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"Kill—" The silent Byzantine soldier who had the grass with the grass and the horse with a horse was like a rainbow in an instant, like a stormy sea, and the strength that had been accumulated finally broke out at this moment.

The unprepared Venetians were completely pale at the moment, and they never thought that the Byzantines would choose to attack at night. In military operations, night attacks are often the most difficult, and few commanders choose. But everything that can be done means that this army is definitely the elite of the elite.

In fact, it is true. Justinian led the Guards under the Grand Duke Anastasius. It was different from the peasants and soldiers who had already been vulnerable because of the collapse of the military region system. This army, whether it was Combat effectiveness and discipline are both.

At the forefront are the Latin-style heavy cavalry, while the assault unit at the forefront is in harness, forming a mobile wall of lances, shoulder to shoulder. It seems that the speed is not fast, but the heavy astonishing armor makes their impact force enough to make all those who stand in their way to pieces.

The Luzhai who stood in the front was quickly broken by this elite cavalry, and behind them were the Turkic cavalry under Justinian. They were the guards brought by Justinian on this trip. Although the number was not large, They are all excellent archers. They saw their fingertips straddling the bowstrings, and then the arrows fell like rain, and as far as possible to ensure that every sharp arrow would take the life of an enemy.

The sentry on the watchtower and the Venetian soldiers who hadn't had time to put on the armor near the city were shot countless and fell in an instant.

"Quickly close the city gate, quickly close the door!" Seeing all this, one of his companions fell down with arrows, and the panicked Venetian soldiers remembered that the gate of the camp hadn't closed yet, but it was too late.

The soldiers who jumped on closed the door and put down the latch. Under the impact of the heavy horse, the door was directly smashed open, and the Byzantine army smashed in.

And Maximilian, who had just reacted, assembled with the army, and looked at the scene in front of him with shock. Master Ranieri entrusted such an important task to himself, but now the Byzantines have broken through his defenses under his nose. This is something he must not allow, otherwise he will never be able to go back and explain it afterwards.

"Ready to fight!"

Fighting for honor, Maximilian led the Italian cavalry under his command to the Byzantine cavalry in front of him. The knight sword and mace greeted each other on the horse, which slowed the Byzantine offensive.

But Justinian brought more than just the cavalry. Behind him, the regiment with heavy infantry as the core also concealed and killed them. The two wings were bow infantry. They used arrow rain to suppress the enemy in the distance. Pulling out the long sword at the waist, this tactic is very much in the style of the northern Serbs, but it is fatal to the Venetians.

As a maritime nation, Venice has the strongest navy in the Mediterranean, but it is their weakness to march on land. Even if they attack Constantinople, the main force is the French knights.

But even so, Maximilian did not panic. On the one hand, he ordered his subordinates to seek assistance from the other two mountain pass camps. On the other hand, he sent people to rule the Governor of Ranieri on the sea, and he tried his best to prevent the army from reorganizing the defense line. He had already prepared for the worst, so there was a second fortification in the camp.

Ordering the scattered archers to line up to defend again, Maximilian looked at the Byzantine attack with a solemn expression, feeling unspeakably heavy. Is this still the vulnerable Greek army more than a year ago?

After the enemy used the veteran company as the backbone and formed a neatly arranged line, I saw the infantry detachment with spears, forming an impact line, stepping on large steps, raising the spears in their hands, and rushing towards the Venetians. Come-it's exactly like a wall impact of a cavalry. Although the charge is not necessarily strong, this kind of oppression is not something ordinary soldiers can withstand. But the more important thing is that these soldiers are well-coordinated and well-coordinated. It is undoubtedly the veterans who have experienced many battles to do this. Therefore, the pace is extremely consistent, and the dense spears can be formed before they can be formed. The horror of his men is undoubtedly shrouded in the hearts of his subordinates, lingering.

And as expected by Maximilian, the Venetian’s right wing was the first to be unable to support it. It was temporarily assembled by seamen into light infantry. Their equipment was relatively simple, so facing the Byzantines’ arrow rain, they were already unable to do so. When the Byzantine infantry mounted on the battlefield appeared, they were completely unable to maintain the formation.

It was almost collapsed, the escaped Venetian soldiers trampled on each other, and the Byzantines also took the opportunity to slash and kill at will, and the situation was suddenly controlled by Byzantium. For a time, the heavy-hearted Byzantines also seemed to see hope that they would rise up even more and want to push their hearts out.

The horrible wailing, the sound of the collision of swords, and the high-spirited shouting to kill, echoed throughout the entire camp, and the Venetians retreated in response to the brave attack of the Byzantines, and soon the Byzantine heavy cavalry who had been under siege had already joined the infantry. Reunited and fought the Italian knights together.

This has increased the pressure on the Italian cavalry. They are composed of professional knights and mercenaries~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Some are heavy cavalry and some are poorly equipped Albanian herders, and they increasingly feel unable to support them.

But once they retreat, the entire camp will become a slaughterhouse for the unobstructed Byzantine cavalry.

"Resist!" Maximilian, who was supervising the battle in the rear, shouted. He could only do this. There was no other way, but he only hoped that his cavalry unit could support a little longer.

But this has further exposed the weakness of the Venetians. Everyone in the Byzantine army has seen this, and now the only thing in the eyes of the Byzantine army is to continue to expand the results.

"Don't back down, attack-kill!" The cavalry commander who fought the enemy among the cavalry shouted while commanding and fighting. He is the chief of the guard of Grand Duke Anastasius, and the most brave person in front of him. Although he had an arrow in his arm, he still swung his mace to fight the enemy.

And this also increased the morale of the Byzantine soldiers, who were entwined with each other in a fierce battle, and they were even more ecstatic when they saw the disintegrated Venetian, and pursued them fiercely. However, at this moment, when the Venetians were about to be completely defeated, the Byzantine soldiers received an order from Justinian from the rear-stop pursuing? ! This left the Byzantine soldiers in the midst of the fierce fighting at a loss.