Rome Must Fall

At this time, Aulus, who was in the center of the formation, shouted loudly: "Brothers, don't worry! Just occupy your position! Hold the square shield tightly and protect your body! These cavalrymen dare not hit us! Believe me, they will never hit us!..."

Aulus shouted loudly over and over again, until his voice was hoarse. Under his leadership, the officers also shouted. The soldiers were skeptical, but at least their bodies were no longer trembling.

The enemy cavalry was getting closer and closer! Closer and closer! The momentum of the Hittites was getting stronger and stronger! ... Some of the soldiers facing them were so nervous that they closed their eyes...

Terres saw that he had rushed to the front, but the enemy formation was still standing, and he was immediately disappointed.

Sure enough, the warhorse under his crotch slowed down immediately, and the long neck leaned to the left. He had to pull the reins to the left, and the warhorse successfully turned left.

Horses are timid and sensitive animals. As long as they realize there is danger ahead, they will never charge forward foolishly. Only by blindfolding them or conducting long-term special training can they overcome this fear. But the Pannonians are obviously unwilling to make such a consumption and do not have the corresponding technical reserves.

While turning, Tellus raised his long sword in his right hand and slashed it horizontally. With a "bang", it hit the thick square shield.

After missing the attack, Tellus did not stop and was carried to the left by the warhorse...

The soldier who blocked the opponent's attack fell to the ground with a stone, thinking: What the legion commander said is right. These cavalrymen look scary, but they are actually nothing special and easy to deal with...

These thoughts flashed through his mind, and he subconsciously raised his head to see the disappointed back of the enemy cavalry.

The team officer suddenly shouted anxiously behind him: "Idiot! Lower your head! Lower your head!..."

It's too late!

A flash of cold light passed by. It was the long sword swung by the cavalryman following closely behind Terles after turning left. The long sword passed along the upper edge of the square shield and hit the soldier's helmet. Although the helmet protected him from being cut, the strong impact caused the soldier to be dizzy, thus exposing more flaws.

Another cavalryman following closely swung a long sword, and the sword flashed, and it hit the soldier's exposed neck. Blood splattered immediately, and he fell on his back.

The centurion behind him no longer cared about his comrades at this moment, and kicked him forward with force. The soldier's body flew out of the formation and fell on the route of the enemy cavalry. The galloping warhorse was immediately startled and fell on the muddy ground, affecting the cavalry following behind...

Taking advantage of the gap in the chaos of the enemy cavalry, the centurion raised his shield and took a big step forward to restore the shield wall in the front row.

At the same time, the officers were also loudly reminding their soldiers to hold on to their shields, protect themselves, and not be disturbed by the enemy's attacks.

After the Daisitiatai cavalry column turned left, it galloped to the left parallel to the Nix formation, and at the same time, taking advantage of the momentum of the horses, it kept slashing, and a flash of swords appeared in front of Nix's shield formation.

When the long swords kept hitting the shields in their hands, when the swords kept flashing from the top of their heads or the sides, listening to the roars of the enemy and the heavy neighs of the war horses, despite the constant reminders of the team officers, there were still a very small number of soldiers under this suffocating pressure, because of nervousness and weakness, their shields were chopped off, they lost their protection and fell down with swords, or they couldn't help but attack under pressure, but were eventually knocked down because of their exposed bodies...

Although the Daisitiatai cavalry seemed to have the upper hand, the road was slippery after the rain, and the war horses were prone to stumble during the gallop. In addition, the four-cornered saddle can make the cavalry sit more steadily on the horse, but when the long sword is embedded in the square shield, if it cannot be withdrawn or released in time, the reaction force caused by the huge forward inertia will still push the cavalry down, and the cavalry who fell to the ground with broken hands and feet is a small matter, once they are stepped on by the warhorse following closely, it is almost impossible to survive...

This led to a strange phenomenon. After the Deisitiatae cavalry charged, their casualties were even greater than those of the enemy.

During this period, Temagis had merged the spear arrays formed by various tribes into two large square arrays. After seeing that the cavalry's attack did not destroy the opponent's shield array, he quickly issued an order for "infantry attack".

The two Deisitiatae square arrays advanced side by side. After marching to a distance of about 30 meters from the enemy, the square array warriors on the right launched a charge towards the enemy in front, and the square array warriors on the right also accelerated their pace, preparing to attack the enemy's flank in a roundabout way.

At the same time, Cassinos, who led the cavalry to retreat to the side and rear of the enemy array to rest, led his men to attack the rear of the enemy array again.

For a time, Aulus's team was attacked on three sides (except for the left side, which was close to the Kupa River), and the situation became more serious.

However, the soldiers did not feel afraid. The previous charge of the Desitiatae cavalry made them nervous because they had never seen such a fighting method. Now the enemy attacked from three sides, and they, who had experienced the test, were full of hatred for the enemy and desire to make merit, and their fighting spirit was high.

Under the loud reminders of the officers, they shrank inward, half-crouched, square shields to protect their heads and chests, clenched short swords in their hands, and stared at the front, ready to fight the enemy to the death at any time... The entire Nix phalanx turned into a solid stone.

At that moment, the sound of killing shook the sky...

Temagis rode on his horse, watching the battle ahead, looking forward to the victory. He could see that this enemy was not easy to deal with, but because of this, it was more gratifying to win.

"Report to the chief, there are enemies coming from behind!" Tan Ma rushed to report: "It's the one on the other side of the river!"

The cunning Knicks want to take advantage again, but this time they don't want to leave! ... Temagis sneered and ordered: "Go and ask Terles to bring the cavalry here!"

"Big leader, our cavalry is besieging the enemy in front. I'm afraid it may be too late to let them come over." his subordinate reminded.

"Forget it." Temagis waved his hand indifferently and said instead: "Since the cavalry can't come over for the time being, tell the tribe not to attack yet, so as not to scare them away, so let's wait for them to approach first. Then attack."

Yes, Temagis had considered in advance that the enemies in the rear might come to cause trouble, so he deployed nearly 3,000 soldiers in the rear. Now they have formed a formation and are not afraid of the enemy's surprise attack.

In order to better understand the enemy's situation, Temagist rode his horse and rushed to the rear array. In his field of vision: a large group of enemies appeared in a wide fan, rushing toward him. Because they were not wearing armor, they were marching The speed was very fast, without any pause, he rushed within a hundred meters in the blink of an eye...

Not only was Temakis not nervous, he was actually happy: the enemies in the back were much easier to deal with than the ones in the front!

"Attack and kill them!" Temagis rode back and gave the order.

"Woo...Woo...Woo..." The horn sounded, and nearly 3,000 Daixi Tiatai warriors from behind launched a charge and collided head-on with the enemy.

At this moment, three hundred elite soldiers, led by Pecot himself, hidden behind the seemingly scattered charge line of Knick soldiers, bypassed their far left flank at a faster speed, and then bypassed the enemy's. On the far right, like a speeding cheetah, it pounces on its favorite prey - the Segestica army that is protected between the front and rear Daixitiantai armies.

When the crew conveyed Aulus's order to Pecot, he immediately realized that this was an extremely difficult task, but if it was not carried out, he would sit back and watch the demise of Aulus and his team. When the war was over and the leader settled old scores, he All the achievements made before will be in vain, and they will also be severely punished by military law.

After making up his mind to attack, Pecot did not act blindly. He first asked the crew to drive him to the river near the battlefield, quietly peeked at the enemy's formation, and had an idea in his mind, and then returned to his own. The team summoned the team officers to describe and improve their combat plan... which eventually led to this scene on the battlefield.

When Temagis saw an enemy army suddenly rushing to the rear and attacking Segestica's army, his expression suddenly changed and he shouted: "Hurry up and stop them! Send someone to stop them!"

Unfortunately, 5,000 soldiers and cavalry are besieging Aulus's army in the front, and nearly 3,000 soldiers are in the rear with 1,300 soldiers under Pecot's command. Temagis has no extra team to send, even if he It was already too late to mobilize some of the nearly 3,000 soldiers nearby to stop them.

The Desitiatai people were fighting bravely, and the Segostika people were also on the battlefield, but most of them were not thinking. Their compatriots died tragically under the enemy's swords and drowned in the cold river. Even the new leader No lives... Last year's terrible haze shrouded everyone again, leaving them worried: Where will the tribes of Segestika go next? …

Suddenly, the terrifying Knicks appeared in front of us, and the one at the front was the ferocious and terrifying God of Death!

Being escorted by the Daixitiantai army, the Segostika soldiers originally felt very safe. Many soldiers even took advantage of this gap to wring out their soaked clothes. They were not prepared for battle at all, so they almost They were defeated at the first touch, and the one who escaped the fastest was Cassinos, their current leader.

"Drive them over!..." Seeing that things were developing as smoothly as he had expected, Pecot raised his sword and shouted excitedly.

In fact, his voice was covered up by the frightened shouts of the Segestica people and would not be heard by the soldiers following him. However, these subordinates who were very convinced of him seriously carried out the plan in advance—— Drive the fleeing Scodisqi people toward the rear of the spear phalanx composed of nearly three thousand Daixitiantai warriors.