Eagle Byzantium

The red "iron hammer" with flames is enough to penetrate the "iron cone" of the toughest armor. This is what the emperor thought when he saw the enemy's armored cavalry. He originally had such a powerful armored cavalry, but unfortunately they were all lost in the Battle of Durazzo. Later, for the sake of pragmatism and convenience, the emperor never rebuilt it, but relied on the convenient and quick recruitment and training of Varangians. Guards and archers in order to relatively quickly form combat capabilities.

But he didn't expect that this group of armored cavalry would ironically appear in the hands of his daughter. But to be honest, Anna relied more on strategic means-she directly deceived the knight sergeants from Frank, and in Aral After the Battle of Manburg, the military judge Giovanni was appointed, which quickly formed a fighting force, instead of a group of drunken fools who could only ride horses and dance swords.

The effect of Giovanni's supervision and training was fully demonstrated when the armored cavalry violently attacked the emperor's left-wing troops: about three hundred armored cavalry, the organization was not the same as that of the red-handed cavalry, and the basic structure of the red-handed cavalry was The establishment is a squadron, and the emphasis is on both They must be able to fight together and hunt independently; while the armored cavalry can fight together in formation, which is their trump card. The emphasis is on being able to tear apart and trample the enemy's phalanx at once, so Giovanni presided over the reform and let the cavalry Mount cavalry with the banners of the Three Holy Apostles As the commander-in-chief, it was then divided into twelve small flags, with a total of twenty-five riders on each flag fighting together - the inside of a single flag was arranged in a cone shape, and the leading dead soldier at the front rushed forward alone holding a flag and spear. , followed by three knights holding spears is the second level, and then five knights holding spears Spears are the third layer. These three layers of cavalry are all charging with spears and must destroy the enemy's defense line; then the fourth layer is seven cavalry, and finally the fifth layer is nine cavalry, all wearing heavy armor and holding chain hammers. , chopping sword or long-handled ax as weapons, responsible for following up and killing the remaining enemies. If there are those who are killed in the front row, those in the middle of the back row will automatically take over and continue to fight. If all the people on the first floor are killed, everyone on the back will be replaced. Only when all the five floors are killed and injured, the flag will be considered a final failure. The layers are linked together and advance continuously. The entire cavalry regiment has twelve flags, and is deployed in the shape of fish scales during combat. In a short time, it can break through a gap of several hundred feet in the enemy's formation. The servants behind them will continue to follow up, responsible for harvesting the heads and executing them. Responsibilities such as handling seriously wounded enemy personnel.

In this way, once the armored cavalry charged down, the emperor's mainly lightly-armed left-wing team could only see armor-decorated man-horse monsters everywhere in front of them, as well as nine terrifying spears roaring towards them. The twelve flags are one hundred and eight spears coming together.

Amidst a burst of violent screams, the three levels of armored cavalry in front jumped with their horse hooves, and galloped and stabbed with their spears. The "parasite" on the back of the horse's buttocks was the colorful feathers inserted in the vest, and it swayed slightly. Soon in the emperor's The formation of soldiers and horses on the left plowed out "bloody alleys" with unclear casualties; the armored cavalry behind them wielded chain hammers and axes, killing and overturning the emperor's lightly armored archers and spearmen on both sides of the "bloody alleys". It's like entering a deserted place.

By the time the armored cavalry penetrated the entire emperor's left wing almost unscathed and rushed straight to the skirmish line of the Great Spear Formation, hundreds of people on the emperor's left wing were dead and wounded in an instant. The remaining soldiers were like ants whose nests were burned by fire. They dispersed and fled in all directions, and some ran directly to the large spear formation to beg for surrender.

Alexios raised his eyes like this, and in a short period of time he witnessed his left wing being hit from behind and in danger, "What on earth is Brenus doing? I just didn't give him a signal, that's it." Only half an hour, why? He took the cavalry away from the command post without authorization?" The emperor was angry and confused, but not long after, the group of armored cavalry rushed down together with the large spear formation that turned around. He rushed down towards his imperial camp!

Gawain was also astonished at the changes before him, but when he recognized the battle flag of the cavalry regiment, the opponent was almost rushing to the edge of the emperor's royal camp.

Alexios could only abandon the imperial camp, take the main force of the team, and retreat to his right wing to reorganize the battle line. The armored cavalry finally broke through the emperor's royal camp, captured and dispersed most of the emperor's and the Plonian cavalry's servants.

"This battle ended like this... By a coincidence of fate, Anna's armored cavalry turned out to be the reserve team that decided the outcome." Gawain rode his horse and looked at the battlefield in front of him, and he felt something in his heart. He felt a little regretful, because he saw the armored cavalry win happily, but was unable to take command, which meant that the victory of this battle actually had nothing to do with him.

At sunset, the clever Alexios was defeated but not in chaos. He was able to reorganize the battle line in a short period of time and count the number of people - no more than one-third of his left wing had been retracted, and the rest was not Surrender means fleeing, but the emperor's core elite main force losses are not great. His Varangian Guards, Orphans and House Guards Cavalry all still have strength.

But he was still defeated. He was defeated by the enemy's armored cavalry, and lost the royal camp and the possibility of capturing the Little Antioch Fort.

And Gawain obviously did not give his righteous father-in-law face: the other party also reorganized the team and actually approached the emperor's location again. Was he going to launch a night battle?

At this moment, at the rear of the emperor's army, a cavalry team suddenly appeared again, which made the emperor's subordinates panic, but they quickly recognized that this was a near miss, and that it was Harold who brought it from the Milio Cephalon camp. Hundreds of cavalry came to respond.

So Gawain, who was also feeling exhausted, saw that the emperor's army had been strengthened again, so he also retreated and set up camp.

Then what really shocked Alexius was that his son-in-law and commander of the left wing, Brennus, was missing!

"We cannot lose Penipasebastos of the empire." The emperor shouted angrily, constantly asking the court officials around him to search for information throughout the camp. Many of the 500 cavalrymen led by Brennus escaped, but they talked about it in a flurry. Some said that Penipasebastos escaped on horseback, some said that he was surrounded by the enemy's infantry and cavalry and didn't know whether he was dead or alive, and some said that he was lost in the chaotic battlefield...

The emperor's heart felt as if it was burned by fire. He sat on the chair with a pale face and cold sweat, passively waiting for the very confusing and true news from the scouts. He even regretted why he didn't bring Brennus with him at the beginning, but entrusted him to command the left wing? Now the left wing has also collapsed, and the whereabouts of the people are unknown!

He couldn't explain to Dido if he died, but what if he was captured by Gawain? It would be even more terrifying. If Brennus got lost on this desolate plateau, he would be killed by all kinds of defeated soldiers, bandits or pagans!

The emperor covered his forehead in pain.

The emperor's guesses were all correct, but the final result was wrong. (To be continued ~^~)