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The three armies of the Roman army that have not yet participated in the battle are the twelve Roman youth armies under Licinius, the 1,000 elite soldiers of the Doge's Guard under Wendell, and the 10,000 soldiers who were separated from the Aceni legion earlier.

Escorted by Antio and his general's guard, White Peak formed a new offensive group, with the troops of Licinius and Wendell as the vanguard, Perris's 2,000 longbowmen as the center, and the 10,000 men of the Acenian army on the left and right flanks.

The main target of this attacking group was the Nabazani army, which was desperately trying to break through the frontal defense line of the Roman army, and Francis's move of ordering his cavalry to retreat was not noticed by Bai Feng, who thought that the war would last a long time.

After hours of fierce fighting, the auxiliary soldiers of the Cheetah Legion and the Tassia Legion were dead and wounded, and if it were not for the hard support of the soldiers of the Acenian Legion, I am afraid that the frontal pikes of the Roman army would have been broken through on the flank.

Aided by Francis's 20,000 men, Nabazani once again intensified his assault on the flanks of the pike, and General Joshuaer's Esini corps had suffered heavy losses and could not hold out any longer.

Bai Feng, who was leading the army to reinforce, noticed the precarious situation on the two wings of the spear phalanx, and immediately sent out the 10,000 Essini legion soldiers on his left and right sides to reinforce the left and right flanks of the spear phalanx respectively.

Seeing these two groups of 5,000 soldiers rushing to the right rear in the mud, Bai Feng continued to lead the other soldiers to advance forward, and it was not until he was only three hundred meters away from the edge of the battlefield in front of him that Bai Feng stopped his march and gave an order:

"General Licinius, you immediately lead the young men and men to attack the flank of the enemy's attack, and Commander Perris, you immediately begin to fire a salvo at the enemy on the spot, trying to inflict heavy damage on the enemy's middle and rear troops, so that they are unable to continue the assault!"

"Yes!" The two generals who led the order carried out Bai Feng's order non-stop.

The brave Licinius immediately led his general's guard and twelve Roman youth troops to charge the enemy battle formation 300 meters ahead, while Peris once again bent his bow and arrows, leading his two thousand elite longbowmen to start a new volley.

The salvo of 2,000 elite longbowmen was not enough to inflict much actual casualties on the enemy, but it was enough to completely disrupt the enemy's rear disposition, throw the enemy soldiers in the rear into confusion, and create a better opportunity for Licinius' troops to attack.

The distance of 300 meters was not useful, and it was quite difficult for the heavily armed Roman youth army to move barefoot in the muddy water, and the armor on their bodies and the shields in their hands were a burden that they could not escape, greatly reducing their marching speed.

Of course, this slowness of the march was not without value, at least it allowed Peris's longbowmen to fire a few more rounds of salvos, kill and wound some more enemy soldiers, and also planned the reinforcement speed of another 10,000 Aceni Legion soldiers.

After the 2,000 longbowmen under the command of Peris fired a continuous salvo of fourteen waves of arrows, Bai Feng sent out to reinforce the 10,000 Essinian legion soldiers on the flank of the pike, and Licinius's 12 Roman youth army, so that they could join the battle at the same time.

With the addition of 10,000 living forces on the flanks of the pike, the already precarious flank defense line was immediately stabilized, and the participation of nearly 2,000 young soldiers under Licinius's command completely changed the situation on the battlefield in the center.

The combat effectiveness of the twelve Roman youth armies should not be underestimated, especially since there are four of them that were the initial troops at the beginning of the birth of the city of Rome, and their experience level has long been upgraded to the third level after several battles, and their combat effectiveness is absolutely first-class and strong.

Under the leadership of Licinius, they smashed into the enemy's flank with great force, and quickly tore through the enemy's makeshift flank defense; with the momentum of the young army's attack, it would only take half an hour at most for the enemy to be completely split in two!

Seeing that Nabazani's army in the center was completely at a disadvantage, Francis, after a long sigh of helplessness, gave the order to the trumpeters behind him to blow the horn of the whole army to retreat.

Woo...... Woo...... Woo......

When the low horn sounded behind Francis, the warriors of the Essini Kingdom who were fighting desperately on the front line were also shocked and slowed down their battle rhythm, and the soldiers of the Roman army would not miss this good opportunity in vain.

The soldiers of the Roman army, who had taken advantage of the opportunity to severely damage the enemy army, had not yet reacted, and the warriors of the Aceni Kingdom, who were still desperately trying to attack, began to get rid of the entanglement of the Roman army, and slowly retreated while fighting, intending to withdraw from this difficult battle.

At this time, the casualty figure of the right-wing army commanded by Eggers had risen to more than 20,000 people, and although the actual number of killed was less than half, the number of soldiers killed and wounded and incapacitated also reached half of their total strength.

The 40,000 soldiers under Assam's command were even more miserable, and there were only more than 15,000 of them still able to breathe, including the wounded soldiers.

Fighting a war with no hope of victory was something that all generals did not want to face, and Assam did not hesitate to carry out Francis's orders, dragging his exhausted body and slowly withdrawing from the battle with his men.

From the beginning of the fierce fighting, to the current exhaustion, the three legions of the Roman right flank army were unable to pursue the enemy soldiers who wanted to retreat, and even if they did, the muddy ground would force them to abandon the pursuit.

Compared to the Assam army, Nabazzani's army was not so lucky, and all his warriors were caught in a melee with the Roman army, and Peris's longbowmen were on the side to carry out long-range strikes.

After a long struggle, Nabazani barely withdrew from the battle with less than 10,000 men, in the direction of Francis, and when all the remnants of the enemy army had retreated, the battle was completely over, but the real war had just begun.

Francis's 30,000 elite cavalry did not lose a single soldier, and he still had 100,000 infantry in the rear to fight, and the defeat in this battle was only a defeat for him to unify the Aesinian kingdom, not the entire Acenian kingdom against the city of Rome.

The quagmire that helped the Roman army to achieve victory also became a cover for the retreat of Francis's army, and Bai Feng could only let his soldiers rest on the spot except to sit back and watch the remnants of Francis's army slowly withdraw from the battlefield.

The victorious soldiers of Rome did not cheer or celebrate their victory, they just collapsed in the muddy water exhausted, quietly enjoying the luck of the rest of their lives after the war, and their breath proved their vitality.