cpa300_4(); Hurry to the goal, and if you cherish yourself, give up all delusions and save yourself while you still can!

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

After leaving the barracks, Sakab galloped away with 10,000 soldiers of the Holy Order Legion in the direction of the enemy's right flank as fast as he could; In just one day, Saqab and the legions of the Holy Order had reached a road on the right flank of the enemy army in Numidia, and at this time, the seven thousand light infantry of the right flank of Numidia led by Abdhimim were still a day's way from the location of Saqab.

After all, Abdeshim was only a legion commander who climbed up by shoeing his beard, and he did not have the military skills and the ability to march and command the army as a legion commander; Moreover, he did not have the direct care of King Zunguta and the guidance of General Ahmed, and the 7,000 light infantry under his command were all newly recruited, so the state can be imagined.

Generals with no command experience and recruits with no war experience, the entire Right Wing Army was doomed to a tragic outcome from the very beginning; During the march, the pleasure-hungry Abdeshim not only did not ride his horse to direct the army, but instead got a luxuriously decorated carriage from the city of Numidia and set out with the army.

From the moment he stepped out of the barracks, Abdeshim got into the carriage, enjoying the coolness of the carriage and eating the sweet fruits; North Africa in August was no joke. Although the natural environment of this era was much better than that of later generations, vegetation and water sources abound in North Africa; However, the climate is still the same dry and hot!

The other generals of the Right Wing Army were also mostly young nobles of the Numidian Kingdom, and they only joined the army to gain military merit because they felt that the battle would be easy to win; Marching under the scorching sun in the scorching summer was not what they wanted, so they also asked for a carriage from their family one by one and marched in the carriage.

If it were an ordinary general, even if he enjoyed himself, he would not allow the generals below to enjoy himself like this; However, Abdeshim was no ordinary general. His family was very closely connected with the families of these generals, and Abdeshim himself was very close friends with them; Abdeshim, he can't sit as a legion commander and demand his friends.

In this way, the mighty Numidian right-wing army became an army that was more like an aristocratic procession than a real aristocratic procession; A marching column of seven thousand people. From beginning to end, there are hundreds of carriages. The laziness of the generals naturally affected the ordinary soldiers in the legion, and they also began to be lazy with their own ideas.

However, they are all ordinary people from ordinary peasant families or poor families; Naturally, they were not able to prepare a carriage for themselves. However, the advantage that the Kingdom of Numidia did not lack horses and livestock was obvious; The 7,000 soldiers collected more than 1,000 transport cattle through their own patchwork, including not only horses, but also camels and sheep!

More than 1,000 animals could not fit 7,000 people; In order to lighten their burden, the soldiers had to retreat and put all the weapons and equipment they were carrying on the backs of these animals. Speaking of weapons and equipment, it is just some javelins and bows, and the current left and right flank legions have only 3,000 slingers, 2,000 javelinmen, and 2,000 archers.

The slinger's slinging bag, the javelinman's javelin, and the archer's bow have been put on the cattle; Because they were all light infantry, they were all wearing only cloth clothes. There is simply no armor to deal with. After this makeover, the so-called Numidian Right Wing Army became a sparse "refugee" army.

The soldiers marched slowly in groups of six or seven around a horse or camel, and the generals only cared about their own enjoyment, and they also turned a blind eye to this; If you look at this so-called army from a distance, you will never think that it is an army, but you will be convinced that it is a group of fleeing victims. What is even more ironic is that the state of the left-wing Gillen regiment is exactly the same as the right-wing Abdeshim's regiment!

This is the consequence of preconceived ideas and intelligence errors, although Abdeshim and Gillen did climb up by sloppy horses, but they are also generals who have been in the army for several years, and they are not completely ignorant of military affairs. However, they were misguided about the fact that the Carthage garrison was less than 20,000 men. They are all recruits; There was simply no power to stop the attack of the Numidian army, let alone take the initiative.

Therefore, they did not care much about this march, but only regarded it as an armed march; It's an exaggeration to say that it is an armed parade, it's just a leisurely outing! The right-wing legion of the Youzai wanderer was drifting away in such a queue of threes and twos; At this moment, less than five hundred meters from the right flank legion, a scout cavalry of the Holy Order legion was observing their every move.

The movement of the enemy's right flank was quickly sent to Sakab by the scout cavalry, and Sakaber's first reaction after learning the information was not surprise, but disbelief; Sakar really couldn't understand what the general of the Numidian army on the opposite side thought, how could there be such a strange general in the Numidian Kingdom?

All right. Such an army and such generals can achieve the glory of the Kingdom of Carthage, right? Sakab is not a meticulous war-like commander like Hannibal, and he doesn't think about whether the enemy army has traps or anything; He only knew that the indifference and disorderliness of the enemy army would be the best chance for him to expand his victory.

While continuing to send scout cavalry to observe the enemy's movements, Sakar hastened to prepare his army for attack; No matter how many years of training and preparation the soldiers of the Holy Order Legion have endured, from the perspective of actual combat. After all, he is still a recruit who has not really been on the battlefield. Therefore, for the first battle of this Holy Order Legion, Sakab looked at it very important; Even if the enemy is just a bunch of teases!

When the enemy was only three miles away from Sakarb's location, Sakarb ordered his five thousand Holy Order infantry to take a battle posture in the middle of the road; At the same time, Sakarb himself personally led 4,500 Templar cavalry from the right side of the road to the rear of the Numidian army. The remaining 500 cavalrymen remained mobile behind the infantry in preparation for the pursuit of enemy deserters.

The Abdeshim's legion, having lost all its cavalry strength, did not send scouts along the way to reconnoiter the situation ahead. Naturally, no one will be sent now; Therefore, when they were less than a mile away from the array of the Holy Order's infantry, the soldiers of the Abdeshim's Legion were able to spot the Holy Order's infantry. Even so, they are still marching unhurriedly; Because of the distance, they didn't know that the army in front of them was the Carthaginian army, and they even thought that they were welcoming their allies!

When the distance was less than three hundred meters, one of the soldiers, who noticed that something was wrong, informed the general lying in the carriage of the news that there were enemy troops in front of him; Now. The news of the arrival of the Carthaginian army was confirmed. The general, who had jumped out of the carriage in a hurry, did not even have his weapons and equipment, and hurried to report to Abdeshim; When Abdeshim heard the news, he was also taken aback, and immediately ordered his soldiers to take up arms and prepare to meet the enemy!

The generals are all scrambling to wear armor and get weapons to find war horses, and how good will the soldiers who have tied all their weapons to their animals? The queue, which had been out of order, was now even more chaotic; At this time, the commander of the infantry of the Holy Order, who had seen the right time, had discovered the sudden halt and confusion of the enemy army. He immediately drew his weapon and said to the infantry beside him:

"Soldiers, the enemy who wants to invade our homeland is before us; Take up arms and kill with me! ”

With that, he led his five thousand Holy Order infantry and rushed towards the disorganized Abdeshim's legions; The Numidian light infantry, who were still looking for their weapons, saw the Carthaginian army approaching with great momentum, and the hundreds of people in front of them were immediately frightened and scattered and fled backwards. Seeing this, Abdeshim directly drew his sword and slashed several retreating soldiers. Then he said in a loud voice:

"Warriors of Numidia, you are only ahead of a group of Carthaginian recruits far less than yours; You should have the courage to repel their attack, reinforcements will soon arrive. If you persist, you will be a hero, and I will personally give you a bounty; If anyone dares to retreat, then don't blame me for being ruthless! Pick up arms and kill them all for me! ”

Abdeshim's face was fierce and he brandished his blood-stained short sword, and the retreating soldiers had to pick up the weapons scattered on the ground and organize again, and the light infantry behind them also trembled and continued to distribute weapons and prepare for battle. How could the panicked Numidian light infantry be the opponent of the well-prepared and well-trained Templar infantry?

It was only a face-to-face encounter, and the front army of the Abdeshim's army fell like wheat harvested; There is no way, who let the unprepared Numidian infantry have javelins in their hands as weapons, and even some Numidian infantry really have no weapons in their hands but only take an arrow as a weapon. How could such a weapon be able to match the sharp spears in the hands of the infantry of the Holy Order!

However, this was only the first round of confrontation, and although the numerically superior Numidian army could not withstand the strong attack of the Holy Order's infantry, it was able to stabilize its formation despite the successive defeats; More and more Numidian soldiers fell at each moment of the battle, but the attacks of the Order's infantry were unable to crush the Numidian army for a while, and the battle between the two sides became scorching.

It's just that this kind of anxiety is supported by the Numidian soldiers with their own lives; At this moment, the galloping sound of a massive cavalry charge was heard from the rear of the Numidian army. Although Abdeshim did not know who was coming, it was probably the enemy army coming from his rear; Abdeshim hurriedly seized the opportunity and encouraged his soldiers who were retreating:

"Soldiers. Our cavalry reinforcements are coming; It is impossible for the Carthaginians to escape the onslaught of cavalry, so hurry up and kill the enemy to gain victory! Kill! ”

It is undeniable that the news of the arrival of reinforcements greatly boosted the Numidian soldiers, who were already on the verge of collapse, and they once again mustered up the courage to confront the soldiers of the Templar infantry. Pity. What they were waiting for was not the long-awaited cavalry reinforcements, but a fierce assault by the Holy Order's cavalry!

Sakab led four thousand five hundred cavalry and rushed in from the rear of the Numidian army; The Numidian infantry who bore the brunt of the attack were knocked to the ground one by one by the galloping horses, and before they could feel the pain, the cavalry trampled over them one after another, merging their bodies with the earth.

The Numidian infantry, who were glad that they were not directly attacked by the cavalry, could not escape the bad luck, and the spears of the cavalry were also duly "taken care of"; Just a wave of charges. Sakab and his cavalry tore the entire Numidian army in half, and at least one or two thousand Numidian infantry were killed in the sudden charge of this wave of cavalry, including Abdhim.

Abdeshim was in the rear of the Numidian army to supervise the battle, and the sudden cavalry group allowed him to take it by chance, but a sudden cavalry spear still took his life; The Numidian army, which had lost its commander to supervise the battle, finally collapsed on all fronts after withstanding such a heavy blow!

The remaining less than 3,000 Numidian soldiers on the battlefield threw down their weapons and fled for their lives, and Sakarb could only lead his large army to turn around and chase after the largest enemy force, and the remaining remnants of the defeated army were handed over to the five hundred cavalry that had been arranged long ago; Not to be outdone, the infantry of the Holy Order continued to pursue the enemy by taking advantage of their extremely good speed. (To be continued.) )