The company captain Theocasis's four teams were stacked in front and back, forming a section of about twenty-six or seven meters in the right wing array. He was in the center and was closely following the battle of the forefront soldiers.

Compared with the battle at Minoa, the degree of danger is far less than that of Minoa. The enemy on the opposite side does not look tall or strong, the attack is not fierce, the impact on the array is not very strong, and the pressure on the soldiers is not too great... However, after a long period of close observation by Theocassis, he knew that his soldiers had met strong enemies.

Because first of all, the enemy on the opposite side has strong defense, they are good at using shields to defend, and they cooperate well with each other; secondly, they are very experienced in dealing with the soldiers' short sword attacks, which makes the close-range short sword fighting that the infantry in the army proud of is not obvious; again, they have rich combat experience and good control of the attack rhythm, and do not easily wave the spear in their hands, but first concentrate on using the long shield to defend the soldiers' brave attacks, and use appropriate retreat to cushion the impact force it brings. When their strength is slow, they immediately use a spear to fight back, forcing the opponent back, and even stab... Therefore, the company commanded by Theocasis is always in a state of three steps forward and two steps back, and progress is slow.

Of course he would not know that the reason why the Margonid family recruited refugees from Phoenicia and Numibia was because their employment costs were low, they could endure hardships, and they were not affiliated with any city-state or tribe, and they were easy to cultivate loyalty. After rigorous training, the Philippine infantry indeed became the main force of the Margonid family's battle against the Iberian Peninsula. Because the enemies they faced for more than ten years were fierce indigenous people, and the Philippine soldiers who did not have the advantage in strength and speed were relying on the Philippine soldiers who were not as strong as indigenous people, and their strength and speed were not superior.

What is the tough defense and tacit cooperation, dragging the enemy down in a long-lasting confrontation, or sticking the enemy's main force, and then allowing the swift Numibian cavalry or Mauritanian cavalry to go around the enemy's rear to attack, and finally defeating the enemy in one fell swoop. This has become a common tactic for generals such as Mago and Hasdruba to deal with Iberian indigenous people. Since most Iberian indigenous people use the Fakata dagger, the Firu infantry naturally have rich experience in dealing with the dagger attack.

As a senior team officer of the legion, Diocasis was anxious. Before the war, LeOtizides had briefly told them about his combat intentions. The Eighth Legion was the key to victory for the Dionian coalition in this battle. However, Diocasis looked at the soldiers fighting hard in front of him. He guessed that the situation of other companies might be the same. Since the war started, the Eighth Legion has not only failed to open the door to victory, but has fallen into a fierce battle. He may not see the dawn of victory in a short period of time...

Just as Theocasse was thinking about it, a familiar scream came from behind him: "Warriors of the Eighth Legion, I am your legion commander! I order you to strengthen your attack, defeat the enemies in front of you, and win honor and reward for yourself! Warriors of the Eighth Legion..."

This is indeed the voice of the commander of the Prosous Legion! Theocassis was surprised at first, then uneasy. In his impression, Prosous was relatively cold and lacked passion. He never loudly motivated the soldiers in training or in previous battles. But this time, he suddenly changed his usual situation. Is it because the entire battle situation is not good for us?

Some team officers as sensitive as Theocasis also felt the same uneasiness, but most ordinary soldiers of the Eighth Legion heard the voice of the Legion commander who had been with them for 10 years and had strict requirements on them, but brought them victory and glory. They were all excited and their morale was high again. His shouts were filled with roars like a tide: "Hades! Hades!! Fight!! Fight!!!..."

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While the soldiers of the Eighth Legion were inspired by Leotizides to strengthen their attack, behind the left wing of Carthage, the Dionian cavalry were rushing quickly to Balearic from both sides.

Although the Balearic stone-cattering soldiers were attacking each other at a long range with the Dionian light infantry, they were also alert to the Dionian cavalry. So when they found the enemy cavalry moving towards them, they immediately ignored the light infantry on the front and focused on their efforts to deal with the cavalry. At this time, there were more than 1,000 stone-cattering soldiers, divided into two parts, and dense lead balls flew towards the charging cavalry, trying to shoot them down one after another.

For a moment, the horses were neighing and people screamed, and cavalry kept falling to the ground and rolling.

However, since the Fourth Cavalry Legion had launched a charge, it would not be possible to stop again, otherwise it would bring greater losses. They roared and drove their war horses, passing by their comrades who were crying on the ground, and slashing towards the enemy not far away that was always shaking the catapult rope.

Infected by the courage of the Fourth Cavalry Legion, the friendly cavalry followed closely.

Looking at the enemy cavalry that appeared in the dust and fog in the sky, and came to him with a formidable aura. The distance was getting closer and closer, the Balearic stone-cattered soldiers finally felt panic and began to run back one after another.

The Dionian cavalry rushed to the front, stabbed the guns and hit them with horses, completely dispersing the stone-casting soldiers, and then deliberately drove them to escape to the Carthaginian army formation ahead.

Hundreds of defeated soldiers were forced to attack the rear of the left wing of Carthage, which was in battle. The Philip infantry in the rear had to turn around and kill the defeated soldiers to prevent them from disturbing the battle formation. At the same time, they had to be careful to deal with the javelins thrown by the Dionian cavalry, which would inevitably disperse their strength to fight the attack of the Eighth Legion soldiers head-on.

At this time, the soldiers of the Eighth Legion, inspired by Leotizides, were doing their best to launch a new offensive.

Originally, the Philip infantry was not afraid of this, but instead felt happy, because the enemy had exhausted their spare energy too early, it was their turn to fight back. But now, they were a little unable to resist and had to retreat continuously.

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On the right wing of the Carthage army, the Dionian coalition was retreating one after another.

The number of soldiers in the Carthaginian army was already greater than that of the Dionysian coalition, and they set up military formations of the same length as the opponent, which means that the thickness of the Carthaginian army on the right wing was even greater than that of the opponent. The Dionysian coalition soldiers were weaker in personal combat than the Lusitanian soldiers, and were not as good as the other in overall force push. Therefore, after more than an hour of fierce fighting, the advantage of the Lusitanian soldiers at the beginning of the war had become extremely obvious.

Although the Lusitanian soldiers' attacks were much weaker than at the beginning, the resistance and counterattacks of Kamanlina and Gera's soldiers were weakened more obviously, and the sound of comrades falling down from time to time increased their panic. Therefore, the left wing array of Dionia continued to retreat under the pressure of the Lusitanians' offensive, and the originally dense formation became increasingly sparse in the retreat.

The Lusitanian soldiers took the opportunity to squeeze into these gaps and attacked the enemy from the side, constantly expanding the gaps, burning the war to the back of Kamanlina and Gera's array.

Finally, fear overwhelmed the fighting spirit. Some Kamanlina soldiers at the back of the army began to turn around and escape. Their escape immediately affected their teammates who were also unstable in the army. Everyone also fled, and defeat inevitably appeared...

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The left wing began to retreat?! Although Leotizides was mentally prepared, he was still a little lost after hearing the news.

After a moment, he raised his spirit and looked forward. In order to make it easier to understand the situation of the war, he was already next to the rear of the Eighth Legion array, riding on horseback, and even able to see the faces of the enemy fighting with the soldiers: although the enemy was already strode back due to his supervision and the attack of the Fourth Cavalry Legion he sent out on the back, there was no excessive panic on their faces, and the thin line of the Eighth Legion could not seize this opportunity, increase the pressure to push forward, and implement a more effective breakthrough... So judging from the current combat situation, the stalemate of the right wing will continue for a while, and what the Eighth Legion lacks is time.

After staying in Sparta for more than 20 years, he knew very well that once the traditional Greek heavy infantry on the left wing had soldiers fled, the time it would not be too long before the entire left wing would completely collapse, and then it would affect the middle...

Leotizides made a quick decision: "Order the entire army... to retreat!"

Although Leotizides was still expressionless, the volume of his speech still showed the change in his mood.

Mukru, who was standing beside him, was also in a complicated mood. When he repeated the order again, his voice trembled: "Hurry...blow...retreat the horn of retreat!"

Since the trumpet of the retreat of Dionia is different from that of the Greek city-state army, the trumpet soldiers need to blow it twice.

When the trumpet sounded like the attack of the Greek army, the soldiers of the Eighth Legion were a little unbelievable, because the enemy on the opposite side had not yet retreated, the sound of this trumpet meant:...we were defeated?!

Although it is difficult to accept, the habit of strictly abiding by military discipline developed over the years made them choose to obey. After a sudden fierce attack forced them to retreat behind the enemy in front of them, the soldiers quickly turned around and retreated...
Chapter completed!