.“ Really...... War for all. ”

Although the Avengers in the city had given up resistance, the people here were apparently not so welcoming to the Roman "kings".

Giovanni knew exactly what Brankovic was capable of, and if Brankovic could come to the stage and lead the entire Serbian rebel army to put up such an effective and unified resistance, Giovanni would be willing to take a knife and kill himself on the spot.

"About a week ahead of schedule, this year's goal has been successfully achieved."

The Roman-Hungarian army did not stay long in Procuple, and Giovanni only politely "bought" "part" of the grain and grass hoarded in the city of Procuple, and after a day of repair, he led his army on the march to Fort Niš.

Nišburg, geographically speaking, was the last remaining fortress of the rebels outside the core of Serbia, but it was also one of the richest cities in Serbia. The capital of the province of Niš is not only well connected by roads, but after the empire regains control of Niš, it will have direct access to supplies from the Sofia region, making the logistics of the army more convenient. At least this winter, with Prokupree and Sofia's support, the siege will be smoother.

"General Giovanni, the war is a war, but after the war is over, Serbia will probably have to redistribute ......"

"Eh, don't tell me this, my opinion is always to allocate Serbia according to the results of the first peace talks. His Majesty John and His Majesty Constantine are in Constantinople, and I am just a Genoese working nobleman. Giovanni ended the conversation rather modestly, and at this moment, he almost instinctively noticed something strange about his surroundings.

Running a horse in a dense forest can easily startle the birds, and in the middle of the night, when a flock of birds rises in a forest, it is often a sign of danger.

Giovanni tilted his head slightly, and then a feathered arrow flew out of his nose guard, half submerged into the thick trunk behind him.

"It's an ambush again!" Hunyadi reacted faster than Giovanni, and the two coalition forces dispersed in an instant from the complete marching column, with infantry on the outside, crossbows, and artillery.

But the change was just halfway through, and the Serbian army barely gave the Romanian-Hungarian army time to make an emergency, when suddenly countless cavalry rushed out from the dense forests on both sides, and at the same time, the same rockets, fireballs, and even artillery shells landed in the imperial army formation like a torrential rain.

"Flora! Let's the lads fight back! As soon as Vasika pulled out the Wallachian scimitar from his waist and gave an order to the Eagle Wing Company, the horse under his crotch suddenly roared angrily and galloped forward uncontrollably.

Only half a step later, a shadowy spear slashed past Vasika's waist.

"Good boy!" Vasika patted his horse, and then slashed his backhand to kill the attacking cavalryman.

"It's getting more and more magical! How did these guys manage to go from being near the end of their forces to having a full cavalry corps now? ”

"General Giovanni, I sincerely advise you to deal with the troubles in front of you before thinking about it."

Hunyati, Angelo, and Giovanni were quite confident in the numerical superiority of their own legions. When facing an ambush, the use of tactics can also be more flexible. Sometimes, it only takes one eye to eye to turn a wild imagination into practice. Let Publius be his deputy, and Giovanni will of course also delegate power. Practice is the best instructor after all, so he also commands a company of mounted cavalry.

As a result, a rather discordant scene suddenly appeared on the originally chaotic battlefield. The Eagle Wings Company, led by Flora, was the first to disappear into the darkness and rushed out from behind the Serbian ambush. Publius, on the other hand, spared another company from the left flank.

Because the self-confident Serbian rebels believed that ambushes often controlled the initiative on the battlefield, they were also quite unrestrained in the arrangement of troops. That's why Vasika, who was standing in the middle of the line, was attacked.

The two feathered arrows shot out from an unknown direction, and landed on Flora's heraldic shield in her left hand. The double-headed eagle with wings in the center of the shield has only just been dyed, and the paint has not dried. But these few sparse feathered arrows did not have any effect on the charge of the Eagle Wing Company, and they still rushed straight into the heart of the Serbian ambush.

"Huh...... Surround the cavalry in the rear and aim muskets and crossbows at them! They are not so mobile! Then the cavalry interspersed from the flanks were pinned down with artillery fire, and the spear phalanx followed! They are too confident...... But this is war, and arrogant people will always pay the price......"

Interspersed in a small area is a more common cavalry tactic in annihilation battles, but it is often an ambush. When the two teams of hoplites were left in a no-man's land, the Serbs would inevitably throw themselves into disarray...... Only this time, it was an exception.

The moment the shell landed beside Publius, the horse jumped on the spot in fright, and after a round of bombardment, the charge of the entire company was completely cut off. Immediately afterwards, the chain mail on Publius' right chest was pierced by a crossbow arrow, but fortunately the armor was of good quality, and the arrow got stuck in the lock ring under the outer cover, and did not completely submerge into his body. But even so, the impact on the ribs was felt all over the body, and it was a heart-rending pain. Rao was holding on tightly to the reins, but he still couldn't hold it up, and fell off his horse. By the time he struggled to his feet, blood was slowly dripping down his chest along the arrow.

And when he raised his head, the cavalry company, which had still stopped charging, was surrounded by a steady stream of Serbian infantry.

This scene was falling into Giovanni's eyes, and at this moment, he suddenly realized that this premeditated ambush was likely to be completely different from the previous battles. The organization and combat effectiveness of the Serbian rebels at this time were also not on the same level as before.

"Hold the line, the cavalry will divide another company, and carry Publius out for me! For the rest, shoot me all the arrows in your quiver! ”

Flora was quick to attack from behind, and although the Eagle Wing Company was quite brave, bullets and arrows flying from all directions made their advance difficult. In dense forests, the mobility of cavalry is quite limited, especially a large number of mounted cavalry, and compared to the plain terrain, the whole body armor becomes a constraint.

"What about Angelo? Where are the Holy See?! ”

Lewen