The wind blew across the battlefield, and various Chinese silk flags in the Italian coalition were fluttering in the wind. There were clan emblems on the flying flags, and each clan emblem represented a noble. Many clan emblems had crosses, which meant that they had taken the initiative to participate in a certain Crusade. In addition to crosses that prove their origins, clan emblems also had other symbols or animals and plants on them, which represented the family’s origin or expectations.

For example, there is a white flag with a red sword cross symbol, surrounded by four swallows. This is the flag of the Armstrong family. The sword cross proves their family's work in the Crusades. The four swallows express their expectations for their relatives' return. It represents the family's participation in the first to the fourth Crusade. According to the Armstrong family itself, after their ancestors attacked Jerusalem, they participated in the massacre. Seeing the blood that was flooded to their knees, their family turned the shape of the black sword cross into red.

The family of the Armstrong family was in the Roman Empire of the Holy Spirit. This time, the Italian branch was invited to join the battlefield. The branch sent more than fifty people, including ten people wearing steel plate armor, which was obvious to the goods of the Song Dynasty. Under the escort of these ten people was the male Count Armstrong wearing gilded armor.

The purpose of wearing such cool local golden armor is very simple. He was just a baron before, and he inherited the title of Earl in a place called Glamorgan on the English Islands. He had never been to Glamorgan in his life, and he didn't even know where Glamorgan was. This time he was here to show off, so that those Italian men who once looked down on him, the little baron, knew that the Armstrong family was not without great men in Italy.

In the front position of this rich golden lineup, there were three men wearing traditional crusaders attire. In other words, they were lined with linen tops, half-body chain mail on the outside, and a numb coat on the outside. The three of them were wearing steel heavy-sting swords that did not appear in Europe at this time, and were talking in Chinese about their views on the war ahead.

The Song army has quickly eliminated large-scale cold weapon hand-to-hand combat. The largest of these three people is only in their thirties. The large-scale armed fight below makes the three people very happy. In addition, the three people think that the Italians don’t understand Chinese at all, so they start talking without caring.

"So the so-called formation really exists."

"What kind of shit is the gossip array, what will happen if you rush in. Now, the so-called plum blossom array is more reliable."

"When the artillery is set up, all these slags will be done."

"Shut up, we promised not to mention hot weapons combat today."

"Well……"

"Don't say, the Italians are not trash, they can actually play chess and compete with the Mongolian army."

"The Mongols fought head-only. More than 20 years ago in the Battle of Xiangyang, Zhao's official family went to rescue him. Three or four thousand people fought 100,000 Mongolian troops. They used the turtle tactic and did not still enter Xiangyang."

"Hey, it seems that the center of the Mongolian army's spear formation has been concave."

...

This is indeed the case on the battlefield. The gun array is undoubtedly the most disciplined and organized group of cold weapons troops. Therefore, the Italian and Mongolian troops sent their elite troops first to try to overwhelm each other. From a high point, it should theoretically be a straight long gun front, which has now appeared a stalemate curved front. The two-wing gun array of the Mongolian army is still basically in balance, but the central part has been much more concave.

In hand-to-hand combat, every minute and every second, people were dead. The thick walls of people on both sides were already much thinner at this time. The Mongolian army suffered a lot of losses.

"Will the Mongolian army engage in two-wing encirclement?"

"It depends on whether the Mongolian cavalry can break through the gun formation."

"The thing about riding and shooting is useless for well-trained infantry."

The observers sent by the Song Dynasty were discussing nervously, as if the cruel battle in front of them was an interesting game. At this moment, with the shouts and the sound of metal, the Italian coalition sent a new force. It was a short army, and their outfits seemed more free. Unlike the more unified spearmen equipment, some people were wearing full armor, holding giant swords or huge warhammers, and some were wearing leather armor, holding shields or short swords in their hands.

These people did not dare to pass directly from the positions where the nobles were. They walked around the places where the nobles were led by the mercenary flags and lined up on the starting position. What they meant was waiting for the Italian coalition's spear team to penetrate the Mongolian spear team, and then followed up and began to kill the enemy in close combat.

"These mercenaries have not received cohort training."

"What you said is just like their pike soldiers have received real queue training."

"Will the Mongolian cavalry come yet? If they don't come, they probably won't be able to catch up." The observers of the Song Dynasty were even more excited. Mongolia was once a nightmare for the Song Dynasty, or all forces in the north once served as a nightmare for the Song Dynasty. Now the Song Dynasty has solved the northern part like a wind storm, breaking the legend that the barbarians are invincible. However, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty thought that it was the power of firearms, and they still have some confidence in the fight against cold weapons by the Mongolians.

Seeing that the situation in the Mongolian army was not good, the people on the Song Dynasty were somewhat expecting the Mongolian military power. They were looking forward to the riding and shooting that could help the Mongolian army get rid of its current dilemma.

Just before the Mongolian army's spear array collapsed, there was finally movement in the back. When the horse's hooves were heard, the knights in the Italian coalition began to set out toward the rear of the left wing. If these people had not escaped in the last battle, there would have been a surprise attack by the Mongolian cavalry at that location.

"Can it be the Mongolian army attacking the east and west?"

"have no idea."

"If the Mongols cut off the Italian coalition's retreat, we will be surrounded."

"I think Italians are quite cautious."

Although the words used were relaxed, the observers of the Song Dynasty looked a little nervous. Most of them were nervous because there was indeed a possibility of being surrounded by the Mongolian army, while the small one was nervous because the performance of the Mongolian army was not as good as everyone imagined. So far, the performance of the Italian coalition could only be considered as normal. They were fighting according to a normal war situation. If the Song army encountered such an opponent, there would be about 90% chance of using cold weapons to deal with these Italian troops. At least it would be impossible to be defeated by the spearmen of the Italian coalition when competing against gun formations.

Not long after the time passed, the Italian coalition suddenly sounded a trumpet. The mercenaries' flags swung, and the mercenaries began to advance. At this time, the Mongolian spear formation had already fought against the Italian spear formation, and the central part completely collapsed. The Italian spearmen began to advance, dividing the Mongolian army into two parts from the middle.

The observers of the Song Dynasty were stunned and watched as the two wings of the Mongolian army began to retreat. In the telescope, in order to escape as soon as possible, the Mongolian army threw down their weapons and ran away. Although they were also considering whether the Mongolian army had set up some ambush, they did not seem to be such a planned action.

The Italian coalition forces chased through the flat ground in the middle of the basin, rushed to the high ground occupied by the Mongolian army, and then rushed down. The observers of the Song Dynasty looked at each other and couldn't say anything at all. They didn't know what they saw. In the cold weapon combat techniques they learned, in the battle in front of them that could not be called failure at most, the Mongolian army actually failed.

This is not the most people who successfully retreated and pretended to retreat. The human body was crowded with black bodies on the ground, which shows how fierce the battle had been fought before. There were not five thousand people thrown on the battlefield, but three thousand had to be up. Not to mention those people killed during the coalition's pursuit. No one would be so stupid that he really used such a huge price to lure the enemy.

Everyone was silent for a while, and finally the leader spoke embarrassedly: "The Mongols are too weak."

This was immediately opposed, "This is not the Mongolian army, and many of Boyan's subordinates are true gods."

"Even the True God Cult is the same. When the official was in Ezhou, he did not have so many firearms under his command. He would still kill more than 10,000 Mongolians."

"Maybe the Mongols have some help. They can't be so weak. If such an army comes up to fight, how can they win the battle?"

"These are not Mongolian troops. Mongolian troops should be pure cavalry."

"Stop talking. In Italy, how can Boyan support tens of thousands of horses? When they fought in the Western Expedition, they had a sparse population along the way and horses didn't have to worry about eating. In Italy, let's not talk about how he transported tens of thousands of horses. Even if he had one, he would not be able to use such a large place."

"I must have some backup plan. I don't believe that the Mongols were defeated like this. Even if we fight, we must be prepared when the situation is unfavorable."

...

The observers of the Song Dynasty quarreled and could see that many people were more confident in the Mongolians than the Mongolians.

Just as the debate continued, guns and cannons came faintly from afar. Now the observers of the Song Dynasty were excited, and this was probably the counterattack of Mongolia. The original differences have been unified now, and the battle situation can be grasped at any time. The legendary most powerful Mongolian army is the legendary one.

In the afternoon of the same day, both sides withdrew their troops. Most of the soldiers of the Italian coalition returned to the camp alive. According to the news brought back by Earl Armstrong after attending the military meeting, the Italian coalition was ambushed by the Mongolian army muskets and artillery while pursuing, and retreated quickly after losing more than 100 people. Because they occupied the battlefield, they killed all the Mongolian troops on the ground when they came back. It was estimated that the number of enemies annihilated was between 45 and 48. The failure to completely resolve the Mongolian infantry was a small defeat for the Italian coalition.

In addition, the cavalry composed of knights faced the attacking Mongolian cavalry head-on. There was a fierce battle between the two sides, and under the leadership of the French knights, the coalition cavalry also severely damaged the Mongolian cavalry.

The observers of the Song Dynasty were dumbfounded by hearing these news. They never expected that things would eventually turn out like this. The Mongolian army performed badly in the frontal conventional battles. There was no such thing as a legendary situation of being as powerful as a tiger. The Zhao family of the Song Dynasty fought against the Mongolian army, which made the Yellow River divert, breaking all cities on the front and defeating all powerful enemies.

Back at the tent, the observers of the Song Dynasty could not say anything. They didn't even want to say anything. The defeat of the Mongolian army to the Semi people was really speechless.

Regardless of the celebration of the Italian army, the Mongolian army camp on Marshal Boyan's side fell into a low point. Before the war, the Marshal promised that as long as he won the battle, everyone could chase the remnants of the coalition forces into northern Italy. Unlike southern Italy, Marshal Boyan told everyone that after entering northern Italy, the Mongolian army could burn, kill and loot at will.

Because of the strict military discipline, everyone had been holding it in for a long time. With several months of training, these people were even more confident. Everyone believed that as long as they were the Mongolian army, they could definitely defeat the enemy. In the past, they were defeated by the Song army because the Mongolian army suffered the loss of no firearms. The Mongolian army was also very confident about the Italian army, which also used cold weapons.

Many Mongolian generals and collegemen could not accept today's failure and lost many relatives in the battle. They cried and yelled in their tents.

Some of them simply rushed to Marshal Boyan's tent and asked to see Marshal Boyan. However, Marshal Boyan did not see them, but just sent someone to tell the group that they would continue to guard the Mongolian camp tomorrow.

This indifferent response made these angry generals and school students almost angry. From the battlefield where they were walking with death, these nervous generals and school students did not take life and death seriously. When Magistrate Boyan did not see them, they cried outside.

"Master, you must take revenge tomorrow!"

"Master, we still have to fight."

"Master, with so many people dead, how can we give up?"

But no matter how these people shouted, Marshal Boyan just disappeared. It was only when these people were tired that those relatively calm generals comforted the people back to their residence.

Twelve days later, Hao Ren in Kiev received a telegram. The telegram sent the full text of the letter of help sent by General Boyan to the envoy. Hao Ren was stunned after reading the beginning. He never expected that General Boyan would be defeated. The ever-winning general, Massachusetts, was defeated by other troops outside the Song State. This was beyond Hao Ren's imagination.

Hao Ren even put down the letter, stood up and smoked two cigarettes, which evacuated the indescribable depression in his heart. After reading most of the letter, Hao Ren finally felt relieved. Marshal Boyan analyzed the situation in the letter, and fought as a guest army in a country with a narrow terrain like Italy. He could not pull it with cavalry, so he could only fight head-on. At this time, the real combat power of Marshal Boyan was shown.
Chapter completed!