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Originally, Beautricott also placed 3,000 shield cavalry in the rear of the Augustus family camp; However, the beginning of the war was full of others, and the early start of the battle made this layout of Botrikot also problematic.

The 3,000 shield cavalry, who were responsible for clearing the patrol guards of the Third Legion of the House of Augustus, were ordered to cancel their mission by Botricott after revealing the whereabouts of their own army, and returned to Botricott's side.

In Botracott's opinion, now that the battle had broken out in advance, the Third Legion of House Augustus would have more time to react; Perhaps, this short time is not enough to change anything, but it is enough for the soldiers of the Third Army to prepare more.

Therefore, Botricott felt that the battle in the early hours of this morning was likely not as easy as he imagined; The cost of casualties to the Spanish army was certainly even greater.

So he kept the three thousand shield cavalry with him in case of need; As for the possible withdrawal of the Augustus army, Botrecott was not very worried.

Out of his knowledge of the Augustan army, Botricott still believed that the third legion of the Augustan family would choose to fight to the death; Even if this Third Legion chose to evacuate, would their two-legged men outrun the four-legged cavalry?

As it turned out, the deployment of Botricott was still very reasonable, and the understanding of the army of the Augustus family was also relatively deep; If Segudus had been in command of the operation, the final situation would have been as Botricott had predicted.

Unfortunately, Segudus's impulse caused him to die in the attack of the Spanish army, and as a result, it was Marcus, the commander of the Augustan family; This means that Botricott's wishful thinking is completely frustrated.

Of course, the present Botricott had not yet perceived the withdrawal of the main forces of the Third Army; After all, the battle in the entire barracks was still in full swing, and the combat effectiveness of the wounded troops led by Ba'ans should not be underestimated.

Real wars are never as obvious as watching TV; Especially in such a night battle, the generals of the two warring sides do not know the specific deployment of the other side at all, and can only rely on experience and intelligence to judge the size of the enemy.

Even if it is a blue sky, a large-scale battle between the two armies is not so easy to control; This is also the reason why military flags were used in ancient wars in both the East and the West, and the existence of military flags is not more of an honor, but a symbol of the main general.

And the chief general of the army also commands the army to fight through this military flag; This is the real role of the military flag. Of course, this is only limited to the daytime, and in the night battles, the role of the military flag is completely lost, and even the most basic symbolic meaning is lost.

This is the reason why, after Marcus led his army to withdraw, Beautricott's Spanish army was unaware; In fact, now Botracott's focus is all on the battle in the barracks, and there is no time for other distractions.

Although Beautrecott had already estimated the combat effectiveness of the Augustus family's army in his heart high enough, the strength of the Third Legion was still beyond Beautricott's imagination; They were particularly surprised by the fact that they had such a strong fighting force in such a sneak attack.

Fighting in the dark of night was always chaotic, but when the Spanish army attacked the wall, the battle between the defenders of the Third Army and the Spanish army on the wall was indeed illuminated by torches and braziers.

When the soldiers of the Third Legion, dressed in military uniforms but without armor, appeared on the wall and engaged in a fierce battle with the Spanish army, the shock in the heart of Botracott was beyond the comprehension of the others.

As a commander who rose to prominence during the war between the Kingdom of Spain and the Hannibal family, Botricott knew very well the combat effectiveness of the army of the Kingdom of Spain and the combat effectiveness of the army of the Hannibal family, and could even be described as the palm of his hand.

And the legion of the Augustan family in front of him showed a strong combat effectiveness that surpassed the army of the Hannibal family; This can't help but make Botricott feel that it is not for nothing that the Augustus family was able to defeat Hannibal and his army.

What made Botricott feel even more uncomfortable was that this Third Legion was just an ordinary legion of the Augustan family, and it had such a powerful combat power; And what about the other, more elite Augustan legions? How strong should they be?

For the first time, Beautracott had a hint of foreboding about the war between the Kingdom of Spain and the House of Augustus, and also had a deeper understanding of the Duke of Denoit's resolute opposition to war with the House of Augustus; Unfortunately, now it's too late.

Once a war has begun, it cannot end so easily; Especially this time, the weak Spanish Kingdom took the initiative to sneak attack the powerful Augustus family, and this war may be the war that determines the life and death of the Spanish Kingdom.

When the defenders on the left and right flanks retreated, they set fire on the wall, completely blocking the attack of the Spanish army; As a result, Tecomin and Gazka's corps had to abandon the attack from the left and right flanks, and report the situation to Botrecott.

In Beautracott's view, the ignition of the wall by the Augustan army was undoubtedly the last defensive measure, and it proved that they had reached the point of life and death.

After understanding this, Botracott did not transfer the corps of Trkomin and Gezka to other directions, but asked them to lead their own troops to surround the Augustus family's barracks in a semi-circle formation to prevent a possible breakthrough of the Third Legion.

At this time, Edotta's troops, who were in full control of the frontal wall, also entered the barracks through the wall to assist Oghuz's army, and launched a final siege on the remnants of the Third Legion, which had less than 1,000 left.

The battle lasted five hours, from night, two hours before sunrise, to the morning when the sun was high; During this period, Botrecott sent people to persuade the recalcitrant officers of the Third Army to surrender on four occasions, but they were all refused.

In the end, the Third Army took the initiative to stand up for the army, and all the soldiers after the break were killed in the barracks; The Spanish army did not encounter even a single Augustus soldier who voluntarily surrendered, but only captured an empty and burned barracks.

It was only after the Spanish army had completely eliminated the resistance in the barracks that Botricott discovered the already long gone Marcus Division; At this time, it would be pointless to pursue again, and Bautrikot did not do such a useless thing.

For the Spanish army, which had not fought for many years, the price paid and the results obtained were not much different from the results obtained; Of the 10,000-strong army of the Third Army, 7,000 soldiers were left in the barracks forever, and all the equipment was burned.

The 35,000 Spanish troops who participated in the battle also paid a considerable number of casualties; The casualties of Edota's 4,000 zealots were more than 2,000, and the total casualties of the two legions of Tekomin and Gazka were also more than 3,000.

However, the highest number of casualties was still the division of Oghuz, which served as the main attack; After the battle, there were only more than 4,000 soldiers left in the Oghuz Division, and there were still a large number of wounded among them.

In five hours of fighting, the Third Legion of House Augustus paid the price of 7,000 casualties in the face of a sneak attack; The Spanish army, on the other hand, paid the price of more than 5,000 killed and nearly 5,000 lightly and seriously wounded!

If we take into account the superiority of the Spanish army and the strength of the surprise attack, the outcome of the battle was enough to bring tears to the eyes of Botricott, who had been so exhausted in preparing for the battle; However, the war was just beginning.

In addition to the battle under the personal command of Bautricott, the army of 14,000 led by Exarka also began the battle against the Fifth Army at about the same time; It's just that Exsaka wasn't as lucky as Bautracott.

The commander of the Fifth Legion of the Augustus family was the same veteran general Ronkina as Marcus, and his lieutenant general was Gabriel, who had been trained in military affairs since childhood; The combination of these two people doomed them to be impossible to succeed in a sneak attack by Exsaka.

In fact, when the 14,000-strong army of Exsaka quietly appeared outside the barracks of the Fifth Legion, the Fifth Legion in the barracks was ready for battle; Before Exsaka could give the order to attack, the Fifth Army had already taken the lead in the attack!

The Cretan archers and Balearic slingers, who were on standby, began to fire accurate volleys under the orders of their respective captains as soon as the Spanish army entered within fifty meters, and the Spanish troops who were caught off guard were instantly killed and wounded.

When Exarka realized that a sneak attack was no longer possible, he did not rigidly lead his army to engage the Fifth Legion ready for battle, but chose to immediately lead his army back to avoid a head-on confrontation with the powerful Augustus army.

Faced with the hastily withdrawn Spanish army, Longkina and Gabriel did not choose to pursue; They knew that since the Kingdom of Spain had decided to wage war against the House of Augustus, it could not be just the army of more than 10,000 people in front of them.

Whether the enemy forces in front of you are used as a decoy to lure your own side, or as a feint to distract your own attention; Neither Longkina nor Gabriel intended to take the initiative, and they decided to hold the barracks until new orders arrived, in order to ensure the safety of the entire Eastern Front.

The caution of Ronkina and Gabriel did deprive them of an excellent opportunity to extend their gains; However, for the overall battle situation of Betica, such an approach is inevitably not the best approach, at least to preserve the combat effectiveness of the Fifth Army. (To be continued.) )