"Well, let’s get ready, so that the Guards, the Shield and Bow Corps and other infantry brigades don’t have to worry about the consumption of arrows when they attack. Give me ten thousand arrows, and we must completely suppress the Goths, the only threat to our infantry, and fight back with arrows to cover our infantry charge!" The old prince just mused on the avenue that "the light infantry in front of the heavy infantry in bring up the rear must also fight for the tiger’s strength. Since the attack, don’t consider what to keep for our army to try to break through the Goth defense line at one stroke."
After hearing the old prince’s inspiring tone, all the Roman generals were not excited by the crowd, and they all looked eager to try. Although Rome has declined, many Roman soldiers still have the same blood as their ancestors. They are still the tenacious enemy who swept Europe and Asia!
Just as the old prince and the generals were nervously discussing specific issues such as the sequence and arrangement of the attack, suddenly a soldier panted and ran to the hillside to see the old prince face to face, and immediately reported that "the prince’s cabinet position had arrived with the guard corps."
"Oh?" When the old prince heard this, his tiger’s eyes suddenly lit up, but then his eyes flashed a trace of regret, but he quickly hid it to listen to him look around the generals and said, "Since you have come here to command, you will naturally return me, and my old bones is fighting with you!"
One of the generals slightly zheng and then react to think that the old prince deserves to be a pillar of the country! I have worked hard all my life and fought for fame and fortune. Although I am in my twilight years, I still have great courage. I was really a model for our Roman soldiers! Being able to kill the enemy side by side with the old prince is as strong as a native dog! So the crowd shouted, "May the old prince go to the uneven lines! Kill the enemy side by side! Rome will win! "
"Ha, ha, ha, good!" The old prince’s three good words in Dalian Road are waiting for the sword to be drawn and the people will be together. At this time, the soldier suddenly looked carefully and wait for a while said, "The previous order of the Prince’s Pavilion, the generals’ pavilion, has not yet been completed. The old prince’s military strategy can not be me! I ordered the old prince to continue to be in charge of the army and command this battle, and I personally led the old prince of the Guards Corps to lead the vanguard and sharp sword! Today, I swear to break the rebels and raise Rome’s national prestige here! I will drink when you break the enemy! "
When the soldiers finished, everyone was shocked. On the spot, only the old prince suddenly turned to look at Taniguchi’s army with a slight change. As expected, a majestic and magnificent armored lion was mixed into the infantry phalanx that was originally arranged in the forefront. After seeing that the blood flag in the legion was hunting in the wind, the soldiers were all dressed in excellent heavy armor, even the crotch god horse was no exception, flashing a dazzling and dazzling light, which was simply armed to the teeth. Since these legions appeared, the emperor must be among them.
The old prince didn’t accuse the emperor Vallans of taking the lead in the past dynasties. There are countless Roman emperors. In such a martial and glorious social background in Rome, it is rare for the minister emperor NINEONE to respect his body and not be in danger. It is almost unforgivable for the emperor of the Roman Empire to be ignorant of military affairs. Since the establishment of the empire, whether he is a monarch or a bad emperor is rarely ignorant of war. For Roman adult men, the emperor who doesn’t know how to fight is almost equivalent to waste. Worse, he is an emperor.
It is a common phenomenon for Roman emperors to fight in battle, which is more common than many Roman emperors who died in battle. This is regarded as brave and noble. Even if the emperor in front of him is not recognized by people, all the sins can be eliminated if he is asked to die bravely and fearfully. The Roman people will recognize him as the Roman emperor on condition that he is cleared.
What’s more, like Emperor Vallans, before he ascended the throne, he and his brother Valenian grew up in a military camp in the Danube valley and fought with his father Rome. A general’s war is just the simplest part of their life. Even if they become the rulers of the eastern empire, it is difficult to be pampered, but in just a few years, it is impossible to completely erase their military style honed by decades of living in a military camp. They may not be the best military commander, but they are definitely more than qualified generals.
Therefore, the old prince didn’t show too much surprise about the unexpected will of the emperor Vallans. Naturally, he was just talking about it. However, the noble status and prestige of the old prince replaced the emperor in charge of the army. There must be some problems because of the counter-insurgency army. Many corps commander used to be the old prince’s youth department
Therefore, after thinking a little about whether there is something wrong with it, the old prince looked around at the people and said, "How dare the old minister not do his best as soon as possible!" Generals, you should behave like this when you kill the enemy side by side. I think you all know it! Now take over the wartime command of your respective legions at once. Generals, please remember to change the flag according to the number, so that the action can not be wrong! Those who are afraid of the battle will be executed on the spot regardless of their status! "
"Yes!" People rallied together and then turned around and headed for their respective legions.
"The Goths are still making smoke screens. It seems that they want to delay. It’s a pity that I won’t give you a chance. Even if those who break out really invite Visigoth reinforcements, I’m afraid you won’t be able to wait for that time." After the generals walked, the old prince turned to look at the smoke-filled battlefield again and muttered something, then suddenly waved his hand. "Immediately attack the light infantry corps and don’t let the Goths have a break!"
"Yes!" Not far from the cliff, a row of trumpeters heard the old prince’s order and immediately got up their strength with awe and suddenly blew the deep and powerful Rome! The sound echoed in the whole valley for a moment, and immediately there was a burst of noise and commotion in the dark army of the valley
At Taniguchi, the centurions issued an attack order to their own department, holding the flag forward for a moment. After the boom, the two light infantry regiments took the lead in leaving the valley and advancing to the mountain where the Goths were located. The narrow terrain method put more legions at the same time, but this is exactly what the old prince thought. If the two sides were out in a melee at one time, the Roman legions might be in local danger. Now, although the warring front line will inevitably have a tug-of-war, it is a huge advantage for soldiers to be higher than their opponents in terms of physical strength, endurance and combat capability. It can be said that the
Section 21 Wolf totem
The light infantry of the two legions entered like a wall. Although it was not as murderous as the heavy infantry, it still had a powerful momentum of shaking the law. After slowly reaching the foot of the mountain, the vanguard stopped again and finally lined up and prepared before the assault.
At the same time, the noise seemed to disappear in an instant, and the whole phalanx became quiet. The soldiers silently prayed to the gods or listened to the centurions’ little encouragement and deep murder, slowly condensing as if it were calm before the storm.
After a long time, suddenly!
"Army attack! ! !”
On the edge of the front row of the phalanx, a Roman flag bearer centurion suddenly raised his dagger and roared like a tiger in the mouth. The roar of the mountain forest rang through the sky for a long time, and suddenly thousands of soldiers issued "Drink!" A cry suddenly started like a burst of water and rushed towards the Goth camp on the top of the mountain hidden behind the thick smoke!
Two light infantry regiments just pressed behind them. The Guards’ Shield Bow Corps and the Oriental Auxiliary Bow Corps immediately stepped forward and quickly spread to the two wings of the hillside in an inverted shape, occupying the position of the minimum wind direction affected by the smoke screen to build a fire cover line and leaving a gap between them. A single heavy infantry regiment is slowly advancing. They will exert the first round of heavy blows on the Goth defense line from the main force of the first wave of attacks.
Then, at a distance, the second wave attacked four legions, including two light infantry legions and two Roman eagle flag legions. Their goal was to completely defeat the Goths’ defense line and let the battle enter the final pursuit stage, so that behind them, the emperor personally led the Guards Corps, naturally there would be no danger and it would be easy to pursue a remnant enemy and earn credit. This is suspected that political considerations are greater than military considerations, but no one can object to the deployment of the old prince! There is no doubt that the emperor’s array has greatly inspired morale, but after all, the emperor can’t be put in danger casually, so it is obviously the best way to end the battle before the emperor leads the army to invest.
But everything will have an accident. The old prince didn’t put all his hopes on the second wave of attacks. If the Goths were lucky enough to hold the line of defense, they could rely on the Guards Corps, which was the last trump card for the emperor’s safety. The old prince had already arranged for Zhou to send someone to tell the Guards corps commander to send a team to try not to hold the emperor too obviously in the back, so that the army could not move forward and stay away from the front of the battlefield.
Just as the old prince, like all Roman generals, held his breath and waited for the exchange of fire, the hillside was approaching rapidly, and two light infantry legions finally ushered in the first wave of counterattack, and the decisive battle between arrows and rain suddenly kicked off!
Whoosh ~ ~ ~
Several arrows rain through the smoke screen criss-crossing the sky to break!
Straight! Straight! ~ ~ The sight and hearing of the Roman army were inevitably greatly affected because of the flaming flames around the smoke screen. At the first time, the French found that the Goth arrow rained down and rushed in front, and the soldiers suddenly screamed miserably. The long arrow flew along the slope of the hillside, almost shooting horizontally for a short distance of more than 100 meters, which made the penetration of the dense arrow the most horrible embodiment.
Many arrows rushed in front of us, and the infantry armed with oriental Zheng-shaped shields were not directly swept down. It was like a hedgehog was killed without even screaming, and the soldiers were one step behind. The reaction was not unpleasant, so they moved together with their left and right comrades and raised the shield to cover it. Unfortunately, they blocked it fast enough, but the flow vector was faster, and most of the arrows were plunged into the solid shield. However, there were still many angles, and the sharp arrows rubbed against the edge of the shield and suddenly let the tight phalanx burst into muffled hot blood from the gap of the shield.
What is the most terrible in the battlefield? There is no doubt that veterans will tell you that it is a flow vector!
Without a predetermined angle and a predetermined target, it will cause killing in an incredible way. Whether recruits or veterans are alike in front of the arrow, they face the same chance of drawing lots for life and death.
The Goths counterattacked with perfect timing, and several waves of arrows and rain flew in succession. Even though they had solid shield wall protection, after all, the first attack was the imperial ordinary corps, which suffered heavy losses compared with the non-eagle flag corps, and the formation was also disrupted. Hundreds of people braved the arrows and rain and were not afraid of death. They had already killed less than 3 meters in front of the traffic, but the rest were scattered and turned into small groups, rolling and rolling like a rock. At this time, the infantry corps had just passed through those charred cars, and there was still a long way to go from the hillside. Suddenly a small gap appeared in the first Poroma army attack group.
But it is hard to be detected by people, but it has not escaped the Goth eyes, which are born with unimaginable intuition on the battlefield. Alat Yas captured this fighter almost immediately before bidding, and immediately waved the elite Goth infantry to attack! The number of 3,000 Gothic elite is not large, but its combat power is enough to make the army tremble. If this army really enters the light infantry array without any obstacles, it will surely be a tiger in the flock. I am afraid that it will not be long before the light infantry will retreat. If it is small, it will turn into a rout. Thousands of people will rush back and immediately follow the impulse. Once the formation is scattered and complicated, it will fall into the target of slaughter.
"Woo hoo hoo! ~ ~ "A call sign sounded like a beast, and I saw the Goths pouring out of the traffic. The countless tomahawk axes reflected pieces of sparkling light in the sun.
However, the Goths who didn’t know the art of war fell into the trap of the old prince after all.
Whoosh ~ ~ ~
Just as the Gothic elite was about to pour out of the traffic jam, a’ dark cloud’ fell from the sky!
"Jingle!"
"Benedict! Snow, snow! "
One after another, the Gothic elite crashed into the coverage of the arrow rain, and immediately suffered a heavy blow. An arrow rain settled, and hundreds of Gothic soldiers rushed ahead to jump out of the traffic jam. They were directly swept away, and the arrow was almost inhuman, and they fell down and fell dead everywhere. It was terrible!
However, the follow-up surge of Gothic elite roots will not respond, and it will be an overwhelming red feather fall!
Draw dungeons into arrow graves!
The dense red feather arrows were inserted all over the ground, only equipped with melee combat round shields. The Gothic elite infantry were killed and wounded, and a large tomb was paved. Blood gurgled out and flowed out along the body. The shocking blood flowed out and finally gathered together along the terrain to form a pool of blood.
The arrows and rain cover of the Roman Bow and Bow Brigade and the Guards’ Shield and Bow Corps are in perfect coordination with the heavy infantry corps that is slowly following. The continuous three waves of arrows and rain cover the Goths mercilessly and directly, making them counterattack in an attempt to completely abort hundreds of elite tomahawk warriors. Before they entered the battlefield, they swallowed their anger and annihilated the Goth king Fritea Gus. Seeing this, I am afraid I will vomit blood for three liters.
However, the failure of the counterattack not only means that the Goths missed a good opportunity to reverse the battlefield situation, but also further deepened the signs that the war situation was gradually tilting towards the Roman army. The Goth archers were suppressed halfway up the mountain. The light infantry corps was encouraged by the strong support of friendly forces in the rear and roared with shields. Finally, before the Goths rebuilt a solid defense line, they were caught off guard. More than 2,000 Goth elite tomahawk troops quickly formed a scuffle and completely disrupted the Goths’ arrangement. Everything will develop according to the situation planned by Rome!
Sword, light, axe, shadow, melee, firewire, life is like dirt. Soldiers on both sides fought fiercely, and several people fell every moment. However, more people stepped on the bodies of the people in front and continued to March into the barracks. Roman soldiers desperately tried to tear down the defense line and widen the road for the follow-up army, while Goths rushed out. They desperately tried their best to block the Romans in the front of the traffic at any cost. Every step of the way, both sides were dead and wounded, and the blood was piled up all over the ground as if it were the most worthless thing, splashing like a spring, accompanied by a personal interaction
"kill!"
When the first Roman heavy infantry roared and brandished a knife into the melee group, the second wave of Roman attack echelons arrived one after another, and immediately became the last straw to crush the camel, taking over the heavy casualties, but with perseverance, they just resisted the Goth elite and fought back against the first echelon. After that, several legions of Roman new troops were facing the exhausted Goths, and the result was self-evident
"Ho ho ho ~ ~ ~"
At the top of the mountain, suddenly, there was a loud roar calling for joy!
Looking at the lost confidence, the Goths scattered and fled, the Roman army waved flags and marched into the Goth camp. The hillside in the distance was always staring at the change of the war situation, and the old prince finally breathed a sigh of relief quietly. The Goths lost their momentum and the empire finally won! After thoroughly solving the Goth, the empire will have a rare quiet time to recuperate, and then the empire should look to the north, where a prairie nation is rising at a terrible speed!
The old prince looked at the north consciously, but for a moment, the tiger body of the old prince suddenly shook, and his face was full of disbelief and horror. The expression was shocked and puzzled, but it was more a kind of despair and help from heaven to hell!
A highland about a kilometer north.
An iron horse is roaring through the dust! That’s the first time to fly and hunt the gray flag, and the lonely wolf pattern is vivid!
Section 22 National mourning
The Danube Tour to Karady is located in the foothills at the end of the Alps at the junction of the provinces of Pannonia and Thrace. This is the last place where the western Roman reinforcements can be replenished and rested before they enter the rebel-controlled areas. Going forward, I am afraid that there will be broken walls and debris everywhere. Several imperial weapons manufacturing bases originally located along the river have been looted and the towns are abandoned. Since Emperor Valenian personally led reinforcements to arrive here two days ago, people displaced from the west of Thrace have come to seek refuge one after another.
For the Goths, the rebellion against the empire was completely unprepared. The weak forces in the Balkans led to the rebellion. In the short term, Emperor Vallans earnestly asked for help, which made this rebellion a thick cloud hanging over all imperial subjects.
However, on the whole, Emperor Valenian has a full understanding of his brother, and privately, he still maintains a relatively optimistic judgment on the development of the situation. Even though the army traveled day and night and dared not have a moment’s delay until Karady took a break, Emperor Valenian always took the attitude of having everything under control to appease the imperial officials who passed by, and the provincial governors and military chiefs were more confident than when the army approached to leave. Emperor Valenian believed that he had invited reinforcements to join him just to ensure that evil was completely eliminated. I believe that in the past, a group of capable elders and ministers should assist the eastern empire in counterinsurgency for so many days.
However, Emperor Valenian never thought that fate would always fool and ridicule the world at the most natural time. In the dark, one hand is always manipulating all beings with extreme personal preference, which is a kind of deep nai and confusion.
A temporary Roman guard post is located three miles outside the east gate of Aicheng, Karady, where a squadron of Roman soldiers is stationed. The terrain just occupies the east exit of Becasse Mountain, and the west is high and the east is low, so that the sentry can monitor the Thrace grassland outside the mountain pass for several kilometers.
Even if it is a temporary post, there are many defenses like towers, horses, antlers, fences and pits. A squadron may be a little thin, but relying on this defense line is definitely enough to warn the Kadirae army.
Of course, the frontier post is set up in case of intelligence. Gothic rebels should be fighting with the army of the Eastern Empire. If so, extra troops will be separated to harass the west. What’s worse, once they go deep into the core of the Empire, the pressure on the Goths will not increase by a fraction. The closer they get to the Italian soil, the more and more Roman military regions will stand in the way of the Goths. If the Goths really don’t know how to advance and retreat, even if the Empire is a weak and sick tiger, the consequences will not be borne by the Goths alone. Although I don’t know much about Fritea Gus, Emperor Valenian can be sure of all the things about this Gothic king, that is, this guy who dares to bet on Rome is not going to completely fight with Rome, but to try to defeat the empire at the most appropriate time through a famous war with national uprising. Even if Rome doesn’t agree with them, the Goths will make peace with Rome. In fact, they will seize the leading position among other barbarians instead of sacrificing themselves as wedding dresses in vain to attract the Romans to fight back.
Fritea Guth’s abacus is very good, but he still made a fatal mistake. He was too confident and underestimated the residual strength of the empire. Thrace’s victory in the province made them despise the real strength of the Eastern Empire
The stubborn resistance of the Constantinople Military Region led by Emperor Vallans to the rapid arrival of the counter-insurgency army surprised the Goths. In the news that came one after another a few days ago, Emperor Valentinian was even more convinced that he had predicted the outcome of the war and that the riots in the Eastern Empire should soon be quelled. This is good news for Emperor Valentinian, who is nervously watching the changes in the situation in Spain and carefully planning to solve the problem of collaboration and treason of the Grace family.