"Something's wrong...... On the third day, before receiving information from the Italian coalition, Egil prepared for the worst. After contacting the French army again, Egier decisively ordered the 140,000-strong army to move south to meet the northern Italian army.

It's not that Egil really cares about the lives of the northern Italian profiteers.

Rather, if one of his own armies were to be defeated, the impact would be a little unbearable. But Egil thought about it a little, the other side must also have a spy intelligence network, right? Otherwise, why would he directly choose the weakest Italian army in the three armies? The army composed of merchants and small townspeople, as well as a rabble of pilgrims, I am afraid that it will be crushed in two moments.

Of course, things weren't as bad as Egil had imagined. Although it is said that the allied forces of northern Italy are all bad breeds who dare not fight hard. But that also has to be when. Merchants even dared to betray Jesus Christ for the sake of profit. Desperate or something, naturally, is not a problem. Today, almost all of the trade in the Eastern Mediterranean, because of the defeat of the Venetian and Genoese navies, was taken over by the Eastern Roman Empire. The Eastern Roman Empire relied on its monopoly position in trade to make a lot of money. However, the city-states of northern Italy, because of the trade blockade, there are not a few people who commit suicide by jumping into the Mediterranean.

Therefore, the bitterness is deep...... Not to mention Genoa, Venice, Bologna, and the Papal States, others are just for money, and people are still washing Rome for their lives.

In this case, in an open terrain 400 kilometers from Budapest. The 50,000 northern Italians, as well as the Crusaders, were all red-eyed in the face of the Greek heretic army. That posture is not much different from that of the male half. Immediately after the coalition army rested for a day and strictly guarded the camp to guard against harassment from the other side, the next day they ignored the fact that their army was only a quarter or even a fifth of the opponent's army, such a huge difference in material quantity. The initiative began to attack.

Seriously, the Greek army really didn't expect such a thing as the Northern Italian army attacking first. The Eastern Roman army consisted of peasant soldiers from Sil II to the lowest level, and almost all of them thought that they were nothing more than lambs to the slaughter. will only shrink in his own camp and tremble. After that, he was killed by the great Eastern Roman Revolution team without any suspense.

But facts are facts. Not only did the coalition attack on its own initiative, but the offensive was quite fierce—a total of 1,500 Italian heavy cavalry—all of which were equipped with plate chain composite armor, horse chain mail, and horse felt, these heavy equipment, and the best horses that the merchants could get their hands on, from Hungary, from Poland and Lithuania, and from Arabia. These cavalrymen were the essence of the Italian army, the strongest and sharpest spearheads, and the vast majority came from wealthy merchant families and noble classes. The roots are red, the morale is strong, and this 1,500 heavy cavalry can be compared with the Greek ironclad holy cavalry.

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Seeing the Italian heavy cavalry swarming towards it, the Greek army was shocked. In the end, it was still the residence that had been suppressed by the prestige of Sir II. Seeing that the enemy army is not good. The Eastern Roman heavy infantry phalanx did not know whether it could be stopped, so they quickly sent three wings of ironclad holy cavalry to dispatch.

In the last few days of hard fighting, especially in the previous days, when fighting against the Holy Romans, the Ironclad Paladins suffered as much damage. Originally, there were only more than 4,600 cavalrymen in five wings and five cadres. The three wings were more than 2,800 cavalry, which was much more than the Italian army, and at the same time, the three wings attacked from three sides, and the two wings of the Italian heavy cavalry were immediately stopped from charging the front.

After that, the two sides began a tragic hand-to-hand fight.

It has been said before that the Italian heavy cavalry was not inferior to the Greeks in terms of shock, morale, and defensive equipment. Although the discipline and training are a little worse. However, there are not many differences, and the real decisive thing is still weapons and equipment. After a round of cavalry guns collided with each other, the knights of the first row on both sides were killed. The howls of knights and horses were endless. The knights in the second row were a little slower, and they were about to challenge their riding and spearmanship.

Adjust the angle of your rifle in a very short time to hit the opponent and dodge the opponent's spear, or use the shield in your hand to block one, of course, the shield will then break, and if you are not in the right position, the same is true for the left hand. And at this time, you can see that the gap between the two sides is coming. The Italian heavy cavalry was significantly less trained than the ironclad paladers. There were heavy casualties in the process. ,

And then, the cavalry of both sides has basically become entangled. It is very difficult to separate and charge the front again, and it is easy to be chased by the enemy. Therefore, the cavalry on both sides discarded their rifles, drew their secondary weapons and began hand-to-hand combat.

That's what was said before, the gap in weapons.

The knights of the East liked to use the longsword as their off-hand weapon, and in fact the longsword was not as useful as the scimitar when slashing at the cavalry. And the armor-piercing ability is not as good as heavy weapons such as battle axes, armor-piercing hammers, maces, maces, and flails. Although the knight class has been circulating for a long time, the knight's practical swordsmanship has been widely spread, and tactics such as the practical knight's sword thrust can also be very effective in killing and injuring the opponent, but it is still too difficult...... On horseback, he wanted to stab the opponent with a long sword of one meter two. This can only be done well by a handful of elite knights. In fact, the Italian heavy cavalry, adhering to the pragmatism of merchants, did not use longswords, but broad-edged swords with thicker blades and larger bodies, which were more suitable for chopping. So compared to ordinary knights, it's still a little cheaper.

But compared to the mace of the ironclad palsaders, it is still a little more tragic.

No, it should be said that it is very tragic.

Whether it is in terms of numbers, weapons and equipment, or in terms of organization and training, they are all inferior to the ironclad paladazions. Therefore, the Italian heavy cavalry had no other word to describe these guys well than tragedy.

However, even so, such an ending was not satisfactory to Sil II. Because under the desperate resistance of the Italian heavy cavalry, the losses of the ironclad paladers were also very huge. Although a cursory look at the past visual inspection will not be too accurate. However, it can also be seen that about one of the three or four heavy cavalry killed in battle can be exchanged for the life of one ironclad paladier.

"The cavalry was dispatched, and two wings of the Guards cavalry, as well as the heavy cavalry of the Latin Legion. So, Sil II continued to order.

A big family and a big business have this advantage. You see, the Italians on the other side are no more than fifteen or six hundred cavalry. However, this time Sil II ordered a little more than one corps of cavalry, two wings of the Guards cavalry, and two wings of the Latin mercenary Ran, for a total of 14,000 light and heavy cavalry. Such a terrifying number has even exceeded the entire army of the average small country......

"Cavalry! It's the cavalry of the Greeks!! "Seeing the opposing cavalry swarming like a tide. Italians feel like a boat in the middle of a stormy sea, with the possibility of capsizing at any moment.

However, as I said before, money can burn people's dignity, and the merchants and townspeople roared madly in the face of such adversity, and the elite spear militia of Italy, and the militia of other ranks, lined up closely together to form a solid shield wall. Behind them, the heavily armed crossbowmen from Genoa, Bologna, and Venice drew their bows frantically and shot desperately. Venetian archers using oriental-style concubines unleashed arrows and fired special rockets smeared with fire oil.

A dense network of arrows formed a web of fire in the sky, killing a large number of Greek cavalry.

Subsequently, however, the Sessian cavalry from Asia Minor, as well as the newly formed Vadateri cavalry from Hungary, also opened their hands and began to shoot. The rain of arrows quickly overshadowed the long-range attacks of the Italian coalition. At the same time, the Italians tore several gaps in their formation.

After this, heavy cavalry in scale armor, two wings of Guards cavalry, and Latin cavalry in heavy chain mail rushed towards the Italian army.

"It's over!" shouted some Italians in despair.

However, at this moment, a frenzied roar erupted among the coalition forces: "For the glory of the Lord Christ!!

Immediately afterwards, the pilgrims, who had been despised by the Italian soldiers, who had been ridiculed as serfs, filthy mud, maggot-like creatures, frantically shouted slogans, brandished oak sticks, large crosses clad in wood, daggers, short swords, and even other crude and rudimentary weapons, and rushed madly towards the speeding cavalry in a fanatical and even distorted manner. Crushed, kicked, smashed, and pierced!

These pilgrims used their bodies as stumbling blocks to the human form. In total, more than half of the tens of thousands of pilgrims were killed or wounded in this recoil front. However, the Italian soldiers were inspired by their earth-shattering roar and dedication. And greatly shocked the Greek cavalry. After this, a small number of Crusader cavalry, but only two hundred Crusader cavalry, charged at the Greek cavalry, which outnumbered them forty times as much!

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