Chapter 22 Raid
Although the anti-Norman alliance was formed, in fact, after Egil obtained enough information, he found that there was no big difference between the so-called "alliance" and not the one that was formed.
They were loosely organized and incompletely ordered - don't expect a teenage little kid to have any authority after becoming the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. In fact, it was just a cover, plus a sign. The real power was still manipulated in the hands of the electorate. At the same time, the electorate also took the opportunity to ask their "emperor", in fact, the emperor's mother, Duke Teresa, for many benefits.
They wanted to gain more autonomy after defeating the Normans. They refused to obey the emperor's orders and refused to obey the emperor's orders. At the same time, they asked them to go in times of crisis to help them solve their problems - this was not so much the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, but rather the slaves of the electorate. However, even in such a "slave", even when the Holy Roman Empire was in danger, the six electorate were still eager for the emperor's throne.
"Right, what's the matter, ..." After receiving such news, Egil's full man didn't know that the hungry man was hungry, so he mocked him contemptuously.
The so-called anti-Norman alliance, or the Holy Roman Empire, is not a mistake. His six electorate families and a republic (?) were divided into two factions when choosing strategies. It seems that countries such as Hessen and Brandenburg, which are on the front line, hope that the alliance can put all its strength on the front line and fight to the death with the Norman Empire.
And countries like Bavaria and Austria hope that the alliance army can shrink inland and rely on the mountainous terrain, rivers and forests of South Germany to defend.
Milan and Venice in northern Italy are even more bizarre. They hope that the coalition forces will completely abandon Germany and enter Italy. Rely on Alpine defense and get rid of the Norman army in southern Italy by the way. In this way, there is no need to be afraid...
...Okay, in fact, this is really a way to retreat to Italy. Relying on the Alps' defense line and the prosperity of the northern Italian city-state, the princes worked together and fought side by side, and could not say that they could maintain a corner of the Europa's territory and postpone the short-term unification of Europa's Emperor.
Of course, this is just from a technical perspective. In fact, which king of the country will give up his territory? There are many different opinions on the three strategies, but in fact it is ultimately just for the benefit of one's own country. Such an alliance will not have any future. The final result is that no one in these countries can convince anyone. No strategy has been achieved. Everyone wants to preserve their strength in this chaos and leave the army in their territory.
So in fact, this kind of alliance has no real effect except for its good reputation. What the Norman Empire has to face is still a single small country. This is completely without any pressure for the unparalleled Norman army.
On January 4, 1013 AD, when Western Europe, Norman officials were welcomed on the newly conquered land of the Norman Empire. General Farr was also actively extermining the bandits and bandits. The war officially began. The Norman army marched in four directions and entered the territory of the Holy Roman Empire. They fought against one enemy army respectively.
In the south, Northern Italy. Wende, who set out from Rome, will meet with the Milan and Venetian coalition forces in Bologna. I have heard of it and witnessed the horror of the Norman siege. Therefore, the Northern Italy coalition forces did not trap the lonely city, but lined up in the suburbs outside the city. This made General Wende feel very pleased.
"So, we have to face a group of unrestrained idiots. Let us destroy them as quickly as possible!" The general couldn't help laughing after reporting such news from the striker scout. He also refused the suggestion of setting up camp and resting the army. He immediately issued an order: the forward Hussar Thousand-Person Team charge! At the same time, he ordered the heavy-armed knights and another Hussar Thousand-Person Team to prepare for combat.
"We must rush over as fast as possible and complete this battle as fast as possible. Kill all the enemies! No one left!!" General Wender shouted excitedly. His optimism seemed to have infected many soldiers, making them feel tired.
The knights quickly put on their armor. The Hussars took a step forward and rushed to the battlefield ahead. The heavy infantry - originally hung up, and several thousand-man teams as guards also took the lead. The remaining troops were also busy arming themselves. General Wender couldn't wait to leave the main force in place. He advanced with the troops he had prepared earlier and went to command the battle.
"Charge, charge! Break down the opponent's camp!!" After receiving the order from General Wind, the forward and the hussar thousand team of Hussars who were the scouts immediately gathered together, picking up the light cavalry and rushing towards the Northern Italian army, which had no time to react.
"how so?!"
In fact, when the Norman army was still a distance away from them, the soldiers of Northern Italy discovered them - after all, they were the defensive side, familiar with both people and land. But they did not expect that the other side would not play according to common sense and come from afar, but without any rest, and then attack directly. This time they suffered a great loss.
Although the Norman Hussars rushed for a day and were exhausted with great energy, they were still very relaxed to deal with a group of unprepared and without any defensive measures.
There were no strict regulations like the Norman Empire. Even temporary camps were built, and even temporary camps had to be cut down and railings were dug, and trenches were dug to set up traps. They were like wooden forts. This camp was set up by the Northern Italian coalition, which was no different from those of ordinary European medieval army. Small merchants, prostitutes, jugglers, etc., wandered around the barracks. It was so chaotic and messy. There were no defense measures, and even those who were on duty were rare.
If the Normans had not been discovered before and the officers and soldiers were at least careful, these thousand Hussars, with one charge, could almost have brought the Northern Italian coalition forces to the blame.
The Hussars rushed over. Nine out of the Italian army were stunned, and most of the remaining ones were about to escape. Only a few of them reacted and took up weapons and were on guard - but they were completely unable to form an array. Venice and Milan gave all their strength to form a coalition of nearly 20,000 people. At this moment, they even had no one to pick up the military crossbow in their hands and shoot an arrow. It was so useless...
So they watched the Norman Hussars rush over, and watched the Hussars raise the cavalry crossbow in their hands, and put down the robe in front with one round of shooting. They watched the Hussars raise the lighter, but equally fatal cavalry rifle, pierce, knock, trample, and crush another row of Italians...
Although it was not as powerful as the heavy cavalry, the momentum and power of the overwhelming violent charge. However, the Hussar's charge was faster, more unexpected, and more flexible. In this round of charge, a team of hussars of a team of thousands of people spread out their array and directly took the lives of nearly a thousand Italians.
"Light, ignite! Burn these bastards to death!" After a round of charge, the Hussars threw down their cavalry and picked up their sabers and chopped them up wildly. Some took out tinder boxes and lit the camp tents, while others took out light thunder and threw them towards the enemy.
The explosion, the violent flames and smoke suddenly drifted away, aggravating the chaos among the Italians. Then, Dukes of Francisco and Dukes of Vitte also took their respective guards in anger, cursing loudly, gathering troops to prepare for counterattack. With their efforts, the Northern Italian coalition was at least slightly stabilized. At this moment, another team of Hussars, screaming and rushing into the coalition barracks like a wolf howling.
"Retreat! Let's give up the camp! Can't continue like this anymore!!" Duke Francisco, worthy of being a veteran mercenary, immediately judged the situation. He shouted loudly - and with his shouting, more than a dozen cavalry crossbow arrows also shot over...
"Protect the Duke!" The guards beside him immediately shouted, raised their shields, and protected Duke Francisco's body. At the same time, several of them were shot by crossbow arrows and fell to the ground with screams.
"Yes, retreat, retreat!!" Hearing Francisco's shouting, Duke Witt immediately responded and shouted. The Italian army had no intention of fighting and retreating, and at least left the smoky and messy camp. The two dukes gathered the defeated soldiers bit by bit to form a defensive array. The Italian shield spearmen and giant shield crossbowmen combined, which made the Hussars chasing them a little embarrassed.
"...Stop chasing." At this moment, General Wender also rushed out of the Italian camp with his guards. Seeing that the opponent was ready and was on guard as if he was facing a great enemy, the general snorted and issued an order to stop chasing. The Hussars finally breathed a sigh of relief. After all, judging from the opponent's posture, if he forced his attack, he would have to suffer heavy losses.
So the Norman army returned. At this moment, the knights and infantry sequences following behind also arrived. The Norman army was at its peak. The Italians became even more frightened. They just lost the bonus of the raid. General Wende did not want to attack for a while. He only let the crossbowman shoot a few arrows from afar to scare the Italians. Looking at the other party's fearful look, General Wende laughed and picked up a lot of spoils, took back the troops, and set up camp without mentioning...
Chapter completed!