But.

Pedro's little trick is not enough in Wang Baobao's eyes.

He won't fill in people's lives, and he can rely on the giant artillery to continue the attack.

Boom Boom!

As bursts of artillery rang out, the Mongols raised their artillery by half an inch and aimed directly at the second main wall of Kaffa.

I have to say that the quality of the second city wall is really good, and it can be regarded as the ceiling level of the city wall defense.

The terrible Mongol cannon bombarded it, but only a few small white spots and a pile of small rubble were knocked out.

But.

The defenders of Kaffa City were still scared enough.

Because the Mongol artillery was so accurate, it was able to hit accurately across the half of the city wall in front.

"Oh God!"

"Kaffa City is really dangerous!"

Pedro secretly screamed in his heart, no matter how strong the walls are, they can't withstand the continuous artillery bombardment!

Now, Pedro and his men can only pray that the Mongols don't have too many gunpowder reserves, hoping to run out before they collapse the walls of Kaffa!

Three hours later.

It was already dark and night, and the Mongolian camp outside Kaffa City was already silent.

After three hours of bombardment, the city of Kaffa was already in ruins, and although it had not completely collapsed, it could not hold on for long.

"Taishi, it's better to take advantage of the night to continue the bombardment, one night is enough time to destroy the city wall, and you can attack the city early tomorrow morning!"

Meng Yuan's general Haohai persuaded in the camp tent.

Not long ago, after Hao Hai led the Varat cavalry to defeat the Kingdom of Poland and kill the Polish king Kami III, he surpassed Tayin Timur to become the first general under Wang Baobao.

I have to say that Haohai's strategy and courage are really far superior to that of Tamerlane.

Wang Baobao did not rush to launch a surprise attack at night, but continued to attack the walls of Kaffa with artillery from the next day.

Your army has already seized the initiative on the battlefield, so Wang Baobao naturally won't take many risks.

After two days of artillery bombardment of the walls of Kaffa, two huge gaps appeared.

Wang Baobao immediately ordered Haohai to serve as the vanguard and lead the soldiers and horses into the city.

The Mengyuan army led by Haohai attacked through the gap in the city wall and engaged in fierce street battles with the Genoese army in the city.

Pedro, the commander of the Genoese army, personally led his men to use the street cover to resist the attack of the Mongol soldiers.

"Damn the Mongols, God bless us!" Wearing a red turban and armor, Pedro threw his spear and stabbed down several Mengyuan soldiers who rushed to the front, cursing loudly, his face flushed with anger, and his eyes became bloody like beasts.

"General, we can't stop the enemy, the city gate has been broken by the Mongol soldiers!" The adjutant standing next to him, looking at the enemy who was getting closer and closer, replied nervously: "Plus the other side has a large number of people......"

"Bastard!" Pedro shouted angrily, raised the knight's sword in his hand, and slashed at the oncoming Mongol Slavic soldiers, blood splattered, and with a scream, a corpse fell to the ground.

He raised his blood-stained arms to wipe the sweat from his forehead and cheeks, then turned to ask the adjutant behind him, "Can the brothers hold on?" ”

"General, I don't think it's okay, I have to retreat!" The adjutant gasped for two breaths and said intermittently: "If this continues, everyone will die!" ”

"Okay, then let's get out." Pedro nodded and instructed the soldiers behind him: "Prepare a crossbow, give me a hard blow, and destroy all the enemies who rush up!" ”

Seeing that the Genoese army began to retreat, the Mongols pursued the fleeing Genoese soldiers like crazy, and soon occupied the entire square and drove the Genoese army into the corner.

"Damn it!"

Wearing a red turban, silver-gray armor, and holding a short bow in his left hand, Pedro stood out in the crowd, and a large number of Genoese soldiers gathered towards him.

Pedro saw the enemy troops rushing up in the distance, and knew that if the other side completed the encirclement, no one would want to survive today.

"Brothers, kill me with me!"

Pedro raised his sword and yelled at the Genoese soldiers around him.

Now that the entire city of Kaffa had been breached by the Mongols, Pedro and other Genoese who wanted to flee for their lives had to rush to the port south of the city, where ships could flee.

Pedro led the remnants of the Genoese soldiers to the slaughter, sprinting for their lives in the streets south of Kaffa.

However, since the city had fallen and the streets had already been blocked, they could not run fast at all, but were intercepted by the rushing enemy, and after paying more than ten lives, Pedro finally broke through the enemy's defense line and led his Genoese soldiers to the port.

At this time, on the plain outside the port, ten sailing ships were docked.

Pedro boarded the top deck of one of the sailboats and shouted below: "Quick, get on board, we'll leave the city at once!" ”

"Yes!"

The remaining 300 or so Genoese soldiers jumped onto the deck, then climbed up the rope ladder to the cabin, and under Pedro's command, quickly lifted the sailboat and sailed south.

"Haha, we managed to escape!" Pedro clenched his fists excitedly and cheered at the soldiers around him.

Just as everyone was cheering and rejoicing that they had escaped, suddenly a fleet of more than twenty warships appeared on the sea in front of them.

The team that suddenly appeared was flying a white and black-edged gold cross flag, clearly a Mongol navy.

"God, how is this possible, do the Mongols still have such a powerful navy?" Pedro was taken aback by the sudden appearance of the battleship.

Of course, what shocked him even more was that the opposite fleet actually took the initiative to launch an offensive.

"Winter, Winter, Winter ......"

A dense burst of cannonballs smashed into the vicinity of the sailboat where Pedro and the others were, and the shock wave from the sea toppled them to the ground.

"General, dodge, be careful!" The adjutant next to him desperately dragged Pedro to the other side of the deck.

No sooner had Pedro lay down than he heard a continuous roar in his ears, followed by countless pieces of wood and pieces of iron that flew down and hit his body in excruciating pain.

Under such circumstances, even the elite soldiers did not dare to stay on the sailboat, so they could only jump onto the shore and flee in all directions.

At the same time as the Mongol warships attacked, a group of 50 Mongol cavalry ran out of the city to the east and galloped forward quickly along the road.

"Enemy!"

"Protect the General!"

The Genoese soldiers shouted in panic, but they were no match for the Mongol cavalry, and they dropped their weapons and ran away.

"Catch it alive!"

The Mongol cavalry raised their sabers and rushed over with a roar, chopping melons and vegetables, and slaughtering all the Genoese soldiers.

Pedro was also surrounded by Mongol cavalry, and in the face of a mortal situation, Pedro had no intention of continuing to resist and threw down his weapons and surrendered.

The Mongol cavalry tied up Pedro.

At this time, the city of Kaffa had been occupied by the Mengyuan army, and the ships in the port could not escape at all.

Pedro was escorted to Wang Baobao, the commander of the Mengyuan Dynasty.

I have to say that Pedro is worthy of being a well-known bold man in the Genoese army, and he didn't have much fear after seeing Wang Baobao.

"You are John Timur?" Pedro stared at the young Mongolian general and asked through gritted teeth.

"I'm just, I've heard you're brave in battle." As the commander of the Mongols, Wang Baobao nodded: "In the previous battle, you also claimed to capture me, and now I am standing in front of you, what are you going to do?" ”

"Humph! I will never give in to you! Pedro puffed out his chest and glared at the Mongolian commander without showing weakness: "You want me to bow to you, unless you step over my corpse!" ”

"I really admire your courage, but I don't think this kind of thing needs to be done to the point of life and death." Wang Baobao said with a smile and said: "You are not my opponent, I advise you not to resist stubbornly, if you are not willing to surrender, I can give you two choices, one is that I will kill you, and then slaughter all your subordinates; The second is that you surrender to me and help me persuade the navy in the docks to surrender! ”

Although the Mongol navy blocked the port to the sea, it only symbolically destroyed a warship with artillery.

The rest of the Genoese navy was still in the harbor, unable to break through and unwilling to go ashore.

"Phew!" Pedro spat out a mouthful of spit and scolded: "Mongolian elder, you don't want me to betray my hometown and surrender to you scoundrels." ”

"Well, in that case, then you should die."

Wang Baobao looked at Pedro coldly and said, "Send this guy who dares to insult me to be hanged!" ”

Wang Baobao knew that these European barbarians, only nobles could enjoy beheading treatment, and painful hangings were more suitable for them.

Several Mongol warriors rushed over and dragged Pedro to a nearby gallows.

Pedro struggled, cursing at the Mongols, but there was nothing he could do to stop the tragedy.

When the dreaded rope was put around his neck, Pedro was finally scared.

"No, I promise to surrender!" Pedro hurriedly begged for mercy.

"What do you say? You said you were going to surrender?! ”

"Yes, I said I surrendered!" Pedro hurriedly added: "I can persuade the navy of the mouth to be at your disposal, please give me a chance to make meritorious deeds!" ”

"Oh, well, I can give you a chance." Wang Baobao showed a successful expression of conspiracy, and a smile appeared on his face.

Pedro breathed a sigh of relief that he had finally saved his life.

Wang Baobao offered extremely large fees for the Genoya navy.

And his demands are not excessive.

Wang Baobao only demanded that the Genoese navy hand over their ships and slave sailors, and that if the other soldiers did not want to serve the Mongols, they could leave with the money given to them and not have to fight against their own country on the battlefield.

Pedro succeeded in persuading the Genoese sailors who were on the battleship to abandon their ships and surrender to the Mongols.

Wang Baobao immediately increased his strength after obtaining these warships of the Genoese Navy, and now the Mongolian Navy has forty warships of all sizes.

Wang Wubao immediately ordered these warships to be refitted, and added many new guns unique to Meng Yuan on the upper deck.

After conquering the city of Kaffa and forcing down the Genoese army such as Pedro.

Wang Baobao left thousands of Slavs to defend Kafacheng, and then led this fleet towards Constantinople and slaughtered it mightily.

A few dozen miles or so from Constantinople, Wang Baobao gave the order to advance slowly.

Alexios, the patriarch of the Eastern Roman Empire, originally said that it was good to have a ship to meet the king's protection.

But now that there were no Orthodox Christians on the sea, Wang Baobao immediately became cautious.

As the order was given, the fleet slowly moved closer to Constantinople.

About ten miles from Constantinople, dozens of warships suddenly rushed out of a hidden harbor in front of the fleet.

"All ready to fight!"

"Report, many sails have appeared on the sea, flying the Genoese flag."

"Report, there's a ship moving on the sea, it's a Venetian!"

The lookouts of the Mongolian Navy sounded various alarms one after another.

The fleet that came to intercept was none other than the combined fleet of Venice, Genoa and Pisa.

Venice, Genoa, and Pisa had large fleets as maritime trading powers.

Sailing in the Mediterranean, so to speak, is unimpeded.

The Eastern Roman Emperor John V, escorted by a combined fleet, had arrived outside the city of Constantinople.

However, the Patriarch Alexius of the Orthodox Church and the Roman citizens in the city refused to allow John V to enter the city, because they had declared John V a traitor.

Now the armies of France, Savoyin, Venice, Genoa, Pisa, and the Papal States escorting John V have surrounded Constantinople.

Their combined fleet prepared for this ambush after detecting the approach of the Mongol navy.

On a huge battleship, Wang Baobao stood on the plywood, looking at the combined fleet that appeared in front of him, and a disdainful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"The country of barbarians, just such a small warship, dare to claim to be invincible on the sea?"

The combined fleet of these three maritime powers, with more than a hundred warships.

The vast majority were galleys that used slave oars, and there were a few fast arsonboats that used spinnakers.

And the Mongolian navy under Wang Baobao has undergone some improvements.

The Mengyuan navy moved many of its guns to the battleship.

These cannons, forged from precious brass, could sink any battleship that dared to approach at a distance of nearly a hundred paces.

And the combined fleet on the opposite side did not know about this.

"Raise the battle flag, I want to show these barbaric Orientals what a real navy is!"

In the combined fleet opposite, a battleship flying the flag of St. John raised the battle flag.

This battleship is the "Honor" of the Venetian Navy, and the commander of the battleship, Verratti, is the soul of the Venetian Navy, who once led the Venetian fleet in the Mediterranean Sea and defeated the warships of the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt many times.

As the two sides approached, Verratti quickly recognized several warships of the Mongol navy, all of which were Genoese warships.

It is clear that the Mongols must have captured the city of Kaffa in order to capture these Genoese ships.

"Immediately prepare to fight and avenge our Catholic brothers!"

Verratti immediately gave the order.

The Catholic Navy of the Combined Fleet posed in a very large semicircle.

They would take advantage of their numerical superiority and encircle the Mongol navy from three directions, followed by fierce hand-to-hand combat.

But as the distance between the two sides approached to less than a hundred paces, the warships of the Mongolian navy suddenly made a gesture that surprised everyone.