Chapter 92 Decisive Battle of Thessaloniki
"Retreat!" Only then did they realize that before the two viscounts who fell into the trap had time to shout out the words they were in, the Greek heavy cavalry in front of them had cut off their way. Facing such a situation, the Latin knights had no choice but to bite the bullet and rush into the enemy formation to fight, and they were greeted by Byzantine heavy cavalry holding armored maces.
Although there were many Latin knights, they felt the difference between this Greek heavy cavalry as soon as they met. This was definitely the momentum that only veterans of the war had. The fighting between the two sides, the knights were of excellent martial arts, but the long-distance detour had already made their war horses tired. Now, when fighting with the enemy's cavalry, some of the foals under their crotch were already panting.
Soon the knights fell into decline, and on both sides, the Greek soldiers who rushed up also surrounded the lances and shields with their spears and tried to cooperate with their cavalry to eliminate the Latins.
At this moment, this scene also fell into the eyes of Bonifas, who was commanding the battle. He looked at the sudden attack that the armed cavalry suddenly appeared and interrupted his originally planned. The man's brows were locked at this moment, and he subconsciously clenched his fists. It seemed that he had underestimated the boy named Justinian. He was able to destroy the vassal state of Achaia and the Principal of Athens with absolute disadvantages. It showed that the other party did have his own unique features in commanding troops in combat.
On the other hand, the hard battle between the central army and the new army of Molia in the front is still continuing. This kind of fierce battle without any distinction between victory and loss has no value at all. There is no hope for a positive breakthrough, so the flank Bonifas must not be lost.
Seeing that he missed a blow, Bonifas naturally would not allow the elite cavalry sent out to be surrounded and wait for death, and immediately responded. Thessalonika Kingdom sent a support force composed of light troops to quickly attack the Roman army from the flanks, in an attempt to reduce the pressure faced by the knights and help them break through successfully.
However, all this was also taken in the eyes of Prince Theodor, who was in charge of the central army with Justinian. He immediately prepared to mobilize his troops to block the Latin reinforcements and ate the team of Latin knights in one go, but was stopped by Justinian on the side, which puzzled Theodor himself.
"Now is the best time to completely eliminate this cavalry. What are you still hesitating about?!"
Since such a large cavalry was used as an elite force for assault by Bonifas, it has already explained its value. Since it has been prepared before, it is undoubtedly the best choice to take the opportunity to annihilate it in one go.
But in the face of Prince Theodor's questioning, Justinian, who looked calm, shook his head and replied confidently:
"Obsolutely it is not a difficult thing to eliminate them. It is rare to get the initiative of the entire battle situation. At least now is not the time for them to end. Your Highness, since you have promised me that everything from the upper and lower levels must be followed by my command, I hope that you can do not interfere with my dispatch as much as possible next."
Justinian's voice was steady, but there was an indescribable sense of oppression, which made a prince like Theodor Ducas feel a sense of powerlessness for a moment.
Finally, he was able to "persuade" the other party. Justinian did not choose to send troops to block the Latin reinforcements as Theodor expected. Instead, he pretended to be defeated and retreated, and he retreated to join the two Latin armies. The Latin knights who were originally besieged were finally able to breathe. Seeing the enemy troops surrounding them retreating like a tide, most of them were still scared and no one dared to pursue them. However, all this seemed to be completely different in the Latin army supporting the rear. The Latin army, which was in the charge, was unstoppable and drove straight in, thinking that the timid Greek army had fallen into defeat, and took this opportunity to naturally expand the results of the battle.
"Defeat them and annihilate these cunning Greeks!"
Amid the calls of the Frank nobles who took the lead, the Latin soldiers wearing strong and held sharp edges even abandoned the cover of the cavalry and were killed in large numbers. The pursued Roman soldiers seemed to be in a defeated manner, and even the weapons and shields in their hands were randomly discarded on the battlefield, which was completely collapsed. This sudden turning point surprised Bonifas. He was only to pick up the lost cavalry troops, but he did not expect to defeat the Greek flank army in one fell swoop. In this way, Justinian concentrated his elite troops completely in the central army, so he set up an arched military formation with the elite ace as the backbone to try to break through the central army on his side. Thinking of this, Bonifas still felt a little lucky. If Justinian hadn't been fooled by accident, he would have confused himself and lost a great opportunity to win.
He immediately seized the fighter jets, and Bonifas ordered the entire army to attack without hesitation, including the rear army that was originally left behind by Marquis Denist. The Greek army was obviously weak at this moment. Since it was to completely annihilate it, it would have to give it all to win. Bonifas also absolutely believed that after this battle, the entire territory of the Kingdom of Thessalonika, the aristocrats in the territory of the previous kingdom of the Kingdom of Thessalonika would never dare to have a lot of unrepentant intentions and absolutely loyal to him. This was absolutely necessary to deal with Epirus and Bulgaria's revenge again.
Then the Latin army, who was determined to win, came out in full force, and vowed to end the protracted battle in one fell swoop. Even Dennister, who was in the rear, did not expect that the battle would be decided so quickly. Unbelievable, he looked at the defeated wings of the Roman army. The central army where Justinian was located was surrounded by them, and victory seemed to be right in front of him.
Isn't this the opportunity to completely kill Justinian's huge threat in the cradle! Denniste, who was unthinking, also showed a look of overjoyment on his face at this moment. He also led the army to attack the Greek central army. As long as the command center is broken, the next stragglers will be no longer worth worrying.
At this moment, the situation seemed to be becoming more and more critical. The unstoppable Latin army had successively broken through the two defense lines of the Greek army. However, Thessalonika side also suffered huge casualties. However, they were already red-eyed and could not care about these things. Everyone knew that this would require the enemy's central army to be defeated, and all this would be over.
But all of this was so ridiculous when it fell into Justinian's eyes. He glanced at the enemy troops attacking with a lonely and cold look. The young man was still calm. At this time, the Latins gradually calmed down and suddenly found that the Roman double-headed eagle flag was clearly close, but the last layer of defense of the Greeks could not penetrate.
Chapter completed!