"Two hundred steps from the riverbank."

Constantine gave the order, and Laiena couldn't bear it and prepared to attack on this day, and Constantine did not show weakness and took the lead in lining up the array.

On the other side of the Struma River, the noise was terrifying, and the soldiers were scrambling for boats to cross the river early, while Constantine was silent, and the two sides were in stark contrast.

"Don't be nervous later, just like we used to fight, hold the spear tightly, prepare the gunpowder, wind the bow and crossbow, and those who dare to retreat from the battle will be killed."

The officers on Constantine's side cheered up their own songs, and the priests in the army sang chants with the military band, all kinds of behaviors slowly calmed the hearts of the recruits, after all, they had never seen such a big battle before, and it was normal to be a little nervous.

Constantine stood in front of the battle, watching the other party's every move, and did not rush to order, war is a major national matter, and there is no sloppiness in the slightest.

"Sadio, you cross the river first, when you get to the opposite side, line up first, bring a shield over, don't let the other party take advantage."

Seeing the dense array of musketeers on the opposite side, Laina was not blind, and definitely chose to use the shield as a cover, as long as the army all crossed the river, the battle could basically be said to be victorious.

Sadio agreed excitedly, jumped on board with a group of soldiers, and rocked the boat himself, as fast as the wind behind him, leaving the other boats far behind.

"Your Majesty, do you want to stop them from crossing the river?"

The adjutant proposed to Constantine, who nodded,

"Send light horsemen, shoot a few rounds of arrows, and if the other party lands, he will come back."

The adjutant was ordered to prepare, and the horses under Constantine's seat were kicking their hooves, but Constantine was very calm, and his attitude affected the soldiers around him, and even his morale improved.

In a burst of shouts, on the side of Constantine, a group of cavalry galloped out, rushed to the bank of the river, and after stopping on the bank, he did not hesitate to shoot the arrows in his hands one after another, without an order, the vanguard of the rebels raised the shields of various colors in their hands, blocking most of the arrows,

One blow missed, and again, the adjutant ordered again and again, and the knights kept moving in their hands, and they didn't stop until they fired all the arrows in the quiver,

"Retreat! Retreat! ”

Seeing that the bow and arrow did not have the desired effect, the adjutant did not like to fight, and shouted and returned to the array with the soldiers.

"If you fail to achieve results, please punish Your Majesty."

The adjutant looked guilty, and Constantine waved his hand disapprovingly, indicating that he didn't care.

After stopping the attack on Constantine's side, Sadio also took the opportunity to speed up, and after a while, he was the first to reach the other side of the river.

"Set up a shield formation to cover the rear army."

Sadio ordered the soldiers, on the riverside, one by one, the soldiers were close together, the big shield of one person in his hand was in front of him, and there was also a small round shield above his head to prevent the opponent's bow and arrow attack, and the boat turned back into the distance, and after taking the soldiers, he came to the shield array, so that the boat got the cover of the shield array, and the defense was full.

Seeing this, Constantine sneered,

"Gather the artillery, face that group of people, give me a hard blow, don't be afraid of waste."

With the creak of the wooden wheel, ten cannons were pushed out one after another, not far apart, and as the order to ignite was given, stone projectiles were fired, exploding in the dense crowd, causing a wail.

"Damn, what's going on? How come the artillery on the other side is even rolled out? ”

Sadio looked annoyed, due to the inconvenience of transportation, many times the artillery is built on the spot, if it is to be transported, it will consume a large part of the manpower and increase the burden of logistics.

"The whole army is dispersed, divided into twenty squads according to the original formation."

Sadio was in a hurry, and as soon as the formation was so dispersed, the opponent could only hit a few of them, and there was no way to strike comprehensively.

At Laina, after a short period of stagnation, the fleet was divided into twenty teams, and then continued to transport troops.

Constantine also immediately changed his strategy, scattered the artillery, the scattered artillery suppression force was much smaller, gradually, the opposite team became larger and larger, some soldiers gathered around the shield array, and were preparing to rush towards Constantine.

As soon as Constantine stretched out his hand, the attendant beside him naturally handed him the cavalry spear, the Byzantine flag was hung in front of the long cavalry, and behind Constantine was a heavy cavalry dressed in the same costume as him.

"Now, soldiers, follow the guidance of our ancestors and God, and send this group of traitors to hell."

The spear was placed straight in front of him, and the horse began to accelerate, and with a huge impact, Constantine crashed into the opposing team.

After a brief stalemate, the formation that had just been formed was dispersed, and some frightened soldiers ran towards the shield array, the thick shield could give them a great sense of security.

That's what Constantine wanted, and this was also the classic tactic of cavalry, to wrap up the defeated army and flee, disrupt the opponent's battle column, so as to achieve the goal of defeating the enemy.

"Damn, damn it, don't let them rush in and run from both sides, you idiots."

Sadio jumped to his feet angrily, his tone full of anxiety.

Seeing that one shield array was scattered, and Constantine came to the next shield array, Sadio was ruthless, snatched the large shield from the soldiers next to him, and rushed to the front,

"Come here, hold my back."

Sadio shouted, and the soldiers stacked on top of each other, trying to stop the cavalry's onslaught.

"Bang~"

With a loud bang, the cavalry failed to stabilize, and even the men and horses fell to the ground, raising a puff of dust, but Sadio's side was not comfortable, and one by one vomited blood and flew out, and the big shield was crooked to the ground.

Just kidding, the cavalry even has two thousand catties of people and horses and armor, relying on people to block, and still want to pass without spitting out a few mouthfuls of blood?

"Don't be in love, throw the flask and burn the ship on the other side for me."

Constantine took it in stride, and the cavalrymen took out the flasks from their horses, lit the fuse, and threw them at the ships on the water.

The flask contained Greek fire, a material that would not be extinguished on the surface of the water, similar in nature to oil, and now, for Laina's army, it was a nightmare.

Bottles of fire shattered on the boats, and occasionally threw on the water, causing a fire, covering the entire surface of the Struma River.

Seeing the effect of the flask, Constantine nodded with satisfaction and beckoned to the rear, and the musketeers slowly moved forward and fired at the remaining soldiers on this side of the river, all of which Laina could only watch, in the face of such a fire, he was powerless.

Under the imprint of the raging flames beside him, Sadio was pushed in front of Constantine, at this moment he was very embarrassed, his face was bloody, his hair was clotted, but he still refused to give in, and kept struggling,

Constantine was no better, his hair was scattered, his spear had been broken, and he had a cross sword in his hand, and I saw him put it in its sheath, and rode on his horse, and leaned down slightly,

"Sadio, I know you, what else do you have to say so far?"

"Hmph, it's in your hands, I have nothing to say, you are so harsh on the nobles, looking at all countries, only the barbarians will not take the nobles seriously, you are destroying our country."

Sadio shouted loudly, and to this point, he remained undaunted, showing the courage of the nobility to the fullest, at least in his opinion.

"So, you don't think you're doing anything wrong? Do you think you're doing a righteous cause? ”

Constantine laughed at his brazenness.

Sadio stopped talking, turned his head, and with a contemptuous attitude, the soldiers around him could not stand it, and they all begged to kill Sadio as an example.

Constantine waved his hand and stopped the condemnation of the crowd,

"The aristocracy is important, but the people are the foundation of the country, without the support of the people, how much power does the aristocracy alone? One finger is weak, and when five fingers are combined, it is a fist, and if your mind is wrong, everything is wrong. ”

Constantine sighed, people's minds are the most difficult to change, for a big nobleman like Sadio, the people are just slaves, they come and go, this person who may not have been in the field in his life, but he enjoys the fruits of the peasants with peace of mind, the key is that he has so much power and power, and he is not willing to do something for the people, he is purely a leech attached to the body of the country to suck blood.

"Take it down, execute it directly, report it to the Senate, and hang the body at the camp gate for three days as a punishment."

Hearing Constantine's verdict, the surrounding soldiers immediately cheered and raised their weapons high into the sky,

"Long live the Emperor!!"

"Long live my emperor!!"

"God bless the Emperor Constantine!!"

Blessings came and went, and Constantine smiled.

Amid the cheers, Sadio was rudely dragged down by the rushing soldiers, and with the sound of gunfire, one of the rebels' leaders went to hell with his ambitions.

Sadio died a miserable death, and was directly beaten into a sieve by the musket, so that he almost couldn't hang the pole and had to be simply mended.

After that, Constantine didn't care, and at this time he was arranging the battle order after that.

"You lead people upstream, take the pontoon bridge, don't be discovered by the other party, just see the smoke on my side, you take advantage of the situation to kill, just set fire everywhere in the opponent's camp, and play our flag as soon as possible, to make the other party think that the camp is occupied by us, my side will also attack, this time, to completely defeat the other party."

The adjutant took the order and went down to prepare, and Constantine gave him more than a thousand people, each with a flag, just to change the flag of the other party's camp as soon as possible.

Since it is generally a squadron with a flag, such a posture will obviously startle the other party, and this is the effect that Constantine wants, the so-called siege is the bottom, the attack is the top, this is the knowledge that Constantine got from his dream, and now he is ready to apply it in practice.