Chapter 268: Cabdes Drowns

The leaders of each tribe also realized the danger and shouted loudly, and stopped their people from going down the river, forcing them to turn around and meet the enemy...

This chaotic scene was reflected in Pequot's vision. He led 2,000 soldiers late at night the night before, each carrying four large loaves of bread. After crossing the pontoon bridge, he dismantled the pontoon bridge and went to the pre-selected camp.

This camp was in the dense forest, far away from the forest road, and beyond the detection range of Pannoni's spies.

He kept his troops in place all day the next day, but sent the soldiers who were best at moving in the dense forest to spy on the enemy's actions without being discovered by the enemy's spies.

When he learned that the enemy would camp on the north bank of the Kupa River at dusk, he had the idea of ​​a night attack, but most of his team were new recruits, and that night was dark and there was no moon. The enemy's leader was cautious, so it was likely that the sneak attack would fail and instead alert the enemy.

He suppressed this impulse and decided to act according to the original plan.

In the early morning of this day, he and his soldiers ate dry bread in the rain, and under the guidance of the new recruit Skodischi who was familiar with the terrain of the forest, they began to quietly march in the dense forest towards the direction of the forest road. The drizzle and mist played a role. Most of the birds and beasts in the forest hid in their nests, and their march did not make a big noise to arouse the suspicion of the Pannoni people...

In the end, the whole team hid in the dense forest behind the Pannoni army that was crossing the river, and kept abreast of the Pannoni army's crossing of the river through the spies sent out.

After yesterday's smooth march and camping, Kabudes had let down a lot of his guard. Today, he focused on crossing the river again, but habitually sent a few scouts around. He was like this, let alone others.

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

In order to attack faster and fight longer, Pequot did not let the soldiers wear armor, only shields and daggers. Now his goal has been achieved: the enemy troops still on the north bank of the river are in chaos and do not have enough time to reorganize... He even saw some enemies who were too nervous and even broke their belts and their trousers fell on their feet when they hurriedly pulled out the spears stuck in their backs...

"Achieve merit!" Pequot raised his dagger and shouted loudly.

"Achieve merit!!!..." The soldiers responded in unison, full of excitement.

"Revenge!" he shouted again.

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

In addition to some veterans who Aulus and Pequot specially requested from the Ministry of War to serve as team officers, most of the other members of the Fourth Legion were reserve members of the Scodischi tribe, with only a very small number of reserve members of the Pannoni tribe. However, Maximus had left the Fourth Legion to implement a plan to deceive the world, and he was not sure about the Pannoni recruits in the Fourth Legion, so he transferred them all away and replaced them with Scodischi people.

Now, the team led by Pequot, with a desire for merit and hatred for the enemy, was fighting against the enemy with high morale.

If Andres was still there, he would definitely lead the way in such an emergency, fight the enemy and boost morale. But Cabodes just rode his horse and hid behind the team, shouting anxiously, and so did his son Casinos, who was appointed by him to lead the main force.

The general is the courage of the soldiers. If the leader cannot set a good example, how can the soldiers dare to fight bravely.

Pequot took the lead and rushed to the front, but he did not charge blindly. His sharp eyes swept across the front of the enemy and saw that there was an enemy who didn't even have a shield. Perhaps he was affected by his own momentum, holding a spear in both hands and shaking constantly...

He rushed over.

Before he ran to the front, the pale enemy roared hoarsely and stabbed the spear at him.

Pequot just tilted his head slightly, easily avoiding the spearhead, accelerated forward and took a big step, stabbed out with a dagger, and pierced the opponent's neck. Then he pushed the square shield in his left hand forward vigorously, pushing the seriously injured enemy out, not only helping him block the spears from behind, but also pushing them back.

Pequot took the opportunity to squeeze into the gap in the front of the enemy, protecting his head and chest with the square shield, and stabbed the dagger in his hand quickly to the side, front and bottom, and immediately several screams were heard.

The enemy who was stabbed by the sword exposed his body under the protection of the shield in severe pain, and was immediately stabbed by the Nix soldiers who followed closely...

Following closely behind Pequot were veterans who fought side by side with him in Italy. They were all experienced and very brave. They formed a sharp sword tip and easily cut through the hastily formed array of the Segestica army. They kept killing in front, and soldiers kept pouring in from the rear, and the gap in the enemy's formation kept widening...

Temagis saw the friendly army being attacked on the other side of the river. He was surprised and wanted to order his troops to cross the river to help the friendly army. But the river was full of Segestica warriors who were wading, blocking the passage he wanted to rescue. He had to send people to the river bank to force the warriors in the river to return and kill the enemy.

Some Segestica warriors in the river chose to obey, while others turned a deaf ear and sped up the crossing. When they were about to reach the shore, because the Desitiatae warriors on the shore did not give way, they cursed and pushed each other, and the river bank became a little chaotic...

The anxious Temagis wanted to chop down all these cowardly friendly soldiers, but this was obviously impossible. He had to order the troops to clear the way first...

During this process, the Nix army had already killed through the enemy formation, and Pequot went straight to Kabudes behind the formation.

Kabudes, who was riding on a horse before, saw with his own eyes that Pequot was very brave and no one in the formation could defeat him. He was chopped down by him one after another. At this moment, this killer was covered in blood and rushed towards him with a hideous face. He was immediately frightened and shouted in panic: "Quick... Go up and stop him!..." while turning his horse's head subconsciously.

The warhorse immediately jumped into the river, and Kabudes, like he did last year, abandoned the team and fled...

Unfortunately, in a hurry, the warhorse collided with the returning warrior and fell into the river with a neigh.

The incident happened too suddenly. Before Kabudes could react, the cold river water poured into his mouth and nose. Then the body of the warhorse hit his right leg heavily. The severe pain made him open his mouth wide, but more river water poured into his body...

Originally, there were only more than 3,000 Segestica warriors left on the north bank. They did not have an absolute advantage in numbers, not to mention that they were in a hurry to fight. They were attacked by the Nix people, and the hastily put together formation was quickly disrupted. As a result, their leader actually fled first. Some people watched him drowned in the river...

The Segestica warriors who went on this expedition Some of them were captured by the Nixes last year and later redeemed. They were afraid of the Nixes in their hearts. They were already shaken by the fierce attack of the Nixes soldiers. Now they saw Kabudes drowned in the river. The painful memories of last year instantly came to their minds, so they threw away their weapons and turned around to run...

The Segestica army fighting on the north bank of the Kupa River was quickly defeated. Most of the defeated soldiers jumped into the river and fled to the south bank desperately, and a few ran to both sides along the river bank...

Pecot did not expect the enemy to be defeated so quickly. In a blink of an eye, the river was full of panicked and shouting enemies, almost cutting off the river.

Some Nixes soldiers followed into the river to pursue. The blood of the defeated soldiers who were stabbed not only dyed the river red, but their screams also frightened the defeated soldiers in front. They fled forward desperately, not hesitating to push down their companions in front...

Temagis saw the tragic situation in the river, closed his eyes in pain, and then ordered the troops on the shore to make way and do their best to rescue friendly soldiers to the shore.

At the same time, seeing that the enemy troops on the other side were in neat formation and moving in an orderly manner, Pequot hurriedly sent out his men to stop the soldiers from crossing the river to pursue, and at the same time called back the troops that were chasing other fleeing soldiers.

Pequot regrouped the troops on the north bank, and Temagis took in the fleeing soldiers on the south bank...

After a while, the river section was empty, but in the distant downstream, many floating figures and faint cries for help could still be seen...

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 Pannonian coalition, and the two sides confronted each other across the river. The Pannonian coalition was undoubtedly much stronger, but at this time the Nix people shouted and cursed loudly by the river, and even made insulting actions such as peeing and showing their buttocks, but the Pannonian coalition on the other side remained silent.

""Leader, these Nix people are so hateful! They just defeated the Segestica army by sneak attack, and they dared to be so rampant! We should fight across the river and completely destroy them, to avenge the killed Segestica compatriots and the great chieftain of Kabudes! "A leader of the Desitiatai tribe said angrily.

Another tribal leader saw what Temagis was thinking and persuaded him: "Great chieftain, the enemy's troops are not many. If we do not fight them but retreat, it will only be ridiculed and damage your prestige. If we can defeat them, it will greatly boost our morale!"

Temagis pondered for a long time, shook his head and said: "You all crossed the river just now, and you should know 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 unfavorable to us. We cannot exert our strength and will increase more unnecessary casualties!

Look at our soldiers again. Facing such insults from the enemy, there is no expression of anger. This shows that the tragic defeat of Segestica has a relatively large impact on them. Fighting the enemy with such morale and in such an unfavorable terrain, even if we win in the end, the casualties suffered by the soldiers may be difficult for us to accept——"