The rain of arrows released by the Han army at this time was actually more of a deterrent and suppression, used to suppress the Romans from throwing spears to counterattack.

For the Han sergeants, the rain of arrows was the signal to attack. The Han army that rushed to the front immediately accelerated its advance. The sergeants began to raise their shields and stretched their spears diagonally. The spear formation, a weapon that Gao Yang deliberately used to fight against the Roman tortoiseshell formation.

The Han soldiers did not use the dragon spears that were several meters long against the cavalry, but very ordinary metal spears. But this spear is extremely useful at this time.

This ordinary spear is of the right length. The Han soldiers were able to attack the Romans, but the short swords in the hands of the Romans could not reach them. The Han sergeants were also equipped with sharp knives on their waists, and once the Romans abandoned their formation, they rushed over for close combat. The Han sergeants directly threw away their spears, drew their sabers and cut people directly.

War drums sounded, and military trumpets sounded.

A large number of Han troops finally approached. The spear in his hand was flattened, and the dense spear began to thrust at the Romans on the opposite side. The Romans' extremely strong tortoiseshell formation was not completely incomprehensible. There was a gap between their armor and shields. The spear stabbed through the gap, and in an instant it could make a big hole in the Roman's body.

From time to time, the Romans fell to the ground screaming, and their formation gradually loosened.

This is the case with large-scale army battles, and once the formation is lost, the entire army will gradually collapse.

In the face of the Han attack, the Romans responded differently. There were those who were more close together, and used their shields to resist the spears. There were those who rushed out of the array, bowed their bodies through the forest of spears and killed the Han army. There was also a huge threat of flying arrows in the sky, and began to violently throw spears to counterattack.

The brave Romans braved the rain of arrows and threatened the Han army with their spears. Many Han soldiers were pierced by spears because of their failure to block, and they died in battle. But more often than not, the brave Romans were killed by a dense rain of arrows. The chain crossbow's wide coverage attack is very powerful. Once the Roman soldiers left the protection of the tortoiseshell formation, they were trading their lives for their lives.

"Kill!" A Han sergeant, no more than in his early twenties, clutched a sharp saber in one hand. Gritting his teeth and shouting angrily, he slashed the saber raised in his hand at a Roman soldier who was already close at hand.

At this time, the place where the two sides were engaged on the battlefield was already in chaos. The dense spear forest continued to pierce in the tortoiseshell formation of the Romans, pushing the Romans into a desperate situation little by little. The Romans, on the other hand, were unable to fight back effectively because of the weapons they had. Their proud armor assault was also ineffective when it was held up to death by countless spears.

There were many Romans who were unwilling to be slowly grinded to death, and chose to bravely break away from the armor. Bow down and march under the spear forest to approach the Han army, trying to settle the battle with the short sword in his hand at close range.

The Roman soldiers did not expect it at all. Their opponents are even armed with swords!

This era is characterized by material scarcity. Unlike the great abundance of the industrial era, this era has very little production of all kinds of things because of the technological productivity. In such a situation, it is rare for a large army to be armed with multiple valuable metal weapons at the same time, especially if they are already wearing metal armor.

And the Han army shattered this potential common understanding. Not only were they dressed in ornate metal armor, but they also held metal shields in their hands. In addition, he had a spear in his hand, a saber hanging from his waist, and a dagger in his boot. Carrying a bow and arrows on his back, as well as a large amount of personal equipment.

Not to mention anything else, this luxurious equipment of the Han army alone is enough to envy these barbarians. Especially at this time, the Han army dismounted and fought as infantry. If you count their war horses and pack horses, the knights of the Roman Empire are no match for the most ordinary Han soldiers.

The Roman soldiers, who had abandoned their heavy shields, were able to dodge the spears with their dexterity, but were powerless against the ferocious slashes of the knives at such close range. The short swords in their hands couldn't reach the Han army at all. In desperation, he raised his short sword and prepared to resist the fatal blow, but sadly found that the weapon in his hand could not resist the sharp slash of the sharp war knife at all.

"Ah!!h After a cry of despair, the brave Roman soldier was slain on the battlefield. And this scene is just a microcosm of this massive battlefield.

After a long period of fierce fighting, the morale and physical strength of the Roman legions were declining. Because the Han army was too tightly oppressed, the Roman legionnaires who fought on the front line hardly had the opportunity to retire. In the face of the flying arrows and the dense array of spears like a forest, they could only grit their teeth and struggle to support.

The Roman legionary line began to crumble and was constantly pressed backwards. The battlefield was left with a dense mass of corpses and wounded wailing in pain. The Han soldiers were also gasping for breath. He walked over the corpses with heavy steps, slashed the wounded with his sword, and continued to pursue the formation that oppressed the Romans. Unlike the Romans. As the attacker and the one who has the initiative on the battlefield, the legions under Gao Yang's command can be rotated.

In the distance, the sun was gradually setting in the west, and fiery red fiery clouds spread across the sky. After a long period of fierce fighting, the troops engaged on both sides gradually fell into a situation where they were unable to follow. The difference is that the Han army is numerous, with enough reserves to enter the battlefield to seal the victory. Not so with the Romans, who were outnumbered and suppressed.

When it was getting dark, the two Roman legions on the front line finally collapsed due to heavy casualties and physical exhaustion. The formation of the Romans was made a huge gap. Turus had no power left in his hands to fill the gap. He could only watch as the entire army gradually collapsed. Tens of thousands of Roman soldiers lost their victorious ** and abandoned their weapons and shields. Desperately began to flee.

"Win!" Gao Yang on the hill looked at the Roman legions that began to collapse in a large area, and waved his arms excitedly. The Romans were indeed strong. Along the way, he had never encountered such a formidable opponent. However, they were eventually defeated at the feet of the Han army!

"Pursuit! Be sure to defeat them once and for all! Gao Yang loudly ordered the pursuit. Since the war has been won, it is bound to expand the results of the war. What could be more enjoyable on the battlefield than chasing down a broken enemy?

Zhao Yun, who had been waiting for an order, finally heard the horn of the attack. After a long sigh of relief, Zhao Zilong of the white horse and silver spear pulled down the visor on his helmet, took off the spear from the victory hook, swung it forward vigorously, and shouted loudly, "Attack!" ”

The Macedonian region is mountainous and unsuitable for cavalry combat. But this is not to say that cavalry cannot be used at all. The Romans themselves were not good at cavalry, and they made their fortune on strong infantry phalanxes. But Gao Yang was different, he paid special attention to cavalry tactics during the cold weapon era. Even in Macedonia at this moment, he still hid thousands of the most elite cavalry behind the military formation, in order to wait for the moment to strike the fatal blow!

The horse's hooves are flying, and the horses are galloping. Amid the cheers of countless Han soldiers, thousands of elite cavalrymen brandished their special swords and shouted after the Romans who had completely dispersed.

Some brave Roman soldiers, led by the centurion, tried to hold off the pursuing Han army. But these small resistances were like waves in the middle of the sea under the onslaught of thousands of powerful cavalry, and they disappeared without a trace after a little churning.

"It's over." The commander of the Romans, Turus, muttered to himself as he watched the devastation in despair.

"General, let's go!" Turus's guards rushed forward and hurriedly sent the sluggish Turus onto his horse and escorted him to flee the battlefield quickly. Now that the sky is getting darker, as long as you can survive until dark, you will most likely escape.

In the last rays of the setting sun, chaos reigned on the battlefield. The Romans fled all over the mountains, the tidal wave of Han troops chased after them, and even the crippled Greeks rushed out to pick up the bargain. This magnificent campaign soon came to an end.

The elite Han and Roman armies of this era rarely suffered from night blindness. They have a long civilization of their own, and although they don't know the cause of night blindness, they know how to solve the problem. Moreover, the supply of various materials in these times was extremely abundant, and there was no shortage of necessary materials.

If we wait until hundreds of years later, the two great empires of the East and the West will be invaded by barbarians in the north who have no civilization to speak of, resulting in a large number of civilization faults. The East entered the Five Chaos and the West entered the Ignorant Middle Ages. The civilization that dealt with night blindness is long gone.

By nightfall, Zhao Yun's cavalry had achieved brilliant results, with at least 10,000 Romans falling under their sabers or being taken alive as prisoners of war. By the time the night of the hunt was over, more than 30,000 Romans had been captured!

Turus fled the battlefield, and he traveled hundreds of miles overnight to his base camp, where he quickly headed north with one of the remaining Eagle Legions, and pursued him back to Rome bypassing northern Italy. The rest of the Roman legions were almost entirely left on the battlefield.

The battle was extremely fierce. The Greeks who served as cannon fodder suffered more than 20,000 casualties, more than a dozen kings were beheaded, and the number of kings killed in battle was about the same.

The Romans were even worse on their side. Although against the Greeks there was not much to lose. However, when the Han army came up, their losses immediately skyrocketed. Especially after the collapse to be pursued, it is really full of corpses. At least 40,000 people were killed or wounded on the spot, plus more than 30,000 captured. The main armies of the Romans in Macedonia almost disappeared. As for the rest of the soldiers and horses, they were all listed as missing. Anyway, don't expect to see these routs in the short term.

The losses on Gaoyang's side were okay, and there were only a few thousand killed and disabled in battle. Thanks to a good medical care system and advanced medicines, the vast majority of the wounded survived. This is in stark contrast to Europeans who are wounded and infected and then die. (To be continued)