Chapter 269 Aulus's Decision

Temagis looked around at the calmed down tribal leaders and said with emphasis: "What we need to do now is to take the soldiers to the stronghold of Segestika, let them get a good rest, regain their morale, and then cooperate The armies of several other large tribes will attack the territory of the Nyx people and completely destroy them. At that time, I will want to see if this damn Nyx army still has the courage to shout at us! "

Temagis's words convinced the tribal leaders of Daixitiatai, and some of the Segostika tribal leaders who had become homeless dogs would not object, because they could not wait to leave this place that made them heart palpitate as soon as possible.

Seeing that the Pannoni army on the other side of the river had stopped their confrontation and started marching westward along the river, Nicks' officers were dumbfounded and asked Peckett eagerly: "What should the army commander do? The enemy did not take the bait, they ran away." !… Let’s chase them across the river and continue fighting with them!…”

"Shut the f**k up!" Pecot roared, making the surrounding area quiet.

His men were anxious, and he was even more anxious: according to his previous plan, he had launched a surprise attack while the enemy was crossing the river. If the enemy who stayed on the north bank of the river responded hastily, they would inevitably be at a disadvantage, and the enemy who had already crossed the river would return to support them. , then another part of the soldiers of the Fourth Army led by Aulus will rush to the south bank as soon as possible and launch a surprise attack on the enemies stranded on the south bank. In this way, the enemy will be attacked from both sides and trapped in the river. Even if they can finally escape, they will have to pay a heavy price. Huge casualties...

But what he didn't expect was that once the raid was launched, the situation would be out of his control. The enemies on the north bank were too weak and quickly collapsed without waiting for reinforcements from the enemies on the south bank. As a result, the plan was only half successful, which was troublesome! …

"Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry up and light two fires, they will make a lot of smoke!" Pecot urged his men loudly.

Seeing the two plumes of smoke rising into the sky, Pecott just hoped that Aulus would see it immediately and retreat quickly to avoid any losses.

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"Legion commander, look!" his men pointed at the two smoke pillars rising in the sky ahead and reminded Aulus loudly.

"I saw it." Aulus looked solemn. He and Pecot had made an agreement in advance: if the plan goes well, they will light a fire, and he will lead his army to attack the enemy; if the plan does not go well, he will light a fire. Two fires, and he would immediately return with his army and defend Westney with all his strength.

Although Aulus did not dare to send exploration horses to investigate the situation due to the strong Pannonian cavalry, in the early morning he sent out all the ships parked in the port of the Westeni River to the lower reaches of the Kupa River, and at regular intervals The farthest ship was moored next to the dismantled pontoon. It was possible to roughly observe the fighting situation between the two sides and then send messages back... Therefore, Aulus led the army precisely because he knew that Pecot had begun the raid. After leaving Westney, it was precisely because he contacted the crew on the river and learned that Pecot's team had the upper hand that he asked the team to speed up their march...

But now two plumes of smoke told him: The plan failed? !

He thought for a moment and immediately realized: It was most likely that the main force of the Pannonian army that had crossed the river did not return to rescue, which meant that if he led the army to continue moving forward, he might encounter a head-on collision with a far superior force. His Pannonian army, without the geographical advantage and the restraint of Pequot, would undoubtedly die if they faced an enemy that was far more numerous than themselves.

Facing the worsening battle situation, Aulus took a deep breath and resolutely issued an order: "Speed ​​up the march! Get to the Segostika stockade ahead of the enemy!"

He paused for a moment and then ordered: "Notify the nearby crew and let them find Pequot as soon as possible! Tell him that Chief Maximus has sent a messenger and the army led by him will arrive soon. Let us Try your best to contain the enemy. Before the main force arrives, we must not let this enemy escape back to the territory of Segostika or escape into the village in front! "

"yes!"

This is why Aulus took the risk and continued on with his team.

In fact, Maximus sent a messenger yesterday, agreeing with the battle plan they were going to implement, but reminding them to be cautious and not to alert the enemy.

Today, after Aulus led the team to set off, Maximus once again sent a messenger to find him. The messenger turned out to be the cavalry captain Hagux. The order he gave was just now, which was enough to show Maximus's determination to annihilate the enemy.

When Aulus led the army on a rapid march, there was a small group of Pannoni's cavalry in front of them, but they did not step forward to stop them. Instead, they retreated and watched, and at the same time sent people back to report.

But when Aulus's team bypassed Amrotas's stronghold, the Pannoni coalition could not see anyone.

Aulus quickly arranged 2,000 soldiers into a tight square formation a hundred meters away from the east gate of the stockade to block the road leading to the stockade.

After forming the formation, Aulus also encouraged loudly: "Brothers, didn't you complain before that you didn't have the opportunity to make meritorious deeds! Now the opportunity to make meritorious deeds is here! As long as we try our best to block the enemy troops coming from the front and prevent them from entering the rear It won't take long for the leader to arrive at the village and annihilate them all! By then, each of you will be promoted and rewarded! Tell me, do you have the confidence to complete the mission? !”

"Have confidence!!!" the soldiers shouted in unison, the sound shook the sky. Although they were tired, they all had high fighting spirit.

Aulus looked at their excited faces, and his nervous mood was slightly relieved. He was relieved that he had asked the soldiers to wear armor as much as possible before setting off. Although most of them were still leather armor, they could provide more protection for the soldiers in the battle and enable the phalanx to hold on for a longer time.

This veteran of the Roman legion played a role at this critical moment with his instinct for fighting and his adherence to traditional habits.

Then Aulus tried to speak in a gentle tone: "Everyone can sit down first, seize the time, and recover your physical strength! Slowly wait for the enemy to send us credit!"

The soldiers laughed, and they all sat on the ground with a "clattering" sound of armor colliding.

Temagis led the team to march slowly. On the one hand, he was dragged down by the defeated army of Segestica, which had lost the battle and had extremely low morale. On the other hand, he had to be on high alert to prevent the enemy from crossing the river to attack him again.

When he learned that there was another enemy force of about 2,000 people approaching him, Temagis' first thought was: The decision I made just now was right, otherwise it would be troublesome now.

The second thought was: The enemy came at the right time, I just need a victory to boost morale!

Not long after, he saw a "thick wall" across the road ahead. The enemy seemed to block his way, but as long as he led the army into the field on the left and made a big circle, he could avoid the blockade and enter the stockade of Segestica.

But Temagis would never do this. He did not rescue the friendly forces before. If he avoided the battle again this time, what would the Segestica people think, and the warriors of his own tribe would also be disappointed...

These cunning Nixes won a victory by sneak attack, and they thought they could win again with fewer people! This is simply a dream! ... Temagis looked at the enemy troops lined up in front of him and quietly waiting, and felt inexplicably angry, but he still kept his sanity. When the team continued to move forward to a distance of 300 meters, he ordered: Stop moving forward!

Then he ordered 500 cavalrymen to line up in front, and asked the leaders of the Deisitiatae tribes to form their warriors into long spear arrays of different sizes and relatively dense. About 5,000 warriors lined up facing the enemy in front, and more than 2,000 warriors turned to line up in the back to guard against the enemy on the north bank.

In the middle of the two large infantry arrays were nearly 3,000 warriors of Segedis Segestica. This defeated army was temporarily led by Cassinos, the son of Capudes. Temagis did not intend to let this friendly army fight, but only asked Cassinos to restrain his troops and not cause trouble for him.

It took some time just to form the battle array, but Temagis thought it was worth it. Since the other party had challenged him, he would defeat him to show his reputation as the great leader of Desitiatai. This was his first time to fight against the mysterious army that defeated Andres. The last time was to attack the well-defended camp of the Nix people, and just now he was attacked when crossing the river. He felt indescribably aggrieved.

"Terres, you can attack!" Temagis shouted to his brother who was leading the cavalry.

"Cavalry, follow me to attack!" Terres swung his long sword forward with force, shook the reins with his left hand, and the warhorse under his crotch immediately ran forward with four hooves.

The other cavalry followed closely behind, just jogging at first, but gradually increasing their speed. After entering the range of 100 meters, the horses galloped with their hooves flying, and the entire cavalry team was pulled into a column of dozens of meters. All the cavalry, led by Terles, roared loudly, waved their swords, and rushed to the left wing of the Nix phalanx at a rapid speed, with a strong momentum that would not stop until it was broken.

The recruits of the Nix Fourth Legion had never seen such a battle. Listening to the heart-shaking horse hoofbeats like a drum, and watching the powerful force contained in the four-legged beast that was taller than a human running fast, they couldn't help but think: If it hits it head-on, wouldn't it be broken!

If it weren't for the hatred for the Pannonians and the desire to make merit and advance to maintain their fighting spirit, they would probably turn around and run away at this moment, but even if they were still standing there, their hands and legs were still shaking with fear.