Caramee is the largest of several fortresses in South Peloponnese. It is the fief of a viscount. Although the lords here were summoned to Corinth at this time, there were still hundreds of regular troops stationed here. It can be said that they were obviously much stronger than the other fortresses, and the reason for this was that they were left to warn the Greek resistance troops in the southeast.

Since the Battle of Olive Forest, tens of thousands of troops of the Byzantine Empire were defeated by 600 knights led by William, the entire Moria Military Region's defense system collapsed. In three months, the Latins almost annexed important cities and fortresses. However, this does not mean that the remnants of Byzantine forces no longer exist. In the hilly areas in the south, there are still some nobles leading the resistance troops to lie down. They worship Nesia as the orthodox of the empire and are a major concern for the Achaean vassal state.

In the past month, most of the troops of the Achaean vassal state have been transferred to the north, but Karamay's defense has not been relaxed at all. He is responsible for monitoring the soldiers in the south to be ready for battle at any time. Once any problems arise, they will resist the invaders and wait for the arrival of reinforcements. However, yesterday the loss of news from Mycenae made the defenders here very strange. According to conventions, residents from Mycenae come here to buy and sell something every day.

Suddenly such a thing happened, and the Mycenae defenders were full of suspicion and alertly sent people to check the situation, but gained nothing.

However, something that shocked them the next day happened. An elite Byzantine army quietly appeared from behind and quickly surrounded Karamai. This was completely beyond the expectations of the Latins. They thought that even if the enemy appeared, they should have been from the east rather than the west. Mycenae had lost contact before contacting, and they finally realized that the fortress they were adjacent to had probably fallen recently.

"O God!" Looking at the scene in front of him, Sir Baptist, as the commander, could not help but be frightened. It was completely unexpected that a small army appeared behind the vassal state of Achaia, and they did not notice it at all.

Under the city tower, the Byzantine army lined up the phalanx but did not attack immediately. The person in charge was Zeodosephalon, and the army he led was a heavy infantry company of a thousand men from Agrignon and Italian mercenaries.

Staring at the fortress wall, Zeodosefalon did not give an order to attack, but the man looked at Musval beside him and said, "Is this really good?" He received the order from Justinian to besiege Karamai, but the Saracen man made him only besiege the city and was not ready to attack.

Muswar, who was standing by, said coldly: "Since he was just talking about siege, he did not order us to capture this place. If we consume too much here, what power do you have to check and balance that boy?" Muswar reminded Zeodosefalon that Justinian did not use his headquarters and Turkic mercenaries in this operation, and the intention was self-evident.

Zeodosefalon immediately realized that Justinian was deliberately consuming himself, so he couldn't help but hold the whip in his hand tightly and said, "Hmph, this cunning boy! I will definitely go back to report to the Count!" But the man looked puzzled again, "But if we fail, how should we escape from danger? We can't be buried here with Justinian!" This was something that the man had been puzzled. When they entered here from the sea, they had no way out. Even if Zeodosefalon seized Justinian's command, it would be difficult for him to return to Agrignon.

But Musval seemed to have already made plans and whispered: "You don't have to worry about this. General Faron and Lord Theodor had planned that we could go to the Cape of Tefalon, which is currently the resistance area controlled by Leo Sagros, Duke of Corinth, and we can leave from there." This is Theodor's plan, and once the nominal commander Justinian loses his power, he can be abandoned at any time.

Seeing that the Latins had already summoned the army on the city wall, a rare smile suddenly appeared on Musval's face, "But if he did nothing, he would give the boy a warning. After all, he seemed to be planning something, so let the Italian Franks send it to him first!"

"Okay!" The Italian mercenaries had two or three hundred people as cannon fodder for the attack. Zeodosefalon nodded and immediately issued an order to attack.

On the other side, the Latin people on the top of the city finally became nervous.

In front of the Byzantine army, the Genoa crossbowmen among the Italian mercenaries were the first to come out. They were equipped with new crossbows and aimed at the city walls. The elite Latins had left, so they did not have to worry about the attacks of the cavalry, and the opponent's archers were also weak and powerless.

Pulling the crossbow was like a sudden rain. The arrow caught many Latins off guard. The crossbow arrows that crossed the city walls did not diminish. Suddenly, people were injured. The terrified Latins squatted down in a mess, and some even fell to the ground. They looked at the crossbow archers appearing in the Byzantine army in amazement. Then, the Italian infantry in the front of Byzantine rushed up with a hook and sickle spear in hand and set up a ladder.

"Stop them!" The Latin defenders' roar was filled with fear and anxiety.

After the archery militia shot the bow and arrow, they drew their swords and shouted to block the attacking Italian mercenaries.

On the front line of the fortress, the Latins fought and sawing each other with Italian mercenaries holding spears on the top of the city. The huge rocks fell like raindrops. However, Zeodosefalon looked behind and saw the Italians unable to support them. There were many wounded and dead everywhere, but they still had no intention of sending troops up.

This undoubtedly inspired the Latin people, and more infantrymen rushed up and waved swords, forcing the mercenaries to retreat. Some people had already begun to escape from huge casualties.

On the hills, Justinian was watching all this in the distance, clenching his fists silently. He expected this to be the case, but he did not expect that Zeodoserfalon was so cold-blooded and ruthless. Even if he was a mercenary, it would not mean that they could be consumed as worthless cannon fodder.
Chapter completed!