Chapter 746: Battle of Chalons 24
The barbarian coalition began to spread to both sides, and because the Roman army in the center was torn apart by the powerful offensive ability of Attila's cavalry, the Romans and Visgoths were now forced to fight separately.
Although Aetius's army attempted to retake the center, it was slow to advance under the constant use of arrows from Attila's retreating cavalry.
This gave the barbarians plenty of time to flank the Roman army, which was struggling at the front.
Luga discovered this move in time, after all, tens of thousands of people moved to both sides like a torrent, and the magnitude of such a movement can be imagined.
Luga ordered the soldiers of the second array to split into two lines, and to lengthen the first array into a horseshoe shape, so that the barbarians who tried to close and open their bows from side to side were once again blocked from the shield.
From a distance, it looked like a bloody jaw, trying its best to bite at a fist covered in hard armor that was even larger than it.
For a moment the two sides were evenly matched, and the barbarians seemed accustomed to the oil barrels used by the Romans before them, and they were not afraid or that forced orders made them fearless.
Attila led his cavalry back, eventually regrouping after two attacking armies.
In the Visgoths, because of the more conservative Hun infantry in front of them, most of them were slaves, they were not destined to be good attackers.
Therefore, in terms of command, Theodoric dodged and ordered his soldiers to charge, pushing forward again and again, trying to use the extremely high combat power of his soldiers to defeat the enemy in front of him, and then fight for the initiative on the battlefield.
Although the Huns' infantry was retreating, the Goths' iron swords and axes could not completely crush the orderly men in front of them.
At this time, Theodoric had already been unable to hold back his heart, after all, the barbarian alliance he encountered at the beginning was very combative, and the two of them fought back and forth to make Theodoric able to calm down, but now it is different, these slave-born guys are not their opponents at all, and the Gothic soldiers can crush them!
A smooth battle is easy to make people misjudge, this point is really suitable to describe Theodoric at this time, he is indeed a little fluttering, after all, his own infantry will beat them back again and again, if the cavalry is sent to their side or behind again, it will be a devastating battle.
"Order my knights to follow me closely!" Theodoric could no longer resist his inner urge to win, and he gripped the reins and commanded his cavalry.
The cavalry of Dawvisgoths poured out, and they followed closely behind Theodoric, circling the left side of the formation, ready to strike the most fatal blow at the back of the Hun infantry like a sharp knife.
"Forward! Move forward! ”
"Phew! Phew! Phew! ”
The Roman soldiers roared, raised their shields and spears, and pushed forward, their forces gradually scattered, hoping to expand their own line and the line surrounded by the barbarian army, so that they could break up their rapid offensive little by little.
After the Huns retreated, they did not see any more movement from them, and the shouts of the Roman army not far away shook the sky, and it was not difficult to see that the current situation was tilting in the direction of the Roman and Gothic alliances.
"He Attila must have gone to the rescue, haha, these poor guys, if Attila wants to win back, he needs at least 100,000 troops!"
Theodoric laughed and picked up speed, eager to see Attila's look of surprise when he saw his army crushed.
But what he didn't expect was that when he crossed the military formation and left the Visgoths, he saw a large number of Hun cavalry galloping towards him, and the black banner led by him was unfurled, which was particularly dazzling in the sun.
"What's going on?"
Theodoric let out an exclamation of surprise in his heart, and saw the Hun cavalry in front of him getting closer and closer, and they were clenching the well-made compound bows in their hands.
They turned their horses' heads less than a hundred meters away from the Gothic cavalry, keeping them parallel to Theodoric's cavalry, only to see them pointing their bows and arrows at Theodoric.
Knowing that there was no turning back when he opened his bow, since Theodoric had already led the cavalry out of the formation, it was naturally impossible for him to turn his horse's head and retreat at such a time.
He turned around and shouted at the soldiers who were following closely behind him: "Defense! Defense! ”
The soldiers raised their shields and stood in the direction of the Hun cavalry.
"Click..."
Only the sound of a bowstring snapping was heard, followed by the gargling of sharp arrows flying through the air.
"Dangdang..."
The arrow fell like a punch to the shield of the Gothic cavalry.
Theodoric's left hand trembled, and even sharp arrows pierced the shield, revealing a sharp horn behind the shield. Theodoric gritted his teeth and couldn't help but speed up.
Fortunately, the war horse was draped in heavy horse armor, and the arrow fell on the part of the horse armor and was bounced off, fortunately protecting the war horse.
The cavalry behind him fell one after another, seeing that they were getting closer and closer to the target in front of him, Theodoric gritted his teeth, as the saying goes, the gods favor speculators, and he also planned to brave the rain of arrows to lead his cavalry to gamble.
"Bless me, gods, bless me!"
Theodoric braved the rain of arrows and roared loudly, his shield in his left hand and his iron sword in his right hand as he charged the flanks of the approaching Hun infantry.
"Boom!"
The screech of the horse was like the cry of a baby, and before Theodoric could react to the sound, he felt his crotch sinking.
The horse was hit by an arrow, only to see the horse screaming and turning over and falling to the ground, and its inertia made it difficult for Theodoric to fix the whole person and flew out, falling heavily on the hard ground.
After all, Theodoric was an old king, and such an impact really hurt him a lot, his eyes were full of stars, his whole body was top-heavy, his limbs seemed to fall apart, and the severe pain made him speechless, and he could only use a heavy moan to describe his pain at this time.
Afraid he couldn't count the number of wounds on his body, he stood up with the pain and looked at his left hand, which was already missing except for a broken belt.
Theodoric only felt that his face was full of liquid, and when he touched it, he saw that his hands were full of blood.
It is conceivable that his face has been covered with blood.
The pain subsided slightly, but the pain on his face, which looked like a bee's sting, made Theodoric even more bitter.
At this moment he heard the sound of hurried horses' hooves in front of him.
"Get out of the way! Dodge! ”
Hearing only a rough voice neighing, Theodoric jerked his head up, only to see the darkness in front of him, and it was a war horse close at hand.
"Boom!"