Chapter 311: Amazing Performance
The Italian Legion was defeated by Maurice. Welf's pre-battle speech had taken courage and now the Italian mercenaries were ready to fight, and they took up their guns, shields, swords, and crossbows to form a huge and sturdy phalanx.
Yes, there was only an irregular rectangular phalanx, and although the Italian mercenaries were courageously summoned by Maurice, they still lacked enough training to form several phalanxes that could cover each other in a short period of time, which was their best bet.
At the same time, Richard. Morality. Hengu and Mephistopheles. Sauron confronts Maurice. Welf beckoned and said, "Captain Morris, it's for us here." ”
They weren't expecting the performance of these Italian mercenary groups, but Maurice. Welf had truly impressed them, and now they were a wall they could rely on, allowing them to concentrate on dealing with the intrusive and church cavalry.
Just when the battle on the left flank of the Normans was about to break out, the right flank of the Normans was also frantically attacked by the Starlight Mercenary Regiment and thousands of Italians. Morality. Altwell wasn't nervous, he knew very well what these mercenaries were, maybe they would attack once at first, but once the casualties increased, they would back down, hesitating and dragging the whole down.
Now Jeffrey just needs to hold on to this wave and wait until the starlight mercenary group on the opposite side retreats, and that's when they fight back.
However, the famous Starlight Mercenary Group in Italy is not vegetarian, they have made such a big name in Italy for so many years, and they also have their own pride, and they do not allow others to insult them.
What's more, their employer is the Holy See, the ruler of Italy, and their patron, and if the Holy See is disappointed in them, the Starlight Mercenary Regiment will most likely have no place in Rome, so they have a reason to have to fight.
"Are they crazy, or have they been bewitched by that group of stinky monks and poured ecstasy soup?" Jeffrey. Morality. Outwell didn't understand why the soldiers of the Starlight Mercenary Regiment were so brave and resilient, and as a Norman and a hypocrite, he could only blame the Roman priests.
"Knights, assemble and follow me!" Jeffrey raised his right hand and commanded in a loud voice.
Then all the two hundred Norman knights on the right flank were assembled, helmeted and stood, and ready to charge fearlessly at the first order of Geoffrey.
Caesar, who was in the middle of the army, did not have any worries about the enemy's onslaught on his two flanks, and he still stood calmly on the high platform of the command vehicle, issuing orders to the whole army.
Caesar instinctively sensed that something was wrong with the onslaught on his wings, and it shouldn't have been.
"Where are the knights of the Church? Where they appear, where is where they really attack. Caesar asked, looking around.
"Lord Caesar, the knights of the Church have appeared on the left flank of our army." A scout cavalryman got down on one knee and reported.
"Is the right wing a decoy?" Caesar opened his telescope and observed the situation on the right flank, and found that the soldiers who attacked the right flank were not neatly equipped, even a little disorganized, and the banner they were erecting was also the flag of the Starlight Mercenary Regiment.
Caesar once again observed the occupation of the left flank, and indeed found traces of the church knights, more than 2,000 church knights were fighting with the Norman knights and the Italian mercenary regiments, among which Maurice's Italian mercenary regiment and Mephistopheles's Guards cavalry company performed amazingly.
The Guards Cavalry Company was the most elite Norman knight unit directly under William, Duke of Normandy, not only its soldiers were the best of the best, but their equipment and training were first-class, and their spirit was even better, and they still fearlessly charged in the face of dozens of times more church knights.
Their bravery and fearlessness frightened the Church Knights for a while, so much so that the Guards Cavalry Company, which had only 100 men, was able to draw with the Church Knights.
But Morris's performance is surprising, in fact, Caesar has been watching Morris and his Italian mercenary group, originally in his expectation that no matter how good Morris is as a noble general, he will not be able to let the Italian mercenary group that has been scattered successfully withstand the impact of the church knights, but he really succeeded, how can this not surprise him?
However, Morris. Welf was not as easy as others thought, in fact, he was about to lose it, thousands of tank-like heavy cavalry crashed into the Italian mercenary group at maximum speed, only killing more than 300 people in the front row on the spot in an instant, and countless mercenaries were trampled and injured later.
Originally it was just Morris. It was nice for Welf's courageous Italian mercenaries to face the charge of thousands of knights without being crushed, but when they suffered heavy casualties and heard the wails of their comrades, they could not help but flinch, and could not even hold their spears.
Right here in Morris. When Welf's Italian mercenary group was about to collapse, Mephistopheles and Richard's 300 Norman knights charged from the flank of the church knights, successfully attracting the attention of the church knights.
"Knights of the Second Brigade, turn, turn, brave knights, follow me to kill these Normans, those poor Italian mercenaries will be in charge of the First Brigade, and we can clean them up at any time." Landorflema stopped, raised his right hand and gave orders.
After a large number of church knights were attracted away by the Norman knights who rushed to the rescue, Maurice. Welf and his Italian mercenaries were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, and to be honest, even Maurice had the idea of giving up, but fortunately Mephistopheles rescued them in time.
However, Morris and they have not yet reached the time to relax, the nearly 800 knights of the first brigade are still eyeing the Italian mercenary group, and the more than 800 knights of the third brigade even began to detour to the flank of the Italian mercenary group, and the situation began to become urgent again.
A group of Italian mercenary regiments, which can be called the remnants of the defeated army, have less than 2,000 soldiers left at the moment who are still fighting at the moment, and the rest are either killed on the spot, or they are seriously injured and unable to fight again.
However, the knights of the church on the opposite side still maintained most of their intact combat effectiveness, and only a few dozen knights were unfortunately killed in the process of charging.
The situation has reached such a critical level that it is no longer something that the weak forces of the left flank can defend against.
Just as he was about to despair, a well-armed Norman knight force of 1,800 men arrived at the battlefield to the sound of horses' hooves.
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