This time, Egil finally had a clear understanding of the so-called "opulence of the city-state of northern Italy". He really felt that northern Italy was a bunker. Just sent out 4,000 light horsemen to roughly sweep through Venice for five or six days, and the income was as much as 300,000 gold coins. It's almost a month of taxes in the Norman kingdom. Doing the other thing, the soldiers only handed over half of the harvest. That is, the total income of this robbery is at least 600,000!

Of course, Egil completely ignored the fact that for the sake of these 30,000 gold coins, it was 4,000 light horsemen who touched the hills and moved the mountains and mountains, scraped gold on the icons, and broke the cross to cast silver...... It was obtained after completing such a career comparable to the ten merits of Hercules.

Finns have not yet converted to Christianity, so they have no qualms. And many of the professional hussars who came from the prairie also retained their belief in the legendary almighty Immortal Heaven. The Virgin Mary also has little identification with Jesus Christ. So they're really going to do it. A few Venetian clergy were blinded and tried to stop them, but they were tied to the back of their horses, galloped wildly, and dragged them to death.

Speaking of which, maybe it's Egil. If you were a king of another country, you would definitely not dare to go so far. But Egil, a low-minded and low-minded guy who wants to die, naturally doesn't care about the Divine Horse Icon, the Divine Horse Cross and the like. just said to his subordinates without being salty: "Pay attention next time, and don't go around telling people." It's good to make a fortune with a muffled voice. ”

So, just keep it from Joan of Arc.

Of course, Egil felt that it wouldn't be a big deal even if Joan of Arc knew. At most, just flickering around. Say it's accumulating money for world peace. Extraordinary times are extraordinary means...... In this way, most likely you will be able to obtain Joan of Arc's forgiveness.

Probably.

Speaking of which, Egil was still a little concerned - when he ordered the Venetians who lived in the villages and towns outside the city to be cut down, and then coded as a king, the Venetians were just afraid. However, he ordered the ancestral grave of the Venetians to be dug up, and the Venetians went on a rampage. Is the dead more important than the living? What a strange question.

Of course, Egil didn't want his tomb to be burglarized after he died. So learning from Qin Shi Huang is a brain-dead practice. The best behavior should be to learn from Genghis Khan. He buried himself with a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, and then he did not show the mountains and water, and the horse trampled the ground flat. After that, I killed all the slaves who built the mausoleum, and then slaughtered a baby camel born to her in front of the mother camel, and the camel remembered the surname well, and when the descendants wanted to worship me, they led the camel to find it...... Wait, there's a little bit of a problem here -- camels! Camels are roaming around the deserts of the Middle East and North Africa, where are there camels in Scandinavia?

...... Or reindeer instead? That's how much Scandinavia does...... But if you wait a little longer, I don't know if the reindeer has a good memory. But since it's called a reindeer, it's pathfinding. Memory shouldn't be bad, right?

Egil is normal, and he is distracted again in the time of war.

It's March 30th. Of course, in a place like Italy, time basically doesn't play a big role. The Alps block the cold air from the north from the south, leaving the region with a so-called "Mediterranean climate". The lowest temperature in all seasons of the year is 15 degrees, and the four seasons are like spring, so there is no need for any cold equipment.

Today is a windy and beautiful day. Neither lukewarm, no wind. There are also fewer clouds. However, the atmosphere was heavy.

The Venetians, the Greeks, a coalition of 50,000, and the Normans, the Burgundians, a total of 65,000, met on the outskirts of Bologna, and the two sides took up a fight. You said "butcher!" and I said: "heretic!" It was during this nourishment-free process that Egil wandered.

As a result, no one on both sides could convince anyone who came out to scold the formation. finally returned to the camp, waiting for the bigwigs on both sides to cheer up people's hearts again. After that, it's time to go to war.

Sixty-five thousand people, even if they were stuck together like sardines, were a large group, so Egil followed the example of Alexander, and trotted in front of the army, waving the command knife in his hand, while shouting:

"Behold, my warriors, the best soldiers from Norman and Burgundy! Take a closer look at who you are fighting against?! Opposite us are the cunning Venetian peddlers, and the presumptuous Greeks! Those heretics! And the rich heretics! Defeat them will not only realize your devotion to Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary, but also make your pockets bulge!!"

The coalition soldiers smiled at Egil's words. looked at the 50,000 Orthodox coalition troops in front of him, but he looked like a fat sheep. Morale has also increased a lot.

"Soldiers, pray one last time before the war! Pray for the favor of the Lord Almighty! Of course, since we are Catholics, the most Orthodox believers, this is obvious!!"

Egil had a remark about the soldiers' high confidence, yes, they were true believers, and the opposite side was heretical and hypocritical. In comparison, Jehovah will definitely bless me!

"Finally, let us shout loudly! Override the enemy with the best momentum! And look forward to the moment of victory with the same voice singing praises!!Warriors!!Battle!!Kill!!Kill!!Kill!!Kill!!Kill !!the advance of the front army!! heavy cavalry stand out!!"

After giving this order, Egil trotted all the way through the path between the two arrays, surrounded by the knights of the Guard, to the top of the watchtower made of earth and wood by the engineering fortifications before the battle, nodded to Charlie, who had arrived at about the same time, and then drew his monoculars.

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

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

Of course, people are just polite. If Egil really used the Burgundian army as cannon fodder, they would definitely turn their faces.

"Hmm. Egil nodded: "Then there is His Highness Lao - His Highness's army is strong in infantry, and the Swiss mountain people are good at mountain warfare - 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 say much, ran down the watchtower quickly, got on horseback and ran towards the right flank of the battlefield.

At this moment, the frontal battlefield. Relatively flat plain terrain - the Norman pre-army has stood out. Royal knights wearing plate chain composite armor, and Norman heavy cavalry wearing heavy chain mail, the Nordic Occupation Order formed the first wave, one hundred and fifty meters apart, a total of three waves, nearly 1,200 heavy cavalry assault sequence. rushed towards the opponent's central array...... Seeing that the Norman iron cavalry rushed over like the wind, the Eastern Roman legions in the center, the first to bear the brunt of the mobilization-the Greek crossbowmen in the front row pulled out the medium-sized crossbows they were equipped, and the configuration of these professional legionnaires was similar to that of the Normans, except that they did not learn the three-column crossbow array invented by Egier, so there was only a row of crossbowmen in the front. The lethality is much weaker than Egil's crossbow array.

And the second row, this is the Roman hoplites that Rome is proud of. The equipment, except for the different weather in the Balkans and the need for protection, replaced the sandals and shorts on the lower body with skirts, trousers, leggings and boots, the rest was the same as the ancient Roman soldiers who came out of the ancient frescoes. He wields a spear, a large Roman tower shield, and a short sword at his waist that is good for slashing. Wearing Roman iron helmets, officers of the rank of centurion and above wore feathers, cloaks, and held high battle flags marked with Roman character numbers.

For example, in this legion, the number of the flag is twenty-five, that is, this is the twenty-fifth regular legion of the Eastern Romans.

A total of 7,500 hoplites were arranged in three formations of twenty-five neat dense phalanxes, with shields and spears leaning together. to resist the enemy cavalry.

On the two flanks of the phalanx are the embodiment of the improvement of the Eastern Roman army. Roman lancers. A total of 500 men were armed with spears and shields, wearing chain mail or light scale armor, and carrying long swords at their waists. These cavalrymen learned the tactics of the shock cavalry of the West. Although the combat skills of a single person may not be as strong as that of Western knights. But in terms of discipline, it is much stronger than Western knights. Their horses were not equipped with any armor, and were basically light heavy cavalry.

In the gaps in the infantry phalanx were the partisan infantry of the legion, one and a half thousand in all. Armed with javelins, bows, or slings, these light infantry provided the Roman legions with the best possible support for their projectile ranged attacks.

This was the formation of a Roman legion, a total of 10,000 troops. Basically, all classes are taken into account. It's just that there are no relatively rare super-heavy cavalry, as well as archers. In addition to this, the long-range projection unit is also slightly weaker.

But it's still a tough rival.

"Glory of Rome!!" watched as the Norman hoplites relied on their shields and thick armor under the attack of their own crossbow arrows, barely harmed. The five hundred crossbowmen of the first platoon had already retreated in recognition of the times, and the centurion of the first centurion of the first platoon of the first platoon who stood at the forefront of the first line roared wildly, and the Eastern Roman soldiers under his command also held their spears tightly, erected their shields, and leaned together as close as they could......

(To be continued)