A tall and stout barbarian leaped into the phalanx, and after hearing the sound of the legion's drums, he was stunned for a moment, and then, grabbing a huge battle axe, slashed at the Roman centurion in front of him. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Appis reflexively turned sideways, dodged the fatal blow, and then swung his short sword forward, slashing through the barbarian's neck, and in the next second, a large amount of blood poured out of the barbarian's neck, like a fountain in a Roman city square, unable to contain it.

Blood stained Appis's entire face, like a bloodthirsty beast, everyone lost themselves in such a bloody killing, and the war drums behind him were still beating wildly, the war song that seemed to come from hell made the legion veterans from beginning to end, all excited, bloodthirsty killing.

Until a strange trumpet sounded, and the savages dispersed as if they had heard death coming. The legionnaires had only just come to their senses from the frenzy of killing, but everyone knew that this was by no means a sign of the defeat of the barbarians, for they almost always retreated at the same time after hearing the trumpet, and not only fled after seeing their comrades in defeat, not like that, they were collectively panicking something, but by no means the advance and killing of the Roman legions.

The panic of the barbarian infantry was explained on this side of the British battlefield, a Celtic chariot with axle knives!

When the infantry of the British tribes dispersed, the infantry of the Roman legions saw a "new weapon" that they had never seen before in Gaul. It was not cavalry, but it was a more terrifying weapon than cavalry, it was the chariot of the British, something that all Roman soldiers had never seen, those British chariots that were not much different from the carriage, equipped with extremely sharp axle knives, with the rapid rotation of the wheels, the bow-shaped axle knives also rotated extremely quickly, and the snow-bright and sharp axle knives were equipped on the horizontal axis of the wheels, reflecting dazzling light in the sun.

At this time, all the Roman soldiers and officers knew why the barbarians chose to fight in this steppe, because the flat terrain here was conducive to the charge of chariot groups......

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"Spread out, spread out!"

Appis shouted, and although he hadn't actually fought the beast, what he had seen in the history books and movie scenes before the crossing still made Apis panic.

Celtic chariots, the most terrifying war machines on the island of Britain, the impact of cavalry is terrifying enough, and these bow chariots are pulled by two war horses, or even four chariots, their impact is beyond the weight of human flesh and blood, plus the axle knives equipped on both sides of the wheels, the chariots drive the sharp chariot axle knives to rotate rapidly in high-speed movement, once these war machines rush into the crowd, they will cause large-scale casualties, and the legs of the soldiers will be cut off by horizontal knives, and there is no chance to escape.

The next moment after Appis finished shouting, hundreds of Celtic chariots were already rushing towards the Legion's phalanx.

In the next second, the picture that appeared on the battlefield could no longer be described as cruel and bloody, it was simply a purgatory of blood, and the Roman infantry was hit and crushed by the barbarian chariots in extreme fear. The legionnaires blocking the Celtic chariot were toppled like swarms of flesh, and blood splattered from the corpses.

The legionary infantry on both sides of the way of the Celtic chariot was even more miserable, their lower limbs were cut off by the axle knives equipped on the Celtic chariots, as long as the high-speed chariots rushed past them, no Roman soldiers could be spared, and on the whole battlefield, hundreds of Celtic chariots were like a herd of crazy bison, rushing into the legion's position, cutting the original Roman phalanx in an instant.

The limbs of the Roman soldiers were spilled one after another in the terrifying back and forth collision of the chariot, the calves, arms, flew in the air, and some Roman infantry were even cut off by the Celtic chariot at the waist, the upper and lower bodies were separated, and the internal organs quickly flowed out, the cruel and bloody scene, the cries and shouts rang out, and the drummers had no care to beat the drums, and they were also frightened in the terrifying charge and harvest of the chariots.

Due to the plain terrain of the battlefield, Caesar could not see the situation in the rear at all, and by the time the messenger reached the rear of the legion, the troops in front had already been torn apart by the British chariots.

"Order the 13th Army to press with all its might, the lightly armed spearmen go first, and the hoplites scatter their positions, all put away their short blades, and use spears as weapons instead."

"Anthony, Lepida, you take your cavalry, go around the battlefield from the flanks, attack the rear of the barbarians, and try to break up their crowd, and kill their leader."

"Cicero, Fabius, have your men light torches and throw them at those chariots, and go!"

The herald had just finished reporting on the battle at the front, and Caesar, after a moment of thought, issued three urgent orders on the spot. Chariots were not the first time that Roman legions had encountered them, and the entire Western world actually knew a certain amount about chariots, as Seleucid and Egypt used such weapons. When Caesar was erudite, he naturally also mastered the methods of infantry against chariots.

The three commands are simply a relief to the Roman legions that tend to collapse on the front line, the lightly armed spearman is a sharp weapon against the chariot, and the beast, any animal's fear of fire is innate, and the war horse is no exception, let the soldier throw torches at the chariot, even if it does not hit, it can have a frightening effect on the war horse from a distance, so that the two war horses pull each other, causing the chariot to dismember and collapse.

And to let Antony and Lepida lead the cavalry troops to raid the rear of the barbarians from the flank, which is to seize the characteristics of the British's chariots all sorted, and the rear must be empty, and the British infantry is simply weak and vulnerable in front of the Gallic cavalry and the Roman cavalry. Such an arrangement is undoubtedly a timely adjustment to the current war situation.

After arranging everything, Caesar personally led his guards to the front line, and he was to personally command the Eleventh Legion to meet the chariot troops of these barbarians.

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"Sekras, Sekras!"

On the bloody battlefield, Apis shouted the names of his teammates, the Eagle Banner had fallen, the flag bearer had been killed, the arm holding the Eagle Banner had been cut off by the roots, and he was lying on the ground screaming, Apis did not dare to go over, because the chariot was still scurrying wildly. Appis could only call out to the soldiers who were still alive, and now that the situation was urgent, he had to organize a column formation to deal with the frantic Celtic chariots.

But the soldiers were already panicked and mentally broken under such a horrific massacre. Even some legionary veterans frantically fled for their lives, because their strength was simply not able to resist the powerful Celtic chariots, on which stood British archers, shooting and killing the fleeing Roman soldiers, and the scene was a mess and a sea of blood......