"Kill them and drive them down the hill!"

Standing in the center of the phalanx, Apis commanded two of the strongest battalions of the Tenth Army to advance towards the rebels' flanks. The cavalry of the pen and the court of the www.biquge.info Lepida have bypassed the flank of the battlefield and launched a surprise attack on the nomadic cavalry of Pharnaciss, at this moment those Gallic cavalry are fighting with the nomadic cavalry of the Black Sea, which gives Apis the opportunity to launch a general attack, the long fighting, the fight makes the gap between the physical strength of the two armies gradually widen, the Roman legionary infantry after Marius reform can not only fight well, but also the physical fitness is also first-class, the long-term trek training effect has been reflected on the battlefield, those barbarian infantry have been out of breath, while the veterans of the tenth legion are still energetic.

Upon hearing the clarion call for a general attack, all of them, led by the commander, advanced towards the rebels on the opposite side.

They pressed their shields to their chests and kept advancing, slamming into the tribal soldiers in front of them. The shouts came and went, wave after wave, and under the neat and powerful roar, the shield wall was like an impenetrable steel Great Wall, rhythmically striking the already weak tribal rebels in front of them.

Shield strikes, assassinations, these movements that were trained almost mechanically in normal times, have now become a nightmare for the rebels in the east on the opposite side.

More and more rebel infantry fell, and the red-eyed Roman soldiers clenched their short swords, blood dripping down the tips of their swords, and the corpses of the rebels were trampled under their feet, and the ground was covered with stumps and broken arms, as well as bare internal organs.

The defeated rebels completely ignored the orders of the commander and fled in all directions, Pharnasis stood on the high ground on the flank, watching the coalition army he had built for many years being slaughtered in a single day, and the regular army formed by imitating the Roman legions did not even have a chance to come in handy, when they saw the great rout of their own troops in front of them, they no longer disregarded the so-called glory and affection, and ran back with their lives. The entire flank of the heights was ceded by Caesar's Tenth Legion and became the commanding height of the Roman legions. Now, with just one dive, the Tenth Army was able to break up the panicked Eastern infantry in the middle.

"Now, go down this hillside, for the sake of Rome! For glory! ”

Covered in blood, Apis stood in front of the hundred-man soldiers, shouting and pointing at the valley, where the ant-like eastern infantry was fighting the Ninth Legion. The sound of fighting resounded throughout the battlefield.

Hearing the loud Roman trumpet on the hillside, the Eastern militia regiment below the mountain had no intention of fighting, and before the Roman legions could attack, a large number of tribal soldiers began to turn and flee, their hands holding their weapons trembling, panting, and fleeing.

The Ninth Legion rushed down the gentle slope, its heavy javelins projecting at the fleeing rebels, the sharp heavy javelins piercing the backs of the noble warriors of the tribes, and then like darts nailing their prey, the rebels were shot in the back of the sky, and the javelins pinned him straight to the ground. When the Roman soldiers rushed up, they reinted the dying rebel soldiers with a sword, and the brutal images spread panic to the extreme. It's like a pack of bloodthirsty beasts chasing terrified people.

And once the panic spreads, it cannot be stopped, it will only be like a rushing flood, the strength is getting stronger and stronger, and even the most determined warrior will put away his weapons in horror and flee with the rout when he sees his comrades fleeing in their eyes. This is the chain white flag in the game, Appis sighed, standing on the high ground, as far as the eye can see, the dense crowd of rebels fleeing without formation, like a great migration of animals...... And the Roman soldiers behind them were actually smaller in number......

By dusk, the valley was like a mass grave for the rebels of Pharnacis, the dead rebels stretched to the end of the sight, piling up the entire low-lying valley and gentle slopes, and the thick smell of blood attracted rotting birds, vultures, and some hungry wolfdogs circling in the air.

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"The day belongs to us, Appis, we have achieved a great victory, we have put down this rebellion."

The evening celebration dinner was so lavish that Lepida piled all the spoils of the day in front of the campfire in the center of the camp, and began to distribute the spoils in front of all the soldiers. The highest-grade and most valuable ones were all left behind and were ready to return to Alexander to be offered to Caesar, the middle-class booty and slaves were distributed to the meritorious soldiers of the war, the inferior booty was distributed to the lowest-ranking legionnaires, and finally those things that were really useless were thrown into the fire and burned in the name of sacrifice to the gods...... This sparked a revelry of soldiers, who had been on the war for another two years, for that purpose.

"But Pharnassis hasn't caught it yet, so it's not a complete victory."

Appis remembered that when he cleaned up the battlefield, he did not receive any information about the corpse of Pharnaciss, and it was speculated that the rebel leader should have left the battlefield early before the massacre, taking his elite cavalry with him.

"It's not worth worrying, Appis, I'm going to send people to the tribes to surrender, Pharnasis is defeated, these people are now afraid of the Roman punishment of them, and we just need to send an army to show off their might in the land of each tribe, and ask them to surrender their hostages and weapons, and submit to Roman rule, as long as they submit to us, the slaughter will not be staged in their land, these tribes, city-states are extremely weak, they have no choice, if they want to live, As for Pharnaciss, no one dared to receive him wherever he fled, because he was an enemy of Rome. After all this was done, we could sit back and relax, in our warm and comfortable beds, waiting for the tribes to hand over the heads of Pharnacissus to us. It's just a matter of time. ”

Lepida replied confidently.

"Lepida, have you ever wondered what you're going to do after the civil war is over?"

At the dinner party in the barracks, the streamer was overflowing, and Appis turned his head and continued to ask about his colleagues. Lepida's face was filled with joy, and he was happy to share the topic with Appis. For in a few months, or weeks, Tertilla would be the lawful wife of Appis, and when the time came, when they returned to Rome, they would be the most solid allies, both politically and profitably.

"Using the money obtained from the war, the money, to expand my villa? Or go to loan sharks? Or, running for consulship for the coming year? Oh, this must be Caesar's consent. Apis, we will have a common opportunity to run for these positions, you used to be tribune, you know, now in Rome in politics, there is no longer the so-called sacred duty of the past, everything is just money. You and I can join forces to win these positions, and then we have a way and a channel to make money. ”

Lepida spoke to Apis with complete trust about his future plans, like a corrupt official colluding with his collaborators, but this was not unusual in Rome at this time, because almost everyone did this, and the commoners had no say at all, and they only occasionally enjoyed the benefits of bribes left over from aristocratic battles. (To be continued.) )