The delicate solid bullet flew out against Tolinka's armor.

"Oops, alas." Giovanni shook his head with a smile and handed the musket to his attendant, "The new Roman phalanx, this is the first time you have pointed your guns at you Serbs, right?" ”

"The new Roman phalanx?"

The role of this small musket was not to cause damage, but to give Giovanni's orders in a critical situation.

The gunshot in Giovanni's hand was just the beginning, followed by three rounds of gunfire that were compact, fast, and rhythmic.

"It's a shame that Your Majesty told me not to underestimate you rebels who dare to rebel against the Empire, otherwise this time, you really don't have the eyes to see the new Roman phalanx."

In general, the main force of the Phoenix Legion is still the traditional heavy infantry and heavy cavalry formations. This is also the reason why the Phoenix Legion is the most elite legion in the Empire. After all, the new Roman phalanx would not be used in ordinary battles, so little is known about this unit under the Phoenix Legion.

The large square of turtle shells made the rebel soldiers at a loss for a while, and the human wall composed of spears on the periphery was quite difficult to break through, while the echelon-loaded muskets could pour fire endlessly. It stands to reason that attacking from an elevation angle was originally a disadvantage for the Empire, but at this time, it provided ample visibility for the infantry standing in the large phalanx.

After stabilizing its position, the Phoenix Legion has also completely overcome its disadvantage, and the only remaining disadvantage of the entire legion due to the surprise attack has been wiped out over time.

The advance of the new Roman phalanx was unusually smooth. As long as the spearmen can hold the line, the rebels will lose the desire to resist almost instantaneously.

"If it weren't for the woods and mountains, the protagonist here would have been replaced by a heavily armored knight." Giovanni sighed, and then ordered a pursuit of the rebels, who were gradually showing signs of retreat.

Of course, Giovanni didn't plan to chase it far.

The first is that the complex terrain here is very unsuitable for the infantry Phoenix Legion to deploy, and the second is that there is no way to tell whether the rebels have more ambushes in the nearby dense forest.

"General Tolinka, aren't you still withdrawing with your men? Maybe you hold on for another hour and your identity will change. Giovanni quipped, "Your ambush skills really need to be improved." The Duke can firmly raise the banner of resistance, and he must be an upright person with a sense of justice. ”

"Until Smederevo falls, your smile will always be temporary...... Retreat! ”

Tolinka had apparently already arranged a retreat, and under the not-so-strenuous pursuit of the Phoenix Legion, the rebels under Tolinka's command left the battlefield in an orderly manner.

……

"That's it?" Jerj twitched his eyebrows and sat on his horse and glanced at the messy battlefield, "Are they perfunctory to us when they brew a rebellion for so long?" ”

The city of Ulcinj is the gateway to the sea in the Zeta region and an important commercial port in Albania after gaining control of Zeta. From here, it would be easier to trade with the Apennines, Epirus and Venice.

"Your Majesty, this flawed front ...... If it weren't for the fierce resistance of the rebels, I might have mistaken it for a trap to lure us deep......"

Albania was probably the last country to respond to the rebellion, mainly because of the policy of fragmentation in the Albanian region, with a small number of troops stationed in villages, towns or fortresses, slowly recruiting and training new soldiers, and making it easier for soldiers to carry out agricultural and pastoral production when they were busy with farming, increasing their strength in cycles. Since Albania is unlikely to come into conflict with external powers under the umbrella of the Empire, this would be the best way to strengthen its military strength.

In this counterinsurgency, Gerti Skanderbeg also quietly pulled out tens of thousands of people, and it can be said that the current king of Albania is also half a rich man. It has also completely gotten rid of the appearance of being poor and white in the period of independence.

It's just that it took a lot of time for Derj to regroup these soldiers, who were accustomed to being landlords.

Ulcini was the first battle Derj faced, and it was also the earliest siege battle that broke out in the counterinsurgency. At first, when he saw the rebels on the city walls, Jerj was not too sure. After all, Albanian soldiers usually pay more attention to the training of mountain warfare, and their siege ability is not much different from that of ordinary soldiers. Coupled with Albania's own industrial and manufacturing inferiority, large siege weapons had to be imported from the Roman Empire or Venice. Since Ulcini is a seaport city, Derj simply saved some effort.

While the Albanian soldiers were still gathering, Derj spent some money to hire a permanent Venetian fleet on the Adriatic Sea. The scale is not large, but the few ships in Serbia have been "legally requisitioned" by the empire, and they are still being rebuilt in the port area of Thessaloniki and are ready to be put into the Fourth Fleet.

"This money seems to have been spent a little unjustly......"

The Venetian navy had just arrived belatedly and had just stormed the city of Ulcini with the corpses of several guards stationed in the harbor, and Derj had already cleared the city walls of the trophies.

"Your Majesty Gyerdi, our commission is set by the Governor, and since you have hired our fleet, it will not generally change...... However, this is the first time that your Kingdom of Albania has cooperated with us in Venice, and I can also give you some small gifts on behalf of the most honorable Doge. The Admiral of the Venetian fleet stepped forward in a strange Latin and bowed as a salute to Jerj.

As businessmen in their bones, they generally don't have much respect and affection for the soil king who came out of the ravine of Albania like Jerdi.

"Our service can be extended until the end of the month...... However, the fleet could only operate near the Eastern Mediterranean. After all, we are also tasked with defending our great kingdom! ”

Doing business with the Venetians, Derj did not expect to return to his roots, and he was just about to make a perfunctory promise, but one of the guards who was cleaning up the battlefield hurried to his side.

"Your Majesty! We found a warehouse full of miners! However, most of the people in it are already dying, and it should be the group of people in the Kosovo mines. ”

"Oh...... Then let's be a favor. Gyrj turned his head to the Admiral of Venice and said, "If you don't bother, please send a group of men to Constantinople for me......