When the captain shouted "retreat", the light infantry retreated quickly with relief, and reached the rear through the gaps in the square. At this time, their number was about 700, almost everyone was more or less injured.

When the Eighth Legion was 50 meters away from the Carthage Array, it slowed down its advancement and quickly transformed the checkerboard array into a tight square array.

The Balearic Stone-Crossing Soldiers and Lusitanian Javeliners also took the opportunity to withdraw from the narrow space between the two armies, with nearly 200 casualties, which was slightly superior.

After seeing the opponent's light infantry withdraw, the soldiers of the Eighth Legion slowed down their pace and pulled out the javelin to prepare.

At this time, the Numibian infantry, who was still in a static state on the opposite side, suddenly began to strode forward under the orders of the team officials, preparing to launch a charge towards the Eighth Legion.

The action of the Philip infantry disrupted the attack rhythm of the Eighth Legion. After the soldiers threw the first round of javelin, they had to charge and fight with the enemy.

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Compared with the rapid advancement of the right wing, the central and left wings of the Dionian coalition were still moving slowly, while the central and right wings of the Carthage army were still stationary and still arranged in place, and even arranged in formation. Compared with the well-trained Phoenix infantry, both the Iberian infantry and the Lusitanian soldiers seemed a little slow. Fortunately, Hasdruba was in the formation on the right wing. Under his loud shouting and command, the Iberians and Lusitalians on the right wing could not wait to advance after they had arranged the formation.

Especially the Lusitalians at the far right, they run very quickly.

At this time, the two sides were a hundred meters apart, and the left wing of the coalition forces was still moving forward slowly. The soldiers of Kamanlina were through the narrow eyes of Corinth's helmet and suddenly found that the other party rushed to the front in the blink of an eye. The team officials hurriedly ordered a charge, but before the speed could be fully increased, the Lusitanian soldiers collided.

The strong power was transmitted to the body through the round shield. If it were not for the thick array behind him as support, the Kamanlina soldiers in the forefront might have been knocked out. But since that was the case, they were also knocked to the point of falling and losing the best defense posture.

Of course, the Lusitanian warrior would not miss this great opportunity. The sharp Fakata dagger in his hand pierced fiercely.

The Kamanlina soldiers fell down one after another, and the soldiers who defended the attack were still scared, and they felt a little afraid of the tall, burly and ferocious enemies in front of them.

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When the two sides finally got closer in the middle, the battle between the Dionian coalition and the Carthage army had entered a full-scale battle. The battle formation between the two sides was completely a big slash. The army in the north was the west and the army in the south was the east.

The more than three-mile front was shrouded in dust and fog caused by the soldiers fighting on both sides, and shouts, fighting and screams were heard everywhere... In such a loud and hustle and bustle battlefield, Leotizides could not even see the leopard in the pipe. The only thing he could rely on was the reconnaissance cavalry distributed behind the battle formation. From time to time, they would return the battle situation of their positions to Leotizides in the back of the middle lane.

Are the soldiers moving forward or retreating? Is it because they have more casualties or the other party has more casualties? The previous question is that it is easy to observe, while the latter question depends more on the reconnaissance cavalry's own judgment ability. These situations of reconnaissance cavalry's rewards are ultimately recorded by Mukru on the wooden board he carries to judge the pros and cons of the battle situation based on this.

"Sir Commander, look--" Mukru lifted the board to Leotizides with a serious expression: "This is the situation when we first started fighting! This is the situation now! Our left wing has retreated a lot, and the middle lane has slightly retreated, while our right wing of the Eighth Legion has not made much progress forward!"

Leotizides stared at the wooden board full of data. In fact, he heard the situation reported by the Scouts and knew roughly what they knew, but the wooden board was drawn more intuitively and clearly.

Leothis's already cold face became even more gloomy: it can be said that at the beginning of the battle, he was still relaxed because his initial plan was realized, and the Carthaginians did set up a formation step by step against the military formation he had arranged first, and the two sides became face-to-face heavy infantry contests. He believed that with the super strong defense of the Greek heavy infantry, it could form a long stalemate, thereby consuming the physical strength of the opponent's soldiers, which would be conducive to the implementation of his next plan. What he never expected was that after only half an hour of fighting, the left wing was at a disadvantage.

He felt that he had attached great importance to this Carthage army, but the enemy's performance exceeded his expectations.

"Let the cavalry army attack." He pondered for a while and gave the order.

Mukru was slightly shocked. He knew that the original combat plan was not like this, but that it would have to wait until the two sides fought for a long time and were a little tired. Even the Eighth Legion on the right wing still had a clear upper hand. The attack of the 4th Cavalry Legion would be the final step to establish the victory, but now it has been used early.

Of course, Mukru did not dissuade him, he knew that the current situation was slightly unfavorable to the coalition forces.

"Wait a minute." Leotizides hesitated for a moment and said decisively again: "Let the Light Armored Brigade and the Light Infantry Brigade follow the cavalry and attack the side of the Carthaginian left wing together!"

Mukru was stunned. This time he couldn't help but remind: "Commander, the Light Armored Soldiers are our only reserve team!"

"The Carthaginians had stone-treating soldiers, which poses great threat to the cavalry." Leothiedes calmly: "The reserve team is used at critical moments, and now it is the critical moment."

Mukru did not speak anymore. When he sent a messenger to inform the three troops, he felt a little uneasy. After all, Leotizides placed the few winning chips on the Carthaginians' left wing, and since then he lost the ability to interfere in the entire battle situation.

The 4th Cavalry Legion and friendly cavalry, who had been waiting in the rear of the right wing for half an hour, were already impatient. Therefore, after receiving the order to attack, the corps commander took the lead, and other cavalry followed closely. The 1,000 cavalrymen of the 4th Cavalry Legion formed a long column of four cavalry, followed by 300 friendly cavalrymen.

The 4th Cavalry Legion of Dionia is the weakest among the four major cavalry legions of the Kingdom. In the Great Greek territory of Bruti, Mesapi and Pucheti are all races that are good at raising horses and have the ability to provide cavalry. The Sicilian territory does not have such conditions. Moreover, raising war horses is different from ordinary horses. They not only require a large amount of forage, but also rich bean food to ensure sufficient strength to carry cavalry. At the same time, frequently harness the horses. Horses are very susceptible to injury in both during battles and during training, so often cavalry families have to raise at least two horses to basically ensure the needs of training and combat. It can be seen that raising war horses is a great burden for the wealthy citizens of Dionia and citizens who specialize in breeding.

There is no tradition of raising horses in the Sicily territory, and most of the people in these territories were refugees who were persecuted by Syracuse many times. There were not many wealthy people. There were very few citizens who signed up when the 4th Cavalry Legion was initially established. After years of development, the lives of the people in the Sicily territory have improved greatly. In addition, the Kingdom Senate has repeatedly passed many preferential bills for citizens who become cavalrymen. For example, the cavalry families do not have to pay land tax, and the Ministry of Military Affairs issues a certain amount of subsidies to each cavalry every month... It can be said that the cavalry is the only army among the various military branches of the Dionia that receives a fixed salary. Stimulated by these favorable factors, the number of the 4th Cavalry Legion has just exceeded 1,000, which is far from full.

Over the years, the Fourth Cavalry Legion has been spent in the barracks and has not experienced wars. From the beginning to the present, they have only acted as supporting roles and have not made too much achievements. The cavalry all longed to prove themselves, so they bypassed the right wing of the army and pulled a long arc a few hundred meters behind the enemy's left wing. Under the influence of the extremely excited and belligerent sentiments of the soldiers around them, the commander of the Leotizides deliberately ignored Leotizides's instructions, and did not wait on the arrival of the light armored brigade and the light infantry brigade on the spot, but decided to attack tentatively first.

After the cavalry received the order to attack, they began to control the horses and jog in small steps. As a result, before the speed was raised, they were attacked by the flying stones of the Balearic stones. Even if the distance was a few hundred meters away, the flying stones of the Balearic people were still quite accurate. They deliberately focused their targets on the horses. Compared with the cavalry with leather helmets and leather armor, the sensitive animal of war horses, which was taken with a lead ball, immediately shouted and jumped, abandoned the soldiers on the horse, and ran around in panic.

For a moment, the horses neighed everywhere, and the cavalry who fell to the ground rushed to chase their war horses. The scene was in chaos and the attack was forced to stop.

Asitimis finally returned to the cavalry. After a rough count, he lost more than 90 cavalry, which actually reached 1/10 of the number of troops in the army. He couldn't help but feel heartbroken. He never dared to act rashly anymore, but waited for the arrival of his helpers.

More than 10 minutes later, two brigades arrived.

While waiting, the cavalry were not idle. Asitimis sent a team of cavalry to investigate. After paying some casualties, he brought back the general arrangement of the Carthaginians behind the left wing: the enemy's stone-cale soldiers arranged loose linear arrays facing the Fourth Cavalry Legion a hundred meters away from the enemy's battle formation; in front of them there were hundreds of javeliners and hundreds of interracial light infantry guards (because most of the Celtics were naked and not wearing armor, the Dionian cavalry thought they were light infantry).
Chapter completed!