Augustus Road

The soldiers of all the legions formed a hundred-man formation, shouting the mountain falcon flag and blood spear cloak following the commander, and marched majestically out of the main entrance of the camp, along the meander of the Renus River, toward the 120,000-color The Weaver car camp moved in. .

Or to put it more directly, the 12th Army formed a long column, slowly moving forward in the most dangerous area, that is, between Dukes Mountain and the Car Camp. Its crazy actions even shocked the enemy, and almost all All the little chiefs boarded the temporary tower of the car camp, pointing at the Romans' queue with torches, chatting and arguing loudly. Even Ariovistus came after hearing the news, and looked at this scene in surprise, and was angry. His hands were shaking, but he was a little afraid that this was a Roman trap. "When the sun rises, if it is confirmed that there is no main force around this Roman group, I will notify the tribesmen on Dukes Mountain and rush down to capture this group of Romans." The entire column was chopped up and eaten.”

In the early hours of the morning, just as Ariovistus had just raised the flag on Dukes Hill opposite, Caesar's camp trumpeted loudly, and many Roman soldiers in the first row directly used tools to knock down the main gate and the wooden fence. , the remaining five legions, with the Eleventh legion as the reserve team, the four regular legions lined up, forming a wide front that stretched for twenty stadias, rushing out from the front of the camp that was destroyed by their own people , there is no doubt about this attitude: Caesar’s decisive battle is today!

This is the decisive battle for the Romans. The initiative is in their hands and they have used thunderbolt means. However, in the previous days, the Germans had too much faith in the witch's divination and would only wait passively and do nothing. At this moment Faced with the rapid advance of the Romans, they were in a panic. Ariovistus hurriedly ordered several nobles to organize the army and prepare to go out to fight the Romans. He put on his armor and did not forget to go to the witch's camp and asked doubtfully: "Respect Spokesperson of God, now your words are full of contradictions and unknowability. I hate myself for being ignorant of God’s will, but I still boldly ask for a ruling. That is, you said that the war before the new moon was not good for us, but now The sound of Roman trumpets and the sound of horses' hooves have already echoed in front of our camp, so how will the River Renus help me?"

"It's very simple. After the battle, God will give you the answer, my king." The witch said mysteriously across the tent.

"Then let war give me a clear answer. What mortals seek in the sea of ​​blood in the world is often the true meaning of a sentence." Ariovistus was wrapped in black iron and stepped onto his black The horse galloped towards the decisive battlefield.

The battle first started at the foot of Dukes Mountain. After seeing the king raising the flag, the Sweaver cavalry walked along the bare slope, man and horse, letting out a death scream and attacking the unsuspecting long column of the Twelve Legions. Come - three thousand strong cavalry, with an equal number of foot attendants, so they coordinate seamlessly without any disorder.

Sabo, under Yamafalcon, hurriedly blew his whistle, and the twelve legions suddenly turned around and turned into a very long line. At this time, the Seweaver cavalry who were still raiding thought that this group of soldiers at the foot of the mountain The Romans were crazy: this long, narrow and depthless queue might not even be able to withstand our first wave of assault.

The second whistle blew, and the ten Roman armies were immediately divided into four columns with seventy-five men on each side. They quickly formed a hollow square array and formed a staggered formation of six in front and four in back. There were three rows in front of them, half-kneeling, squatting and standing, forming an airtight iron wall formation with their shields and javelins. The Vibicinas who followed the four sides of each square quickly dismounted and formed a group. Pulling up his bow and arrow, he fired rows of arrows at the rushing Seweaver cavalry and attendants.

Beforehand, Lepidus and Sabo had specifically told them not to aim their arrows at the cavalry, but to specifically aim at the huge horses that were facing them. Once the horses were shot to death or injured, the cavalry would be completely destroyed.

At the same moment when the arrows flew out, the few remaining Sewefu people on the top of the mountain lit a huge fire pole and cut off the ropes tied to it. The fire poles were tumbling and roaring along with the wind and rain. The cavalry charged together and smashed into the Roman formation.

In an instant, the flying arrows, the suddenly rising fireworks, the bodies of men and horses flying up screaming in front of the wall of javelins, the backward and rolling figures of the legionnaires who were knocked down and died immediately, all appeared at the foot of Dukes Mountain. The rapidly changing film is shocking.

In the light of the fire, although many people in the hollow phalanx of the Twelve Legions fell, most of them were still close together, using all their strength to point the spearheads of the heavy javelins outward. The first row of Seweaver cavalry and attendants could not stop from the hillside. He stopped and hit the wall at the head of the spear, causing blood to fly. The second or third row could not keep up the rhythm, and the horse's hooves were wrapped (the original color of the Weaver Cavalry was to hope that the steep hillside would not hurt the beloved horse) They trampled their fallen friendly troops until their brains and organs were scattered everywhere. When they tried to circle around the two wings, they were shot by the dismounted cavalry archery team attached to the 12th Army. The foot attendants were still crawling hard in the firelight and corpses, picking up weapons and preparing to fight the Roman phalanx. However, the second and third waves of arrows came in an instant, and they were cut down like wheat again. Wow, this "Plague of Apollo" is simply terrifying.

The sudden attack still failed to scare the following Sewephs. They knew that if they retreated, they would become targets of arrows. However, under the fierce rain of arrows from the other side, many of their horses were shot and injured. They could not help but curse the Romans for not paying attention to the martial ethics of war, because only the most despicable warriors would kill the horses under the knights' crotches. So these Sewephs, out of love for their horses, jumped off their horses. In order to charge lightly, most of these people did not wear chain mail, but wore animal skin cloaks and short spears, and stepped on the corpses of their companions and horses to attack all over the mountain. As a result, they were more seriously injured by arrows because they had no armor.

"Ignore the enemy's scolding, and the attached cavalry wings must not stop shooting. Don't be timid, shoot at the Sewefer flags, shoot randomly, and shoot quickly!" Lepidus, who was riding a white owl at the rear of the square, shouted fiercely to the ashamed Vipicinas. Beside Lepidus, the cavalry cannon had been unloaded.

"Commander, Milou is in command at the front, but our rear is always threatened by the Sewefer chariot camp. Once they come out of the camp to attack us, it will be dangerous!" Pope, who had unloaded the cavalry cannon, stood under Lepidus's horse and gestured loudly. (To be continued.)