"Vidania, quick, stab their horses in the belly with a spear!"

When the Gallic cavalry stormed the Parthian archers, the two armies soon became entangled and killed. Many of the Gallic cavalry were knocked over and fell off their horses, but they still had the courage to fight the Parthian riders on horseback with their spears and swords on the ground.

The captain of the Gallic cavalry, Lugirus, was also knocked off his horse, and while holding a spear and a round shield, he shouted orders to his companions to kill the enemy in the most traditional way of the Gauls. The battlefield is different, but the tactics are the same, they used to fight in the forest and meadow, now they fight in the desert, and the sand and dust raised make them feel uncomfortable, but the sword in their hand is still the same as the original sword, and the spear in their hand is still strong.

Many Gallic cavalry did this, and when they were besieged, they still raised their only melee weapons to defend themselves against the enemy.

Vidania, a Gallic knight who was shouted by the cavalry captain, quickly grabbed the spear scattered on the ground and stabbed it in the belly of a Parthian cavalryman who was fighting. The sharp spear pierced the soft skin of the horse's belly and struck the horse's internal organs. In severe pain, the horse neighed and galloped, throwing the Parthian rider off the saddle.

Then, before Parthia could get up, the Gallic cavalry drew his sword and chopped off his head. Blood splattered all over the Gallic cavalry, from the neck down, and was stained with blood.

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"There is no time, all the heavy infantry, attack!"

Seeing that the Gallic cavalry was submerged in the sea of Parthian cavalry, Crassus the Younger was so anxious that he immediately gave the order for the heavy infantry to attack. The formation of the three legions was suddenly disrupted, and the other two legions were still behind, protecting the baggage and ballista equipment, while the legion that approached the Gallic cavalry in front was all sorted, and they charged with great strides with large shields.

"Damn it, stay in formation! Stay in formation! ”

The legion's stride charge caused the entire formation to be no longer dense and compact. The centurion immediately shouted, but it was too late.

The Parthian archers were quickly outflanked, and they detoured back to the flanks and rear of the Roman legions, where arrows rained down from all sides. It was like a storm on the ocean, beating on the shields of the Roman legionnaires. Lost the protection of the dense shield walls, arrows from all directions pierced through the gaps in the crowd and hit all parts of the soldiers, especially in the back and head. Arrows pierced the chain mail, and many of the legionnaires screamed and never got back up.

"Fight back! Damn it! Where are those Syrian archers! ”

The centurion cursed, but when they turned around, they saw that the Syrian archers had been slaughtered even with their shields on. Their bodies were full of Parthian arrows. Many struggled to escape for their lives, however, the more they fled to the phalanx, the more they were wounded by the rain of Parthian arrows, and an arrow shot directly through the eyes of the Syrian archer captain, not everyone was such a brave general, the Syrian archer captain who was shot in the eye fell to the ground screaming, blood flowing all over his face. He did not dare to pull the arrow out of his head, for then the captain of the archers would die of pain or blood.

"Fold! Fast! ”

There was such chaos on the battlefield that even little Crassus himself did not anticipate. The centurions immediately took advantage of their on-the-spot command and ordered their respective battalions to tighten their formations and once again maintain the shield wall. so as not to cause greater casualties. Gradually, the soldiers were close to each other, forming a small circle that was impermeable.

The Parthians' rain of arrows weakened again.

However, before the Romans could rest, the roar of war drums sounded around the dunes.

Some Roman soldiers standing on a high place saw that in the distance, a group of silver Parthian knights appeared. They were dressed in bright armor, and it seemed that even the war horses were heavily armoured, and they came in a neat queue.

"Heavy cavalry!"

Many soldiers suddenly shouted. They knew the power of these cavalry, and that as powerful as the most savage Germanic cavalry, any living creature that stood in their way would be easily routed when they charged. Wearing heavy armor all over their bodies, and even their cheeks were wrapped under iron sheets, these cavalry were undoubtedly the heavy tanks of ancient warfare.

"Defend in place!"

Many centurions shouted, and in their terror they summoned up their last courage, and ordered their soldiers to form a dense formation with shields in hand, and prepare to defend themselves against the enemy.

However, when these behemoths appeared in front of the Roman soldiers, many people's psychological defenses gradually collapsed. The horses charged at neat steps, raising dust in the sky, and the cavalrymen were heavily armored and armored, and every piece of armor on their bodies vibrated in the galloping of the war horses, making a terrifying sound.

"Don't be afraid! Don't retreat! ”

The chief centurion Nines roared, however, the next moment, the galloping Parthian heavy cavalry crushed his body......

Like a rushing silver tide, these Parthian knights, known to the Romans as "toasted cavalry", with the most terrifying impact, broke through the heavy infantry defense line that the Romans were proud of.

The Roman legionnaires in the front row were like a collapsed embankment, crumbling at the moment when the Parthian heavy cavalry rushed in, and the fallen bodies increased in pieces like harvested ears of wheat, and everywhere the Parthian heavy cavalry rushed through, the flattened bodies and armor of the Roman soldiers were everywhere, and a pile of scrap iron was wrapped in rotten flesh, and thick blood and crushed internal organs flowed inside......

Eventually, the entire legion collapsed, and the fleeing Roman soldiers fled in all directions like chased animals, and they were overtaken by the Parthian cavalry, and then, with sharp spears piercing their bodies from behind, and the hooves of the horses raising bloody dust, and even piling up thousands of corpses of Roman soldiers in the densest formations. They lay there in all directions, javelins and daggers in their hands, and kept the image of the people who were dying in their last place.

Crassus the Younger himself was shot by the Parthian cavalry, and the cluster of arrows pierced the armor and pierced the skin, but fortunately, the commander's armor was very strong and did not hurt the bones. But the pain of the flesh being torn still made little Crassus look painful, and the soldiers around him escorted him away from the battlefield, and the two legions and the remaining three auxiliary corps were not devastated, they maintained their previous formation, and the baggage and ballista guns were firmly protected in the middle, but now it seemed that the hope of breaking through was getting slimmer......