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

The cavalry of the three thousand five hundred Julius families had not yet fully increased the speed of their horses, and five thousand elite Germanic noble cavalry had already rushed into their battle formation; In the first round of confrontation alone, the Germanic noble cavalry cut through the battle formation of the cavalry of the Julius family, and at least nearly a thousand of the cavalry of the Julius family were killed on the spot!

A single charge had killed nearly a third of the cavalry strength of the Julius family, and the fear in the hearts of the remaining cavalry could be imagined; Even Flavis, who was watching the battle from behind, was dumbfounded, he did not expect that the Germanic noble cavalry of the Mainz tribe would be so powerful that they could inflict heavy losses on his family's cavalry unit with just one charge.

You must know that in the Germanic barbarian intelligence obtained by Flavis, the noble cavalry of the Germanic barbarians is not the most powerful cavalry of the Germanic barbarians, and the most powerful cavalry of the real Germanic barbarians is the Gothic cavalry unique to the Gothic tribe, which is recognized as the strongest cavalry of the entire Germanic barbarians, and it is also the strong existence of the aristocratic cavalry of the Gallic barbarians back then.

The crux of the matter is that the Julius family has not yet seen the Gothic cavalry of the Germanic barbarians, and the powerful cavalry in front of them is nothing more than the noble cavalry that is not uncommon among the Germanic barbarians; Flavis couldn't help but sigh, the noble cavalry of the Germanic barbarians was more than a step stronger than the noble cavalry of the Gaul barbarians!

The Germanic barbarians were more powerful than the Gallic barbarians, not only the cavalry, but even the infantry, the Germanic barbarian warriors were more than a little stronger than the Gallic barbarians; The so-called elite warriors of the Gallic barbarians could not compete with the hoplites of Rome without falling behind.

And the elite warriors of the Germanic barbarians were able to fight against the hoplites of the Julius family with an absolute numerical superiority; If it weren't for the battle taking place in front of his eyes, Flavies wouldn't have believed anything.

Of course, in addition to the strength of the Germanic barbarian warriors, the hoplites of the Julius family were limited by the terrain and played an important factor in the formation of this battle situation; The dense jungle of the Agripugramt region made it impossible for the Julius army to devote too many troops to the front line at one time.

On the surface, it was 12,000 hoplites of the Julius family fighting against the 5,000 elite axe men of the Mainz tribe; In fact, the real troops on both sides that could be put into front-line combat were only about 3,000 people, and the rest of the soldiers could only be quickly replenished after the death of the robe in front of them, and they could not expand the battle line.

Such a geographical location naturally became the advantage of the army of the Mainz tribe, which did not have an advantage in strength, while the numerical superiority of the hoplites of the Julius family was obliterated; On the other side of the battlefield, the noble cavalry of the Mainz tribe, which had successfully cut through the cavalry unit of the Ulius family, turned around again and launched a reverse charge against the cavalry of the Ulius family, who were still relieving themselves!

Seeing his family's cavalry unit once again caught in the charge of the enemy's cavalry, Flavies knew that if nothing else, his own cavalry unit would soon collapse; And the light infantry of the auxiliary legion did not have the strength to resist the enemy's noble cavalry, so Flavis had to send Clyde's eighth legion to battle!

With the main army of the Eighth Legion, which was full of more than 6,000 people, against the cavalry of the Germanic nobles of more than 4,000 people, Flavies still believed in Clyde's Eighth Legion; After all, once the hoplites formed a battle formation, they would exert extremely strong combat effectiveness when resisting the charge of the cavalry, and it would not be difficult to defeat those cavalry units that charged.

The battle did not turn out as Flavies expected, and the cavalry units of the Julius family, once again caught in the charge of the enemy cavalry, quickly collapsed; These cavalry, consisting of Gallic and Salzburg barbarians, scattered and fled in fear of the enemy.

After defeating this cavalry, the noble cavalry of the Mainz tribe did not continue the pursuit, but locked a new attack on the steadily advancing Eighth Army of Clyde; If the noble cavalry wanted to attack the flank of the enemy hoplites in battle, they had to crush the rushing enemy army, and they naturally launched a charge again!

At this time, the battle on the frontal battlefield was already in a state of scorching; There were less than 3,000 of the 5,000 Germanic elite axemen, and the cost of the hoplites was only 2,000; But the battle formation of the hoplites was pushed back by a full thirty meters!

What's even more deadly is that the hoplites of the Julius family have never endured such a fierce battle; All along, the wars fought by the Julius family were easy to win, and these honored and meritorious legionnaires actually only had some combat experience, and as for such a tragic battle, they had never experienced it at all.

In comparison, the warriors of the Germanic barbarians were more calm; Even though more than 40 percent of their soldiers have been killed, they still maintain strong combat effectiveness and a firm will to fight in battle.

The scarcity of food and the harsh living environment in the Germanic land honed the young men of these Germanic barbarians into qualified warriors; Coupled with the Germanic barbarians' yearning for freedom, in the face of invaders, the Germanic warriors have always been willing to die, even if they are killed until the last person left, he will fight until the last moment, this is the Germanic warrior!

At this point, the Germanic warriors could no longer advance, but the hoplites of the Julius family began to counterattack little by little while stabilizing the battle formation, and slowly occupied the initiative and dominant position in the battle.

At this time, Odovaca, who found that the cavalry troops could not attack the enemy's flank for a while, also ordered the six thousand pikemen and two thousand axe men of the Chinese army, as well as two thousand elite archers, to immediately reinforce the elite warriors who were fighting.

Six thousand Germanic pikemen lined up in a neat formation, forming a front of about two thousand guns; This huge forest of pikemen consisted of three columns of pikemen, with a thousand axemen on each flank. As for the 2,000 elite archers, who were not taken seriously, they were distributed behind the pikemen, and were responsible for shooting at the rear of the enemy when the pikemen attacked the enemy.

The slowly advancing battle formation of the Germanic pikemen made Flavis feel as if he had seen a powerful Macedonian pikeman; Originally, Flavis thought that the pikemen of the Germanic barbarians were spearmen with a short spear, but he didn't expect that the weapons they used turned out to be real spears, and they could also form such a neat formation!

To tell the truth, today's battle with the Mainz tribal army surprised and shocked Flavis countless times, and it made Flavis truly realize the strength of the Germanic barbarians; I have to admit that at this time, Flavis already had a faint idea in his heart to regret starting this war, but it was not strong.

After all, the Mainz tribe is only one of the top three Germanic tribes; Now the powerful combat power displayed by this tribe made Flavis both shocked and worried. Since the featureless Mainz tribes are so powerful, what about the Trier tribes, which are the most militarily powerful? And what about the Gothic tribes with massive Gothic cavalry? What about the most abundant Damu tribe?

Wasn't that enough to worry Flavis? While Flavis was immersed in his own thoughts, the situation on the battlefield took another turn; Clyde's Eighth Legion successfully held back the noble cavalry of the Mainz tribe and inflicted heavy losses on more than 4,000 noble cavalry, at least 1,500 of whom had been killed by the hoplites.

It turned out that a defensive battle formation composed of outnumbered hoplites was indeed an excellent means of resisting cavalry charges; When you don't have enough cavalry to use against enemy cavalry, hoplites are the best way to fight enemy cavalry.

Unfortunately, the superiority of the Eighth Army could not recover the decline of the Fourth Army and the Ninth Army in a head-to-head battle; After the Germanic army, which was dominated by 6,000 pikemen, entered the battle, the elite axemen who had been fighting the hoplites head-on immediately withdrew to the left and right flanks of the pikemen, protecting the pikemen's flanks together with the ordinary axemen.

A forest of spears more than three meters long was enough for the hoplites, who could only fight in close combat, to keep the pikemen out of three meters, while the fierce axe men on the left and right flanks of the pikemen firmly guarded the flanks of the pikemen. Even more deadly, it was the attack of two thousand elite archers from the rear of the spear phalanx.

The rain of arrows they fired did not inflict heavy casualties on the armed hoplites of the House of Julius, armed to the teeth, but it was enough to make the inflexible hoplites scramble; Moreover, the rain of arrows fired by two thousand elite archers in a volley could kill dozens of hoplites on the spot, and there were naturally not a few wounded and wailing.

Under the sharp attack of the Germanic army, the hoplite battle formation of the Julius family was once again forced back by the pikemen phalanx of the Mainz tribe by a distance of more than fifty meters; At this time, the hoplite battle formation of the Julius family was less than a hundred meters away from the rear where Flavis was, and their retreat had no intention of stopping.

There is no way, the spears of the Germanic barbarians are in front, can these hoplites still sacrifice themselves to fight the enemy at all costs like the warriors of the Germanic barbarians? The situation on the battlefield has finally reached a decisive moment; Will the soldiers of the House of Julius be able to defeat the Germanic pikemen's onslaught and turn defeat into victory? Everything can only be ordered by Flavis! (To be continued.) )