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- Giovanni Boccaccio (a prominent representative of the Italian Renaissance movement, a humanist)

When the Doge's Guard of Antio and the Dragons of Brono arrived in the valley of Cádiz, the cavalry of the Doge's Guard, led by Simpson, followed the Parthian archers to find their way, while the rest of the warriors launched an attack on the enemy cavalry.

Half of Francis's 10,000 elite cavalry frantically attacked the phalanx of spears commanded by Leonidas in the valley, while the other half roamed outside the valley, and when they spotted the Roman army, they immediately blew their horns.

Francis, far east of the valley of Cádiz, knew as soon as he heard the sound of the trumpet, that it must be the main army of the Roman army, and he did not want to waste time when he was pressed for time, and then 5,000 elite infantry pressed to the mouth of the valley.

About 4,000 or so cavalry launched an attack on the Dragon's Legion, and before they could rush into the Dragon's formation, Bronno's 2,000 longbowmen began to fire volleys, and the enemy cavalry, covered by the rain of arrows, immediately suffered heavy losses.

Even without the several rounds of arrow rain attacks from the longbowmen, the enemy cavalry of about 4,000 would not be able to shake the dragon legion with 15,000 warriors, not to mention that the warriors of the dragon legion were still the strongest in Rome in terms of combat effectiveness.

The 1,000 elite warriors of the Doge's Guard could be of very limited use when fought alone, and in order to improve the combat effectiveness of the Doge's Guard and the Dragon's Legion, Bronno and Antio tacitly mixed the two armies together to fight together.

The enemy cavalry that rushed into the Tenglong Legion after the rain of arrows did not even break through the battle formation of the Tenglong Legion, and first fell into the siege of the soldiers of the Tenglong Legion;

After only more than ten minutes of fierce fighting, the enemy cavalry who took the initiative to attack was completely defeated by the soldiers of the Tenglong Legion; the scattered enemy cavalry quickly withdrew from here, and Bronno, who had his hands free, began to rescue the Cheetah Legion.

The enemy cavalry that was attacking the remnants of the Cheetah Legion in the valley had long had no mobility to speak of, and the narrow valley limited the input of the army of the Roman city and the army of Francis, and the cavalry naturally had no mobility in such an environment.

If it weren't for the horsewhips in the hands of the cavalry to speed up the horses, they would have been pushed backwards by the phalanx of spears under Leonidas's command, and even if they hadn't been pushed back, they would not have had the slightest chance of breaking through the phalanx of spears.

While the two armies were fighting in the valley with blood and limbs, the soldiers of the Dragon Legion launched a fierce attack from the rear of the enemy cavalry, and the two flanks suffered by the Cheetah Legion were now returned to Francis's army intact.

The soldiers of the Dragon Legion, under the command of Bronno, frantically rushed to the valley in large groups, and launched the most fierce attack on the enemy cavalry in the valley.

Countless horsemen were thrown off their backs by their horses, and then trampled to death by the frenzied horses, and the chaotic fighting in the valley left both armies dead and wounded, but they fought as best they could to win the war.

This confusion soon spread to the enemy's cavalry attacking Leonidas, whose pace was completely ruined by the chaotic fighting in the rear, and Leonidas did not miss such a great opportunity, and he immediately led his pikemen to continue to advance!

With the phalanx of spears advancing in front and a large number of enemy troops attacking frantically, the casualties of the enemy cavalry caught in the flanks rose sharply, while the main army under the command of Francis himself was unable to break through the phalanx of spears commanded by Gatus.

The tragic fight is the only melody in the valley, the roar of the war horses and the shouts of the warriors are accompanied by the sound of Jin Ge's fighting, so that the flying blood is no longer hot, and the bloodthirsty warriors make killing the most simple and direct communication between each other.

The Parthian archers and the Simpson's 500 cavalry searched north along the valley of Cádiz, and then quietly followed the fleeing enemy cavalry, and found the hidden path that the enemy cavalry had detoured to.

After discovering this path, Simpson immediately led the cavalry to guard the exit of the path, and the Parthian archers hurried back to report to White Peak, and at this time, the main army of White Peak was less than half an hour away from the Cadiz Valley!

The stubborn enemy cavalry did not change the end of their total annihilation, and the red-eyed soldiers of the Dragon's Legion and the pikemen under the command of Leonidas, no one had any intention of stopping, and they joined forces to strangle all the enemy troops in the valley.

After clearing the valley of the enemy cavalry, Leonidas did not say much to the soldiers of the Dragon's Legion, and turned around and joined Gatus's phalanx with his pikemen to meet Francis's main army.

After personally commanding the soldiers of the Dragon Legion to destroy the enemy troops in the valley, Bronno did not have the slightest intention of waiting for Bai Feng to arrive, but immediately gave the order of the whole army to assist the Cheetah Legion and attack the main army of Francis outside the valley.

Looking at the dense array of soldiers of the Dragon Legion behind him, Gatus looked at Leonidas, who was commanding the battle on the side, Leonidas was not a man who waited for the enemy to attack, and constant attacks were Leonidas' pursuit.

The reinforcements from the Tenglong Legion gave him the confidence to take the initiative to attack, so he decisively gave the order for the whole army to move forward, and the main army under the command of Francis, who was unable to attack, was once again broken through by the spear phalanx of the Cheetah Legion at the exit of the valley!

The soldiers of the Cheetah Legion who came back from the slaughter harvested the lives of the enemy with the spears in their hands, and also opened a channel for the attack of the Dragon Legion behind them.

Leonidas, covered in blood, stood at the forefront of the phalanx with a spear in his hand, surrounded by the Spartan hoplites and Macedonian royal pikemen who had been following him, and the phalanx of more than 300 pikemen advanced forward as calmly and forcefully as arrows.

The soldiers of the Dragon's Legion, who fought valiantly, soon followed behind the phalanx of spears, expanding the area of breakthrough from the left and right flanks, and the situation on the battlefield gradually developed in the direction of the city of Rome, and the balance of victory was also tilted in favor of the city of Rome.

However, Francis did not intend to admit defeat like this, the loss of 10,000 elite cavalry and thousands of elite infantry did not greatly damage Francis's strength, and he still had 20,000 elite and 45,000 ordinary infantry under his command, and his strength was still strong.

The counterattack of the Roman army was seen by Francis, and he only threw 5,000 elite infantry and 15,000 ordinary infantry into the battle again to form an absolute superiority over the Roman army, intending to press the Roman army back into the valley.