In the early morning outside the Fort Wiscarri, the smoke of the fierce battle at night had not completely dissipated. Everything was so peaceful, only the crows flying through the sky made a harsh sound.

However, when the crow fell from the sky and pecked at the flesh of the corpse, this horrifying scene undoubtedly made Ranieri, who arrived, experience the fierceness and cruelty of the battle last night.

Although the Byzantines also suffered losses, most of the corpses on the battlefield were from the Venetian side, and the situation was basically overwhelming. Although the night attacks of the Byzantines were repelled, it was equivalent to failure. However, the key was not the losses. Despite the heavy casualties, most of them were mercenaries composed of Albanians and Croatia. The losses could be supplemented at any time. However, the blow to morale by this battle was the most deadly.

There were sobbing sounds everywhere in the barracks. It was obvious that the Byzantines' sudden head-on strike completely made the Venetian army completely lose its original sense of superiority. They came here and thought that they would only deal with the defeated generals of the Byzantine Empire, but the previous Battle of Watergate and the night attack last night completely destroyed the courage of the Venetian army. And Ranieridandoro, who witnessed all this, also frowned.

In the military camp, Maximilian was slapped heavily and knelt down in front of Ranieri in great frustration to apologize. He was ashamed of himself, possessing superior forces and preparing for the other party's night attack. As a result, the Byzantines actually escaped with ease, but he lost his troops and generals. Even Maximilian himself could not forgive this shame.

The man with his head down said nothing because he knew that any defense was useless at such times.

And Ranieri, who looked at his retainer's cheeks swollen and had been silent all the time, suddenly questioned his retainer and said, "Do you know why I blame you?"

"I failed your expectations and made the Greeks successfully attack, or even drag them away, and it was not done to embarrass you." Maximilian said with his head down on one knee, not daring to show any dissatisfaction.

Such a major mistake made him feel ashamed, but to Maximilian's surprise, Ranieri Dandoro shook his head and said, "No, you were wrong, Maxim. I did not blame you for losing too much or for leaving the Greeks, but for you forgot your duty completely. I ask you, what is the purpose of my dispatching you to stay?"

Looking at the feeling of helplessness and blame in Ranieri Dandoro's resolute face, Maximilian, who suddenly felt lost, was suddenly stopped by this sentence, and after a long time hesitated, "Closing the pass...My sir."

"So what is the purpose of blocking the mountain pass?"

"The siege of the Greeks made them unable to escape." The man who was stunned for a while then replied. Maximilian really didn't understand why the Governor in front of him asked such an obvious question.

Ranieri Dandoro pointed out: "You are right. As the commander, your biggest mistake this time is that you forget what you should do. You just blindly pursue the Greeks but didn't realize that it was a trap set by the other party on his own." The man sighed slightly. As soon as he learned about what happened on the ship, he realized that it was not right. You must know that the defenders of Fort Wiscarri were already dropping into the bucket when they defended the city, but now they take the initiative to attack

It was very abnormal in itself. When Ranieli arrived, the battle had ended. He realized that something was wrong and immediately rushed back to the camp. Sure enough, he found that there were signs of someone taking advantage of the situation in the northeastern camp. Because the entire army pursued the Byzantine army, the defense was very empty. It can be imagined that the Byzantines had realized their attempt, and the people who asked for help successfully broke through the encirclement. This undoubtedly caused most of the efforts Ranieli had spent.

After learning all this, Maximilian realized why the Byzantines took the initiative to retreat halfway through the attack. It turned out that they were not just rushing to attack at night, but just covering up their eyes.

"So that's the case... Then what should we do now?" Maximilian looked at Ranieri Dandoro, who looked solemn, didn't know what to do. If Tripolis' reinforcements arrived, wouldn't the plan to siege Fort Wiscarri be completely lost?

However, how could Ranieri, who had reached this point, choose to give up halfway? A trace of struggle flashed in his eyes, and he finally gritted his teeth and made a decision.

"Don't worry about this matter. The first thing to do is to block the news. No third person can know about this matter." Ranieri made an amazing decision, and he actually wanted to hide this matter completely.

As soon as this said, Maximilian, who was kneeling on one knee, suddenly looked up and said in shock: "I'm afraid..." But before he finished speaking, he was shocked by Ranieri Dandorona's majestic gaze and swallowed the remaining half of the words back.

Ranieri's intentions are obvious. Once it is leaked at this time, the besiege of Fort Wiscari will definitely be meaningless. The other generals are not nobles of the Dandoro faction and they will definitely not stand on Ranieri's side and will definitely strongly oppose continuing to stay here and take risks.

But Ranieri is now in a difficult situation. If he cannot capture Fort Wiscari, not only will he not have a place to stand in Venice, but the glory of the Dandoro family will be covered with dust. This is something Ranieri definitely does not want to see, and he will not allow such a thing to happen.

"But that's too dangerous, sir." Maximilian was deeply shocked by Ranieri's madness at this moment. He had already seen that the lord in front of him was like a gambler who was desperate. He still wanted to try to persuade Ranieri to give up this action, but this was doomed to be futile.

Ranieri shook his head and said, "I understand your concerns, you don't have to worry about this. I will naturally deal with it properly. I just need to take over everything before Fort Wiscarri within these few days." Although the man's expression and tone were stable when he said this, Maximilian felt the madness in his bones.

Ranieri was too eager for a victory. As long as he took this castle, such great contribution would definitely offset the punishment of his father deceiving the Church. This is why, even though Ranieri's father, Governor Endock, was seriously ill, as a son, he had never set out for Constantinople. For a dying person, if he could not get the holy oil applied to the priest, he would die as a mortal. He would fall into hell and never get redemption.
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