Coraggioraramentenato, nellamaggiorpartedeicasidiesserevincolatodaunaformazionerigorosaegettatodisciplinadiferro (courage is rarely innate, most of the time it is forged by rigorous training and iron discipline)

- Wigisius (Ancient Roman Emperor, author of [Roman Military System])

After the commander had boosted his morale, the battle began, and the light infantry, archers, and slingers of the Wolf Legion and the Guards Regiment had begun to advance slowly in orderly steps; The hoplite phalanx of heavy infantry and pikemen followed closely behind the light phalanx. When the distance between the two sides was reduced to a hundred meters, the archers began to shoot at each other.

The archers at the forefront of the huge army were the first attack of the Romans, and Hannibal's legions, lacking archers, suffered from the attack of the archers. But after only two rounds of arrows, the elite Balearic slingers of Hannibal's army came to the front of the left-center military formation; The overwhelming slings slammed into the Wolf Legion and the Greek Legion.

Oscar and Licinius, who were at the forefront of the legion, were immediately protected by the heavy infantry behind them with shields in the center; Oscar was not hit by the stone, but he heard a terrible scream beside him. Countless light infantry of the Roman legions and archers and javelinmen of the Greek legions fell to the ground and wailed; Before Oscar could come to his senses, the rousing trumpets sounded behind the Roman army.

Oscar, who didn't have time to think, rushed with the army to the Gallic barbarian mercenaries on the opposite side, under the escort of Licinius; The unarmed Gallic barbarians suffered heavy losses under the onslaught of the well-armed wolf legions. Countless Gallic soldiers were easily killed by the heavy infantry of the Wolf Legion at a glance, and Oscar himself took the opportunity to kill four panicked Gallic soldiers.

However, soon Oscar felt that something was not right; These Gallic soldiers were not so-called elite divisions at all, they were most likely just new recruits to the battlefield! While their dress and roar are intimidating, their actual combat effectiveness is low; With the combined attack of the Wolf Legion and the Boar Legion, they were on the verge of collapse.

Suddenly, a yellow phalanx emerged from the rear of the Gallic battle formation; Once they met, Oscar saw the difference between them. This time it should be Hannibal's elite army - Spanish mercenaries! These Spanish mercenaries with shields in one hand and broadswords in the other, quickly stabilized the formation of the Gallic phalanx; The Wolf Legion, which was caught off guard for a while, was beaten into chaos by them under the light enemy.

Seeing that the frontal formation of the Wolf Legion was in disarray, Oscar hurriedly led Licinius and the Guards Regiment from the flank to the line of Spanish mercenaries; Bayliss also seized the time to stabilize the formation of the Wolf Army. The two sides fought fiercely here, and even Oscar didn't know how many enemies he had killed; However, Oscar, who had limited force, was really unable to continue to kill the enemy, so he could only come to the rear of the battle line of the Wolf Legion under the escort of dozens of heavy infantry.

Now Oscar no longer has the heart to feel sorry for the loss of the Wolf Army; I don't know why, with such a superiority in troops, several Roman legions were unable to break through the line of Hannibal's legions. Moreover, the 24 war elephants of Hannibal's army did not know where they went; This filled Oscar's heart with unease.

Suddenly, the Spanish Gallic Mixed Front, which had been at odds with the Wolf Army, began to retreat; However, their retreat did not panic at all, but retreated methodically little by little. Not good! There must be an ambush! Oscar quickly snatched the horse from one of the heralds beside him, and once again rushed to the forefront of the battlefield.

Oscar galloped as he shouted at the Wolf Army, "Stop the pursuit! Waiting for orders! Stop the pursuit! Waiting for orders! ......"Oscar's signature outfit made it easy for the Legionnaires to recognize him; Therefore, the soldiers who heard Oscar's order slowly stopped their steps.

Belis, who was directing the battle head-on, also took his own guards to get rid of the entanglement with the Spanish army and withdrew from the battle after hearing the order. Suddenly, several sharp arrows were fired from Hannibal's army towards Oscar; Oscar, who was riding on a war horse and commanding the army to stabilize the formation, did not even notice the sharp arrow shooting at him.

It was too late and that was too fast, just when the arrow was about to hit Oscar; Agrippa, who just turned around and saw the sharp arrow, didn't even have time to think before he flew to block the sharp arrow for Oscar. Four sharp arrows with great potential energy shot Agrippa into the air, knocking Oscar off his horse; Before Oscar, who had been knocked off his horse, could get up when he saw countless javelins shooting at him from the sky......

This time, Agrippa was not the only one who discovered the javelin; Countless Wolf Legionnaires who saw the javelin threw down their weapons and lay on Oscar before they had time to think about it. One soldier on top of the other, buried Oscar at the bottom of Roshan, and the next second they were drowned by the rain of javelins. Then there was the scene that drove Bayliss and Licinius crazy:

Centered on Roshan, which was covering Oscar, javelins were planted within a radius of ten meters, like a javelin tomb, leaving only dead soldiers and javelins. Every soldier in this range was covered with javelins, there were no wailings, no screams, only blood and corpses. At this moment, the army of wolves fell into silence and silence.

It was as if every soldier of the Wolf Legion had lost their souls, not knowing what had happened or what to do. Maybe it's the next second, or maybe a minute later; Licinius pounced like madness on the middle mountain of men, and he moved the bodies of one dead soldier after another away, trying to find Oscar in the mountain of people.

Two lines of tears also flowed from Belize's eyes, looking at the crazy Licinius; Baylis's godless eyes slowly began to turn blood-red. He raised the short sword in his hand and shouted hoarsely to the soldiers who had lost their voices to the Wolf Legion: "Each of you is a loyal warrior of the House of Augustus, and together we are loyal to the House of Augustus and to the leader; Can you accept that two leaders died at the hands of one person within six months? Is that acceptable to you? ”

Baylis's sad questioning woke up the soldiers of the Wolf Legion, and looking at the crazy Licinius, a sad atmosphere began to appear in the sky above the Wolf Legion; In the next second, this sadness turned into endless anger against Hannibal's army. Everyone raised their weapons aloft and shouted in unison: "Revenge! Revenge! Revenge! ……“

The sound of revenge resounded in the sky and shocked the entire battlefield; Both their own Roman legions and the enemy's Hannibal legions were shocked by this strong cry of vengeance. At this time, Hannibal and old Scipio spat out a phrase from their mouths at the same time: "The mourning army will win." It's just that Scipio the Elder's tone is firm; Hannibal's tone was sarcastic.

Immediately, the army of wolves under the leadership of Bayliss slaughtered Hannibal's army with great momentum; The Spanish Gallic mixed front, which had been inseparable from the Roman legions, was precarious under the onslaught of the wolf legions who were not afraid of death. The Greek legions and the boar legions also seized this opportunity to launch a fierce attack on the enemy forces in front of their own legions.

Soon, the entire coalition front was constantly advancing forward; Even in order to better concentrate their forces on the enemy's middle line, the Roman legions on both flanks began to shrink into the middle. Hannibal's army was defeated by this blow; Victory seems to be in sight! On the other side, Licinius, who had been looking for Oscar in the crowd, finally dug Oscar out of the corpse.

Thankfully, Oscar didn't suffer much; It's just that he was pressed down and knocked unconscious. Licinius was ecstatic to wake up Oscar, and Oscar, who slowly opened his eyes, found that the battlefield was still fighting with the heavens and the sky; But he couldn't see a single soldier beside him and Li Xin. In the face of Oscar's doubts, Licinius happily told Oscar about the battle situation of the coalition army under the leadership of the Wolf Legion, which was about to break through the defense line of Hannibal's army.

Oscar's face immediately changed when he heard this! Hannibal's conspiracy against the coalition forces succeeded when he was unconscious, and he had the audacity to surround the coalition forces that were far outnumbered by him! No, we must not let all the elite armies of Rome be consumed here! Oscar immediately ordered one of the guards behind Licinius to return to the North Shore camp at once, and ordered Nalsi and Thales, who remained in the camp, to lead Mary and Samonai's regiment to abandon the camp immediately; Cross the Gardus River and occupy the barracks on the south bank!

With that, Oscar returned to the battlefield with Licini again. Oscar could not easily give up the chance to free these Roman troops, and he now had to go to Scipio the Old for his last chance to survive. Just as Oscar and Licinius were leaving, the elite Iberian infantry of the two flanks of Hannibal's legion, which had been standing still, joined the battle from the flanks; At this time, the coalition forces are already surrounded on three sides!

Time was pressing, and Oscar rushed to the left as fast as he could; Scipio the Elder was directing his army to intensify the assault on Hannibal's legions. heard Oscar's speculation, combined with the current distribution of the situation on the battlefield; Old Scipio's face immediately changed. He had realized that the coalition forces were encircled by Hannibal's legions; Therefore, he immediately ordered the Fourth Army to withdraw from the entanglement with the Iberian infantry and wanted to return to the army to stabilize the rear.

As a result, in the Fourth Army Corps did not have time to turn around; A large number of cavalry of Hannibal's regiment came from the rear. In an instant, the entire army of the entire coalition army was encircled by Hannibal's legion in a huge encirclement. All the generals on the battlefield realized that something was wrong, and before the front broke through, the flanks and rear were already surrounded; For now, the only thing left is to continue to break through the front!

Thus, all the legion commanders began to order their legions to concentrate their forces and advance forward; Under the pressure of survival, the Roman legions erupted into extraordinary combat effectiveness. After a terrible battle, the Roman army finally broke through the frontal line of Hannibal's legions!