Rome Must Fall

The leaders of each tribe were also aware of the danger. They also shouted loudly and prevented the tribesmen from entering the river, forcing them to turn around and face the enemy...

This chaotic scene came into Pecot's field of vision. He led 2,000 soldiers late the night before, each carrying four large loaves of bread. After crossing the pontoon bridge, he dismantled the pontoon bridge and then headed to the pre-selected camping site.

This campsite is in a dense forest, far away from the forest road, and outside the exploration range of Pannoni's spies.

He remained stationary throughout the next day, but sent out soldiers who were best at maneuvering in dense forests to spy on the enemy's movements without being discovered by enemy spies.

When he learned that the enemy was staying on the north bank of the Kupa River at dusk, he had the idea of ​​a night attack. However, most of his team were new recruits. It was dark and moonless that night, and the enemy leader was more cautious, so a sneak attack was likely. If it doesn't work, it will scare the snake away.

He suppressed the urge and decided to stick to the original plan.

Early this morning, he and the soldiers finished eating the dry bread in the rain. Under the guidance of the new recruit Skodisci, who was familiar with the terrain of the forest, they began to march quietly in the direction of the forest road in the dense forest. The drizzle and thin The fog played its role. Most of the birds and beasts in the forest were hiding in their nests, and their march did not cause any big noise to arouse the suspicion of the Pannoni people...

In the end, the entire team was hidden in the dense forest behind the Pannoni army that was crossing the river, and the spies sent out were kept informed of the Pannoni army's crossing of the river.

After yesterday's smooth march and camping, Kabdus had already put down a lot of vigilance. Today, he focused all his attention on crossing the river. He just habitually sent a few sentries around. If he was like this, others would Not to mention.

When Pequot learned that most of the enemy's troops had crossed the river, he decisively issued the order to attack.

In order to attack faster and fight longer, Pecot did not let the soldiers wear armor, but only carried shields and short swords. Now his goal was achieved: the enemy team still on the north bank of the river looked chaotic and did not have enough time. to reorganize... He even saw some enemies who were so nervous that when they hurriedly pulled out the spears stuck in their backs, they even broke their belts and their trousers fell down on their feet...

"Meritorious!" Pecot raised his dagger high and shouted loudly.

"Meritorious service!!!..." the soldiers responded in unison, full of excitement.

"Revenge!" he shouted again.

"Revenge!!!" Most of the soldiers roared like thunder.

Except for Aulus and Pecot, who specially requested some veterans from the Ministry of War to serve as team officers, most of the others in the Fourth Army were Skodisci reserve people, and only a very small number of Pannoni reserve people. However, Maximus had left the Fourth Army behind to implement a plan to conceal the truth. He was worried about the Pannoni recruits in the Fourth Army, so he transferred them all away and replaced them with Skodisci.

Today, the team commanded by Pecot is full of desire for meritorious service and hatred of the enemy, and they are fighting against the enemy with high morale.

If Andres were still here, he would definitely take the lead in fighting out in such an emergency to confront the enemy and boost morale. But Cabudets just rode and hid behind the troops, shouting anxiously, as did his son Cassinos, whom he appointed to command the main army.

A general is a brave soldier, but if the leader cannot set an example, how can the pawns dare to fight bravely?

Pecot took the lead and rushed to the front, but he did not rush into the formation blindly. His sharp eyes swept across the front of the enemy army and saw a place where the enemy did not even hold a shield. Perhaps because of his own momentum, he held a long sword in both hands. The spear kept shaking...

He rushed over.

Before he could reach him, the pale enemy roared at the top of his lungs and thrust his spear towards him.

Pecot just tilted his head slightly and easily avoided the spearhead. He accelerated and took a big step forward. The dagger quickly stabbed out and pierced the opponent's neck. Immediately afterwards, the square shield of his left hand was pushed forward fiercely, pushing the seriously injured enemy out. Not only did it help him block the spear thrust from behind, but it also pushed them back.

Pecot took the opportunity to squeeze into the gap in the enemy's front line, shielding his head and chest with his square shield, and quickly stabbed the side, front and bottom with the dagger in his hand, and several screams immediately rang out.

The enemy who was hit by the sword was exposed in severe pain and his body protected by the shield was immediately stabbed to death by the Knick soldiers who followed...

Immediately behind Pecot were veterans who had fought alongside him in Italy. They were all experienced in combat and very brave. They formed a sharp sword tip and easily cut through the Segostica army. A hastily assembled array. They kept killing in the front, soldiers continued to pour in from the rear, and the gap in the enemy's formation continued to expand...

Temagis was surprised when he saw friendly forces being attacked on the other side of the river. He immediately wanted to order his troops to cross the river to assist the friendly forces. But the river was full of Segostika warriors who were wading, blocking the channel he wanted to rescue. He had to send people to the river bank to force the warriors in the river to return quickly to kill the enemy.

Some Segostika warriors in the river chose to obey, but some turned a deaf ear and instead accelerated across the river. When they approached the shore, the Desitiatai warriors on the bank cursed each other because they refused to give way. , pushing and shoving, the river bank became a little chaotic...

The impatient Temagis wanted to cut down all these friendly soldiers who were afraid of death, but this was obviously impossible. He had to order his troops to get out of the way first...

In the process, the attacking Knicks army had penetrated the enemy formation, and Pecot went straight to Kabudez behind the formation.

Kabdus, who was riding on the horse before, saw with his own eyes that Pecot was very brave and unmatched in the formation. He cut down many people in succession. At this moment, the god of death was covered in blood and rushed towards him with a ferocious face. Suddenly, he felt terrified, and shouted in panic: "Quick... hurry up, stop him!..." while subconsciously turning the horse's head.

The horses immediately jumped into the river, and Kabdus abandoned the team and ran away, just like he had done last year...

Unfortunately, in the rush, the war horse collided with the returning warriors and fell into the river with a roar.

The thing happened so suddenly that before Kabdus had time to react, cold river water poured into his mouth and nose, and then the body of the war horse hit him heavily on his right leg. The severe pain made him open his mouth wide, but more... The river water poured into the body...

There were only more than 3,000 Segestika warriors who originally stayed on the north shore, and they did not have an absolute advantage in terms of numbers. What's more, they rushed to the battle. They were quickly attacked by the Knicks, and the hastily put together formation was quickly overrun. There was chaos, but their leader actually ran away first, and some people even saw him being submerged by the river...

Some of the Segostika soldiers who went on this expedition were captured by the Knicks last year and later ransomed. Deep down in their hearts, they were afraid of the Knicks, and their fighting spirit was shaken when they were bravely attacked by the Knicks soldiers. , at this moment, I saw Kabudez submerged in the river again. The painful memories of last year suddenly came to my mind, so I threw away my weapon, turned around and ran away...

The Segostika army fighting on the north bank of the Kupa River was quickly defeated. Most of the defeated troops jumped into the river and fled desperately to the south bank, while a small number ran along the river bank to both sides...

Pecott did not expect that the enemy would be defeated so quickly. In the blink of an eye, the river was filled with enemies screaming in panic, almost cutting off the river.

Some Knick soldiers followed them down the river in pursuit. Not only did the blood of the stabbed soldiers stain the river red, but their screams frightened the soldiers in front. They fled forward desperately, even pushing down their companions...

Seeing the tragic situation in the river, Temagis closed his eyes in pain, then ordered the troops on the shore to get out of the way, and tried his best to rescue friendly soldiers ashore.

At the same time, Pecot saw that the enemy troops on the other side were well organized and moving in an orderly manner. He quickly sent out his men to stop the soldiers from pursuing across the river, and at the same time called back the teams that were pursuing other broken troops.

Pecot regrouped his troops on the north bank, while Temagis took in the defeated troops on the south bank...

After a while, the river section was deserted, but in the distance downstream there were still many figures floating in the river and faint calls for help...

On the north bank of the Kupa River were nearly 2,000 soldiers of the Nix army, and on the south bank of the Kupa river were more than 10,000 soldiers of the Pannoni coalition. The two sides faced each other across the river. The Pannoni coalition was undoubtedly much stronger. However, at this time, the Knicks were shouting and cursing by the river, and even made insulting actions such as peeing and flashing their buttocks. However, the Pannoni coalition on the other side remained silent.

""Chief, these Knicks are so abominable! They just defeated the Segestica army through a sneak attack, so they dared to be so rampant! We should kill across the river, completely eliminate them, and avenge those killed Segestica compatriots and the great leader of Kabdus! "A Daixi Tiatai tribe leader said angrily.

Another tribal leader saw Temagis's thoughts and also persuaded: "Big leader, the enemy's troops are not many. If we retreat instead of fighting them, it will only cause ridicule and damage your prestige. And if we can defeat them, it will greatly boost our morale!”

Temagis pondered for a long time, shook his head and said: "You have all crossed the river just now. You should be very clear that although the river here is shallow, it is not easy to walk. Now the enemy is guarding the river bank. We cross the river to attack. The terrain is very difficult for us. Unfavorable, we cannot use our strength and will cause more unnecessary casualties!

If you look at our soldiers, they did not show any anger when faced with such insults from the enemy. This shows that the tragic defeat of Segestica had a relatively large impact on them. With such morale and fighting the enemy in such unfavorable terrain, even if we win in the end, the casualties paid by the soldiers will probably be unacceptable to us——"