105.Apis' Revenge (3)
Stormy Roman heavy javelins whistled across the sky and smashed into the barbarian crowd. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
Suddenly, blood splattered everywhere, and screams spread throughout the crowd of Germanic people. A large number of barbarians were harvested and fell like ears of wheat from the autumn harvest. Almost every Germanic who rushed to the front had one or several Roman legionary heavy javelins stuck in them. When these javelins hit the shields or bodies of the barbarian infantry, the spearheads snapped in the shields or in the soldiers. Cannot be reused and thrown back.
But the bloody picture did not make the Germans flinch, the Germanic army did not stop the pace of charge, and the Germanic people, who fought countless battles with the Roman legions, knew that they could not approach these Roman dwarfs without sacrifice.
Right now, the wild barbarian sea roared and charged down, like an earth-shattering avalanche.
In an instant, the Germanic frenzy crashed head-on into the rocky defenses of the Roman legions.
Many of the legionnaires fell under the ferocious charge, their bodies trampled, but more soldiers quickly took their place. The wounded legionnaires were carried to the rear, and the legion and the barbarians began a bloody battle.
Crane stabbed his sword into the throat of the barbarian in front of him, and the barbarian infantry caught the blade with his hand, directly snatched the sword and threw it aside, and then, Crane drew another short sword from his back, and stabbed him in the abdomen while the barbarian grabbed the sword. The barbarian infantry screamed, covering his wounds, trying to pull out the short sword that had pierced his body, but Crane pushed him to the ground, pulled out the short sword, and stabbed the barbarian infantry in the cheek again. The blood of the Germanic warriors immediately stained the centurion's face red.
Ribrice took the barbarian's hammer with his shield, and while the shield was still trembling, he plunged his short sword into the opponent's ribs, tearing open the wound, and the broken internal organs immediately flowed out of the wound. Disgusting and tragic face paintings, for both sides, have become commonplace. Subsequently, the Germanic man covered his wounds and slashed with his axe, and was cut off by the legionary Ribris, who had his arm cut off with a sharp Roman short sword. The stump of the Germanic warrior suddenly fell into the air, and thick blood spilled everywhere.
On the battlefield, there were such bloody battles everywhere, and blood quickly stained every inch of ground under his feet.
"Today, who wants to humiliate Eagle Banner?!"
Okaus lifted the eagle banner and planted it on a small dirt slope, and he himself held the eagle banner in one hand and the centurion's short sword in the other, and roared angrily.
"Never!"
The Roman veterans beside him rushed to respond.
Fight to the death against the onslaught of the Germans.
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"Retreat! Fall back! ”
Just when blood was splashed on the infantry front and the battle was in full swing, the flanks of the Roman legions, the Gallic cavalry began to "lose" the Germanic cavalry and retreated in a panic. Maxim took the rhythm and retreated only after losing a quarter of his cavalry, leaving the Germans in full swing, like wild beasts, searching for their bloody prey.
"Retreat!"
Maxim led the retreat, behind him, thousands of Roman legionary cavalry followed the commander's orderly retreat, the slightly experienced Germanic cavalry commander Jonas quickly understood what was going on, but the Germanic cavalry who had already killed the red-eyed did not listen to any orders at this moment, mounted their short horses, and frantically chased the wounded and bleeding Roman cavalry.
In the scene, the flanks of the Roman legions were practically completely exposed to the iron hooves of the Germans, but the Germanic cavalry tried to defeat the Roman legionnaires before attacking the main phalanx of the Roman legions. The complete annihilation of the enemy was a tradition of Germanic warfare.
The cavalry shouted and chased the Roman legionnaires in a frenzied chase.
Maxim, on the other hand, led the barbarian cavalry all the way to the depths of the grass.
At this time, just as Maxim's cavalry was passing quickly, and the Germanic cavalry was frantically chasing and killing the cavalry of the Roman legions, the elite infantry of the Roman legions in heavy armor appeared in the grass. The sturdy and thick ropes were straightened into the air, and all the horses that were still charging were put down in an instant.
The war horses in the front row lost their front feet, and the war horses that followed behind had no way out, and they couldn't stop the pace of sprinting, and they were put down by the cavalry and war horses in front of them one by one. At the scene of the ambush, the Germanic horses neighed, and the Germanic cavalry whose thighs and bodies were crushed screamed and blood splattered. The pursuit battle that had just turned into an ambush of the Roman legionnaires against the Germanic cavalry. Everything was premeditated. The infantry assigned to the front by Apis consisted of only two legions, and it can be said that they were under more pressure than in any previous campaign. Once the main phalanx was crushed, the consequences were unimaginable, and the whole battle was over. The Romans were about to die in the barren Germanic wilderness.
The fallen Germanic cavalry was immediately assassinated by the Roman infantry who came up from all sides, and the legionary infantry, armed with spears and swords, stabbed the barbarian cavalry in the grass before they could get up. The Germanic cavalry, which stopped the horse's hooves in time, began to rout in panic. Hundreds of Germanic cavalry were undoubtedly killing themselves in front of a thousand-strong Roman infantry brigade. Without the open terrain charge, melee combat, the cavalry has no advantage at all. Even, the infantry would use spears as weapons to kill the riders by picking on the horses. The Germanic cavalry, fleeing in disarray, boosted the morale of the Roman legions.
At this moment, those legionary light infantry wearing wolf skins and armed with light spears were quietly encircling the entire Germanic army. Massive Germanic infantry constantly stormed the Roman front. Maxim led the rest of the legionary cavalry back behind the barbarian army, awaiting Appis' final orders.
On the flanks, the Roman light infantry held round shields and threw the light spears in their hands one by one. Countless hunting spears and throwing spears flew in the air, and the Germanic infantry, unprotected by heavy armor, suffered heavy casualties. All ranged units, including the Gallic hunters, moved to the flanks. On the gentle slopes, shoot at the dense barbarian army.
Waves of arrows and stone projectiles flew into the Germanic crowd, causing a large number of casualties.
Many Germanic people raised their shields for protection, and arrows rained down on their shields, making a tinkling and tinkling sound. And the cannons and arrows from those heavy ballistas are not so easy to deal with. Thick arrows burst into flames, piercing the bodies of Germanic warriors. Or even set the whole person on fire. The horrific cannonstones shattered the heads of the barbarian infantry, and brains and blood splattered like rain.
The boulders thrown by the trebuchets smashed into large areas of the crowd with a powerful impact, and then dragged the raging flames across the winter ground. Burned all the Germanic warriors who had no time to dodge in their path to ashes.
Many Germanic infantry launched homemade shield carts to fend off the annoying long-range attacks of the Romans, but the wooden shield carts were shattered by the cannons thrown by the legion's scorpion cannons.