Chapter 456: Battle of Piacenza (V)

When Petius heard this, he suddenly felt a headache: What should I do? Let the spearmen attack the opposing cavalry and light infantry? I am afraid that they will not be able to catch up with the enemy, but will instead break up their own formation! But what if the spearmen retreat? That would expose the flank of the Eighth Legion, which was in the battle, and expose it to the long-range attack of the Nix crossbowmen... Oh, Caesar not only transferred the remaining cavalry, but also took away the second-line soldiers of the Seventh Legion, leaving my left wing with insufficient troops. How can I defend it? No, I still have the second-line soldiers of the Eighth Legion! Oh, and those Cretan archers!

Petius slapped his head and said loudly to his men: "Hurry up and mobilize the second-line soldiers of the Eighth Legion to form a shield formation in front of the spearmen as soon as possible! And you, hurry to the barracks and transfer those Cretan archers to me!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

When Caesar left Egypt, considering that there were new types of soldiers, crossbowmen, in the Nix army, he specially sent people to Crete to urgently recruit 500 Cretan archers.

Before this battle, he arranged these archers in the barracks, considering that the Nix cavalry was very fast (the Nix scouts had fully demonstrated this feature in the previous battle with the Roman cavalry). If the spearmen of the Thirteenth Legion launched an attack from their side, the Nix cavalry who rushed to the front to chase the retreating Roman cavalry might have been out of the attack range.

At this time, the Cretan archers in the Roman camp in front of them would rush out quickly and use bows and arrows to block their advance or force them to retreat, so as to cooperate with the spearmen to kill the Nix cavalry to the greatest extent, laying a solid foundation for the next step of attacking the flank of the Nix army.

Unfortunately, because the Nix cavalry did not pursue the retreating Roman cavalry, Caesar's plan failed to come true, and the five hundred Celtic archers were still waiting in the camp.

Just when Petius was scratching his head and finally came up with a way to deal with it, the Nix crossbowmen who had finished their formation had quickly approached the Roman spearmen within a hundred meters and began to fire crossbow arrows.

After the first row finished shooting, the second row rushed forward to shoot, and then the third row rushed to the front to shoot; the three rows of crossbowmen at the back were responsible for pulling the strings and loading arrows. They also moved forward in rows so that they could pass the prepared double crossbows to their teammates in time...

Therefore, from the outside, the entire Nix crossbow formation was constantly approaching the Roman spear formation, and the crossbows were also constantly shooting at the Roman spear formation, just like the spring rain, which was continuous.

These soldiers of the 13th Roman Legion held spears and did not carry large shields. In order to attack the Nix cavalry faster, they even replaced their iron helmets and armor with lighter leather helmets and leather armor.

With such thin protection and such a dense formation, they encountered long-range attacks from double crossbows, and almost every shot was accurate. The powerful arrows could easily pierce the leather armor and even penetrate the back.

At this time, the attack of the Nix crossbowmen was a disaster for the Roman spearmen. Every round of crossbow arrows fired was like swinging a huge sickle of death, harvesting the lives of a row of spearmen. After a few rounds of shooting, there were only a few Roman spearmen standing opposite them.

Seeing that the array of Nix crossbowmen began to change direction under the command of the military flag, the neighboring spearmen, who were already frightened by the tragic situation of their teammates, dared not stand still and be shot.

Although they were the most elite soldiers of the 13th Legion under Caesar, they did not want to die in vain, so they turned around and retreated, and no matter how the officers scolded them, they could not stop them. Especially after the Nix crossbowmen suddenly increased their speed to approach them, these spearmen no longer cared about the formation order and rushed back...

Seeing this, Hargux's eyes lit up and he turned around and said to the messenger: "Go and tell Tinibazus (the commander of the right wing of the Nix army) that the opportunity has appeared! I will lead the cavalry legion to attack the Roman flank. I hope he will lead the second and fourth legions of the second-line troops to follow up as soon as possible and encircle the Roman left wing together!"

"Yes, legion commander!"

Sending the messenger away, Hargux looked around Left and right, excitedly shaking the spears held high in the air: "Boys, it's time to make contributions! Charge with me!"

"Woo-woo-woo!...Woo-woo-woo!..." The Nix cavalry trumpet sounded again, and the rumbling thunder sounded again at the southern end of the battlefield. The dust and fog in the sky were lifted again, and they attacked the Roman spearmen who were retreating in front of Empress Shokura...

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Caesar hurried to the middle road, and suddenly saw a human wall in front of him, blocking his way forward.

At this time, Brutus led his men to rush over: "Caesar--"

Caesar stretched out his hand to stop him from talking, rode to the back of the human wall, and observed carefully: this was not a human wall, but actually a newly added line of battle between the Roman and Nix infantry. After extending to the west for dozens of meters, it turned south. Here, the depth of the Roman line was thicker, but it was still slowly moving back... After the human wall extended to the south for a hundred meters, it turned north again and finally connected with the original array...

It was like a big abscess that suddenly appeared outside the human body, which was terrifying and would bleed if it was squeezed.

Caesar could see his soldiers defending firmly and tenaciously, but he could also hear the high-pitched roar of the enemy inside...

He can imagine that the Knicks infantry is constantly pouring into this "pustule", and wants to break it regardless of everything ...

"It's been so long, why haven't you blocked the Knicks's attack?!" Caesar finally spoke, but expressed his dissatisfaction with Brutus.

When Brurtus saw Caesar's face gloomy and did not dare to respond, he pushed the person next to him.

This person has no scruples. He used the only left hand to line a powerful military ceremony to explain: "The adults of the ruling, the barbarian soldiers who rushed through the gap, were hundreds of strong men who were completely wrapped in iron! Our The soldiers are very heroic, but our short swords cannot hurt them. On the contrary, the hammer they hold can smash our shields and break our chest armor!

These iron men cultivated by the Knicks barbarians are obviously specially trained for our army soldiers. The Thirteenth Corps has paid a lot of sacrifices in order to resist their offensive steps, but they really cannot completely stop them from going forward.

However, Lord Brurtus has transferred all second -tier soldiers in the right and middle roads to block the gap in time, and the barbarians cannot attack our front. "

Caesar recognized the person who was talking in front of him. It was his most trusted centurion Urina. He also saw that his left arm was injured. At this time, he had no mood to express concern. He asked a bit anxiously: "We This has always been dangerous for passive defense, can I not completely block these so -called iron people? "

"There is a way!" Urina said firmly: "Although these iron men are amazing, they are wearing such heavy armor, and their physical energy consumption is also very large, and they can't persist for a long time.

I have been observing just now, and found that the speed of their hammer has slowed down, and some of them even shake their bodies. I believe it would not be long before it was our turn to counterattack! "

"This is the answer I want to hear!" Caiseman's face finally stretched on the face: "Brurtus, I will give you the second -tier soldiers of the Eighth Corps, how to defend the next way, how should I defend the next? How to attack by you! "" "" "" "" "" "

"Yes, Caesar!" Brutus finally relieved.

"Where is the heavy cavalry of the Knicks?" Caesar's look resumed seriously.

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"Over there." Brurtus pointed to the back.

Caesar turned around and saw a dense square formation of hundreds of meters away from hundreds of meters away.

Caesar riding on their horses, only to see the goals where they were looking for about two hundred meters away. The armor of people and horses flashed a golden light under the sunset, and roughly looked at at least two hundred riders.

Brurtus rushed over and said softly: "After these barbarian heavy cavalry broke through our array, he stayed there without moving. I was worried that they would continue to impact our military array, so six hundred people were sent to form dense Fanghe, stare at them here. "

Caesar asked with a sinking voice: "In case they charge again, can they block it?"

"Should ... it should be possible." Brurtus hesitated, but he had seen the power of the Knicks heavy cavalry before he was improving.

Caesar saw that his mouth was wrong, frowned, and shouted: "Galadia, give you a task."

"Dear Caesar, you say!" A Gaul rider responded that he was the leader of these 400 Gaul cavalry.

Caesar's fingers: "Those Knicks heavy cavalry on the opposite side are handed over to you to deal with."

As soon as Galadia heard it, he suddenly looked stupid, shook his head desperately, and said anxiously, "No! No! They are many, and people and horses are wearing heavy armor, and people and I can not beat it at all!"

In the face of Galadia's rejection, Caesar did not get angry, but explained patiently: "It is not to let you fight with them, just let you entangle them. They are all wearing heavy armor, and they must not run away. As long as you keep harassing them and hinder them to initiate a charge to me, even if the task is completed.

I have sent someone to re -gather the cavalry before the defeat. I believe they will come here for a long time. At that time, you have enough cavalry to command to complete this task. What do you think? "

Galadia hesitated: "It's just harassment?"

"It's just harassing."

"Well, this task is given to me." After Galadia, the people of the Chao people whistled sharply, and then took them forward.