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Chapter 51: The Battle of the Kings

"Justinian? He is really here!" The fierce battle in Thessaloniki soon reached the ears of the Venetians on the sea. Ranieri Dandolo was also very surprised to learn the news.

I thought that the other side was trapped in the quagmire of the war in the Peloponnese and had abandoned the city. Unexpectedly, the other side actually dared to lead troops. At the same time, Ranieri was also informed of the matter in Thessaloniki.

The Patriarch of Constantinople in the city, and this incident shocked the Venetian man even more than before. Only then did he suddenly realize why Justinian did not hesitate to risk his own life to go to the north.

"So that's it..." The man's eyes turned cold. He knew very well the weight of the Patriarch of Constantinople. What every claimant to the throne in the ruins of the Roman Empire now longs for is the endorsement of the church.

I didn't expect that he would hold such a trump card in his hand. This person will definitely be a serious problem for his motherland in the future! Ranieri thought to himself.

The arrival of Justinian strengthened his belief that he had made a huge mistake in failing to solve it in Constantinople a year ago, and he must make up for it this time in Thessalonica.

Without any further hesitation, Ranieri looked at Giovanni beside him and agreed to his previous proposal.

"Giovanni, go and tell those Teutons that I agreed to their terms."

And Giovanni did not expect that Ranieri Dandolo suddenly changed his previous attitude in front of him. He thought that he could not convince the other party, and for a moment he could not believe his ears.

"Wha...what?"

"I said, I promised to hire those Teutons, and after that they can return to Germany via Venice." Ranieri impatiently repeated it to Giovanni in front of him.

Only then did Giovanni hear clearly, with an overjoyed smile on his face, and he nodded quickly and said: "Yes, yes, Lord Dandolo, I will inform them right away." He thought the plan was ruined, but he didn't expect the other party to change his mind.

Varney hurriedly ordered people to prepare the ship for fear that the other party would change his mind again - and now he was going to the big ship carrying the Teutonic Knights to tell them the good news.

But Giovanni had not taken a few steps when he was stopped by Ranieri behind him.

"Wait a moment!"

"Dandolo, do you have any more questions?" Although Giovanni was unhappy, he turned around and asked in a low voice.

Ranieri fiddled with the map in front of him without raising his eyelids, and said to Giovanni: "One more thing, let the Russians and Teutons go ashore separately. I only hired the German cavalry, not a group of northerners.

Barbarian. You and your men must monitor them at all times."

"Yes, Lord Dandolo." Giovanni forced himself to swallow his breath and tried his best to act submissive in front of the other party. At this moment, he could not disobey the man in front of him and could only give in temporarily.

After hearing this, Ranieri waved his hand to ask him to step back. It is obvious that anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is Ranieri's knock on Giovanni's arbitrary opinions, and the group of Ross sailors at the helm are just

Just a reason.



On the mountainous plains of Macedonia, the battle continued. On the battlefield on the right flank of Moria, the revival cavalry that had repulsed the Bulgarian light infantry began to retreat. However, as enemies several times their size began to surround them, Salyuu

Si knew that they could not be reluctant to fight, otherwise they would be surrounded and annihilated. However, they had to carefully consider how to retreat. The Bulgarian rangers who came back to defend had already covered them from behind.

So at Sarius's order, the armored cavalry who had been chasing people around the battlefield just now gathered around him again and formed the Pig's Mouth Formation. They were indeed the elites under the command of Archduke Anastasius before.

In addition to their martial prowess comparable to that of Western European knights, each of the knights was taught by humility and was more disciplined than their Latin counterparts. In a short period of time, the revived cavalry completed their formation under the leadership of Sarius.

Down, launch a breakthrough toward the weak point in the southwest.

"Wedge formation, don't be reluctant to fight, leave the battlefield!" Sarius, who was leading the cavalry, ordered here. The horsemen behind him immediately formed the spearhead, with Sarius himself serving as the spearhead.

Seeing that he was ready, Salius kicked the horse's belly and took the lead in charging. At this time, the enemy troops in the southwest realized what was happening and turned around, hurriedly dealing with the sudden impact. But it was already too late, only Salius saw

Us waved the broad sword in his hand and shouted: "Long live Moriah!" The crowd behind him shouted in response. At this moment, the pig's mouth array flew out like an arrow from the string, and the rolling horseshoes and the clanging swords intertwined.

The unprepared Bulgarians were in chaos. Facing the Morian heavy cavalry that rushed into the formation, they had no countermeasures for a moment. They allowed the opponent's horse hooves to trample on them, stab them with spears and swords. Soon, the encirclement formed in the southwest was torn apart.

There was an opening, and Salius took this opportunity to lead the revival cavalry out. At this time, the Bulgarian cavalry behind them came to support and was only a short distance away. Seeing that they could not pursue the pursuit, the Bulgarian cavalry archers angrily threw arrows at the Morian cavalry.

Yu, unfortunately, it is just scratching the itch in front of the sophisticated armored cavalry.

Seeing that his success fell short and he failed to eliminate the heavy cavalry of the Morians, the furious Tsar Boril began to blame the immovable friendly forces, "What are those Epirus people doing!" Although he was talking about Duka.

On the Si family's side, but the Regent Duke Connotin knew that his nephew was blaming him. But he could only remain silent now, because at this moment, Bulgaria's elite Tsar's cavalry and the Epirus heavy cavalry were joining forces to attack the police.

Stinian's left wing camp.

Seeing that the Albanians defending the left wing of Moria's army fled without a fight, the Epirus cavalry, who wanted to complete the roundabout and outflank, began to pursue boldly, regardless of the fact that their rear infantry had fallen behind. All this happened under Justin

In Ni's eyes, Bogdani led the warriors of the Qingshigang tribe to successfully paralyze the enemy's vigilance. He saw that the Epirus heavy cavalry had already penetrated deep alone, and they did not realize that their flanks had been completely exposed.

Justinian smiled coldly, and then ordered the flag officer next to him to release a new signal - he saw a purple eagle flag fluttering up and down in the fierce wind of the battlefield next to the black fox flag above the Chinese army camp.

.

The reserve force that received the order - the Latin spearmen sent to assist by the Achaean princes who surrendered to Justinian broke away from the central camp at this time and charged towards the flank of the Epirus heavy cavalry.

People's cries of killing suddenly rose to the sky, and the sudden blow caught the Epirus people off guard. Just as they were dizzy, the Albanians also got the signal to counterattack. The mountain people who were originally on the verge of collapse suddenly became

The furious warriors turned towards the Epirus horses.
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