Especially in the first row, after the Dionian soldiers used the power of charge to knock out the shield of the enemy in front of him, the spear in his right hand was stabbed out like lightning. The Roman soldiers avoided the spear and another spear next to them... Due to the gap in numbers, the young Roman soldiers often faced a dangerous situation of one-on-two. Therefore, despite their brave combat, casualties gradually increased, and the array was also retreating. At the same time, shrill screams kept ringing in the array. Most of them were from the wounded soldiers who were stabbed by the javelin and lying on the ground. They were trampled on by the retreating Roman teammates many times, and they were wailing and gradually becoming silent, which added to the panic in the young soldiers...

Camillus, who was riding a horse behind the middle road, looked at the front line that was constantly retreating in front of him. He frowned and quickly made a judgment: not only in the middle road, but also in the left and right wings. The initial javelin attack by the Dionians and the just right rapid charge made the brave and calm young soldiers mess up.

"Roll the trumpet immediately and change the array!" Camillus gave the order without hesitation.

Out of trust in the commander, the trumpeters blew the curved bronze trumpet without hesitation.

However, Lucius, who was beside him, asked his father: "Although the front line of the soldiers is unstable now, they are still fighting tenaciously. If they are asked to retreat at this time, it is easy to increase their casualties. It is better to... wait until the battle situation is slightly stable before making a change."

"If the order is issued later, the loss will only be greater!" Camillus looked a little guilty: "I didn't expect to encounter the army of Dionia in Volsey. I should have learned more about their combat characteristics in advance!"

Lucius wanted to comfort him and said, "You just want to know, but no Romans know." But looking at Camiruth's serious expression, he did not say this.

Hearing the sound of the war trumpets, the phalanxes of the Roman veterans on the third line began to move forward. When they were about to contact the gap between the phalanxes of the senior soldiers on the second line, they did not immediately squeeze in and spliced ​​into a complete new front, but stopped, allowing the gaps that could be stuffed into a squadron phalanx to remain.

When the young Roman soldiers who were struggling to resist the attack of the Dionians were relieved when they heard the repeated sound of the war horns. However, with the reminder of the squadron leaders and team officials, they had to work hard to support the front while slowly retreating.

However, under the pressure of the attack of the Dionian soldiers, some of the Roman arrays had begun to collapse, but the squadrons on the second line were not far behind them, and soon the two sides reached together. There was a squadron in the rear to support the young soldiers, and at least the youth soldiers in the front had some confidence. The young soldiers who did not support the squadron in the rear quickly retreated into the gap, and then slipped through the gaps on both sides of the veterans in the rear.

The soldiers of the Dionians who have been fighting face to face will also squeeze into this gap, and they will face the situation of being surrounded on three sides. Of course, the young soldiers who have not retreated on the other side are also facing this situation. Therefore, the fronts of both sides are closely tied together like dogs. But as the formations of the middle-aged soldiers continue to retreat, the young soldiers will eventually retreat completely to the rear, and the middle-aged soldiers and the veterans squadron will eventually form a new array.

Amintas, also behind the middle of the Dionys army, had learned from the cavalry cruising outside the Roman army that the Romans were undergoing array conversion and had led troops to fight in Dionys for more than ten years. In the face of the Roman army with similar tactics, he could not understand what the Romans were going to do next.

"Legislature Commander, we should sound the trumpet and let the fourth, fifth and sixth brigades come forward." Just as Amintas was still thinking, Printols suggested.

Amintas hesitated for a moment. He understood why Printols had made this suggestion. He must have considered: At this time, the Dionian soldiers on the front line had an advantage in the offensive. If they could continue to strengthen the offensive, then the Romans could not easily change the formation, and instead caused more casualties due to chaos. However, judging from the current battle situation, the front line soldiers were unable to do it. This may be because the rapid offensive just now probably exhausted the excess physical strength accumulated by the front line soldiers. Otherwise, according to the combat characteristics of the first legion in the past, they would definitely grasp the opponent's chaos and rush hard, so that the opponent's front line soldiers would most likely evolve into defeat in the retreat, but now the soldiers' offensive speed is constantly slowing down...

Amintas stared at the battle situation ahead, and he knew in his heart that once the Roman formation was transformed, the first, second and third groups of soldiers who were lacking in physical strength faced the Romans' battle with the Romans' prepared new array, then the one who suffered the loss was likely to be his own soldiers.

Although he longed for the soldiers to kill the enemy bravely, he did not want them to encounter difficulties and affect the outcome of the battle, so he finally adopted Priintols' suggestion.

The sound of the warlock of Dionia sounded, and the officers and soldiers of the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Brigades were not surprised when they heard the order, because they saw the performance of their comrades in front.

The team officers and soldiers who were fighting breathed a sigh of relief. Many of them were so tired that they were breathing a little. Fortunately, the enemy was retreating, otherwise the enemy would have to force themselves to come, and some soldiers would probably fall to the ground because of their weak legs.

So, the panicked young Roman soldiers saw a strange scene, and the enemy they were chasing and attacking suddenly began to retreat...

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From the detective, he heard the enemy retreating and changing into formation. Camillus did not escape the disaster. The calmness of the general Dionian and the determination of his soldiers to carry out the orders made him frown.

At this time, the front lines between the two sides had been opened by nearly twenty meters. The battlefield where the sound of killing just now became a little quiet. Only dead bodies were lying down in the open space in the middle, and a few wounded soldiers crawling and groaning. Most of them were Roman soldiers.

However, the senior Roman soldiers, who were not far from them, were holding weapons and staring at the enemy ahead, and no one went up to rescue the wounded soldiers.

Camillus understood that the Dionians could waste time without fear, but his army could not afford to wait, so he ordered again: step up the attack!

Amid the shouts of the squadron leaders, the newly-entered Roman soldiers were more cautious. They protected their upper body with a long shield and moved forward steadily. Obviously, the previous javelin attack made them more cautious.

But in fact, the soldiers of the 4th, 5th and 6th brigades who had already cast their cursors were a little funny when they saw their opponents so cautiously.

But when the two armies approached and started fighting again, the soldiers of the Dionians could no longer laugh.

Roman soldiers were skilled in using shields and spears in joint use. The spears were accurate and fierce, and the shield formations between soldiers were also very tacit. The overall combat power was not weaker than that of the Dionian Legion, which really surprised the Dionian officers on the battlefield.

If the soldiers of the Dionians knew Rome, they would know that these newly replaced Roman soldiers had served for more than eight years, participated in many foreign battles, and many soldiers had won the civic crown, and they might not be surprised (Citizen crown is the commendation of Roman citizens who performed bravely in many battles by the Roman Senate. In public places, all Roman citizens, including the senate, would respect the citizens who attended the civic crown, and even their fathers would be treated with courtesy. This is an honor and there is no material reward, but Roman citizens highly praised and wanted to have it. This shows that the Romans were also a race with great virtue and a strong martial spirit).

For a time, the forefront soldiers on both sides were in a stalemate in a fierce battle.

Of course, Camillus would not be satisfied with the stalemate of merely maintaining the frontline battle with the Dionians, and he had to seize the time to defeat the enemy.

So he ordered again: to divide the 12 Roman squadrons as reserves (including ten young soldiers and two young soldiers) into two routes, bypassing the front line arrays on both wings, and attacking the enemy's flanks.

After giving the order, Camillus turned around and asked, "Have our casualties counted?"

"There were about... more than 400 casualties in citizens..." Lucius couldn't help but tremble when he reported: the initial battle did not last much, but in this short nearly 20 minutes of contact battle, they lost the number of four squadrons, which had never been encountered in the last decade of battles.

Although Camillus was also heartbroken at this time, the order he said was very firm: "Let the retreating squadron be reorganized immediately, wait for my order before attacking the enemy! The shame they suffered before needs to be washed away by them with victory!"

At the same time, Amintas was also asking his adjutant: "How is the situation with the Wolsey?"

Aristonos glanced at the record board and said, "Return to the messenger, they have set off in the whole team! Setia dispatched a thousand people, and Polefornum dispatched 7,000 people, and is rushing towards this side!"

Amintas was relieved and continued to pay attention to the battle situation ahead.

At this time, the scout cavalry rushed over: "Report to the commander of the army, the enemy sent more than 700 infantry soldiers, which were circling the back of our left wing!"

As soon as he finished speaking, another scout came to the scene: "Report to the commander of the army, and found seven or eight hundred heavy infantry of the enemy on the right wing around our flank!"

Amintas's face changed slightly. He said loudly without hesitation: "Let the first brigade rush to protect the left wing! The second brigade protects the right wing! The third brigade..."
Chapter completed!