Chapter 289: Military God Hannibal!

As far as the era of cold weapons is concerned, Hannibal's ability to command a group of mercenaries fighting for money to that extent can indeed be called great. Baidu search Geili Literature Network [novels update fast please search] Well, this is just a poor point of view.

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If you defend the city, with the advantage of the city wall, these stone throwers can even throw stones to a distance of fifty or sixty meters.

Not to mention the distance, just talking about the lethality against heavy armored infantry, etc., it is much more powerful than ordinary bows and arrows.

Well, based on the number of armies on both sides here, it should probably be called a battle.

In any case, just looking at the location of this battle, the commander-in-chief of the ancient Roman side should be Scipio.

What puzzled Wei Xiaobei was that there was no commander-in-chief in front of the Carthage side, it was empty.

In any case, the scene in front of him already surpassed the largest war scene Wei Xiaobei had ever seen.

To be honest, even those ancient costume war dramas on TV can organize a battle of two to three thousand people, which is considered very good.

And here, there are more than 20,000 soldiers from both sides.

The entire battlefield was silent, only the slight impact of footsteps on the ground when ancient Roman soldiers and Carthaginian soldiers gathered.

As time went on, the number of Roman soldiers pouring out of the gates began to decrease.

At this time, the number of ancient Roman soldiers counted by Wei Xiaobei has exceeded 28,000! Among them, there are about 6,000 cavalry, while the number of soldiers on the Carthage side exceeds 30,000. Among them, the cavalry is much smaller than that on the ancient Roman side, only about 2,500. But with the addition of four phalanxes composed of more than one hundred war elephants, the Carthage side may not be much weaker than ancient Rome in terms of cavalry.

Time continued to pass, although no one spoke, but the atmosphere in the entire battlefield quickly became dignified and depressed.

Everyone's heart rate seemed to increase a lot.

This atmosphere made Wei Xiaobei feel very uncomfortable. It's like a mountain pressing down on my heart.

At this time, there were no Roman soldiers in the gate of Barcelona.

Time seemed to stand still.

Standing on the white chariot, the great shield in the left hand of Scipio paused slightly, and the orderly holding the huge golden horn immediately began to blow the horn, making a different sound from before.

Immediately, all the ancient Roman phalanxes began to switch positions and regroup.

To be honest, Wei Xiaobei had no idea what the sound of the horn meant, but he had to follow the ancient Roman soldiers around him to change directions.

Um. Although Wei Xiaobei's reaction was quick, due to his unfamiliarity with the transformation of the ancient Roman army formation, he was the worst performer in the phalanx.

From the beginning to the end, the Eagle Flag officer who led the team stared at Wei Xiaobei for more than twenty times, of course. Those young soldiers also received more or less stares from him, but Wei Xiaobei who stood at the back was the one who received the most stares.

If it wasn't for Wei Xiaobei's full set of reserve uniforms, the Eagle Banner officer would have dragged Wei Xiaobei to the first row to stand there long ago.

After a total of more than fifty infantry phalanxes switched back and forth for a while, three lines were formed, and each line was composed of more than ten phalanxes, which were staggered forward and backward, like fish scales.

And the fifteen cavalry phalanxes and five heavy cavalry phalanxes were placed on the left wing. Ten phalanxes of light cavalry were placed on the right flank.

Just after the ancient Roman phalanx was adjusted, Scipio on top of the chariot lifted up the large shield, and the messenger blew a slow horn sound again.

Under the guidance of this horn sound. All the ancient Roman phalanxes began to move forward slowly.

Seeing the advance of the ancient Roman phalanx, the Carthaginian phalanx on the opposite side also began to move forward slowly.

The distance of five kilometers is not too short for ordinary people, but it is not too far for a battle formation with more than 60,000 people on both sides.

About an hour later, when the distance between the two sides was less than two kilometers, they both stopped, at this distance. Soldiers on both sides can roughly see the other side's army formation.

It has to be said that seasoned veterans are not the same as those recruits.

Even Wei Xiaobei could sense something strange about the light infantry phalanx on the ancient Roman side. But soon calmed down under the scolding of the leading officer.

But in those phalanxes mixed with reserve soldiers, there was no movement at all. Not far away, the tens of thousands of neatly arranged and majestic enemy troops seemed to have never appeared in their eyes.

This pause does not mean that the flames of war have been extinguished, but a necessary rest before the great war.

The three-kilometer journey may not be considered too much fatigue for a strong soldier, but it will consume some physical strength to a certain extent. If you don't get enough rest, then the disadvantages for the next battle can be imagined.

It was another half hour of rest time, and Scipio even let the soldiers sit on the ground.

The same is true for the Carthage phalanx on the opposite side.

This kind of waiting made Wei Xiaobei feel a little uncomfortable.

If he had known this was the case, Wei Xiaobei might as well have stayed in the city, and he could more or less earn some evolution points.

Of course, Wei Xiaobei is still looking forward to such a large-scale war.

In such a war, it would not be too difficult to obtain evolution points.

Half an hour later, the soldiers on both sides stood up slowly under the order of the officer, moving their hands and feet in place to eliminate the possible numbness.

The Carthaginian phalanx on the opposite side suddenly separated towards the two sides, and a commander riding a tall horse, escorted by hundreds of elite cavalry, slowly came to the front of the formation from between the separated phalanxes.

Immediately, the soldiers on the Carthage side became excited, and they began to cheer, as if welcoming the arrival of a god.

This commander is no less bulky than Scipio. Like Scipio, he wears a white robe and a golden armor, but his face is full of wisdom.

Hannibal?

Wei Xiaobei probably heard the syllable of the name from the cheers of the Carthage soldiers.

It turned out to be Hannibal?

Wei Xiaobei was inexplicably excited.

Hannibal, the greatest commander of the Carthaginian Empire and one of the four greatest generals recognized in Western history, was invincible and invincible in the war with the ancient Roman Empire, turning the war into a There is an art, an art of killing.

Under his command, the Carthaginian army passed through the Mediterranean Sea, crossed the Alps, and captured southern Gaul. Almost half of the Italian peninsula fell. His army defeated the ancient Roman Empire until it dared not confront it head-on. !

As long as Hannibal's flag appears, the morale of the ancient Roman soldiers will immediately decline.

If it wasn't for Quintus Fabian's delaying tactics regardless of his own status, I am afraid that the ancient Roman city would have been breached by Hannibal.

Of course, every famous general has a tragic history, and this Hannibal is the same. Behind the invincibility, Hannibal's prestige caused anxiety among the rulers of Carthage, which frequently dragged them down. In the battle of Zama, Hannibal completely failed.

But in any case, this famous general is indeed powerful, and his art of war, even if it is modern, still has a high research value.

It can be seen that Hannibal's prestige among the Carthaginian soldiers is extremely high, and the cheers from the Carthaginian phalanx immediately subsided when he raised his right hand slightly.

"%#x-on:￥!......"

Well, Wei Xiaobei didn't understand the words that came out of Hannibal's mouth.

Although the 24 commonly used phonetic letters of Carthage are the prototypes of Greek letters, Aramaic letters, Arabic letters, and Brahmi series letters, and the Greek letters extend to Latin, Cyrillic, Rooney, etc. letters, and Latin Extended to Spanish, French and so on.

But this kind of extension also made Wei Xiaobei really unable to understand the Carthaginian spoken by Hannibal.

Of course, perhaps the language Hannibal spoke was just a secret language used in military affairs.

Because even the senior officers on the ancient Roman side looked dazed.

You must know that ancient Rome and Carthage have been at war for many years, and they have a great understanding of each other's languages.

In this way, Wei Xiaobei judged that it should be a military secret language. To be honest, in the BC era, the creation of this kind of military secret language should be regarded as a very advanced military technology.

There is no doubt that the ancient Roman side did not understand what the Carthaginian army was doing.

Soon, the Carthaginian phalanx was mobilized. Although it seemed a bit chaotic compared to the ancient Roman side, the war elephant phalanx arranged on both sides made the ancient Roman side dare not have the slightest idea of ​​taking advantage of the fire.

In less than twenty minutes, the Carthaginian army formed a half-crescent formation with a raised middle.

To be honest, Wei Xiaobei was a little numb to the adjustment of this formation.

This is the war in the cold weapon era in BC.

The two sides line up on a relatively flat place, adjust their formation, or adjust their own formation according to the opponent's formation, etc. In short, such a battle of tens of thousands of people, the initial assembly, to approaching on foot, plus the adjustment required for the formation Time, back and forth has already spent more than two hours.

If we add the time Wei Xiaobei wasted in Barcelona, ​​more than three hours have passed.

And Wei Xiaobei now enters the gray world once, and the time he can stay is only about seven and a half hours.

In other words, after Wei Xiaobei entered the gray world this time, nearly half of the time has already been spent.

The Carthaginian army on the opposite side is still undergoing some minor fine-tuning, and the ancient Roman side has started a new round of rest. Most of the soldiers sat down on the spot, and even the cavalry dismounted to feed their own war horses. forage.

Seeing such a state, Wei Xiaobei simply focused his attention on the attribute panel. The battle was imminent, and he should have improved his strength. In such a large-scale war, even Wei Xiaobei dared not say that he would definitely able to stick to the end.

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