Baron Louis, who had killed himself with an arrow, fell down from his horse until the moment the man died, his eyes were wide open and full of surprise. He did not expect that he would die so ridiculously.

"Mr. Louis!"

"His Excellency Louis!"

The guards around were shocked and exclaimed to dismount, but the life of their commander could not come back.

The death of the entire army in an instant caused a huge panic. Faced with the attacks between the Byzantines and the Turks, the Achaean army finally could not support it and collapsed.

Just like when Normandy attacked Britain, the conqueror William and King Harold of England fought at Has Court, a ravine shot Harold and completely changed the direction of the battle.

Justinian sighed at the retreating Achaean army. It seemed that a person's life and death determines the outcome of a war, but this was a real medieval war. In order to let the army know that he had not been killed, William took off his helmet twice, and now he is sitting in the central army commanding the entire army with an undead battle flag and cannot charge himself.

Of course, Baron Louis's death was not a so-called accident. The cold arrow came from the Italian mercenaries under Justinian's command. The Achaean army, who were eager to succeed, were busy pursuing the troops, so that the Italians who Justinian secretly inserted it did not notice it. As a result, in this critical battle, the spy hidden in the Achaean army defeated the life of the Latin commander with a crossbow.

Baron Louis was killed in battle, and the backbone knights around him were ambushed and wiped out in the battle to encircle the Byzantine army, and only a few nobles were left to control the overall situation. For a time, the headless militia fled the battlefield first, which infected other troops. Even if there were people to stop it, they could not reverse the situation of defeat. When Justinian sent a battle elephant to join the fourth attack, the Latin shield formation disappeared. Finally, the formation of the Achaean army completely collapsed, and the front line showed a trend of defeat. Then the Byzantine army began to pursue the victory and seize and escape the enemy. The battle between the two sides continued until dusk, and the Achaean army was almost wiped out. In this way, the Battle of the Alfios River ended with Justinian's victory.

The Latins' main force in South Peloponnese was wiped out, and Justinian also paid a huge price, with more than 700 casualties, which greatly damaged him. However, all this was worth it. After this battle, no one would be able to threaten his plan in Peloponnese.

As the night became darker, Justinian did not return to the camp but walked along the banks of the Alfios River, which had been filled with Latin dead soldiers. The bodies were temporarily placed here, and they would be burned in a few days to prevent the plague from happening. Looking at the desolate hillsides after the war, Justinian was also worried. This was the biggest war he had ever experienced. Although he was lucky enough to win under his command, Justinian was still scared. If he was not careful, the fate of both sides might be exchanged. Around him, the soldiers were picking up various spoils - war horses, weapons, shields, armor, etc. These spoils were the most important things. Justinian allowed the soldiers to leave some spoils, and the rest still had to be handed over, but even this was enough to excite them for a while.

Justinian walked a long journey along the river bank, and Captain Leo beside him was already a little worried. It was already far from the barracks, but Justinian had no intention of going back.

"Sir Justinian, this place is too dangerous, let's go back! Even if the Latins are destroyed, we don't want to see anything if something happens!" Leo finally couldn't help but persuaded.

Just now, Justinian nodded: "You are right, let's go back." Justinian knew that he was the veritable center of the entire army. After this great victory, no one publicly questioned him anymore, so his every move could not be as free as before.

Suddenly, Justinian looked up at the deep night sky and suddenly looked at Leo beside him and asked, "Leo, are you afraid of death?"

Captain Leo, who was not mentally prepared to be asked this, was obviously startled and stunned for a moment. He hurriedly pulled the reins and stopped his mount, and asked stammeringly: "You...what are you asking me about this...?"

If Justinian asked him if he was afraid of death, he would of course answer "not afraid" without hesitation, but at this time the young man in front of him acted like a philosopher, which made him a man from the army hesitate about how to answer.

Justinian smiled bitterly at this time, and waved his hand without letting Leo answer. He was indeed a little excited when he witnessed everything after the killing, so he asked such a question. This was his first time experiencing a bloody and cruel war. In the true sense, there was a tremor in his heart, and he was afraid of this cruel death.

Of course Justinian was not afraid of death. He had experienced deaths again and again, but the depression brought by the killing caused by a battle made him afraid. One time was OK, ten battles? What about a year of battles? What about decades of battles? Justinian couldn't imagine that he felt that it was enough to drive people crazy. Of course, the battles in the ancient Middle Ages had not been so tragic until the Thirty Years of War, but Justinian had already felt what people felt when they were war-weary in the late World War I and II.

"Maybe my mission to come to this world is to end the fate of this country's war-torn fate!" Justinian murmured to himself. If everything he had done before was an agreement with the Ark of the covenant, then now Justinian's motivation seems to be mixed with some other emotions.

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Chapter completed!