After I was destined to leave this place forever, everything was still the same, and my departure left no trace.

—Naipaul (West Indian writer, travelogue writer, and social critic)

Luquis knew in his heart that the leader of the Lucian tribe, Viriacius, had calculated the entire army based on the troops that his side was currently engaged in battle, but in fact, the number of troops that his side could actually put into battle was much larger than that of the other side.

Even excluding the 70,000 surrendered soldiers of the Eastern Alliance, the main forces of the Third and Fourth Roman legions were still a formidable force to influence the outcome of the war, and sadly, Viriacius was completely unaware of this.

Before the army led by Bai Feng personally arrived at the battlefield, Luquis would not easily use the troops in the camp, and even the cavalry troops of Nelson and Antio were regarded by Luquis as a deterrent force and stayed by his side for the time being.

At this moment, the situation on the bright side is that there are still more than 9,000 light cavalry and nearly 4,000 heavy cavalry under the command of Luquis who have not been used, and there are also 50,000 soldiers on the two wings under the command of Viriacius who have not participated in the battle, and the battle between the two sides is still limited to the battle between the main forces of the two armies.

Reinforced by 30,000 soldiers, the total strength of Lucy's army was restored to more than 50,000 men, while the Roman youth army and Roman heavy infantry who fought against them were only about 6,000 people, and the ratio of soldiers on both sides reached an astonishing 9 to 1!

The individual combat effectiveness of the Roman Youth Army was far inferior to that of the brave and combative barbarian warriors, and even the Roman heavy infantry, whose combat power was superior to that of the Roman Youth Army, had an initial experience level of zero, and their individual combat effectiveness was not comparable to that of ordinary barbarian warriors.

Although the individual combat effectiveness of the Roman youth army and the Roman heavy infantry was not comparable to that of the barbarian warriors, they also had advantages that the barbarian warriors could not have, such as the various battle formations they were proficient in, the many tactics they were proficient in, the sophisticated weapons and equipment they possessed, and so on.

It is no exaggeration to say that if the Roman hoplites were to be singled out against the Luci warriors, then the Roman hoplites would definitely die, and even the Roman hoplites who were draped all over their bodies were still no match for the Luci warriors who had only a long sword as their only weapon.

If ten Roman hoplites were to fight against ten Lucy warriors, there was a good chance that the two sides would be tied, and it would not be easy for Luci warriors, who were accustomed to fighting on their own, to defeat ten Roman hoplites who were in good agreement.

On the side of the Roman heavy infantry, the Roman heavy infantry, which has a serious lack of individual combat effectiveness, can rely on the tacit cooperation between each other, and then use the advantages of their own weapons and equipment to maintain their own undefeated, but in order to defeat the Lucy warriors, they still lack the corresponding strength.

If a Roman hoplite were to fight against the same number of Luci, the Roman hoplites would be able to defeat the same number of Luci, as the Roman hoplites would be able to fight using all the basic Roman tactics.

This inference does not differ from the facts to the truth, which means that the greater the number of Roman heavy infantry and Roman youth, the greater their advantage in battle with the barbarian warriors, and that the Roman heavy infantry and Roman youth army of more than 6,000 are not necessarily incapable of resisting more than 50,000 enemy troops!

With the Roman youth army and the Roman heavy infantry engaged in fierce battles with the enemy in front, the longbowmen, who were still shooting, finally began to slowly retreat backwards after shooting the second quiver, which was the limit of the longbowmen.

The longbow was already more physically demanding than the shortbow, and if it weren't for the fact that the longbowmen of Rome were all made up of barbarian warriors with incredible physical strength, they would have been able to shoot a single quiver, but even so, two quivers would have drained the longbowmen's stamina.

The longbowmen, who can't even lift their arms, have no practical value in remaining on the battlefield, and it is better to withdraw to a safe rear as soon as possible to avoid accidents.

With the withdrawal of 24,000 longbowmen, the strength of the Roman army was suddenly reduced by two-thirds, so Marcus, who was in charge of commanding the soldiers who had not yet participated in the battle, personally led 22 Roman youth troops and 32 Roman light infantry to action.

Because the Roman light infantry had only one javelin left unused, Marcus did not scatter them, but gathered them together, protected by the Roman youth army, from the left flank of his own center army to the right flank of the enemy's center.

Marcus's intention in this action was very simple, that is, to use the Roman light infantry and Roman youth army under his command to slam the flank of the enemy's central army, and relieve the increasing frontal defensive pressure on his own Chinese army.

Like Luquis, Viriacius, who was also in the rear of his own Chinese army, was aware of Marcus's intention to lead his army on a detour, but he did not have the extra forces to organize Marcus, and he had just drawn 30,000 soldiers from both flanks, and it was impossible for him to draw troops from both flanks.

The inability to draw troops from the two flanks does not mean that Viriacius will sit idly by and watch his flank of the Chinese army be threatened by the enemy; it is impossible for more than 50,000 soldiers to kill all of them at the forefront of the battle at once, and the soldiers who have not rushed forward for the time being have become the available forces of Viriacius.

Viriacius, who had drawn 5,000 soldiers from the rear of his own Chinese army, sent a general beside him to lead these 5,000 soldiers to meet Marcus's troops who were about to make a detour.

The Roman light infantry and the Roman youth army, which maintained their formation, must have moved more than a little slower than the loose Lucy warriors, and as a result, the 5,000 soldiers of Marcus's army and Lucy's army, who had moved in advance, rushed to the flank of the battlefield at the same time.

Seeing that his plan to slam the enemy's flank was difficult to implement, Marcus, who acted decisively, directly regarded the enemy army in front of his army as the target of attack, and commanded his soldiers to attack this enemy army.

More than 5,000 Roman light infantry armed with javelins did not act at the forefront of the battle, and in order to avoid being attacked by the enemy at too close range, they threw their javelins at the enemy in the way of running and accelerating behind the Roman youth army.

The loose formation, which had previously restricted the combat effectiveness of the barbarian warriors, had become an advantage for the 5,000 Lucy warriors to evade the javelins, and even so, more than 1,000 of the 5,000 Lucy warriors were shot on the spot by the javelins that flew at them.

Thirty-two Roman light infantry threw their last javelins and immediately withdrew to the rear where Luquis was, while Marcus, who personally led the twenty-second Roman youth army to meet the enemy, made a small plot against the enemy.

Taking advantage of the enemy's charge and being heavily damaged by the javelin rain of his own Roman light infantry, Marcus ordered his Roman youth army to charge forward, but when they charged, they did not hold short swords, but their only remaining javelin!

When the distance between the two sides was shortened to thirty meters, the Roman youths who suddenly stopped threw their javelins at the unabated enemy soldiers, and then they quickly drew their short swords from their waists while forming a shield wall with their left hand to meet the enemy!