"Chapter Forty-Eight: The Two Wings Encircled"
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- Leonardo da Vinci (typical artist of the Renaissance)
While the Doge's Guard was desperately rushing forward, and the three legions of the main army in the center were holding the enemy back in front of the battle formation and unable to move a single step, Gamelios on the right flank moved with his Speaker's Guard and Isidore's legions.
The Captain's Guard, of 8,000 men, with 3,000 of the most elite warriors as the assault force, rushed towards the enemy's left flank under the personal command of Gamilios himself, followed by the 5,000 soldiers of the Isidó legion.
At this time, the situation on the battlefield was not at all the best time for the right-wing army to enter the battle, and once the Tasya army, which was inferior in combat effectiveness to the enemy, entered the battle, it would inevitably suffer heavy losses from the enemy army, and it might even be routed on the entire front.
Although the enemy's 40,000 main forces have all been engaged in the attack on the central main force of the Roman army, the Roman army, which is at an absolute disadvantage in numbers, does not control the initiative on the battlefield, but is suppressed by the enemy in many aspects.
If it weren't for the hard work of the Germanic berserkers, Gatus's Cheetah Legion would have been unable to support it a long time ago, especially the pikemen, who numbered as many as four thousand, more than a quarter of whom were newly recruited after the last war, and the will to fight was not strong enough.
Due to the lack of sufficient weapons and equipment, the city of Rome did not equip these pikemen with the necessary weapons for close combat, so after the phalanx was dispersed, these pikemen were basically unable to effectively kill the enemy, and their own casualties rose sharply.
Had it not been for the desperate Roman army on their left and right flanks, the pikemen of the Cheetah Legion would have collapsed, and even if they were inspired by other fighting warriors, they would have been one step away from the collapse of the army.
Now that the 13,000-strong army on the right flank of Gamilios has rushed forward in spite of the situation, if the soldiers of the Tasya army are routed in the face of the disparity in strength, then the pikemen of the Cheetah Legion will surely be crushed with them.
This terrible chain reaction is definitely the biggest taboo on the battlefield, but unfortunately Gamilios has already led the soldiers under his command to kill, Bai Feng immediately ordered them to withdraw from the battlefield It was too late, and the helpless Bai Feng had to order Maxi beside him:
"Maxi, you immediately go to General Eggers' side to deliver the order that General Eggers immediately command the army on the left flank to attack the enemy's right flank; ”
It turned out that Bai Feng's estimate was not wrong at all, and even the form on the battlefield was far worse than Bai Feng's estimate, and at the same time that Bai Feng gave the order to Maxi, Gamilios had already launched an attack on the left flank of the enemy army with his army.
The enemy army, who was well armed, easily drew 8,000 soldiers to meet the Tassia army under the command of Gamilios, and the brave and powerful Gamilios rushed forward in the battle, and all the enemies who dared to stand in his way were killed on the spot, but it could not change the weakness of his army.
The Tasia army, which was on the attacking side, was suppressed by the enemy's 8,000 soldiers who rushed out of the battle formation before they could kill the enemy position, and as soon as the two armies fought, the casualties of the Tasia army were in a state of skyrocketing.
However, the tenacity of the Tasia army was also beyond Bai Feng's imagination, they had obviously suffered heavy casualties, but they did not have the slightest intention of retreating, let alone the collapse of the entire army that Bai Feng was most afraid of seeing.
It seems that the barbarian warriors' pursuit of freedom and rejection of the status of slaves are truly extraordinary, and the attitude of these Tasya warriors who would rather fight to the death on the battlefield than take a step back proves everything.
No matter how reckless Gamilios's decision was, and no matter how poor the combat effectiveness of the Tasya's army was, there was no doubt that they had succeeded in dragging eight thousand enemy troops, so that the more dispersed the enemy forces would have fewer forces at their disposal.
From the 40,000 troops when they first entered the battle, to the bloody battle for more than two hours now, there are less than 35,000 soldiers left in this southern invasion army from the Eastern Alliance, of which more than 20,000 soldiers are still being used for the crazy attack on the central main force of the Roman army.
When Eggers received the order from Maxi and gave the order for the left flank to attack on all fronts, the 10,000 men of the Eagle Legion were the elite division of the Essini tribe, and their combat effectiveness was no worse than that of the enemy soldiers.
Even if Palmer's 5,000 soldiers were of limited use, it would be enough for the under-armed enemy to drink a pot, and this time the enemy army divided into two lines did not have more troops to meet Eggers' army alone, and they could only sit back and watch Eggers' army rush forward.
With the fifteen-thousand-strong army under the command of Eggers attacking from the right flank of the enemy, the pressure on the three legions in front of the Roman army was also sharply reduced, especially the Tiger Legion, which was close to the Eggers' army, and the enemy troops engaged them were suddenly much smaller.
Fortunately, thanks to the courage of the soldiers of the Tassia army, the Roman army gradually took control of the battlefield, and the relieved Bai Feng once again turned his attention to the Antio army, who wanted to kill and capture the flag, and their battle was still difficult.
Gameilios's right-wing army and Eggers' left-wing army joined the battle one after another, giving the Roman army an absolute superiority in numbers, and the enemy forces engaged on three sides had to devote more troops to the outer civil war, and the soldiers who were really still on the inner line to strangle the Doge's guard were suddenly reduced a lot, and the pressure on Antio was also reduced a lot.
Even with the pressure relieved, it was almost impossible for Antio to lead his Doge's Guard to the task of capturing the flag, as the fierce battles and the siege of the enemy had left the Doge's Guard with less than 300 men.
Fortunately, it was Bai Feng's Governor's Guard formed by gathering the most elite 1,500 infantry cavalry warriors in the entire Roman City, plus the commander of Antio, a fierce general, and the assistance of Wendell and Simpson, which has been able to support until now.
If it had been replaced by any other army, the casualties would have been as high as four-fifths of them, and they would have collapsed long ago, and there was no talk of capturing the flag, and at this time Antio was only fifty meters away from the position of the enemy's commander's flag, but these fifty meters were like a moat.
Antio's general guard originally consisted of forty-four heavy cavalry with the strength of a high-level swordsman, and now only seventeen scarred soldiers were still behind Antio, and even Antio himself was covered with scars and could barely fight anymore.
Not to mention the other warriors who fought to the death, many of them were holding on to death with the breath in their hearts, and if this breath fell, these warriors would definitely fall to the ground and die on the spot.
At this point in the battle, they were worthy of their name as the best of the best, and perhaps the Doge's Guard, which had been in army for less than half a month, would not be able to fulfill their last vow to withdraw from the battle, for they were only one step away from the death of the whole army.