"Horsemen, warriors from all the tribes of Gaul, though you have come for money, in this next battle also fight with your faith and glory, and with your axes and spears, to conquer the aliens who stand at the foot of the mountain. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info They were Caesar's enemies! is our common enemy! ”

A blazing sun slowly rose from the east, and at last, Appis waited for the best time to charge. Turning back, Apis shouted and spoke to the five hundred riders from all the tribes of Gaul behind him. This is the roar before the battle, boosting the morale of the legion, even the barbarians, as long as there are qualified and excellent commanders, can completely obey orders, and fight bravely and fearlessly.

In the days when there were no stirrups, these Gallic cavalrymen, armed with a spear and a small round shield that barely covered half of their bodies, followed Appis and charged out.

The Gallic cavalry roared en masse and galloped over the hills, and behind Apis and them, a rising sun rose like a dazzling ball of fire, illuminating the earth and flooding the path of Apis and his cavalry charge.

They galloped all the way, and their horses neighed, trampling the whole hill in bursts. The sudden appearance of the legionary cavalry, dressed in the light of heaven, on the flank of the Kventus legion caused extreme panic among the Pompey soldiers. After a bloody battle with Caesar's legions, their physical strength dropped, and then they heard the overwhelming sound of cavalry rushing and killing, but they couldn't see the direction of the other party's rush, and all the infantry of Pompey's legion shuddered. Soon, they heard the terrifying crash of the horse against the flesh and bones on their side.

With groans, screams of pain, and the fear of the legionnaires, Appis and his Gallic cavalry swept across the flanks of the battlefield in a very short time.

Once the barbarian cavalry rushed to the battlefield, they each became bloodthirsty hunters, and the barbarians, who had been fighting wild beasts in the great forest for a long time, charged the battlefield in their simple and brutal way, and even after their spears pierced into the bodies of the Roman infantry, they continued to charge, nailing their blood-stained spears to the earth. Then, the hapless Roman infantryman's twitching and trembling body was pinned tightly to the ground.

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"General, our flanks are under heavy attack from barbarian cavalry!"

Kventus Pompey's deputy Pulis panicked to his commander reported, however, Kventus had already put his reserves into battle. Brody's cavalry, on the other hand, was entangled in the cavalry of the legion, which Lepida personally commanded. In all cases, Kventus couldn't think of a better way to stop Apis from raiding his flank.

However, Kventus also knew that on such a battlefield, there was not much time left for himself to think, or even very little, because once the main army showed signs of panic and collapse, this rout would soon affect the whole army, resulting in the final collapse of the whole army. In many battles, the defeated are not because the number of soldiers is not enough and the combat effectiveness is not good, but because the morale collapses first. At the moment, Kventus is undoubtedly most worried about this situation.

"Appis! Apis again! For the sake of Rome, for the sake of my brother Sextus, I swear in the name of Jupiter that I will kill this beast! ”

Appis's Gallic cavalry stormed the flanks of Pompey's coalition with bloodthirsty fanaticism, while Kventus had no choice but to pull the reins angrily, drive his horses, and order the general guards around him to follow him and run to the right flank of the legion that was attacked by Appis. Kventus tried to use the cavalry guards around him to resist the onslaught of the Gallic cavalry of the Tenth Legion under the command of Appis.

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On the frontal battlefield, the bloody battle continues. The veterans of the Thirteenth and Tenth Legions stood next to each other, forming a wall of flesh and blood, and remained immovable under the onslaught of Pompey's heavy phalanx, even though the wounded continued to increase, but the reserves behind continued to replace the wounded comrades in front, so that the entire front was firmly locked in place. Blood continued to shoot down on the battle line, and more and more Roman soldiers died, even stacking into a bloody ribbon of corpses.

In the rear of the bloody battle of the phalanx, the Gallic archers were still pulling their bowstrings, raining waves of black arrows on the legion phalanx of Kventus. The rear Platoon infantry had to endure the overwhelming and continuous rain of arrows on the spot. Although the casualty rate is not high, the impact on morale cannot be ignored. It's a terrible feeling to constantly have your comrades falling next to you, especially when you don't know if the loss will hit you in the next moment.

"Charge! Follow me on the charge! Courage and honor! ”

On the right flank, the rising sun was already high in the sky, and Appis, with the cavalry of five hundred barbarians, went on a rampage, and the phalanx of the legions of Cventus Pompey was constantly decreasing. Many more soldiers were not killed by spears and axes, but trampled to death by the ramming of war horses.

Many of Pompey's soldiers stood there bravely one second, using javelins as anti-cavalry weapons, ready to fight, but the next second, when the Gallic cavalry of Appis rushed in front of them, they could not suppress the fear in their hearts, and fled without dignity and honor.

Until he was pierced in the back by the rough cavalry spears of the Gallic cavalry, the whole person fell to the ground with a pop. By the time the blood was sprayed, the outcome had already been decided.

Riding on his tall brown warhorse, Apis, with his fine knight's sword, swung left and right, and the heavily armed Roman soldiers of Crintus saw the commander of the Tenth Legion rushing towards him, and dodged as if they had seen the devil of hell. Previously, this position was held by Rabienus, but now, the commander has become Appis.

As the horses flew by, the heads of the Roman soldiers were brutally cut off, and the flying heads with the blood were sprayed, making it one of the bloodiest images on the battlefield. Appis clenched the knight's sword in his hand, pulled the reins, and the horse jumped high with a neigh, and at the same time, the two infantry of Pompey's legion in front of him, who were originally preparing to take down Apis with their spears, suddenly retreated in panic, and they looked at Appis in front of him covered in blood. In the next second, while the two soldiers were panicking, Appis tightened his legs again, and the war horse roared through their defense, and the two heavy infantry of the legion under Kventus were immediately knocked away by the war horse. Then, lying motionless on the ground, they were soon covered by figures back and forth. Apis didn't have time to care whether they were alive or dead, so he continued to sit on his horse and charged behind the Kventus legion.

Starting as a scout cavalryman, at this moment, Appis had to be grateful for his former profession to learn such exquisite horsemanship. Stirrup? Maybe I will design it myself in the future, but it is not now, when everything has not yet landed, it is not easy to spread this key technology.

…… (To be continued.) )