Chapter 218: Erkan Again

"For siege works against bold and venturesome men shoulde be constructed on one plan, on another against cautious men, and on still another against the cowardly."

-        Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

The siege is still ongoing stagnating at the same stage two weeks into the siege. 

Antonius and his men are unable to achieve a complete encirclement on the fortress due to the Ottoman superiority in numbers on land. Although they are assembled and came in a haste, but the sheer number of them outnumbering the varangian and marines five to one making it even hard to advance deeper. Mean while the Ottoman rebellion coalition kept sending supplies and reinforcements through the narrow strip of land. Bombarding this strip of land is not helping too, as the Ottoman reinforcements can simply evade it by taking the other side of the strip.