Chapter 637: Re-attack
Three days later, before the morning fog had lifted, Luga's army had already beckoned the whole army to rise up and assemble in the most primitive way of running and communicating.
"The Romans are here again! The Romans are here again! ”
The sharp-eyed guard noticed something strange from afar, and he hastened to inform the others who were still asleep of the news that the Roman army had regrouped outside the city.
By this time the Romans were close at hand, and they had taken up their battle posts three days earlier, awaiting further command from Luga.
This time, as it had been at the beginning, the 21st Luga-Victory Legion was in the vanguard, but this time, their commander was under the direct command of Luga.
They were still in the field regiments, only this time there were three field regiments, and they were ordered to form a huge array, becoming the first array of the attacking army.
This was followed by three field regiments, all of which were brought by Matteolius at the time, but now numbered only about 2,000 men.
The third array was still three field regiments, although the number was significantly smaller than that of the first two platoons, but they still had to follow them forward.
Everyone's faces were pale, and looking at them had a sense of the aftermath of the catastrophe, yes, the people of a field regiment were wiped out in one fell swoop, which all made the guys who were personally involved in it frightened.
The Overseers rode their horses to the back of the phalanxes with their whips in hand, and they waved their whips in a majestic manner, flicking them in mid-air with a deliberate "snapping" sound.
"Remember, this will be your fate, and no one will be able to escape! This is the battle you fought to atone for your sins, lazy, uneducated bastards! ”
Their siege equipment was even more rudimentary, and they did not have a whole piece of wood with a ramshell and a handle made of ropes on it. There are also simple siege ladders made of wood, which are not so much unconditional, but rather punishment, another punishment for their lack of military discipline.
"Order them to advance." Luga said to the herald, "Remember, you are not allowed to run, but walk up with my chest up!" ”
"So, is it the first array attack?"
"No, all!"
"Whew-"
The long horn sounded, which meant the beginning of the attack, and the herald cavalry holding the dragon's head banner rode his horse like a swimming fish in the military formation, and while he rode his horse and galloped, he loudly informed every officer present to shout: "Advance on all fronts!" Advance on all fronts! ”
The officers did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly turned around and beckoned the soldiers behind them to move forward.
"Stepping on ......"
Soldiers with horns play rhythmic tunes, constantly correcting the pace of the soldiers' advances.
The three arrays moved at the same time, and they were like three layers of movable city walls pressing towards the Salamaantira garrisoned by the Suebi in front of them.
The Suebi people were still stationed in the same way as last time, but seeing that the Romans in front of them were pressing over violently, they did not dare to slack off for a while, and greeted each other to crowd the city wall again.
The Romans were getting closer and closer, and the Suebi people beckoned the archers to draw their bows and arrows towards the Roman formation.
In an instant, a steady stream of arrows fell from the sky and shot straight at the oncoming Romans, who fell among the soldiers who had not had time to resist with their shields in the advance.
Because of the arrows, people instinctively dodge behind their shields, and the same is true for these guys.
It should be a human instinct, but in the eyes of the Overseers behind him, it cannot be tolerated.
"Who told you to hide?"
A roar was followed by a burst of leather whips that struck the soldiers who were slowing down as they tried to resist with their shields.
"Lift your head! Face the arrows and trust God to protect you, bastard! Coward! "The Overseers are a bunch of hot-tempered guys, and they do their best to whip up the soldiers, but this time it was like the burning pain of a knife slashing at the flesh the moment the silver light flashed.
This can really cheer people up a little, just imagine the crisp sound of a whip and a burst of pain that can make people's ears stunted, like a pair of invisible hands, pushing all the distractions such as inner fear out of the head.
"Onward! Keep moving! ”
Braving the rain of arrows, the centurion at the forefront of the centurion constantly reminded his soldiers loudly, encouraging and ordering them to keep going, even if the Overseer's whip would fall on his head at any time.
Another stream of arrows struck, and the dense arrows rained down like drops, and stuck in the chest of the advancing soldier like sharp daggers, or because of the great fate, the arrows "dang" bounced off the helmet.
The soldiers at the end wailed because they couldn't help but feel the pain in their hearts, and they could only drag their bleeding bodies and squirm forward, like a giant reptile. Because everyone knew that they had no way back, either by stepping on Salamantila in front of them, or by dying under the walls.
Although the Romans continued to suffer casualties, they slowly pressed under the walls of Salamantila, and the Roman soldiers who were as mighty as the walls pressed under their walls step by step, and it was self-evident that the shock of such an imposing shock brought to the weak Suebi people.
They wanted to rain down all the javelin arrows in their hands to stop the Romans, but instead of stopping, the Romans were getting closer and closer.
More than 4,000 people were pressed under the city walls, and they slammed into the city gates with siege rams in their hands.
"Boom!"
A loud bang was mixed with a violent shaking of the city gates, which was a heavy psychological pressure on the Suebi people, and the Romans attacked the city gates.
In order to disperse them, the Suebi had to pick up the stone and throw it downward, but the seemingly heavy stone was only a meter or two of falling space, and it was quickly bounced off the shield when it fell and smashed into it.
The Suebi counterattack only allowed the Romans to speed up their attack on the city gates, and the rudimentary ladders on the walls made it even more difficult for the Suebi to deal with.
They tried to push the ladder with a piece of wood, but the Roman archers below had been waiting for them to do so, so the Suebi had no way to stop the Romans from attacking the walls.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”
The Suebi warriors who were heavily armed and holding tomahawk shields behind the gates were constantly shaking under the impact of the city gates, and they didn't know how many Romans there were, but they could only understand that rushing out at this time might lead the wolf into the house.
"Huh!"
The gate was opened, and they formed a line, raised their shields, and roared loudly at the heads of the people after the hole was opened, but the oncoming Romans were even more frantic than them, and the soldiers with spears discarded their shields and rushed in with spears in both hands.
The soldier with the ramlet even carried the rambler and slammed into the shield wall of the Suebi people, only to hear a loud bang, which and the invincible "giant spear" tore apart the Soubi people's front alive.
The Suebi people did not expect that their front would be so vulnerable, the Romans with spears stabbed the Suebi department that came to support, the Suebi people resisted hard, but the open city gate could not resist the Romans like a tide.