How the battle began, no one knows.

For the whole day, Nicola Jo Macelli kept walking with people, walking, walking.

It made him feel that his time in the Balkans was not too short, but it was probably the most walking day.

In addition to the non-stop walking and going back and forth, more than once their brigade had just walked a long way according to the order given not long ago, and then received a new order to turn back, or although they were obviously moving forward, they gradually found that they finally returned to the original place of departure as the order changed.

This constant tossing and turning made Macheni almost collapse, which made him have to envy those Agri and the local Balkans, perhaps because they were also mountain people, Agri and the Balkans were very good at eating and crying, at least in the matter of walking, whether it was the Pisa, Montina or those Genoese sword and shield soldiers were not only far inferior to them, but more importantly, in Maceni's opinion, if the Balkans were hard-working, then the Agri seemed to have some pleasure in it.

Maccheni, of course, did not know that such a march was not actually a hardship for the Agri, after all, this kind of march was much easier than the two days from Montina to Rome, which was almost just going in circles.

However, this relaxation lasted only one day, and when the next morning dawned and the exhausted soldiers were still asleep, a rush of horns woke up the sweet dreams of the soldiers of one company after another.

On his journey to the Balkans, Alexander was slowly planning to reorganize his troops.

Although this experiment was only carried out in Agri and the newly formed Balkan Regiment, Alexander had already decided that when the time came, he would completely push this reorganization to his future standing army.

Unlike Pisa, Montina, and Genoa, the Agri were Alexander's most trusted army, while the Balkans were completely unaffected by any forces, and it was because of this that he was able to adapt exactly what he wanted without being influenced by anyone.

In these two regiments, Alexander abolished the battle brigade that had been inherited from Roman times, which had gradually become unsuitable for the current way of fighting, and instead established companies one after another, each named after the company commander, who was not fixed.

The Agri infantry regiment, inhabited by the old and new Agri, was divided into three spear and spear companies and a baggage company, while the Agri cavalry was separated from the Bohemians to form a separate cavalry unit of the Montina army, and the chasseurs, selected from among the Agri, became the most important pillar of the Agri.

The Balkan regiment is much simpler, although the number is similar but it is simply divided into three companies, there is no doubt that each company is stronger than the other regiment's company or combat brigade in terms of numbers and combat effectiveness, and for the Balkans, the baggage supplies only need to be received from the earl, and no one in the Balkans wants to be a baggage soldier, so they think that they must stay away from the front line and will inevitably lose the opportunity to get more trophies.

The reorganization of the company was undoubtedly more flexible and conducive to individual operations than the simple and inconvenient combat brigades, and this change was already evident in the battle of the Alger River.

The fact that the Agri were able to plug the gap that was on the verge of collapse at a critical moment, and that the Balkans were able to miraculously escape the fate of being surrounded and annihilated after almost being lured away from their positions by the Ottomans, are clear testaments to the extraordinary battlefield adaptability of the new regiment.

These were all in the eyes of Nicola Joe Macheni and at the same time aroused his keen interest.

Maccheni tried to analyze and explain the reason why there was no major change in equipment or numbers, but only after regrouping, and even for this reason, he would use his salary to buy some precious paper and write and draw on it to solve these mysteries.

In the end, however, the answer that Maccheni came up with was that the Count of Montina had changed the two teams, and had placed each of them in the same number as much as possible.

In other words, if there are too many or too few people in each company, it will not make the company more powerful, whether it is the horizontal row of spears or the column of muskets, but the number of troops of that size will make each unit properly effective in terms of weapon power and flexibility.

Maccheni saw this as a peculiar and even subtle arrangement, and he thought it so wonderful that the mere reorganization of numbers would allow the army to exert much greater power than usual, and he even had the audacity to show Alexander what he had calculated, in exchange for Alexander a strange look at him.

Despite this, Nicolas Joe Macheni, who is regarded as the pioneer of modern statistics, is now only an officer in the second brigade of the Pisa Regiment of the Montina Army.

So when the sky was still dark, Macheni, who heard the sound of the trumpet, had to struggle with his men to get up from under the hot blanket, rub his still sleepy eyes, pick up his weapon, and prepare to continue his work yesterday - without stopping.

It's just that what happened next made Macheni's whole person suddenly refreshed, and his brain instantly became a lot clearer.

Although he was tired like everyone else, Marcheni had his own analysis of the series of marches the day before, and he felt that his army seemed to be constantly detouring around an area, but as if it was blocked by something and then ready to detour again every time, the area became larger and larger, and his troops were getting farther and farther away from the main line of Montina, centered on the marshland.

Today, however, Maceni soon found that the direction of their march was straight and resolute, and that it was entirely in a diagonal line that ran straight through the area that had been constantly circulating.

"It seems that we are finally losing our patience," Maceni guessed, vaguely guessing that there might be a real battle ahead, so he immediately ordered his squad to get ready, "There will be a battle soon, may God bless us." ”

While Maceny stopped to make a cross on his chest, and then habitually stooped down to stroke a stone on the ground in front of him for good fortune, Alexander had just unfurled the Agri regiment in front of an open field on the west side of the marsh.

On the opposite side of the open field is a ridge of hills, which are cut into staccato sections by several undulating breaches, and then turn a bend and disappear south into the hills leading to the Danube in the distance.

The army of Sissou Valley was just behind the mountain beams.

When, after a whole day of trying to take advantage of each other's detours, both men finally realized that this method was useless, or that when both sides had chosen to stop on both sides of the swamp, they had already sensed the other's intentions and were prepared to take precautions, which meant that it was futile to try to easily detour the enemy's flank and then squeeze the opponent down the Dembvica River in one fell swoop, on the contrary, the only result of such a constant elongation of the flank line could only be because the forces were constantly stretched and thinnedIn that case, even if the detour is successful, there will not be much power left to launch an attack.

Realizing this result, the commanders of the two armies made a wonderful tacit choice, which was to stop this meaningless hide-and-seek, and after letting the army recuperate overnight, the battle began the next morning.

In the early morning of mid-April, there is still a slight coolness, the ethereal chirping of larks echoes in the woods, and the gentle morning breeze blows through people's sideburns, but when the wind pours into the cracks in the armor, there are bursts of "whining" sounds.

Once the armor of many people makes this sound at the same time, it sounds a little creepy.

Even when he stood far away, Alexander could faintly hear the rather distinctive sound, and many veterans who had been on the battlefield for too long often regarded this strange sound as the cry of the ghost of the war dead who had not been able to enter heaven.

"Actually, it's just the wind," Alexander whispered softly, not knowing if he was explaining to the man next to him or telling himself, and then he looked in the direction of the swamp, "The Ottoman just gave up?" ”

It is impossible not to admit that the coalition forces were far inferior to the Ottomans in their understanding of the enemy, and while Bayezid II and his men guessed who the enemy would send as their opponent, the coalition generals were often stuck in the impression of "the Ottoman on the other side".

Even Alexander knew very little about Bayezid II's army, but from a whole day of fighting, he had already guessed that the opponent on the other side was "that Ottoman" who had fought him at the banks of the Alger River.

Therefore, when arranging the Agri regiment, Alexander was a little undecided at first, and after making up his mind, he took a lot of effort.

The Agri Regiment was the backbone and core of Montina's army, and Alexander believed that the Agri Regiment would follow him after many battles, especially the old Agri soldiers who had originally followed him, even if the Balkans were defeated.

But it is precisely because of this that he cherishes these precious treasures even more.

When the Ottomans emerged from the gap in the mountain beam, it happened that a ray of sunlight rose from the Dembvica River, and the orange sunlight shone from the side of the battlefield, driving away the last of the haze, and the shadow cast by the mountain beam quickly receded like a timid clown, and the figures were cast on the ground, stretched longer and longer.

The dazzling sunlight made people can't open their eyes, but it also reflects the dazzling brilliance of countless armors, and both the Montina army and the Ottomans are bathed in the clear morning light of spring at this moment.

"It's a good day," said Xi Sugu with a smile to the people around him, his eyes shining with excitement, as if he was about to fight an enemy worthy of his opponent, and he was very happy, "It should be an auspicious omen." ”

At the same time, Alexander was turning his head to look east, looking at the rising sun, and he wondered in his heart how many people in this land would never see this exhilarating morning scene after today.

The Ottoman army approached in groups from a distance, and Alexander soon spotted the large cavalry running between the Ottoman infantry ranks.

"Anatolian hussars." Alexander muttered softly to himself.

The last time he was on the banks of the Alger River, Alexander had already noticed the peculiar performance of the Ottoman light cavalry in battle, and a very obvious difference from the European armies was that the Ottoman cavalry did not concentrate on both sides of the line to harass the enemy's flanks and cooperate with the infantry in the center, but launched an attack on the enemy in a seemingly complex and chaotic but rather orderly way of infantry.

The result of this method is often that either when the cavalry charges, the infantry takes advantage of the gap formed by the enemy's formation to rush up, and finally the enemy's defensive embankment completely collapses under the impact of the Ottomans' superior forces, or the cavalry takes advantage of the infantry to find a gap when it is entangled with the enemy, and suddenly pierces the enemy line like a sharp knife, and if it goes well, this sudden cavalry assault may even completely cut through the shallow enemy position!

And in an open field, what army would the Ottomans use to attack first, cavalry or infantry?

Alexander looked in the direction of the swamp again, at least at the beginning of the layout, the front of the two positions was still bounded by the swamp, and no one could tell where the real front of the battlefield was.

A long horn sounded, followed by a continuous trumpet.

Alexander, who was already familiar with some of the ways the Ottoman army fought, frowned slightly.

Sure enough, it was cavalry, and it was clear that the Ottomans were trying to use cavalry to quickly approach, and then use the speed and impact of cavalry to quickly tear open a gap.

Alexander gave the order to the heralds waiting beside him, and with the fierce beat of drums and the sound of loud brass trumpets, the Agri's regiment marched forward in a tight phalanx.

"Spear, propulsion~"

The company officer standing on the side of the queue raised his sword, and with the rapid snare drum, the spearmen in half-armored armor steadily stretched out the spear shaft in their hands, and a dazzling and terrifying sharp jungle appeared in front of the queue.

"Hold the gun, get in place~"

Orders came from the queue, and looking at the strange "geometric flag" fluttering in the Agri phalanx, Alexander whispered a few words to Busako next to him.

Busako was slightly surprised, but he took the order.

At the same time, the sound of trumpets on the Ottoman positions had sounded for the third time, and even though the ground was soft, there was still a subtle and subtle vibration on the ground.

The Anatolian hussars sorted.

At the same time, a crimson figure also appeared not far behind the Agri phalanx.

Seeing that eye-catching red, Xi Sugu couldn't help but show a little surprise.

He recognized that the force was the enemy's stronghold that had resisted his great army at the crucial moment of the Battle of the Alger River.

Just like they coincidentally chose to fight on the flank, as soon as they made contact, the two sides also invariably took out their trump cards.

And the battle has just begun.