"Once again, we must gather up the courage to save the palace, support the guardians, and add some strength to the conquered ones." - "Aeneas", chapter before the fall of Troy

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When facing this kind of charge, why did the Thousand-Man brigade of the Twelve Legion be shaken? Because the Thousand-Man brigade under Li Bida's 100-person brigade have no name. The regular legion can enter the Thousand-Man brigade are all veterans who have served for more than six years. They have the physical strength of young people and have rich experience after the war. They are magic weapons to defeat the enemy. Therefore, the commanders usually use it as the decisive military force, or directly invest in the first round of attack to defeat the enemy in the shortest time, or let them be used as the reserve team to harvest the final victory. But where did the Twelfth Legion get such veterans? Even this Thousand-Man brigade, most of them had just been around the Spanish mountainous areas in Lusitania before, and had two or three battles. When they saw the terrifying barbarian charge, it was not normal that their calf did not turn around.

"Young people, you may be shorter, but the swords and shields in your hands are the crystallization of the Republic's tactics. There is no need to be afraid of these barbarians who do not understand military tactics at all. What you have to do next is to kneel down half-kneel down, hold the huge shield obliquely on your body, hold the swords and crouch in your hands, close to your comrades beside you, and don't hesitate if the barbarian's white belly shakes in front of you. Extend the swords and let them

All the intestines flow out! You must know. You are now full of blood and courage, not inferior to any nation in the world." Tagus, with scarred faces, followed the frontier of the Century Team, and then he ran to the Iron Hand Team, and together with the chief centurion Milu, made a standard low-defensive posture. After seeing the two centurions, the soldiers calmed down a little, and the first row all imitated them. Half kneeled down, and the back row also calmed down and held the javelin behind the shield.

The first wave of javelins poured down from the slope in the sound of thunderbolts, and a group of barbarian troops fell down, followed by the second and third waves, the fourth and fifth waves, just like the rapid rain in early autumn. At this time, even the barbarian nobles who were raiding were confused. Seeing the deaths and injuries around, they could only hold up hexagonal shields, gathered together, slowing down their pace of progress. This Roman army was so strange. In the past, their legions usually just threw one or two javelins and began to draw their swords and fight. Why didn't this end?

On the top of the mountain, the soldiers of the 12th Legion line line were shuttled behind them. They kept drawing ammunition from the javelins hanging on both sides of the mules and horses, and relayed them to the soldiers in groups. Li Bida also considered it in advance. According to his observation: Rome's strong men usually exhausted their strength after throwing five or six javelins. When he was chatting with Adiana in Ubertnia, Adiana also told him that the compound archers in the East generally reached the critical point of physical strength after shooting twenty arrows, so those who thought that ancient long-range soldiers could fire "unlimited" fire were naive. In this classical era, what should be considered is not how to change the physical limit of soldiers, but should be considered to enhance the output of firepower with reasonable and scientific tactics.

So we put a herd of mules and horses behind the combat team, place sufficient javelin ammunition on it, and then let the military slaves be responsible for picking up and dropping off all the second-line soldiers. They use the relay method to take turns throwing out the javelins like rain. This is a relatively vulgar tactic. "We are the auxiliary army. Don't care about reputation like those regular citizens. Eliminating the enemy is the ultimate goal." Li Bida was very calm when talking about this, and he should be good at breaking the jars and jars.

In this way, the barbarians of Gunilin endured the weight of the falling light hunting spear like grass on their shields. They remained in a state of formation regardless of the huge casualties. They climbed the slope to approach the Romans' front-line infantry. Finally, within the distance of the battle, all the barbarians let out a roar, threw the shield to the ground, sprinted quickly, fluttering with golden braids, and cooperating with the light of the Sparta long sword, rushing into the first team of the Thousand-Man team of the Twelve Legions like a strong wind. In an instant, the whole hillside "rumbling" sounded flesh and blood, and the sword axe and shields hit each other, and accompanied by the rapid sound of the trumpet and whistle, a grand symphony of death was played.

"Sab, Sabo, hurry up and play flags to the position at the foot of the mountain!" Li Bida, who was on the eagle flag on the top of the mountain, pushed Sabo beside him and shouted.

The position at the foot of the mountain that received the flagstone gave up silence and suddenly started attacking. The three cavalry cannons took turns shooting out heavy javelins and stone bullets, rubbing the wind, and smashing a stream of blood and dust from the "Horse Guarding" position at the foot of the Gunilin people. After all, the horses of the barbarians were flesh and blood, and the instinctive thinking of animals seeking profit and avoiding harm. Under this unexpected blow, they began to flee in all directions.

On the hillside, the barbarians who were fighting with the Romans were still violently slashing the shields or helmets of the Roman soldiers who were lying beneath them. Sometimes the Roman soldiers were removed from their heads and shoulders, and sometimes their flawed lower ribs and abdomen were pricked by the sharp fighting swords of the Roman soldiers. In the fierce battle, both sides were killed and injured in just ten minutes. With the whistle, the two infantry gangs on the slope over there ran to the top of the mountain, and then hey hey

He responded to the rhythm of the warlock, passed through the gaps in the formation, and continued to fight with the barbarians. Soon after, the barbarians of the team began to see that their horses were crying and falling down in the rain of bullets shot by the enemy, or abandoning their masters and running back. They began to panic in their hearts - after all, we are cavalry, and even if we get off the saddle and infantry battle, they have to rely on those treasures to return. Now the despicable Romans actually shot the horses at the foot of the mountain, and still talk about the moral integrity of the warriors?

Seeing that the Gunilin people's entire attack formation had loosened, Milu immediately moved, causing the half-kneeling flag-holding officer beside him to stand up and raise the iron hand flag three times. All the soldiers of the 12th Legion dragged the wounded and the dead backwards, and the rest of the new forces also stood up to form a solid shield wall, shouting and pushing the barbarians to the bottom of the mountain. On the other hand, the cavalry cannons on the side of the little Hotenhus were even more fierce. This time, it was not just a horse but skillfully forming cross-fire power to the three cannon groups and began to "plow the ground" attack on the barbarian clusters patrolling the foot of the mountain and the hillside.

When the sunset shone a little light on the tip of the wings of the mountain falcon, the Gunirins abandoned their mounts, and many of them turned their backs to the sword spears of the twelfth Legion, and ran all over the entire wilderness.

On the slope of Weiai Mountain, the bodies and blood stains became a mess of scattered straps. The casualties of these brave barbarians in hand-to-hand combat were not more than 30%, and the rest were all caused by the "Li Bida Cavalry Artillery Reform".
Chapter completed!