Who has ever seen a criminal who has committed a crime once and then given up?

- Jade Waina (ancient Roman satirical poet)

The battle of two hundred cavalry can only be regarded as a small fight compared to the melee of the 10,000-man army, but the things embodied are very important; Therefore, both Calabes and the Marseille leader opposite him fixed their eyes on the cavalry. The terrain did not allow either cavalry to charge at a sufficient distance, and everyone had to choose the most brutal cavalry melee to engage the battle.

What's even more strange is that these two cavalry are Gallic cavalry, they are both cavalry composed of Gauls, and the slogans shouted in battle are naturally very similar; It's incredible, as if the same army is killing each other. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the cavalry under Karabes was slightly different from the enemy in terms of equipment, the two would not even be able to distinguish at all!

The army under Calabes's command was almost always composed of Gauls, and the weapons and equipment used were also built according to the standard Gallic standard weaponry, and the potential enemies were all tribes of Gallic barbarians; Such an arrangement is very targeted, but at the same time, it is also extremely confusing, and it is easy to misunderstand during combat.

In order to avoid the possibility of accidental injury, Carabis had to make changes to the weapons and equipment of his army; Considering the adaptability of the soldiers, Karabes did not drastically change the weapons and equipment of the soldiers under his command, but made extremely recognizable and subtle changes. The specific change is to carve a very conspicuous red flower on all the equipment used by the soldiers.

Standard Gallic armament, including military uniforms, was composed of a light shade of green, and the red mixed in such green was extremely obvious; It was also an important sign of the division between the enemy and the enemy of the army of Calabes. Otherwise, the weapons and equipment of the two sides are so similar, and the combat methods and languages are the same, what can the soldiers below use to distinguish between friend and foe?

Since there will be no chaos, then the battle between the enemy and the enemy is a simple fight; At the same time, the cavalry captains on both sides also knew that each other's supreme commanders and countless comrades-in-arms were watching them, and they were even more fearless to death. The battle between the two sides was completely pure life and death, and the cavalry had long put life and death out of the way.

The neighing of the horses and the angry shouts of the cavalry, coupled with the ramming of the weapons and the dripping blood, the cavalry engagement of two hundred men not only showed the momentum of the two armies, but also the real strength of the two armies; However, since it is a war, there must be winners and losers, and even if both sides are fierce warriors who are not afraid of death, one side will eventually fall under the enemy's butcher's knife.

It turned out that the cavalry, composed mainly of the Gauls in the mountains, was still not as brave as the cavalry composed of the Gauls outside the mountains; Even if you have better weapons and equipment than your enemies, you are still a little less powerful. The 100-man cavalry of the Maasai tribe is completely lifeless, only attacking and not defending, even if it is to die together, even if it is to die together!

This crazy style of play soon overwhelmed the cavalry under the command of Calabes, and after paying the price of more than thirty cavalry killed, the cavalry sent by Calabis finally collapsed; They abandoned the engagement with the enemy and wanted to flee back to their barracks. After killing more than a dozen cavalrymen who could not escape, the enemy cavalry did not pursue but rode back to their camp.

The defeat in the first battle did not cause the slightest stir in Calabes's heart, but the bravery of the Gallic army outside the mountain aroused Calabes's great curiosity; However, the morale of the entire barracks declined after the defeat. On the contrary, the Marseille barracks opposite, the Maasai cavalry who returned with praise received enthusiastic cheers, and the morale of their army was also greatly improved!

This first round of engagement ended with a complete victory for the Marseille army; The price paid by both sides was that the cavalry of the hundred men of Calabis lost fifty-two men and all the rest were wounded, while the cavalry of the Marseille army was thirty-seven killed and the rest were wounded, and the wounded far outnumbered their enemies.

After the first round of the contest, the leader of the Marseille army did not rejoice in the victory; Even the elders did not show the slightest joy, and the cheers were only those ordinary soldiers who did not know the specific situation. The leaders and elders of the Marseille army knew that the enemy's combat power was far from as simple as it seemed, and even more terrifying than imagined!

Although the enemy's 100 cavalry lost to their own 100 cavalry, the casualty ratio between the two sides was not very large; This also shows that the gap between the combat effectiveness of the two sides is not large. More importantly, the enemy's cavalry showed far more quality than its own in all aspects, and its own side only relied on the ferocity of the cavalry to win the victory.

Such a victory is naturally not difficult to achieve in a small battle, but what about once the two sides are engaged in large-scale cavalry? Needless to say, the enemy's well-trained cavalry would overwhelm their own cavalry in this respect; After all, on the battlefield, the cooperation and training of an army is more important than simply being fearless of death.

Worries are worries, and the victory in front of us cannot be ignored; In any case, the cavalry under his command won a victory, didn't he? The leader of the Marseille army took advantage of the high morale to announce a day of celebration to his soldiers; This made the soldiers cheer even more, and the army of Carabis on the opposite side was a little overshadowed.

Early the next morning, the armies of both sides sounded their horns in their respective barracks, and today will be another day of tentative offensive. After having breakfast with each other, Carabis took the lead in sending a hundred lightly armed infantry and began to slowly walk out of the barracks; This time, the Marseille army sent a meeting force of 100 Gallic warriors with good combat effectiveness.

Because the leader of the Marseille army could also see the situation of the army of Calabes from the observation tower in the barracks, he naturally knew that there were about 3,000 hoplites under the command of Carabes, which should be the most elite unit of the army of Carabes; As for the three thousand forest hunters, the Marseille chieftain didn't think they were real forest hunters.

In this way, in the opinion of the Marseille chieftain, the most elite of the enemy should be three thousand hoplites, and the lowest combat strength should be three thousand archers; Then, these light infantry they sent out are also the army of the middle level of combat effectiveness. On the other hand, in the Marseille army, the strongest infantry combat effectiveness is naturally the elite samurai, and the worst is the Gallic infantry, and the middle-level army is the Gallic samurai.

As for the 5,000 reserve army and the 500 De Iru Order, they are not counted in the main combat strength; Therefore, the leader of the Marseille army sent a hundred Gallic warriors with good combat effectiveness. Yesterday's battle was on the west bank of the Rhône, and today's place of battle is naturally on the east bank; The 100-man warriors sent by the Marseille leader also understood it and stopped three hundred meters from the wooden bridge.

The weapons and equipment used by the 100-man light infantry sent by Calabes were very different from those of the Gallic warriors, and compared with the rudimentary weapons and equipment of the Gallic warriors, the light infantry of Carabes were all infantry using the standard weapons and equipment of the Roman Youth Army; In this regard, the Karabes side has an absolute advantage.

You must know that although the weapons and equipment of the Roman Youth Army are not as good as the current legion-standard weapons and equipment, they are also very advanced weapons and equipment; Each light infantry was dressed in a standard cloth uniform, with some iron and leather armor wrapped around it, and they held a rectangular shield in their left hand and a standard Roman dagger in their right hand.

And the weapons and equipment of the Gallic warriors were not much stronger than the most common Gallic infantry of the Gauls, they were all **** with their upper bodies and a weapon in their hands; The only thing that is stronger than the Gallic infantry in terms of weaponry may be that the Gallic warriors will have an extra small round shield in their hands, but this small round shield is still wooden, which is completely incomparable to the iron wooden shield in the hands of their enemies.

However, it is true that the Gallic warriors were more than a step superior to the Gallic infantry in terms of combat skills, otherwise they would not have been able to become superior to the Gallic infantry; In this regard, the light infantry under the command of Calabis is not inferior! After all, these 4,000 lightly armed infantry are also battle-hardened veterans under the command of Karabes, how can they lack combat skills?

Soon, the hundred lightly armed infantry crossed the wooden bridge over the Rhône and came to the east bank of the Rhône; After entering the east bank, the 100 lightly armed infantry formed a neat formation under the command of their captain, and then slowly marched towards the enemy on the opposite side. At the same time, a hundred Gallic warriors, led by their captains, began to march towards the enemy on the opposite side.

When the distance between the two sides was less than 100 meters, the two captains simultaneously drew their weapons from their waists and ordered the soldiers under their command to charge; Once again, the two forces collided together. This time, once the confrontation was held, the light infantry under the command of Calabis had an absolute advantage; The enemy's Gallic warriors were completely unable to break through the shield walls of the first line of light infantry.

After withstanding the first round of attacks from the Gallic warriors, the forty lightly armed infantry of the first line immediately opened gaps in the shield wall that could be passed by one person; Thirty lightly armed infantry on the second line took the opportunity to break through the gap and inflict heavy casualties on the Gallic warriors. The captain of the Gallic warriors was not willing to be so passive, and immediately ordered his Gallic warriors to attack the shield wall of the light infantry from both flanks.

Unfortunately, just as the Gallic warriors were moving, thirty lightly armed infantry of the third line also rushed out with shields in hand, extending the entire frontal shield wall to two wings; During this time, the light infantry of the second line launched another attack. After that, the light infantry of the second line also retreated into the formation and turned around and raised their shields, turning the shield wall into a circular shield defense circle!

At this time, the Gallic warriors also completed the encirclement of this shield defense ring, but they had nowhere to start, so they had to helplessly attack the shields of the light infantry with their weapons; The light infantry did not defend like this all the time, and after withstanding several shocks, the light infantry also gave up the shield wall cooperation at the command of the captain, and each raised his shield and killed among the Gallic warriors. (To be continued.) )