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Chapter 46: Pursuit and Retreat

The Southern Army was already very tired after the long-distance march. After obtaining permission, the soldiers immediately disappeared completely and ignored the orders of the commanders beside them. They sat or lie down casually. Some soldiers even untied their armor and placed their weapons on the ground.

Due to frequent reports of defeats in the past few days, and the escape without fighting, he gave up the defense line in the north. Not only the nobles, but also the soldiers of the army were also in a raging mood and their morale was low. At this time, some barracks stopped and made fire and made food. Even the scouts who were investigating were too lazy to arrange the situation. Anyway, they were going to leave here, and it was meaningless to continue preparing for the war. This was almost everyone's true thoughts.

But they didn't know what consequences they would cause. The soldiers of the Southern Army, who knew nothing about danger, were still preparing to cook, but they didn't know the rising fireworks. They were soon seen by Ivan Asen, who was leading his army to chase him from afar, and immediately locked in the location of the Northern Army.

"Ha, it seems that they are even more slack than we think!"

Looking at this scene on the hillside, Ivan Asen looked at the other nobles beside him and sneered slightly, saying that he was both hesitating and hesitating before the northern nobles, and almost lost the opportunity to fight.

"Yes, they must have thought we would continue to siege Turnovo, so they were not prepared at all. Now is a great time for our attack!" I don't know if it was because of the old thick-skinned or really didn't understand. At this moment, the nobles behind Ivan Assen were all ready to march and eliminate the Southern Army, which had become a turtle in the jar in one fell swoop.

At this moment, they had divided their troops into three groups to encircle the enemy. They would definitely achieve extraordinary results of a complete victory at the attack of the entire army.

Ivan Assen was also sure of this, but the only thing that puzzled him was that he had clearly agreed on the time. Why had the Magyar cavalry led by Jonosh and John Assen not arrived for a long time? If they joined the battlefield, they would be able to quickly end the battle and completely eliminate Borier Assen and the others.

However, there was no time to hesitate anymore, and then I heard the Grand Duke Ivan issued the final attack order to other nobles and launched a general attack on the unprepared Southern Army.

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When the Northern Army had completed its encirclement of the Southern Army, the nobles of the Paradunnawan who were camping and resting seemed to be unaware of it. The camp was filled with the vulgar and slack laughter of soldiers, extremely scattered.

At this time, a soldier came out of the camp to untire his hands. As soon as he was about to untire his pants, something suddenly flashed past him.

When he saw it clearly, he realized that it was the white feather at the end of an arrow cluster. Because it was too fast, he only saw a touch of white. At this time, the soldier realized that a bow and arrow had penetrated directly through his chest with a sharp momentum, and the sharp arrow pierced deeply.

"Damn it!"

Only this sentence was said, and before his death, the soldier who knew nothing about what happened, then his head swayed, and then his upper body thumped and fell to the ground. This movement attracted the vigilance of other southern soldiers-

But this is too late...

"Then...what is that?"

"What's going on?"

He shouted in panic, while on the other side, someone who had calmed down quickly informed his superiors, and on the other side, he asked his companions to pick up weapons to be wary of everything around him.

At this moment, seeing that the whereabouts had been revealed, he no longer made any hidden disguise. At this moment, the Northern Army, which was ambushing from the dark, suddenly rose up and launched a general attack on the camp of the Paradunnaong noble army. Without knowing it, the Northern Army was only a short distance away from the Southern Army's camp. I saw countless sharp arrows shooting out from the hidden place, and the horses in the Southern Army were shot overturned in an instant. Many people covered their feather roots that were infiltrated and crawled around with screams, which made the Southern Army, which was already shocked when facing the raid, even more in chaos.

"kill!"

Like a tide, the vast northern noble army rushed towards their compatriots with a huge murderous intent. Without any mercy, they instantly broke through the two camps of the Southern Army. The soldiers in the camp who had not had time to put on armor and pick up weapons were immediately killed, and even the nobles who wanted to surrender were not spared. Because for the northern nobles, the Paradunna people were irrelevant and the best to disappear.

But just as they were shaking the battle formation of the Southern Army like a sharp sword, an army that was completely different from other Southern Army appeared in front of the Sermiums, causing the offensive of the Northern Noble Army to come to an abrupt end. The faces of these soldiers were not Bulgarians at first glance, and their facial lines were obviously softer. Was they a group of Greeks?!

At this time, the people who commanded them were Saleus who had arrived with Justinian not long ago, and he was commanding the new Moria army who had been staying here. Under his command, everyone picked up weapons and shields. Even when facing the enemy's tide, there was no tension at all, nor the timidity of other Bulgar soldiers.

"Everyone set up a formation to resist, don't panic, and hand over your side and back to your companions. All we have to deal with is the enemy in front of us. Eliminate them." Saleus raised his sword. Under his command, the soldiers of the new Moria army quickly moved closer and formed a solid front towards the fierce enemy, as if a dam was about to block the surging Hong Tao. The Moria soldiers formed a solid shield formation and then collided with the Bulgarian army that was rushing towards them.

These soldiers are far from the new recruits when Justinian was temporarily recruited. Whether it was the Battle of Athens, Tripolis or Thessalonica, they followed Justinian and fought on the front line in all fierce battles. They were already veritable elites, not afraid of enemies several times their own. What's more, they were still equipped with the clamping cannons distributed by Justinian to them. When the Bulgarian heavy armored cavalry charged at them, they could accidentally take them away. This time caused the smooth attack of the northern nobles to stagnate. Not only did they not take advantage of the victory to defeat the Southern army, but instead gave the Paladunnaong aristocrats to take time to prepare for rest.

Looking at this scene, Ivan Asen's expression also solidified. Looking at the black fox battle flag, he immediately recognized the army.
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