"Report...... Report to the Commander of the Corps, the ...... of the 7th Brigade All have arrived, waiting for your orders! Captain Satyrus panted and saluted Amintas.

The light infantry brigade of the 1st Army was the first to arrive, which was expected. After all, they don't wear armor and don't have heavy weapons, so they move quickly. In fact, when they received the order to "march quickly", they were only about seven miles away from Amintas, and it took more than an hour to run out of seven miles, which was not very fast, mainly to maintain the integrity of the personnel and formation and to maintain a certain amount of physical strength, so that they could immediately enter the battle after arriving.

Amintas glanced at the soldiers, all sweating profusely, but still in good spirits, he nodded in satisfaction and said loudly: "Brothers, you have come just in time!" The enemy is ahead, just waiting for us to eat them and make a name for ourselves here as the First Legion of Dionia! Do you have that confidence?! ”

"There is !!" The soldiers shouted in unison.

"Staff officer, you can arrange it." Amindas said immediately.

Printors did not hesitate, glanced at the record board full of markings, then pointed to the southwest, and said to the seventh captain Satyrus: "Four miles ahead, there are more than 300 Roman heavy infantry, more than 700 cavalry and nearly 2,000 Roman light infantry, the First Cavalry Regiment is under great pressure in order to stop their retreat, you immediately rush to the Seventh Brigade to assist the First Cavalry Regiment in dragging the enemy, and wait until the follow-up troops arrive to annihilate it!" ”

"Yes!" Satyrus turned around and shouted, "Brothers, keep running with me!" ”

Led by the scouts, the soldiers of the 7th Brigade rushed to the southwest.

"Printors, your previous suggestion was right, as long as you catch this large pile of enemies, I don't believe that the Romans will dare not come out to rescue them!" The arrival of the Seventh Brigade made Amintas's heart relax a little, and he began to praise Printors, knowing that when Prutus suggested to him that "give up intercepting all the Roman food troops, and concentrate cavalry to block the Roman squadrons closest to them, and in fact to the nearest to the First Army", Amintas hesitated for a while, and now not only stopped more than 300 Roman heavy infantry, but also lured the Roman light infantry and cavalry over, If these more than 3,000 Romans can be nailed, he will not worry that the main Roman force will not leave the camp.

Printors smiled and didn't say anything more.

At this time, the adjutant Aristonos shouted again: "Commander, another unit has arrived!" ”

I saw dust and fog rolling from the south, and this time it was the Eighth Brigade (that is, the Light Armor Brigade) that came......

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Initially, the various companies of the cavalry regiment successfully intercepted the Roman squadrons that were raising food and gave them some casualties, which can be said to have achieved considerable results, but the arrival of Roman light infantry and cavalry reversed the situation in which the Roman soldiers were passively beaten.

The Roman light infantry consisted of archers and javelinmen, who not only had a longer range than the Javelins of the Dionian cavalry, but they also had more consistent and accurate shooting. The speed of the Dionian cavalry was limited by the Roman cavalry, and even if the Dionian cavalry wanted to drive their horses into battle, the Roman ranks were mixed with heavy infantry, making this adventure impossible and prone to being surrounded by the enemy.

The combination of Roman heavy infantry, cavalry, and light infantry led to the more skilled Dionian cavalry to begin to suffer casualties. Although now, in the Dionian Kingdom, the cavalry is no longer as valuable as before, like the cavalry of the First Legion is mainly from the Bruti region, where the people are already good at raising horses and riding horses, so the number of reserve cavalry of the First Legion alone is enough to form another legion, but as the commander of the legion, how can Rydes not feel sorry for the loss of the cavalry, these are all soldiers he has worked hard to cultivate! And in this strange place, it is difficult to replenish the cavalry after the loss.

Faced with the current dire situation, the commander of the 1st Cavalry Corps, Leders, hesitated in his heart to cancel the order to "intercept the Roman soldiers back to the camp".

Fortunately, Amintas's order arrived in time, allowing Ryders to concentrate all his cavalry on the three Roman squadrons to the southwest

To this end, Ryders also had the cavalry deliberately drive and force the three Roman food troops together, which was more conducive to his unified command of the First Cavalry Corps to intercept the enemy.

Faced with nearly 2,000 Dionian cavalry galloping around, the Roman soldiers did not dare to act rashly.

But it didn't take long for the arrival of a large number of Roman light infantry and cavalry to change this stalemate.

The Romans were in the center with heavy infantry, light infantry on the periphery, and cavalry on the flanks, ready to volley the charging Theorian cavalry. Forming such a formation, the Romans began to slowly advance towards the camp.

Under the blow of the Roman light infantry javelins and bows and arrows, the Dionian cavalry blocking the front could not throw the javelin, so they entered the range of the Roman light infantry bow and arrow, and the flying arrows made the Dionian cavalry hit the arrows at the same time, the Roman cavalry would also take advantage of the situation to rush over, cover for a while, and quickly return, so as not to fall into the encirclement of the Dionian cavalry.

The Romans repeatedly used this tactic many times, causing the 1st Cavalry Regiment of Dionysis to suffer considerable losses.

Ryders no longer dared to let the cavalry block in front, but instead harassed from the flanks and rear. However, the Roman formation was so tight that the Dionian cavalry did not dare to get too close under the threat of bows and arrows.

Looking at the dusty battlefield ahead of him and the neighing of his horses, Ryders was once again in a state of hesitation, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw a horse carrying a wounded man, led by another cavalryman, towards the rear where he was.

The face of the wounded man was familiar to him, and he hurried forward, and when he looked closely, it was Pebaricius, the company commander of the 1st Cavalry Regiment, whose full name was Sobercos. Pebaricius, the eldest son of Ryders' old subordinate and kingdom hero Soberkos (ever since Davers named his son Davers. After Clotocatacs, his practice gradually became popular in the kingdom, and the vast majority of citizens abandoned the Greek tradition of having only a first name and no surname, and began to use their own name as the surname of their descendants).

At this moment, the young man's eyes were closed and unconscious.

"Captain, the captain's horse was shot with a bow and arrow, and he fell from his horse and fell into a coma." Said the cavalryman who brought him back.

"Take care of him!" After Ryders admonished, he looked ahead again, and finally made up his mind in his heart, he took a deep breath: "Order, cancel the interception of the Romans-"

"Uh!! ......" suddenly came the sound of a high-pitched military horn ahead.

"Commander, it's the First Legion! The First Legion they arrived!! The cavalryman next to him shouted excitedly.

Hearing the familiar sound of the military trumpet, Ryders looked ahead, and through the dust and mist, he vaguely saw the golden light flickering on the Dionian flag.

And at this moment, the herald of Amintas also arrived: "Report to the commander of the Ledes Corps that the Seventh Brigade of the First Legion has arrived, is on the enemy's way back, and is approaching the enemy. ”

"Only the Seventh Brigade?!" Ryders was slightly disappointed.

The herald said emphatically: "Other brigades are coming!" ”

Ryders thought for a moment, and then ordered: "Let the various brigades immediately stop harassing the enemy, open the distance from the enemy, slow down the horse, and only need to monitor the enemy's movements, and at the same time make way of the encirclement on the east to avoid being accidentally injured by the long-range attack of the First Army." ”

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The soldiers of the 7th Brigade saw the cavalry-strewn and dusty battlefield in front of them, and although they were physically exhausted, their spirits were extremely excited, and the pace of their feet was also quickening.

As he approached the battlefield, Captain Satyrus gave the order to "stop advancing".

"Goose Formation!" He then gave another order.

Hearing the waving of the trumpets and flags, the soldiers immediately distanced themselves from each other, and the whole team stretched and stretched to the sides, and soon the entire military formation showed a concave arc.

At this time, the cavalry of the 1st Cavalry Regiment arrived: "Brothers of the 1st Cavalry Corps, we have moved out of the way. ”

The captain of the light infantry brigade immediately ordered again: "The first company is ready!" ”

The light infantry brigades of each corps were somewhat peculiar, with only four companies, the first and second companies for archers, and the third and fourth companies for javelinmen, each with 250 men under its jurisdiction, consisting of five detachments. But the light infantry brigade of the First Legion was very special, it had only three companies, the second company was archers, the third company was javelinmen, and the first company was slingers, which was the only remaining unique branch of Dionia, a total of 350 men, all of whom were born in Rhode Island and skilled in slinging.

The soldiers of the 1st Company untied the slings tied to their waists and advanced to the front of the line in a loose formation.

Satyrus kept his eyes on the front and judged the distance between his brigade and the enemy, which was a basic skill necessary for the commander of the Dionian light infantry, and he was a Thracian light shield soldier who had been on an expedition to Persia and was even more experienced and accomplished, so he sat in the position of the captain of the first light infantry group of the Dionian First Army.

Although the Romans saw that the Dionian cavalry in front of them had dodged the way, they still did not increase their speed, because the Dionian cavalry was still around, which forced them to maintain a tight formation.

Seeing that the Romans were only about 300 meters away from his brigade, Satyrus raised his right hand: "The first company is attacking!" ”

The slingers took out an egg-sized lead pellet from the leather pouch around their waists, compared to the slingers who still used pebbles ten years ago, now they are shotguns for guns, and the lead pellets in the center of the circle can not only fly farther, but also be more lethal. ()

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