, Tetisius received disheartening news that Marinus had attempted to break through the supply lines of the Gauwen side of the Sakarya River, but was broken by Theognes with only four hundred cavalry; Then, after the victory of Theognes, he quickly returned to Anglasburg, where he joined two new brigades against Theodorus as he headed south.

As soon as Theodoro heard that the opponent was this guy again, he didn't dare to go deeper, so he went around in a circle and retreated to the city of Amasya.