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- Aesop (Greek fabler, Phrygian)

The birth and expansion of the Cyrenadian Republic did not affect the war between the kingdoms of Numidia and Carthage, and the regions of Libya and Cyrenaica were only one of the most barren and backward regions on the North African continent, and the kingdoms of Numidia and Carthage would not even pay much attention to the Cyrenaic Republic.

The Armikas and Kelimis Legions, which launched an attack on Ahmet's army under the orders of Vimina, did not achieve great results; Ahmet's 50,000 elite army is not a vegetarian, nor is it a soft persimmon that allows the Carthaginian king's ** team to attack.

The 20,000 infantry under the command of Amekas were first caught in a bitter battle with Ahmet's army, which had 20,000 Numidian javelin cavalry in the 50,000 army of Ahmet's legion; Although these javelinmen were of limited use against the carthaginian kingdom's shield cavalry, they were extremely effective against large infantry.

First, the javelinmen launched a javelin attack on the infantry of the Amikas, and after three rounds of javelin attacks, the javelinmen quickly withdrew; This was followed by the charge of the elite infantry of the Kingdom of 30,000 Numidia, and the soldiers under the command of Amekas fell into the attack of the enemy infantry before they could react to the enemy's javelin strike.

Fortunately, the army of the Kingdom of Carthage has greatly improved in terms of weapons and equipment in the past five years, and the quality of the soldiers is more than a step stronger than five years ago; Even after suffering a series of blows, the elite infantry of the Carthaginian kingdom still resisted the infantry charge of the Ahmet legion, and quickly fought with the infantry of the Numidian kingdom.

The Numidian javelinmen who had just departed had come to the battlefield again after the soldiers of the Amikas Legion had been caught up in a battle with Ahmed's Legion, ready to charge the flanks of the Ammias Legion; At this time, the cavalry corps of Kelimis finally arrived on the battlefield and launched a counter-charge against the galloping Numidian javelin cavalry.

After all, the Numidian javelin cavalry was only a light cavalry, they were good at shooting the enemy with javelins on galloping horses, but they were not good at real cavalry charges; Especially the enemy is the elite shield cavalry of the Carthage Kingdom, and the combat effectiveness of these javelin cavalry is completely incomparable to those long shield cavalry.

Once the cavalry charge is launched, it is difficult to control the speed, if the cavalry in front slows down, the cavalry in the rear will directly collide with the cavalry in front of the slowdown; Therefore, when the cavalry charged, the cavalry in front did not dare to reduce their speed easily, and the cavalry in front did not reduce their speed, and the cavalry in the rear who looked down on the situation could only continue to accelerate.

When these Numidian javelins and the fifteen thousand shield cavalry of Kelimis rushed together, they really understood what the difference in strength was; The charge launched by the fierce shield cavalry was not at all something that the javelin cavalry could stop, but only a charge against each other, and at least 3,000 cavalry out of 20,000 javelinmen were killed on the spot.

Compared with the Javelin cavalry of the Kingdom of Numidia, which suffered heavy casualties, the long-shield cavalry under the command of Kelimis suffered very few losses; After that, the two cavalry fought a series of battles, and finally ended the battle between the cavalry of the two kingdoms with the reluctance of the Javelin Cavalry of the Kingdom of Numidia to withdraw from the battle.

At this time, the infantry unit under Ahmed's personal command also inflicted heavy casualties on Amikas's army; Originally, Ahmet planned to invest 50,000 troops at one time to annihilate the 20,000 infantry army of the Carthaginian kingdom, but after discovering the sudden appearance of the enemy's long shield cavalry, Ahmet knew that he could not get his wish today.

Even so, Ahmet still tried his best to let his infantry annihilate some enemy infantry units; It was only when his own javelinmen could no longer resist that Ahmet ordered his infantry to abandon the attack and slowly retreat.

Kelimis's shield cavalry also paid a heavy price in order to repel the javelin cavalry of the Numidian Kingdom, and in the face of Ahmet's infantry who were not in any disorder, Kelimis could only reluctantly give up the pursuit and help Amikas clean up the mess.

In such a battle, Amikas' 20,000 infantry paid the price of 6,000 casualties, and only 14,000 soldiers were left who could continue the battle; The 15,000 shield cavalry of Kellymis also paid the price of 3,000 cavalry, and the army of the 35,000 Carthaginian Kingdom paid a total of 9,000 casualties in this battle, which is not unmistakable.

Ahmet's army of 50,000 only paid the price of 5,000 casualties, of which the javelinmen paid 4,000 casualties, and the infantry only paid about 1,000 casualties; However, after all, Ahmet used an army of 50,000 to attack the Carthaginian army, which was only 30,000 men, and it was reasonable to gain such an advantage.

After this battle, Amikas and Kelimis withdrew their armies back to the border area, and prepared to wait for the arrival of the main army of Vimina before attacking Ahmet's army in the kingdom of Numidia; Ahmet did not continue to pursue the army of the Kingdom of Carthage, but focused all his attention on the upcoming main army of Vimyna.

Compared to Ahmet's superiority in battle, the invasion of the 40,000 troops of the Numidian kingdom into Baisasion was more tragic; Ever since the 40,000-strong army penetrated into the province of Baissasien, they had been harassed by the cavalry of Himika's command, even at night.

Himika's command not only had 10,000 infantry, but also 5,000 cavalry; The 10,000 infantry under Himika's command had already been transferred by Tahiti to a plain in the rear, where there were 30,000 of the Hanno family's most elite private troops, in order to wait for the 40,000 troops of the Numidian kingdom to arrive on the plain before fighting a real Armageddon.

Himika's mission was to lead his 5,000 cavalry to act as a harassing force before the decisive battle, constantly harassing them in the vicinity of the Numidian army, preventing them from having a chance to rest quietly; Because Himika's troops were all elite shield cavalry, 35,000 infantry out of Numidia's army of 40,000 naturally could not threaten Himika's troops.

And the only 5,000 cavalry of the 40,000 cavalry of the Kingdom of Numidia were javelin cavalry, which was far from Himika's elite shield cavalry in terms of combat effectiveness; In this way, it was not only possible to ensure that Himika's cavalry troops would not be attacked by the enemy, but also to harass the main army of Numidia without rest, which was naturally beneficial to the Hanno family.

From the border area to the decisive battlefield chosen by Tahiti, it was originally only three days' journey, but the 40,000 Numidian army was stubbornly delayed by Himika's army until five days; On the morning of the sixth day, the exhausted army of 40,000 of the Numidian kingdom arrived in the plains and found the 40,000 elite infantry of the Hanno family.

Faced with the 40,000 enemy infantry in front of them, the 40,000 army of the Numidian Kingdom had no choice to retreat; After all, among these 40,000 troops, there were 20,000 of the most elite guards of the Numidian Kingdom, how could they choose to retreat without a fight.

With the 20,000 soldiers of the Guards Legion as an example, the 20,000 soldiers of the Salah Legion naturally supported themselves to fight the army of the Kingdom of Carthage; Before the infantry of the two armies could begin to fight, the Javelin cavalry of the Numidian army chased after the 5,000 shield cavalry led by Himika and disappeared into the distance.

After the cavalry of the two armies had gone away, the real decisive battle was handed over to the infantry officers and men of the two armies; The Hanno family's 40,000-strong army was divided into three parts, with three elite Hanno hoplites arranged horizontally in units of 10,000 men in front and 10,000 infantry belonging to the Himika Legion in the rear, but their role in this battle was only to serve as a reserve.

Compared with the strict preparation of the Hanno army, the army of the Numidian Kingdom needed to be temporarily arranged; The most elite Guards soldiers were also arranged horizontally in units of 10,000 men in two huge phalanxes, and the 15,000 infantry of Salah's regiment were divided into two and deployed on the left and right flanks of the two phalanxes as flanks.

This time the army of the Kingdom of Numidia did not have any reserves, and they threw in all their troops at once when the battle first broke out; The soldiers of the Hanno family were also unambiguous. They also greeted them with high momentum.

A fierce battle immediately began between the soldiers of the two armies, and the soldiers of the Guards of the Kingdom of Numidia launched an active attack on the hoplites of the Hanno family without fear of death; However, the hoplites of the Hanno family used their strong battle formations to resist the enemy's charge, and slowly advanced their own battle formations little by little.

There is never a right or wrong in the fight between flesh and blood, but only life and death; The soldiers of the Numidian Kingdom rushed forward wave after wave, and the hoplites of the Hanno family all went forward to block the enemy's attack, and after two hours of continuous fighting, the army of the Numidian Kingdom finally had no strength to attack, and they had consumed their last physical strength.

After the Numidian army finished the attack, the hoplites of the Hanno family immediately disbanded their defensive formations and began a large-scale counterattack against the enemy; The 10,000 infantry, who had originally served as a reserve, were also quickly thrown into the attack on the two flanks of the enemy's weakest combat effectiveness, and the initiative on the battlefield was already controlled by the army of the Hanno family! (To be continued.) )