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In order to annihilate the attacking shield cavalry, Tetius's Fourth Legion paid the price of two entire brigades of casualties; The result of nearly 500 dead and 500 wounded annoyed Tetius, who had planned to rush to the aid of Córdoba.

At the cost of less than a thousand, the annihilation of 3,000 long shield cavalry was a good victory no matter how you look at it; However, the presence of wounded soldiers required a great delay in the pace of the march, and this was where Tetius was helpless.

Thankfully, the soldiers of the Fourth Legion did not kill all their horses when they besieged the Long Shield Cavalry, and nearly 2,000 horses were still intact, which was another great gain for the Tetius Legion.

Without affecting the speed of the march, Tetius divided five hundred of the captured horses and gave them to the wounded to ride; The rest of the horses were ordered by Tetius to be used by auxiliary legions and equipment troops.

The auxiliary legion itself has a cavalry establishment of 1,000 men, and it is naturally more convenient for the use of war horses; And the equipment troops, after being supported by the horses, can increase the speed of the march again, which is why Tetius assigned the horses to them.

As for the captured shieldriders, Tetius took only fifteen hundred unwounded and lightly wounded captives; The remaining prisoners, who were badly wounded, were left in their place and left to fend for themselves.

Of course, Tetius was not so ruthless as to leave them alone in their place; In order to give them a chance to survive, Tetius also had his legion's soldiers leave enough rations for three days for the seriously wounded enemy captives.

Just before Tetius's Fourth Legion set out again, several shielded horsemen who had escaped from Ascension were desperately fleeing in the direction of the Botrikot army; Not only do they have to fight for their own survival, but they also have to bring back this vital information!

While Tetius's Fourth Legion was still three days away from Córdoba, the shield cavalry finally returned to the barracks of Botricott; They reported in detail to Beautracott about the total annihilation of the shield cavalry and the imminent arrival of the Fourth Legion.

After receiving this information, Botricott, who originally planned to let his soldiers rest for two more days, could only angrily curse the stupidity and incompetence of the cavalry commander on the one hand, and on the other hand, he immediately organized a large army to attack Córdoba again!

This time, in order to be able to take Córdoba before the Fourth Army arrived in Córdoba, Botracott officially ordered all his troops to launch a full-scale attack on Córdoba, regardless of the casualties of the soldiers and soldiers under his command, and did not care about the opposition of the generals!

Tekomin's First Legion, Gazka's Second Legion, Edota's Zealots and Bull Warriors, Oghuz's Shieldmen; All of these armies under the command of Botricott were thrown into the siege of Cordoba by Botricott at once.

Botracott also knew that both the newly formed First and Second Legions, as well as the long-fought Edota and Oghuz Divisions, had developed a very serious war-weariness; However, he had no choice but to carry the war to the end!

Therefore, in order to prevent the soldiers on the front line from having a passive mentality and a timidity to move forward, Botrecott organized a team of supervisors for the army under his command for the first time; Moreover, this Overseer team is still made up of Botricott's personal guards.

After the order for an all-out attack was given, Tecomin's 1st Army and Gezca's 2nd Army attacked from either flank of the walls of Córdoba; The assault near the gate in front of the walls of Córdoba was carried out by the armies of Edota and Oghuz.

This battle, from the very beginning, was a real decisive battle; The Spanish army of more than 20,000 men was sent out by Bautricott; And behind them, there are a full 400 Overseer soldiers, and in the rear of every attacking army, there are 100 Overseers!

Bautracott himself, with a hundred soldiers of the Overseer, was three hundred meters outside of Córdoba, watching the siege of the city; Such a situation forced the soldiers on the front line to fight desperately in the hope of taking Cordoba in one fell swoop!

The defenders on the walls of Córdoba are still the 3,000 soldiers led by Marcus; In fact, their number is now far less than 3,000, and the full battle is only 2,000, including all the wounded.

Perhaps it was the Augustan army's stubborn defense that moved the people in the city, or perhaps the rising conscription price puzzled the young people in the city; In the course of the battle, nearly a thousand young men joined the front line of defense.

Sadly, Marcus didn't have time to train them; However, as a general of the Augustus family, Marcus could not really send a young man with no training at all to the battlefield.

Thus, the 2,000 defenders led by Marcus were backed up by a militia composed of 1,000 young men; However, this so-called backup is not really helping the defenders defend the wall, they are only responsible for moving stones on the wall and throwing them down.

As soon as the Spanish attacking army climbed the walls, the young men would immediately withdraw from the walls and take refuge behind the walls, and the battle on the walls would eventually be resolved by the soldiers led by Marcus.

with 2,000 tired troops and 1,000 newly organized young men against the 20,000 armies of the Kingdom of Spain; Such an engagement is already extremely tragic, and even whether to defend or not is a problem.

However, after discovering that the Spanish army outside the city had launched a full-scale attack on his walls at all costs, and had also organized a large warlord; He vaguely guessed something in his mind.

So, before the battle officially began, Marcus announced the imminent arrival of his reinforcements; No matter how long it will take for Tetius's Fourth Legion to arrive, at least their presence will give the defenders the greatest motivation!

The all-out attack of the Spanish army on this day was a test for the Spanish army itself, but also a test for the soldiers of the defenders; The Spanish army of 20,000 people was ten times that of the 2,000 defenders, and such a difference in strength made Marcus powerless.

From the moment the battle began, it was destined to be a life-and-death fight; The fierce fighting and angry roars, coupled with the sound of the Jingo exchange of weapons and the loud military horns of both sides, this is the main theme on the battlefield.

Even with the presence of the Warlords, the 20,000 troops of the Kingdom of Spain were not able to take the 2,000 defenders of Córdoba in a single day; However, Botracott did not blame his own soldiers.

Botricott, who had been standing at the rear of the battlefield, knew that in today's battle, the soldiers under his command really did their best; And the reason why Córdoba was not captured was entirely because of the desperate resistance of the defenders on the city walls.

More crucially, in today's battle, Botrecott exchanged the casualties of 5,000 soldiers for the casualties of more than 2,000 defenders on the city wall; Of course, Botrecott didn't know that his casualty estimate also included the young militia organized by Marcus.

However, Marcus's defenders did pay a heavy price in casualties; The original 2,000-strong defenders were now less than 800, and almost all of them were wounded.

As for the 1,000 young militiamen, they also joined the battle desperately when the battle was at its fiercest; Sadly, they had no formal training at all, and they still paid a heavy price in casualties, with at least half of the young militia falling on the walls.

Marcus also knew that after today's battle, there would be only 1,300 defenders left on the walls; And tomorrow, there will still be more than 15,000 Spanish troops attacking the city again, and when the time comes, it is really difficult to say whether it will be able to hold it.

This is also the reason why Beautricott gave up on continuing the offensive today, although the Spanish army's casualty tolerance capacity has almost reached the limit, but more often than not, the defenders on the city walls simply cannot hold on for another day; The Fourth Legion led by Tetius needed two full days to reach Córdoba, and the situation was still under the control of Botricott after all.

Early the next morning, when the sky was just hazy, Botricott left the soldiers who had been wounded in yesterday's battle in the barracks, and took the other soldiers to the city of Córdoba again, and launched another attack on all fronts!

This time, the defenders on the city walls finally showed a weak posture when they resisted desperately; Even with Marcus under his personal command, the defenders could only barely resist with their wounded bodies, which was simply not enough to reach the attacking enemy.

In just the first round of charge, the Spanish army successfully climbed the walls of Córdoba and occupied a certain space on the walls, and mixed with the defenders on the walls; This is something that has been difficult to do in the past several charges!

Botrakot saw more and more of his own troops climbing the wall, and a rare smile appeared on his face; If nothing else, this bloody battle is finally coming to an end, and Cordoba has finally been taken!

Unfortunately, before the smile on Botracott's face lasted ten seconds, the east side of Córdoba sounded the bugle of the Stormtroopers belonging to the House of Augustus; This time, what Botrikot saw was the cavalry of the Augustan family that was rapidly attacking!

Although the cavalry that suddenly appeared was only a thousand people; But for the unsuspecting siege army, it brought a fatal blow to morale! Countless Spanish soldiers who were climbing along the ladder immediately gave up their attack and chose to flee to the rear in a panic; Even if there was a suppression by the Warlords, it would not change the rout of the Spanish army! (To be continued.) )