The Italians, who had seized the advantageous terrain, with the strong support of the Norman knights, quickly organized a favorable counterattack and drove the Habsburg army on the right flank of the church down the mountain road, and at the same time the Genoese crossbowmen who were placed on the high ground used their crossbows and crossbows with extremely long ranges to fire fiercely at the enemy who was trying to attack the Rivoli Heights from the other side of the gorge, and the enemy was killed and wounded countless times, and the corpses of the Shinra soldiers almost blocked the canyon and mountain road.

In the battle for the right flank of Rivoli, Duke Ezzo II of Lombardy won the final victory indisputably, killing and wounding more than 2,000 enemy troops, so that the enemy army on the right flank completely lost its combat effectiveness.

On the frontal battlefield, Ezzo II personally supervised the battle, and he and his cousin Aberto worked closely together to repel Otto III's frontal attacks on the Rivoli Heights several times.

The battle began in the morning, and a force continued until 2 p.m., and the Swabian corps under the Rivoli heights suffered heavy casualties, with more than 5,000 dead and wounded, while the Lombards, on the contrary, were victorious and demoralized, and began to turn into a large-scale counteroffensive in the direction of Rivoli.

Sun Tzu. "Military Struggle" once said: "The three armies can win the spirit, and the general can win the heart." It is so vigorous and sharp, lazy during the day, and return at dusk. Those who make good use of soldiers, avoid their sharp energy, and hit their laziness, and those who control their qi are also. To treat chaos, to wait for the uproar, this to cure the heart. Treat the near and far, wait for the labor, wait for the hungry, and treat the hungry with the power. If you don't invite the banner of righteousness, don't hit the dignified Chen, and this person will also be a changer. ”

It means that the enemy's morale will inevitably rise when he arrives on the battlefield as early as possible; By noon, the manpower will be sleepy and the morale will be lazy and relaxed; By the end of the day, the morale of the people was declining.

Those who are good at employing troops should avoid the enemy's morale when their morale is high, and they should only launch a fierce attack when their morale is exhausted; this is the principle of the correct use of morale.

This is the method of mastering and applying the morale of the army by using our army, which is strictly organized, to deal with the enemy army with a chaotic military and political disorder, and by using our army, which is calm and stable, to deal with the enemy who is restless.

Waiting for work with ease and avoiding weaknesses is "Sun Tzu. At the core of the "Military Battle", although Ezzo II did not know that the flower planter had a military masterpiece "Sun Tzu", his tactical arrangement was in line with the truth in Sun Tzu's Art of War.

The Swabian Corps began to attack the Rivoli Heights in the morning until two o'clock in the afternoon, and for most of the day, the enemy was already tired and hungry, and many soldiers even fell to the ground from heat stroke due to the blazing sun.

And the Lombards on the Rivoli Heights, at the beginning of the enemy's attack, by rotating the garrison, so that the whole army can eat a good amount of food, have enough time to rest and recuperate, plus they have repelled the enemy's attacks several times, killing and wounding countless enemies, their morale has been boosted to the extreme, just as Ezzo II gives the order, they will rush down and kill the enemy.

"My lord, please give orders!"

"Give your order, Lord Duke!"

On the high ground, the noble generals of the army asked for battle, but Ezzo II was unmoved, he looked at the sky, negligently waiting for something.

The generals were puzzled, and looked at the sky with Ezo II.

"Hmmm... Phew... Phew..."

Suddenly, there was a sound in the sky like an eagle chirping in the sky.

"My lord, it's your eagle!"

With a confident smile, Ezzo II drew his sword at his waist and shouted, "My falcon has sent me a message that Lord Oberto has led three thousand men to detour behind the enemy army, and is ready to join me in attacking the Swabian army below."

The enemy army is newly defeated, and the morale of our army is high, we are flanked in front and rear, the enemy army will be defeated, and our army will win! ”

"Victory! Win! Win! Win! ......”

The Lombards, both officers and nobles, and ordinary soldiers, were encouraged by Ezzo II to reach their highest morale, and they all raised their weapons and cheered loudly.

"Military morale is available." Ezzo II couldn't help but sigh.

Then he swung his sword and pointed it in the direction of the enemy, and commanded in a loud voice: "All the army attack!" God's will! Kill! ”

"Kill!"

"God's will! Our army will win! ”

Led by 1,000 Lombard cavalry, 8,000 Lombards launched a massive counterattack.

The brave Lombard knights crushed the Swabian legionnaires in front with their spears and horses, and the brave soldiers behind them pounced on the Swabian legionnaire line with spears, swords, and tomahawks, crushing all the enemies who tried to resist them.

Almost at the same time, Oberto, who received a message from the Falcon, also led 3,000 soldiers to fight out from the rear of the Swabian legion.

Although the Swabian legion received reinforcements from the Franconians, with 20,000 troops and more than 13,000 troops in front of them, their formation began to disorganize in the face of the fierce attack of the Lombards.

Worst of all, a detachment of the Lombards, led by Oberto, with 3,000 men, also began to charge at them, and they were so attacked that many of the soldiers felt cornered, and all of them stopped resisting and surrendered on the spot.

The Battle of Rivoli was a beautiful quick battle, but it was also a very mountainous battle of annihilation. In this battle, the Lombards not only captured many flags, arrows, weapons and armor, and a large number of baggage vehicles, but also captured about 6,000 Swabian regiments.

Otto III, Duke of Swabia, saw that the tide was turning, and had to retreat in a hurry with the consulting knights and part of the army.

The counteroffensive launched by the Lombards from the direction of the Rivoli heights was carried out almost without resistance, and in this direction the retreat of the Swabian corps was very poorly organized.

In the counteroffensive, the Lombards, taking advantage of the victory of Rivoli's counterattack, marched north under the leadership of Ezo II to the Branta Gorge, thus cutting off 6,000 enemy troops and becoming prisoners of the Lombards.

Oberto and Ezzo II besieged the fleeing Swabian legionnaires, while Alberto and Tancred led part of their cavalry in pursuit of Otto III, Duke of Swabia.

The battle lasted until dusk, when it was finally declared over, and tens of thousands of corpses lay on the battlefield under the heights of Rivoli, and pairs of prisoners were driven away by the Lombas.

"My lord, our army has won a great victory, and the Swabian army has been completely annihilated by our army!" Oberto was delighted.

"Although it was a great victory, it is a pity that Otto III, Duke of Swabia, was not captured." Ezzo II said with a slight regret.

"Your Excellency, you have undoubtedly achieved a brilliant victory, and you can take advantage of the power of victory to attack Trento in the upper reaches of the Adige River, and then occupy the Tyrolean plain in the northernmost part of Italy, completely control the dangers of the Alps, and open the way to Vienna!" Oberto suggested.

"Just do as you say." Ezzo II nodded.

The outcome of the Battle of Rivoli and the future of the fortress of Mantua are undoubtedly linked.

The defeat of the Swabian legion at Rivoli made Conrad III, Duke of Carinthia, feel that there was no point in continuing to resist.