Vol 5 Chapter 74: Battle of the 3 Danubes (End)

Cepes walked while staring at Sophia not far in front.
He didn't expect Sophia to insist on coming to the battlefield so stubbornly. Although her move could not help but the Bucharest soldiers and the people were heartened, Zeppes was keenly aware that she was not actually inspiring the military or other purposes It was purely to see the Earl of Montina as soon as possible.
Zeppes was a little strange what kind of person that Earl was. Although he hadn't thought that no one in the world could be worthy of Sophia's obsession, Zeppes was somewhat familiar with Sophia's somewhat grumpy personality.
Because of this, Zeppes couldn't help thinking more.
He was worried that the count would have an impact on Sophia that he couldn't deal with. If that were the case, things would be a bit bad for him.
Cepes is constantly thinking about the changes that may happen next, but he is not worried about what may happen on the battlefield.
Because as far as he knew, the Ottoman army crossed the Alger River with about 10,000 people. The army of the Earl of Montina had about 6,000 people, and his army was nearly 4,000.
In addition to his army in Bucharest, there are more than 1,000 coalition troops sent by a dozen or so nobles to go out with him. These people can be regarded as the strongest supporters of Zeppes, while the rest of them also expressed the same Kindness, but more is watching.
Zepes is quite satisfied with this result. Zepeis believes that it is "just right" whether it is the supporters or the strength provided by those people.
He did not expect to defeat the Ottomans in this battle. If he could, he only hoped that the other party would be forced to retreat under the pressure of his army.
After all, the Ottomans were obviously exhausted after nearly two days of fighting. At this time, the addition of a new force of thousands of people was enough to shake the confidence of the most determined commander, so Zepes believed that he only needed to make a tough attack. The posture is enough to force the Ottoman commander to be forced to retreat.
Obtaining a huge reputation for defeating the Ottomans while preserving strength is the best result Zeppers can think of.
Now he hopes that the Earl of Montina will not be defeated too badly, at least stick to it, so that more consumption can be used to contain the Ottomans.
Although the timing was a little late, Xi Sugu's direction of Bucharest's reinforcements was still very accurate.
Fearing that going deep into the plains might expose his flanks and retreats to the Ottoman army on the other side of the Alje River, Zeppes did not directly cross the wetlands on the Bucharest Plain, but let the army advance south and then along the Danube Turn southwest.
Xi Sugu's response was not unpleasant, but his order was still a little late.
Ottoman's left-wing commander almost received the report that he had found the enemy at the same time he received a warning from him.
Ottoman left responded quickly, but the unrest caused by the sudden appearance of the Bucharest army was difficult to control.
Seeing the figure of the Ottoman army from afar, Zeppes sensed Sophia's excitement, and he immediately told the people around him to pay attention to Sophia's movements, in case she did something stupid because of impulse.
At the same time, Cepes ordered the cavalry to attack the Ottoman flanks.
Just as the Ottomans regarded the Anatolian light cavalry as their pride, Wallachia also has its own pride-the Wallachian mountain cavalry.
This kind of cavalry trained with the local mountain horses of Wallachia has a peculiar place that belongs only to them. The peculiarly trained peculiar pace of running forward with the hoofs on the side of the war horse is Vala. The most obvious place for Guinea Mountain Cavalry.
So when the Wallachia whistled and launched an attack from the side of Ottoman's left wing, the Ottoman commander immediately realized that this was the crisis that Xi Sugu had just sent to warn them that they might encounter.
It was just that the enemy appeared too suddenly, and the Bucharest army, which appeared almost at the same time as the warning received, caused the unprepared Ottomans to panic in an instant, and the whole battlefield immediately rolled up a tide because of the appearance of the coalition forces.
When Ottoman's left wing appeared strange, Alexander felt the unusually small change from the enemy's position.
The Ottomans' previous wave of violent attacks came to a short stagnation as if they had suddenly failed.
This change is not obvious, and it is not noticeable without careful observation.
But Alexander just noticed these abnormalities.
The attack on the left wing of the enemy seemed to have slowed down. The thought had just flashed in my heart. Alexander felt as if he had grasped some key things. Although this sudden flash of light disappeared immediately, a brief moment was enough to tell him too much. thing.
It was this moment that Alexander had been looking forward to. His eyes quickly turned to the right wing of the front, watching the Genoa army, which had already become panic, finally slowed down the pace under the supervision of officers and hunting guards. Alexander ’s heart suddenly accelerated. !
At this time he was even more tense than when he was almost broken by the Ottoman army.
Alexander stared closely at the right wing, even though the shadow of the Anatolian light cavalry appeared again on the central front at this time, his eyes remained fixed on the east.
Finally, he noticed a change in the position of the Ottomans.
The Ottoman cavalry who had originally tried to attack the right wing deeply had almost completely stopped at this time, and their infantry were quickly moving to the side of their position.
"They are organizing the defense, yes, the Ottomans are turning into the defense!" Alexander shouted excitedly back to the people around him, seeing that the others didn't seem to understand it yet, and Alexander repeated with a sword pointing at the distance and repeated loudly. Did n’t you see that the Ottomans are turning into a defensive formation because someone is attacking them!

The Montina officers were stunned, but when they saw that the two forces on the right of the front were indeed in a rather strange state of "detachment", some Ottoman troops that had already been wedged into the position of Montina were making a sound. When they stopped their offense under the order of the command, and even began to shrink their formation, they finally understood what Alexander said.
"The Bucharest people, Bucharest's army came to support us!" Someone quickly guessed the truth, regardless of whether the guess was correct, only in a short time, a cheer rang out over the entire Montina position: " The reinforcements are here! We are saved! "
There was shouting everywhere, cheering everywhere, the retreating army stopped involuntarily, and the troops still fighting desperate resistance were encouraged by this exciting news to wage a more brutal battle with the Ottomans.
Even more daring troops, such as the Balkan regiment, rushed directly from the position that had been desperately defending, and unexpectedly launched a counterattack against the Ottomans.
The situation in the eastern part of the front has changed dramatically as the Bucharest army joined the battle.
As the left side of the Ottoman army had to divide its forces to resist the enemy from the lower Danube, Xi Sugu immediately felt the pressure caused by this change.
The frontal Montina army is continuing to shrink its position, or they have almost completely abandoned their left wing Danube.
But if it was before, this might make Xi Sugu happy, but now he tightens his eyebrows.
Xi Sugu understands that Alexander is daring to give up the Danube so boldly because he knows that he can no longer have excess troops and threaten the two wings of the Montina at this time.
To make matters worse, as the scouts kept on exploring, he knew at this time that it was Valepia's Grand Duke Cepes who attacked his left wing.
There is no general Ottoman who does not know that Vlad III with the name of the piercing culprit, even if his head is finally hung on the gate of Constantinople, Vlad III is still a nightmare for many Ottomans.
As the son of Vlad III, Zeppes naturally received the attention of the Ottomans, not to mention that he can be said to be the most steadfast Ottoman opponent in the entire Balkans.
Xi Sugu's judgment on his hindsight was both complacent and helpless, especially after hearing that Zepez's army was about 4 to 5,000 people, Xi Sugu had to face the possibility that he might lose the battle for the first time.
Retreat in the direction of the Alger River?
This idea was rejected by Xi Sugu with only a flash.
This is not because he cannot face defeat. Xi Sugu is not a person willing to take risks for the sake of fame. Every time he allows, he will try to make the situation as good as he can to attack the enemy, and once the situation is unfavorable, he can not care at all. Whether to retreat to your own reputation.
But this time it was different. Xi Sugu felt that there was no need to retreat, or that he could not withdraw.
Although the Alger River is not a famous river in Europe, its size cannot be underestimated.
Xi Sugu can hardly imagine the consequences if he retreats at this time.
Nearly 7000 Montina generals on the front and the Bucharest army of about 5,000 people behind the side formed a pincer attack, and then the Montina can take advantage of the more favorable internal operations that their front has formed and quickly concentrate their forces to launch against him. attack.
As a result, his army will be simultaneously attacked by the enemy from both north and south directions.
Xi Sugu quickly inferred the various drawbacks that the retreat would bring him, but what if he did not retreat?
The Ottomans turned their heads slightly, their eyes on the other side of the Alger River.
Nearly 70,000 troops in Sudan are across the river, and this cannot be ignored by anyone.
How much courage and determination does the Bucharest have to face the field with the Ottoman army?
Thinking of this, Xi Sugu ordered to stop the attack, and at the same time he issued an order to turn into defense on the spot.
The Ottoman soldiers retreated like a tide, and many of the small Ottoman troops who had not been able to retreat because they were too violently slammed into the Montina position became the victims of the ever-changing war on the battlefield.
They were completely abandoned in the rear of the enemy position and were helpless. As the Montina army began to counterattack, these completely surrounded Ottoman soldiers had to gather in groups of three or five or more, while relying on the terrain around them. Deadly resistance, while frantically searching for opportunities to get rid of them with miracles.
But such an opportunity is obviously not so easy to appear. A small Ottoman army was wiped out by the rushing Montina army. For those who saw the enemy form a dense formation, there will be dark red musketeers, and then in The fierce shooting followed by Montina's army of swords and spears. The Ottomans only issued a terrible curse before they died.
At this time, Alexander had already mounted Pagasos again, and beside him, the hunting guards who had already withdrawn from the position were rushing to prepare under the command of the officers.
"Sir, we can continue fighting." A hunting guard was a little dissatisfied with being removed from the position. In addition to the honor, the generous loot and the rewards that he can get in his hometown because of military merit, all hunting guards have an unusual fighting enthusiasm. This This enthusiasm even makes many other troops feel incredible.
Especially those mercenaries like Pisa, who are almost crazy about the hunting guards, feel unbelievable.
"Of course I know that you can still fight, but I need you to rest now," while saying this, Alexander's eyes were always staring brightly at the Ottoman army that was gradually forming a defense line from west to north, and What surprised Alexander was that he found that almost all the heavy soldiers of the Ottoman army were pressed on the side leading to the direction of Bucharest, and the right wing close to the direction of the Alger River appeared surprisingly weak, which made Alexander could n’t help but secretly horrified. People, it ’s not a big appetite. "
"Adult, the Ottoman front is good for us," Busako, who has always looked at the direction of the Ottoman position regardless of Alexander's security, can't help but whisper of joy. "If we send troops now, we can cut them off with Al Jiehe's first-line contact. "
"Interesting suggestion," an unfamiliar voice came from behind them. As he turned around, Alexander saw a man riding a horse, and a man in armor accompanied him by several knights. If you do that, you will be killed by the Ottoman army on the other side of the river at the next moment. I believe you must not be the Earl of Montina, otherwise your army will be cut into pieces by Ottoman at this time. "
Busako's face suddenly turned red. Although he knew he wasn't a general, he didn't expect that he would be so ridiculed when he first made suggestions.
"I'm Earl Montina," Alexander looked at each other, guessing his identity, and then raised his hand slightly to pay tribute, "Count Montina, Alexander Juliant Gumbre."
"I've been admiring your name for a long time," and the other party immediately raised his hand to signal, "I'm Grand Duke Cepis of Wallachia," and when he said this, he continued and said, "It's Sophia Alexandra Valeo." Slightly protect the princess. "
Hearing Zeppes ’s words, Alexander ’s eyebrows were slightly discerned, and he said,
Duke, do you seem to have other views on the deployment of the Ottomans?

"Or that's what we all think," glanced at Alexander carefully, and Zeppes's eyes turned to the Ottoman front. "This Ottoman general is very smart. He actually used the method you used before, Earl. Concentrating our forces on the other side of the front, and we really have no way to take him, right? We ca n’t risk attacking his left wing, because this is equivalent to completely exposing ourselves to the main forces of Ottoman on the other side of the river. "
"So the only thing we can do now is one thing." Alexander nodded gently.
"While the main force of Sudan is not yet ready to launch an offensive against us, we should choose to retreat at this time ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Nods agreed by Cepes.
"Yeah, it's time to retreat," Alexander whispered. He turned to look at the battlefield behind him, looking at the battlefield where the corpses were everywhere, and Alexander finally let out a breath of relief. "Thank you for coming to Duke, really Thank you very much. "
At about 2 p.m. on April 5, 1499, after nearly a full day of fighting, the armies of both sides broke away from the fighting.
The joined forces of Montina and Bucharest began to retreat eastward along the Danube.
The Ottoman army retreated to the Alger River.
The Battle of the Alger River, with a total of nearly 20,000 troops invested by the two sides, had a clear advantage at the beginning of the Ottomans. However, the situation after the arrival of Bucharest reinforcements changed drastically, and finally ended at the initiative of leaving the battle after paying a heavy price for each.
Throughout the battle, the main forces of Ottoman, commanded by Sultan Bayesert II himself, remained alert along the left bank of the Alje River without sending a soldier.
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