"Appis, they're going to kill us!"

Crane stood in the middle of the infantry with a short sword, and shouted.

"I know! I'm figuring it out! ”

Riding a war horse and looking at Anthony's cavalry troops rolling in the sky, Appis was anxious, but he couldn't think of anything to do for a while. There is not always a strategy. Especially when your troops are exhausted and cornered.

"Dense shield array!"

Before Appis could give orders, Crane urgently commanded his soldiers to line up in battle formation, and the enemy's cavalry was about to rush forward.

The sandstorm rolled up on the horizon, and Anthony's cavalry ran wildly all the way, with full spirit and high morale. Like a torrent of yellow, it rushed towards the shattered Roman legions of Appis.

"Steady! Hold on to your shield! ”

The moment the horse rushed in, Klein roared with all his might. All the soldiers clung to their shields and prepared to fight to the death. The veterans in the front row were even ready to die immediately. You must know that the cavalry is attacking the phalanx head-on, and even if it cannot break through, the soldiers in the two rows in front are very easy to die.

In the next second, Antony's Greek cavalry and Egyptian cavalry "bravely" rushed towards the Roman legion infantry phalanx. Following the example of Appis using stirrups, the Greek cavalry charged much more powerfully, at least the cavalry was no longer afraid of the recoil of the charge and kicked them off their horses.

I only felt that the pressure in front of me increased suddenly, the momentum of the mountains and seas, the neighing of the war horses, and everyone fell backwards and squeezed under the same force. The pressure was transmitted layer by layer, and the soldiers in the front row were almost immediately unsteady and knocked to the ground, while the soldiers in the third and fourth columns were shaky and barely standing, until the rear of the phalanx, the force slowed down slightly.

It's like a yellow flood hitting a black. After Antony's cavalry regiment charged, the screams of soldiers and the neighing of war horses spread all over the front, blood flowed everywhere, and many people's bodies were trampled and their brains and internal organs lay on the ground.

The charging cavalry was only in the front row, and the people turned on their backs. The other cavalrymen, having rushed into the infantry phalanx, fought for a while, then quickly withdrew, and under the orders of their cavalry commanders, prepared to launch a second charge.

The plain terrain gives the cavalry a good space to play.

Immediately, before Appis's soldiers could regroup their phalanx, the Egyptian and Greek cavalry had split into two streams and galloped around the perimeter of the Gallic and Spanish legions. Both Klein and Commander Publius knew that these Antony's Greek and Egyptian cavalry were trying to split up and flank Appis's three defeated legions.

The situation is precarious.

"Re-array! Brothers! ”

Publius jumped off his horse and stood with the ordinary legionary infantrymen.

At this moment, almost all the corps commanders jumped off their horses and rushed to the front line, directing the infantry to resist the enemy.

Two groups of legionary cavalry attacking Appis continued to gallop along the flanks. Immediately, in the distance, the Greek cavalry stopped. The one-line queue was re-arranged.

They were to charge Appis, the crumbling Roman army, once again.

Immediately, the horn of the charge sounded again, which was almost a nightmare for the surviving soldiers of the Gallic and Germanic legions, like the roar of hell and the wail of death.

The Greek cavalry galloped, and they saw that victory was at hand. At this time, at the rear of the Roman legions of Apis, Antony's Egyptian cavalry also began to turn around, and the cavalry ran to form a large arc, and together with the Greek cavalry, they flanked the three corps of Apis.

"Cross left and right, shorten the battle line, thicken the phalanx!"

In desperation, Appis nervously commanded loudly. Sweat was already soaking through the clothes.

Staring at the Greek cavalry rolling in from the sky, at this time, it is no longer the heroic blood boiling, but fighting with death!

"Anthony will win!"

The Greek cavalry shouted wildly, and the horses' hooves stepped on an irregular pace, and they roared. When the Roman heavy infantry line was charged again, the whole land seemed to shake.

Appis's three Roman legions fought bloodily for their lives. The soldiers were covered in blood and used their bodies as shield walls, and the soldiers in the front and rear rows protected the soldiers in the middle from being crushed and rammed by their horses.

They used their lives to buy space for the Roman legions to escape!

Immediately, blood splashed, and the legionary infantry who had been knocked into the air flew into the air, screaming all over the field.

"Catch them! Don't let them out! ”

On the blood-colored battlefield, Crane shouted. The infantry knew what the centurion meant, and they wanted to leave the Greek cavalry and Egyptian cavalry that had already rushed in in the phalanx, in the crowd, so that the horses could not run, and the riders would be assassinated one by one, so that they could hope for victory and have the possibility of survival.

Publius took the lead himself, pulling the Egyptian rider off his horse, then grabbing him by the collar and plunging his short sword into his throat. Blood splattered all over the face of the Germanic legion commander Publius.

Klein clenched his javelin and stabbed the horse in the neck, the horse neighed and fell in pain, and the rider on the horse had no time to jump off the horse, and was pressed to the ground by the heavy horse, almost powerless to struggle. Then, the legionary infantry beside him slashed his palm with a sword, and blood splattered everywhere......

The whole battlefield was chaotic.

However, after the legionnaires struggled for a while, Anthony's cavalry troops were forced to withdraw from the battlefield. Less than a quarter of the cavalry died in hand-to-hand combat. More riders rode their horses and withdrew from the bloody battlefield again. Prepare for the third round of charge, and one more round, and Appis's legion will be almost scrapped.

However, in desperation, Apis saw the Gris River, which flowed quietly not far away. Before setting out, his guide had told him that through the valley, there would be a small river that meandered and flowed, and the locals called it the Griss. The guide had suggested that the troops could camp along the river and get water supplies on the spot. And now, the river has undoubtedly become a lifesaver for Appis.

"Crane, let everyone get back to the river and line up!"

In the dust, Appis cried out.

Covered in blood, Crane glanced at the river in the distance and immediately understood what Appis meant.

Immediately, the exhausted legionnaires dragged their wounded bodies closer to the riverbank.

"For the sake of Rome, for the sake of our family, for the sake of the shrine in our home, hold on, brothers!"

Crane dragged his wounded thigh forward while encouraging the soldiers to move forward at a faster pace. As long as they reach the river, they will have hope of survival.

Immediately, by the time Antony's Greek and Egyptian cavalry regrouped, Appis's large army had completed the transfer of position. These tired and wounded legion veterans regrouped, like an impregnable Great Wall, standing beside the Grimes River.

With their backs against the raging waters of the Grimes River, the veterans of the Gallic legions turned their shields outwards in unison, forming a Roman shield wall with their flesh and blood. Prepare for another onslaught from Antony's cavalry brigade......

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