The Battle of Za'tar map was later updated in Bezhambar

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The so-called surprise attack is a strategy that is to surprise the enemy and control the battlefield situation in one's own hands. Careful preparation, decisive decision, and careful thinking were indispensable: the Venetian lookouts and clergymen had previously studied Gawain's star charts in detail, and had personally observed the changes in cloud flow in recent days, so they had made an estimate of the most likely torrential rain of the day.

"Then the general attack will be set on this day!" Fellaier and Gawain decided unanimously.

When it rained before, Burdin saw that the ships that were going to the bay north of Za'tar happened to be the ships that were going to meet the surprise raiders, and after they had finished carrying the soldiers, they rode the wind and rain again, a total of four Amalfi galleys, seventeen Venice galleys, twenty-one together, of which the flagship of the archon, the largest tonnage and the most powerful in battle, rushed to the front, four light centipede-shaped rowing ships, and the rest of the columns, carrying the "Farov" company, and the "razor company" hired by Venice, Attack on the city of Za'tar.

"Ahead is the enemy's iron rope across the harbor!" At this time, the lookout on the mast shouted loudly.

"Ordered to stop paddling and break the cables." Fellaier said in a deep voice.

Soon, the order was passed to the double bilge, and the Slavic oarsmen on the benches, dressed in iron-clad jackets, stopped shaking the heavy wooden handles in their hands, and the beat of the drums fell silent, and everyone staggered, sweating, and panting heavily.

At the bow of the ship. Several crew members poured fierce fire oil from the Levant onto the huge iron cables that lay in front of them. The nails are then wrapped in flammable material and hooked with a hook sickle. Skillfully stuffed into the ring of the iron cable, and then there was a sudden sound, and the dark red flames in the rain instantly burst up, extending to the entire chain, and the fire reflected the faces of the three commanders, "Breakthrough!" Feller then waved his hand forward, "On the sea, whether it's Hexi's sunny weather or a tyrannical storm." No Venetian will meet an opponent, except for the gods! ”

"St. Mark's sword is unsheathed." All the sailors shouted in unison, and then, wielding machetes and axes, cut the burning and distorted iron cables, and it broke into several pieces, and plunged into the sea, rising a thick smoke in which the great flagship of the lion banner was raised. Unstoppable, sailed into the harbor.

"Erect cowhide wooden canopy to prevent arrows and fireproofs." This was Fellaier's third order.

There was a rumbling sound, and on both sides of the ship, pieces of wood were erected. Supported diagonally with iron feet, all the sailors and company soldiers crouched under it with weapons in hand. Now. The first to react was Meeks Castle on the hills of Za'tar, which overlooks the interface between the harbour and the sea. The noble officers of the castle jumped to their feet and shouted, brandishing their swords to supervise the battle. Then one of the soldiers quickly took up their positions on the battlement, and they used bows and arrows and pike darts to shoot densely towards the stormy below, but the wooden planks erected by the attacking ships were protected by iron shells, and iron forks and iron spikes were also made on them, and all the projectile weapons fell on them, twisted and scattered, and fell one after another, unable to harm the people on them.

"Attention, fire!" With a shout, on the other side of the city wall of Za'tar, the defenders under the tent shouted and lit the fire, and then rolled down the trough that stretched out diagonally, one after another, and fell to the ships, some smashed into the wooden canopy and fell into the water, some were doused in the middle of the rain, and some were pushed down by the sailors with long handles, and Felleje laughed, "The end of Za'tar has undoubtedly come." ”

"The enemy is coming!?" At this time, Berdin reacted quickly, and he rushed out of the palace in the rain, and came to the outer fortresses, where he saw the lion banner of St. Mark on the mast of the enemy, and also saw the red hand cross and sword flag, which was moving between the narrow harbors. On the walls of the sea, their own soldiers were struggling to prepare their weapons, but their bows and arrows were soon unusable due to dampness, so most of them leaned against the walls with swords and battle axes in hand, ready for hand-to-hand combat.

Hand-to-hand combat, the solid walls of Za'tar City are about to be stepped on by the enemy, and the blood splashed by the soldiers on both sides will immediately defile the neat and tidy palace, Berdin felt that his eyes were black, and the minister Radomir rushed over, "Your Royal Highness, please mobilize your guards to protect the palace." ”

Berdin staggered back two steps, and then held on to the battlement, and did not fall, the rain drenched his beard and fine clothes, and the prince of Za't, who had fought all his life of glory under the power of all sides, now had to taste such bitterness, "Yes, tell the guards to hold on to this fortress and palace, and squeeze the enemy back, squeeze back!" The last sentence was shouted out in anger.

"Goonletto, Gawain, now it's your turn." As the ships approached the city walls, Feller, who braved the arrows and stones, shouted at the two army commanders.

The sailors placed the pulleys and nooses on the mast, and then turned the mechanism, and the stairway that had been leaning on the mast was brought down and leaned against the head of the city of Za'tar, but at this time the wind was blowing, and the ships were tossed and turbulent, and the warriors were so frightened that they did not dare to climb the ladder hastily.

At this moment, the enemy troops at the head of Za'tar were also gathering more and more, and many people were nervously shouting, bringing destruction equipment from the armory, ready to destroy the stairway where the Venetian and Amalfi ships took the city.

"Razor Company warriors, let's go up." At the critical moment, Goreto was the first to rush up the ladder with a long sword on his back and a shield on his back.

"The warriors of the Farov Company, the warriors of the Brocade Brotherhood, don't be left behind, the first glory on the expedition is calling us!" Gawain also waved and shouted from the bridge tower, and then Giovanni, who led the group, also raised his spear, and carried his shield and sword, and followed Goreto to climb up the wind and rain, and then a soldier pulled a buckle or lock ring behind a soldier's armor, stepped on a ladder that swung violently in the sea, and attacked with a shout.

The flagship did so, the rest of the ships followed suit, and the Amalfi sailors performed their feat, sliding from their horizontal masts and leaping into Za'tar's battlements.

On the battlements, battlements and towers, there were swords and blood everywhere, the soldiers in front of Giovanni were hit by a piece of masonry in front of him, and rolled down screaming, Giovanni cleverly dodged sideways, and then jumped up with all his might, holding the ladder with one hand to hold it steady, and holding a spear in the other, he pierced the throat of the Za'tar warrior who had not had time to retract his body after throwing down the bricks, and the other party threw himself to death, fell on the battlement, blocking the shot of the people behind him, and then Giovanni shouted, "The city of Za'tar has been broken by the Brotherhood, Lord and I'll wait!" He threw down his spear, drew his sword from behind, pulled the man's corpse, and jumped into the battlement, and the rest of the soldiers rushed forward one by one, shouting with all their might.

Gawain was on the bridge, and he also looked up at the battle at the head of the city, and the rain washed his face, and kept walking around, and he sent men to replenish it, when he noticed a thin swordsman, also dressed in a brotherhood robe, gesturing and jumping around him, and from time to time holding his shield before himself and the Venetian consul, making a gesture of cover.

"Where are you from, brother co-worker!" Gawain had a slightly displeased tone, and he saw that there was a kind of fear and frivolity in this guy's eyes.

"I come from picturesque Sicily, where there are beautiful flocks of sheep and beautiful girls, Your Excellency." After the Greek swordsman finished speaking, he took a deep breath, then let out a long cry, and jumped to the right side of Gawain with his shield, at first glance it seemed that he was protecting the Grand Duke, but on closer inspection it seemed that he was "following" the direction of the arrow, and he was reluctant to approach the ladder anyway, let alone climb to support his comrades.

"Name you and why you're here, but don't want to fight!" Gawain was completely angry, this guy seemed to be well versed in the hard truth of "being around the leader is safety", grabbed his armor, and asked.

"I'm sorry Your Excellency, my name is Wright, and I hooked up with the wife of a Norman knight from my hometown, so I came to join the army because I had no choice." The man named Wright was also happy, trembling like a little chick.

Gawain pushed him up the staircase, then raised his sword of phosphorus fire to block his retreat, "Go up, Wright." ”

Then seeing the other party looking back at him, and crying with a little white face, Gawain raised the blade of his sword, and shouted the same sentence again, and Wright screamed, swinging his hair, and even the saber was thrown away in a panic, and climbed up "bravely" with his bare hands.

After three minutes, the Za'tar army on the fortress was scattered, some of them threw down their weapons and surrendered, but they were all killed by Gounletto with his sword drawn, and the rest of them completely broke down, some jumped into the sea, some took refuge in the houses, and some fled to the palace of Burdin.

For the rest, in the northern hill fortress complex, in the sandbar strip, the rest of the Red Hand team, in Vesat. Under Melo's command, he also fought hard to besiege and create momentum, so that the Za'tar army could not care about each other. However, the defenders of the four fortresses on the hill saw that the combined forces of the Venetians and Gawain had climbed the city walls and seized the city, and because they were worried about the danger of the king's security, they all drew their main forces and wanted to enter the city along the headland to reinforce and attack Gawain's headquarters.

As time was of the essence, Gawain climbed the stairway to the top of the city, and then led thirty Brotherhood and ten warriors of the Guards along the battle path towards the wall that could control the headland, where several Slavic soldiers were pulling the mechanism with all their might, trying to lower the drawbridge and receive the hill defenders into the city.

Gawain jumped down, swung his tomahawk, and killed two of them, and the rest turned and ran away in fright, and were also killed by the Brotherhood that arrived immediately, and then Gawain cut off the Za'tar banner standing at the head of the city, and looked at the hill defenders who were swarming in front of the sea trench, but helpless, laughed, shook the long arm of the severed flag, and threw it down, and the hill defenders dodged one after another, and then scattered. (To be continued.) )