On Gawain's side, the Italian companies of the first and second lines resisted bravely, using shields and long swords, killing sounds, and the arrays on the slopes of Borage Mountain were like rows of teeth that frantically bit each other, making a violent sound of weapons colliding with weapons, "Hold on to their respective positions, for the glory of the Dalian team, for the brocade brotherhood!" Bramson at the head of the formation was now fighting on foot, swinging his Swabian sword, cutting off one incoming spear after another, and at his feet, several of the enemy's bodies torn by brute force and blades fell backwards.

The army that came up from Za'tar was killed three times in succession, and reorganized twice under the strict supervision of its own military judge, but the excellent armor and armor of the Italian company (many of which were bought by the Grand Duke of Gawain from Milan to equip them, and these warriors stood in the first column to fight), as well as their skillful fighting skills, enabled them to look down on the temporary militias recruited by Berdin from various tribes, and this was the difference between the combat effectiveness of professional mercenaries and the tribesmen—the veterans knew better how to protect themselves and destroy the enemy. They do not charge and slash with pure blood, but calmly deal with the enemy, find out the flaws of the opponent to win, and can better save physical strength.

The battle became more and more anxious, and on the high ground on both sides, both Burdin and Gawain instinctively felt that the front line on the front of Borage Hill had reached the maximum state of their capacity, and then the Archduke of Barry, the Governor of Barry, saw in a blink of an eye that on the side of the hill to his left, Za'tar's army, about a thousand horses, was rushing towards the company of the "Grand Duke's Dead".

"Now, the center of gravity and the key to the battle has shifted to the high ground near the sea." Gawain immediately made a decision and raised his halberd at Giovanni over there, and the little warrior squire of Lombard immediately understood. Pull the reins in one hand and raise the battle flag in the other. He crossed the street at the foot of the mossy hill and went up to the hill on the other side. Over there, the Greek infantry company of the "Grand Duke's Dead Soldier" was sitting and resting, and several scouts in front of it were rushing back to tell all the column commanders the news of the enemy's attack.

"Comrades, fellow workers, grab your weapons and fight! We are still an honorless company, and we are facing this unfaithful enemy who will not receive the mercy of the Lord. Hit them hard, just as God destroyed Nineveh with lightning and thunder. The clergymen who accompanied the army were the first to walk to the front of the procession, holding up small crosses and rosaries in their hands to boost morale.

Giovanni walked up to the rising company array with his banner and shouted, "Don't hesitate, you are no longer soldiers in front of the city of Bari, and we can all achieve great victories against the sword of the Normans." Then you should be more handy in the face of this group of enemies, raise your shields, raise your spears, and do what you are trained to do. Obey my orders and fight the enemy back! ”

"Oh, oh, oh!" The soldiers of the company, the first two columns. Stretch out your shield and hold the spear between the gaps. The third column had their shields over their heads, and their weapons on the shoulders of the first two columns. The sailors and servants at the rear, armed with light weapons, followed him and laid out the most well-organized formation on the hillside.

In the Za't'a army, the Pechenegs and the Bolgars were the first to go out and fire arrows at the formation of the "Grand Duke's Dead Soldiers" company, and formed a company of shield wall spears, although some people were wounded, but they were quickly dragged away by the military servants behind for treatment, and the rest of the men still held the line to the death.

At the sight of such a well-trained procession of pilgrims, the Sava bandits wavered again, and they patrolled the hillside, not daring to rush upward, while the company of the "Grand Duke's Dead" continued to remain on the defensive, not moving.

"Bastard, send two sword-armed military judges, tell them to storm as soon as possible, crush this group of enemies, who have not many men and no cover of archery, rush over the ships that captured this group of pilgrims, and retake Stone!" Berdin, who was also keenly aware of the outnumbering of the company of the "Grand Duke's Dead", then he proudly declared, "Send my princely guard over and guide the whole battlefield to victory, and St. Mikhail is with our army." ”

Following the Maharaja's orders, about three hundred warriors of the Guards, dressed in fine scale armor and in a terrifyingly orderly formation, began to rush towards the coastal position on the left side of Borage Mountain.

At this time, on the frontal front of Borage Mountain, the bandit cannon fodder of the Sava River had completely collapsed, and their remnants were sandwiched between the sword and shield wall of Gawain's Italian company and the spear array of Za't's army.

Soon after, the Za'tar army was defeated for the fourth time, and between the lines of confrontation between the two armies, everywhere, "a river" of corpses appeared, and now even the harshest military judges could no longer stir up the mood of the soldiers, so they could only keep them, and stayed at the foot of the hill to rest and prepare for the fifth assault.

All the Slavic soldiers were tired and depressed, many of them had lost their weapons, many of their comrades had been killed in battle, and the cries began to spread, and many complained about why their princes had stopped this pilgrimage procession, which was only passing by, while the military judges, armed with axes and scepters, went around with great vigour to stop this burst of defeat, "If you charge again, the enemy will not be able to hold on, and then all the booty and prisoners will be yours, and the noble prince assures all!" ”

Bramson carried his sword and walked slowly down the hillside after the enemy's rout, collecting ornaments from the corpses, and then kicked up a Savoyard who was covered in blood, with a flattering expression on his face, and hung his hands tremblingly, and said to the bankrupt knight of the Brotherhood in broken Italian, "Praise God, I praise God" and the sound of the Swabian sword cracking through the air was answered, and the Savoyard bandit's chest was immediately cut open, and he turned and fell to his death, and blood splattered on the flying grass, Towards the sunny hillside fluttering down.

A burst of shouts came, Bramson squinted his eyes and looked behind him with his sword in his hand - about fifty brotherhoods in chain mail appeared on foot on the edge of the cliff on the far right of Borage Mountain, and it seemed that they were going down the mountain to attack the Za'tar army, he turned his head to look down the mountain, and sure enough, the Za'tar army's line "reacted" and began to adjust its formation. And at this moment, in the melodious sound of the horn, the Italian veteran company got up again, ended a short rest, picked up the weapon in his hand, and with a panting sound.

Gao Wen, who had always been silent and supervising the battle, saw this scene, and also saw the opposite valley, where the Za'tar Prince's Guard was moving towards the position of the lone company of the "Grand Duke's Dead" on the mountain on the left, and took a deep breath, knowing that the critical moment of this battle had arrived (to be continued). )