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Whether it was the Ottoman Empire or the Eastern Roman Empire, the war efficiency of these Eastern countries was too terrifying. After Aenarion handled the diplomacy, he was able to bring the Third Legion of the Emperor's Sons, ten battalions of auxiliary soldiers, a total of 20,000 elite soldiers and his entire navy to attack him in just a week. This efficiency was unimaginable for the Western European countries, so much so that the Crusaders and knights from Western Europe were simply unbelievable and thought that the Ottomans and the Eastern Roman Empire were all crazy.

If Western European countries wanted to go to war, the knights would temporarily recruit farmers to join the war, and then the earls would gather the knights one by one under their command, and the king would gather the earls one by one. How could they just go? If they wanted to go to war, it would take a month to gather the troops.

The knight fiefdom system implemented by Western European countries, at the cost of a large amount of power delegated from the central government to the local governments, supported a very large number of extremely elite heavy armored knights. These knights could do whatever they wanted in their own territories, squeeze the fat of the people, and do their best to improve the quality of their armor, weapons, and horses, thus becoming very excellent heavy cavalry, and then swept the entire battlefield in the classical era, but the price was the complete loss of control of the central government over local management.

The Ottoman and Eastern Roman Empires in the East believed in a centralized monarchy, where all soldiers were supported by the state and their equipment was also paid for by the state. This was a huge burden, and what equipment the soldiers could be equipped with depended entirely on the country's strength. Even the size of the Eastern Roman armored cavalry was maintained at one thousand, which was too expensive and there was no way to expand it.

The advantage is that the mobilization capabilities of these monarchical centralized states, both in terms of quantity and speed, are several times that of the knightly fiefdom system in Western Europe.

As the world gradually shifted to the age of firearms, heavily armored knights could no longer dominate the battlefield, and the last advantage of the knightly fiefdom system began to collapse.

"The enemy's artillery is too terrible. The Doge of Venice just sent a letter saying that it will take five days for their fleet to arrive. Our city walls will not be able to hold out for three days under this kind of firepower. We must go out and attack them tonight under the cover of darkness! Even if we can't drive the Romans into the sea, we must destroy their artillery positions, kill some generals and commanders, disrupt their military structure, and delay their offensive until reinforcements arrive."

Hepans frowned and called a meeting of the top leaders of the Knights Templar overnight. All the battle-hardened knights from Western Europe gathered together.

"Hepans is likely to raid the camp tonight. All camps must be on high alert. I will personally lead the soldiers to keep watch. All soldiers on watch will have their wages tripled tonight! The movements of the Venetian navy are unknown. According to the report from the reconnaissance ship, there is no trace of Venetians in the sea area of ​​more than 100 kilometers nearby. They cannot arrive in a short time. Hepans and the Crusaders are both impatient. They were so embarrassed by the bombardment during the day, and the city walls were so severely damaged. They are likely to raid the camp at night, destroy the camp facilities, and accurately snipe some generals to delay our attack."

Aenarion also called together his centurions to predict the enemy's movements.

The Roman soldiers were a little irritable. They had not gotten off the ship for several days and were feeling dizzy on the bumpy sea. When they finally got onto land, they had to repair the camp. They could not sleep after that. However, the Emperor personally kept watch with them and also paid them triple their wages, which offset their complaints to a large extent.

"But Aenarion has fought alongside us for a long time. We have performed Pegasus riding on the Romans' faces and beheading generals and capturing flags too many times in front of them. The enemy must be on guard. We must change our conventional tactics this time."

Hepans frowned her beautiful brows.

"So, everyone must be cautious in this battle. Follow my orders and gather your knights immediately. We will reunite in half an hour!"

"As you wish!"

The Knights Hospitaller began to gather in a mighty force. Hepans returned to the courtyard with a solemn expression and began to prepare for battle. With a pair of slender arms, she gathered up thousands of golden hairs and combed them into a long ponytail at the back of her head. Her tall and graceful body was covered with the lightest mithril chain mail shirt, so that her speed and agility could be maximized. Her white jade fingers grabbed a spear that looked like a combination of a spear and a sword.

The combined angel spear, the moment the finger touched the spear shaft, the more than one meter long sword-shaped spear blade with sharp edges on both sides, burned with the sacred and glorious heavenly fire.

Hepans began to pray mumbling to herself, and every time she prayed, a 24-hour amplification magic was cast on her body. She recited nine spells in total, and nine divine wings composed of golden energy spread out behind her one by one. Her whole body was bathed in the light of heaven, appearing particularly holy. A Paladin does not have as powerful a spellcasting ability as a priest, but a Paladin's melee combat ability is more powerful than a priest.

At Hepans's summons, a sacred and solemn golden dragon also responded to the call of the paladin master and quietly appeared from the void. Hepans leaped lightly onto the dragon's back, riding the golden dragon, and walked out of the castle with dignity. A large number of knights wearing chain mail and robes, holding spears and shields, also gathered under her command. There were a total of 300 Pegasus knights, 100 Vulture Knights, plus herself and three dragons. These more than 400 people were the only flying force.

In addition to these, the entire Knights Templar had 24 expeditionary knights. These people were the core of the entire Knights Hospitaller. All of them were paladins, and all of them had super magic endurance, extending the duration of an amplification spell to hours. Behind all of them, there were more or less some extremely dazzling divine wings.

All knights wore chain mail and cloaks, which had average defense but were very flexible, to maximize their mobility. They were equipped with spears, shields, and war hammers and long swords at their waists. They did not have any long-range weapons. Their only long-range power was the few long-range attack spells of the Paladins.

In addition, there are 1,200 slightly weaker squire knights. Although their equipment is the same as that of the expedition knights and Pegasus knights, they are indeed ordinary warriors and do not know any divine arts.

The next step is to recruit old farmers, who will not even be counted in the combat power.

Two thousand four hundred nearly completed knights began a night attack. Hepans felt a slight pain in her brain, and some fragmented memories came to her mind again: ever since Ryan's sword hurt her brain last time, she inexplicably recalled things she had never done. The most common picture was of herself riding on a horse, with an army of countless peasants stretching to the end of her sight, waving hoes, sickles, and blue and white iris flags covering the sky.

"Captain, what's wrong with you?"

A paladin saw that Hepans was in a bad condition and came over to ask with concern.

"It's okay, just an old injury. Get ready to fight."

Hepans waved her hand, rode the dragon, walked in front of all the knights, raised the spear burning with holy fire high, and gave a final pre-war speech under the gaze of everyone to boost morale.

"The Eastern Roman Empire is no longer our comrade! They have absorbed Muslims into their empire, issued a policy of religious tolerance, and openly sheltered pagans and heretics. Aenarion, who has fought alongside us for many years, is no longer our brother! He even openly spit on God's teachings! He married a Muslim wife! Our brothers have fallen! The Romans outside the city walls are all heretics!!!"

"Heretics must be killed!"

A paladin raised his spear fanatically, his eyes bloodshot, and shouted madly, responding to Hepans' words. The second, the third... More and more paladins raised their spears high, roared in indignation, and joined the carnival.

"The Pope has issued a decree! If you die in the battle against heresy, your soul can go to heaven!!!"

"For the glory of God! For the paradise after death! For the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit!!!"

"Sacrifice the blood of Jesus! Sacrifice the skull to Khorne!!!"

Hepans looked at her murderous army of knights with satisfaction, pointed the tips of her spears burning with golden flames at the Roman camp in the south, her eyes flashing with fanatical golden divine fire.

"All troops, follow me and charge."

Chapter 360: Paladin Charge

Under the command of Hepans, a large number of paladins bound their horses' hooves and held their tongues to minimize the noise, sneaking out of the castle under the cover of night. Behind the tail of each warhorse was a piece of freshly cut branch, which raised a cloud of dust as it dragged on the ground.

The Roman legion's defense was also strong. They set up an outpost camp with torches and early warning 200 meters away from the main camp, which was within the effective shooting range of muskets. The camp, which was built in an afternoon, had wooden stakes, trenches, chevaux de frise, and lookout shooting platforms. The civil engineering skills of the legion during the Roman Republic period were brought back by them, and the difficulty of a sneak attack was too great.

However, the Paladins of the Knights Hospitaller were not ordinary people. Seeing that they could not hide, a large number of them chose to rush forward. Just as they entered a distance of 200 meters, they were illuminated by the torches all over the mountains, exposing their whereabouts. The Roman soldiers immediately fought back with Aenarion's Thunder. The tired soldiers immediately formed three lines in a few seconds, hiding behind the chevaux de frise and firing in three sections, weaving a dense hail of bullets.

The Paladins were not in a hurry and used the Holy Shield directly, making themselves invincible within twelve seconds. Lead bullets hit the golden and magnificent divine shield with clanging sounds, sparks flew everywhere, but they were unable to break through this invincible defense barrier, allowing the Paladins to rush to a distance of 100 meters! 100 Paladins used a basic [Holy]

Spears] In an instant, a hundred spears made of divine flames whizzed out, drawing golden arcs in the air, and fell heavily on the Roman soldiers! Easily burning their iron armor, piercing through their bodies, and causing golden fires, allowing the flames of God to spread in the Roman camp!

The next moment, these one hundred knights directly smashed the wooden stakes that were burned and destroyed by the sacred spear. The charred stakes connected to a large amount of soil, and ashes were splashed everywhere. The powerful impact of the heavy cavalry destroyed the three-line musket formation hiding behind.

For a moment, the tearing sound of spears piercing flesh, the clanging sound of horses' hooves crushing armor, and the wailing of soldiers vomiting blood and screaming mixed together and resounded through the sky! After a successful charge, the expeditionary knights did not want to fight anymore, and immediately abandoned their charging spears and turned around to run away.

In the darkness, the trees tied to their horses' tails raised dust, making it impossible to judge the number of enemies. The Roman soldiers did not dare to chase them easily, and immediately organized the soldiers to fetch water to put out the fire, reorganize the formation, and pass the news to Aenarion.

"Your Majesty! The Knights Hospitaller appeared on the west side of the camp! They are setting fire to the camp! And they tied branches behind the horses' tails. It's too dark, and there are flying dust and flames everywhere. We can't confirm the number of enemies! Should we send cavalry reinforcements?"

Aenarion had been up all night, patrolling the camp with a torch in hand, and in the darkest hour of the night something went wrong.

"The westernmost side is the defense zone of the 10th Battalion of the Third Legion. There are no valuable targets there. It must be a feint by the Knights. Let them block it first! With trenches, fortifications, and a battalion of 1,000 legionnaires, can't they stop the feint attack of the Crusaders?"

Aenarion urgently entered combat mode and sent scouts out to continue investigating, trying to determine what Hepanthus was doing.

"Your Majesty! The Knights Hospitaller suddenly appeared on the east side of the camp! They also held torches high and tied branches behind their horses' tails. We had no way of judging the number of people. The enemy's attack was very fierce! The brothers of the Auxiliary Corps fought hard to stop the first wave of cavalry charge!"

The second scout also arrived hurriedly and reported the situation.

"Have them hold on. Concentrate the artillery in the central area. There are no valuable targets for decapitation on the east and west sides. They cannot be the main direction of Hepans' attack. She is trying to lure us to split our forces to the east and west..."

Aenarion thought for a moment, then called to the herald.

"Wait! Tell the soldiers in the east and west that I will reinforce them immediately! You guys, ask the logistics department for a few donkeys to serve as cavalry to support the left and right sides, and tie something to their tails. It's so dark that we can't see how many enemies there are, and the enemy can't see how many of us there are either."

"As you wish!"

The Roman soldiers immediately took action, pretending to reinforce the east and west sides, which confused Hepans. Could Aenarion not be unable to see through such a feint? Did he really take the bait or what?

"Keep going, everyone, attack the artillery positions in front."

At Hepans's command, she led the main force of her army to charge towards the central artillery formation. The five hundred paladins were the spearhead of this assault.

Fires were everywhere, dust was everywhere, and 500 cavalrymen were lined up in an orderly manner. Their chain mail and spears reflected the cold light of death under the flames and the light of the stars and the moon. After receiving the order from Hepans, the commanders of each knight unit blew the passionate charge horn together. The cavalrymen urged their horses to move forward from stillness to slow walking, to trotting, and then to charging, advancing madly like a silver-white storm! The entire battlefield was like a drum covered with leather, trembling wildly under the swift and fierce beating of thousands of horse hooves!

"Array!!!"

Faced with the cavalry charge, the Roman soldiers were not afraid. The musketeers hid behind the wooden stakes that had been set up long ago and formed three lines to start shooting. The dense firepower was enough to cause heavy losses to any cavalry who dared to charge head-on.

But these five hundred cavalrymen were all fucking paladins. The moment they entered the range of the muskets, they activated the Holy Shield and used their twelve seconds of invincibility to rush through the deadly distance of muskets and bows and arrows, and charged forward despite the terrifying long-range firepower of the Romans. Groups of Crusaders were like fierce and vicious pale wolves, or like earth-shaking silver waves, and in a flash they rushed into the faces of the Roman soldiers.

They even had time to fire a wave of fire with 500 burning sacred spears at the moment of the sudden attack. The divine fire from heaven burned the wooden stakes of the chevaux de frise and stabbed the Roman soldiers. Then they waved their spears and smashed the burnt wooden stakes of the chevaux de frise with the help of their invincible shields. They were like sharp steel knives, piercing into the Roman positions with unparalleled ferocity!

The lances easily penetrated the bodies of the legionnaires. After the blood-stained spear tips penetrated the first row of soldiers, they could even penetrate the second and third soldiers, creating bloody skewers. After the Crusaders completed the charge, they threw away the lances that had pierced a large number of human bodies, were too heavy to use, or had already broken, and drew out their swords, using the power of the horses to continue charging forward! Every flash of cold light was accompanied by flying blood. This terrifying scene could often directly break the enemy's morale. A charge directly broke through the enemy's front line.

However, they were facing trained professional soldiers. When the infantrymen faced the cavalry charge head-on, their expressions were anger, not fear. The noble soldiers and auxiliary soldiers of the Third Legion not only did not flee, but instead launched a large number of attacks forward.

Counter-charge! A large number of heavy infantry emerged from the rear, first throwing waves of dense javelins at the cavalry, then forming a dense formation, using their flesh and blood to resist the cavalry's charge!

At this moment, the invincible shields of the paladins completely disappeared, and they suffered casualties under the overwhelming javelin fire. War horses were shot into hedgehogs by javelins, and some paladins were pierced by the dense rain of spears and shot off their horses alive. More musketeers also launched fire attacks from the high lookout towers, creating fleeting bloody epiphyllums on the knights.

After the Crusaders had pierced through five or six rows of soldiers, the charging power of their horses completely disappeared. The horses could not continue to advance in the dense crowd. Their offensive momentum was completely curbed. The cavalry who had lost their speed advantage, slowed down, or even stopped, became sitting ducks in the crowd. The overwhelming legionnaires roared loudly, waving spears and shields, stabbing the horses to a bloody pulp, and causing paladins to fall off their horses.

Once they fell off their horses, the last thing they saw was the overwhelming spears and big feet hitting every corner of their bodies like raindrops, until they lost all consciousness in the severe pain.

Seeing that the Paladins were unable to smash the enemy's position in one go and were powerless in close combat, the knight captains changed the tune of their horns, withdrew all the knights fighting in the front line, and after receiving new spears from the logistics department, changed their charging method.

The first row of cavalry charged to the enemy, thrust out their spears, and immediately turned their horses to the left, made a round in front of the enemy formation, ran back to receive new lances and charged again.

In this way, although it is impossible to smash the enemy's formation in one go, it can ensure that the cavalry lances, which carry the power of the charging horses, can effectively penetrate the armor and shields of the soldiers in the first row or even the second row, slowly consume them, and use the tactics of whirling impact to slowly bleed the clumsy heavy infantry of the Romans.

After the frontal stalemate, Hepans personally led the Pegasus and the Griffin Knights to the battlefield! Four hundred flying knights and monsters directly bypassed the layers of defense set up by the Romans on the ground. One hundred of them attacked the Roman sentry towers that were high above. One by one, the flying monsters screamed and flew near the sentry towers. The knight jumped directly into the sentry towers, wielding long swords, and set off a terrifying bloody storm inside the musketeers who were not very good at close combat.

Some more powerful flying monsters, such as the Vulture with a horse body and an eagle head, directly crashed into the wooden stakes of the wooden watchtower, knocking the entire watchtower to the ground!

The other three hundred flying knights charged from the sky, one by one like pale meteors, fiercely piercing into the center of the Roman army from above! The violent shock waves splashed dust and dirt into the sky several meters high, and the white wings knocked the soldiers to the ground one by one!

Chapter 361: Alpharius

"Your Majesty, the most elite Pegasus and Vulture Knights of the Knights Hospitaller are charging our artillery positions. Even a three-headed dragon has appeared in the sky! Hepans' mount, the golden dragon Saskia, is also in the sky! That should be their main force!"

The herald sent the latest report.

"Should we send reinforcements immediately?!"

"Well, send all the reserve troops to reinforce the center and surround the knights of the Crusades! Ignore the flying Pegasus and dragons, and shoot down as many as the musketeers can, but kill all the knights running on the ground, leaving no one alive."

Seeing that the enemy's elite troops were all out, Aenarion immediately gave orders. The soldiers of the entire legion, guided by the red or purple eagle flags, gathered towards the center and weaved a huge encirclement to trap the soldiers who broke out of the formation. The cavalry of the Third Legion arrived at the battlefield first. They waved the eagle flag that symbolized the pride and glory of the Roman Legion, and roared and launched a fierce attack like a storm!

The Crusaders believed that they were executing God's law and killing heretics, while the Romans were furious at the betrayal of their Christian allies. At the same time, they wanted to achieve success, so both sides were in high spirits, and no one retreated because of the tragic casualties. The cavalry of both sides deployed and drove, like two metallic waves, colliding fiercely and hitting each other!

Sharp lances pierced the enemy's bodies accurately, and blood flew all over the sky.

The galloping horses collided violently, and the riders on them fell into a pool of blood with screams.

One by one, the seriously injured knights struggled to get up from the ground. Regardless of their injuries, they roared and drew out the long swords hanging on their waists, hammers and other secondary weapons to fight in close combat on the battlefield full of corpses! The clanging of metal, the roar of soldiers, and the chanting of spells intertwined and resounded through the sky!

Hepans breathed a sigh of relief. Very good, the enemy had been tricked. Now 20,000 men were rushing towards the artillery positions, and were even circling the two sides, trying to surround and devour their knights. Then, Aenarion's central camp was the emptiest at this moment.

Chapter 362: The Captured Female Knight

The Knights hurriedly helped up Hepans, whose back of the head was almost smashed, and used divine magic to heal her injuries.

More chaotic memories flooded into Hepans's mind. She herself, it seemed that her name was not Hepans at all. The memories before coming to Rhodes Island were all dark, and she could not remember them no matter how hard she tried... A large number of plate-armored knights wearing French blue robes followed her. Under the rain of arrows from the British, they launched a fierce charge like a tsunami, overwhelming the enemy.

The army was beaten to a pulp, and countless peasants came with food and drink to welcome the king's army. They shouted the same name in unison.

Joan of Arc.

"Grand Commander! Grand Commander, can you hear me? This is a trap! We are surrounded!"

"Captain! The enemies are everywhere! Our brothers can't hold on any longer!"

"Grand Commander! Wake up!"

Suddenly, some familiar voices, familiar faces, accompanied by golden holy light, gradually appeared in front of Hepans.

"Captain, are you awake? The Romans deliberately cleared the road on the left to let us in! Apart from the left side, they deployed heavy troops and camps in other directions, so we can't get out at all! And their cavalry has blocked the way we came in, we are trapped here!"

A paladin said with great surprise.

"What are you afraid of? Come fight with me!"

Chapter 363: Surrounded by Three and Missing One

After capturing the Grand Master alive, Aenarion immediately led the Guards back to the front battlefield. At this moment, the main force of the knights who served as bait was also surrounded. Aenarion tried to persuade them to surrender, but when these fanatical Crusaders found that Hepanes was captured and they were surrounded, they were like wild beasts forced into a desperate situation. Instead, they burst out with even more powerful fighting power and launched a desperate charge towards the Romans' hail of bullets like crazy.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to keep them. They are fanatical and extreme Catholics. They are also the unfavored second sons and illegitimate children of Western European knight families. Although they have received aristocratic education, they have no right to inherit. That is why they became Crusaders and want to come here to gamble for a future. They have no use value. Even if they die, the knight families far away in Western Europe will not mourn for them, and they will not receive ransom after being captured."

Several Eastern Roman nobles looked at the Western barbarians with arrogance, and at the same time wanted to snatch a few heads to gain merit. Aenarion thought about it. Although he liked the terrifying fighting power of this knight group, he could not use them for his own benefit, and there was no shortage of cavalry at home. Therefore, he nodded and acquiesced to their approach, but let these people surround three sides and leave one side open, and relax the defense on the east side to give these knights hope of survival.

These Eastern Roman nobles shouted "Your Majesty's wise advice", cheered and waved their weapons, rushed to the front line to cut off heads and gain military merits, and the 2,400 knights who followed Hepans discovered a loophole in the defense on the east side. After seeing the hope of survival, their determination to fight to the death began to loosen. All of them charged eastward, breaking through, trying their best, and after leaving behind countless corpses, only less than half of the knights managed to break through the siege and retreat towards the city of Rhodes.

Upon seeing this, Aenarion immediately ordered his army to chase after them at a leisurely pace, like chasing rabbits, and chased these blood-soaked knights all the way from the Roman camp back to the castle of Rhodes. The remaining more than a thousand cavalrymen were inevitably crowded together at the narrow city gate. The knights at the back looked back at the Roman army getting closer and closer to them like the approaching god of death, and then looked at the soldiers in front of them who were slowly entering the city like turtles, and they were so anxious that they were sweating profusely!

"Hurry! The Romans are coming!"

"Hurry up and get in! I'm still outside!"

"Hurry into the city! Hurry into the city!!!"

The soldiers in charge of protecting the city gates were more anxious than them. They looked at the Romans getting closer and closer, and cursed at the soldiers crowded at the city gates. Some soldiers tried to close the city gates and ignore the knights outside the gates, but their actions immediately aroused the wrath of the knights outside the city. Some paladins directly grasped the spears of divine fire and threw them onto the city wall!

In the midst of this chaos, Aenarion's army arrived at the gates of Rhodes with overwhelming force, quickly and efficiently slaughtering the knights blocking the city gates. The soldiers were jealous of the extra reward for entering the city first, so they fought bravely. A team of royal guards relied on their strong armor to trample on the corpses of the Crusaders, and resisted the attacks of swords, spears, and hammers, and finally reached the city gate alive!

Chapter 364: The Canonized Angel

Rhodes Island's victory greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers. After consuming such a huge arsenal, 5,000 soldiers of the Third Legion were equipped with a large amount of basic magic equipment. Their combat effectiveness soared. The other 5,000 people also looked at these lucky ones with envy, and they couldn't wait to join the next war and win a victory more glorious than today's battle.

As much as the Roman Empire was encouraged and encouraged, Venice was as gloomy and depressed. When the news reached the ears of the Governor of the Aegean in Venice, he could hardly believe it. The Romans assembled their troops in three days, traveled for three days, and arrived at Rhodes one night. On the seventh day after the war broke out, they conquered the rock-solid Island of Rhodes?

According to their plan, Hepans was responsible for attracting the attention of the main force of the enemy. As long as the Knights Hospitaller could hold Rhodes for a month, no, half a month, their navy could launch a full-scale attack when Aenarion arrived at Rhodes, attacking various coastal cities of the Roman Empire, burning various coastal villages of the Roman Empire, and creating chaos and panic throughout Rome.

By then, Aenarion's army would be trapped on Rhodes Island and be caught in a dilemma. If they advance, they will not be able to win quickly. If they capture Rhodes Island, they can only watch their seaport and fishing village being burned down. He can't just leave the army in Rhodes Island to attack the city and send the navy back for support. If he dares to do that, the army trapped on Rhodes Island will be like a cooked duck that can be eaten at any cost.

There is no place to support if we retreat, and our fleet will be divided.

They were scattered all over the Aegean Sea, burning, killing and looting, and could merge into one at any time to form a powerful fleet to seek a naval decisive battle. Moreover, if he retreated, the morale of the Knights of Rhodes Island would be extremely high, and they would take the opportunity to attack and cause even greater trouble.

It was a perfect plan until the first night Aenarion arrived in Rhodes, when he conquered the entire island and captured Hepanth alive. None of the 1,200 paladins of the Knights Templar survived, from Grand Master Hepanth down.

"What the hell, what the hell is Grand Commander Hepans? I've dealt with her before! She is very brave and strategic, she has the best troops of the Knights Hospitaller, and there is also the important fortress of Rhodes Island, which has high walls and deep moats, and a lot of reserves. Even if a pig is in charge, it is impossible to lose Rhodes Island in one day?!"

The Governor of the Aegean Sea of ​​Venice cursed and said, well, all the strategic deployments made before have come to nothing.

"It is said that it was a rare accident. The Roman artillery fire was too fierce that day and scared the knights. So Hepans led the knights out to raid the camp that night. This was a routine operation of the Knights. However, some accidents occurred during the battle and the raid failed. The Grand Master was ambushed and captured alive. The Romans followed the knights who fled back to the city and rushed directly into Rhodes, which is known as the strongest castle in the Aegean Sea. Everything happened too quickly and they were all stunned."