Chapter Eighty-Three: A Born Warrior
The Germanic army, which had first tried to surround the village of Dulcis, had been only a small part of its vanguard, and when they saw the arrival of the Macedonian army, they immediately lifted the encirclement, retreated thirty miles, and waited for the main force. The scouts found out that there were three pike phalanxes, one barbarian mercenary phalanx, two light cavalry squadrons, and the general was Sijimo, and the total number of troops was only 700 people. Boron decided to follow up on the pursuit.
Sensing the strength of the Macedonian forces, Sigimo continued to retreat and asked his leader how to respond. The Gothic chieftain found that his situation was different from the message given by the Germanic chieftain, and he thought he had been betrayed. He ordered the cancellation of the sneak attack plan and retreated to Gothic with his troops.
On Bolon's side, because the general Oonos had not yet arrived in the army, he was hesitating to continue the pursuit and directly enter the Germanic territory. There is a report: the rear grain and grass transport team was attacked by bandit rebels, who not only took away supplies, but also blocked the logistics supply routes. Bo Long was angry when he heard this, and he was annoyed that he had not brought out to fight an enemy, and now there was a place to vent.
He led the Seventh Army back to the main road in Gepid to look for the rebels at the site of the incident. They soon found the bandits, a large rebel group, most likely the remnants of Dacia's defeated and scattered army.
The swaggering rebels were clearly outnumbered in the face of the regular Macedonian army, but they had nowhere to escape. Due to the disparity in power, the battle was quickly over. The archery unit of the Seventh Legion cooperated with the Shenji Battalion, and the first round of long-range strikes had already crushed the opponent, and the melee troops directly broke through the enemy's defensive line, and a small number of survivors took the opportunity to escape. The cavalry units caught up and wiped it out completely.
Boron recovered the stolen supplies and led his troops to the border between Gerpid and Goth, waiting for the arrival of Oonos and Memon. Although it was a small battle, the soldiers enjoyed the feeling of fighting on the battlefield as if it were their instinct. Especially those veteran veterans, ten years of calm, simply could not suppress the fire in their hearts. They are born warriors.
The words were divided into two ends, and the Gauls in the south faced a legion of Abrias, and had a great advantage and initiative in troops. The Sixth Legion, on the other hand, was tasked with securing both Pannonia and Epirus. When Borgios learned of the situation of Abrias and the Sixth Army, he divided his troops into two lines, one of his own men and men to take Apollonia, and the other army to the command of Kogidunus Nimsus, who intended to enter the Epirus Pass and attack Larissa deeply. Porgios deliberately embarrassed Abrias, and also contacted another army to act together, and the Gallic army outside the mountain, led by Waltkolik, captured the empty Budapest.
How should Macedonia respond to the simultaneous invasion of the northwestern Balkans by three armies? In the royal palace of Thessaloniki (after Gueras ascended the throne, the capital city of Thessaloniki was renamed Thessaloniki), Gueras was very uneasy when he learned of the situation on the Western Front. He feared for the safety of his second son, Abrias, and on several occasions wanted to take his place in the front line of resistance. But the fat king was on the verge of getting on his horse, and he couldn't draw his bow, and even if he was on a horse, the horse couldn't run fast! After many years of extravagance and lasciviousness in the court, Garras was no longer suitable for military service. The people around him were discouraged, and he himself just sighed.
Podare Rios asked to play, but Gueras adamantly disagreed. When Oonos was about to go to the Northwest Front to command the battle, Gueras also repeatedly retained, but Oonos had the right idea, saying that the Seventh Army needed him, and the only thing he longed for in his life was to gallop on the battlefield. The king had no choice but to do as he pleased.
Abrias single-handedly led a legion to support the vast central and southern part of the long western front, and it was indeed under great pressure. Coupled with the sudden war, he faced the heavy pressure of Gaul, and was in danger of being surrounded and annihilated at any time. Gueras could not find a suitable general around him to take on this important task, so he had to recruit and reorganize new troops as soon as possible to send blood to the front line. Ensure that Abrias have sufficient supplies and troops to replenish them.
At this point, Walter Corick hadn't made a move, and he hid his intentions. Outside the mountains, the Gallic army simply hid in the woods of Norikum, waiting for the moment to attack. Of course, Abrias did not know this information, and he only knew that the Borgeos army had invaded the southern border of Macedonia in two ways. The Gaul invasion had been premeditated, and they amassed a large number of troops on the Western Front. For Abrias, this time the Gallic army had a numerical superiority, and it was impossible to divide the forces to resist.
In other words, Abrias can only go to meet one side. Now the enemy army is on a rapid march and has entered the territory of Macedonia. The Borgios army intended to attack Apollonia and then go straight down the line, and Semon, Athens, Corinth, and the entire Greek peninsula would be in danger. The garrisons and security forces in the inner cities of Macedonia could not withstand the attack of the Gallic army. And once the army of Gidunus Nimsus succeeded in attacking the mountain city of Larissa, the Gauls directly threatened the security of the Macedonian capital. The consequences are devastating.
As he marched, Abrias contemplated these concepts and assumptions, leaving him little time to think about them. The two benefits are balanced against the greater, and the two evils are the lesser.
"Thessaloniki must be safe!" He decisively decided to intercept the army of Kogidunus Nimsus.
At the Epirus Pass, the troops of Keidunus Nimsus were triumphantly entering the region of Thessaly when they heard a large force chasing after them. It was the Sixth Army. But Gidunus Nimsus knew that the plan of the attack had been exposed, and now there was only one thing left to fight. So he ordered his troops to turn around and prepare for battle.
Abrias looked at it and saw that the Gallic army was quite numerous, but the two sides were roughly equal. Most of them were lined up in a line of infantry, and each array was stretched very long. The second line was lined with a number of javelinmen, the cavalry was divided into a squadron on each flank, and the general was in the center of the rear of the formation.
Abrias also stretched the phalanx in a row, preventing the opponent from enveloping the two wings of his own phalanx. Then two squadrons of light cavalry were placed on each flank, and they decided to help the cavalry on the left flank to make a breakthrough. He saw that most of the infantry on the opposite side were lightly armed pikemen, which was a very common branch of the barbarian army. Its main role is to defend against cavalry, drag cavalry, and the short spear gives them a certain melee ability to deal with infantry. It seems to have a lot of effects, but all abilities are weak. The other infantry were Gallic warriors, with broad swords in their hands and good slashing skills in infantry battles. But the cavalry of Gaul was much worse, bare-chested and self-righteous little nobles.
Macedonia's phalanx pikemen were superior to the Gallic infantry, with the addition of archers and cavalry.