Outside the Gulf of Thessalonica, the harassment of the Venetian fleet continued. In order to contain the Greeks in the city, Ranieri Dandolo also spent a lot of money this time, using all the trebuchet firepower on the warship to cover his troops.

The Saracen Legion stormed the sea wall of Thessaloniki. Although it put great pressure on the Greeks, they suffered heavy casualties on their side, and soon the water in the shoal was dyed red with blood.

After making such a big sacrifice, the defense line on the sea wall, which was defended by Greek militia and Turkic mercenaries, still did not loosen at all. At this time, the Muslims loyal to the Venetians also wavered in fighting spirit and begged Ranieri Dandolo to stop continuing the unnecessary

storm.

However, Ranieri was unmoved and stood in front of the deck and said coldly to the Saracens: "You don't have to force yourself to obey me like the Greeks in Candia. The reward I promised is never free.

If you can't hold on, I can replace you with someone else."

Under the noble's stern words, the underlying meaning was already obvious. The Saracens, who were full of grief and anger, dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. They knew that if they really rejected the other party, then their community on the island of Crete would not be able to maintain it.

No longer possible.

"No need, sir, we have no problem." They could only break their teeth and swallow it. The soldiers of the Saracen Corps once again chose to jump on the stern and launch an attack on Thessaloniki.

At this time, Ranieri Dandolo stared at the city of Thessaloniki in front of him, his face ashen. It was not because he cared about the worthless Saracen casualties in front of him, but because the man was irritated by the stalemate in the entire battle.

"Huh, it's been so long since the Teutons, why haven't there been any movements yet? Are Epirus and Bulgaria a bunch of dead people?" A trace of anger arose in his heart, and Ranieri could not maintain his grace.

Because he had been repeatedly guaranteed that Thessaloniki would be captured today, he signed a letter of guarantee with the Senate this time. This matter related to his return to Venice. However, time passed by and the fierce battle in front of him was not over yet.

, completely exhausted Ranieri's patience.

At this moment, he caught a glimpse of Giovanni not far away, and the man was chatting with a young man dressed as a Northern Rus. Ranieri, who was already angry, immediately gave up.

The other party had no face at all and scolded directly: "Congressman Giovanni, didn't I ask you to supervise the battle? Why did you bring this northern barbarian to my ship!"

All eyes were instantly attracted, and Giovanni, who was publicly called by his first name, suddenly lost his composure. You must know that the Navigagioso family was originally at odds with the Dandolo family, and this time the two of them

The cooperation was even more discordant. Giovanni, who was blushing, immediately decided to fight back and sneered: "Huh, this is a public ship. When will it become your Dandolo's? I have already arranged for someone to go to the Teutonic side."

It’s over now, and it’s not your turn to point fingers at the guests I invited.”

Compared with the previous submissive attitude, Giovanni's tough attitude surprised everyone. You must know that although the Navegagioso family is not small, they openly oppose the governor of Candia in front of them. Giovanni is like this.

It was still too impulsive. However, Giovanni had his own plan. After getting confirmation, the man had already regarded Igor behind him as an important bargaining chip in his hand. In the past few years, the Venetian Senate has been planning to explore the Black Sea, and now

He had a living map in his hand. With this confidence, Giovanni no longer had to fear the Dandolo family in front of him.

On the other side, Igor, who pretended to be frightened, was watching the Venetian dispute with cold eyes. Seeing that Giovanni seemed to be exposing himself, his heart sank. Originally, he used Kherson's matter to prevaricate it first.

Steady the other party, but if others find out, the secret may be exposed.

At this moment, the sailor on guard duty on the mast suddenly sent news.

"Mr. Governor, the front line... seems to have been defeated!"

The sudden announcement instantly disrupted the thoughts of everyone present, and both Ranieri and Giovanni, who were about to argue, were also panicked.

"Nonsense, impossible! The armies of Epirus and Bulgaria are at least 50,000 to 60,000 strong!"

"How could they have lost? Let's go and confirm again! The news must have been wrongly transmitted."

There was chaos on the ship. While Ranieri ordered people to explore the news again, he also sent people to reorganize the army and put everyone on the ship on alert. Although he did not want to believe that this would be the result, the Dandolo family

People always prepare for the worst. Under Ranieri's dispatch, all sailors took up arms and were ready for battle, but most of them were still confused, and inexplicable tension filled the deck.

Come on.

"How could this happen? Did the Germans also miss it?" At this time, Giovanni could not care about the conflict with Ranieri, but no matter how hard he thought about it, he could not think that the reason for everything was the Teutonic Knights, who had high hopes for them.

.

But Igor, who knew the cause and effect, stood behind and remained calm. The only question now was how he could get out of here safely.

When all the Venetians were panicking about the news of the defeat on the front line, no one noticed that several ships were slowly approaching from the northwest.

"Huh? That's Leonardo's ship, and the Russians." Someone recognized the flag on the ship, "They also know the news about the front line?"

The Venetians did not suspect anything. They just assumed that the people on the opposite side were their own people who had received the news and came to return to the team. However, they did not know that the people manning the ships at this time were no longer their compatriots.

"That's that?" Ranieri first noticed something was wrong, "Who informed them of their return?" He immediately asked someone to verify the news. After learning that no one had delivered the news and that these ships had left their posts and returned without authorization, Dandolo was alert.

The danger was immediately realized.

"Trebuchets and ballistae are ready! Sink those ships!"

Making a decisive decision, Ranieri Dandolo must not let the other side get closer. Without any explanation, Ranieri Dandolo asked his men to target the warship heading here, even if it was flying the flag of Venice.

However, his decision was too late. Before the Venetian sailors could react, the roaring ballista stones passed by the deck mast and directly blew the head of a sailor, followed closely by the

The flaming asphalt barrels exploded above the heads of the Venetians. It was a trebuchet! The opponent moved one step faster and launched the attack directly.

"There is an enemy attack! Take cover!" Before he could issue a warning, the guards around him knocked the governor of Candia down. Behind him, the place where he was originally was engulfed by a falling fire. The flames quickly spread,

It spread all over the deck, and suddenly the Venetians on the ship were caught off guard and the ship was in chaos.

…

On the sea, the shouts of killing shook the heaven and earth, but the rapidly sailing ship remained steady without any bumps.

"Don't worry, your people will be fine." In the captain's room, Andrea Doria calmly promised the Russians sitting opposite.

However, Yaroslav did not appreciate it, "I don't need your help. If anything happens to Igor, all of us in the Russian Brotherhood will fight with you!" The man who said the harsh words could only stop.

This is so, because at this time, all the control rights on the ship are already owned by Genoese people.

"I'm afraid not necessarily. If it weren't for Lord Andrea, you guys would just die if you went there." The people on the side sneered, and then the subordinates around Andrea laughed at the Russians in front of them.

The laughter of the people below was immediately stopped by Andrea himself. He was still calm and said to Yaroslav in front of him: "Think about it carefully. You used the gold coin I gave my sister in Acre.

My network has just come into contact with the Teutons, and if I had not deliberately led the Venetians to be attacked by pirates, you would not have completed the plan easily. We have been cooperating from the beginning, and there is no need for such resistance."

The young Genoese nobleman calmly stated the facts to Yaroslav, and these peaceful words were like thunder in the ears of the Russian people. Yaroslav looked at Andrea Doria in front of him in shock and horror, and then
Chapter completed!