Randy made this decision because Venice is known as a water city, surrounded by the sea on three sides, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Now Randy's offshore fleet is still wandering in the Black Sea, and it won't be able to reach it at all for a while and a half, so Randy really doesn't have any confidence that he can take advantage of this messy city, if he loses too much against Venice, then the next war with Eastern Rome will not be easy to handle, so let's force the other party to fight!

There are more than 8,000 light cavalry under Randy's command, half of the professional hussars and half of the Finnish light cavalry, and when the Catholic and Eastern Luma Empire were in a full-scale war, Randy divided half of the light and heavy cavalry to Artoria, so he still had 4,000 light cavalry under his command, and these 4,000 light cavalry from Normandy to Genoa had hardly fought any decent battles, so there were almost no losses, and people maintained a very strong combat effectiveness.

Although the Apennine Peninsula is mostly mountainous and hilly, the city-states and larger towns are all built on the plain plateau terrain.

So we can only blame the Venetians for their own bad luck, whether nobles, commoners, poor people, rich merchants, cavalry are all treated equally, and are hacked to death on the charge of heresy, and then the heads are neatly piled up on the north side of Venice, leaning on the mainland side of the city defense crossbow can not shoot, such a bloody scene makes the Venetians who have been comfortable for a long time frightened, and the lawless light cavalry, but also openly in the Venetian city wall visible place, the Venetian cemetery outside the city to gouge, robbing the tomb at the same time also take out the bones of the Venetian, Burn and play next to the city of Venice.

Seeing that the bones of their ancestors were treated like this, the Venetian soldiers and civilians wept bitterly and were excited, and held a rally in front of the Doge's Palace in Venice, forcing the Doge of Venice to send troops quickly!

The old Dandoro, who was nearly 80 years old, felt helpless, and the old fox, who was accustomed to wind and waves, naturally understood that this behavior of the Normans was nothing more than to lure the Venetian defenders out of the city to fight, and then defeat them in one fell swoop.

But what's the use of knowing that? Who will listen? Previously, because of the conversion to Orthodox Christianity, it had already aroused strong dissatisfaction among the Venetians, and if they refused to send troops again, they would be the doge of Venice.

"Let's send troops!" Old Dandoro said to little Dandoro.

——————————

This time, Randy finally had a clear understanding of the wealth of the so-called city-states of northern Italy, he really felt that northern Italy was simply a dick, just sent four thousand light horsemen to sweep in Venice for five or six days, and the income was actually more than 300,000 gold coins, which was almost the top of the Norman kingdom's taxes for a month, converted, because the soldiers only needed to hand over half of the harvest, that is to say, the total income of this robbery was at least 600,000.

And Randy completely ignored the 300,000 gold coins, which were obtained by 4,000 light cavalry after touching the gold, moving mountains and mountains, scraping gold on the icon, and breaking the cross.

Finns have not yet converted to Christianity, so they have no concerns.

And many of the professional hussars who came from the steppe also retained their belief in immortality, and they did not have much sense of identity with Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary, so they really could do it, and a few Venetian clergy did not open their eyes and wanted to stop them, but they were tied to the back of the horse, galloped wildly, and were directly dragged to death.

Speaking of which, only Randy dares to do this, and the kings of other countries definitely don't dare to go so far. However, Randy, who is a low-minded and low-minded guy, naturally doesn't care about any icons, crosses, or anything like that.

Just keep it a secret!

Of course, even if Joan of Arc knew, it wouldn't be a big deal, at most he would fool around and say that it was to accumulate funds for the sake of world peace, and that extraordinary means were used in extraordinary times.

In this way, you will probably be able to get Joan of Arc's forgiveness.

Speaking of which, Randy was still a little concerned, when he ordered the Venetians who lived outside the city to be killed, the Venetians were just afraid, and when he ordered the Venetians' ancestral graves to be dug up, the Venetians ran away, are the dead more important than the living? What a strange question.

It's March 30th......

In a place like Italy, time basically does not play a big role, the Alps block the cold air from the north to the south, leaving the region with a so-called Mediterranean climate, with a minimum temperature of 15 degrees Celsius throughout the year, and the four seasons are like spring, without any cold equipment.

Today was a beautiful day, neither hot nor cold, no wind, few clouds, but the atmosphere was heavy.

The 50,000 allied forces of the Venetians and the Greeks, and the 65,000 allied forces of the Normans and the Burgundians, met on the outskirts of Bologna, and the two sides put on a posture, you are a butcher, I am a heretic, and they have a full exchange of opinions, and it is in this unnourishing process that Randy is distracted.

The people on both sides came out to scold the formation, but no one could convince anyone, and finally returned to the camp, waiting for the brains of both sides to lift people's hearts again, and then they were able to start a war.

Sixty-five thousand people, even if they were sardines sticking together, it was a big group, so Randy followed Alexander's example, and trotted in front of the army, waving the command knife in his hand, while shouting:

"Look! My warriors, from Normans, from Burgundy's finest soldiers, take a closer look at who you are facing? Standing before us are the cunning Venetian peddlers, and the arrogant Greeks, the heretics, all rich heretics, whose defeat will not only fulfill your devotion to Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary, but also make your pockets bulge. ”

The coalition soldiers who said this smiled and looked at the 50,000 Orthodox coalition troops in front of them, but they looked like fat sheep, and their morale increased a lot.

"Soldiers, pray one last time before the war! Praying for the favor of Lord Almighty, of course, because we are Catholics and the most orthodox, this is also the most obvious. ”

The soldiers whose confidence was high in Randy's words, yes, they were true believers, and the opposite side was a heretical false believer, and the Lord would definitely bless us in comparison.

"Finally, let's shout out! Overlord the enemy with the best momentum, and look forward to singing the battle song with the same voice to welcome the moment of victory. ”

"Kill! The whole army marches! ”

"Heavy cavalry assault!!"

Randy gave the order, and trotted all the way down the path between the two phalanxes, surrounded by the knights of the guard, to the watchtower made by the engineers before the battle, and nodded with Charlie, who arrived at about the same time, and took out the monoculars.

"This battle depends on His Highness." Randy said solemnly to Charlie.

"How dare you, Your Majesty is the commander-in-chief in this operation, but there is a dispatch, and I will not shirk it." Charlie said very politely.

However, people are just polite, if Randy really uses the Burgundian army as cannon fodder, they will definitely turn their faces.

"Then there is His Royal Highness Lao, His Highness's infantry is strong, the Swiss mountain people are good at mountain warfare, and the right flank of the battlefield is crisscrossed by mountains, which is suitable for His Highness to show his skills, please attack from the right flank."

"Understood!" Charlie nodded, didn't talk nonsense, jumped on horseback and ran towards the right flank of the battlefield.

Frontal battlefield, relatively flat circular terrain, the Norman prospect has come to the fore.

Royal knights wearing composite armor, and Norman heavy cavalry wearing heavy chain mail, the Nordic Battlefield Order formed the first wave, with an interval of one hundred and fifty meters, a total of three waves, and nearly 1,200 heavy cavalry assault sequences, rushing towards the opponent's central array.

Seeing the Norman iron cavalry rushing over like a storm, in the center, the Eastern Roman army, which bore the brunt of the attack, quickly mobilized the Greek crossbowmen in the front row and pulled out the medium-sized crossbows they were equipped with, the configuration of these professional legionnaires was similar to that of the Normans, but they did not learn the three-column crossbow array invented by Randy, so only a row of crossbowmen in the front row could fire, and the lethality was much weaker than Randy's crossbowmen.

In the second row are the proud Roman hoplites of Rome!

In that outfit, because of the different climate in the Balkans and the need for protection, the sandals and shorts on the lower body were replaced by skirts, trousers, leggings, and boots, and the rest of the equipment, like the ancient Roman soldiers who came out of ancient frescoes, carried spears, large Roman-style tower shields, short swords at the waist that were conducive to slashing, and wore Roman iron helmets, and officers above the centurion wore feathers, cloaks, and held high battle flags with Roman character numbers.

For example, the number of the flag of this legion is twenty-five, which means that this is the twenty-fifth regular legion of the Eastern Roman Empire.

A total of 7,500 hoplites were arranged in three formations, twenty-five neat columns of dense phalanxes, with shields, spears, leaning together to resist the enemy cavalry, and on the flanks of the phalanx were the embodiment of the improvement of the Eastern Roman army, the Roman lancers.

Five hundred armed with spears, iris shields, wearing chain mail or light scale armor, and carrying long swords at their waists, these cavalry learned the tactics of Western shock cavalry, although the combat skills of a single person may not be as strong as the Western knights, but in terms of discipline they are much stronger than the Western knights, their horses are not equipped with any armor, basically belong to the light heavy cavalry.

In the gaps between the infantry phalanx were the legion's guerrilla infantry, 1,500 men, armed with javelins, bows, or slings, which provided the Roman legions with the best possible support for their projectile long-range attacks.

This is a reorganization of the Roman legion, a total of 10,000 troops, basically all types of troops can be taken into account, but there is no relatively rare overweight cavalry, archers, in addition to the long-range projection troops are also slightly weaker, but people are strong enemies.

"Glory to Rome!"

Seeing that the Norman heavy cavalry was under the attack of their own crossbow arrows, relying on the thick shield and armor to suffer almost no damage, the five hundred crossbowmen in the first row had already understood the current affairs and retreated, and the centurion in the first row of the first town at the forefront roared wildly, and the Eastern Roman soldiers under his command also held their spears tightly, erected their shields, and leaned together as much as possible.

"God bless the Catholics, Your Majesty Randy, the Norman King!"

The Norman knights shouted at the last moment of the charge, and the first array of 400 hoplites crashed into the infantry array of the 25th Legion of the Eastern Roman Empire.

In fact, with the extremely hard training on weekdays, deliberately avoid the tip of the opponent's spear, try to protect yourself in the charge, and kill and injure the enemy as much as possible, piercing the enemy with a horse is a part, using a war horse to knock down the opponent, trampling the enemy is another part, plus the opponent in order to prevent the cavalry from directly rushing down the array, so the formation is very compact, and this formation arrangement also indirectly increases the casualties of the infantry of the Eastern Roman Empire.

However, this does not mean that the opponent's arrangement is wrong, in fact, in the absence of an ultra-long spear phalanx, the use of dense formations is indeed a very good way to resist the heavy cavalry charge, as long as you rely on a tight formation to prevent the opponent from breaking down the line, then the cavalry that loses its impact will not be a more numerous infantry opponent in hand-to-hand combat.

It's a pity that this trick only works for ordinary feudal knights.

These hoplite cavalrymen who pursue personal honor basically do not have the habit of a second charge, although they like to let their servants keep the second cavalry spear for themselves, but these guys who think that retreat is failure, that is, cowardice, and their sense of honor is absolutely not allowed, and after contact with the enemy, they will never retreat again, just in line with the conditions of dense formation against cavalry.

And the Greeks also found the flaws of the opposing feudal knights in the battle with the Germans, and specially customized such tactics, but this time, their opponents were Normans, the extremely cunning and insidious Norman heavy cavalry commanded by the despicable and shameless King Randy.

Randy's pride from beginning to end is the cavalry band charge tactic, which crushes the opponent's infantry array in continuous batches, which is the specialty of the Norman royal knights and Norman heavy cavalry!

The vast majority of cavalrymen will confirm the cavalry at the first time, and after piercing at least one enemy, they will let go of their hands, quickly pull out their maces or battle axes at their waists, and slash the surrounding soldiers.

Twelve hundred heavily armed cavalry, without any suspense, broke the enemy's first array in the first charge, and then ravaged the enemy's second array after the second charge.

In the melee, the commander of the 25th Legion was stunned by a royal knight who cut his throat, and the guard holding the legion flag next to him was also taken away in the next moment, and the legion flag was directly snatched by a Norman royal knight.

During this period, at the beginning of the second round of heavy cavalry charge, the lancers on both flanks of the 25th Army wanted to take the opportunity to come over to help, but were intercepted and harassed by the Norman light cavalry, and the four thousand light cavalry who followed behind the Norman heavy cavalry made good use of the heavy cavalry as a shield, and were not injured by the crossbows of the Greeks.

Immediately followed by a rain of bows and arrows from horsemen, the formation of the opponent's lancers was destroyed in an instant, although the cavalry leaned on the armor on their bodies, and did not suffer much damage, but the war horses were not good, and in the galloping cavalry group, the final result of the horse losing its front hooves was to be trampled into meat sauce, this is the absolute truth, and it is absolutely unavoidable, even if you are a king, an emperor, you can't stop the galloping horseshoe!

(End of chapter)