Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 796

[Chapter 142 Storming the City of Rome (14)]

But it was too late, the Dionian cavalry quickly rushed forward, and when the protruding spears stabbed the light infantry, the cavalry quickly let go, and then drew out the extended Greek saber (Dio Unlike the infantry, the cavalry of Nia is not equipped with short swords, but uses a Greek saber more than one meter long, which is convenient for slashing the enemy on the horse, which is more conducive to fighting, and it is not easy to fall off the horse), waving in the hand, very experienced The terrified light infantry were driven away, and they were sent to rush into the middle of the Roman army.

At this time, Paulus

, who knew that the squadrons on the flanks could not arrive in time, was already mobilizing the various squadrons at the back of the center. Although he knew that this would seriously affect the operations of the front soldiers in the center, it was imperative to block them first. These rout soldiers and cavalry, preventing them from disrupting the formation in the middle.

The Roman military system based on squadrons showed its flexibility at this time. Under the order of Paulus, several squadron leaders quickly commanded the soldiers to turn around and rushed to the rear. Want to rearrange the array.

However, the hundreds of light infantrymen who were driven by the Dionian cavalry and rushed like headless flies crowded with them, and even pushed down the Roman soldiers who stood in their way in order to escape.

The light infantry was crowded with the Roman heavy infantry, and the Dionian cavalry, who were on the periphery, slashed at them with sabers, adding to the confusion.

“Stab these light infantry down! Hit them!…” Paulus shouted anxiously, and took the lead in swinging his spear, stabbing at a light infantry who rushed in front of him.

The Roman heavy infantry also had to follow suit, stabbing the light infantry who had fought side by side and now put them in trouble, but the chaotic situation could not be solved immediately.

Paulus stabbed the fallen soldiers and shouted for the troops to rearrange their formations.

At this moment, he heard the panicked shouts of the soldiers: “The enemy! Another enemy is coming!!…”

Paulus sank in his heart, took a few steps back, fixed his eyes on the front, his eyes passed through the gap of the Dionysian cavalry, and saw a black horizontal line appearing on the land in the distance, and it was rapidly moving towards the ground. Moving forward, as it moves, the black line continues to elongate and widen…

Paulus, who has led troops on many expeditions, knows that this is the visual illusion caused by the dense infantry phalanx moving in the distance, and this unified , The bright black clearly shows that this unit can never be Romans or Latins, which completely makes Paulus not have a fluke in his heart.

At that moment, he felt terrified that his heart was empty, he had no support for his hands and feet, and his body might fall at any time.

At this moment, the subordinate beside him said anxiously: “General, the enemy’s reinforcements are coming, our defeat is already decided, why don’t we withdraw first

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…” These guards, composed of his clan and diners, also persuaded.

go?

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Rome is gone, where else can I go?

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… Paulus had a painful look on his face. He remembered the tragic years when the Celts conquered Rome more than ten years ago and his young self broke through the exile. A force rose from the bottom of his heart, and he answered firmly. : “No, I want to be like the Fabius family back then, here to fight the enemy who invaded Rome to the death!”

He raised the stab gun in his hand and shouted sharply: “For Rome, we will fight to the death!

” Enjoying the various benefits provided by the clan, the heirs of the patriarch have now issued a call. According to Roman tradition, these clansmen and diners must of course follow to the death, so the guards shouted one after another: “For Rome, fight to the death!!…”

They The shouts of the other heavy infantry were infected, and they also shouted: “For Rome, fight to the death!!!…”

For a time, the popularity of the Romans was high.

In front of them, the light infantry was still panicking, and the Diorian cavalry had already begun to retreat to the flanks, making room for the attack of the Dionian Reserve Legionnaires in the rear.

The newly arrived Dionysian army was soon fully displayed in front of the Roman soldiers. They were lined up in a dense and neat square, their heads held high, and they walked forward. Obviously, they still had good physical reserves. The array is about a mile long, and it can be seen that there are not many people.

“Wow!…” The bugle sounded, and the Dionian soldiers shouted the name of Hades and ran forward.

“Prepare to fight!” Paulus, who was standing in the front row, clenched the shield gun in his hand and said in a deep voice. By this time, he had put his life and death aside.

But at this time, there was some confusion among the soldiers behind him.

The Dionian soldiers who had fought fiercely in the middle of Rome also heard the trumpet and suddenly intensified their offensive, while the middle of Rome had been weakened before, so the soldiers were forced to retreat, and the soldiers in the rear who were preparing to defend were forced to retreat. bumped together.

At this time, Dionia’s reinforcements had already approached within 30 meters, and they quickly threw the javelin in their hands. They took out the thorns and started the final charge.

The Roman army was caught between two sides…

Paulus and his guards, and the surrounding soldiers wanted to fight to the death, but for most of the Roman civilians who had just been allocated their land and became heavy infantry a few months ago. Said that their loyalty to Rome was far less strong.

When the horn of the enemy’s attack in the rear sounded, and when Dionysian reinforcements rushed like a tide, some Roman soldiers who saw this scene were shaken. , their escape soon triggered the collapse of the entire army.

Adoris, who was in the center of the heavy infantry brigade of the Second Army, suddenly found that his comrades in front, who had been almost motionless, began to stride forward.

“Quick chase! Quick chase! The enemy has escaped!…” The cheers of his comrades cheered him up. Like the other soldiers, he strode forward and galloped forward.

At this time, on the outside of the right flank, the defeat of the Roman army from the middle road has not been transmitted here. The Roman heavy infantry is still attacking, and the Dionian light armoured brigade that has just arrived, and Klotoka are resisting them. The palace guards led by Tux.

Of course, the Dionysians would suffer when light armoured against heavy infantry, but the battle had just begun, and the gap was not yet apparent.

But for Clotokatax and the palace guards, their armor and weapons were better than the enemy’s, and these soldiers were eager to prove themselves, so they still had the upper hand in the initial fight.

Influenced by the surrounding guards, Clotokatax is also actively attacking, small steps, shield tops, spear thrusts, bows, shield blocks… From childhood to adulthood, he has been training every day at school and at home for more than ten years. , the military skills that have been integrated into the body are becoming more and more free to use in the fight, and the stabbing guns that are constantly poking at the enemy no longer make him feel flustered, making him feel as if he often practiced with Martius. Nervous but not dangerous.

When his long shield blocked the enemy’s stab gun again, he suddenly pushed forward.

The enemy didn’t have time to withdraw the stab gun, and his body was a little unstable, revealing a gap.

Clotokatax immediately jabbed the lance forward like lightning.

The enemy was busy bowing his head, the sharp gun head was poking on the helmet, and the power transmitted by the gun body obviously made the enemy faint.

At this moment of daze, Clotokatax’s instinctual right hand was slightly retracted, and he quickly stabbed a second shot.

As he was stabbing the enemy in the face, the shrill scream and the tragic look on the enemy’s face made Clotokatax stunned for a moment.

“Be careful!” The guard next to him shouted, and he heard a “swelling” sound. The stab spear poked from the side was blocked by the long shield that the guard extended in time.

“Don’t be distracted during the battle!” The guard shouted loudly despite the difference in identities in a hurry.

Clotokatax broke out in a cold sweat, the shame in his heart made him forget the discomfort of the first killing, and he made up for the previous mistakes with a more violent attack.

However, the resistance ahead suddenly weakened.

There was a commotion from the enemy in front, and soon they turned and fled.

Clotokatax, who had not yet had a good fight, immediately followed the surrounding comrades in pursuit.

At this time, except for the hundreds of soldiers led by Paulus, the entire battlefield was still fighting, and the rest of the Roman soldiers had already begun to flee.

But that’s when the 1st and 2nd Cavalry Legions came into play, thousands of Dionian cavalry galloping across the vast plain, wielding spears or sabers, in pursuit of the Roman rout who had thrown away their shield guns because of their escape. Soldiers, I believe that there are few Romans who can finally escape the battlefield.

It didn’t take long for the final resistance of the Romans to disappear.

Epithenes stood before the bloodied corpse of Paulus, bruised by the sword, his towering red tassel already attesting to his identity.

“He’s a warrior, but unfortunately he’s not smart enough!” Epithenes looked down, turned around, and said to the adjutant disapprovingly: “It’s a general anyway, so I buried him, took off his helmet, and that The Roman flag, these are all our spoils!”

“Yes, General!”

At this moment, UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com Thormid rushed over on horseback.

Epithenes immediately smiled and said, “Tormid, are you here to congratulate me?”

“Immediately lead the army back to the camp and wait for His Majesty’s instructions!” Thormed said sternly.

“In such a hurry, don’t let the brothers take a breath?!” Epithenes said half-jokingly and half-complainingly.

“When the city of Rome is captured, you can rest as much as you like, but now other legions are attacking the city with all their strength, and there are dead and wounded soldiers all the time. Time is very important to us. I don’t think you are still in the mood to delay here.

” Hermid’s words made Epithenes’ expression become serious, and he said loudly to the adjutant: “Blow the trumpet immediately, and call the brothers to gather!”

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Indeed, as Davos expected, some of the Roman reinforcements from the south followed Paulus from the southwest of Rome, and some followed Mejus from the southeast, but the scattered reinforcements that came one after another began to attack from the south. Onia Camp.