Under the Sultan's indiscriminate bombardment, despite the danger of artillery bombing, the land wall was finally overwhelmed, and even if Giovanni tried to stop it, it would be to no avail.

At the beginning of May, the collapse of the city walls was quite conspicuous in a dense burst of artillery, and the Sultan ordered a halt to the shelling, and hand-to-hand combat was about to begin.

The Sultan personally rode his horse forward, the crescent moon flag fluttering in the wind beside him, his face was grim, and his armor made the Sultan look mighty,

"Allah bless you, soldiers, follow Allah's instructions and destroy the cunning Byzantines."

Hearing the news of the fall of the city walls, the emperor also came to the front and loudly encouraged his subjects, and not only that, but the icon was also moved out to encourage the army.

The days of fighting and bombardment had made the walls of the city look pitted, and the lion banner of St. Mark and the Byzantine eagle on the wall were also in tatters, and only barely visible as they were.

With the Sultan's order, the Ottoman army officially began to attack, the gap in the wall was not too large, only five or six people were allowed to enter and exit at the same time, Giovanni ordered the soldiers at the front to hold large shields, the second row to put spears on the shields, followed by the archers and musketeers on the walls on both sides.

The first hand-to-hand combat, the Sultan's soldiers were very excited, in their opinion, it was only because of the city wall that the Byzantines barely resisted, but now that the city wall has fallen, there is nothing to stop them, compared to hand-to-hand combat, the Sultan's soldiers will not show timidity.

The "killing" soldiers roared and climbed up to the collapsed ruins of the city wall, the round shields in their hands had lost their effect at this time, and they were thrown aside, holding their swords high in both hands and preparing to slash at the enemy.

On the other hand, spears were constantly being cut off, and after all, the Ottomans were outnumbered, and soon the defense line was shaken, and people kept making up for it, and people were falling.

Seeing that the situation ahead was critical, Giovanni, who was supervising the battle in the rear, couldn't sit still, so he raised the cross sword next to his hand and rushed forward.

An Ottoman soldier who had killed the rear cut off the head of an enemy, smirked, and was about to look for his next target, when suddenly darkness fell in front of him.

Giovanni didn't look at him anymore, and rushed directly to the front, a group of soldiers followed his pace, and when they reached the gap, Giovanni didn't stop, he rushed out directly, and the soldiers behind him rushed out,

However, there were too many enemies, and Giovanni cut down an enemy, but did not notice the Ottoman soldiers behind him, and saw that the enemy's sword was about to be chopped down, when a voice sounded,

"General, be careful," Giovanni didn't have time to turn back when a figure jumped down from the city and cut off the attacker's legs.

Giovanni exhaled happily, but he didn't have time to adjust his mood and threw himself into the fight again.

The enemy suddenly retreated, and a figure came out from the opposite side,

"Hello, respected commander," the person who came came with shiny armor and a cold sword blade, obviously not low,

"I will launch a duel against you and let Allah decide the victory in this war."

The person who came was Omar, the standard-bearer of the Ottoman European army, and during this period, aristocratic chivalry was still very common, and the enemy would be spurned if he did not fight, and the plot in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was the same as that of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, all of which were made to undermine morale, and it was inevitable that the enemy army would fall into chaos without a commander.

Giovanni did not answer, but his posture was a clear indication of his position.

Seeing that Giovanni did not respond, and Omar was not embarrassed, shrugged his shoulders and prepared for the attack, both sides had a brief ceasefire at this time, and the defenders wished they could rest for a while, although they were a little worried about their commander, but they could only pray in their hearts that he would win.

"Ha" Omar slashed down with a sword, Giovanni raised his sword to block,

"Bell~" Omar's wrist was numb, he didn't expect Giovanni's arm strength to be so strong.

Giovanni raised his hand, shook off Omar's sword, slashed at the situation, Omar blocked it with a horizontal sword, and the two sides fought back and forth for dozens of rounds.

"It can't go on like this." Giovanni was secretly anxious in his heart, he had to fight quickly, otherwise the enemy would only gain an inch.

Glancing at the stone next to him, Giovanni had an idea, and with a strong sword, Omar suddenly opened the door, and Giovanni jumped up and stepped on the stone, slashing downward.

"Ah~" There was a wail, and Omar was cut in half from his shoulder.

Giovanni was exhausted and reluctantly raised his sword to point at the enemy, "Who dares to come forward and fight?" ”

But the enemy did not have the fear he expected, or rather, the fear was not because of Giovanni, according to the Turkic tradition, the Lord would die on the battlefield, and if his soldiers returned alive, they would be buried with the Lord General.

"The general is dead, and we can't let him go." A bold Ottoman soldier shouted, and a crowd rushed up.

Seeing that the enemy was about to rush forward, Giovanni was powerless, collapsed to the ground, closed his eyes, and waited for death to come.

"Alright, my general, your mission is accomplished." After a long time, he heard a familiar voice without waiting for death, and slowly opened his eyes, and sure enough, it was him, and the emperor himself came out.

"Your Majesty?" Giovanni muttered, "How did you get out?" ”

"I'm sorry, but I still can't watch you fight alone." The purple robe under the emperor's armor was already soaked in blood, and he grinned,

"Although I can't command you as much as you, when it comes to martial arts, you're not necessarily better than me."

Giovanni smiled and smiled happily, "You shouldn't come out, Your Majesty, you should understand how heavy your burden is." ”

"Yes, I understand." The Emperor shrugged, "But this is already a time of life and death, and I can't help it." ”

Giovanni looked around, there were corpses everywhere, and the defenders were cleaning up the battlefield.

"It seems that Your Majesty has won." Giovanni said helplessly.

"Thanks to your help." The Emperor laughed, "This is not the place to talk, let's go back." ”

After saying that, Giovanni was carried away on a stretcher, watching the sunset, the emperor was standing in the open space with his sword in both hands, and Cecipe was reporting to him on the situation of the battle,

"Your Majesty, the enemy has lost more than a thousand killed in battle, plus at least three thousand wounded. We also suffered more than a thousand casualties. ”

"Well," the emperor was not surprised at all, after all, although the city wall fell, he still had the home advantage,

"How many soldiers are there in the city?"

"There are only more than 5,000 people, Your Majesty, raise the fire, and let the reinforcements come to support us in defending the city."

"Don't worry, what's going on in Anatolia?"

"I haven't heard anything yet."

"Well, okay, I got it." The emperor's heart gradually calmed down.