Chapter 41: The Fall of Rome III

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It seems that it is time to charge first with the tortoiseshell formation, and no one will be able to break through the archers on the opposite side to shoot in a cluster except for the heavy infantry of the Roman legions!

The Roman commander frowned and thought, and then, a series of orders were issued, and at this moment, the advantages of the Roman legion's method of arranging the military formation were reflected, and the very flexible Roman military formation quickly completed the change of formation. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The light infantry quickly retreated from the gaps in the various detachments of the Roman army, and the Roman hand-to-hand soldiers with large shields were on the front line, and the hand-to-hand soldiers of the entire Roman army were leaning against each other, and the large shields like door panels were erected and pushed forward!

It was followed by a mix of light infantry and hand-to-hand Roman soldiers with shields, if the rain of arrows on the opposite side fell from the sky, a shield could cover the two Roman soldiers curled up, just a light infantry and a heavy infantry mix, scientific and reasonable tactics!

Li Liguo watched the Roman army formation turn into a turtle shell again, smiled, and ordered the herald beside him: "Let the trebuchet bombard the Roman middle army formation on the opposite side, and transfer the first legion to the front of the archer army to defend the charge of the Roman legion!"

After the archer troops are projectile by the trebuchet, they are projectile! ”

One of the dozens of heralds standing behind Li Liguo immediately led the order to ride a batch of war horses and rush forward!

After a while, there was a burst of drums in the army of the Kingdom of Sparta, and there was an empty aisle between the companies of the archer troops for hand-to-hand soldiers to walk, and after the drums sounded, the soldiers of the first army of the Kingdom of Sparta were in huge array, and the soldiers grabbed their weapons one after another, and lined up through this aisle, and then dispersed in front of the archer troops, putting up a defensive line.

The sword and shield soldiers are in front, and the spearmen are in the back, which is mixed with a large number of miscellaneous soldiers with short swords and long knives as a supplement to the attack power.

The steadily advancing Roman legionnaires did not encounter the Spartan bow and arrow throw, but they were greeted by the firebomb throws of the Spartan army!

As the Roman legions advanced, several of the torsion trebuchets, under the loud command of the officer, threw a stone, which weighed about the same weight as a fire pot, and the observing officer, who was standing on a high place, saw that the stone had just fallen into the Roman legion, and shouted: "Trebuchet, throw!" ”

The Roman legionnaires were naturally not blind, seeing the trebuchet projectile on the opposite side, the order of the Roman officer immediately sounded in the military formation, and almost all the Roman soldiers with shields, under the order of the tortoiseshell array, held the big shield above their heads, and the Roman soldiers who did not have a shield around them were jointly supported, and slowly followed the soldiers in front of them to continue to stroll forward.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

One by one, the fire pots shattered around the Roman army and on the shields, and the soldiers who were hit only felt that the shields sank a little and were over, and there was no burden, but what happened in the next moment made him fall into hell!

Oil spilled from the shattered fire pot, igniting sparks on the soldiers around the shield!

The tortoiseshell array was originally a very dense phalanx, otherwise, even if the shield was big, how many soldiers could it protect?!

Therefore, every burst of fire pot can spray oil on the body of many Roman soldiers, and in an instant, many Roman soldiers have flames on their bodies, and the flames ignited by this oil cannot be done by slapping, they must fall to the ground and roll up and down twice, otherwise they will wait to be burned!

However, now it's a dense tortoiseshell formation, even if the Roman soldiers don't plan to take care of military discipline to save their lives and fight a few rolls, they still need space, right?

As a result, the tight tortoiseshell array, mixed by a small number of ignited Roman soldiers, was completely scattered, and the Spartan trebuchets would not stop firing, and one by one the fire pots were thrown into the phalanx of the Roman legions, further expanding the chaos!

Not to mention the Roman soldiers who were set on fire, even the Roman soldiers who were okay were so frightened that they couldn't line up and move forward, the brave Roman soldiers were busy helping their comrades fight the flames on their bodies, and the timid ones fled to the periphery, wanting to stay away from those comrades who were on fire, not to set themselves on fire......

After a few rounds of fire pot throwing, the advancing Roman legions were completely chaotic!

Naturally, the tortoiseshell array is gone!

The torsion trebuchet chose to throw a very good location, it was within the range of the archers' throwing, the Spartan army was trained by Li Liguo like a step-by-step machine, not long after the torsion trebuchet threw the fire pot, the rain of arrows fell on the heads of the Roman legionnaires who lost their shield protection again!

This is a hard injury!

The commander of the Roman legion watched in amazement from the rear as a series of punches of the Spartan army, peeling off the shell of the most elite part of the Roman army, and then washing the ground with armor-piercing arrows......

"Beat the drums, attack!"

Li Liguo ordered loudly with a solemn face!

Knock knock~~~

A rapid attack drum sounded, and the officers of the First Legion drew their sabers and shouted at the Roman legions, who had just been baptized by the rain of arrows and completely confused, not far from the opposite side: "For the sake of Sparta, rush!" ”

I have to say that Li Liguo is a proper tyrant to the civilians under his command, but to his own soldiers, it is quite kind, the relatives of the soldiers of the army were arranged in a city in the Kingdom of Sparta close to the border of the Western Roman Empire before the war, under the protection of Li Liguo, and arrange food and lodging for them for free, these soldiers' relatives only need to do some manual work, and the most important thing is that the families of the soldiers are not heavily taxed!

What's more, to be a soldier for Li Liguo, not only does he have military salaries to get, but under the command of Li Liguo, who is very ambitious, he can go out to break the city and loot from time to time, and the king of Sparta is very generous, and he only needs to hand over half of the loot he grabbed!

Therefore, these Spartan soldiers, you can say that their combat effectiveness is very average, but they still support the rule of the Spartan kingdom, of course, if Li Liguo experiences a major defeat, these soldiers will naturally abandon the darkness and turn to the light......

As for Li Liguo, who is now in full swing, he is definitely the object of the allegiance of these soldiers!

The roar of Sparta resounded throughout the Italian peninsula after a thousand years, and the entire 20,000 soldiers of the First Legion broke into the Roman legions baptized by the rain of arrows like wolves.

In just a few minutes after the two sides came into contact, several Roman legions that attacked were completely defeated!

The Roman commander ordered with a sinking face: "Throw in the reserves!" ”

The surrounding Roman officers were stunned for a moment, and at this time they put in the reserves?

"What? Didn't you hear my orders? ”

"Yes! Checkmate! (To be continued.) )