Chapter 289 Venice is in emergency

Chapter 289 Venice is in emergency

With Genoa's reminder, the Roman navy took action, preparing to annihilate the Venetian navy in one fell swoop. This would have been a death sentence for Venice.

Peter continued to expand his control, and the war finally reached the borders of Venice. Towns such as Cormons and Udine were plundered, a large amount of farmland was burned, granaries and treasuries were plundered, and the residents of the towns were sold into slavery and prepared to be exiled to Anatolia.

Venice finally began to be afraid. The last time a large army pressed against Venice was when the Magyars attacked Venice. Now that the Roman army is attacking, Venice must prepare for war with all its strength.

The first thing Peter did was to plunder northern Italy's granaries and deny them access to northern Italy's grain stores. The local population and food were plundered to the end, and the Venetian caravan also suffered heavy losses. Only the land road to Milan was still open. Venice can also obtain some daily necessities by sea, and Peter needs to work harder.

"Tell the soldiers that if they encounter anything that cannot be taken away, they will burn it directly. These cannot fall into the hands of Venice."

Peter continued to arrange his troops, and after annihilating the main force, the Roman army could do whatever he wanted for a long time. He wanted to seize this opportunity and cut off all remaining assistance from Venice.

"Your Highness, we have just received news that Rupert is approaching with his coalition forces with Bavaria and is currently marching towards our army."

"How many of them are there?"

"About 10,000 people"

Ha, why couldn’t Peter accept the military exploits that came to his door? He had to completely cut off Venice's hopes.

"Get ready, we're going to give the Elector a little Roman surprise."

Peter led the army further west, and he also sent several small groups to fight. The two sides then met in Belluzzo.

Out of courtesy, Peter first wrote a letter to Rupert. "This is a matter between our country and Venice. Do you, an elector of the Holy Roman Empire, send troops to get involved? If you can withdraw your troops, I will not fight you, but if you do not withdraw, I will fight against you in the name of Caesar." and cause destruction to your lands.”

Rupert was very angry when he saw this letter. No one had ever been able to threaten him like this. He also wrote a letter to Peter. "Thank you for your kindness, but you were originally the son of the Grand Duke of Wallachia. Later, your father usurped the throne and became the so-called Roman Emperor, and you also became the so-called Caesar. If I were you, I would be ashamed to go somewhere A life spent in the monastery.”

"Lack of words, his knowledge doesn't seem that complete."

After Peter read Rupert's letter, he shook his head. The Elector is still young and vigorous, so it seems that he will not be able to get the extra points option this time.

The next morning, the two sides took up positions on a plain. Peter first sent the cavalry forward to lure the enemy to attack.

"Charge!" "Kill!"

Cossack cavalry and Hungarian cavalry attacked the opposing German army, and Rupert also sent his own cavalry troops to resist.

The Cossack cavalry used scimitars to cut accurately, and some German cavalry quickly went to see God. Rupert directly sent out the German infantry that he was proud of.

"attack!"

These German infantry advanced towards the Roman army's phalanx. Constantine, who was in charge, saw the enemy troops rushing over and began to order long-range troops to attack.

"Cannon, fire!"

A commander gives orders to his soldiers. boom! boom! boom! The shells fired by dozens of artillery pieces accurately landed on the enemy's formation.

"What is this? It's too powerful."

Some of the soldiers who had survived the disaster looked at the people around them turned into flesh and blood, and their hearts were full of joy and fear.

"Fire Greek fire!"

A dozen trebuchets hurled large burning Greek fire jars, and some soldiers also hurled smaller jars. The enemy soldiers who were touched soon caught fire all over their bodies, while the comrades on the side had no choice but to watch them turn into ashes.

"Attack and tear them apart!"

Rupert was a little angry. He issued continuous attack orders and kept asking them to attack the enemy's prepared positions. When Constantine saw that the opponent's speed had increased, he asked the long-range soldiers to retreat and replaced them with a large square formation.

The soldiers came on stage shouting uniform slogans, and the pikemen pointed their weapons at each other. The musketeers have a stable output inside. Although the rate of fire is not as good as that of bows and arrows, the power of the shots still greatly increases the enemy's mortality rate.

"attack!"

A captain ordered the spearmen to attack the Shinra army in front of them, but the opponent could only rely on shields to resist. The length of the spears made it difficult for them to get close to the phalanx.

"Musketeers, attack!"

The officers kept giving orders, and the enemy troops kept falling. There were also some who were not afraid of death and were stabbed to death by spears. The Roman phalanx began to advance. The neat and uniform formation had not been seen for many years. Rupert was a little scared when he saw it.

"What kind of monster did I find to be my opponent?"

Rupert fell into deep self-doubt, and the generals around him kept urging him to retreat and stop interfering in northern Italy. The consequences for Venice, Milan, and the others have nothing to do with him. The most important thing is not to let Rome anger the family, otherwise the Palatinate and Bavaria may not be saved.

"Then, retreat."

Rupert could only retreat reluctantly, after all, the situation on the battlefield was already difficult to reverse. The Cossack cavalry who fought with them have gone back to harvest the lives of these HRE infantry. They and the phalanx are forming an encirclement to surround these soldiers.

The battle lasted for 6 hours, and the Shinra army was almost wiped out. It can be compared to Hannibal. Rupert added another booty to Peter's army.

For a Roman army that was several times larger than the enemy, as long as these 12,000 or so were not the elite among the elite, they would still be easily wiped out by poor weapons and poor tactics.

"Let the army quickly capture Padua, Treviso and Chiggio, and be sure to lock Venice to me in the sea."

Since you are proud of your achievements, then sink in the sea of ​​pride.

Defeating the Palatinate army, the HRE would have no other armies to fight Rome for the time being. Peter took the time to put pressure on Venice and Milan. Duke Gian regretted it very much at this time, but he felt that things could still turn around, as long as he paid a high enough price.

Milan can regret it, but Venice and the Papal States must go all the way to the dark side. The Papal State troops in Naples were defeated one after another, and the cardinals desperately mobilized believers in their own territories to defend Rome. Seeing that Rome could not be captured in a short time, Laszlo attacked the Ravenna area instead.

Rome was also engaged in a culture war with the Papal States and Venice, and large numbers of missionaries and monks followed the army to new lands and forced conversions. The Italian forces were reshuffled.