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- Heraclitus (a legendary philosopher and a representative of the Efes)

The elite warriors of the London tribes played a mainstay role in battle, but their bravery often only brought glory to the forest hunters; The elite British warriors at the forefront of the charge fell in pieces under the rain of arrows from the forest hunters, and the barbarian armies, with their rudimentary weapons and lack of armor, always suffered heavy casualties under the rain of arrows.

The fierce British barbarian army was naturally not frightened by the rain of arrows, and they were still rushing towards the battle formation of the First Legion with an extremely high-spirited attitude; After the forest hunters fired only four rounds of arrows, the British barbarian army was already within thirty meters of the hoplites, which was already the distance the hoplites needed to attack.

The hoplites of the First Legion, under the leadership of Aminos, marched forward with their shields held aloft and stepped on neat steps, and all the British barbarian warriors who wanted to attack were blocked from the shield wall of the hoplites; At this time, the British warriors of Margelow and the Germanic warriors of Aeovus also launched an attack from both flanks against the rushing British barbarian army.

The shield wall phalanx formed by the hoplites under the command of Aminos was not so easy to break through, and the fierce attacks of the Germanic warriors directly suppressed the flank offensive of the British barbarians; In addition, the rain of arrows of the forest hunters has shifted to the middle and rear of the British barbarian army, and the British barbarian army has also rapidly increased in casualties.

Compared to the superiority of the First Army in the central sector, the left and right flanks of Calabes's army were more than inferior; The reinforcements from the York tribe and the Diwa tribe in the British barbarian army were still a little worse than the London tribe's army in terms of combat effectiveness, but the left and right flank armies of Carabes were not a little worse in terms of combat effectiveness.

In particular, the Ninth Legion of Aram and the Tenth Legion of Rasini, both of which were newly reconstituted legions after all, were inferior to other legions and the armies of the British barbarians in terms of combat effectiveness; This directly led to the disadvantage of the left and right armies in terms of overall combat power, and also allowed the British barbarian armies to achieve better results than the main army of the London tribes.

Even so, it is unrealistic for the British barbarians' two-wing army to defeat Carabes' two-wing army in a short time; In the huge battlefield of nearly 200,000 troops, it is not so easy for one side to completely defeat the tens of thousands of troops of the other side, and even the first army of Calabis cannot quickly defeat the main force of the Chinese army assembled by the London tribes.

After the battle on the battlefield fell into a scorching state, the main army of the London tribe was still in an absolute disadvantage on the battlefield, and the leader of the London tribe decided to put the London tribe's 8,000 chariot troops into the battle in order to open up the situation; However, the leader of the London tribe did not intend to use this chariot unit to open the battle on the central battlefield, and he wanted to use this trump card unit to solve the flank battle.

Judging from the current state of the main army of the London tribe and the main army of the enemy, even if 8,000 chariot troops immediately join the battle, it is impossible to quickly defeat the enemy's main army; On the contrary, the battle between the left and right flanks has always been dominated by their own armies, and as long as the assault troops are reinforced in time, they may be able to directly defeat the enemy's flank army.

At the command of the chief of the London tribes, eight thousand troops of light and heavy chariots rushed towards the left flank of Calabes; Calabes's left-wing army was already at a disadvantage under the attack of the British barbarian army, and where did they draw enough troops to defend against the chariot troops that the British barbarians had attacked?

In desperation, the three commanders of Calabes's left flank army had to temporarily organize a Gallic warrior force of 5,000 men from among the rear officers who had not yet been fully engaged in the battle to meet the enemy's chariot force; With 5,000 cobbled together Gallic warriors facing the 8,000 rushing enemy chariot troops, the three commanders under the command of Carabis also did their best.

Carabes could certainly sense the plight of his left-wing army, but he could not do anything about it; At this moment, the battle on the central battlefield has entered a white-hot state, the hoplites, British warriors, and Germanic warriors of the First Army have been engaged in a fierce battle with the enemy, and the forest hunters cannot lift their arms, but they still keep shooting.

Judging from the current situation, the battle on the central battlefield will sooner or later be controlled by the soldiers of the First Army, and the army on the right flank of Calabes is also fighting desperately without the slightest trace of collapse, only the army on the left flank of Calabis has suffered heavy casualties under the attack of the infantry and chariot units of the British barbarians.

Now Calabes could not affect the situation on the left flank battlefield at all, and in addition to putting his hope on the persistence of the left flank army itself, he could only order his officers and men of the First Army to settle the battle as soon as possible; As long as the soldiers of the First Legion can defeat the central main army of the British barbarians in a short time, the final victory will still belong to Carabes.

The ferocity of the Germanic warriors and the bravery of the hoplites kept the First Legion in the central arena in an absolute advantage, but how could the London tribal army, which numbered nearly 35,000, be easily defeated; Even though the First Legion is extremely formidable, it will take time for them to completely defeat the army of the London Horde.

The fierce battle lasted for a whole day, and when twilight approached, the life and death on the battlefield continued; The First Legion of Calabis had already suppressed the army of the London tribe on the battlefield, but it still could not defeat the main army of the London tribe.

The three legions on the left flank of Calabes also held out under the flank army of the British barbarians and the chariot troops, and the soldiers of the three legions used their flesh and blood to block the rushing chariot army of the British barbarians; People of this era were relatively eyesight impaired, and it was impossible for the battle to last until night.

As dusk approached twilight, both the barbarian armies of the London tribes and the armies of Calabes chose a temporary truce and slowly withdrew from the battle; The British armies of the London tribes retreated to their city, while Carabes' army retreated ten miles back and encamped on the spot.

In the fierce battle on this day, the 20,000 troops of the First Army of Carabes paid the price of more than 4,000 casualties, the three legions on the right flank also paid the price of nearly 10,000 casualties, and the worst left flank army only had 13,000 soldiers left to withdraw from the battle; Instead of winning the battle, Karabes lost more than 32,000 men in the battle.

Of course, the British barbarians lost no less warriors than Carabes'; The British barbarians lost a combined force of 20,000 on the left and right flanks, and their most elite central main army was sharply reduced from 35,000 to less than 20,000, and the 8,000 chariot troops also paid the price of nearly 3,000 casualties, and their total casualties were nearly 40,000.

After this day's fighting, the number of troops that could still be put into battle under Calabes's command was about 50,000, and the number of troops that the British barbarians could put into battle was only about 60,000; Although there is still a gap in the strength of the two sides, the elite troops of the London tribe have suffered heavy losses, and their central main army has definitely slipped by more than one notch in terms of combat effectiveness.

If another fierce battle like today's one continues, Carabis will have absolute confidence that he will be able to defeat the central main army of the British barbarians in a head-on battle; It's a pity that the tribes of London wouldn't be so stupid to go to war with Carabes.

On the morning of the fourth day, after two days of rest, the two armies again came to the battlefield where they had been engaged; This time, the army of Calabes is still in the same formation as last time, but the legions on the left and right flanks have been slightly adjusted, and now the army on the left and right flanks of Calabis has 16,000 troops respectively, ensuring the balance of combat effectiveness between the left and right flank armies.

The army of the British barbarians also adjusted their battle formations, and the main army of the London tribes, which had been heavily damaged, was re-strengthened to 40,000 people, while the army on its left and right flanks was only 10,000 people; However, with the 5,000 chariot troops they could use for mobile combat, the British barbarians' flank army still had an advantage.

There was no superfluous nonsense, and there was no complicated preparation, and after the armies of the two sides lined up in battle, they began to fight fiercely again; It was a big challenge for Carabes's First Legion of 16,000 men to face an enemy force of 40,000, but Carabis was convinced that his First Legion could perform an amazing miracle on the battlefield!

In the previous decisive battle, the First Army of Calabes waited for the enemy to attack first in a defensive posture, but this time Calabes was the first to give the order to attack; Aminos still led the heavy infantry forward with the shield wall phalanx, and the forest hunters behind also locked their arrows on top of the enemy's heads, and the Germanic warriors and British warriors on both sides also cooperated.

It turns out that traitors of a nation are always able to slaughter their former compatriots more aggressively and brutally in battle; The five thousand British barbarian warriors under the command of Calabis were all warriors who followed Balenas to betray the four major tribes of the British barbarians, they were once one of the British barbarians, but now they have become the bravest warriors on the battlefield, this is the price of betrayal.

For these British warriors who had betrayed their people knew that unless they won the war and appeared on the island of Britain as victors, they would be subjected to bloody retribution by other Britons; In order to survive, they had to fight as best they could on the battlefield and help Karabes win the war as much as possible. (To be continued.) )