Chapter 105: The Saxon War
After the Seventh Army laid siege to the city for three days, Oonos planned to make adequate preparations to capture Dam.
Germania and Macedonia have reached a decisive juncture, and success or failure is here. The Germanic alliance did its best to send all its troops to a decisive battle with the main Macedonian army, of which reinforcements from the West Germanic tribes were led by Clovis, and the Kerzy reached outside the city of Damm; The Belgian Germanic army, led by Hengeist, went to support Badawi. In addition, Saxon reinforcements from the direction of Bodenshom, under the command of Marcus Norea, also arrived from the north as scheduled.
Plus the city defender of the Cadi region, Iovers, and the army of Adebellina Bonnna, who is in charge of maneuvering in the forest. In this sense, the Germans were going to defend Damm and Badawi to the death.
On the Northern Front, Oonos led the generals with the Seventh Army and part of the mixed regiment, encountering the entire main forces of West Germania and the Saxons. The Macedonian army had to fight four enemy units, and the pressure was not small. But at such a juncture, I am afraid that no one will retreat again. Inevitably, a hot war will ensue between the two sides over the land of Saxons to decide the ownership of the Nordic forests.
The Germanic side had four legions, not all of which were fully formed. Their tactics were to attack in a combined manner, so that the armies of each side would meet the enemy in the form of encirclement on three sides, and then the three armies would attack together to break through the Macedonian army. The Germanic army was still mostly infantry, mainly pikemen, with a small number of javelinmen and a few Germanic warrior phalanxes. There were less than two brigades of cavalry, both small and medium-sized formations, divided into guards heavy cavalry and light cavalry. Finally, they didn't forget to bring some female warriors to cheer on their allies. The total strength is between 20,000 and 30,003.
On the Macedonian side, the Seventh Legion of Oonos was the main force, assisted by half of the Memon Mixed Regiment, and the other half of the soldiers of this legion remained in the East Germanic tribes to garrison, and Memon remained in the Goths to administer it. Oonos always attached great importance to cavalry strength, so the ratio of infantry to cavalry in the Seventh Army was 2:1. The infantry was divided into bow troops and phalanx troops, and the Shenji battalion played the role of a commando as an independent combat regiment. It can be seen that the concept of the formation of the Macedonian army is to replace quantity with quality, and the strength of the arms is exerted with the cooperation of the troops.
The Macedonian cavalry was much stronger than its opponents, and had an advantage in strength alone. Looking at the quality of cavalry, the components are: Macedonian light cavalry, which has the characteristics of rapid mobility and can be competent for the task of outflanking and strong attack; The Macedonian royal hoplites were formidable assault cavalry, unstoppable when charging and capable in melee combat; There is also the General's Guard, and Oonos's personal escort team has nearly 100 people, all of whom are high-level knights.
The generals around him, Bolon, Artemeos, and Alexachs Olope, all have good guards. These cavalry guards made up the strongest cavalry regiment. The Germanic cavalry, on the other hand, was a mixed bag, some of them were nominal cavalry, and the horses were just means of transportation, and they would jump off their horses when they fought. The rest of the regular Germanic cavalry lacked a training ground for formation drills and lacked team combat capabilities.
The total number of Macedonian troops ranged from 13,000 to 20,000. Taking into account the overall combat strength and troop strength, it is possible for both sides to win if they are evenly matched.
Oonos learned of the arrival of enemy reinforcements, and in order to prevent the defenders of the city from joining forces to break through the siege, he lifted the siege and moved to an open area nearby. The Germans also began to move, and the defenders of the city poured out, joining the rest of the three forces to approach the Seventh Legion. Sure enough, the two armies met on an open plain between the forests. Oonos knew that in this way, the battle would be in his favor.
In the face of the soldiers of his two legions, Oonos confidently deployed his troops to prepare for the battle. Then confidently delivered a pre-war speech:
"Warriors of Macedonia,
Today we will have a glorious battle. It will be a decisive battle between Macedonia and German, and the outcome of the battle will determine who will take control of Central Europe. Take your courage and look at that! Our days of hard work are about to bear fruit. Here, defeat them once and for all - the Germans! "Cheers~
"Don't you see how much they fear the Seventh Legion? These cowards don't dare to confront you head-on, they only know to hide in the woods and sneak up and wreak havoc. Today, they had nowhere to hide, and finally gathered these people to fight. Look at them, they all look like they are savage, their eyes are empty, their minds are empty. It's nothing more than a rabble.
Soldiers, these are the same people who made us restless the other day, attacked us, and intercepted our food and grass. Now it's time to settle the score, and you can kill as many enemies as you like.
They're afraid you've gathered such a big team, they're afraid of losing the Qadi in front of them, and they're so nervous. All you have to do is defeat them and take a piece of land to end the war. ”
The soldiers rejoiced, and it seemed that they were about to go home after winning the battle. The soldiers shouted fiercely, shouting: "Macedonia, Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Belasora and other hometowns." "Seems enthusiastic.
The Germanic army on the opposite side stood still, lined up, and the barbarian soldiers shouted a few times to boost morale. He leaned over further, divided into three roads according to his tribe, and pressed from the left, center, and right respectively. Oonos decided to adopt a radical method of warfare, allowing the infantry to meet the attack on all fronts. He believed that he could not be surrounded by outnumbered enemy forces, and that he had to act separately to resist them. He left four elite phalanxes as reserves.
In this way, the battle will be extremely bloody and fierce. The archers began to release arrows, and the Germans continued to advance .... The infantry of the two armies came into contact on all fronts, and they fought hard and hard. The defender of Dam City, Iophes, led the guards and light cavalry to charge the Macedonian right flank, fell into a spear formation, and was eliminated. The rest of the generals saw that the right flank was not broken, so they led the rest of the cavalry to make a detour to the left flank of the Macedonian infantry line, in an attempt to outflank them. Oonos then sent Boron and all his cavalry to meet him.
The cavalry melee, the Macedonian cavalry attacked fiercely, rushed directly over and surrounded it. Artemios was young and brave, anxious to make a meritorious service, and went straight to one of the opposing generals, and that person was none other than Adebellina Boenna. Artemios' stab was accurate, dismounting the enemy Adberina Bonnaza. The associated inertia knocked him far away and killed him instantly. Bronn killed Marcus Norea in the melee, while Clovis was stabbed to death by the Macedonian heavy cavalry.
After taking out the enemy cavalry, Polon turned back to see the friendly forces. The Germanic infantry still fought stubbornly and without scruples. They had broken through the infantry phalanx on the left side of Macedonia, where the soldiers were militiamen and conscripted pikemen from mixed regiments.