On the field ridges on the outskirts of Argos, a town on the northern border of Moria, the cold light of the sharp broadswords in the hands of the cavalry rose, and they fought against each other and fell into a melee. I saw limbs and heads being chopped off, and blood flew several feet away.

The corpses lay scattered under the hooves of their own horses. Although it was only a small-scale encounter, the two sides were fighting for their lives.

In the end, the attacking party chose to withdraw from the battlefield when they saw that they had not taken advantage. The cavalry was seen driving their horses' hooves, pulling the reins, and galloping away first. Holding the compound bow in their hands, they opened the arrows and seemed to be showing off their strength.

Like a horseman, he turns around and shoots at the enemy chasing behind him.

The soldiers on the other side did not continue to pursue, and stopped fighting to let the enemy leave. At this time, the village was filled with wailing sounds. These Byzantine farmers fell on the corpses of their relatives and burst into tears. They had been working in the fields just now.

They were attacked by mercenary cavalry from the Latin side. When the troops garrisoned in Argos arrived,

Come, it's too late, there are heavy casualties. This scene happened in Justinian's eyes. How many times has this happened? The little nobles of the Achaean princes are becoming more and more unscrupulous and have not finished it yet.

As soon as they assembled, a small number of troops crossed the border, burned, killed, and looted the towns and villages controlled by Justinian. This was a demonstration and provocation by the Latins, and it was also an intimidation.

"Lord Justinian, you should have let us go to war!" The guards beside him were furious. They hated the Latins deeply. If they had not ordered them to do so, they would have paid the price in blood.

But Justinian ignored it and said: "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, but not now. If you attack without authorization, you will only expose our whereabouts." Justinian came here to arrange the final move.

Deployment, and all this must be done secretly

"Yes, we understand, Lord Justinian!" Although they were still a little unwilling, for the sake of the overall situation, the guards gave up their plan to attack.

At this moment, Justinian looked at the vast countryside in front of him, his expression a little depressed. The harassment of the Achaean scout cavalry just now has become the norm in the past few days, which means that Count Sena of Corinth did follow his instructions.

The troops have been assembled.

This also means that the date for the final decisive battle is getting closer and closer. At that time, a battle can determine the outcome and completely uproot the power of the Latin people in this land. It only hurts the people on the border. In order to paralyze the Latin people, Cha

Stinian could only choose to sit back and let the enemy plunder the villages and towns.

"All this won't last long..." Justinian whispered quietly in the wind, seeming to be talking to himself, and also seemed to be making an ultimatum to the arrogant enemy in front of him.

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A few days later, outside the city of Argos, a mighty Latin army was gathering here. The vanguard consisted of five thousand elite soldiers. They were commanded by Maximilian, now the Archduke of Athens. After receiving the order from King Alexander, he

led his army to Al

Gos immediately divided into three wings and surrounded it. Because this is the gateway to Nafplion, if Nafplion is surrounded by mountains and seas, if it is attacked by force, it will definitely suffer heavy casualties, but if we capture it first,

, Nafplion’s terrain advantage will be reduced by half.

I saw Maximilian ordering his knights to lead five hundred heavy cavalry, holding cross flags, and sweep everything outside the city to ensure that all the Argos defenders were suppressed in the city.

On the other side, he sent a thousand infantrymen to the woods on the west side to cut down trees, while the remaining troops camped and built forts.

This scene was all seen in the eyes of the defenders in the city of Argos. The person responsible for guarding this place was a veteran of the empire, Carlo Desai. Although he was unknown, he was promoted exceptionally because of his contribution in quelling the rebellion in the north. He glanced at

Then they saw the opponent's purpose, and the Latins were not in a hurry to attack the city.

Instead, they set up camp, which shows that they will have a large force later. If they are allowed to set up camp, the city of Argos may be really in danger. As for the thousand Latin soldiers who disappeared from sight and entered the woods, I am afraid they were not responsible for any service.

, but to cut down timber in preparation for building siege engines.

It's absolutely not possible to continue like this! Carlo Desai has made a decision, they must take the initiative!

There were less than 500 defenders in the city of Argos, but Carodessa led an infantry of 300 horses out of the city at once.

Looking at such a small number of troops, Maximilian, who was in charge of the command, was completely confused. Just when he thought that the defenders of Argos City were coming to surrender on their own initiative.

The Roman army suddenly launched an attack, "For the sake of the empire and for the homeland, follow me to attack and destroy the Latin vicious dogs!" The veteran on the battlefield cheered, and hundreds of light cavalry without any armor, under his leadership, headed towards the unsuspecting enemy.

The Latins attacked fiercely.

"What?" Maximilian was startled. When he reacted, it was too late. Since he had just gained a foothold, he arranged the army too dispersedly. There were less than a thousand Latin soldiers in three directions, and Al

The defenders of Gos were waiting for work and suddenly attacked one side. The Latins who were tired along the way were naturally unable to resist.

"Call someone to send an order and have the cavalry come over and destroy them quickly." Maximilian, who realized that he had miscalculated, was furious. He said that under the hasty formation, the army was suddenly attacked and the morale was already very low. He simply could not let so many chaotic people go.

The people returned to normal order. At this time, he could only let the infantry on the left wing and the heavy cavalry in the forward work together to surround and cut off the return route of these Greeks to the city.

But what they didn't expect was that the Byzantine army soldiers did not return along the original route. Instead, following Carlo Desai's command "Come on me!", they charged towards the Latin army in the woods.

"Killing" the Greek cavalry did not care about the integrity of the formation and rushed over. It was completely without a wrong demonstration by the commander. But this made the cavalry achieve an unexpected effect. The soldiers logging in the woods did not wait to react.

They were felled by swords, spears and horse hooves, and one or two hundred people were killed in an instant. They fled out of the woods without even thinking about their weapons.

When Maximilian saw this scene, he was even more furious. He ordered his troops to pursue the enemy, but only his cavalry followed. However, there was no benefit at all from this wrong pursuit.
Chapter completed!