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Although this raid was unsuccessful, it completely crushed the northern Italian army. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info but it is also a rare victory. Two legions of hussars, one in the other, twice charged the northern Italian army. As a result, the coalition forces lost face, and at the same time, they also suffered heavy losses in troops and materials. Nearly 4,000 men and horses were killed by the hussars, burned to death by fire and smoke, smoked, or trampled to death by trampling on each other as they retreated. Some of the supplies that had been stored in the camp were burned. The other part was taken away by the Normans as trophies.

In addition to the loss of troops and materials, the loss of intangible morale is also very serious.

Originally, the soldiers had little interest in fighting against the world's first-class military empire. Especially those veterans who lived through the era of fighting alongside the Normans. The more you know, the more scared you get. And now, in a surprise attack, the Normans directly picked their own camp. Such a failure made the soldiers even more unmotivated. A small number of desertions have occurred. And there is a tendency to expand.

If you don't think about it, then you don't have to think about war with the Normans. Surrender directly and unconditionally, as if Queen Mary of Burgundy - no, now Countess Mary, went to Krakow to be an idle nobleman. Although it is guarded every day, every move is restricted. But it's still alive...... Of course, just like this, let these high-powered monarchs give up their rights and status. It's really unlikely. Despite fighting the Normans, there is a ninety-nine percent chance that the surname will be dropped. But isn't there another one percent, what if there is one?

Of course, if at the beginning they expected this probability to be 1 in 10,000, but in fact it was 1 in 10,000, now, after encountering an opponent and a battle has occurred, this probability is 1 in 10,000.

If you don't think about it anymore......

"We must retreat!" said the two dukes in the city of Bologna, after a heated quarrel, debate and bargaining. They eventually came to an agreement. In such a situation of military morale and low morale, it is really not a good thing to fight the Normans with powerful siege machinery. They decided to give up Bologna - it wasn't their territory anyway, so it wasn't a pity.

Unlike the anti-Norman alliance, which had seven or eight allied states, this one, an alliance of two dukes, was smaller and less powerful. But at least they have a very good advantage. Because there are fewer people. So at least it will be possible to reach an agreement in a short time. Come up with a way to do it -- and that way to do it is to go back and trade space for time. Slowly restore your morale over time. And mobilize a larger number of troops, pouring out all the wealth. Mercenary units are hired to participate in the battle.

"Presumably those bastards should know about that, too. If the Norman Empire wins and rules the whole of Europa, then their group of mercenaries can only wait to be unemployed. As long as we discuss, we can hire more soldiers to work for us at a relatively low price!" "Duke Francisco, worthy of being a big scoundrel from a mercenary background, has a very vicious eye for problems. In saying this, it is accurate to the minds of those mercenaries.

"Well, so be it. The enemy has come from afar, and if they want to attack the city, I am afraid that they will have to prepare for some more time. But we can't relax either. Duke Witte nodded, agreeing with Duke Francisco's statement, and added.

"Strive to finish it tomorrow, and then the night after tomorrow, we will abandon the city overnight!" Francisco added.

So, when General Wende desperately urged his engineers and baggage soldiers to prepare siege machinery, only to find that his enemy had already fled without a fight, the anger in his heart can be imagined. That feeling of being fucked by two idiots made General Winder angry and made this decision at the same time:

The morale of the other side is low, and the troops are not very large. We've only been walking for a few days!We can catch up with them and kill them quickly!!" General Winde took Bologna at the moment. Because there are only a few left, the broken troops who have no will to fight. Bologna only symbolized the surname for less than a day of resistance, after which it surrendered.

After entering the city of Bologna and knocking down the Italian general who was nodding at him with a punch, General Winder shouted and sprayed his subordinates with saliva.

Eagerness and anger led the general to make a slightly risky move. He had his infantry follow behind, while he himself carried the hussars. and the knights, who had stripped off all their plates and left only their cuirasses, and were much faster, went in pursuit of the enemy—he was going to teach them a lesson that he would never forget. Let them know what the consequences of playing a trick on themselves will be. Although the other party didn't have that kind of idea at all.

After questioning the captives, General Winder learned that the other party had left the previous night. Plus the siege of the day. There was a difference of two days. Not too much. Light riding fast horses can catch up. That's when the decision was made.

A total of nearly three thousand elite cavalry, against a composite army that was five times larger than his own, panicked. Naturally, you can fight. And if there is a surprise attack, the bonus of surprise attack. Then it is not difficult to break it in one fell swoop. This was what General Winde had predicted, and he was very confident that he could break through the rabble of northern Italy in a short time.

As he thought so, he urged his army to speed up. Not at all horsepower. Anyway, the Norman No. 5 war horse, which was newly equipped by the cavalry, was full of physical strength like a monster, and even if it ran all night, it would save a certain amount of physical strength. Don't worry, it won't work when it's time for real combat. In addition to this, General Wende is impatient despite his surname. But the ability to dominate is impeccable. Naturally, you will notice this. It won't really give up its martial arts.

The army marched all the way, and the smoke and dust were spectacular. In the blink of an eye, we were at a three-way intersection.

The location of the city of Bologna is quite inches. A little east is Venice, and a little west is Renaya. These two cities were originally the locations of two of the most important city-states in northern Italy. It's just that Genoa was annexed by the rising Milan after that, and its status declined. The capital of the new state was Milan in the north, and the Duke of Milan was one of the Electors of the Holy Roman Empire. As a result, Milan's sea power was slightly weakened, and its land power was raised.

The city of Venice is very important for Venice. And Genoa is relatively secondary to Milan. Therefore, when General Wende found that there were countless footprints and horseshoe ruts on the road to the west at the three-way intersection, he couldn't help but sneer.

"The other party wants me to make a wrong judgment and lead the army to attack Genaya. In fact, they are going to Venice...... That's a lot smarter......"

So, General Wende sneered again and again. Then he ordered: "The army marches east!"

At the same time, it was indeed the Central Military Division of the Northern Italian Army, which was advancing towards Genia. The two counts, Francisco and Witte, are talking - Venice is indeed the capital of the Republic of Venice. But Duke Witte had no good intentions towards the city of Venice.

Because the merchant power there was so great - before that, when Witte was only the governor of Venice, the great merchant families with great economic and military power coveted his title of governor. But when he had no choice but to become a feudal nobleman like the "Duke" under the pressure of the Norman Empire, then those big businessmen were nakedly hostile to him, and they wanted to get rid of him quickly.

The contradictions between the capitalists and the feudal landlords were irreconcilable. That's pretty much what it means. The merchants, accustomed to the politics of freedom and money, could not admit that they would be ruled by an aristocracy. Especially when they had the strength to overthrow that nobleman.

Or a single big merchant family is not as strong as Duke Werther. But if they join forces, it's a different story. Prior to this, Werther had been assassinated in Venice one after another. The reason why the big merchants did not dare to send out private rebellions was because they were afraid of the Norman Empire behind Duke Werther. This is also the reason why Duke Witt, after falling out with the Norman Empire, was ashamed to change the name of the country back to "Republic". However, it seems that those big businessmen don't want to let him go.

So, Werther gave up on them, too—if only he could get rid of the bastards with the help of the Normans.

"It will only take a while to get to Renaia. The defense of the city there is quite good, and we can breathe a sigh of relief when we get there. Francisco said.

"I hope so. I was just scared. The opposing commander is a man who doesn't play his cards according to common sense. We fled Bologna quickly, not knowing if he would pursue. Werther said.

"Hmm...... That's true, that's right. Then at the end of the team, send a group of more elite troops and let them be more vigilant. Francisco nodded yes.

In this way, the two dukes of Northern Italy worried all the way in vain. And General Winde, who pounced in Venice, became even more angry. In a fit of rage, the brutal general slaughtered all of Venice in a bloody manner. The Norman soldiers made another windfall. After slaughtering the city for three days and resting for three days, it took more than a week for the Norman army to clean up and kill Benrea again......

(To be continued)