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The warriors of the Southern Clans, no matter how powerful they were, were only flesh and blood, and even if they wore sturdy armor, they could not resist the projection of javelins, especially the volley of one hundred and sixty javelins.

Because of the deliberate targeting of the Roman light infantry, this round of javelins was all aimed at the samurai who were charging ahead of the enemy, so this first round of javelin throwing alone brought unusually heavy casualties to the samurai of the southern family.

Before the dozens of nailed warriors had time to groan, the second round of javelins of the Roman light infantry whistled again, and this time the ordinary spears were thrown at Ashigaru, and more southern soldiers were pinned to the ground with javelins.

Enraged by the tragic situation, the soldiers of the southern clans, shouting the unhearable slogan of the charge, rushed forward with more and more courage, and the Roman light infantry was too late to continue throwing javelins, so they had to quickly withdraw from the gap in the ranks of the Roman youth.

As soon as the Roman light infantry had withdrawn from the first line of battle, the Roman youth soldiers on the second line threw the javelins they had already held high in their hands, and this was the third and final javelin strike given to the enemy by the first brigade.

The soldiers of the selfless southern family withstood three rounds of javelin volleys with their flesh and blood that were not afraid of death, and approached within 50 meters of the Roman youth army, and the Roman youth army soldiers who threw the javelins drew their short swords unusually calmly.

The first row of Roman youths with shields in their left hand and swords in their right hand simply built a shield wall to resist enemy charges, and the two columns of Roman youths behind them were ready to be replenished at any time.

At this time, after several rounds of rain of arrows and javelins, there were only less than 100 samurai and more than 300 spearmen left of the southern family, except for the wounded who were lying on the ground and wailing.

Before the two armies officially fought, more than half of the 1,000 soldiers sent by the southern Qingji had already suffered casualties; on the other hand, the Roman army under the command of Licinius himself had only carried out some long-range strikes before melee combat, and had not yet begun to warm up!

The soldiers of the southern family, who rushed up with the last breath of anger in their chests, did not successfully break through the shield wall of the first line of Roman youth army, but were stubbornly blocked by the seemingly thin shield wall;

The shield wall composed of more than 50 shields was immediately dispersed after counteracting the onslaught of the enemy troops, and the young Roman soldiers who had withdrawn their shields calmly stabbed the short swords they held in their right hands fiercely at the enemy soldiers who had not yet reacted.

This was only the first step in the attack of the Roman youths, and soon after the fierce hand-to-hand combat began, the second and third columns of the Roman youths rushed up to join the attack on the enemy, and the initiative in the battle was completely controlled by the Roman army.

Just as Licinius led his army to fight with the southern family army, another Roman army led by the captain of the wing also approached the Sanada family's army, but before the Roman army could attack, the Sanada family's envoy came.

Faced with the Sanada family, who voluntarily surrendered as soon as they opened their mouths, the wing commander, who was barely a high-ranking officer, did not dare to make a decision, but immediately reported the situation to the commander of the regiment, Li Sini, who was commanding the battle.

The enemy's willingness to surrender directly is a good thing no matter how you look at it, and Licinius, who had no reason to refuse, asked the herald to report the news to Bai Feng on the one hand, and on the other hand, told the wing commander to be vigilant and not fall into the trap of the red-armed enemy.

The red-suited enemy was willing to surrender, just so that Licinius, who had been distracted, could deal with the ink-suited enemy in front of him with all his strength; after about ten minutes of fierce fighting, the Roman youth army, which had suffered a slight casualty, still maintained its vigorous combat effectiveness.

However, Licinius, who was well versed in the essence of the three-column battle array, still ordered this Roman youth army to get rid of the trembling with the enemy army and withdraw behind the Roman heavy infantry, so that the recuperated Roman heavy infantry could deal with the stubborn enemy army in front of them.

The Roman youths, under the command of their centurions, easily withdrew from the fight with the enemy and slowly retreated, and the enemy who wanted to pursue only advanced less than thirty meters before being beaten back by the more powerful Roman heavy infantry.

The Roman heavy infantry was superior to the Roman youth army in terms of combat effectiveness and weaponry, after all, they were the real hoplites of the Roman faction, while the Roman youth army was light infantry, and the gap between the two was still very obvious.

The fierce and sharp attack of the Roman heavy infantry was completely unable to raise its head with their stormy attack, and the stunned enemy only held out for less than five minutes before the whole army broke down and fled.

Rather than rushing to pursue, Licinius reorganized his formation before continuing to advance, while Nanbu Harutsugu watched his most elite 1,000 soldiers being effortlessly defeated by the Sanada clan's allies, and he was shocked to understand that it was impossible to annihilate the remnants of the Sanada clan here today.

Nanbu Harutsugu, who is quite a hero, is a fairly decisive commander, so when his 1,000 elites were defeated, he did not hesitate to give the order for the entire army to retreat, even the remnants of the Sanada family, which was almost wiped out.

No matter how effective the Southern Family's army was, at least their retreat was still fast, and as soon as Licini's side had finished reorganizing and advancing again, Nanbu Haruki had already withdrawn from the battle with his army.

Of course, this is also related to the Sanada family's deliberate release of water, if the Sanada family's army was entangled in the southern family army that wanted to retreat just now, then the retreat of the southern Haruki would definitely not be so fast.

Licinius, who had no cavalry in his hands, had no intention of pursuing the ink-suited army who had fled the battlefield, and in fact, Licinius did not even know the identity of the other party, and had no reason to pursue them.

The Sanada family, who remained on the battlefield, was soon controlled by the soldiers led by the wing commander, and the main generals, including Sanada Masayuki and his son, were also escorted to Licini.

Li Cini, who was busy directing the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, only glanced at the generals of the Sanada family wearing red armor and did not say anything more; his task was to defeat the enemy army and clean up the battlefield, and the rest had to wait until Bai Feng came ashore to deal with it.

Sanada Masayuki and the others are not ordinary people, so it can be seen that the powerful general in front of him is just a vanguard general, and the commander of this black-suited army with strong combat effectiveness must be someone else.

The father and son were now curious about where this mysterious army came from, because they knew that the Yamato Empire did not have an army wearing this kind of armor, so this army was definitely not the army of the Yamato Empire itself!