"Chapter 568: Front and Back Strikes"
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Arminius's army of 25,000 joined up with 10,000 Germanic warriors of the Bodenshom tribe at the junction of the region of Agridigum and the Lower Germania; With the addition of 10,000 warriors from the Bodenshom tribe, Arminius' army reached a veritable size of 35,000.
The 10,000 elite Germanic warriors of the Damm tribe served as the main force of the army, while the 10,000 Germanic warriors of the Macomani region and the 10,000 Germanic warriors of the Bodenshom tribe served as the left and right flanks of the army, respectively; The 5,000 Gothic cavalry led by General Langadis continued to advance in front of the army.
After entering the Lower Germanic region, Arminius and others clearly felt a different atmosphere; All the Germanic tribes that their army passed along the way had already entered a state of alert as if they were facing a great enemy, and the warriors of each tribe were also patrolling within 500 meters of their respective tribes to prevent any enemy from entering their tribes.
The invasion of the British barbarians put the large and small Germanic tribes of the Lower Germanic region into a state of high tension; It's not just that they are afraid of the invasion of the British barbarians, but more importantly, they are now worried about the situation of the entire Germanic barbarians.
Because of the delay in the news, these tribes of the Lower Germanic region thought that the Julius family was invading the other regions of the Germanic barbarians; In the eyes of these Germanic tribes, it is unclear whether the Germanic peoples will survive this catastrophe.
It wasn't until Arminius's army appeared before them that they learned of the rest of the world in disbelief; It turned out that the Julius family, who took the initiative to invade various regions of the Germanic region, had been defeated, and the leader of the Odovaka of the Mainz tribe led a coalition of tens of thousands of tribes to counterattack the Julius family itself.
Now, even the great Lord Arminius himself led a coalition of several tribes to help the Lower Germanic region against the invading Britons; This is enough to prove that the crisis of the Germanic peoples has passed, and the time has come for everyone to fight back against the enemy!
The enthusiastic Germans of Lower Germania could not afford to treat Arminius's reinforcements with food and wine, but they actively demanded that their tribes send all their warriors to accompany Arminius against the British barbarian invaders.
Arminius naturally welcomed the participation of these Germanic tribes in the war; However, considering that these warriors who took up arms to protect their tribes were the main young forces of their respective tribes, Arminius also left a certain amount of food for each tribe that passed through before allowing their warriors to follow him.
Arminius did not want his family and tribe to endure starvation when the warriors of these Germanic tribes followed him to attack the invaders; After all, without these young people for the time being, those small tribes have no way to rely on the old and weak women and children to hunt.
I have to admit that Arminius, who cherished the Germanic people, was really a great man worthy of respect; His actions once again won him countless cheers and respects, and he only treated his fellow citizens with his kindness and smile.
The journey, which originally took only two days, and at most only three days to complete, was forced to be walked by Arminius for five days; This is not to say that Arminius is reluctant to reinforce the Badawi tribe as soon as possible, but the tribes along the way are too enthusiastic.
Faced with the enthusiasm of his compatriots, Arminius, who was reluctant to resist, had to reluctantly slow down the speed of his army; Of course, Arminius's slowdown is not without benefits, at least Arminius has increased his army by a full fifteen thousand!
Yes, fifteen thousand Germanic warriors; In just five days, Arminius attracted fifteen thousand warriors from various Germanic tribes in the Lower Germanic region to voluntarily join Arminius's army with his unparalleled prestige.
The reason why Arminius was willing to accept their participation was only to gather more forces to attack the British barbarians who had invaded the Badawi tribe; In Arminius's opinion, once he had completely wiped out the invaders' army, the warriors who had volunteered to join him would be disbanded on the spot, because their tribe could not do without them.
With the addition of more than 15,000 warriors from the Germanic region, Arminius's army had exceeded 50,000 men; The mighty army came to the vicinity of Badawi City and appeared in front of Balenas.
When Langadis appeared near the city of Badawi with five thousand Gothic cavalry, Barenas had a sense of foreboding in his heart; He immediately ordered his chariot troops to launch an active attack on the cavalry that suddenly appeared.
Atrilius, the leader of the Badawi tribe on the wall, and Rike Burgess, the leader of the Trier tribe, were ecstatic when they discovered the Gothic cavalry; Even the cavalry of the easternmost Gothic tribe appeared on the battlefield, and Arminius's main army must have arrived nearby, which was a reinforcement of 35,000 men!
Because Arminius's army was delayed on the road for about three more days, these three days also made Itrilius and Rico Burgess suffer; On the one hand, they encouraged all the warriors that reinforcements would soon arrive, but on the other hand, they were secretly anxious in their hearts, why did Arminius's reinforcements not arrive at the scheduled date?
Had it not been for Lord Arminius, who led a coalition of several tribes to reinforce the Badawi tribe, both Atrilius and Richeburges, who would have wondered if there was something wrong in the middle; However, it was Arminius who led the coalition reinforcements, and out of trust in Arminius, Atrilius and Rico Burgess had to hold back their doubts.
Now that reinforcements had finally appeared, the hearts of Atrilius and Rike Burgess could finally be put to rest; The most elite Gothic cavalry of the Germanic barbarians and the most elite chariot troops of the British barbarians, both of which numbered about five thousand, immediately attracted the attention of everyone on the battlefield.
Just when the chariot troops of the British barbarians were violently slaughtering the Gothic cavalry, the Gothic cavalry also launched their own charge; Just when the two sides were getting closer and closer to each other and were less than 100 meters, the Gothic cavalry, which had been charging straight, was extremely agile and split in two, and directly galloped away from the two wings of the enemy's chariot troops.
Once the chariot unit has formed a charging formation, it is not so easy to turn around or turn; If you are not careful, the entire chariot will fall to the ground on its side, and the soldiers on the chariot will be destroyed along with the chariot.
Therefore, the seemingly unparalleled charge of the chariot unit has no way to turn, and can only choose to rush forward without stopping; If you want to make a U-turn or turn, you must stop all the vehicles and then slowly complete the U-turn or turn.
After nimbly avoiding the charge of the enemy chariot troops, the Gothic cavalry immediately turned around and launched a counter-charge towards the rear of the enemy chariot troops; Looking at the enemy cavalry charging behind, the chariot troops of the British barbarians did not dare to stop at all, but they couldn't watch their chariots crash into the jungle in the distance!
In desperation, they had to tighten the reins in their hands and slow down the speed of the chariot; Just as their chariot was slowly slowing down, the five thousand Gothic cavalry led by Langadis himself came in a fierce manner.
Having lost the most powerful charge advantage, the chariot troops of the British barbarians were nothing more than lambs to the slaughter; Next, the Gothic cavalry of Langadis used the cavalry guns in their hands to teach the chariot troops of the British barbarians a good lesson, so that they could understand who is the strongest cavalry in the barbarian world!
After more than half of the chariots were destroyed on the spot, the remaining chariots were already surrounded by the Gothic cavalry, who had suffered negligible losses; Surrounded by the roaring Gothic cavalry, the chariot troops of the British barbarians did not dare to act rashly.
After seeing the most elite chariot ace under his command suffer such a heavy blow, Barenus immediately ordered thousands of British barbarians' most elite British elite warriors to go to the encirclement where the chariot troops were located to rescue the chariot troops who were trapped in the siege.
At this moment, a dense crowd of Germanic warriors poured out of the jungle not far away; The appearance of these Germanic warriors made the Germanic warriors trapped in the city start to cheer, and the reinforcements they were waiting for finally arrived!
After seeing these large Germanic armies that suddenly appeared, Barenas's heart was also shocked; Aren't the Germanic barbarians already in danger of being beaten by the Julius family? And where did the army here come from, could it be that the Germanic barbarians defeated the army of the House Julius?? How is this possible?!
Just when Barenas was shocked, the Germanic warriors on the city walls were also completely stunned; More and more Germanic warriors came out of the jungle, at least twenty or thirty thousand in size, but they were still appearing, didn't Lord Arminius lead an army of thirty-five thousand to reinforce him? But the army in front of you is more than 35,000?!
Soon, something even more shocking appeared; When faced with the sudden appearance of a large Germanic army, the British barbarian army of Balenas immediately gave up the siege of Badawi City, and all of them gathered in front of Badawi City, which is where the main army of Balenas is located, but not far behind them, a steady stream of troops began to appear?! (To be continued.) )