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Just as the infantry army of the Pontus Kingdom collapsed, the 20,000 light cavalry of the Pontus Kingdom also threw all the javelins they carried, and began to carry out a surprise charge against the soldiers of the pirate legion; The 15,000 soldiers of the pirate legion paid nearly four or five thousand casualties under the javelin attack of the light cavalry of the Pontus Kingdom, which completely aroused the anger in the hearts of the pirate legion soldiers.

The heart of every pirate was full of tyranny and mania that was forcibly suppressed by Seleucus VII, coupled with the mobile strike tactics adopted by the light cavalry of the Pontus Kingdom in the previous battle, the eyes of the pirate legion soldiers had already been red with rage and excitement; When the cavalry of the Kingdom of Pontus began to charge at them, they directly raised their weapons in their hands to meet them.

The undaunted pirates showed their most heroic side at this moment, and in the face of the onrushing enemy light cavalry, they not only did not retreat a single step, but launched a more fierce counterattack; The light cavalry of the Pontus Kingdom did not expect that the infantry of the Seleucid Empire would choose to fight back desperately, and the light cavalry of the Pontus Kingdom were also heavily killed and wounded.

After all, the soldiers of the pirate legion were only infantry, and while they inflicted heavy casualties on the light cavalry of the Pontus Kingdom, they themselves paid an even heavier price; However, the bloody battle has long aroused the most primitive bloodthirsty desires in the hearts of these cruel pirates, and the battle between them and the light cavalry of the Pontus Kingdom has turned into a never-ending battle to the death!

When the soldiers of the Silver Shield Legion pursued the scattered infantry of the Pontus Kingdom, they did not forget to send about 5,000 Silver Shield pikemen to reinforce the pirate soldiers who had been desperately resisting on the flanks; If it weren't for the soldiers of the Pirate Legion who guarded the flanks at all costs, how could the soldiers of the Silver Shield Legion be able to defeat the infantry of the Kingdom of Pontus so smoothly?

The soldiers of the Silver Shield Legion, who had always been prejudiced against the soldiers of the Pirate Legion, finally officially recognized the soldiers of the Pirate Legion as their robes in this battle and sent reinforcements to them; With the addition of these 5,000 silver shield pikemen, the light cavalry of the Pontus Kingdom has no advantage, you must know that pikemen are a class of troops that exist specifically to deal with cavalry.

Immediately after the collapse of the infantry of the Pontus Kingdom, these light cavalry of the Pontus Kingdom were not able to hold out for an extra hour, and the pirate legion soldiers of the Seleucid Empire completely defeated the light cavalry of the Pontus Kingdom with their bravery and fearlessness.

On the battlefield at this time, the fierce fighting was the Scythe Chariot Force of the Seleucid Empire and the Scythe Chariot Force of the Pontus Kingdom; The ironclad cavalry personally led by Seleucus VII and the Cappadocian cavalry led by the commander of the Pontus Kingdom army have been fighting far away from the battlefield here, and it is a duel between the strongest cavalry of the two countries!

In fact, even the battle between the two armies of the Sickle Chariot Corps is not something that the infantry of the Silver Shield Legion and the Pirate Legion can mix; The lethality of those high-speed scythe chariots to the infantry was too great, and once these scythe chariots collided, they would not recognize people, and the infantry of the Seleucid Empire did not dare to easily intervene in the battle between these two scythe chariot troops.

After completely defeating the light cavalry forces of the Pontus Kingdom, the Silver Shield Legion and the Pirate Legion soldiers turned all their attention to the pursuit of the defeated marchers of the Pontus Kingdom; The light cavalry fleeing from the Pontus Kingdom were all four-legged cavalry, and the infantry of the Seleucid Empire could not catch up at all, and the only one who could pursue and expand the results of the battle was the infantry of the Pontus Kingdom.

On the battlefield where the two armies are at war, every new change may lead to a new reaction from both sides of the war; The Chinese infantry and flank light cavalry of the Pontus Kingdom were all routed, which was also a big blow to the Scythe Chariot troops of the Pontus Kingdom who were fighting.

The army of the Pontus Kingdom, which was 70,000, was defeated by the Seleucid Empire's army of less than 40,000; This reality also caused the morale of the Sickle Chariot Troops, which were also the troops of the Pontus Kingdom, to plummet, while the corresponding Seleucid Empire's Sickle Chariot Troops were highly motivated, and they were more active and powerful in killing.

The morale of the soldiers is one of the key factors affecting the victory or defeat of the two armies on the battlefield, and the morale of the soldiers of the Seleucid Empire can naturally exert more powerful combat effectiveness, while the morale of the soldiers of the Pontus Kingdom will inevitably decline; Such a subtle gap will be more and more magnified in the heat of battle, and ultimately directly determine the victory or defeat of the warring parties.

After more than three hours of fighting, after the general of the Scythe Chariot Force of the Kingdom of Pontus was unfortunately killed by the soldiers of the Seleucid Empire in a charge; The Scythe Chariot Force of the Kingdom of Pontus finally collapsed after the death battle, and the Seleucid Empire's Chariot Force, which was lucky enough to win, did not even have the energy to pursue after the victory.

At the time of the battle, there were less than 3,000 Seleucid Empire chariot troops left, and the Pontus Kingdom chariot troops that fled after defeat were less than 2,000; There was no such thing as a winner in this battle between the Sickle Chariot troops and the Sickle Chariot troops, but a tragic end of both defeats.

But the victory of the whole battle belonged to the Seleucid Empire, and the 80,000-strong army of the Pontus Kingdom had collapsed; In addition to the more than 30,000 soldiers of the Pontus Kingdom who were killed in the battle, the infantry of the Pontus Kingdom who were captured by the soldiers of the Silver Shield Legion also exceeded 20,000, and the rest were scattered and fled under the pursuit of the soldiers of the Silver Shield Legion!

And the price paid by the Seleucid Empire for this is also cruel, the 15,000 soldiers of the pirate army are now less than 5,000 people left to continue fighting, the soldiers of the scythe chariot unit are less than 3,000, and only the soldiers of the Silver Shield Legion still have about 15,000; From an army of 47,000 to an army of 23,000, the Seleucid Empire won the victory on the main battlefield at the cost of 24,000 casualties.

The duel between the ironclad cavalry of the Seleucid Empire and the Cappadocian cavalry of the Pontus Kingdom gradually came to an end; The combat effectiveness of the ironclad cavalry is simply terrifying, even the Cappadocian cavalry, which has an absolute advantage in numbers, cannot stop the charge of the ironclad cavalry, and they are torn in half by the ironclad cavalry!

After that, the ironclad cavalry launched two more charges, but they did not break through the Cappadocian cavalry, which was desperately resisting; Even after being caught in the melee, the ironclad cavalry still surpassed the Cappadocian cavalry in combat effectiveness.

Perhaps the Cappadocian cavalry of the Pontus Kingdom could compete with the ironclad cavalry of the Seleucid Empire, but the emergence of Seleucus VII made the ironclad cavalry of the Seleucid Empire have stronger combat effectiveness than before; However, the long-term peace of the Pontus Kingdom has caused the combat effectiveness of the Cappadocian cavalry to decline, which directly led to the defeat of the Cappadocian cavalry.

The fierce battle between the two top cavalry made the ironclad cavalry under the command of Seleucus VII suffer the heaviest casualties in the past ten years, and the ironclad cavalry was constantly stabbed under the horse by the enemy cavalry, and the skyrocketing casualty number made Seleucus VII's heart drip blood; But it was the Cappadocian cavalry of the Kingdom of Pontus who paid the heavier casualties in the battle, and they paid an even heavier price!

When the 13,000 ironclad cavalry dropped to just over 5,000, the Cappadocian cavalry of the Pontus Kingdom was less than 6,000; The ironclad cavalry of the Seleucid Empire finally defended their reputation as the strongest cavalry, and the Cappadocian cavalry of the Pontus Kingdom lived up to their reputation as the top cavalry, but there was only one victor in the war.

Whether it is the ironclad cavalry of the Seleucid Empire or the Cappadocian cavalry of the Pontus Kingdom, they are among the top cavalry in the world, and they also have the strongest will to fight and the most tenacious fighting faith; The battle between the strong and the strong is not surrender, let alone escape, there is only a struggle between life and death.

The desperate battle between the cavalry finally ended early with the intervention of the infantry, when the soldiers of the Seleucid Empire's Silver Shield Legion appeared on the battlefield of the cavalry duel in a neat battle formation; Seleucus VII knew that his army had won the battle, and the commander of the army of the kingdom of Pontus understood that he had lost the victory of the war and the hope of the kingdom of Pontus.

With the Silver Shield Legion joining the battle, the Cappadocian cavalry of the Pontus Kingdom was finally wiped out on the battlefield where they fought until the last moment; Compared to the fleeing Pontus army, these Cappadocian cavalry who fought to the death were the real elite divisions and a powerful enemy worthy of the respect of their opponents.

After this fierce battle, the army under Seleucus VII also dropped to 27,000, and the number of soldiers of the Kingdom of Pontus captured by the Seleucid Empire was as high as 30,000; In addition, the Pontus Kingdom was defeated and fled with nearly 30,000 soldiers, and the actual casualties they paid on the battlefield were only about 40,000, and the casualties of the Seleucid Empire were also as high as more than 30,000.

Seleucus VII also had to admit after the battle that the victory of the Seleucid Empire was a very difficult victory, and the elite troops of the Pontus Kingdom did have a strong combat effectiveness that was not inferior to the elite divisions of the Seleucid Empire; If it were a simple duel between the elite and the elite, the Pontus Kingdom would be worthy of the title of the strongest kingdom in its own Kingdom Alliance.

Unfortunately, the army of the Kingdom of Pontus was mixed with too many low-fighting Eastern infantry and hill soldiers with weak fighting will; These worthless armies could not play any role in the battle at all, but dragged down the overall combat strength of the elite army of the Pontus Kingdom, and eventually led to the defeat of the Pontus Kingdom army, which also laid the foundation for Seleucus VII to take the elite route in the future. (To be continued.) )