Chapter 41 Dionia vs Rome (10)

It didn't take long for the soldiers under his command to be killed or wounded, making the rear team where Comuss was already in the front, but when he looked at the enemy opposite him, he was stunned, and he was struck with a spear. The captain with the white tassel.

At this time, the enemy's right shoulder had a large hole in the breastplate, and blood was still oozing out. He lowered his right hand and held a shield in his left, glaring at Commus.

Without the spear, Comus took out the saber on his waist to fight. The one-meter-long sword is good for slashing, but the narrow space and the opponent's well-defended long shield are not conducive to the power of his saber. He is experienced. Instead, he took advantage of the difference in strength and kept hitting the opponent's long shield.

The enemy, who was already seriously injured, obviously couldn't bear the blow of such a force. With a painful expression on his face, he finally fell to his knees because he couldn't support it.

Comus stepped forward again, looked down and swung his sword down, but suddenly felt a sharp pain in his left leg, and saw that a short sword was stabbing his calf.

It turned out that although the right shoulder was seriously injured, the enemy still held the dagger in his right hand, but he hid it behind the shield and pretended to be powerless to hold the weapon. Then, he yanked it out, and the sharp blade cut through the tendon in no time.

Commus screamed, leaning forward, his body was unstable, and he fell forward, crushing the enemy with his shield to the ground.

The enemy grinned in pain, but the dagger in his right hand was still swinging, slashing the ankles of the advancing teammates beside Commus, until the soldier behind Comus pierced the enemy's chest with a spear, and he did not stop. Blood spurted from the mouth, called "Hades", and died with a relieved expression...

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Although the third brigade of the first army fought bravely, the number of young Roman soldiers in front of it was more than double. Under their crazy attack, there were many gaps in the array of the third brigade. Hesitating to make up in time, bravely resist the attack of the heavy armored Roman heavy infantry...

The battle has been going on fiercely, and the scouts are constantly passing messages back and forth.

"Report to the regiment commander, the captain of the second company of the fourth brigade is injured!"

"Report to the commander of the army, the captain of the third company of the first brigade died in battle!"

"Report, the captain of the first company of the third brigade was injured! ... The captain of the third company died! ... The captain of the fifth company died! ..."

According to the practice of the Dionysian Legion, the captain of the company rarely fights in person. If the captain of the company does, it only means that the soldiers of the company suffered heavy casualties.

Listening to the reports of the scouts, Amintas' face was as terrifyingly gloomy as the cloudy sky.

At this time, another reconnaissance cavalry galloped over: "Reporting to the commander of the regiment, the captain of the third brigade, Heitbarus, asked you for reinforcements! The third brigade suffered heavy casualties, and the brigade captain has already fought and killed himself!"

"You go back and tell Heitbarus that I have no reinforcements, and I don't want to hear him say the number of casualties, but he must hold me there to block the Romans' attack! He died, and I will go on! "Amintas shouted sharply with a livid face.

The detective galloped away.

Amintas glanced at the guards behind him and said loudly, "Let's go to the rear of the Eighth Brigade!"

Amyntas speaks in a forceful manner,

Printols opened his mouth and wanted to persuade, but finally gave up.

At this time, Ryders said: "I sent the cavalry over to flank the enemy and relieve the pressure on the third brigade."

Amintas glanced at him, this time without refusing, nodded.

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Of course, the movement of Dionia’s cavalry could not be concealed from the eyes of Roman scouts. Now the flank of Dionia’s right flank is the area where the Romans attacked the fastest. Where will Dionia’s cavalry go, of course, you can understand when you think about it. .

Camillous immediately said to Lucius: "You immediately lead all cavalry and three heavy infantry squadrons to the enemy's right flank, and after repelling the enemy's cavalry, lead them to continue to strengthen the attack on the enemy's flank! Completely defeated enemy!"

Lucius hesitated for a moment: "But your safety, father—"

"The more violent your attack, the safer I will be! Go! Go!" Under the urging of Camelus, Lucius led his troops away.

There were only more than 1,400 light infantry left by the old military and political officer. He recruited several allied generals and said sincerely: "Then the life of this old man will be handed over to you."

Camillous was not only famous in Rome, but also famous throughout the Latin Confederation. He was highly respected by people because he led the army to repel the Celts that ravaged the Latinum region.

Several Roman allied generals immediately made a promise: "Lord Camillous, don't worry, the enemy wants to hurt you unless you step over our corpse!"

They had just returned, and before they had set up their defenses, the lead shot of the Dionia slinger smashed over.

After seeing the cavalry and heavy infantry leaving behind the enemy, the Seventh Brigade of the First Army also began to attack the position where the Roman flag was erected, in an attempt to sack the commander of the enemy and turn the tide of the battle in one fell swoop.

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On the front and flanks of the two sides, heavy infantry and light armour were fighting, and cavalry and light infantry were fighting on the periphery... Rome and the Dionian army were at full-scale engagement.

After the battle lasted for nearly two hours, it has entered the final contest.

The Romans have had a clear upper hand, and Dionia's entire front has been compressed into a semicircle, especially the right-most defense line is crumbling. The enemy, the legion flag was erected behind them, the third brigade and the light armoured soldiers may have retreated, but now they are just trying their last breath to support it.

Ryders' 1st Cavalry Corps was also struggling to hold back reinforcements from enemy cavalry and heavy infantry.

Although the Roman cavalry was heroic, it was small in number and weak in lethality. But their heavy infantry cost the Dionian cavalry a lot of casualties.

Although Ryders was heartbroken, he knew that the First Cavalry Corps could not be avoided. Otherwise, although these new forces were not many, with their participation, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Just when Ryders was so anxious that he could not stop the advance of the Roman heavy infantry, a cavalryman shouted: "Legion commander, look!"

In the diffuse dust mist, Ryders turned his head to look south, and saw a large black shadow appearing in the distance, rapidly approaching here.

Wolsey! Leidston was in high spirits and shouted loudly: "Brothers, hold on for a while! Our reinforcements are here! Our reinforcements are here!!"

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The first to arrive on the battlefield were more than a thousand Volsi warriors led by the former Archon of Antium City, Coronas, followed by a thousand Volsi warriors of Setia. The Antium warriors who departed from Polyvernum actually arrived earlier than the Volsi warriors who departed from Setia, which shows how strong their desire to seek revenge from the Romans is.

They rushed to the battlefield, hardly stopping, and launched a fierce attack on the red Roman soldiers.

The Roman cavalry was first routed.

Then, the three Roman heavy infantry squadrons who were being stopped by the Dionian cavalry were also attacked, and just as they turned to resist, the soldiers of Setia also arrived and surrounded them.

The equipment of the Roman heavy infantry was not comparable to that of the Volsci warriors with only spears, shields, helmets and no breastplates, but their numbers were too small and their physical strength was exhausted after fighting so long against the Dionians It was huge, so it was quickly overwhelmed by Wolsey's crowd.

Just as the Volsi troops rushed to the battlefield one after another, the Antium warriors and Setian warriors in the front continued to rush towards the young Roman soldiers who were fighting with the Dionysian Third Brigade and the light armoured soldiers. The rear of the Roman army sounded. A hurried retreat bugle...

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When the soldiers of Antium attacked the three Roman squadrons, Camillous received an urgent report from the scout, and the news of "a large number of Volsci warriors on the field" made him such a heavy blow that it took him a moment to Take it easy.

At this time, regret and self-blame were intertwined in his heart. He thought that relying on the army's large number of soldiers and good physical strength, he wanted to defeat the Dionysians first and then retreat. Tough! The battle went on for so long, not only did the Dionysians not be repelled, but the Worcisians were ushered in...

"Blow the trumpet of retreat!" Camelus suppressed the remorse in his heart and issued an order without hesitation.

"Camilus military officer, wait a minute! We'll be able to defeat the Dionians in no time!" the adjutant urged urgently: "The Volsci just arrived, maybe they're not many, we The soldiers were perfectly capable of blocking them—"

"Blow the trumpet to retreat!" Camelus said loudly, still firmly: "Blow the horn to retreat!"

The battle-hardened Camelus never took chances in war. When he was defeated, he would try to save the lives of his soldiers as much as possible.

The retreating bugles sounded continuously, and the first reaction of all the Roman squadron captains who heard the trumpet sound was a little unbelievable, because what they saw was that the troops under their command were now taking the upper hand, and some squadron captains had the upper hand. They already felt that the enemy on the opposite side was a little difficult to support, but out of absolute trust in the commander Camillous, they still issued orders to their soldiers to retreat.

The old and middle-aged soldiers in the frontal attack formation on the left, center and right flanks soon began to retreat, distanced themselves from the enemy on the opposite side, and then turned and retreated quickly and in an orderly manner.

Patroclus, who had already picked up the shield and spear and fought side by side with the soldiers, of course knew what the ultimate purpose of the battle was that the army commander Amyntas had them rush here from the place where the camp was built, so the enemy in front suddenly retreated, making the The defensive pressure of his brigade was suddenly relieved, he let out a long breath, and immediately realized: the enemy is going to flee! Did the Wolsey come? !