"Once again, we muster up the courage to save the palace, support the defenders, and be strengthened by the vanquished." —Aeneas, the chapter before the fall of Troy

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And in the face of this charge, why would the thousand-man brigade of the Twelfth Legion waver? Because the thousand-man brigade under Li Bida does not live up to its name at all, the regular legions that can enter the thousand-man brigade are all veterans of a hundred battles with a service period of more than six years, they have the physical strength of young people, and they have rich experience after the war, which is the magic weapon to defeat the enemy, so the commander usually uses it as a decisive force, or directly into the first round of attack to crush the enemy in the shortest time, or let them reap the final victory as a reserve. But where did the Twelfth Legion come from such veterans? Even if it is this thousand-man team, most of them have followed Li Bida around the Spanish mountains in Lusitania before, and they have the experience of two or three battles, and it is not normal for their calves not to turn when they see the terrifying barbarian Long Live charge.

"Young people, you may be shorter, but the fighting sword and shield in your hand are the crystallization of the tactics of the republic, so you don't have to be afraid of these barbarians who don't understand the tactics of the army at all and can only scream, what you have to do now is to half-kneel down on your knees, hold the huge shield diagonally on your body, shrink the fighting sword in your hand with your waist bent, close to your comrades-in-arms, close to your comrades-in-arms, once the barbarian's white belly is shaking in front of your eyes, don't hesitate to stretch out the fighting sword fiercely. Let their bowels all flow out! Know the way. You are now full of flesh and bravery. It is not inferior to any nation in the world. Tagus, whose face was covered with scars, agitated loudly along the front of the centurion without fear, and then he ran to the banner of the Iron Hand Brigade, and together with the chief centurion Milou, he made a standard posture of low resistance, and the soldiers saw the two centurions like this, and their hearts settled a little, and all the people in the first row followed them, and half knelt. The one in the back also took a deep breath and tightened his grip on the javelin behind the shield.

The first wave of javelins poured down the slope with a thunderclap, and the front team of the barbarian army suddenly fell, followed by the second and third waves, the fourth wave and the fifth wave, like the torrential rain of early autumn, at this time, even the barbarian nobles who took the lead in the raid were also confused, and saw the dead and wounded around them, and could only hold up their hexagonal shields. The hedgehogs gathered together and slowed down the pace of their advance. This Roman army was so strange. In the past, their legions generally only threw one or two javelins and then began to draw their swords and fight hand-to-hand, which was never finished.

On the top of the mountain, the soldiers of the 12th Legion lined up in the second line, behind them were all military slaves shuttling, constantly pulling out ammunition from the javelin bundles hanging on both sides of the mule and horse, and relaying them in groups to the hands of the soldiers, and then throwing them out by these strong young men, Li Bida also took into account in advance, with his observation: The strong men of Rome generally ran out of strength after throwing five or six javelins, and when he was chatting with Adiana in Ubertenia before, Adiana also told him, Compound archers in the East generally reached the critical point of physical strength after firing twenty arrows, so it was naïve to think that the ancient ranged soldiers could fire "unlimitedly". In this classical era, what should be considered is not how to change the physical fitness of soldiers, but how to enhance the output of firepower with reasonable and scientific tactics.

Therefore, the mules and horses were placed at the back of the combat team, and sufficient javelin ammunition was placed on it, and then the military slaves were responsible for picking up and dropping off, and all the second-line soldiers were also divided into three to four teams, using the relay method, and taking turns throwing javelins like rain, which was a more obscene tactic, "We are auxiliary regiments, and the enemy should not be like those regular citizens who do not care about their reputation, and destroying the enemy is the ultimate goal." Li Bida talked about this very calmly, and he had to be good at breaking the pots and jars.

In this way, the barbarians of Gunirin, enduring the weight of the light hunting spears stuck in the shield like grass, despite the huge casualties, still maintained their formation, climbed the slope to approach the first line of infantry of the Romans, and finally within the distance of the engagement, all the barbarians let out an earth-shaking roar, Hulala threw his shield to the ground, and quickly sprinted, fluttering with golden braids, with the light of the Spita sword, like a fierce wind, rushed into the first team of the thousand men of the Twelve Legions, and instantly the entire hillside "rumbled" The crunch of flesh, swords, axes, and shields smashing against each other sounded, accompanied by the rapid sound of trumpets and whistles, and a grand symphony of death was played.

"Sabo, Sabo, hurry up and wave the flag at the bottom of the mountain!" Li Bida on the eagle flag on the top of the mountain pushed the Sabo handle next to him and shouted.

The three cavalry artillery groups took turns shooting heavy javelins and stone bullets, rubbing the wind, and smashed a cloud of blood and ash in the "horse guarding" position under the mountain of the Gunirin people.

On the hillside, the barbarians who were fighting with the Romans were still violently slashing at the shields or helmets of the Roman soldiers who were nesting under them, sometimes the Roman soldiers had their heads and shoulders removed, sometimes their own flawed lower ribs and abdomen were pierced by the sharp swords of the Roman soldiers, and in the fierce engagement, in just ten minutes both sides suffered heavy casualties, and the two infantry brigades on the slope ran up to the top of the hill at the sound of the whistle, and then rushed through the gap in the formation to the beat of the military horn, The relay and the barbarians continued to shake each other, and soon the barbarians of the team began to see that their horses were screaming or falling in the rain of bullets from the enemy, or abandoning their masters and running back, and their hearts began to panic - after all, we are cavalry, even if we get off the saddle and fight on foot, we have to rely on those treasures to go back, and now the despicable Romans actually shoot the horses at the foot of the mountain, and do not talk about the slightest warrior's discipline?

Seeing that the entire shock formation of the Gunirin people had loosened, Milu immediately moved, and asked the flag bearer who was originally half-kneeling beside him to stand up, and raised the iron hand flag three times, and all the soldiers of the Twelfth Legion dragged the wounded and dead backwards, and the rest of the fresh army also got up and joined into a solid shield wall, shouting and pushing the barbarians down the mountain. On the other hand, the cavalry artillery on the side of Little Hortensius was even more fierce, this time it was no longer just fighting horses, but skillfully forming a crossfire of the three artillery groups, and began to "plow" the barbarian clusters patrolling the foot of the mountain and between the slopes.

By the time sunset shone a little on the tips of the golden falcon's wings, the Gunirims abandoned their mounts, and many scattered across the wilderness with their backs to the swords and spears of the Twelve.

On the slope of Weiai Mountain, the corpses and blood stains were a big mess, and the casualties of these brave barbarians in hand-to-hand combat did not exceed 30%, and the rest of the casualties were all caused by the "Li Bida cavalry cannon reform".

"Sabo, I am suddenly very interested in the second proposal of the cavalry artillery pursuit you mentioned, can you tell me more?" Li Bida looked at the messy situation under the mountain, and suddenly said to Saab Kemus. (To be continued......)