Chapter 58 Revival Cavalry
Justinian personally led the highly-motivated heavy-armored cavalry to roll forward. At this moment, the heavy horse hooves hit the ground, and the panicked Latin people felt that the earth was trembling. In just a moment, when the Roman heavy cavalry rushed into the Latin battle formation, the originally high-motivated coalition formation suddenly collapsed and had no power to resist. The fear dispersed like a plague. The already exhausted Latin people were in chaos. The soldiers who were scrambling to flee in a hurry and completely ignored the lives and deaths of others. The soldiers who scattered completely made the formation and morale of the Latin coalition collapse.
Once the whole body is moved, the impact of a coalition's escape is chain-like. The Latin army, which has lost its cover, is now a moving target in front of the Roman heavy cavalry.
The moment the heavy cavalry of the Roman Empire rushed from the flank to the unprepared Latins, the victory and defeat were revealed. The fast and flexible cavalry were the kings on the battlefield. They were like a sharp knife stabbed into the vital points under the command of Justinian. The Latins were not protected by heavy infantry or cavalry on the flanks. The troops under the command of Count Sena were originally responsible for the defense here. But when no one noticed it, Sena and his army were completely missing. This also made the throwing target
The Catalan mercenaries with guns were completely exposed to the charge of the cavalry. Although the mercenaries were very brave, the javelins in their hands were useless against the heavy cavalry. The sound of earth-shaking iron hooves came. At that moment, the Latin people on both sides were frightened. When they saw the Greek cavalry riding on horses wielding their hammers and swords in the army, the Latin soldiers who had no courage completely gave up their resistance and fled in a hurry.
The first to escape were the militias temporarily recruited by the Latins. They were originally the targets of the war, which made them completely numb to being enslaved by others, but this did not mean that they would not cherish their lives. Regardless of the orders of the Latin Supervisor, these cannon fodders were the first to throw their weapons to the ground and turn around to escape. They just wanted to escape and didn't care who the royal power was. And their actions immediately infected the mercenaries under Alexander, and they chose to give up their positions and had no intention of resisting. Because without long-range power protection, under this terrain, their light infantrymen were simply going to die.
Seeing the militia fled, the mercenaries in the Latin army took the initiative to retreat and flee without any intention of fulfilling their obligations. Obviously Justinian did not continue to pursue, and his goal was achieved as long as the opponent exited the battlefield. The real goal was still the central camp of the Latin coalition. At this moment, Alexander had no time to mobilize his personal guards on the front line, and the rear of the Latin army, which suffered this heavy blow, was in chaos. Without the protection of the mercenaries from behind, they were now in a situation of being attacked from both sides. The Roman cavalry jumped into the Latin army's formation and wanted to kill and charge, without anyone stopping.
A huge panic instantly spread into the Latin army. Seeing the Greek cavalry opposite him taking the vital points like a long sword, getting closer and closer to the central tent where Alexander was. The Latin nobles were scattered when they saw this scene, but they had no choice but to look at their Majesty and shouted anxiously:
"His Majesty Alexander, let's retreat! If this continues, it will be dangerous here."
At this moment, the Latin nobles here only wanted to find a safe place to avoid the edge, but King Alexander, who was struck by the sudden change in the battle situation, had no idea of any arguments. Now he had no choice. With his personal guards away, he could not think of how to stop the Roman heavy cavalry from attacking from behind, and retreating rashly would be equivalent to making the king more guilty.
After calming down a little, Alexander shouted loudly: "It is not the time to retreat. Once you retreat, the situation will definitely be out of control. Resist! Resist! The crossbowman is ready to shoot."
Roaring loudly, Alexander could not calm down at this moment, and he could not accept such a result. If he retreated like this, all the previous preparations would be wasted, and he really could not make up his mind. Under his order, the crossbows and arrow team appeared on the battlefield again, trying to use arrow rain to stop the fierce attack of the opposite cavalry.
Looking at this scene, Justinian did not fluctuate at all. Under his leadership, the elite cavalry of Rome rushed out, facing the dense rain of arrows without any damage, like thunder rolling in the sky, turning into a torrent of steel to rush over and echoing the vanguard commanded by Neusky to form a front-and-back attack on the Latins.
In the narrow plain area, there was no way to retreat. With gritted teeth, Alexander sent the only remaining direct troops to resist the Romans' raids with flesh and blood. However, he saw that all the cavalry passed by blood flowed into a river.
Without cavalry cover, how fragile the infantry facing heavy cavalry alone is. With hundreds of people forming heavy cavalry assault teams, they can run rampant in the enemy formation without anyone to take advantage of. Obviously, the gap between the two sides is overwhelming!
"Stop them, block them! Archers!"
Seeing that the Roman cavalry was getting closer and closer to him, Alexander, panicked, had no idea at this time. It was the first time he had seen this scene and felt such a powerful sense of oppression. He felt that this was not a cavalry charge, but a group of monsters rushed towards him. He saw the cavalry galloping at high speed directly hit the defense line of the Latin soldiers on the periphery.
But it was not so easy to hold on. The moment I caught the enemy, the huge impact force dispersed the Latin defense line. A massacre-like sweep, the Latin army, which suffered heavy losses, finally had a siege and could no longer bridge the huge gap.
"His Majesty Alexander!"
As Alexander watched the Byzantine heavy cavalry tore up his army formation, the other Latin nobles were trembling, as their deaths came.
Chapter completed!