Balor, the god of drought and death in Celtic mythology, saw the lights floating in the air and knew that the Roman attack was about to begin.

Under the illumination of the floating lamp, the single-rod arm of the "wild ass" on the hill bounced up fiercely, smashed on the leather bag on the front shelf, and at the same time threw four heavy stone bullets of several hundred pounds towards the area of the Ara River, and all the artillery men did not need to aim accurately, because the whole river was surrounded by Helvetians, and even the boat bridge on the river was densely packed with people, and the three stone bullets smashed into the water flow on the side of the boat bridge, stirring up a large water column, and the disrupted water flow tore the boat bridge to shake things, and there were constantly screaming people and horses falling into it. Another stone bullet struck the crowd crowded across the river, sending fragments and flesh and limbs up like a tornado.

At this time, the two chieftains of the Helvetian people realized the serious impact of discarding this small hill on their side, and the four Romans threw the "duty cannon" at the crossing point every once in a while, and the Helveti barbarians were all crossing the river, but the men could still maintain stability and calmness under this kind of shooting, while the women and children were different, and the originally orderly river-crossing column produced a lot of chaos, so the two co-ruling chieftains decided to counterattack the hill with the Gunilin Department as the main force and destroy the shooting of the Romans. In order to ensure that everyone can cross within seven or eight days.

While Helvetti was focusing on Mount Viai, the two brigades of the Twelfth Legion, with a considerable number of military slaves, were secretly digging in an open field at the foot of the mountain, and following the commander's prior instructions, they carefully laid out three lines of defense.

When the morning sun spreads across the river, the wild asses on Mount Viai are still "roaring". The Gunilin Division, which had been requested by the chieftain, threw down their rudimentary tools. He cursed. They have always been the most warlike warriors in the entire tribe, but they are also the most discriminated against, because the ancestors of this tribe have the lowest status in the entire Helvetian mythological system, so this group of warriors has always been in the front of the battle and retreating behind, but the Gunilin tribe, which is deeply influenced by traditional honor, still left a small number of people to continue digging fortifications, and most of them stepped on war horses, ready to fight for the tribe. Attack Mount Viai.

The barbarian tribes living in Gaul and Germania were not backward in their horsemanship in this era, or the Roman cavalry was more influenced by these people, and the blonde barbarians of the land of ice and snow and dense forests were not born nomadic riders like the Numidians of North Africa or the Stecians of the Bosphorus, who did not even need a saddle to get on and off their horses, and even the halters were redundant, and they wielded javelins. And can change various postures barefoot on horseback to adjust the weight and direction of the horse under him. Chase and harass the enemy like lightning.

The Spaniards, on the other hand, were more disciplined than these nomadic horsemen, who were the representatives of the medium-mounted cavalry during the Punic Wars, and were capable of a wide range of tasks, such as the Iberian horse warriors, who wore a moderate weight of leather armor, carried small round shields, and carried javelins and machetes, and could mount and dismount in battle. As for the barbarian cavalry of Gaul or Germania, they were divided into only two categories, one was not armored at all, armed with rudimentary spears, and lined up in dense formations for brutal assault; The elite of the tribe, most of whom were nobles, wore hexagonal shields, their main weapons were iron spears, leather breeches and chain mail, pointed copper helmets, quadrangular saddles under their crotches, and long slashing swords hung from the Sparta, which could only support them in fighting on horseback.

The 5,000 gunilin cavalry, after checking all the equipment, turned on their horses one after another, stepped on the wasteland, and forced towards the Weiai Mountain, Li Bida and his subordinates hurried to the observation point on the hillside after receiving the report of the spearhead. The Helvetians were well trained, heavily armed and topless, in a well-organized formation, running unhurriedly, and in the cavalry were mixed with braided light infantry, which could pass through their own cavalry and stab the enemy's horses with javelins—even though the Twelfth Legion had no cavalry, the Gunnilin cavalry brought these elite warriors with them.

"Milu, Tagus, with the first brigade of a thousand men, lined up on the slopes of the mountain, raised all the battalion flags, and prepared to defend against the enemy! The commander stayed on the top of the hill with the Servant and the Eagle Banner of the Falcon, and there were two other infantry brigades, covering the wild donkey stone thrower, staying on the reverse slope of Mount Viai, waiting for orders! With a wave of his hand, Milu, Tagus, and many centurions began to blow the whistle of the whole team, and then Lybita said a few more words to Saab Kemus, who immediately waved a pennant at the foot of Mount Viai.

At the temporary position at the foot of the hill over there, little Hortensius saw the banner on the top of the hill and began to order the whole position to be busy, everything was within the commander's prediction - the attention of the barbarian cavalry was all on the banner flying on Mount Weiai, but they did not pay much attention to their position at the foot of the mountain.

So in a very low-key situation, the eighteen Li Bida cavalry guns, according to the method required by Sabo in advance, were divided into three groups of six guns, at intervals, arranged at the arc-shaped third line of defense, waiting for fire.

"Woooooo A terrible trumpet sounded, and the cavalry of Gunnilin, at the foot of Mount Viai, saw that the Romans were also in battle formation on the slope, and they jumped off their horses again, and lined up with iron spears and swords in front of the attack, and rushed up to the top of the hill with a cry.

"This is clearly a dragoon tactic." Li Bida admired these barbarians a little, when they used cavalry, their minds always stayed at the angle of "dense impact", and once they encountered the enemy and defended with danger, they dismounted first, and then stepped forward to fight with infantry tactics. However, the Germanic horses, which were not of much size on which the barbarians were ridden, remained in formation very calmly, and remained in place at the foot of the mountain waiting for the return of their masters, and sure enough, the practice on weekdays was very good.

At this time, on the hillside, I saw the barbarian army of thousands of people who were very imposing and impacted the crowd, and the soldiers actually had a little timidity on their faces, the image of these barbarians was too fearful, first of all, the height, each of them was a mighty person of five or six Roman feet, with golden hair, and various colors of oil paint on their faces, and some of them were covered with leopard tails or bear skull ornaments, and their armor was well-ordered, but many of them still charged half-naked, showing their terrifying muscles to intimidate the enemy, or to show their majesty, Howling and dancing swords and battle axes, everyone has the tendency to be inappropriate. (To be continued......)