49.Bloody Battle of Mannheim (Middle)

"Steady, fight to the end!"

Centurion Quintas roared, and the first-echelon legionnaires folded their shields and faced the wildest of the barbarians' charge. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The stone projectiles of the ballista flew overhead, making a whistling sound that pierced the sky, and smashed into the crowd of the barbarian army, but like a small pebble thrown into a huge lake, except for a slight ripple, it could no longer move, and the flesh and blood of the barbarians who were hit flew everywhere, but such casualties were a drop in the bucket for the barbarian army that was charging at the moment, and it was insignificant.

"Roar, roar, roar......"

The barbarian leader roared angrily, and made a wild charge with a war hammer, and a large number of barbarians also followed the great chieftain, stepping on the muddy land in the rain and charging furiously, like a group of galloping beasts, and instantly rushed through the shallow river, looking from the high ground, at this moment, the river beach was densely covered with human heads, and the barbarian attack poured like a black tide into the thin defense line of the Roman legions.

"Steady!"

As the two armies were about to collide, Quintas shouted hoarsely, ordering his soldiers to hold the line. The Roman veterans in the front row squatted calmly, clenched their shields, and connected them to each other to lock the defensive line.

Then, the barbarian army pounced.

Like a bunch of crazy beasts, crashing into a great wall of steel. The entire phalanx of 2,000 people trembled slightly after facing the first wave of barbarian charges, and then, under the desperate resistance of the veterans, it stabilized again.

The barbarians' battle axes and swords continued to fall like raindrops, and the legion veterans clenched their shields and resisted desperately. Countless barbarian warriors kept squeezing and rushing onto the battle line, on the narrow front where the two armies were close to each other, it was almost crowded, and the tribal warriors soon had no room to wield their weapons, they just roared and howled and smashed their weapons down continuously, trying to smash the Romans' shields, and the legionnaires inside were like their prey at the moment, as long as they smashed the shield wall, they could slaughter them and drink their blood.

However, the Roman veterans who had been through countless wars also had to hold their teeth and fight to the shields, their faces almost distorted and deformed under the insane and powerful pressure.

"Fight to the end!"

Not far away, the centurion shouted with all his might, but his voice quickly disappeared into the air amid the monstrous roar of the barbarian army. Gradually, the smell of blood spread in the air, which was a signal that the central defense line had been torn apart, and several veterans fell under the frantic onslaught of the barbarians, and immediately, a large number of barbarians roared into the phalanx with weapons in hand, slaughtering the Roman legionnaires who were not protected by the shield wall.

Fortunately, the legionnaires in the back row quickly made up for it, and with all their might, pushed the barbarians back again.

In just a few minutes, the battlefield was splashed with blood, and the Roman legionnaires in the front row continued to fight back under strong pressure, their bodies were already shorter than the Germans, and with the half-kneeling posture, the barbarians' abdomen was just exposed in front of the Roman legionnaires.

Many legion veterans clenched their short swords and stabbed them out when the enemy's body was attached, and the bright iron sword quickly became scarlet, and every time they were assassinated, with the screams of the enemy, a large amount of blood gushed out, and even the barbarian infantry who were repeatedly assassinated also shed their intestines to the ground, so that every step of the Roman soldier was this disgusting and bloody internal organs.

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Finally, after three Roman battles, three infantry legions under the command of Crassus the Younger and Labinus entered the battle, and two legions led by Flamini and Livy were also immediately put into battle.

The red Roman legions converged like a warm current on three sides and began to besiege the dense barbarians in the riverbank area. The loud horn sounded, the legion phalanx approached step by step, the iron armor shook with the footwork of the soldiers and made a majestic scraping sound, the three legions collectively attacked downward, and the neat side saw the heads of people undulating, and the Roman legionnaires wrapped in iron armor attacked the barbarians with a serious and incomparably resolute expression.

"Don't show mercy to your men, because they won't show mercy to your men!"

Labynus commanded in a vigorous voice, and the weather-hardened veteran put on his helmet and held his sword in one hand, and a sense of the heaviness and vicissitudes of time arose.

"Roar, roar, roar......"

In the valley, a large number of barbarian infantry couldn't help but let out a roar when they saw the Roman legions surrounded on three sides. It is impossible to say that in front of the heavy shield and iron armor, the barbarian soldiers have no fear, but this slight fear is quickly swallowed and drowned out by their own anger. Because they were numerous enough to drown the pitifully small Roman legions.

A large number of barbarians began to turn and roar, striking their shields with axes and swords, and letting out a provocative war cry, but the Roman legionnaires on the hillside paid no attention to this senseless taunt, and in an almost habitual state, they stopped, raised their spears, and aimed at the dense barbarian infantry at the gentle slope.

"Throw!"

As the barbarian infantry charged, Labinus shouted. The first row of thousands of legionary infantry threw spears like a rain of arrows, and then, the barbarian army that rushed up was like an autumn ear of wheat was frantically harvested, almost two-thirds of the barbarian infantry who were charging were shot by Roman heavy javelins and fell to the ground, screaming in pain, and some were shot in vital parts and killed on the spot, however, the barbarian soldiers who died on the spot were lucky, because they did not have to suffer a second cruel assassination and suffered great suffering.

"Onward! Rome's elite! ”

Labienus continued to roar, and behind him, the red tide of Roman legions slowly descended, and soon engaged in a battle with the second wave of infantry rushing up by the barbarians.

Even if they are on their backs, these Germanic warriors have no intention of being afraid, you must know that the explosive power of the northern barbarians is amazing, their strength is far above the Romans, and a Roman soldier may only be able to catch up with the arm strength of a Germanic who is idle all day long after three years of professional military training. The barbarian soldiers, covered in terrifying paint, stabbed through the gaps in the shields of the Roman legions' phalanx.

The legionnaires responded with their shield daggers, and after dodging a barbarian's slash sideways, Labinus stabbed the barbarian warrior in the abdomen with his short sword, feeling the temperature of the blood on his fingertips, Rabinus grabbed the barbarian soldier's shoulder, and then pulled out the dagger with all his might, letting the blood gush out of the broken wound, and then, the barbarian infantry screamed in pain, and then Labinus turned his dagger and slammed the barbarian infantryman's head with the wooden hilt, making him limp.

The legionary infantry beside him gave the fallen barbarian infantry a merciless sword, and the tip of the sword was directly inserted into the opponent's mouth...... Blood gushed out.