The enemy army rushed in at the main gate, and infantry poured in from many gaps in the wall next to it. The seconds before the two soldiers made contact seemed to freeze.

"Steady!"

The Roman soldiers who entered the city first fought with the defenders at the corresponding entrance. The Macedonian pikemen's V-shaped formation was very effective, and as soon as the enemy soldiers entered the "fish basket", they were speared on both sides, and the spears fell. Before this side could settle down, more gaps in the walls were opened, and the Roman army continued to storm the city. There are three broken walls on the left, beyond the first lateral line of defense. The Roman infantry here entered the outer streets without resistance, and they did not rush into the inner city but launched a flank attack.

These infantry differed from the frontal ones, and the soldiers in one of the phalanxes were all clad in iron armor and wearing heavy helmets. It's Roman legionary infantry. More combative, each armed with three armor-piercing heavy javelins, as well as short swords; He wore a thick phosphorus and potassium and wore a semi-enclosed heavy helmet on his head. Obviously, these fighters have better protection.

Since there is face-to-face contact with the enemy here, the state of Polype is naturally also a priority. Deployed here were a Spartan hoplite phalanx and two Macedonian royal pikes. Needless to say, the royal guns were Janissary troops, and this Spartan phalanx was arguably the hardest phalanx in the legion. Their combat training, soldier selection, and weaponry were all strictly based on the model of the Spartan elite phalanx of the former Greek kings, and it was a trump card that Damasos painstakingly forged.

The Spartan warriors each had a spear for throwing to kill the enemy from a longer distance, an extra-long spear was the main weapon, which was used to form a wall of spears to assassinate opponents, a sharp triangular spearhead with armor-piercing power, and a light sharp knife at the waist for melee combat; The man holds a large round copper shield that covers most of the torso from the knee up to the shoulder and neck from the front, and wears a fully enclosed reinforced copper helmet. Such a unit was the top configuration of the world's heavy infantry at that time.

So on the left flank of the defensive line, on the streets of the outer city, the ace phalanx of the two armies had a pinnacle-level duel.

In the middle, the Roman deputy general Sevio led all the cavalry and entered the city in three ways from the front. The entrance width was limited, and the cavalry brigade could not be deployed, so the combat effectiveness was limited. Despite this, the onslaught of the Roman cavalry increased the thrust of the besieging forces, and more troops were crowded into the city.

Polipe was constantly observing the situation of the battle, and he was somewhat relieved that the first onslaught of the enemy's infantry was withstood at all intersections. At this time, the Roman cavalry forces launched a second wave of onslaught, and came to the critical stage of this victory over the city's defense. The cavalry burst out of the way, and the Macedonian pikemen struggled to maintain their formation and pricked any incoming enemy with all their might. The cavalry behind the city gate was stabbed on their backs, and the phalanx infantry suffered numerous losses.

The battle was fierce, people fell at any moment, red liquid splashed and flowed, and the smell of blood filled the entire streets of the defensive line. The city of Salzburg has become a flesh millstone, and the armies of the two sides are each other's meat grinders.

For the Macedonian army, success or failure is in the blink of an eye, and a rout in any phalanx will affect the mood of friendly forces, and once the negativity spreads rapidly, it may lead to the collapse of the entire front. As for the Romans, the heavy casualties caused by the forced siege caused the warriors to lose their fighting spirit, or the entire army was overwhelmed by the defenses and annihilated.

Polype felt that the two armies were now so vulnerable, that the Macedonian defensive formation was as thin as a blank sheet of paper, and that the Roman light cavalry seemed to burst with a single poke of a balloon. He tried his best to keep his emotions alive, and even though he had fought with the general for many years, he was greatly shocked by the scene of such a desperate fight in front of him. Tens of thousands of people fought, and in this not spacious street, the walls burned fiercely in front of and behind the walls. There are no people who flinch, and there are bloody scenes everywhere. I can see that there are chills in the cracks of people's bones.

The siege troops on the right were auxiliary, and they did not have many troops, but they fought bravely and died under the iron wall of Macedonian pikes. The remaining dozen or so young soldiers fled. The battle on the left was fought in the streets of the city, and the Roman legionnaires were unexpectedly confronted by a strong enemy. The phalanx would throw spears, which were so lethal that even heavily armored Roman legionnaires fell in pieces. Then the Roman infantry threw three rounds of heavy javelins en masse before they pounced on the fight. The phalanx of Spartan warriors did not care about the casualties, and used their long spears to stab the oncoming enemy, and cooperated with the Macedonian royal pikemen to hold this line.

The battle at the main gate was tight, and Augustus ordered to throw in reserves. The besieging cavalry and infantry rushed into the main gate and the gap in the wall next to it, and the cavalry general Savius personally led the guards into the city. The three phalanxes of the V-shaped formation at the main gate were almost gone, and only one or two rows of soldiers were still forming the basic formation skeleton of the battle. The state of Polype ordered all the cavalry on the front line to fill the hole in the line, and the infantry phalanx on the right that had been routed by the enemy and left free to support it.

On the central square, I saw a herald rushing towards him, "The general has an order: I want you to quickly reinforce the front line, the enemy has been put into reserve, and the decisive battle begins!" Fast! "The reserves, which were waiting to be put into battle, were finally able to show their skills, and they immediately rushed to the front.

The Roman cavalry commander-in-chief, Savius, led his guards and light cavalry to carve out an open field behind the city gates. The cavalry countercharge of the Polipe state squeezed it back again. A large melee of infantry and cavalry broke out in the middle. Macedonian reinforcements arrived from the right and inside the city, and the remaining main forces of the Roman army were concentrated inside and outside the city gates and on the streets on the left side of the city.

The Macedonian cavalry suffered considerable losses, as they had to hold the line after the charge, and the cavalry target was too large in close melee. The rear phalanx finally set up a new defensive line, and rows of thick spears were aimed at the Romans. The besiegers finally broke through the first line of defense, only to find that there were so many encircled spear formations behind them, and their morale plummeted.

Sevious's horse accidentally crashed into the spear, and the man and horse fell to the ground, and were stabbed to death by random guns. The Roman army began to partially retreat, and Augustus saw this, and entered the city with his guards. Although his heavy cavalry rushed into the phalanx and killed some of the defenders, it was to no avail. The Macedonian infantry simply drew their short swords and fought them hand-to-hand, and Augustus's guards turned and fled after losing more than half of their lives.

At this time, the Roman army in the center and on the right was completely routed, and only the enemy troops on the left street remained. The Macedonian cavalry and light infantry swept through from outside the city, and combined with the heavy infantry to flank the remnants of the Roman enemy.

The Macedonian army won, and the Aegean naval regiment fought bravely and stubbornly against an enemy twice as large as itself, holding Salzburg.