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Hearing this, Theognes was immediately stunned, but Tetisius was very indifferent, as if he did not have much reaction, and quickly expressed his understanding, and then the slash-nosed general also asked, "I have appointed the personal slaves of His Excellency Caesar to go to the back of the mountain to guard in advance, and open up a way to support the retreat. ”

Gawain nodded, and then the captor asked him to give him an explanation.

"As I said earlier, even if there are only three hundred Norman knights in front of us, it will be enough to completely crush us. This victory is very slim, and this group of Roman rebellious nobles is so fierce that if I don't agree to it, maybe there will be infighting again in the Red Hand, and none of them will be able to get out of the valley of Constantian. ”

"But they all rose up after us because they admired the glory and prestige of the Roman Empire, and if we avoided it, would we not push the glory of the empire to the bottom?" The captor was still concerned about the overall situation of the revival of Italy.

"Speaking of financing, I think the goal has now been achieved - the situation in Calabria and Lucania has been stirred into a pot of porridge, Bohemond is almost unable to hold out in the siege of Amalfi, and then he and Sicily Roger will definitely spend a winter coming back to quell the rebellion, and we have more room to occupy a more solid bridgehead. So we have succeeded so far, and if we can keep the lineage sent by the Emperor and Caesar, we can continue to succeed, and now this group of Greek nobles who are with the army. On the contrary, it has become a hot negative asset, and you can properly cut the meat and dress lightly. in exchange for another great victory, the catcher should remember. You are responsible for the cause of the emperor, not to someone. Gawain's last sentence was in an unusually stern tone.

The captor could only hang his hands and stand on one side as a sign of respect.

"After the battle begins immediately, Diognes will leave you under the banner to observe the command of the battle flag of Havley, Earl of Norman, and report the enemy's movements at any time." This was Gawain's last request.

There was a thunderous shout of slaughter at the bottom of the mountain, and everyone looked to see that the Norman knights had launched the first round of cavalry spear charges. Fearlessly, under the rain of arrows of the second Turko and Cuman soldiers, several arrays of Greek rebels were destroyed in the front row, many of them wounded by horses' hooves and spears, and crawled up and down on the ground - and then the Norman knights, some of them carried their spears and stabbed diagonally downward, some drew their swords and slashed, constantly squeezing and destroying the ranks of the rebels in front, and then in the terrifying sound of trumpets. The second team, the Norman Cavaliers, took over and rushed over.

"This team of knights has black dragons embroidered on them!" Theognes from the top of the hill shouted.

"It shows that this team is one of their most elite ranks." Then he added that Gawain was staring at the enemy's Earl's flag. With the shaking of the flags of each team, he learned about the military formation by plundering Raul's genes. The most important thing is the flag and the drum and trumpet, and it is not easy to command 500 people in this era. The most important thing was to coordinate by the flag, but the Normans did it completely. The five-finger bond between them was formed by personal bravery and long battles - the Byzantine discipline and command scholarship were also very developed, but the disappearance of disciplined armies made them often a dead letter.

The second team of Norman knights under the guidance of the black dragon banner, about forty knights, and a number of servants' covering light horses, instantly spread out in formation in the drum beat under the arrows, divided into left and right wings, and rushed diagonally to the sides of the first Greek rebels, and then skillfully turned the horse's head, followed the two diagonals, and quickly pressed over.

"Tetisius, go down and take the second formation away!" Gawain immediately made a decision, and he shouted to the captor, "When the war began, I saw a black crow embroidered in the Norman flag, and now this flag is gone. ”

"Under that banner is the Calabrian light cavalry they formed." The catcher replied.

"That means that Hafley is about to flank us in a roundabout way, and the light cavalry has been dispatched." As he spoke, Gawain had already climbed onto Sabina's horse—the mountain road was rugged, and he trusted the mare more, "Two or three formations, retreat quickly, and leave the banner to Hafley to capture!" ”

"Your Excellency, this victory is nothing to speak of." Seeing that the rebel army was torn apart, several knights from Sicily, Lerma walked up to Haverley and said.

Now that the rebellious Greeks were fleeing everywhere, many Norman knights jumped off their horses and marched to the top of the hill, ready to capture the enemy's baggage and banners. "Thirty Greeks are a small group of cowards, three hundred Greeks are a group of cowards, and three thousand Greeks are a large group of cowards." Hafrey also smiled, "Report to His Royal Highness the Duke of Bohemond under Amalfi that we have completely defeated the main rebel force in the Constantian Valley, and it is estimated that the pursuit will end in a day or two." ”

Just as Hafrey was arranging, the Calabrian light horsemen with black black flags rushed out from the flank on the other side of the valley, chased the defeated soldiers, and found the baggage and baggage scattered everywhere on the top of Constantian's mountain, and rushed to grab it, and finally snatched the rebel commander's banner "Red Hand Cross", and presented it to the Earl with joy.

"Very good, but this battle flag doesn't actually have much value to capture."

The knights, who had made a small fortune in the spoils, then begged Count Hafrey to disband their army and let them return to their homeland to quell the other rebellions in Calabria.

Hafley had already made up his mind, so he agreed to the request of the group, and left behind about a hundred knights of Italian origin, and all the lightly armed soldiers, to escort the captured supplies, and prepare to stay where they were for two days, and then go to the city of Amalfi to meet the prince.

The letter of the great victory had arrived at the camp of Bohemond by way of the fast horse in the evening, where Owenceth, the papal envoy and abbot of the Abbey of Monte Cassino, was standing in the center, Bohemond and the representatives of the city-state of Pisa on one side, and the representatives of the consuls of Amalfi on the other.

It is clear that peace is being negotiated: Amalfi is willing to pay 30,000 silver coins to Bohemond and the city of Pisa in exchange for their withdrawal and a truce for three years.

Owenseth agrees with this and says that it is also the will of the Pope of the Holy See.

But Bohemond must increase the weight of the peace truce to 50,000 silver coins.

"But if these 50,000 silver coins are handed over, our city-state will be completely bankrupt, and what funds will be used to fund the Holy See's future expedition to restore the Holy Sepulchre?" The representatives of Amalfi City were very indignant and considered the other party completely unreasonable.

"If you can't get it, then provide oarsmen for the expeditionary fleet, anyway, aren't the nobles in your city-state all paddlers?" Bohemond sneered, as if he was not sincere about the proposal at all. (To be continued......)