"It's you again, Justinian!" Recognizing the new army of Moria, Ivan Asen's face was extremely gloomy. He had already seen the power of that army when he was in Thessaloniki.

, and at this time it really became the biggest stumbling block on his road.

It seems that the hunch when I first met Justinian was not wrong. The Greek boy was indeed his biggest enemy. Perhaps the biggest mistake I made was bringing him to Tsar Ilovan.

But how could Ivan Asen give up because of this setback? Today he was determined to win, in order to completely eliminate the Palatona Noble Army in front of him, and to completely nip the threat of Justinian in the bud.

"Order Don Gusv to shoot the arrows!"

Ivan Asen's hand was suddenly chopped off at this moment, and the noble Tang Gusv under his command immediately organized the archers he commanded to fire thousands of arrows at Moria's new army. Countless arrows were swinging slightly in the air.

kept square by tail feathers

Towards, and then whizzed into the formation of Moria's new army. It fell with a strong wind, and the sound was astonishing, and then there was the sound of clanking metal. It turned out that the Moria soldiers had been prepared for a long time.

They have already put them in their hands

They raised their shields high to block the arrows, but the enemy's arrow rain was still too dense, and they could not achieve complete protection after all. Moreover, they had to deal with the incoming enemies, and there were still a group of unprotected people.

The soldiers covered by armor shields were shot and fell to the ground, but Moria's new army did not panic or scream. The injured soldiers were immediately replaced by mercenaries from Italy, and the casualties were also

All are properly accommodated.

Even though the shooting speed of the Bulgar bows and arrows was astonishing, the Moria New Army position opposite was still motionless. No matter how much the Bulgar archers adjusted the direction and distance, they could not find the enemy in front of them.

The flaw and weakness of the army. At this moment, the front line of the northern noble army suddenly stagnated, and it had been completely defeated.

The on-guard Paladonnaon nobles had time to breathe. After the southern soldiers recovered from the brief panic, they found that the Greek troops around them, as foreigners, were still tenaciously and densely resisting the northern army's assault. They immediately felt humiliated.

The bloody warriors took the initiative to return to the battlefield, and finally gradually reversed the predicament of defeat.

And all this, Ivan Asen naturally saw it in his eyes, and gradually became impatient, and the Viscount Tangusuf next to him also had an ugly face. He never expected that the fierce bow and arrow shooting could not defeat the opponent, and seeing the initiative of the battle,

Quan seemed to be gradually moving towards the side of the Southern Army. This finally made Ivan Asen unable to bear it any longer.

"Let that guy Stein take action. Since he has declared his allegiance to me, it's time to let him appear."

I heard the young Grand Duke coldly ordering, and the majesty in his voice made people shudder.

Therefore, the flag officer next to Ivan immediately waved the signal flag in his hand and ordered the subordinates beside him to blow the horn.

Not far away, Count Burtonstein, who was leading an army on the other side, heard the signal sent to him. It was a naked and tough order, which made the man's face look a little helpless and complicated at the moment.

"Saint Cyril. It seems that I really have no room to refuse at all." As a southern noble who had surrendered, he actually had no choice but to do so, so when they first negotiated, he requested that he not be involved as much as possible.

In the last battle, he could be considered to have shown his former colleagues' feelings. However, the current stalemate battle situation left him with no choice. Rather than being liquidated in the future, he would rather kill everyone regardless of feelings.

Therefore, the Burgas noble army, which had been stationary at first, finally left the camp and joined the battlefield.

"Hallelujah!" The soldiers of the brigade prayed and formed a shield wall. With their swaying spear points, they pressed towards the flanks of Moria's new army. Their sudden appearance suddenly caused the battle to happen again.

changed.

And this scene was naturally seen by Earl Connodine and Boril Assen, and they immediately issued orders to send troops to support - although Moria's new army did not belong to them, they were undoubtedly the southern army on the entire battlefield.

Once Moria's new army is wiped out, the entire front will collapse.

"Dong dong dong dong dong dong"

I heard the rapid beating of drums in my ears, which was the signal before the cavalry attack. Count Burtonistein himself got on the saddle of the horse, and saw that he raised the sharp spear with cold light and personally led him

The Bulgar heavy armored cavalry under his command charged towards Moria's new army, but at this moment, Moria's new army was still fighting with the enemy in front and had no time to care.

not good?!

Boril Assen and Earl Connotin, who were not expecting this, felt their hearts pounding at the same time. However, it was already too late to send troops to stop the attack.

At this critical moment, behind Moria's new army, a cavalry group that had been reserved suddenly appeared. Following the signal, they came out with a drum and rushed towards the Bulgarian riders who were sprinting over. I saw

They were all riding well-equipped war horses. The moment they were galloping, the sound of the horses' hooves was like the terrifying roar of the god of war, which stunned the attacking Bulgars.

The enemy in front of them was the Roman Empire's heavy armored cavalry led by Justinian. These elite cavalry who served as the bodyguards of Archduke Anastasius also followed Justinian to Bulgaria this time, and until this time

Only then was he thrown into the battlefield.

"Join hands with me to defeat them and kill—"

Justinian roared angrily, and although the number of these heavy cavalry was small, the moment they collided with the Bulgarians, it was like a hammer squeezing and crushing the unprepared Bulgar cavalry and disintegrating the opponent's attack.

This caused the temporarily defeated Bulgarian cavalry to turn over and flee, and even the courageous riders straddled their horses towards their own positions, scattering the soldiers of the northern noble army. This once again gave Salius and

opportunity for his heavy cavalry to attack.

"Kill -" Justinian, holding a mace, rushed forward immediately, knocked over an unknown Bulgar noble warrior, and killed him immediately. This scene immediately frightened the Bulgar soldiers who could not believe what was happening.

They pissed themselves, and then gave up and Moria's new army trembled and turned around to escape, but how could Justinian give them such a chance? He quickly pursued them and cut off the opponent's retreat.

"Defend, defend!" With this response, the soldiers no longer bothered to contend with Moria's new army. They quickly formed a hedgehog formation to face the incoming heavy armored cavalry.

Soon a wall of spear points was formed to resist the cavalry attack.

The Roman cavalry that rushed towards them adopted a defensive posture in the face of the Bulgars. Naturally, they were not stupid enough to attack proactively. Instead, they took off the compound bows from their waists, stretched out their bows, and shot at the Bulgarian soldiers. These elite soldiers

The riders could not help but be proficient in the combat methods and riding skills of the Frankish knights, and they did not lose the slightest bit of the riding and shooting skills that the empire had learned from long-term battles with nomadic peoples.

But this turned out to be a miserable nightmare for the Bulgarian soldiers. Facing the rain of arrows, these infantrymen who dared not separate could only close their battle lines and hold up their shields to resist the arrows.

Like a huge hedgehog..., and whether it is the sound of bows and arrows hitting shields, the shouts of soldiers, the vibration of horse hooves, or even the billowing smoke, they are all torturing the nerves of these lower-class soldiers at this moment.

And because of this, the panicked Bulgarians were not as well-organized as the new Moria army. The originally tight hedgehog formation finally revealed a gap, and this naturally would not be missed by the battle-hardened Justinian.

Immediately, many imperial cavalry, led by Justinian, chanted slogans and once again formed the wall they had used to deal with the Magyars before, and struck hard at the dense spears of the Bulgar soldiers.

The ground pressed up.

Under such a huge momentum, the ground seemed to be shaking. Such an elite uniformed cavalry actually burst out with such huge power, causing the Bulgar heavy cavalry to quickly abandon the infantry and leave in a hurry. This undoubtedly dealt a heavier blow.

The morale of the Bulgarian soldiers. Immediately under the wall charge composed of heavy cavalry, the disintegrated Bulgarian soldiers fled in a hurry like a bereaved dog.

At this moment, the northern army, which originally had an absolute advantage, was in chaos. The fleeing soldiers in the front row and the soldiers following behind rushed together, making the entire army seem to be crumbling.

All this fell into the eyes of Earl Connotine and Boril Assen. If they resisted, they immediately ordered other nobles under their command to gallop and launch a full-scale counterattack against the Northern Army.

Then, Giovanni raised a colorful flag of assault below!

At this moment, the morale of the Southern Army was greatly increased, shouting slogans of annihilating the rebels, and launched a fierce attack on the Northern soldiers in front of them. With the cover of many Bulgarian light cavalry, they followed up. In no time, they killed the Semium noble army, which was already in chaos.

If you win a big defeat or lose, you will lose your armor.

"Kill over!" I heard the Paladonnaon nobles shouting one after another! They seemed to have completely lost the fear and uneasiness at that moment. At this moment, as if they were turning the tide, they immediately rushed to the front to chase down the fleeing enemy troops and loot them.

Spoils of War and Captives.

However, Justinian seemed indifferent to this, and did not take the southern nobles' attempts to grab credit at all to heart. However, at this moment, he was vigilantly wary of other places around him.

And sure enough, when Justinian saw that the Paladonnaon noble army was approaching Ivan Asen's camp, the counterattack and resistance suddenly became more frantic. The southern nobles who thought they could happily win the final fruits of victory

Deng Shi's face was in confusion. It turned out that the northern army that had just fled came back to kill them. At the same time, two more troops came from two directions on the flanks.

An army of unknown origin suddenly joined the battlefield - mercenaries from Kievan Rus! It seems that not only the Magyars, but Ivan Asen also has other back-up tactics. Such a mercenary army is undoubtedly very dangerous as a reserve force.

But the moment those Russians armed with battle axes suddenly joined the battlefield, the balance of the war changed for once.

The Russian soldiers wielded their big axes and chopped off the cavalrymen's legs. No one, no matter the cavalry or the infantry, could withstand the blow of these madman-like berserkers.

Only the archers of the Confederate Army tried their best to draw their bows and shoot arrows repeatedly, until many people were exhausted, and then they barely stabilized the line. However, despite enduring the constant blows of arrow rain, the Ross mercenaries still

Pushing forward stoically, they defeated and surrounded the Paladonnaon army that was pursuing them.

Watching this scene on the hillside, Ivan Asen had a gloomy expression on his face and said coldly:

"It was originally prepared for Justinian, but you guys didn't blink and bumped in by yourselves. Since you died on your own, you can't blame others."

At this time, the sky suddenly became overcast with clouds, and no one noticed it due to the fierce battle. Only when the rain hit everyone's armor did people realize that it was raining.

At the same time as the rain fell, the Northern Army, which turned around and surrounded the Southern Army, began to brutally strangle them without leaving any survivors under the order of Ivan Asen. Soon, the pursuing army led by two Southern nobles was completely wiped out.

In the ambush circle arranged by Ivan Asen. This scene was seen by all the other Paladonnaon nobles, and they were all frightened.

They were so careless that they thought they could turn the tide and defeat the powerful Northern Army by relying on the Greeks under Justinian, but in fact they were no match for Ivan Asen.

"Oh God!" Someone finally got timid and muttered to himself, but at this time, dark clouds gathered and heavy rain fell, constantly exploding the mud and raindrops under the soldiers' feet, washing away all the blood, leaving everyone with no trace of blood.

Because of this cruel war, feel compassion and stop the atrocities in your own hands.

I saw soldiers thrashing and rolling in the mud, no matter how much their bodies were cut to pieces by swords, their stomachs were pierced by spears, or their brains were exploded by maces, they were still fighting frantically. The North and South armies that came over,

Facing the increasingly heavy rain, they clashed with each other and fell into a stalemate.

At this moment, both the soldiers and the commanders on both sides were at a critical point. They were silent and just looked at the battlefield quietly. Casualties no longer meant anything. It was just a number. Justinian and Ivan Asen

What I only care about is when the opponent makes a mistake because of the increase in this number and ends up being passive. Both sides are involved in a fierce battle. This is undoubtedly not a good sign, because most commanders are unwilling to get into such a battle situation. After all, the battle situation is ever-changing.

, the longer it takes

The more likely it is that something will go wrong. But now, although Ivan Asen is anxious, he does not think that he will lose. He knows the Bulgars better than Justinian. If this continues, even the new army of Moria

Can hold up, those soft

The weak Paladonnaon nobles could not survive. What's more, Ivan Asen still had the last trump card that he had not used. It was almost noon. At this time, the Magyar cavalry led by Jonos and John Asen also

It's time.

This victory will eventually belong to me! Ivan Asen looked coldly at the black fox flag in the distance and said fiercely in his heart. At this moment, in the distance, the rough horn sound came from the distant sky.

The sound made everyone on the battlefield feel as if their hearts were suddenly pulled away, and time seemed to freeze at this moment.

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Chapter completed!