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- Aristotle (one of the great philosophers, scientists, and educators in the ancient history of the world)

Under the orders of Calabes, Falkus led a force of three thousand forest hunters and quickly withdrew to the rear where the large army was; The fierce battle in front was naturally heard by the soldiers who were seizing the time to rest in the rear, especially the hasty withdrawal of the three thousand forest hunters, which made all the soldiers present understand how tense the situation ahead was.

Such a fierce fight was not a big deal in the eyes of the officers and men of the Sixth and Seventh Legions; After all, they had just joined Karabes's army, and it was right that they had no feelings for this army.

The hoplites were different, they were all the elite divisions of the followers of Karabes's southern and northern wars, and they were also loyal divisions loyal to Karabes; How could they sit idly by in the face of a crisis in Karabes?

Three thousand of the most elite hoplites, who hurried to their feet from their sleep; After quickly putting on their heavy armor, they drew their short swords at their waists and hurried to the front of the battle.

The youth army commanded by Aminos, with the cooperation of the forest hunters, dealt a heavy blow to the attacking British barbarian warriors; However, the youth army was a tired army after all, and their casualties rose rapidly in the continuous fierce fighting, and they were even completely suppressed by the enemy's fighters for a time.

It was Aminos himself, who was particularly good in battle; He not only commanded the soldiers of the youth army to resist the attack of the British barbarian warriors, but also personally drew his short sword and participated in the battle, killing more than a dozen enemy soldiers.

When there were more and more corpses on the ground, the frantic influx of British barbarian warriors showed no sign of decline, while the fighting youth army became less and less; Half an hour after the battle, the officers and men of the youth army were almost surrounded by the enemy on three sides, and the enemy's offensive momentum was becoming more and more fierce.

At this moment, there was a sudden rumbling sound of the earth shaking on the right side of the youth army; It turned out that it was Itami who led his seven thousand cavalry to the battlefield quickly and launched a surprise attack from the flank of the British barbarian army!

It was not only Itami's 7,000 cavalry that reinforced the battlefield, but also the 3,000 hoplites who spontaneously rushed to the battlefield from the rear of the youth army; They quickly cleared the youth from the left and right flanks of the enemy, and helped the youth army launch a counterattack against the enemy from both flanks!

If the spontaneous reinforcement of the cavalry corps and hoplites was something that Calabes had expected, then the reinforcements that followed were something that Carabes had not expected; Less than five minutes after the cavalry regiments and hoplites entered the battlefield, a dense mass of Gallic warriors came out from all sides of the jungle chanting the slogan of the charge.

With only a cursory glance, Karabes knew the size of the Gallic warriors who charged at them; The 14,000 Gallic warriors of the 6th and 7th legions joined the battle and bravely attacked the fierce British barbarian army.

The army of Calabes, which surrounded him from all sides, shocked the British barbarian warriors, who had thought that the enemy had only a small force of a few thousand men; Especially the timing of the killing of these follow-up troops made them feel that this well-designed conspiracy was to annihilate them in one fell swoop.

Faced with an outnumbered enemy force, the warriors of these British barbarians quickly collapsed; They gave up on fighting the army of Calabes, and chose to flee quickly to the rear, intending to return to the city of Samarobriva and escape from the trap here.

In fact, as early as after Carabes's army entered the Belgian region, it was discovered by some British barbarian scout cavalry; However, these cavalrymen did not dare to get too close to the large army of Calabes, so much so that they misjudged the size of Calabes' army, and passed this misjudgment back to Samarobria.

In the eyes of the British barbarians, this mighty army that had been slaughtered from the Great Gaul region must have been the army of the Alesian tribes; The large number of Gallic barbarian warriors under the command of Calabes strengthened the judgment of the British barbarians.

The armies of the British barbarians were already very contemptuous of the armies of the Gaul barbarians, especially since they mistakenly believed that this army was less than 10,000 men; As a result, the 20,000-strong army of the British barbarians stationed at Samaro Briva took the initiative to destroy this army.

Unexpectedly, Calabes's army had so many warriors, and those British barbarian warriors who had mistaken intelligence paid a heavy price for their mistakes; Not only did they sacrifice the lives of thousands of soldiers, but they were also surrounded by the enemy, and in desperation, these British barbarian warriors had no choice but to flee in all directions.

Then the question arises, can the British barbarian warriors outrun Itami's four-legged cavalry troops on two legs? If the British barbarian warriors had chosen to fight to the death, the reluctantly fought army of Calabhas might not have been able to defeat them at all, and the final outcome of both sides would have been nothing more than defeat; Even, the warriors of the British barbarians were able to avoid the crisis by chance.

As long as they fight to the death in battle, they will definitely be able to inflict heavy losses on the army of Calabes, which has an absolute advantage in numbers; After all, the soldiers under the command of Calabis are just tired divisions with low combat effectiveness, and after the fierce battle spirit has passed, they will soon lose most of their combat effectiveness, and the British barbarian warriors who have recuperated can retreat safely even if they cannot win.

As a direct consequence of the unclear enemy's situation, these British barbarian warriors made the worst choice on the battlefield, and they chose to flee in all directions for fear of the enemy's numerical superiority; Needless to say, the actions of these British barbarian warriors greatly stimulated the reluctant army of Calabes, but instead gave Calabes's army a stronger desire to fight, and launched an all-out pursuit.

This unexpected outbreak of war ended dramatically; Countless defeated British barbarian warriors were cut to the ground by the pursuing cavalry, and even if they were lucky enough to escape the cavalry, the Gallic warriors who came after them made them pay the price.

Of the 20,000 British barbarian warriors, only 4,000 were captured by Calabes, and the rest were either killed on the spot or scattered and fled; Whether or not the fleeing British barbarian warriors returned to Samarabriva, the main army had lost enough to withstand Calabes's attack.

The price paid by Calabes for this was only the loss of more than 2,000 soldiers in the youth army, and the total casualties of the other troops were about 2,000; At the cost of only 4,000 casualties, he was able to successfully occupy the Belgian region, and Carabes's luck was indeed good enough.

However, what really made Calabes happy was not the victory in the battle, but in the process of the battle, the Sixth and Seventh Legions who took the initiative to join the battle were even more pleasing to Carabes; After the war ended, Carabis did not ask Anelin and Tursus why they led the Sixth and Seventh Legions into battle, nor did they explain anything to Carabes.

It's just that when Karabes looked at the two of them, they both gave Karabes an affirmative nod, which was enough for Karabes to understand; From now on, there will be another general under Calabess's command who is enough to make Karabes trust, and that is General Anelin, the commander of the Sixth Legion.

The reason why Carabis chose to appoint the captured Anelin as the commander of the Sixth Army was only out of consideration for the stability of the Aquitani region and the combat effectiveness of the Sixth Army; Frankly speaking, Carabes simply trusts Anelin's talent and ability, but he has no trust in Anelin as a person.

After this battle, Anelin won the trust of Carabes with his performance, and Carabes could confidently and boldly appoint Anelin in the future; As for Tursus, Carabes was only amazed at his performance.

Tursus's loyalty was certain to Karabes, but his abilities were the same as those of Allah, and he was not strong enough to command a legion on his own; The sudden promotion of him to the commander of the Seventh Legion this time was just a helpless move by Karabes, but it was Tusus's performance that made Karabes look up to him.

After this unexpected battle, Carabis did not let his soldiers rest, but let the soldiers of the Seventh Legion stay in the jungle to clean up the battlefield and bury their bodies; The Third Legion was responsible for guarding the 4,000 prisoners, and Carabis himself led the officers of the First and Sixth Legions directly to the empty Samaro Briva.

Of the British barbarian warriors who had fled in the jungle before, more than 2,000 had indeed fled back to the city of Samaro Briva; However, it would be a bit too whimsical to want to defend the city of Samaro Briva with 2,000 men.

You know, the First and Sixth Legions under Karabes alone have nearly 20,000 troops; It was ten times the number of defenders in the city, and when the follow-up Third and Seventh Legions arrived, it would be about fifteen times the strength advantage.

In fact, after Calabess pledged to surrender and avoid death, the two thousand British barbarian warriors in the city also opened the gates of the city and surrendered; These people were British barbarian warriors who were bought by Barenas with money, and how strong was their will to fight?

After entering the city, Calabes received another important piece of news from the captives; It was near a fishing village on the coast north of the city of Samaro Briva, where about sixteen warships and more than forty transports were gathered, all of which were strictly controlled by Barrenas and were not allowed to sail, which was great news for Calabes, who had been lacking naval strength! (To be continued.) )