"Chapter 43: Out of the Camp to Fight"
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In the past, when the Tasya tribe was unstable, it was Bai Feng who personally stepped in to help the Tasya tribe stabilize the situation and promote the establishment of the Tasya Tribal Alliance, and the two legions and a speaker guard of the Tasya tribe were also the size and establishment set by Bai Feng.
Among them, the two regular legions of the Tasya Tribal Alliance were headed by Councillors Isidor and Palmer respectively, each with 5,000 warriors, and their weapons and equipment were also unified into standard round shields and long swords.
The most elite Speaker's Guard was led by Gamilios himself, with 3,000 of the toughest warriors of the Tasian tribal alliance, and even the weapons and equipment were produced by the blacksmiths of the city of Rome, exactly like the Cheetah Legion of Gatus.
These three legion-level armies were indeed sufficient for the daily defense of the Tasya Tribal Alliance, but they were overstretched in the face of the invasion of tens of thousands of troops from the Eastern Alliance.
Before Bai Feng discovered the danger encountered by the Tasya Tribal Alliance, their patrol soldiers had already lost more than 1,000 people in the cavalry blockade of the Eastern Alliance, and the remaining 18,000 soldiers were all handed over to the city of Rome by Gamilios at this time.
Isidore's First Legion and Palmer's Second Legion still maintained the size of 5,000 soldiers, while the Captain's Guard, commanded by Gamilios himself, expanded to more than 8,000 men, which was almost inferior to the legions of Rome in terms of numbers.
With more than 18,000 warriors from the Tasya tribal alliance, the total number of troops available in Rome would be as high as 60,000, and even if Nelson took 6,000 cavalry, White Peak would still have 55,000 troops that could be used for frontal combat.
After General Nelson left the tent and led his cavalry to attack, Bai Feng was still in the tent to discuss with the generals how the Roman army should engage the enemy in a frontal battle.
"Report to the Governor, a large number of enemy traces have been found seven miles north of the Tasia camp, and the preliminary estimate is that the total number will not be less than fifty thousand!"
Just now when he was still discussing how to deal with the enemy army, the enemy army had already hit the door, waving his hand to signal the panting warrior to retreat, Bai Feng confidently said to the generals present:
"Originally, I was worried about what to do if General Nelson attracted the attention of the enemy's army when he was moving behind the enemy's rear, but now it seems that our General Nelson can carry out his mission without any worries, because there is no enemy paying attention to him.
Now that the enemy has taken the initiative to send them to the door, let's go out and see what this sudden Eastern Alliance is capable of; it's time for these forces on the north coast, who don't know the height of the sky, to see the strength of our forces on the south coast!"
Hearing Bai Feng say this, the generals who were still standing on both sides of the military tent facing each other all stood in the center of the military tent, and they faced Bai Feng with their firm eyes and erect chests, telling Bai Feng how heroic and fearless they were.
"General Licinius, General Bazel, General Gatus, the three of you immediately command your respective legions out of the camp to meet them, and after leaving the barracks, the First Army is in the center, and the Tiger Legion and the Cheetah Legion are lined up on the left and right sides of the First Army, and the distance between them is kept within fifty meters. ”
"Yes!" the three generals replied in unison.
"General Eggers, General Palmer, the two of you command your respective legions to act as the left flank of the main army, and line up on the left flank of the main army in the center five hundred meters away;
"Yes!" the two generals also accepted the order at the same time.
"General Gamilios and General Isido, the two of you command your respective legions to act as the right flank of the main army, and line up on the right flank of the main army in the center five hundred meters away;
"Yes!"
"General Auston, our whole army is out to meet the enemy, and your task is to lead the remaining hundreds of young men of the Tasya Tribal Alliance to stay in the camp to prepare lunch for us, and then return to the camp for lunch after we have repelled the enemy army. ”
"Yes!"
"General Antio, you led the Doge's Guard with me to sit in the main army of the center, remember what I said to you at the founding ceremony of the Doge's Guard?
"As long as it is a battle that belongs to the city of Rome, our Doge's Guard will always be the first to rush to the battlefield and the last to leave the battlefield!"
"Okay! Today's battle is time for you to keep your promises, don't let me down!"
"Doge's Guard, unswerving unto death!"
After giving orders to all the generals, Bai Feng personally led the generals to stride out of the military tent, and as the assembly of the various legions in the barracks sounded one after another, the army that had just stabilized was running at full speed again.
The smallest of the governor's guards were quickly assembled, and under the command of Antio, they escorted Bai Feng out of the barracks first, followed by Licinius's First Legion, Eggers' Eagle Legion, Bazel's Tiger Legion, and other legions left the barracks one after another.
The enemy's 50,000-strong army was advancing in the direction of the Tasya camp without hurry, and Bai Feng also ordered their entire army to advance after the battle formation of the army under his command, and at this time, Bai Feng could even see the smoke and dust rolling up in the distant sky.
Today is indeed a good day, the sky is cloudless, and the summer sun is rarely so dazzling, just to provide the best fighting atmosphere for the two sides about to fight; the wilderness plains in the eastern region are still so endless that there is no place to hide the traces of the army, and the two huge armies that are ready are like two uncontrollable war beasts, slowly approaching.
The 55,000 army of the Roman coalition army was composed of three huge phalanxes on the left, center and right, and there were many small phalanxes in each huge phalanx, and countless black flags representing the city of Rome were hunting in the hot summer wind, and the sound of uniform footsteps was resounding in the sky.
When the huge Roman coalition army advanced forward for about two miles, the figure of the enemy finally appeared in Bai Feng's field of vision, and countless enemy soldiers in black and gray military uniforms rolled like dark clouds, and the unprecedented scale was shocking.
Enemy fighters who had no formation to speak of were scattered along a line about two thousand meters long, advancing along this line; we have to admit that it is indeed not easy to show numerical superiority in a neat and tight formation, but it is this kind of scatteredness of the enemy army that can highlight the sheer size of the army.
Seeing that the enemy army appeared in the distance, Bai Feng immediately issued an order to stop the march of the whole army, and the main central army where Bai Feng was located began to arrange defensive formations in an orderly manner, and the soldiers on the left and right flanks were also preparing for the enemy under the command of their respective generals.