"Appis, this time, I'm sure no one could have expected your tactical decision. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info That's what a madman would do. ”

Cypria, a small town in northern Italy, arrived with the main force of the Northern Legion led by Appis, and the legion that Agrippa had brought back from Gaul also arrived. The open plains, with an endless coastline on one side, made it a good place for the big armies to fight. And before the war, Appis's ideas and tactical deployments were once again unexpected by everyone. It should be said that such a tactical idea is still unprecedented, but there are those who come later, but in the eyes of people of this era, it is pure nonsense.

"Not a madman, how to defeat Agrippa? You know, our opponents, in terms of the number of soldiers, are close to twice as many as us. Octavian and his henchmen may now be hiding in the official residence, waiting to see our jokes. The whole Roman world may have thought that we had been defeated. But, brothers, this battle, we will shake the earth and change history! ”

Apis sat down on a circle chair in the tent and swore an oath.

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At dawn the next day, the northern legion of Appis, which had no room for peace talks, and the Italian legion led by Agrippa, took up positions on the vast plain outside Cyprus. On both sides were the most powerful infantry phalanxes of the classical era. Moreover, both sides are full of morale and confidence.

Agrippa's Roman legions were nearly twice as numerous as Apis. Five Italian heavy infantry legions, among which there were Caesar's Parthian legions, which were used in the Eastern Crusade. These soldiers, both in terms of experience and quality, are the absolute main force and elite.

On Appis's side, there are three northern legions that can fight well. He fought in the brutal and bloodthirsty Germanic Wars, and honed his skills in the fight against the barbarians. Psychological qualities and combat experience are equally abundant.

It's definitely a decisive battle. At the same time, Agrippa also had 6,000 Roman legionnaires from various peoples and regions, including Iberia, Italy, Numidia, and southern Gaul. On Appis's side, there were only three thousand legionary cavalry. However, unlike Agrippa's cavalry troops, the Roman legionary cavalry in Apis's army was almost all Germanic, and these 3,000 Germanic cavalry came from various Germanic tribes, and once followed Apis in the northern wars, and now all of them have been granted citizenship by Apis.

And these three thousand Germanic cavalry were carefully modified by Appis. Their horses were fitted with stirrups and harnesses, and iron hoods protected their horses' necks from spear stabbing during impacts. The blindfold allows the horse to charge without fear. The use of stirrups allowed the cavalry to sit firmly on their horses without being shaken off by the recoil during the charge.

And Agrippa was not aware of this series of arrangements......

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"It looks like their enthusiasm is quite high."

Standing opposite the northern legion of Appis, the young Agrippa couldn't help but laugh. He saw the soldiers on the other side, dressed in the same equipment as his own regiment, reveling, shouting. But their numbers are clearly too scarce. In order to eliminate Appis more completely, Agrippa conducted a rehearsal before the battle, and he placed two extra legions on the flanks. Including the legionnaires. Prepare to start the battle with the phalanx of the three legions and the phalanx of Apis, and then slowly surround each other through the movement of the two flanks, after all, the advantage of numbers can allow the flanks to be encircled. In Agrippa's vision, the battlefield would be filled with the battle of the trapped beasts, with the Parthian legion and the wolf legion closing from the wings to the middle, and then biting Appis's legion into it like an open pocket.

In this regard, Agrippa is also full of confidence. His soldiers were elite veterans left behind by the dictator Julius Caesar, more than enough to deal with Appis's Germanic legions.

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Woooooooo

With a majestic trumpet, Appis's northern legion began to advance first. The trumpeter puffed out his cheeks and played hard, and the advancing trumpet echoed over the battlefield.

The flag officer held the eagle flag pole of the Seventh Legion with both hands, and under the golden sunlight, the emblem of the eagle reflected a dazzling bright light, and the entire ground, like a layer of red ocean current, was advancing mightily.

"Our opponents have begun to attack, and we have ordered the Fourteenth Army Corps and the Sixth and Third Legions to begin their advance."

Seeing this, Agrippa, who was sitting on horseback, commanded loudly.

Immediately, the three Italian heavy regiments also began to advance in the direction of the opposite Apis's army. Both armies were in neat formations, densely packed with people. It's like two warm currents of equal strength advancing towards each other, constantly approaching each other's battle lines.

On the scene, a brutal and bloody Roman legionary civil war is about to begin, and the slight difference is that today, the dust raised by the northern legion of Appis on the opposite side is too big. So that the legionary infantry of Agrippa in front of them couldn't see what was behind the dust at all.

On the side of Appis's Roman legions, the soldiers of the Seventh Legion were each tying a handful of twigs, which dragged the gravel ground as they advanced, deliberately stirring up dust. Behind the cover, 3,000 Germanic heavy cavalry slowly advanced. Yes, this is the strange tactic of Appis, concentrating all the heavy cavalry forces in the middle. In the past, the Romans used to divide the cavalry on the flanks, with the heavy infantry in the middle to resist the enemy's attack, and then the cavalry circled around and flanked the opponent with the heavy infantry in front. The reason for this is because although the cavalry plays a large role on the battlefield, it is still an auxiliary force and cannot provoke the girder. Appis was different this time, the improved harness cavalry charge was greatly enhanced, relying on these Germanic iron horses, after the opening battle, he directly attacked Agrippa's infantry phalanx, and caught the opponent by surprise, and then, the hoplites tore through the enemy's middle defense, the infantry pasted, and the Germanic cavalry that rushed to the rear field and then launched a general attack from behind. This is how Appis conceived the battle, and it is also put into practice.

At this moment, at the sound of the earth-shattering trumpet, Agrippa's three Italian heavy infantry regiments slowly approached Appis's infantry phalanx. Everyone is waiting for the moment when the blood will be scattered. The soldiers of Agrippa's Italian heavy infantry regiment had even raised their heavy javelins, ready to throw at the "rebels" on the opposite side.

And suddenly, a picture appeared that everyone did not expect. The advancing Seventh Legion of Appis suddenly stopped, the soldiers quickly dispersed, retreated into the gap between the phalanx of the legions beside them, in the dust flying in the sky, the war horses neighed, and a group of heavily armed and hideous-looking Germanic cavalry suddenly appeared in front of Agrippa's Italian legion!