The offspring is a fitting compliment to everyone.

- Tacitus (the greatest historian of ancient Rome)

Tursus was a fierce soldier on the battlefield, and his 3,000 hoplites were all armed with Roman legional weapons; Their fighting power was naturally very different from that of the Gallic infantry, who were shirtless and armed with a weapon. In fact, as soon as the Gallic warriors of the Terma tribe were fighting, they understood how big the gap between the two sides really was!

The warriors of the Terma tribe, with the courage to defy death and the will to defend their families, launched a fierce counterattack against the hoplites under the command of Tusus; They shouted the traditional battle trumpets of the Gauls, and raised their weapons aloft as they viciously attacked the well-formed hoplites in front of them.

But the truth is always cruel, the shields and armor of the hoplites are the standard equipment of the Roman legions, and their protective effect is self-evident; After the inferior weapons of the Gallic warriors slashed into the shield, they did not even leave traces on the shield that were too deep, and there were even cases where the Gallic warriors used too much force and their weapons were broken by the impact of the enemy's shield.

Even a few lucky ones managed to slash their weapons into the hoplites, but instead of being able to split the armor of the hoplites, they were stabbed to death by the hoplites' backhand swords. Tursus didn't care about the enemy's confusion, and after resisting a round of attacks from Terma's army, he was the first to let out his own roar:

"Soldiers of the First Legion, the enemy's attack is so weak, are they women? It's time for us to teach them what a real man is and what a hoplite is; Kill me! ”

While roaring, Tursus also raised the shield in his left hand and knocked the two Telma warriors in front of him, and then used the short sword in his right hand to kill the two men in an instant; The blood sprayed by the enemy drenched Tusus's face, but he didn't care to let out his anger at his soldiers.

The ferocity of Tursus also greatly aroused the morale of the hoplites, and they began to roar their horns and slash at the enemy in front of them. The hoplites were much sharper than their enemies, and it was difficult for any enemy who was attacked by the hoplites to escape from the hoplites' short swords.

Just as Tursus was leading his hoplites to fight the enemy, the Forest Hunters who ran behind the hoplites began to fire a salvo again at the Terma warriors who were fighting with the hoplites under the command of Falkus. It has to be said that the combat effectiveness of the forest hunters is indeed strong; His bow and arrow skills are completely the pinnacle of this era!

When their allies are fighting the enemy, they can still seize the opportunity to mass-inflict damage with a salvo; In a single round of arrows, at least more than 300 enemy troops were killed by their volleys, and even more so wounded. What's even more amazing is that they didn't make the slightest mistake, and not a single arrow hit their allies!

Such a wonderful performance, even Carabess was eyed by it; Of course, it is undeniable that the Forest Hunter troops are not so invincible and can avoid their comrades and shoot the enemy in the chaos. They attacked the enemy forces who were still about ten meters away from the hoplites and had not yet been killed, but this was something that neither the Cretan archers nor the chosen archers of the Kingdom of Egypt could do!

However, such a combination of arms does not necessarily produce good results; For example, when encountering a hot-tempered hoplite commander like Tursus. After discovering that the enemy troops in front of him had fallen under the rain of arrows from the forest hunters, Tursus not only did not thank the forest hunters for their great assistance, but turned back to Falkus in anger and shouted:

"Falkus! These are my prey, and if you dare to let your forest hunters interfere again, don't blame me for being ruthless! ”

Tursus's reaction did not anger Folkus at all, as if he had expected Tursus's reaction, and Turcus simply calmly ordered his forest hunters to continue attacking those enemy forces that could be attacked. Seeing that Falkus and his forest hunters ignored their words, Tursus had no choice but to lead his hoplites to intensify the battle and expand the victory.

This little episode between Tursus and Falkus looked in the eyes of Calabes, but he did not show any dissatisfaction; It's as if it's commonplace for these things in front of you. With hoplites and forest hunters competing for each other, more than 2,000 Terma warriors were quickly slaughtered, and even those who wanted to escape back to the camp could not escape the rain of arrows from the forest hunters!

When only the leader of the Terma tribe is left on the battlefield, the attack on the Terma tribe is completely over; Calabes looked at the leader of the Terma tribe who was personally escorted by Tursus, and just shook his head wordlessly, and then waved his hand to signal Tursus to take him down and take him into custody.

Unexpectedly, this unintentional act of Calabis angered the leader of the Terma tribe, as if he had been greatly insulted, he broke free from the custody of the two hoplites, stood up and faced Calabes, and said loudly: "You evil Roman invader, do you think that you can win by defeating us?

I am not afraid to tell you that long before you attacked, I sent two groups of cavalry to report to the most powerful tribe of the Maasai about your situation; It would be useless for you to kill me and my 3,000 warriors, the tens of thousands of troops of the Maasai tribes will soon come here to avenge us, and then hang you invaders one by one, and finally counterattack your Roman territory and hang your families! ”

The leader of the Terma tribe seemed to be a real barbarian chieftain, and he spoke with a look of disgruntle and anger; Unfortunately, such threats and words of resentment were worthless to Karabes. However, since the chief had said so, it was impossible for Calabes to spare the faithful lackeys of the Maasai tribe; He motioned directly to Tursus to take him down and dispose of it.

After dealing with this leader and his horde army, the camp of the Terma tribe naturally fell; After taking the camp, looking at the hateful and fearful eyes of the Terma tribesmen, Karabes decisively kept them all in custody to prevent any changes.

Especially for those who had surrendered, Calabis organized all the more than 4,000 young men who had been captured, and ordered 2,000 light infantry to supervise their construction of barracks and other much-needed things. Of the remaining large army, another two thousand light infantry, led by Allah, were ordered by Karabes to guard the camp of the Terma tribe.

The hoplites of Tursus and the forest hunters of Phorkus were sent by Calabes to garrison near the wooden bridge of the Rhône, ten miles away, in case of an army of the Maasai tribes that might attack at any moment; As for Itami's 7,000 cavalry, their task was to patrol within twenty miles of the wooden bridge over the Rhône to prevent the Marseille army from crossing the river with a temporary wooden bridge.

Although various information proved that there was only one wooden bridge on this tributary of the Rhône that could be used by the army, Carabes was unwilling to defend only this wooden bridge; After all, the water of this tributary is not fast, and the river is not very wide, so if you want to temporarily erect a wooden bridge that can be passed by the army, you only need to find a shallow part of the river.

The Maasai tribe, as a powerful tribe that had reigned supreme in the Gallic region beyond the mountains for hundreds of years, should not be difficult to find such a place; Therefore, Calabis must be on guard against this, and this is exactly the task of Itami's seven thousand cavalry. After successfully completing the assault on Telma, Calabes also sent heralds to the two legions in the rear to start speeding up the march.

In fact, Carabes's idea is extremely correct; The reason why there is only one wooden bridge on this tributary of the Rhône is completely controlled by the Maasai tribe. In this way, the only way to access the city of Marseille, which is in the heart of the Gallic region beyond the mountains, is to pass through this only road; This is crucial for the overall security of the Maasai tribe.

In the history of the development of the Maasai tribe, this wooden bridge has indeed played a very important role; There have been several occasions when other powerful tribes have risen up to attack the Maasai tribes, but they have paid a heavy price on the bridge and have been defeated by the Maasai tribes. In order to protect the wooden bridge, the Maasai tribe also protected themselves; This is the only way to support the Telma tribe west of the wooden bridge.

The role of supporting the Telma tribe is indeed not small, and the last time the Grace tribe wanted to fight back, it was also because of the existence of the Telma tribe; This time, the role played by the Telma tribe is still huge. Upon discovering the traces of the army of Calabes, the Terma tribe immediately sent the first cavalry to the Maasai tribe.

Later, after the army of Calabes arrived at the camp of the Terma tribe, the Terma tribe sent a second group of cavalry, this time with the specific number and situation of the army of Calabes. With the intelligence of these two groups of cavalry, the Maasai tribe fully understood the basic situation of the so-called invading army at midnight of the same day.

According to the information provided by the Telma tribe, the total strength of this invading army is about 17,800; Among them were about seven thousand cavalry, all powerful cavalry units consisting of a few Gallic cavalry and most of the noble cavalry. In addition, the remaining 10,000 infantry also seem to be relatively strong; Its overall combat effectiveness is quite strong.

The present Maasai tribe, after suffering heavy losses in the attack on the Grace tribe, has a total strength of 17,000 people; In addition to the 7,000 Gallic infantry and 3,000 Gallic cavalry, there were 5,000 Gallic warriors, 1,000 elite Gallic warriors, and 1,000 Gallic noble cavalry. As for the remaining 500 De Iru Order, that is the most special existence. (To be continued.) )