"Chapter 504: Unification of the Peninsula"

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The reinforcements of the three legions led by Oscar and Mary finally arrived, and the Gallic barbarian army, which had just suffered a surprise attack, was once again surrounded by nearly 30,000 Augustus troops.

It is said that it is the army of the Augustusian family, but in fact it is just a newly transformed Spanish army; Even the soldiers of the Samonai Legion of Antio would be enraged by the brutality of the Gallic barbarians, and burst into fearsome morale, let alone the wrath of these Spanish troops.

the 2nd and 10th Cavalry Legions, and the Eleventh Legion, which had been advancing in the direction of the Gallic barbarian army since they had entered the territory of the province of Tarragonanis; They saw more than Antio.

Countless towns and villages, which were originally either prosperous and lively, or quiet and peaceful, were destroyed by the attack of the Gallic barbarian army; The slaughtered Spanish people, the burned towns and villages, and the looted houses all made these soldiers from the Spanish people angry.

Especially those soldiers who were already recruited in the province of Tarragonis Nanis, many of their relatives, friends, family members and close relatives were also among the people who were killed; At this time, the soldiers of these three legions had nothing else to ask for, they just wanted to fight to the death.

Since the army entered the province of Tarragonis Nanis, Oscar has never urged the army to march faster; The original habit of marching for eight hours a day was silently changed by the soldiers of the three legions to marching for fourteen hours a day!

The whole army could no longer hear the slightest joke, and no one said a word more; Everyone is holding their weapons tightly and hurrying to save the Spanish people who are about to be killed, and to avenge those who have already been killed!

After the scout cavalry in the front reported the traces of the Gallic army, the whole army began a new round of acceleration again; In addition, the scout cavalry also reported that the Gallic army had been caught in a scuffle in the city.

Oscar and Mary estimated that the army that took the initiative to attack the Gallic barbarian army should be the Samonai Legion of Antio; Although the scouts did not spot the banner of the Samonai Legion, Oscar was confident that it must be the grumpy Antio who was fighting.

With 4,000 soldiers of the Samonai legion, he fought to the death against the 30,000 troops of the Gallic barbarians; Even if Antio has the strongest courage, and the soldiers of the Samonai Legion also have the highest will to fight, but the two fists are invincible after all!

Therefore, Oscar immediately ordered his fastest Second Cavalry Regiment to rush to the aid of the defenders in the city and attack from the rear of the Gallic barbarian army; After receiving the order, Mikolaus led the 2nd Cavalry Corps to set off quickly, while Oscar continued to accelerate the march with the 10th and 11th Legions, rushing to the place where the battle broke out.

After the 25,000 or so Gallic barbarian army finally withdrew from the city, they quickly reorganized themselves under the orders of Rianolix and prepared to attack the city again, which had cost them heavy casualties.

Before their attack began, the menacing Second Cavalry Regiment had already arrived! The six thousand round shield cavalry of the undaunted Second Cavalry Regiment rushed into the army of the Gallic barbarians; The Gallic barbarian army, which had no time to change its formation, was torn in half by the Second Cavalry Legion!

After penetrating the Gallic barbarian army, Mikolaus and Kinza each led half of the round shield cavalry from the two flanks of the Gallic barbarian army; And the soldiers of the Samonai Legion in the city seized the opportunity to once again slaughter the Gallic barbarian army.

The Gallic barbarian army, which had just been struck by the thunderous blows of the cavalry, had not yet recovered, and immediately fell into the battle with the Samonai legions; Although the Samonai legions were well-armed, the Gallic barbarian army had an absolute numerical superiority.

After a brief period of confusion, the reacting Gallic barbarian army quickly turned its attention to the Samonai legion; I have to admit that these Gallic barbarian warriors are very strong-willed, and after suffering a series of blows, they can still launch a frantic attack again, and surround the soldiers of the Samonai Legion to attack.

The round shield cavalry led by Mikolaus and Ginza, after sparing a huge semicircle, once again charged the Gallic barbarian army from the left and right flanks of the Gallic barbarian army; This time, they did not penetrate the front of the Gallic barbarian army, but fell into the encirclement of the Gallic barbarian army, and they also fell into a bitter battle.

After losing its mobility, the round shield cavalry is also an existence with extremely strong combat effectiveness; After all, the round shield cavalry is not the Numidian javelin cavalry, and even without the most important mobility, the combat effectiveness of the round shield cavalry should not be underestimated!

The total strength of the Second Cavalry Legion and the Half of the Samonai Legion was nearly 10,000 men, and they were fighting against a large army of Gallic barbarians, which numbered less than 25,000; Although it was at a disadvantage, it was not without the strength of a battle, and the battle was still very fierce.

In particular, the soldiers on the side of the Augustan family, inspired by the atrocities of the Gallic barbarian army, fought to the death with one hundred and twenty percent morale on the Gallic barbarian army; On the other hand, the warriors of the Gallic barbarians, although they have the usual strength of the barbarians, are still unable to achieve the desperate battle like the army of the Augustus family.

The battle between the two sides was a life-and-death fight from the beginning; The Gallic barbarian army, which had an absolute advantage in numbers, gradually compressed the activity space of the Second Cavalry Corps and the Samonai Legion after slowly stabilizing the front.

Just when the army of the House of Augustus was gradually losing ground, the Tenth and Eleventh Legions, led by Oscar and Mary themselves, finally arrived on the battlefield; Seeing that the army of the Gallic barbarians had gained the upper hand, Oscar immediately ordered the two captains of the Gallic barbarians, Gezka and Oghuz, to lead their respective legions to attack the army of the Gallic barbarians from behind!

By the time the battle had progressed, the Gallic barbarian army had less than 20,000 men, and the total strength of the Second Cavalry Regiment and the Samonai Legion was only about 7,000; However, the Augustus family invested 20,000 troops with good combat effectiveness and explosive morale, and the balance of victory suddenly began to tilt in the direction of the Augustus family.

In fact, even after the 10th and 11th Legions, Oscar still had 3,000 reserves in his hands; These 3,000 people are the 2,000 elite warriors of the 1,000 family guards and the Holy Maiden's Guard led by Nussis.

As the battle continued, the Gallic barbarian army was gradually surrounded on all sides by the House of Augustus; In front of them was the Samonai Legion, which had fought to the death, and in the rear was the newly joined Tenth and Eleventh Legions, and on the left and right flanks were the round shield cavalry that had regained their mobility.

By this time, the army of the Gallic barbarians had already been fighting for a whole day, and they could not afford to fight any further; Coupled with the absolute numerical superiority of the Augustan family, the casualties of the Gallic barbarian army finally began to skyrocket!

When the sun was setting and dusk was approaching, the army of the Gallic barbarians could no longer hold on; Their leader, Rianolix, raised a white banner of peace on the battlefield, hoping to negotiate peace with the commanders of the Augustus army.

Perhaps, in the eyes of Rianolix, the army in front of him was still composed of the army of the weak and incompetent Kingdom of Spain; Unfortunately, the Kingdom of Spain has become a historical term, and the House of Augustus will not compromise with any enemy!

After the explicit rejection of Rianolix's request for peace, the situation on the battlefield gradually became clearer; Under the constant attack of the Augustan army, the casualties of the Gallic barbarian army increased more and more, and finally the whole line collapsed!

The Gallic barbarian armies, which had collapsed on all fronts, scattered and fled in all directions, without the will to fight; This is the army of the barbarians, before it collapsed, their fighting power and will to fight were found to be strong; And once they collapse, they will become complete battlefield garbage.

With the cavalry of the Second Cavalry Legion, it was impossible for the fleeing Gallic barbarian army to escape the pursuit of the House of Augustus; Even the escape of Leanolix himself was intercepted by Nuss's family guards.

As the leader of the Numantian tribe, it was naturally impossible for him to surrender to the House of Augustus; Oscar also did not intend to persuade the so-called leader to surrender, and Nusis also complied with Oscar's wishes and beheaded the leader!

In Oscar's mind, all the men and men of the Gallic barbarian army must be held accountable for their actions; Otherwise, the innocent people of the House of Augustus who were killed will really die blindly, and Oscar will pay tribute to the dead people with the blood of the Gauls!

At the end of the day's fighting, Oscar held a grand burial ceremony for all the children of the House of Augustus, who had been slaughtered by the Gallic barbarians, and rebuilt their homes for the people of western Tarragonanis; And the Canterbury region, which once belonged to the Numantian tribe, has once again become the eleventh province of the Augustan family!

At this point, the House of Augustus also completely unified the entire Iberian Peninsula; It also meant that the Augustus family's war on the Iberian Peninsula was completely over. In addition to arranging for the Tenth and Eleventh Legions to go to Sicily, Oscar himself was preparing to return to Syracuse; Mary, on the other hand, was left by Oscar to help Marcus and Luquis stabilize the situation. (To be continued.) )