When the reinforcements from Rome fell into confusion and disintegration, Tony was leading the Swiss Guards to attack westward.

"For His Majesty God!"

"For honor!"

"Down with the Habsburgs!"

These Swiss serving in Rome were the most devout Cyric believers and the most honorable soldiers.

This excellent quality coupled with the emotions accumulated from hundreds of years of old and new grudges with the Habsburg family gave them high morale.

It's just that Tony doesn't intend to release this vigor immediately. After all, 80% of the Orsini troops to the west are already dead. Even if they haven't completely collapsed, they don't have the strength to support him.

The sound of the Austrian cavalry's hooves also put a lot of pressure on him. Just as Ladislaus was unwilling to let his cavalry attack the Swiss phalanx with strict formations and high morale at night, Tony was also unwilling to let his men attack Austria.

cavalry.

In chaotic battles, the weight and physical strength of horses were a great advantage to humans. Although he had great confidence in his men, maintaining formation at night was too difficult a task.

Once he gets into a chaotic battle, his last advantage will no longer exist.

For Tony, since the reinforcements have arrived, there is no need for him to attack immediately.

Just stick to the Austrians and make it difficult for them to retreat. When reinforcements from the east begin to enter the battlefield, the Roman army that has been cut into several sections can restore contact and flank the Austrians.

Although he did not have scouts to judge the number of Austrian troops on this battlefield, he must have an understanding of the troops that Austria's national strength can afford. It is definitely not as good as the Roman Church State army, which can mobilize a large number of mercenaries and militia nearby.

His judgment was correct, but he did not take into account that Cardinal Orsini and the troops he brought out were already a relatively elite part of the Roman army. The proportion of professional soldiers in the reinforcements behind was extremely low, and the militiamen and mercenaries were

Soldiers are inherently incapable of fighting in the field, and fighting at night is beyond the limit of their capabilities.

The lower the quality of the troops, the worse their performance in night battles. The elite troops may lose half of their combat effectiveness due to the darkness, while the ragtag troops will not be able to exert even 10% of their usefulness.

, a battlefield with an unknown environment means something equals nothing.

At first, the Swiss attack went relatively smoothly. Ladislaus was not sure whether Boss Sirica's feint attack and the suspicious soldiers holding many flags and torches on both sides could deter the Roman reinforcements. So he let

The two regiments on both wings still maintained a defensive posture and did not immediately engage in a pincer attack on the Swiss phalanx.

An Austrian regiment was still unable to cope with the Swiss Guards, which had invested heavily in the true election of the Pope. The Swiss Guards were slightly better in terms of officer and soldier training, soldier equipment and food supply.

High salary and high benefits have always been the only way to attract high-quality talents and build a top team.

It is still possible to create a smaller top elite force with the financial resources of the Roman Church.

If the great nobles of Rome were willing to reorganize the troops and private soldiers under their control under the unified plan of the true electorate, perhaps today's situation would not be like this.

It is a pity that any political player will never accept this kind of action of Tai'a holding back and giving others control.

The resources invested by the truly elected pope in the military force maintained by the major nobles are limited to begin with, and it is a rare act of conscience for the nobles to spend half of their allocated funds on the military.

Ladislaus relied on the prestige established by his consecutive victories and Frundsberg's great help to carefully penetrate and destroy the relationship network of the Austrian nobles.

Finally, the Austrian army was built into a better force. Of course, victory is also very important to the morale of the officers and soldiers. The confidence and fighting spirit of a victorious division have obvious advantages compared to troops that rarely fight.

Tonight, the Austrians will gain more confidence.

After the reinforcements from the east escaped for several miles, Tony finally realized that something was wrong, and why the follow-up personnel had not followed up.

What do the Austrians’ recent signals mean?

Was it not just contact but an ambush?

Tony still overestimates his teammates, but this does not hinder him from understanding his current crisis.

The two flanks of the Austrian army were completely closed. The attempt to attack the Austrians turned into an act of death in the encirclement.

Now his Swiss phalanx was surrounded by Austrian troops on three sides.

The phalanx does not mean that it can face enemies on all four sides. In fact, it is only one side that is the strongest. It is equally difficult to withstand enemies on three sides.

However, the Swiss Guards showed their strength at this time. They still maintained a high combat effectiveness in the face of a flanking attack. Soldiers from all directions held their halberds high. They fought bravely with the Austrians.

Although the Austrian army was able to rotate and rest and invest more troops, it did not achieve a better exchange ratio. Both sides basically suffered similar casualties.

The Swiss even continued to squeeze the Austrian formation on the road for hundreds of meters. Tony was lucky enough to hope that reinforcements would suddenly appear and protect his back, and did not immediately issue a retreat order that would greatly damage morale.

This advance will only make them more surrounded.

It was not until the Austrian troops who had just occupied the highest point began to appear behind them, forming a skirmish line that prevented their retreat, that Tony made up his mind to retreat.

"We will attack eastward, and we will sweep the Austrians with reinforcements." In order to damage morale as little as possible, he announced that he would attack eastward.

However, this order still greatly damaged the morale of the Swiss. They did not understand what was going on. Now the enemy's battle line had been squeezed into a large arc. With more force, they could break through in the center.

, what’s going on with attacking eastward now?

And why is there no sound of fighting coming from the battlefield to the east?

At this time, shouldn't their companions have long ago destroyed the sluggish scouts and rushed over to support them?

Tony did not have such expectations in his heart. He was still fighting in the front row. He and dozens of the most elite soldiers and a dozen priests formed an elite small group. He was waiting for Frunzberg or Radice

Rouse led the elite to break the formation.

At this time, using elites to hit hard and then applying pressure from all sides is the most common method to break the powerful phalanx.

There are the most outstanding magical users in the Church of Rome, and Tony is confident that relying on the support of those powerful priests who can use the sixth and seventh levels of magical arts, he can defeat the recently famous Austrian elites, even Fulen.

There's no way Zberg could destroy his elite squad.

'Come here, you are not the only one who has obtained the treasure from ancient times, let alone think that you will be the new strongest warrior after killing Bayar.'

Power makes people crazy, and it can easily make people forget other worries.

Clenching the weapon in his hand, Tony had driven his anger towards friendly forces out of his mind, and he was ready.

"No one else can be trusted, but I still have you, and you will never let me down."

As long as he repelled the subsequent onslaught of the Austrians and even killed one or two powerful Austrian men, he would still be able to bring most of the Swiss Guards back to Rome.
Chapter completed!