"Archers, prepare to prevent the enemy from landing !!" At Mordred's command, the Celtic longbowmen fired their long-stored arrows at the Roman ships on the shoreline.

Yes, you read that right, it was Mordred and not Tristan, who was famous for his archery, who commanded these excellent archers in battle. But this is also to be expected, after all, how can a blind musician command an army to fight [funny]~

"Pull the strings, shoot fast!!" On the Roman ships, the generals scurried back and forth, directing the counterattack with their voices in their voices. The Celtic longbow was one of the best in the same historical period, and with the archers who had been trained in battle, the Romans' ships were instantly suppressed.

Because of the range, the British's arrows could get the Romans' ships, while the range of the Romans' counter-attacks could not reach the Britons' battle formations. A dense rain of arrows fell on the tidal flats along the coast, and a round of fire fell down, causing many casualties to the Roman army.

"My lord! My lord! We can't reach the range of our arrows, and we have suffered heavy casualties! Lieutenant General Yugris, with a wide and heavy shield, braved the rain of arrows fired from the British side to report the battle in front of Roma coach Styrico. Walking all the way from the deck, his shield was already full of arrows.

"How many times have you said it, call me the boss, don't be an adult." Stirico saw it clearly under the protection of the guards, and knew it in his heart, "I already know the situation, you don't have to make a fuss, as a lieutenant general, you should be more calm." ”

It is not easy to train a group of good archers, and the cumbersome process of making bows and arrows has led to the scarcity of British Celtic longbowmen. Moreover, the Roman soldiers hid in the cabins, and the only archers who were shooting back on the deck were shot.

Therefore, it did not pose much of a threat to the Roman side, after all, the crowd tactics could easily win, and these sacrifices were still within the acceptable range of Stilico. Even if it was forced to land, it would not be suppressed by the British archers to the point that they did not dare to take the lead.

"Call the ballistae to fight back and provide cover for the ships to seize control of the coast!" Although the archers of Rome were still far behind the excellent archers of the Celts, they were also very useful when attacking cities. Moreover, Stilico would never sit idly by and watch his own senseless sacrifices, so he brought out the Romans' weapon of war - ballistas.

In 399 BCE, Dionysus of the Greek Thiera Gang faced the threat of force from the powerful Carthaginians. At this time, a weapon was born that eclipsed all other forces. The craftsmen of Dionysus designed and built the first torsion spring ballista in the history of warfare!

There is no doubt that the bow and crossbow played a huge role in early warfare from the time of obscurantism, when the arrows that flew at the enemy line often caused terrible casualties.

The extraordinary imagination and creativity of the Greeks invented many weapons of war, and after the Roman conquest of ancient Greece, the manufacturing techniques of this sharp weapon were learned by the Romans. Later, Roman craftsmen improved the power and accuracy of the weapon. Therefore, the alias of the ballista is also called the Roman ballista.

During the Roman siege of Jerusalem in 63 C.E., the Jewish general Josephus recalled that a friend who was standing side by side in the city was knocked off the head by a stone projectile fired from a Roman ballista!

The Romans' giant ballistae could crush the enemy even from a distance of 400 meters, and their spears could nail two or three enemy soldiers to the ground together, making the heavy armor vulnerable in an instant!

Stirricus intended to turn the tide with ballistas in order to reduce the casualties of the Roman landing. It turns out that the famous name left by the ballista in the history of warfare is really not boastful, and the ballistae installed on Roman warships did play a huge role in the landing of Roman troops.

According to the configuration of the Augustan period, a regular army of 5,000 men was equipped with 50 light ballistas as standard. The tens of thousands of troops led by Stirrico were absolutely well equipped, and the ballistae neatly erected on each ship were aimed at the British battle formation.

As Adjutant General Yugris conveyed Stilico's orders to the ships, the Roman soldiers, who had been on standby, flipped the switch on the ballista. The dense array of crossbow arrows counter-suppressed the British soldiers, and the Celtic longbowmen, who were at the top, suffered heavy losses.

For a moment, the tide of battle between the two sides was reversed, and the blood of the Celtic longbowmen was spilled all over the coast.

"Withdraw, withdraw! Retreat to the fortress! The knights beckoned the common men to retreat from the powerful ballistas.