People do everything, they want to get the most advanced things in the world by any means, and they rush to chase those luxury technological products, but they don't care about traditional culture.

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

The Chinese army under the command of Luquis, commanded by Aldington and Marcus, and the Chinese army under the personal command of Viriasius, fought on the battlefield for three hours, during which time Viriacius sent an additional reinforcement, but Luquis remained unmoved.

Thirty-two Roman youth corps and thirty-two Roman hoplites, the elite of the Roman army with a total strength of 10,000 troops, held off the attacks of an enemy five times their size, and occasionally, Aldington, unwilling to defend to the death, launched several small counterattacks.

With the powerful Roman heavy infantry as the main defensive force and the more flexible Roman youth army to launch a counterattack, Aldington's command proficiency in the Roman arms is rapidly improving in actual combat, faintly showing that he does have the potential to serve as the commander of an army.

The fierce fighting of flesh and blood brought considerable casualties to the officers and men of both armies, and the main force of the Roman central army, which was not covered by Roman light infantry and longbowmen, had already killed more than 2,000 soldiers in the fierce fighting, accounting for about one-fifth of their total strength.

Compared to the Roman army, which did not have an astonishing number of casualties, the casualty figures of the Lucy's soldiers under Viriacius were more miserable, and even without the attack of the enemy's ranged troops, their number of dead soldiers was still as high as more than 10,000.

The five-to-one ratio of soldiers to five was a testament to the strength of the Roman youth and the Roman heavy infantry, but this was not what Luquis wanted to see, or rather, the casualties exceeded his expectations.

As a legion commander, Marcus's performance was undoubtedly qualified, whether it was commanding the entire Roman light infantry to press the final javelin attack, or commanding the Roman youth army to attack the enemy's flank, he showed the military qualities of a legion commander.

Aldington, who commanded the Fifth Roman Legion in place of Luquis, was able to grow up quickly in such a short period of time due to his lack of command experience, and he did a good job, but his jerkiness in the first battle was also the main reason for the casualties of his own soldiers.

In Luquis's opinion, if the person who commanded the battle was replaced by Aldington himself, then he would definitely not adopt any defensive and counterattack tactics to fight in a bloody battle with the enemy, which would be a waste of the combat effectiveness of the Roman soldiers!

It is true that the defensive counterattack derived from the shield wall defense line was indeed the most effective combat tactic of the Roman soldiers, but even so, it is not necessary to use defensive counterattack tactics regardless of the situation, right? Obviously, Aldington's use of this tactic is a bit excessive.

At the time of the first battle, the Roman youth army and the Roman heavy infantry were full of morale and physical strength, and the most important thing Aldington should do at this time was not to list what defensive counterattacks to fight against the shield wall, but to use a sharp offensive to thwart the enemy's attack.

After the Roman youth army and the Roman heavy infantry soldiers showed a significant decline in physical strength, they relied on the shield wall defense line to recover their physical strength while waiting for the opportunity to attack; this is the correct application of defensive counterattack tactics, and it is also the core value of the shield wall defense line.

The so-called shield wall defense line has only two core values: first, to resist the enemy's first round of charge, to consume the enemy's sharpness and morale, and second, to provide one's own soldiers with a defensive formation to restore their physical strength, and help their own soldiers reorganize the next round of offensive.

Aldington, who had never served as the commander of an army independently, could understand that such a small mistake would occur in the first battle of the fledgling, after all, the growth of a general is always piled up with the white bones of countless soldiers.

If Aldington could be groomed from an adjutant general to a leading army at the cost of a few hundred Roman soldiers, Lucis felt that it would be very worthwhile, because war is war after all, and dead men are indispensable.

As for whether Aldington can be promoted to a system general by virtue of this battle, it depends on his own efforts; Luquis has already given him the opportunity and the platform.

According to common sense, Lucquis's focus on cultivating should first be his assistant, his younger brother Lucas, but Bai Feng's dislike for Lucas is well known in Rome, which means that Lucquis cannot cultivate his own brother openly.

Not being able to train his own brother is not a bad thing for Luquis, as the supreme military commander of the city of Rome, Luquis has too many military affairs to think about and deal with, and leaving a trustworthy person by his side to assist him will do more advantages than disadvantages.

What kind of henchman can be more trustworthy than his own brother? This time, before he personally led a large army to the battlefield, Lucquis handed over the garrison that occupied the west bank of the Eastern Alliance to his own brother Lucas as commander.

Fight tiger brothers, go into battle father and son soldiers. Although there is no such proverb in the Roman world and the Celestial Dragon Continent, there is no shortage of aphorisms with roughly the same meaning, and there is no doubt that Lucis himself thinks so, and relies on his brother Lucas as an absolute confidant.

Luquis, who was able to train a large number of talents such as Vepsani, Licinius, and Marcus, was very open-minded and comparable, so while he reused his younger brother Lucas, he was also training the generals under his command.

Feeling that the time was almost up, Luquis ordered Nelson and Antio, who were lined up beside him: "General Antio, you are about to lead the Hammer Legion to attack the enemy's left flank army from north to south, and then attack the enemy's right flank army."

"No!" Antio, who had long been impatient, received the order with excitement on his face.

"General Antio. Just as Antio turned his horse's head and was about to go to his own legion, Luquis told him: "Remember, your task is to lead your army to disrupt the enemy's left flank, and you must lead your army out of battle with a maximum of three charges on each flank!"

"This ...... General, is there a little less of a three-wheel charge?" Unlike Licinius and other old Luquis, Antio, who didn't know Luquis very well, bargained: "Anyway, the enemy army only has two wings, the left and right wings, and I think our cavalry can charge the enemy's right flank a few more times." ”

Hearing this, Luquis's face changed, frowned and said coldly: "General Antio, this is my order to you!"

Seeing that Luquis was angry, Antio, who still had a hippie smile, immediately straightened his waist and said, "No!"

Looking at the distant back of Antio's horse, Luquis turned his head and ordered Nelson: "General Nelson, you lead the Roman spear army behind General Antio, and when he withdraws from the enemy's left flank, you immediately lead your troops to launch an attack on the enemy's left flank." ”

"No!" Nelson, who had just seen Luquis's unangry and arrogant side, hurriedly accepted the order.

"General Nelson. Luquis also told Nelson: "Remember, your mission is to crush the enemy's left flank, and once the enemy's left flank collapses, you don't need to lead your troops to pursue and extend the victory, just attack the enemy's right flank." ”

"No!" Nelson naturally had no objection to Luquis's commanding advice.