"Report... Report to the commander of the Legion, the Seventh Battalion... All members have arrived, waiting for your order!" The Seventh Battalion Captain Satirus saluted Amintas panting.

The first light infantry brigade of the First Legion arrived, which was expected. After all, they did not have armor and did not have heavy weapons, so they acted quickly. In fact, when they received the order to "emergency marching", they were only about seven miles away from Amintas, and they ran out of seven miles for more than an hour. The speed was not very fast. The main purpose was to maintain the integrity of the personnel and formation and maintain a certain amount of physical strength so that they could immediately enter the battle after they arrived.

Amintas glanced at the soldiers, all sweating profusely, but still energetic. He nodded with satisfaction and said loudly: "Brothers, you are here just in time! The enemy is right in front of us, waiting for us to eat them, and here we will show the reputation of our First Legion of Dionia! Do you have this confidence?!"

"Yes!!!" the soldiers shouted in unison.

"Staff Officer, come and make arrangements." Amintas said immediately.

Printols did not refuse, glanced at the marked record board, then pointed to the southwest, and said to the leader of the Seventh Battalion, Satirus, four miles ahead, there are more than 300 heavy Roman infantry, more than 700 cavalry and nearly 2,000 light Roman infantry. In order to prevent their retreat, the First Cavalry Legion was under tremendous pressure. You immediately rushed there with the Seventh Battalion to help the First Cavalry Legion hold the enemy, and wait until the subsequent troops arrived and annihilate it!"

"Yes!" Satirus turned around and shouted, "Brothers, keep running with me!"

Under the guidance of the scout cavalry, the Seventh Battalion of soldiers ran southwest.

"Printols, your previous suggestion is correct. As long as you catch these many enemies, I don't believe that the Romans dare not come out to rescue them!" The arrival of the Seventh Battalion made Amintas relax a little and began to praise Printols. You should know that when Prutols suggested to him that "abandon intercept all Roman grain-raising troops, and the concentration of cavalry blocked the closest to them, and in fact, the closest to the First Legion, the Roman squadrons." Amintas hesitated for a long time. Now, not only has he stopped more than 300 heavy Roman infantry, but also the light infantry and cavalry of the Romans were lured over. If these more than 3,000 Romans could be nailed, he would not worry that the main force of Rome would not go out of the camp.

Printols smiled and said nothing.

At this time, Adjutant Aristonos shouted again: "Legislative Commander, another army has arrived!"

I saw dust rolling in the south. This time I arrived at the Eighth Brigade (i.e. Light Armored Brigade)...

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At first, the various companies of the cavalry corps successfully blocked the Roman squadrons that raised grain and gave them some damage. It can be said that they achieved considerable results, but the arrival of the Roman light infantry and cavalry reversed the situation of passive beating of Roman soldiers.

The Roman light infantry was composed of archers and javeliners. They not only had a longer range than the Javelins of the Dionian cavalry, but also had more stable and accurate shooting. The speed of the Dionian cavalry was limited by the Roman cavalry. Even if the Dionian cavalry wanted to make up their minds to drive the horses and rush forward, the Roman team was mixed with heavy infantry, which made this adventure impossible, and was easily trapped in the siege of the enemy.

The Roman heavy combination of infantry, cavalry and light infantry led to the death and injury of the Dionian cavalry, which was more exquisite in cavalry. Although now, in the Kingdom of Dionia, the cavalry is no longer as precious as before. For example, the cavalry of the First Legion mainly comes from the Bruti area, where the people are good at raising horses and riding horses. Therefore, the number of reserved cavalry personnel of the First Legion alone is enough to form another legion. But how could Ledes, as the commander of the legion, not feel sorry for the losses of the cavalry? These are all soldiers he has worked hard to train! Moreover, in this strange place, it is difficult to supplement after the losses of the cavalry.

Faced with the current bad situation, the commander of the First Cavalry Legion, Rides, was hesitant to cancel the order to "intercept Roman soldiers to return to the camp."

Fortunately, Amintas' order was delivered in time, so that Ryders could concentrate all the cavalry to deal with the three Roman squadrons in the southwest.

To this end, Rydes also asked the cavalry to deliberately drive away and force the three Roman grain-raising troops to join together, which was more conducive to his unified command of the First Cavalry Legion to intercept the enemy.

Facing nearly 2,000 Dionian cavalry galloping around, Roman soldiers did not dare to act rashly.

But not long after, the union of a large number of Roman light infantry and cavalry changed the stalemate.

The Romans were centered with heavy infantry, light infantry was on the periphery, and cavalry were on both sides, ready to intercept the rushing Diorian cavalry at any time. With such a formation, the Romans began to slowly advance towards the camp.

Under the attack of the Roman light infantry javelin and bows, the Dionian cavalry that blocked the front could not throw the javelin, so they entered the range of the Roman light infantry bows and arrows. The flying arrows made the Dionian cavalry catch the arrows, while the Roman cavalry would also take advantage of the situation to rush over, cover and kill for a while, and return quickly, so as not to fall into the encirclement of the Dionian cavalry.

The Romans repeatedly used this tactic, which caused considerable losses to the First Cavalry Legion of Dionia.

Ledes no longer dared to let the cavalry stop in the front, but instead harassed the side and back. However, the Roman formation was tight, so the Dionian cavalry did not dare to get too close under the threat of bows and arrows.

Looking at the battlefield where the dust was filled with war horses and war horses were neighing, Ryders was once again in a hesitant dilemma. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a war horse carrying a wounded man on his way, and was traction by another cavalryman, heading towards the rear where he was.

The face of the wounded made him feel familiar. He urged him to step forward and carefully looked at it. It turned out that he was the company captain of the First Cavalry Legion. His full name was Sobercos Perbaricius, who was the old subordinate of Rydes and the eldest son of the kingdom hero Sobercos (since Davers named his son Daverscos Crotokatacs, his approach gradually became popular in the kingdom. Most citizens successively abandoned the tradition of Greeks that only had names and no surnames, and began to use their own names as the surnames of their descendants).

At this moment, the young man's eyes were closed and unconscious.

"Legislative Commander, the captain's war horse was shot by a bow and arrow. He fell off the horse and fell into a coma." said the cavalry who brought him back.

"Precaution him!" After Ledes reminded him, he looked forward again, and finally made up his mind. He took a deep breath: "Order, cancel the interception of the Romans-"

"Woo!!!..." A loud military horn suddenly came from the front.

"The commander of the legion is the first legion! The first legion and the others arrived!!" the cavalry next to him shouted excitedly.

Hearing the familiar sound of the warlock, Rides looked forward, and through the dust fog, he could vaguely see the golden light flashing on the Dionian military flag.

And at this moment, Amintas's messenger also arrived: "Report to the commander of the Ryders, the Seventh Battalion of the First Legion has arrived, on the way back of the enemy and approaching the enemy."

"Only the Seventh Team?!" Ledes was a little disappointed.

The messenger said again: "Other brigades are coming one after another!"

Ryders thought for a moment, and then ordered: "Let each brigade stop harassing the enemy immediately, distance himself from the enemy, and slow down the horse speed. You only need to monitor the enemy's actions. At the same time, you must make the encirclement in the east to avoid accidentally being injured by the long-range attack of the First Legion."

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The soldiers of the Seventh Battalion saw the cavalry in front of him, covered in dust. Although they were exhausted, they were extremely excited and their pace was also accelerating.

When he was about to approach the battlefield, the captain Satirus issued the order to "stop moving forward".

"Geese-shaped formation!" He then issued another order.

Hearing the waving of the military horns and flags, the soldiers immediately opened the distance between each other, and the entire team lengthened and stretched to both sides. Soon the entire army formed a concave arc.

At this time, the cavalry of the First Cavalry Legion came: "Brothers of the First Legion, we have moved out of the front."

The light infantry captain immediately ordered again: "The first company is ready!"

The light infantry brigades of each legion are somewhat special. It has only four companies, the first and second companies are archers, the third and fourth companies are javelins, and each company is under its jurisdiction of 250 people, composed of five teams. However, the light infantry brigades of the first legion are very special. It has only three companies, the second company is archers, the third company is javelins, and the first company is a stone thrower. This is the only unique army left by Dionia, with a total of 350 people, all of which are born in Rhode Island and are good at throwing stones.

The soldiers of the first company untied the catapult ropes tied around their waists and advanced to the front of the team in a loose formation.

Satirus has been watching the front and judging the distance between his squad and the enemy. This is a basic skill necessary for the commander of the Dionian light infantry. He was once expeditioned to Persia and was born into the Thracian light shield soldier, and he was even more experienced and had outstanding military achievements, so he took the position of the captain of the First Light Infantry Battalion of the First Legion of the Dionian Legion.

Although the Romans saw that the Dionian cavalry in front of them had already dodged the road, they still did not speed up because the Dionian cavalry was still surrounded, which forced them to maintain a tight formation.

Seeing that the Romans were only about 300 meters away from their squad, Satirus raised his right hand: "The First Company attacks!"
Chapter completed!