Not only him, but also the captains of the fourth and fifth brigades and other company commanders also made a quick decision: let the soldiers rush forward quickly, entangle the enemy, and prevent them from escaping!

But the depleted Ionian legionnaires staggered in pursuit, only to distance them from the Roman soldiers.

As for the Roman young soldiers on the two flanks, because the previous attack was too fierce, the arrays of the two sides were already staggered and too tight, and it was difficult to withdraw for a while. In particular, nearly half of the more than 2,000 young Roman soldiers who came to attack on the right flank of the Dionian army were already red-eyed, and only cared about the attack, ignoring the trumpets and shouts of the outside world.

At this moment, more than 2,000 Wolsi men from Antium and Setia quickly arrived, and together with the Third Brigade of the First Legion and the light armoured soldiers, they flanked these young Roman soldiers in front and back, and actually surrounded most of them.

But for a while, these Roman soldiers did not panic, the squadron behind turned to resist the attack of the Wolsey, and the soldiers in the front attacked even more desperately, so that the array of the third brigade and light armor soldiers in front of them almost collapsed, but fortunately, they knew the news of the arrival of reinforcements, which strengthened their confidence in holding on.

At the same time, Amintas urgently brought in soldiers from the Second Brigade, which was next to the Third Brigade, to strengthen the defensive line.

When the rest of Wolsey's reinforcements arrived at the battlefield, they saw that the entire Roman army was already in retreat, so they immediately began to pursue.

The Dionian heavy infantry was exhausted and could not continue after only a few moments, only the light infantry and cavalry were still in pursuit.

The 7th Battalion, which was all-light infantry, was the best of the 1st Legion, and they ran desperately to get around the front and intercept the six squadrons of young Roman soldiers that had been attacking the left flank.

Who knew that these Roman squadrons did not know the news of the arrival of Walsey's reinforcements when they were on the left flank, so they only responded to the military order to retreat, not retreat, and their morale was not bad. And it was somewhat similar to the way the Dionian army retreated, they retreated as a whole squadron, rather than running around as if they were completely scattered, and they could immediately organize a counterattack.

After suffering some losses, the 7th Brigade no longer dared to stand in the way, but ran after them, attacking with javelins and bows and arrows at the same time, thus achieving some success.

The Dionian cavalry pursued more directly, driving their horses directly through the rear, knocking the enemy squadron apart, and then stabbing the lone enemy one by one, but this method was more damaging to the tired horses, and the cavalry only used it a few times at the beginning of the pursuit, and then only attacked a few scattered enemies that had fallen behind.

The battlefield was only four or five miles from the Roman camp, and Camillus retreated unhindered to the north gate of the camp with most of his squadrons of prime and veteran soldiers, as well as light infantry.

Frius had already received the news, and had already opened the camp gates, ready to meet Camillus.

Camillus did not enter the camp immediately, but reminded Frius to guard the camp to prevent the enemy from taking the opportunity to attack the camp, and asked the light infantry to quickly stand on the wooden wall, climb the watchtower, and attack any enemy who dared to approach the camp, and at the same time led the more than 3,000 troops of young and elderly soldiers to line up an array a hundred meters away from the camp, and launched a rapid attack on the Wolsey who had not been pursued for long.

The Wolsey, who were only concerned with pursuing the router, had long since lost their formation and were quickly routed by Camillus's troops.

After defeating several Wolsey pursuers in a row and ensuring the safety of the Roman rout, Camillus did not carry out a counter-pursuit, but led his troops to retreat steadily, standing 50 meters from the north gate of the camp, and guarding the escape route of the rout, protected by the arrows and javelins of the light infantry behind him.

By the time the Wolsi had to gather their pursuing warriors and regroup themselves into a large army to approach the Roman camp, Camillus had already led his troops into the camp.

Looking at the dense array of Roman soldiers on the wooden walls, the Wolsi finally dismissed the idea of taking advantage of the situation to attack the Roman camp.

It was only at this point that this hard-fought battle finally came to an end.

Although the battle was won, Amintas looked at the wounded soldiers all over the ground, but he was not happy, and the rough casualty statistics had come out: the casualties of the First Legion amounted to more than 2,400 people, which was already 1/4 of the number of the entire legion, especially the third brigade and the light infantry brigade lost more than half, although some of the wounded soldiers were only flesh wounds, and after bandaging, treatment and recuperation, it would not take long to recover, but this had already made the first corps injured.

Ledes next to him was also sighing: the First Cavalry Corps blocked the retreat of the Roman food troops at the beginning, and then blocked the reinforcements of the Roman heavy infantry and cavalry at the end, so it paid a great price, and the final casualty number was as high as more than 700 people, which was close to half of the number of the legion, especially the loss of horses was very serious, and the horses probably needed a period of recovery before they could go to the battlefield again.

"This battle is a big loss!" Ryders lamented from the sidelines, loud enough for Amintas to hear, and although he did his best to assist Amintas during the battle, this did not prevent him from venting his grievances after the battle.

Amintas didn't refute, and in fact he didn't have the heart to do so now. While he told the herald to hurry up and inform the medical battalion to come and treat the wounded, he asked the soldiers of the convoy who were still physically fit to go and help the wounded soldiers to bandage their wounds and carry out initial treatment (in normal military training, the soldiers were trained in this area).

At this time, the soldiers of the First Legion were so tired that they didn't even have time to take off their helmets and cuirasses, so they lay on the ground and fell asleep, and they didn't react even when they were stepped on by someone's feet, and they were mistaken for corpses by the guards many times, they were too tired.

Amintas walked among the soldiers, his steps were cautious, lest he wake them up, but his heart was heavy: he had been the commander of the First Army for nine years, and he was very familiar with all the soldiers and officers in the army, and now he saw that these soldiers and officers who he often got along with and killed side by side under his command in wartime fell in a pool of blood one by one!

At the same time, he was blaming himself: although King Davos had told him several times before leaving to pay attention to the Roman army, he still underestimated the Romans, otherwise he would not have allowed the legionnaires to attack an enemy outnumbered them after a long march. He treated the Romans as if they were the Mesapi, Puchetti, and Daoni whom the Ionian legions had fought before. But King Davers was right in his fears, and this army of soldiers, which was somewhat similar in organization and tactics to Dionia's, was indeed superior to Dionia's previous enemies! …… If the First Legion had more physical strength and more numbers, it would never be so passive! Rome...... Rome......

Amintas thought as he walked, and Haigh Barrus stood up in front of him, his right arm was tied with a bandage, and there was a long blood mark on his forehead, so he could only reluctantly perform a military salute with his left hand: "Military ...... Legion Commander ......"

"Lie down, Heter Barus!" Amintas said hurriedly, facing the captain of the third brigade, he showed a rare smile of gentle concern.

"Commander, brothers of the Third Brigade......" Heitbarus's expression was sad, and before he finished speaking, he was already in tears.

Amintas's smile froze on his face, and he could only say in a deep voice: "Thanks to your 3rd and 8th Brigades stubbornly blocking the enemy's attack, we won this victory!" The medical battalion will do its best to treat your soldiers! You also have to receive good treatment and recover as soon as possible, you are indispensable in the First Legion! ”

With that, Amintas hurried away.

At this time, the adjutant Aristonos came over and whispered: "Commander, Stephoros has suffered some minor injuries and is fine. "The children of the old Patriarchs of Ionia are familiar with each other.

"His injuries are too light!" Amyntas sighed and made Aristonos stunned.

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In the tent of the camp in Rome, Camillus gave Frius a brief account of the battle.

After listening, Frius couldn't help but gasp: "Camilus, you mean...... Dionia's army marched from Sersche to the south of our camp, and without stopping in between, they attacked our commissariats and ...... It also withstood the continuous attack of our more than 9,000 infantry, and finally waited for the arrival of Wolsey's reinforcements?! ……”

"Yes!" Camillus sighed and said with a solemn expression: "The key is that we have a lot more people than them, more than 9,000 heavy infantry plus 2,000 light infantry and 700 cavalry, the troops I lead have nearly 12,000 people, and the Dionians...... After many reports from the scouts, they numbered about 10,000 men, but the heavy infantry was probably only six or seven thousand, but with such an army inferior in strength and fewer in number than us, our Roman soldiers fought fiercely for more than two hours, and never managed to defeat the other side! ”

During these years, the Roman army was invincible in the Latium and Etruscan regions, and Frius, who had become accustomed to victory, had a hard time accepting the fact that the Roman army was inferior to the Dionian army. Of course, he knew Camillus and didn't think that this respected veteran would distort the facts in order to clear his name of defeat, so he couldn't help but ask again: "Is the combat effectiveness of the Dionian army really so strong?!" ”

"Let's not talk about the cavalry of Dionia, you already know the previous situation. As for the light infantry, we don't pay much attention to this, they are all provided by the allies, so they are undisciplined and lack training and cooperation, but the light infantry of Dionya has slingers who can invest in long-range lead shots, archers and javelinmen, and they are well coordinated and well-trained, so that before I lead the army to arrive, they can suppress our 2,000 light infantry and 700 cavalry with only about 1,000 light infantry......"