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- Plato (one of the greatest philosophers and thinkers of Western culture)

However, the rising casualty numbers will not affect the will of the warring parties; Both the Numidian cavalry and the Jugurdah cavalry were full of hatred and resentment towards each other, and this war was doomed from the beginning to either you or me.

In fact, the war between the Kingdom of Numidia and the Kingdom of Carthage, which ended not long ago, made the Numidian nation resentful not only of the Saharan Kingdom, but also of the Saharawi of Numidia.

For the people of the Saharan Kingdom, they were originally living in peace and security in their homeland; Later, the powerful kingdom of Numidia aggressively forced the Saharan kingdom to be incorporated into the kingdom of Numidia.

Even King Jugudah, revered by the Saharan people, was forced to become a legionary commander in the kingdom of Numidia; Such a reluctant submission caused serious damage to the self-esteem of the Saharan nation and made the Saharan people resentful of the Numidian Kingdom.

If at this time the people of the Saharan Kingdom were only resentful of the Numidian Kingdom; Then, after the defeat of Zuguta, the dismemberment of the Numidian kingdom, and the annihilation of the Jugurdah army, the people of the Sahara kingdom had a naked resentment towards the Numidian kingdom.

The total annihilation of the 6,000 elite army was simply an unacceptable loss for the poor and backward Saharan Kingdom; The Saharan Kingdom, where everyone wore filial piety and every family bereaved, also had a strong resentment towards the Numidian Kingdom.

In the eyes of the people of the Saharan Kingdom, if you want to challenge the Kingdom of Carthage, you should do it, why should you involve our innocent Saharan Kingdom? This led to the hatred of the entire people of the Saharan Kingdom against the Kingdom of Numidia.

This is why after the Sahara Kingdom suffered a heavy defeat, Jugurdah can still recruit so many troops, and can also make the soldiers of the Saharan Kingdom willingly attack the Kingdom of Gaturia; Everything is just out of hatred.

Later, the Saharan Kingdom successfully took the Kingdom of Gaturia and incorporated everything from the Kingdom of Gaturia into the Kingdom of the Sahara; However, the hatred of the people of the Sahara Kingdom has not been eliminated, and they need to make the Numidians pay the price in blood!

Now, such an opportunity has finally arrived; Most of the 7,000 cavalry led by Juguda himself were javelinmen from the Sahara Kingdom, and their hatred for the Numidians made them more powerful in battle.

Needless to say, the Numidian cavalry, who also had a bitter hatred for the Saharan kingdom and Jugurdah himself, also burst out with great blood and resentment; The battle of the cavalry on both sides, once engaged, is a situation of endless death!

At the same time, the reinforcement cavalry of the Numidian vanguard cavalry also quickly arrived at the location of the main force of the Numidian army; After informing Salah of the news that the vanguard cavalry had been attacked by a large number of Juguda's cavalry, Salah immediately decided to send reinforcements!

According to the reports of the fundamental cavalry, the attacking cavalry sent by Juguda this time was about six or seven thousand; Salah then considered that Jugudahl might have hidden power, so he decided to send all the remaining 6,000 cavalry and 5,000 light infantry to the vanguard cavalry!

In order to better deal with the situation that may change at any time, Salah personally led 6,000 cavalry to immediately rush ten miles away from the outbreak of the battle; The follow-up 5,000 lightly armed infantry followed closely behind, and they were also rushing to the battlefield.

In this way, the entire main army is only left with the Chengguan Legion led by Tuka, and all the soldiers belonging to Salah's Legion have already entered the battle or are about to enter the battle; Before Salah left, the order he gave to Tuka was to stay put!

Although Tuka was very reluctant to comply with such orders, he did not refute Salah's orders, nor did he disobey them privately; As a result, the 7,000 hoplites of the Chengguan Corps formed a defensive formation on the spot and stopped advancing.

The cavalry battle ahead was still in full swing, and the 6,000 cavalry led by Salah himself rushed all the way to the battlefield where the cavalry was fighting; The 5,000 lightly armed infantry behind him were also desperately moving forward.

The two thousand javelinmen and five thousand light infantry led by Mikpilus hid in the path of the Numidian army and waited quietly; After the appearance of Salah's 6,000 cavalry, Mikpilus did not make the slightest move.

This is not to say that Mikpilus was greedy for life and afraid of death, and did not dare to attack the cavalry reinforced by Numidia when he found it large; It's just that when Mikpilus discovered Salah's cavalry, he also found the light infantry in his rear formation, which was unusually scattered!

For Mikpilus, if he attacked the reinforcements of the Numidian army now, his ambush army would not only not be able to defeat the Numidian reinforcements, but would also be besieged by the Numidian infantry.

Such a blind attack would have no effect on the whole course of the war, but would greatly deplete the limited military strength of the Saharan Kingdom; Mikpilers, as one of the only two generals under Juguda, is naturally very capable.

So, Mikpilus watched Salah and his six thousand cavalry pass through the ambush site; After Salah's cavalry had gone away, the 5,000 light infantry, who had no formation to speak of, also entered the ambush point of Mikpilus.

This time, Mikpilus didn't hesitate at all; At his command, he himself led two thousand javelinmen into the five thousand light infantry of the Numidian army, and the unsuspecting light infantry were immediately stunned by this sudden attack.

Before they could react, the heavy casualties had already shocked many battle-hardened veterans; After Mikpilus led his cavalry to cut through the formation of the light infantry, his 5,000 followers also took advantage of the situation to fight into the chaotic Numidian infantry.

When the Numidian infantry barely recovered from the heavy losses and began to organize small formations to deal with the infantry attack under Mikpilus; Mikpilus led the cavalry to charge into the Numidian infantry from the rear again and completely disperse it!

At this moment, the 5,000 lightly armed infantry of Salah's corps completely lost their unified command, and they also lost the possibility of forming a battle formation again; They could only give up the plan to resist in formation and began to fight alone one by one.

In fact, the ambush site of Mikpilus was not very far from Tuka's Chengguan legion, less than three miles away; Therefore, in the case of such a fierce battle breaking out in the front, Tuka also sensed the changes ahead.

At this time, Tuka also knew that the situation in which Salah's army was in a bad situation; According to the report of the cavalry who asked for help just now, the place where the vanguard cavalry and the Zhuguda cavalry fought was obviously ten miles away, so the battle that broke out in front must be another battle.

Faced with the Salah Legion that was caught in battle everywhere, Tuka carefully considered it and decided to immediately send troops to support the Salah Legion! In Tuca's opinion, if something really happened to Salah's army; Then, with the slow marching speed of the Chengguan Legion, whether it continues to advance or retreats back to Numidia proper, it is inevitable that it will encounter an all-out attack by Juguda, so it is better to give it a go now!

Tuka, who had figured out this, did not delay any longer, and immediately led his Chengguan army to the place where the battle broke out in front of him at a relatively fast speed; At this time, Salah himself was of course aware of the battle that broke out behind him.

It's just that Salah and his cavalry are already farther away from the place of battle behind them; If you turn the horse's head to help now, you will not only delay the time to gallop ahead, but you may also fall into the trap of the enemy, and Salah will have to give up the reinforcement in pain!

While Salah continued to lead the cavalry to the point where the vanguard cavalry and the Juguda cavalry were engaged, more than half of the 5,000 lightly armed infantry behind him had been killed and wounded by Mikpilus's flank attacks, and the remaining infantry were only stubbornly resisting.

Tuka's Chengguan legion finally arrived at the battlefield before the 5,000 light infantry was completely dispersed; At this time, Mikpilus's troops on the battlefield still had more than 6,000 troops, while the 5,000 Numidian infantry were less than 2,000 and were on the verge of collapse.

When Mikpilus discovered the menacing Chengguan legion, he immediately handed over the remaining remnants of the Numidian army to his infantry to deal with; He himself led nearly 2,000 cavalry to turn his horse's head and slaughter the Chengguan legion.

Although the Chengguan Legion seemed to be an elite division with excellent weapons and extraordinary momentum, the previous 5,000 Numidian infantry had already made Mikpilus despise the Numidian infantry, and he still rushed over without hesitation.

In the face of the rapidly rushing Saharan cavalry, Tuka did not panic, he just ordered his hoplites to stop advancing step by step, and set up a standard Roman army formation to meet the enemy; After watching the hoplites form a dense battle formation to meet the enemy in a unit of 100 people, Tuka himself retreated to the flank of the army under the escort of 100 personal guards.

The Chengguan Legion was originally formed by drawing the elite of the Augustus family's legions, and its weapons and equipment were also specially created by Oscar's personal order; The Chengguan Corps thus created, coupled with Spartacus's special training, can imagine its combat effectiveness.

The Mikpilus cavalry, which rushed at full speed, was like a great wave rushing into the battle formation of the Chengguan legion; It's a pity that they didn't break through the frontal defense of the Chengguan Legion, but instead paid heavy casualties on the shield wall of the Chengguan Legion!

Before Mikpilus could react from the shock, the officers and men of the Chengguan Legion, under the command of their respective captains, quickly disarmed the battle formation to meet the enemy, and instead began a counterattack against the enemy's cavalry from the tightly coordinated battle formation of the 100-man line. (To be continued.) )