The wind blew across the battlefield, and all kinds of Chinese-made silk flags in the Italian coalition army fluttered in the wind. The fluttering flags are all family emblems, and each family emblem represents a family of nobles. Many of the family emblems have crosses on them, indicating that they have volunteered to participate in a crusade. In addition to symbols such as crosses, which prove the history of the family, there are other symbols or animals and plants on the family emblem, which represent the origin or expectations of the family.

For example, a white flag with a red sword cross symbol is surrounded by four swallows. It is the banner of the Armstrong family, the cross of the sword proves the family's work in the crusaders, and the four swallows express their anticipation for the return of their loved ones. Represented this family in the First to the Fourth Crusade. According to the Armstrong family, their ancestors took part in the massacre after they invaded Jerusalem. Seeing the blood that had reached their knees, their family turned the shape of the black sword cross into red.

The Armstrong family is in the Holy Roman Empire, and this time it was the Italian branch that was invited to the battlefield. The division sent more than 50 people, and ten of them were wearing steel plate armor, which looked like Great Song goods. Escorted by the ten men was a male Earl Armstrong in gilded armor.

The purpose of the earl wearing such a stylish local tyrant's gold armor is very simple, he used to be just a baron, and he didn't know how to inherit the earl title of a place called Glamorgan in the English Isles. He had never been to Glamorgan in his life, and he didn't even know where Glamorgan was. This time he came to show off, to let those Italian lords who once looked down on him as a little baron know that the Armstrong family is not without big names in Italy.

At the top of the lineup were three men dressed in the traditional attire of the Crusaders. That is, a linen jacket is lined inside, a half-body chain mail is put on the outside, and a numb coat is put on the outside of the chain mail. The three of them wore steel heavy swords on their waists, which had not appeared in Europe at this time, and were talking in Chinese about the war ahead.

The Great Song army has quickly eliminated large-scale hand-to-hand combat with cold weapons, and the oldest of the three is only in his thirties, and the large-scale weapon battle below makes the three people watching very happy. In addition, the three of them felt that the Italians could not understand Chinese at all, so they didn't care about talking.

"It turns out that the so-called formation really exists."

"What bullshit gossip array, what rush in and get lost. Looking at it now, the so-called plum blossom array is more reliable. ”

"Artillery up, all this scum is finished."

"Shut up, we said we wouldn't mention hot weapons today."

"Uh......"

"Don't say it, the Italians are not rubbish, they can actually play chess with the Mongol army."

"The Mongols sucked head-on. In the Battle of Xiangyang more than 20 years ago, Zhao Guan's family went to the rescue. Three or four thousand men fought against one hundred thousand Mongol troops. used the turtle tactic, and it didn't hit Xiangyang anyway. ”

"Hey, the center of the Mongolian army's spear formation seems to be recessed."

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This is true on the battlefield, and the gun array is undoubtedly the most disciplined and organized type of the army with cold weapons. So both the Italian and Mongol armies sent their own elites first to try to overwhelm each other. Viewed from above, what should theoretically have been a straight line of spear warfare has now taken on a curved front that is stalemate. The two wings of the Mongol army were still in a balanced state, but the central part was much recessed.

Hand-to-hand combat, every minute and every second is dying, and the walls that used to look very thick on both sides are much thinner at this time. The losses of the Mongol army were significant.

"Will the Mongol army do something to outflank the two wings?"

"Then it depends on whether the Mongol cavalry can break through the gun array."

"Mounted archery is useless against well-trained infantry."

The observers sent by the Great Song Dynasty discussed nervously, as if the brutal battle in front of them was an interesting game. At this moment, with a burst of shouting, with a burst of metallic sounds, the Italian coalition army was seen sending new troops. It was a short-range unit, and their attire was more free. Unlike the more uniform pikemen's equipment, some wore full-body armor and carried greatswords or giant warhammers. Some wore leather armor and carried shields or daggers in their hands.

The gang did not dare to pass directly through the position where the nobles were, and they were led by mercenary banners to bypass the nobles' location and line up on the starting position. Judging by their meaning, they were waiting for the Italian pikemen to penetrate the Mongol pikemen, and then they followed up and began to kill the enemy in close quarters.

"These mercenaries have not been trained in the queue."

"You're talking like their pikemen were actually trained in a queue."

"Are the Mongol cavalry still coming? If you don't come, you probably won't be able to catch up. The observers of the Great Song Dynasty became even more excited. Mongolia used to be the nightmare of the Great Song Dynasty, or all the forces in the north were once the nightmare of the Great Song Dynasty. Now the Great Song Dynasty has solved the northern region like a storm, breaking the legend of the invincibility of the barbarians. However, the Great Song soldiers thought that it was the power of firearms, and they still had some confidence in the cold weapon warfare of the Mongols.

Seeing that the situation of the Mongolian army was not good, the people on the side of the Great Song Dynasty had some expectations for the military strength of the Mongols. They hoped that mounted archery would help the Mongols out of their current predicament.

Just before the Mongol spear array collapsed, there was finally movement in the flank and rear, and the sound of horses' hooves was heard, and the knights in the Italian coalition army began to move towards the left flank and rear. If it weren't for the fact that these people fled from the battle, it was probably the surprise attack of the Mongol cavalry at that position.

"Could it be that the Mongol army is attacking the west?"

"I don't know."

"If the Mongols cut off the back route of the Italian coalition forces, we are afraid that we will be surrounded."

"I think the Italians are quite cautious."

Although the words used were relaxed, the expressions of the Great Song observers were a little nervous. Most of the nervousness is because there is indeed a possibility of being surrounded by the Mongol army, but the small half is nervous because the performance of the Mongol army is not as good as everyone thinks. So far, the performance of the Italian coalition has been mediocre. They were fighting according to the situation of a normal war, and if the Song army encountered such an opponent, there was about a ninety percent chance of using cold weapons to defeat the Italian army. At least it was impossible to be defeated by the Italian spearmen in the battle of guns.

Not long after the time passed, the horn suddenly sounded on the side of the Italian coalition army. The mercenaries' flags waved, and the mercenaries began to move forward. At this time, the Mongol pikemen could no longer compete with the Italian pike, and the central part completely collapsed. The Italian pikemen then began to advance and had already split the Mongol army in two in the middle.

The Great Song observers were stunned as they watched as the two wings of the Mongol army began to retreat. In the binoculars, in order to be able to escape as soon as possible, the Mongolian army threw down the weapons in their hands one after another, and they fled. Although they are also considering whether the Mongol army has set up some ambush, it does not look like such a planned operation.

The pursuing Italian forces rushed across the flat ground in the middle of the basin, rushed to the heights that the Mongols had just occupied, and then rushed down again. The Great Song observers looked at each other one by one, unable to say anything at all. They didn't know what they had seen, and among the cold weapon combat techniques they had learned, the Mongol army had failed in such a battle that could not be called a defeat at best.

This is not a feigned defeat where the vast majority of people have successfully retreated, and the human body on the ground is overwhelming, which shows how fierce the battle was before. There are not five thousand who are left on the battlefield, but three thousand. Not to mention those who were killed during the Coalition pursuit. No one would be stupid enough to lure the enemy at such a huge cost.

Everyone was silent for a while, and finally the leader spoke, "The Mongols are too weak. ”

This was immediately opposed, "This is not a Mongol army, and many of Boyan's men are True God Cultists. ”

"Even if it's the True God Cult. When the official family was in Ezhou, where did he have so many firearms. More than 10,000 Mongols were killed. ”

"Maybe the Mongols have something to do. They can't be so weak. If such an army comes up to fight, how can it win the war? ”

"These are not Mongol troops. The Mongol army was supposed to be pure cavalry. ”

"Don't talk nonsense. In this part of Italy, what does Boyan rely on to feed tens of thousands of horses? When they went west, the population was sparse along the way, and the horses did not have to worry about food. In Italy, not to mention how he transported tens of thousands of horses, even if he had, he would not be able to use it in such a large place. ”

"There must be something to do. I don't believe the Mongols were defeated like that. Even if we go to war, we have to be prepared when the situation is unfavorable. ”

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The Great Song observers quarreled here, and it could be seen that many people had more confidence in the Mongols than the Mongols.

While the argument was endless, the sound of gunfire could be faintly heard in the distance. At this time, the observers of the Great Song Dynasty were in high spirits, and this was probably the counterattack of Mongolia. The original differences have now been unified, and they can grasp the battle situation at any time, and they are the most powerful Mongol army in legends.

In the afternoon of the same day, both sides withdrew their troops. Most of the Italian soldiers returned to camp alive, and according to the news that Count Armstrong had returned from a military meeting, the Italian army was ambushed by the Mongol muskets and artillery during the pursuit, and quickly retreated after leaving behind more than a hundred men. Because they had captured the battlefield, they returned and killed all the Mongols on the ground. It is estimated that the number of enemies destroyed is between 4,500 and 4,08. The failure to completely solve the Mongol infantry was a minor defeat for the Italian coalition under a big victory.

In addition to this, the cavalry, consisting of knights, faced the attacking Mongol cavalry. There was a fierce battle between the two sides, and the allied cavalry, led by the French knights, also inflicted heavy losses on the Mongol cavalry.

The Great Song observers who heard these news were dumbfounded, and they never imagined that things would turn out like this, and that the Mongol army would behave badly in the regular frontal battle. Where is there the situation where the legend swallows thousands of miles like a tiger. The Great Song Dynasty Zhao Guanjia fought against the Mongol army, which allowed the Yellow River to be diverted, and all the cities were attacked head-on, and all the strong enemies were defeated.

Back in the tent, the Great Song observers really couldn't say anything. They don't even want to speak. The defeat of the Mongol army to the Semu people is really speechless.

Regardless of the celebratory Italian army, the camp of the Mongol army on the side of Marshal Boyan fell into a depression. Before the war, the marshal promised that as long as the battle was won, everyone could chase the remnants of the coalition army into northern Italy. Unlike southern Italy, Marshal Boyan told the crowd that after entering northern Italy, the Mongol army could burn and loot at will.

Before, because of strict military discipline, everyone has been holding back for a long time. Coupled with months of training, these people are even more confident. Everyone thought that as long as they were the Mongol army, they would definitely be able to defeat the enemy, and the previous defeat to the Song army was only because the Mongol army suffered a loss of no firearms. For the Italian army, which is also suitable for cold weapons, the Mongolian army is still very confident.

Many Mongolian generals and colonels wept and roared in their tents because they could not accept today's defeat and because they had lost many relatives in the battle.

Some simply rushed to the tent of the boss and asked to see the boss. However, Marshal Boyan did not see them, but sent someone to tell them that they would continue to hold the Mongol camp tomorrow.

This indifferent response made these angry generals almost angry, and when they came down from the battlefield where they walked with death, these nervous generals still put life and death in their eyes. When they didn't see them, they were crying outside.

"Dashuai, you must take revenge tomorrow!"

"Dashuai, we still have to fight."

"Dashuai, so many people have died, how can we give up?"

But no matter how these people shouted, Marshal Boyan just didn't see them. It was only when these people were tired that they asked the relatively calm generals to appease these people back to their residences.

Twelve days later, a telegram was received from Haoren in Kiev. The telegram sent the full text of the distress letter sent by the envoy sent by the Marshal Boyan. Hao Ren was stunned after reading the beginning. He never expected that Marshal Boyan would lose the battle. The victorious general, Marshal Boyan, was defeated by other armies outside the Song Kingdom. This is beyond Hao Ren's imagination.

Hao Ren even put down the letter, stood up and smoked two cigarettes, which allowed the indescribable depression in his chest to be evacuated. After reading most of the letters, Hao Ren was finally a little relieved. In the letter, Marshal Boyan analyzed the situation, and in a country with a narrow terrain like Italy, he fought as a guest army. There is no way to pull it with cavalry, so it can only engage head-on. At this time, the real combat effectiveness of Marshal Boyan's men was shown.

Marshal Boyan was not discouraged by this, and he asked his in-law Hao Ren to support the 5,000 regular musket infantry army.

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