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Chapter 41 Dionia vs Rome (10)

Not long after, most of his soldiers were killed or injured, making the back team where Commus was located in front, but when he looked at the enemy opposite him, he was stunned, and it was the team officer with the white hat-tatted he threw with his spear.

At this time, a big hole was broken in the chestplate of the enemy's right shoulder, and blood was still seeping out. He lowered his right hand, held a shield in his left hand, and glared at Conmuse.

Without a spear, Conmus pulled out the sword at his waist to fight. The sword more than one meter long is good for slashing, but the narrow space and the opponent's good defense of the long shield are not conducive to the power of his sword. With rich experience, he took advantage of the gap in strength and kept hitting the opponent's long shield.

The enemy, who was seriously injured, could obviously not withstand such a blow of force, and his face showed a painful expression, and finally fell to the ground because he was unable to support him.

Conmuse stepped forward again, condescendingly, slashed his sword, but suddenly felt a severe pain in his left leg and saw a short sword stabbing his calf.

It turned out that although the enemy was seriously injured in his right shoulder, he still held a short sword in his right hand, but hid it behind the shield, pretending to be unable to hold a weapon, and took advantage of the opportunity of Comus relaxing his vigilance and succeeded. Then, he pulled out vigorously, and the sharp blade immediately cut off the tendon.

Conmuse screamed, his forward-leaning body was unstable, and he threw himself forward, crushing the enemy and the shield to the ground.

The enemy grinned in pain, but the short sword in his right hand was still waving, slashing the ankle of the teammate who was moving forward beside Conmus. It was not until the soldiers behind Conmus pierced the enemy's chest with a spear that he sprayed blood, called "Hades", and died of relief...

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Although the Third Battalion of the First Legion fought bravely, the number of Roman young soldiers in front of him was more than twice that of it. Under their crazy attack, there were many gaps in the array of the Third Battalion. The light armored soldiers in the rear made up in time without hesitation and bravely resisted the attack of the heavy helmets and heavy armored Roman heavy infantry...

The battle was going on fiercely, and the scouts were constantly passing messages back and forth.

"Report to the commander of the army, the captain of the second company of the Fourth Battalion was injured!"

"Report to the commander of the army, the captain of the third company of the first brigade was killed in battle!"

"Report, the captain of the first company of the Third Brigade was injured!... The captain of the Third Corps was killed in battle!... The captain of the Fifth Company was killed in battle!..."

According to the practice of the battle of the Dionian Legion, the company captain rarely fights in person. When the company captain is in person, it only means that the soldiers in this company suffer heavy casualties.

Listening to the rewards of the scouts one by one, Amintas's face was like a dark cloudy sky that was terrifyingly gloomy.

At this time, another scout came here: "Report to the commander of the army, the captain of the third brigade, Hait Barus, requests reinforcements from you! The third brigade suffers and the captain has already fought in person!"

"You go back and tell Heitbarus that I have no reinforcements and don't want to hear any casualties he says, but he must hold me there and block the Romans' attack! He is dead in battle, I'll go on!" Amintas shouted sternly with a blue face.

The scout galloped away.

Amintas glanced at the guard behind him and shouted: "Let's go to the rear of the Eighth Battalion!"

Amintas spoke with awesome momentum. Printols opened his mouth, wanted to persuade him, but finally gave up.

At this time, Ledes said: "I send the cavalry over to attack the enemy and relieve the pressure on the third battalion."

Amintas glanced at him, and nodded this time without refusing.

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Of course, the mobilization of the Dionian cavalry could not be hidden from the eyes of the Roman scouts. Now the flank of the right wing of Dionia is the area where the Romans attacks are the fastest. Of course, you can understand where the Dionian cavalry will go.

Camillus immediately said to Lucius: "You immediately lead all the cavalry and three heavy infantry squadrons to the enemy's right wing, and after repelling the enemy's cavalry, lead them to continue to strengthen their attack on the enemy's flanks! Defeat the enemy completely!"

Lucius hesitated: "But your safety--"

"The more fierce your attack, the safer I will be! Go quickly! Go quickly!" Under Camillus' urging, Lucius led his troops away.

The old military and political officer was only left with more than 1,400 light infantrymen. He brought several generals from allies and said sincerely: "Next, the old man, I will give you my life."

Camillus was not only famous in Rome, but also well-known throughout the Latin League. People respected him very much because it was he who led the army to repel the Celtics that ravaged the Latinum region.

Several Roman allied generals immediately made a promise: "Mr. Camillus, don't worry, if the enemy wants to hurt you, unless you step over our bodies!"

As soon as they returned, before they had set up their defenses, the lead balls of the Dionia's catapults came over.

After seeing the cavalry and heavy infantry behind the enemy's rear, the Seventh Battalion of the First Legion also began to attack the position where the Roman military flag was erected, attempting to capture and kill the opponent's commander and reverse the situation in one fell swoop.

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The front and flanks of both sides are heavy infantry, light armored soldiers are fighting, and cavalry and light infantry are fighting on the outside... Rome and the army of Dionian were in full battle.

After the battle lasted for nearly two hours, the final battle had entered.

The Romans had already gained a clear upper hand, and the entire line of Dionia was compressed into a semicircle, especially the defense line on the far right was shaking. If the Legion Commander Amintas had not raised his shield and held a gun and went to fight to kill the enemy, the legion flag would have been erected behind them. The Third Battalion and the Light Armored Soldiers might have backed down, but now they were just trying their last breath and trying their best to support them.

Ledes's First Cavalry Legion was also struggling to block the reinforcements of enemy cavalry and heavy infantry.

Although the Roman cavalry was brave, they were not large in number and had poor lethality. However, their heavy infantry caused the Dionian cavalry to suffer a lot of casualties.

Although Ryders was heartbroken, he knew that the First Cavalry Legion could not avoid it. Otherwise, although there were not many new forces, the consequences would be unimaginable with their joining.

Just as Rides was anxious about the difficulty of stopping the Roman heavy infantry's advance, a cavalry shouted: "Legion Commander, look!"

In the dusty mist, Rides turned his head and looked south, and saw a large black shadow appearing in the distance, quickly approaching this side.

Wolsey! Ledes was immediately energetic and shouted loudly: "Brothers, hold on for a while! Our reinforcements are here! Our reinforcements are here!!"

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The first thing to arrive at the battlefield was that more than a thousand Volsie warriors led by the consul of Antium City, followed by a thousand Volsie warriors from Setia. The Antium warriors from Polefornum actually arrived earlier than the Volsie warriors from Setia, which shows how strong his mentality is to seek revenge from the Romans.

They rushed to the battlefield without stopping, and launched a fierce attack on the red Roman soldiers.

The Roman cavalry were defeated first.

Then, the three Roman heavy infantry squadrons who were blocking by the Dionian cavalry were also impacted. Just as they turned to resist, the soldiers of Setia arrived and surrounded them.

The equipment of the Roman heavy infantry was not comparable to that of the Volsey warriors with only spears, shields, helmets and no breastplate, but their number was too small and they fought with the Dionians for so long, and their physical strength was consumed a lot, so they were soon washed away by the Volsey's crowd.

Just as Wolsey troops arrived at the battlefield one after another, the vanguard of Antium soldiers and Setian soldiers continued to rush towards the young Roman soldiers who were fighting fiercely with the Third Battalion of Dionia and the light armored soldiers, a rapid retreat roar sounded behind the Roman army...

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When Antium's soldiers attacked the three Roman squadrons, Camillus received an emergency report from the reconnaissance. The news that "a large number of Volsie warriors appeared on the battlefield" made him feel like he was hit hard, and he recovered for a moment.

At this time, his regret and self-blame were intertwined. He thought that relying on the army and the strength of his strength, he wanted to defeat the Dionians first and then retreat. This was the safest, but he did not expect that the Dionians were so difficult! The battle lasted for so long, and not only did he not repel the Dionians, but instead welcomed the Volsisi people...

"Blow the retreat trumpet!" Camillus suppressed the regret in his heart and immediately issued an order without hesitation.

"Camillus military officials, wait a little longer! We will defeat the Dionians soon!" The adjutant advised anxiously: "Wolsey has just arrived, maybe there are not many people coming, and our soldiers can completely stop them-"

"Retreat with a trumpet!" Camillus said firmly: "Retreat with a trumpet!"

Camillus, who has been through the battlefield, never has a lucky mentality of war. If he is defeated, he must try his best to protect the lives of the soldiers.

The retreating horns rang continuously, and all the Roman squadron leaders who heard the horns felt a little unbelievable first reaction, because the battle situation they saw was that the troops under their command were now at the upper hand, and some squadron leaders had already felt that the enemy on the opposite side was a little difficult to support, but out of absolute trust in commander Camillus, they still issued orders to retreat to their soldiers.

The elderly and middle-aged soldiers in the front attack array on the left, middle, and right wing quickly began to retreat, distanced from the enemy opposite, and then turned around and retreated quickly and in an orderly manner.
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