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Around the town, there were about a hundred Roman soldiers lying in ambush. This was all John's "property", with infantry and archers as the main force, and a very small number of mercenary crossbowmen. There was no cavalry because of the squealing sound of the horses.

It will alert the defenders in the town.

When Henry passed the news that the main force was stationed here to John, the latter quickly realized that this was a golden opportunity, because at this time the Latin army was unprepared, short of supplies, and the Frank knights had always been a headache for the Romans.

It won't play any decisive role in the building pile. If you can seize this opportunity, use the cover of night and sneak attack on the defenders when they are unprepared, you can completely catch the opponent off guard and inflict heavy damage on them.

For this night, John assembled all the troops he could mobilize, including about a hundred local residents who volunteered to fight. Although these residents had not received professional training and their weapons were not sophisticated, their actions indirectly moved them.

He recruited other people, which greatly improved the originally sluggish morale; in short, this night, John brought nearly 900 people, leaving less than 200 people to garrison at the rear. Therefore, it was a desperate move that left no escape route.

According to the plan, the first to launch the attack was the heavy infantry (or mountain infantry) composed of Armenians. They would launch the attack from the weakest point of the defenders. Their main purpose was to lead the follow-up troops and at the same time cause internal chaos in the Latin army.

When these Armenian soldiers cause chaos, they will also alert the defenders, who will inevitably mobilize their forces to annihilate these invading enemies. After the defenders in other places are significantly reduced, they will then attack with the entire army, completely disrupting the opponent's attack.

The order of battle does not allow the opponent to make effective troop adjustments and resistance in a short period of time. As long as they continue to be chaotic, they will be like headless flies scurrying around.

But this opportunity has two fatal risks. First, can the Armenian soldiers resist the Latin counterattack in a short period of time? If they are annihilated before other defenders are mobilized, then the entire plan will be ruined, and the Latins will

They will also be aware of it, and it will be difficult to launch surprise attacks in the future.

Second, even if the Armenian soldiers fought bravely and were not defeated in a short period of time, if the defenders in other places did not mobilize large-scale reinforcements, then a full-scale attack with just John would be a complete defeat.

The core of this plan is to disrupt the opponent's deployment. The opponent must be "chaotic", and the more chaotic the better, because it is difficult for a chaotic army to make effective resistance and will only gradually be divided and surrounded.

Slowly falling into despair.

Just imagine, when area "a" is attacked by the enemy, and the defenders here are struggling to resist, the defenders in other areas will definitely respond. They will more or less send soldiers to reinforce the area; when the reinforcements arrive,

When they suddenly received news that area "b" in the rear was being attacked halfway, their commander was confused, because it was difficult for the commander to determine whether to continue rushing to area "a" for reinforcements according to the original idea, or to go to area "a" for reinforcements.

Rushing to area "b" for reinforcements, no matter which area you go to, there is a risk. If you go to area a, area b will be lost; or if you go to area b, area a will be lost; or even "a" and "b" are both at the same time.

fall.

But if their commander has rich command experience, there is a high probability that he will dispatch only a few soldiers from various places, and finally piece them together and rush to "a" to support; or they will do the opposite, not only not sending reinforcements, but sitting back and watching "a"

"The defenders were locked in a bitter battle and would not take any action until they fell.

To put it simply, in John's plan, these Armenian soldiers are "human shields", to attract hatred, take advantage of the empty space behind the opponent, and then attack with the whole army.

After a long period of controversy, the plan was finally determined, and the attack day happened to be that night.

When about nine hundred soldiers were ambushing around the town, the defenders did not notice anything strange. The knights' horses were tied in the stables, most of the Latin soldiers were sleeping, and a small number of soldiers were placed on the roadside of the town.

As they passed by, the Latins never dreamed that the Romans would attack at night, when they were most relaxed.

They are arrogant, arrogant, and regard wisdom as cowardice and recklessness as courage; in this case, let these Latins pay a heavy price for their arrogance and ignorance!

Under the instructions of John, the Armenian soldiers slowly approached the town under the cover of night. They bent down and pressed against the wall. A series of movements did not attract the attention of the defenders. An Armenian soldier leaning against the corner of the wall held a sharp sword tightly.

, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, because there were several Latin soldiers stationed at the corner of the wall. Previously, he accidentally kicked down a small stone, and the sound he made alerted these Latin soldiers. When the latter were about to go to check,

A mouse happened to be passing by and was not discovered by the defenders.

Migrán Aruti is an Armenian soldier who has experienced many battles and is therefore respected in the army. Now he commands a small group of Armenian soldiers, preparing to attack the Latin soldiers not far away.

Aruti climbed over a wall silently. He was not equipped with much armor, and the weapon in his hand was only a scimitar that had been with him for many years, so the movement just now did not make much noise.

Aluti leaned against the wall, learning cat steps and slowly approached an unsuspecting Latin soldier with his back turned to him. Aluti reacted quickly. He covered the soldier's mouth with one hand and cut the soldier open with a machete with the other.

Although the soldier resisted fiercely, he could not make any sound and eventually died of excessive blood loss.

After dealing with the defender, Aruti dragged the body into the darkness and made a gesture to his comrades outside the wall. The comrades understood what he meant, and then climbed over the wall one by one, aiming at a group of people gathered together.

The defenders laughed and laughed together.

When one of the defenders was killed silently, the other Latin soldiers were just about to resist when they were killed one by one by Aluti's comrades, without making much noise in the whole process.

Later, Arruti and his comrades targeted the sleeping Latin soldiers. They sneaked into the house and stabbed their hearts or slit their throats one by one while the Latin soldiers were still sleeping.

He was killed in mid-air, and no one knew what happened until the end.

However, God seems not to like this shameful way of fighting.

A Latin soldier who had not yet completely fallen asleep suddenly woke up. He reacted quickly and avoided the fatal knife. In order to survive, he immediately turned around and jumped out of the window. The sound of breaking glass echoed in the area.
Chapter completed!