WI:the Battle of Legnano was crushing hoenstafurn victory

hmmm... Not a expert in Medieval warfare, but maybe Frederick is a bit lucky and the Lombard recon delay a bit, only spotting once the Imperial van is really close. Once Barbarossa assaults the Lombard cavalry is completely routed and the infantry can't mount a phallanx propelly and breaks. With this the Brescians aren't really going to help much.

The outcome is kind fussy, Lombardy is now under firm Imperial hold, but Barbarossa lost a lot of men, could he still march to Rome and depose Alexander III or would the Tuscans and Medianos resist too? In the first... great! That would be the greatest imperial victory over Italy and the Papacy since Henry IV and Barbarossa now have a really strong hold over his realm. In the second things aren't that great, he would need to go back to Germany to deal with Henry the Lion (which he would do in #1 too) and rebuild his strenght before his next Italian adventure, which would be easier since Milan and Lombardy are crushed and aren't going to recover too soon.
 
hmmm... Not a expert in Medieval warfare, but maybe Frederick is a bit lucky and the Lombard recon delay a bit, only spotting once the Imperial van is really close. Once Barbarossa assaults the Lombard cavalry is completely routed and the infantry can't mount a phallanx propelly and breaks. With this the Brescians aren't really going to help much.

The outcome is kind fussy, Lombardy is now under firm Imperial hold, but Barbarossa lost a lot of men, could he still march to Rome and depose Alexander III or would the Tuscans and Medianos resist too? In the first... great! That would be the greatest imperial victory over Italy and the Papacy since Henry IV and Barbarossa now have a really strong hold over his realm. In the second things aren't that great, he would need to go back to Germany to deal with Henry the Lion (which he would do in #1 too) and rebuild his strenght before his next Italian adventure, which would be easier since Milan and Lombardy are crushed and aren't going to recover too soon.
Wait I thought if it was a crushing victory you don't lose a lot of men
 
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