"What-?" Seeing everything happening, Count Reinhardt, who was commanding the Italian heavy cavalry, changed color. Unexpectedly, the situation turned sharply when he was about to succeed.

"Support and kill me!"

Although the man shouted and ordered his knights to resist the iron cavalry that suddenly came out, the situation was almost one-sided.

Unlike the Italian knights, although these Byzantine heavy armored cavalry used the riding and training methods of European aristocrats, they used maces and wore three layers of iron armor. They fought each other with absolute advantage. They had both the shadow of traditional Byzantine armored cavalry in the classical era and the style of Western European knights. Because of this, this natural battlefield dominance caused the weak Italian knights to retreat in front of them.

"It's you, Saleus!" Justinian recognized the heavy armored cavalry at a glance. They followed him to attack the enemy camp at night. They were the personal soldiers of Grand Duke Anastassius and were not used easily. It seemed that the old man also understood that the situation was critical and had to use his trump card.

"You didn't have the Grand Duke sent me here, right? Lord Justinian!" Saleus asked, killing the Italian cavalry around him.

Justinian, who was protected by the group, shook his head and immediately ordered: "Don't worry about me, go back to the back of the Venetians to cut off their retreat, so that the enemy will defeat themselves without attacking!"

With the joining of this army, Justinian finally got sure. Although the Venetians mobilized this time, they still looked down on the combat effectiveness of the Byzantine army. The mercenaries from Albania and Croatia were at the forefront. The combat effectiveness was not objective, and as long as they were attacked behind them, they would inevitably be in chaos.

"yes!"

Saleus nodded. He fully believed that Justinian's command led his cavalry to the Venetian without any hesitation. At the same time, Justinian changed his tactics again and ordered his entire army to assault and emerge from the city gate.

Justinian dragged the Venetian army with his infantry, while the cavalry commanded by Saleus launched a fierce attack on the flanks and the enemy's backs. Finally, Venice could not support it. The Byzantine heavy armored cavalry that rushed to and from the rushing ended completely dispersed the Venetian Qianfeng array. Especially the Venetian soldiers who rushed into the city learned that their retreat had been cut off and were in chaos. They were all mercenaries, although they knew that they were inevitably treated as cannon fodder, this did not mean that they were not afraid of death. Just like dominoes, a soldier fled, and a group of soldiers lost their fighting spirit. The siege troops who had lost their support and support outside the city no longer had the desire to fight and fled.

Looking at this scene, all the Venetian nobles who thought they could win easily were pale and trembled.

"This is impossible, how could these Greek muddles be able to do it! May God curse them!"

"What should we do now? If this continues, our army will suffer huge losses, which is beyond our endurance! Where is the reserve team?"

The angry Venetian nobles completely lost their previous calmness. They now watched their troops collapse, as if their property was shrinking and half were heartbroken.

At this time, Ranieri also had a solemn and confused expression on his face, and he also had a hint of anger. One side of the cause of this did not expect that the Byzantines would dare to come out to fight. On the other hand, in order to avoid losses, these colleagues sent a large number of foreign mercenaries as cannon fodder, which was the main reason for the defeat. Once the Italian knights, who were the main force, retreated, the entire forward would be defeated.

Even if he could not stop this kind of defeat, he would not be able to stop it.

...

"kill--"

The Byzantine army, which had won a great victory, then the defeated Venetians trampled on each other and fled in a panic. Only then did Justinian breathe a sigh of relief, and looked at the heavy armored cavalry coming to support him, he hurriedly shouted:

"All one go will hurt the Venetians!" This is an excellent opportunity. The Venetians paid a huge price for their underestimation, but the loss is far from enough. Take this opportunity to give them huge damage. In this way, even if the Venetians do not retreat, the next attack will have to be postponed. This is the last moment for whether Fort Wiscarri can defend now.

The officer in front of the heavy armored cavalry also nodded, preparing to pursue the remnants of the Venetians. But at this moment, a light cavalry came with a military flag and issued an order: "Duke Leo has an order, everyone will stop pursuing and withdraw immediately to the city. Violators will engage in military laws!"

What?!

Justinian was shocked and looked at the messenger in anger. He did not expect that at such a critical moment, the bastard Leosgros actually failed to do so. In name, Leosgros was Molia's military commander and his order was the highest instruction. Although Justinian was standing here for bloody battles, no one could disobey the military flag as soon as it came out.

But Justinian refused directly: "Now is an excellent opportunity to defeat the Venetians, and I will not obey this order." He greatly underestimated the other party's shamelessness and actually blatantly did such a shameful thing at such a critical moment.

However, the messenger in front of him said without a change of expression: "This is to prevent the Venetian ambush. Please do not make things difficult for the villain. This is the order of Duke Leo. Moreover, Grand Duke Anastasius was assassinated in the mansion not long ago. I don't know what the situation is. Please go back immediately."

"What!" Justinian was shocked and did not expect that such a thing would happen in the city. Saleus, who was the commander of the heavy armored cavalry, who learned the news, was also shocked. He waved the battle flag and ordered his subordinates to stop the attack. Although he knew that the opportunity was rare, they were the personal soldiers of Grand Duke Anastasius. At this time, they could not remain indifferent.

"Please forgive me, Lord Justinian!" Saleus said heavily, his words full of helplessness. He had to go back immediately.

Justinian shook his head and did not blame the other party, saying, "It's not your fault, let's retreat for the time being!" He was also shocked by the assassination of Grand Duke Anastasius. Did the people in the city have already used all their means to this extent? But he could not remain indifferent. If the old man really had any mistakes, it would mean that he would lose the only person who was still supporting him in Fort Wiscari.
Chapter completed!