The attention we attach to any action should be guided by appropriate values and proportions. In this way, you will never feel guilty if you don't waste your energy too much on minor things.

- Marcus Aurelius (the only philosopher-emperor in Western history)

The battle of annihilation on the left flank ended in a complete victory for Sakar, and none of the Numidian routs who had fled for their lives escaped the pursuit of the cavalry; Except for less than 1,000 soldiers who chose to lay down their arms and surrender, all the others were annihilated. Of course, there are also some enemy troops who choose to surrender in the process of fleeing; But in order to save trouble, those cavalrymen often chose to take a knife, so as not to return to the barracks with their prisoners.

The battle was not too intense, and the Numidian army was presented as an army of recruits; And this real first battle of the Holy Order Legion was also very exciting. The army of Abdhimite in Numidia was annihilated by more than 6,000 men and taken nearly 1,000 prisoners; And the Holy Order Legion paid for the death of 200 infantry and the loss of less than 100 cavalry, which was also a complete victory!

After sending several heralds back from the rear to inform Hannibal of the results, Sakarb slowly returned with the remaining 9,700 soldiers and nearly 1,000 prisoners; At this time, the central and left flank armies of Numidia still had a full day to go from the Carthaginian border, but Sakab was the first to complete his strategic objectives and began to prepare for the next decisive battle.

Hannibal did not advance far with 20,000 cavalry, but waited on a road that was also the main force of the Numidian left flank; As for the layout of the battle, Hannibal, knowing the ugliness of the march of the Numidian left flank, decisively abandoned the original plan of ambush and encirclement, and adopted a new plan of direct attack.

The waiting time was always slow, and the nearly five days of waiting made both Kellymis and Gisken, the captains of the legions, a little impatient; But Hannibal was still quietly waiting. That's the difference between the two, Hannibal could give everything for the victory of the war, let alone just wait for five days; And the two legion commanders were also eager for victory, but they did not have the stamina and heart of Hannibal.

In the evening of the fifth day, the cavalry of Sakaber's herald arrived at Hannibal's barracks; After a brief report on Sakarbo's record. These cavalrymen remained in Hannibal's barracks, because tomorrow Hannibal himself would launch a war of annihilation against the Numidian left flank. After the war, Hannibal needed them to give further orders for Sakab.

When Kelimis and Giesken learned of Sakab's achievements, they also restrained their impatience and began to prepare for the barracks in a down-to-earth manner; Although the Legion of the Holy Order of Sakarb had more elite soldiers than the Cavalry Legion. But they were only half as numerous as Kelimis and Gisken.

Since Sakab has achieved such a brilliant result, the performances of Kelimis and Giesken cannot be too far apart; Otherwise, everyone greeted each other like this when they met after the war. The army is not anywhere else, and a general who cannot make a record is always easy to be overlooked; It is difficult for generals whose records are not as good as others to raise their heads and behave, which can't help but increase the pressure on Kelly and the two.

Hannibal was surprised by Sakaber's performance; Although there are inevitably factors in this record that the enemy army is too lax and weak. But the annihilation of 7,000 enemy troops at the cost of 300 is also a rare victory, and Sakab's own ability is also good! Originally, the reason why Hannibal continued to make Sakab the leader of the Legion of the Holy Order was purely to better command the Legion of the Holy Order; After all, changing generals on the spot is a taboo for soldiers, and there is no suitable candidate around him, so Hannibal did not move him.

Unexpectedly, he actually gave Hannibal a surprise, and Hannibal also gave Sakab a rather useful comment in his heart; At the very least, he did much better than Hannibal's Kelymis and Gisken. After the last night patrol, Hannibal went to bed early to recharge his batteries for the rest of the battle; Kellymis and Gisken couldn't sleep all night.

Early the next morning, when the scouts returned to report that Hannibal's enemy had half an hour to reach the battlefield, Hannibal began to prepare for battle; Kelimis and Gisken were also fully dressed and began to organize the formation with the cavalry. Because Hannibal had abandoned his original battle plan, the new battle plan was for fifteen thousand shield cavalry to charge directly at the enemy from the front; The remaining 5,000 shield cavalry were responsible for encircling the enemy. Don't let them have any chance of escaping.

When the slow-moving Numidian army was still a mile away from the assembly of Hannibal's cavalry, Hannibal directly ordered his cavalry, which had already been prepared, to charge; The acceleration distance of one mile is not very long for a cavalry, and it is just a relatively suitable distance. The rumbling sound of horses galloping completely shocked the Numidian army marching slowly, and even the commander of the Gillen army, who was sleeping in the carriage, was woken up.

While all the Numidian soldiers were bewildered and overwhelmed, the light infantry at the front of the line noticed the smoke and dust billowing in the distance; They quickly turned around and wanted to say something to their comrades in the rear, but they couldn't say anything because they were too nervous. Finally, a relieved slinger shouted:

"The cavalry of the Carthaginians is coming, massive cavalry!"

Guillen also heard this shout, and he hurried forward; Sure enough, a large number of cavalry were rushing in! Gillen wanted to order the light infantry to hurry up and prepare for battle. But it was too late; In the blink of an eye, this powerful shock group of fifteen thousand cavalry came in front of the Numidian army array.

The Numidian light infantry, who could not escape, met the charge of Carthage's 15,000 shield cavalry with their own flesh and blood; Kelimis also led the way into the crowd of the enemy, and without stopping for the slightest, he crushed the entire Numidian array with this powerful cavalry cluster.

After completely penetrating the Numidian formation, Kelimis continued to turn with his cavalry and prepare for the next wave of turning charges; When Kellymis and his cavalry finished turning. But he involuntarily strangled the reins of his war horse, and the second wave of attacks was no longer necessary. At this time, all the Carthaginian cavalry appeared in front of an extremely bleak picture.

There was no longer a single person standing on the battlefield that had been full of Numidian infantry just a moment ago, and the whole ground had been stained red with blood; Most of the Numidian infantry were killed in this wave of cavalry charge, and the remaining Numidian infantry also dropped their weapons and sat on the battlefield in a daze.

The hellish sight not only diluted the joy of Kelimis' victory, but also caused the countless cavalrymen who had turned around to turn over and dismount and begin to vomit; Not to mention the new cavalry who have not been on the battlefield. Even Hannibal, who has been through a lot of battles, felt a kind of vomiting in his heart when he saw this scene in front of him.

In the end, the battle ended with a complete victory for the Carthaginian army; Even the Carthaginian cavalry annihilated the Numidian army of 7,000 men without paying the price of a single soldier. In the end, the number of prisoners was less than 500, and the rest had been reduced to pulp. The clean-up on the battlefield was done by the five thousand cavalrymen who did not take part in the battle; It took them half a day to clear the battlefield, and it turned out that the 5,000 men spent an entire month in nightmares and nausea.

No matter how cruel and bloody the process was, the result was satisfactory to Hannibal; After all, the very existence of war is a kind of cruelty. All humanity has done is slaughter its own kind by all means. After the battle, Hannibal roughly guessed that today would also be the day when the main forces of Numidia in the center would attack the barracks; So he sent the heralds back to Saqab, and ordered Saqab to attack the Numidian army at nine o'clock the morrow.

After the herald left, Hannibal also began to slowly march in the direction of the barracks with the cavalry who had cleared the battlefield; The 20,000 confident long-shield cavalry at the time of departure became silent after a brutal victory. There was no smile on anyone's face. Hannibal, however, knew; Once they stand the test, they grow into true veterans.

In fact, the number of troops that Hannibal can use now is 15,000 shield cavalry, and the 5,000 cavalry responsible for cleaning the battlefield will not be able to slow down for a month; In addition, there were exactly 500 prisoners to be guarded, so Hannibal simply asked these 5,000 men to take care of the prisoners and not participate in the rest of the war.

As Hannibal had expected, Jubal's more than 20,000 troops had indeed arrived five miles outside the Carthaginian camp today; However, Jubal did not directly attack the Carthaginian barracks, nor did he let his cavalry surround the Carthaginian barracks. He did this in order to make the Carthaginian defenders retreat from their camp and attack the Numidian army on the left and right flanks.

Such. Jubal will be able to lead his army to clean up the mess, solve the opponent, and pick the fruits at the critical moment; However, such an opportunity is only available today. If the Carthaginian defenders do not retreat within this day, then Jubal will officially attack the Carthaginian defenders guarding the barracks at nine o'clock tomorrow morning; to drive them forward and attack the left and right flanks.

I don't know if it's a coincidence, or something else; Both Jubal and Hannibal chose the time for the offensive at nine o'clock the next morning, and the final battle on the entire Western Front was about to break out.

The preparations of the two sides did not change the passage of time, and the next day came with the rising of the sun; From eight o'clock in the morning, the Numidian army began to prepare for the attack in full swing. 10,000 javelinmen under Jubbal's orders formed a frontal encirclement of the Carthaginian camp, while 6,000 desert infantry, led by Abbascantas, launched the improvised rammed vehicles built yesterday; Masiwa also followed behind Jubal and led 5,000 elite troops to the Chinese army.

At the same time, after leaving five hundred infantry to guard the prisoners, the other nine thousand and the army had been assembled two miles from the left flank of the barracks; Just wait for nine o'clock to attack as soon as it arrives. The same was true of Hannibal's fifteen thousand shield cavalry. And this time it was no longer Kelymis, but Hannibal himself.

Unaware of the arrival of reinforcements, Amikas was already ready to defend to the death, and he ordered all his 5,000 slingers and javelinmen to take up bows and arrows, and the Iberian infantry and Libyan spearmen were also ready for fierce battle. Nine o'clock arrived. The sound of trumpets began to sound; However, to everyone's surprise, three military horns sounded on the battlefield at the same time, and they came from different directions!

Amikas, who was stationed in the barracks, heard the trumpets sounding simultaneously from the Numidian army on the opposite side and the left and right flanks of the barracks; In an instant, Amikas understood everything, it must be that the battle between Sakab and Hannibal on both flanks had been completely won, and this battle was the final decisive battle on the Western Front! Amikas immediately changed his original strategy of stubbornness. Order the soldiers in the barracks to open the camp gate and kill the Numidian army outside the barracks!

Jubal, who was not yet known for what was going on, immediately understood the Carthaginians' plan after seeing the movements of the barracks defenders; However, at this time, Jubal still felt that the victory was in his hands, because he did not know what the total strength of Carthage was, and thought that Carthage was simply playing the trick of dividing the army with a limited force.

Therefore, Jubal directly ordered the 6,000 desert infantry in front to meet the defenders of the Carthaginian barracks; 10,000 javelinmen met the enemy on the right flank of the barracks, and he himself led 5,000 elites to meet the enemy on the left flank of the barracks. Soon, Jubal regretted his arrangement; Because in front of his five thousand foot cavalry appeared no less than five thousand cavalry and five thousand infantry. It was not him who regretted it even more, but the javelin-cavalry, who were no match for the shield cavalry; Not to mention the long shield cavalry who had experience in war. (To be continued.) )xh:.74.240.212