The scene of mounted cavalry rushing out of the mountains and forests and rushing towards the enemy line is often the most shocking and morale-boosting.

The horses wore their heads, breastplates, horse body armor and mounts, and with the almost incomprehensible impact of the cavalry guns under the high-speed charge, they could easily destroy the human wall that the Ottomans hastily assembled.

Because the walls on the west and south sides had been almost completely destroyed, creating a huge gap that the infantry phalanx simply could not fill in a short time. There were also some Ottoman soldiers, subconsciously hoping to save their comrades buried under the rubble, but in the next second, the Roman cavalry spears had already penetrated their chests.

Immediately behind the heavily mounted cavalry were the light infantry and the small Castilian phalanx. Two short javelins per person are enough to clear the front and harvest the remnants. In this day and age, there is still an unrivalled penetration of lightly armored javelins, especially against tight infantry phalanxes, and the lethality of each javelin can reach a staggering seventy percent.

"Short javelin preparation...... Launch! ”

The javelins pierced the air more piercing than the arrows, and the light infantry, under the command of Sancho Alfonsois Valente, moved swiftly and sensitively, without dragging their feet. After clearing the front row of enemies with javelins, the light infantry did not step forward, but changed to bows and crossbows, and handed over the frontal battlefield to the Phoenix Legion's real killing force - hoplites.

"For Rome!"

"For the Empire!"

Although the heavy infantry marched at the rear of the formation, the line drawn by the light infantry and cavalry was enough for them to come to the frontal battlefield as soon as possible.

This is the tried and tested combat strategy of the Phoenix Legion, as long as it is not the main army of the Ottomans such as the Sultan Guard, and the Ottomans who practice the system of recruiting troops rather than lacking, it is impossible to produce so many full-body armor to equip all the troops, not to mention that the local warlords led by Reper are only spearmen for the Ottomans.

"Hold the front and don't let them get close to the center of the city! Our reinforcements are already on the way! The final victory must be ours! Drive the evil Romans out of the homeland of the Greeks! ”

It is clear that at the end of the loose line of Ottomans and warlords, a commander on a horse, armed with a jade-encrusted decorative handguard sword, hurriedly commands the army.

"Epirus, which we have painstakingly held in our hands, is controlled by such a person?" Giovanni stood outside the city wall on horseback, looking sideways at Sophia, who was protected by several secular knights such as Morey, "Your Royal Highness Princess, is the puppet that the Ottomans are looking for?" ”

Sophia nodded helplessly: "This kind of thing, sometimes it's not about ability, but about whether you meet this identity...... They don't need a person of great ability to manage or control a territory, they just need an obedient one. Otherwise, there is a good chance that this Ripper will become the second Jerj. ”

"Are we going to kill him?"

"Listen to my brother, keep them, it will be useful. Whether they can get some oil and water from this civil strife of the Ottomans still needs their cooperation. ”

While it is true that the warlords were a rabble, the Ottoman legions were different. In the face of this attack by the Phoenix Legion, after a brief panic of the collapse of the city walls, the Ottoman Legion immediately formed a second line of defense in the rear. Although most of them were light infantry, and even peasant and slave soldiers who did not even have complete protective gear. At least the front looks much stronger than the warlords.

"Giovanni, let our men come back first. Minimizing losses is the first thing we do. ”

John rode a young mare named Faobes, and since His Majesty the Emperor would not personally rush to the front, a tame pony was the best place to start learning to ride.

Giovanni nodded. The first front of the warlords had been broken up, and the second front seemed to be as steady as Mount Tai, and it was more sensible to reorganize the attack than to rush headlong.

"General Giovanni, if you were this Reper, what kind of choice would you make in the face of the situation in front of you?"

The Albanian soldiers brought by Jerdi did not participate in the first round of the offensive, so their morale and physical strength were very high, and they were also eager to try at this time.

"Abandon the city and surrender? Or turn around and run. In any case, the walls had collapsed by this time, and unless the reinforcements in Reper's mouth were real, there was not much point in putting up any resistance at this time...... The end result is the same. Giovanni doesn't shy away from talking about these things, "I don't have knightly blood in my bones. Judging the hour and sizing up the situation is a quality that an excellent commander should possess. ”

His command style is to be fully prepared in advance to minimize possible risks.

John listened and laughed, and said that he would judge the situation and finally defend Constantinople with 8,000 men, which was also done by you, Giovanni Giustiniani.

"It's not that there is no chance...... They still had thousands of men in the streets, and I knew that the Phoenix Legion would not be able to risk huge losses to storm any of the fortresses. According to the current situation of the Roman Empire, the Phoenix Legion is the only force that can fight the Ottomans in the field. Jerj shook his head with a smile, "As long as they can repel a few of our attacks, I'm afraid this siege will still end in failure." ”

As Jerj expected, Ripper didn't have the slightest intention of abandoning the city. The battle flag, emblazoned with the coat of arms of the Ducasse-Komnenos family, is hunted high in the air.

"It's quite backbone, but unfortunately I don't have the ability to judge the general trend. I hate people like that. Sophia slipped into her shoulder a little tiredly, "Brother, enough time, reinforcements and the like are just words that Repo uses to boost morale." Now that the rebels and Muhammad's cronies were fighting fiercely, there was no Ottoman army to help such a humble castle, especially since Gombrigne was still within the jurisdiction of the empire. ”

The cavalry regrouped in the open space carved out by the heavy infantry, riding a phalanx of spears and spears, and this was the war of the Middle Ages.

Perhaps sensing the displeasure of Her Royal Highness the Princess, Giovanni clipped his horse's belly and personally came to the front of the heavy cavalry team.

"This is our enemy, the last stubborn resistance in Epirus. You drove the heretics out of Thebes, out of Thessaloniki, and today, in Combrigne, the day the gates of hell will be opened for them! ”

"Our Co-ruling Emperor, His Majesty, is a hundred meters away from us, and he is facing the enemy that was once invincible to us together!"

"And now, we are the Terminators! We are conquerors! We are the Liberators! ”

"Rome, will be restored!"

"For the Empire! Phoenix Legion! Charge! ”