Eagle Byzantium

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Hearing this, Diogenes was stunned immediately, but Titicius was very indifferent and didn't seem to have much reaction. He quickly expressed his understanding. Then the sniff-nosed general also asked for instructions, "I appointed Caesar Your personal slave soldiers went to the back of the mountain to provide warning and create a safe retreat. Although they are not good at fighting, they are still experts in the logistics of corvee service. "

Gawain nodded, and then the officer asked him to give him an explanation.

"I have just said that even if there are only 300 Norman knights in front of us, they will be enough to completely crush us. The chance of victory is very slim, and this group of Roman rebellious nobles is fiercely fighting. If I don't Agree, maybe there will be internal strife in the Red Hand Dalian Team, and no one will be able to leave the Constantian Valley."

"But they all came to follow us because they admired the glory and majesty of the Roman Empire. If we evade on our own, wouldn't we push the empire's honor to the bottom?" The guard still cared about the overall situation of the revival of Italy.

"Speaking of financing, I think the goal has been achieved - the situation in Calabria and Lucania was turned into a pot of porridge by us. Bohemond could hardly hold on when he besieged Amalfi City. Then he and Sicilian Roger will definitely spend a winter coming back to put down the rebellion, and we have more room to occupy a more stable bridgehead, so we have been successful so far. And if we can preserve the direct troops sent by the emperor and Caesar, we can continue to succeed. But now this group of Greek nobles accompanying the army has become a hot negative asset. They can be cut off and lightly equipped in exchange for another great victory. , The officer must remember that you are responsible for the emperor's cause, not a certain person." Gawain's last words were extremely harsh.

The guarding officer could only hang his hands and stand on one side to show his respect.

"After the war begins immediately, Diognis, you will stay under the banner and be responsible for observing the battle banner command of Norman Earl Humphrey and reporting the enemy's movements at any time." This was Gawain's last request.

There was a thunderous cry of killing from the bottom of the mountain. As everyone looked, the Norman knights had already launched the first round of spear charge, fearlessly withstanding the arrow rain of the second wave of Tecopo and Cuman soldiers, destroying several formations of Greek rebels in the front row, many of them. Men were crawling about on the ground, wounded by horse hooves and spears - then the Norman knights. Some raised their spears and stabbed them diagonally downwards, while others drew their swords and slashed, constantly squeezing and destroying the ranks of rebels in front. Then, with the terrifying sound of trumpets, the second group of Norman knights rushed over.

"This team of knights has a black dragon embroidered on its flag!" Diognis shouted from the top of the mountain.

"This shows that this team is their most elite team." Then. He added that Gawain was looking at the enemy count's flag and the changes in the shaking of the small flags of each team, and he was plundering Raul's genes. We know that the most important things in a military formation are flags and drums and bugles. It is not easy to command five hundred people in this era. The most important thing is to rely on flags for coordination. But the Normans did it completely, and the cooperation between them was perfect. A tacit understanding like five fingers was formed through personal bravery and long-term battles - Byzantium's code of conduct and command scholarship were also very developed. However, well-disciplined armies no longer exist, leaving them often reduced to nothing more than a piece of paper and useless.

The second regiment of Norman knights led by the black dragon banner. There were about forty knights and several servants covering the light cavalry. Under the feathers of the arrows, they instantly formed in the beat of the drums, divided into left and right wings, and rushed diagonally to both sides of the first group of Greek rebels. Then they skillfully turned their horses' heads and pressed forward quickly along the two diagonal lines.

"Tatisius, go down and take away the second group!" Gawain made a prompt decision. He shouted to the officer, "When the war started, I saw a black raven embroidered in the Norman flag. Now The flag is missing."

"Under that flag is the Calabrian light cavalry they formed." The capture officer replied.

"That means that Humphrey is about to attack us in a roundabout way, and the light cavalry has been dispatched." As he spoke, Gawain had climbed onto Sabina's horse - the mountain road was rugged, and he trusted the mare more, "Two Form two or three, retreat quickly, and leave the flag to Haverley to capture it!"

"Your Excellency, this victory is absolutely shameless." Seeing the rebel army being slaughtered to pieces, several knights from Sicily reined in their horses and walked to Haverley and said.

Now, the rebellious Greeks were fleeing everywhere. Many Norman knights jumped off their horses and began to march towards the top of the mountain, preparing to capture the enemy's baggage and flags. "Thirty Greeks are a small group of cowards, three hundred Greeks are a group of cowards, and three thousand Greeks are a large group of cowards." Haverley also smiled, "To Bohemond under the city of Amalfi His Highness the Duke reported that we have completely defeated the main force of the rebellion in the Constantian Valley, and it is estimated that the pursuit and suppression will end in one to two days. "

Just when Haverley was making arrangements, the team of Calabrian light cavalry holding the black flag rushed out from the flanks of the valley, chasing the defeated soldiers, and discovered the scattered soldiers on the top of Mount Constantine. Yes, they looted all the luggage and baggage, and finally grabbed the "Red Hand Cross Sword", the rebel leader's flag, and happily presented it to the Earl.

"Very good, but this battle flag actually has no capture value."

Then, the knights who had made a small fortune from the spoils of war all asked Count Havre to disband their army and let them go home to quell other rebellions in Calabria.

Havre thought that the overall situation had been decided, so he agreed to the request of this group of people. He left about a hundred Italian knights and all the lightly armed soldiers to escort the captured materials and planned to stay there for two days before heading to Amalfi City to meet with the Duke.

The letter of the great victory arrived at Bohemond's camp by fast horses in the evening. At that time, the Pope's envoy, the abbot of Montecassino Abbey, Owenses, was standing in the center, Bohemond and representatives of the city-state of Pisa stood on one side, and representatives of the archons of Amalfi City stood on the other side.

It was obvious that the two sides were negotiating peace: Amalfi was willing to pay 30,000 silver coins to Bohemond and Pisa City in exchange for their withdrawal and a three-year truce.

Owenses agreed with this and said that this was also the will of the Holy See Pope.

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But Bohemond insisted on increasing the peace and truce bargaining chip to 50,000 silver coins.

"But if we hand over these 50,000 silver coins, our city-state will be completely bankrupt. How can we sponsor the future expedition of the Holy See to revive the Holy Sepulchre?" The representative of Amalfi City was very indignant and thought that the other party was completely unreasonable.

"If you can't afford it, then provide rowers for the expedition fleet. Aren't all the nobles in your city-state rowers anyway?" Bohemond sneered, as if he had no sincerity at all in the proposal. (To be continued ~^~)