Augustus Road

At this time, under the city of Athens, on the entire front that stretched for nearly a hundred stadias, Leo's nearly seven legions were all arranged in tight battle formations, relying on their own camps, facing the cloth. The direction in which Lutu attacked.

Leo himself was wearing a cloak, holding the gilded baton given by his father, and, escorted by cavalry, stood on a hill behind the entire formation. He wisely entrusted the frontline command to Scydelius. Veteran generals such as , Selha and Petnaeus asked them to be responsible for the battles on the left, center and right respectively, while he played the role of supervising the battle.

"All soldiers of the Lius Legion, set up the copper tube cannons and guard in front of my defense line. You are the last barrier of the camp. Logically speaking, you do not need to actually fight, but just in case, everyone still has to Get ready to shoot!" Leo waved his baton, and all the Leo troops shouted in unison.

Between the passage in front of the city of Athens and the Eye Castle, Brutus's legions walked out in an orderly manner and formed a wide formation, approaching Leo's position step by step.

Suddenly, the right wing of Leo's position started to move. It was where the tenth and fifteenth legions with the strongest combat effectiveness were located. All the soldiers quickly formed a single column, the battle line was stretched very long, and an axis maneuver began. It seemed that It was an attempt to outflank Brutus' left wing.

Throughout the open ground, there was commotion and uneasiness among the five legions that Brutus attacked. When their light infantry and cavalry attacked on the left wing, before they could reach the throwing distance of the lance, several soldiers of Selha's fifteenth legion rushed out. The brigade with the golden fly flag used powerful compound bows and fired several rounds of rapid fire from hundreds of Roman feet away. As a result, the Brutus skirmishers in charge of the vanguard suffered heavy casualties - they simply lacked the ability to compete with Lepidus' army. experience.

In desperation, Brutus could only hand over the two legions to Calataphemius and stay on the left flank to resist Leo's flank attack. Together with Synesis, he led nearly 4,000 men. cavalry. Walking at the front of the center, there are now less than two thousand Aetolians in all the cavalry teams, and the rest are a mixture of cavalry drawn by Brutus from other legions.

Now Brutus really realized the importance of cavalry. "Four thousand cavalry are used intensively, and the momentum is not small. It seems that Lepidus' son has placed all the most elite infantry on the right wing. So Leo, let's feel the power and terror of the Aetolian warriors! "

This time. All the cavalry formed a wall-shaped intensive assault formation. Synesis stood at the front with an eye-catching sign, and raised his hands to each other with his tribesmen, relatives and fellow villagers and swore, "All Etos Warriors of the Leah League, may the god Apollo of Delphi bless us and make us invulnerable on the battlefield and rush into the enemy's position like the wind. Now I ask you that each warrior of the League must rush into the enemy's formation three times. , don’t have any fear, even if you are slightly injured, if you can’t do this, what should you do?”

The Aetolian cavalry all shouted, "Then we would rather not return to our hometown. Passing any house in our hometown and seeing our relatives and children, we will be shameless to face their contempt and censure!"

"Considering death!" Then, all the cavalry started running in small steps. Slowly speeding up, heading towards Leo's central army.

At this time, from the positions of the Thirteenth Army, the Eleventh Army and the Isthmian Army, cavalry cannons and large copper-tube cannons were pushed out from the ranks with a rumble. Then stones, lead bullets and flames sprayed out one after another, and bursts of gravel and fireworks exploded and rose from the surroundings, rear and core of the Aetolian cavalry assault formation. Synesis saw the surrounding The entourage kept whining and fell down. The cavalry from other tribes and countries had begun to be unable to maintain the order of attack, but the elite and brave Aetolian people. Still shouting battle chants, they scrambled to get close to each other, trying to maintain the formation and power of the charge under such a blow.

Later, Brutus dismounted himself and waved his dagger. The followers around him were all holding high flags. The infantry of the three legions did not lag behind at all. They all braved the firepower of Leo's army and marched forward successively, marching on the enemy and ourselves. The corpses of men and horses rushed in at the risk of death.

The 14th, 17th, and 18th legions located on Leo's left wing were always silent on the defense line. At this time, on the central front, the Dalmatian Cavalry Brigade of the 11th legion, the remaining part of the new cavalry legion (large Some were sent by Leo to support the battle line of the city of Euripis), and nearly a hundred light chariots also swarmed out. The cavalry from both sides waved their weapons at each other, like two bloody and brutal bullfights, violently clashing their horns against each other. together.

Looking at the flying war clouds below, Leo, who faced the battlefield of a large corps for the first time, held the baton in his hand at a loss. Next to him was the veteran Carlenus specially appointed by Lepidus, who gave up his twelve The commander of the legion came to assist Leo.

"Your Majesty Commander, what should I do now!" Leo, who was watching such a brutal fight at close range, tried to calm himself down and asked Kalenus who was silent beside him.

"You just stand under our flag, Your Highness. This will benefit the whole army. Don't advance or retreat. Under the protection of the guards, just stand here. You see, there are soldiers from the Lius Legion in front of you. They will protect you at the risk of their lives. Even if they can't see your face, they will follow the flag." Kalenus replied, "When the situation has not reversed, the supreme commander does not need to do anything casually, otherwise it will harm the whole army."

"Yes, Commander Kalenus, your advice has benefited me a lot." Leo could only say this, and then he calmed down and looked at the chaotic battlefield in front of him. Now, except for the Lius Legion's defense line in front of him, which was still quiet and steady, there were about seven or eight legions in front of him, fighting each other. The howling of the soldiers rushed into the sky, dispersing the clouds and dust in the sky. It was difficult to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy. A large number of enemies came out of the smoke and rushed towards Leo's camp.

"Everyone, calm down! Flaccus, go to your team and command the Lius Legion to block the enemy that is approaching." Seeing that the followers around him were a little hesitant, Leo drew out his baton and gave the order.

"That's right, sir, stay calm." Calenus praised. (~^~)