Chapter 61: Raging for the crown
I heard the violent sound of horse hooves suddenly coming from the hillside behind. The Latin soldiers who noticed this immediately became alert, but were still confused. The Greek army was obviously surrounded by them on the hills of the Acropolis. Logically speaking, there was no Greek army on the battlefield, and the cavalry of the Latin coalition was all in the front army. Where did the sound of horse hooves come from?
The Latin General, who was in charge of the defender, immediately rushed over to check the movement behind him, but the scene in front of him completely shocked the battle-hardened man. In the battle examples he had experienced, there had never been such a crazy raid.
It was a cavalry team that was not inferior to the size of the storm. They had obviously been ambushing the hillside behind their campsites for a long time. At this moment, they set off their horses and rushed down the nearly vertical slope, and inertia launched an unprecedented crazy charge.
After abandoning the black cloak, they were all white horses and all white light armors. Fighting at night was simply a target of muskets, but the proud commando was unwilling to change their signature outfits in order to lurk.
When the man finally saw the flags behind these sudden appearances, the man suddenly stood upside down and was in a terrifying state. It was a black fox on the flying battle flag, swaying with foul eyes. He felt a chill in his heart and then realized that it was Justinian's army in the south, but how did they appear here? The area controlled by the Greeks in Moria is separated from the city of Corinth! How could the other party appear behind them without knowing it?
But there was no time to think about these issues. The cavalry that only raided in the blink of an eye had shortened most of the distance between them.
"Archer, shieldman!" The panicked Latin general shouted in panic, but it was too late. In order to attack, the archers and heavy infantry were sent to attack the Greeks in the Acropolis. At this moment, their rear was empty, and there was no possibility of any obstacle in the cavalry's charge. For a moment, the complete Latin people didn't know what to do.
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On the other side, the commander of the Rio who was galloping on horseback looked at the cavalry under his command and rushed towards the Latins' army. He once warned Arslan not to act emotionally, but the young Turkic man who had repeatedly agreed was still dominated by a moment of impulse at the last moment. Because he saw the Venetian fleet joining the battlefield, the battle situation in the Acropolis of Athens was in danger. Arslan, who had been silent, chose to explode and led his cavalry to launch an attack on the Latins. When the commander of the Rio thought about it, it was too late. Most of the troops coming from land were composed of Turks and Kuman Tatars. They were more willing to obey the command of the Turks' Arslan.
The grieving garrison leader Rio had no choice but to attack the Latin people in advance.
"Arslan, I will definitely report this matter to Lord Justinian. If I can go back alive this time!" said a fierce roar. The middle-aged man who has always been peaceful also showed a rare look of rage.
But Arslan, who was galloping on a horse with a rifle in front of him, said coldly: "Sorry, Lord Leo, I cannot continue to be indifferent anymore. Lord Justinian is already late. If this continues, it is only a matter of time before the entire Roman army below is wiped out. So what's the point of coming here? I cannot continue to be indifferent anymore."
According to the original plan, the main force led by Justinian should have arrived here faster from the sea, but obviously something unexpected happened. The warships that turned to the Pisa people did not even see the shadows, while the warships of the Venetian people could ravage the coast, and Arslan could no longer bear it. Even if Justinian really had any plans, if his father encountered any accident, it would have no meaning to him. Therefore, the Turkic man resolutely launched this brazen attack with the momentum of taking the general's head among millions of troops to directly attack the unprepared central army of the Latins to reverse the current decay.
"If I can survive this time, I am willing to bear all the responsibilities. But now, Lord Leo, please cooperate with me with all my strength!" He asked in an unquestionable tone. In the next second, Arslan focused all his attention on how to defeat the Latin people's defense.
"Kill--" The roar of Turkic cavalry came from the violent sound of horse hooves. Although the equipment in the hands of these people who are skilled in riding and shooting is not suitable for charging, under the leadership of Arslan, everyone served to the death and led by the army. At the same time, thousands of arrows were fired at the same time. A bloody rain splashed in the Latin army. Most of the people who were shot in the arrow had bleeding from their throats or chests.
The time of this scene made the Latins extremely frightened. Many of them were remnants who had experienced the battle of the Alfios River, and their fear of the little fox in Molia was once again awakened.
On the other hand, the light cavalry, led by Arslan, took on the duties of heavy cavalry and rushed towards enemies ten times the number of them, but there was no fear in his eyes. He entered the battlefield with a killing attitude, rushed down almost vertically from hiding on the steep cliff. Even though the war horses kept falling down during the marching, the others continued to roar without fear and launched a shocking charge.
At this moment, Baron Venier, who was firmly in the middle of the army, finally learned all of this and showed a look of horror.
Of course, they would survey the battlefield in advance to prevent ambushing, but no one expected that Molia's Roman army would appear behind the coalition forces! Obviously, the other party easily avoided the surveillance of the Achaean vassal state and drove straight in without knowing it, giving them a heavy blow at this critical moment.
"What is going on? Lord Gotfry, are the people of the Achaean vassal state blind? He didn't even notice so many enemies passing through the border? What is going on!" The possibility of the fall of the Achaean vassal state was ruled out at the first time. Baron Venier believed that it was difficult to do it with the Greek power, but what happened? The other party actually appeared here, which was undoubtedly Gotfry's fault.
Chapter completed!