In order to recapture Larissa as much as possible, the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian transferred his most elite troops to Belisarius, among which the famous hoplite Varyag Janissary Legion attacked in the front, the Trabizond elven archers covered on both flanks, the Royal Wizard Regiment and the High Priesthood Regiment were responsible for supporting the battlefield, and the ironclad paladins lined up behind the formation, and once the Olympian coalition army went out of the city to counterattack, they immediately launched a counter-charge to drive the other side back. In addition, they also mobilized a floating fleet from the front line and bombarded Larissa City indiscriminately!

In the plan of the Eastern Roman Marshal, with such elite troops and the superiority of troops, and the fact that the bear army still holding out in a corner of the city should be united with the outside, it should be easy to defeat these enemies who came to sneak attack from both sides.

Unexpectedly, the tenacity of the Olympian coalition exceeded Belisarius's expectations, and its army not only had a powerful flying puppet army, but also dwarven heavy infantry familiar with the terrain and evil black dragons to help, and what was even more annoying was that the opposing tiger shark knights constantly attacked their rear positions by sea, making the Eastern Roman army tired and unable to fight with all their strength on the frontal battlefield.

Fierce fighting continued from morning to evening, with both sides battling the ruined walls of Larissa, with heavy casualties.

On the Olympian Alliance's side, the Tiger Shark Rider, who had suffered heavy casualties, was no longer able to make it ashore, almost all of the Flying Puppets were lost, and Elrens was seriously wounded while destroying the enemy's floating fleet. The position held by the dwarven heavy infantry was blasted beyond recognition by the enemy's fierce magic cannons, and was almost turned over. The trenches, barracks, bunkers and other defenses that had been temporarily excavated had been reduced to mud and dust. It seems impossible for the defenders to survive on it.

However, the dwarves' willpower to defend the capital is amazing, and every time the Eastern Romans charge when they think that their enemies have been wiped out, there are always many dwarven warriors who are covered in blood and come out of nowhere. Roaring and slashing with a large axe that had already collapsed, he drove the Eastern Romans back again.

Seeing this, Belisarius could not help but be worried. The battle has been going on for so long, but the Slavic Bear Clan, who were supposed to be in the city and the outside, did not move, I don't know if the losses were too great to attack, or if they had been completely wiped out. If that were the case, the Eastern Roman stores of grain and grass in the city would probably be too bad, and the million-strong army on the front line would not have this most important supply point. How can we persevere? When the time comes, let alone conquer the hot springs, I am afraid that it will be difficult to even retreat with all the body. The only way to do this now is to recapture the city of Larissa without regard for a single thing. Minimize material losses.

In desperation, Belisarius had no choice but to personally lead the flank troops and reserves responsible for monitoring the Golden Horde into battle. After all, the Eastern Romans had a tenfold superiority in strength, and when the marshal led the elite fresh army to attack, the tide of the battle changed immediately. The exhausted dwarven warriors were no longer able to withstand the onslaught of the enemy. The position was shattered like a shattered eggshell!

Just as Belisarius was preparing to wipe out the enemy army in one fell swoop. Something happened that he couldn't believe his eyes, and he saw a large group of murderous Slavic bear Waglian heavy infantry appear in the rear of the Olympian coalition position!

It turned out that Elrens used the three archdukes as hostages to force the bear army to help in the battle, and Suvorov had no choice but to agree to defect before the battle and lead the bear army to counterattack the Eastern Romans.

Before Belisarius and the Eastern Roman warriors could react, the Bear army had already entered the formation and slashed indiscriminately, followed by a rain of arrows from the Katyusha elven archers lined up in the rear. The Eastern Roman army was caught off guard and suddenly fell in large pieces!

Belisarius was furious. Hurriedly ordered to re-form a resistance formation. At this time, he also understood, it turned out that these barbaric and shameless bear clans had already surrendered to the enemy. It was only when the battle situation was at the most critical moment that it suddenly came out, no wonder there had been no movement before, and it was ridiculous that he still desperately came to rescue them!

At this moment, a scout came galloping from the rear on a fast horse, shouting loudly as he ran: "Your Excellency, the army of the Golden Horde, in violation of your order to keep them in the garrison, is hurrying towards our rear!"

"What?!"

Belisarius was stunned for a moment, as if all the blood in his body was rushing to his head at once. If he was only suspicious of the Golden Horde before, now with the example of the Slavic Bears, Belisarius is immediately certain that Attila, a despicable barbarian with no credibility to speak of, must have betrayed the Eastern Romans!

The generals beside the Eastern Roman Marshal also understood the sinister shape in front of them, and their faces were pale and at a loss. Belisarius gritted his teeth, his head racing to think that he had left behind a reserve of 10,000 men and a surveillance force, which was enough time for the main force to retreat. But in order to recapture Lhasali as much as possible, he had already invested all his forces not long ago, and there were only 1,000 guards and civilian and staff officers left on hand, and it was definitely too late to retreat his troops and reorganize the formation, what could he do?!

The generals beside him had different opinions, some asked to return to the army to fight to the death, some proposed to retreat immediately, and some wanted to stay where they were and wait for help.

At last Belisarius sighed and said, "We have fallen into the hands of the enemy, and we have been betrayed by our allies, and we are sure to be defeated at the present time. If you don't make a quick decision, you will be surrounded by the front and back of the other party, and you will inevitably be annihilated. Even if the whole army breaks through in unison, it will inevitably be bitten by the cavalry of the other side, and now the only way to do this is to scatter and flee in all directions, so as to have the opportunity to save the lives of the soldiers as much as possible......"

After a while, the remaining forces of the Eastern Romans were divided into ten teams under the order of the marshal to break through to the west in the darkness, and at this time they did not care about any formation, and all abandoned their armor and shields and fled desperately.

Attila easily crushed the stubborn resistance of the 1,000 Eastern Roman reserves in charge of the break, and then sent his troops to intercept the enemy deserters

(To be continued......)