The three columns of about 2,000 archers standing in the front row of the phalanx quickly drew their arrows and placed them on the bowstrings when they heard Anthony's order, while several young warriors with torches swam in the middle of the ranks of archers, setting fire to all the arrows that had been greased in turn. The centurion shouted, "Ready! "Clusters of flaming arrows pointed straight at the walls of the city of Patavion.

"Launch!". Suddenly, hundreds of rockets pierced through the cold air with the sound of the wind and flew towards the head of the city of Patavien. Suddenly the head of the city was set on fire. The fire quickly spread across the city. While directing the city defense team to extinguish the fire, Betik ordered the wounded and sick who had been shot to be taken down from the city. Rockets rained down on the city of Patavien, and Macedonian soldiers fell one after another with arrows, twitching their bodies on the ground in pain. The wails invaded the will of the other soldiers like poison. The strong Betik ordered the archers to return fire. At the same time, it is also encouraging the soldiers and keeping their minds clear.

Anthony had enough arrows for the siege. Seeing that the fire at the head of the city was burning. He began to order the infantry to storm the city. Dozens of siege towers, pushed by the combined efforts of twenty people, slowly advanced towards the city. The siege tower was followed by an attacking force based on the Hundreds. They raised their shields above their heads to fend off the clusters of arrows fired from the city by the Gauls. Seeing that the siege towers were approaching the walls, Anthony commanded his archers to move closer to the city's head in order to shoot more accurately.

"Prepare for battle!" Betik shouted, and the Macedonians gathered to the point where the siege towers were about to arrive, raising their shields against the arrows under the city, and preparing for hand-to-hand combat.

There was a "boom" of 10 5-foot-long logs in front of the siege tower against the city wall, and then the Roman warriors began to burrow into the tower from the back of the siege tower, climbing the stairs in turn to reach the top of the tower. In the meantime, the archers stood at the front of the barrier and continued to shoot at the Macedonian soldiers who were preparing to meet the city. As the baffle was lowered, just above the head of the city, the Roman soldiers had shielded themselves as cover, and a row of five men marched towards the head of the city along the gangplank laid by the baffle. The Macedonian archers fired their arrows at the Roman soldiers, and the empty spaces of the fallen Roman soldiers in front were quickly filled by those behind, advancing towards the city step by step. The Gauls, who had the delusion to jump onto the gangplank, were shot down by the Roman archers on the tower and fell to the bottom of the city.

After a shout, the first group of Roman hundreds, all veterans over thirty years old, followed Caesar in Gaul for many years, and conquered many cities. Battle-hardened, they didn't care about the Macedonian soldiers who were several times their size, they were close together, supporting each other, complementing each other, and their bodies were tightly protected by shields, and the Macedonians' onslaught, although fierce, could not shake the advance of the battle-disciplined Roman infantry.

The fighting of the soldiers in front opened up a larger space for the later hundred-man teams to enter the city, and more Roman soldiers poured into the city, and the Roman short sword exerted great power in hand-to-hand combat. One by one, the Macedonian soldiers were cut down, and among them were many Macedonian women, who were as brave and fearless as men. The Earmans of the jungle were also afraid of them. But today they are facing the Roman army. Courage is a little small and powerless in the face of extremely high tactical literacy. The Roman soldiers trampled on their corpses and continued to advance.

Seeing that the situation at the head of the city was extremely favorable to him, Anthony ordered the siege to rush the car and begin to attack the city gates. At the same time, the 1,000 cavalry under his command also began to move in the direction of the city gate. Ready to go into town.

Before long, the city was occupied by the Roman army, and Bertick and the remnants of his defeated army retreated to the city. The gates were easily slammed open.

At the same time that the gates of the city were slammed open, Caesar ordered the herald to give an order to the soldiers who were fighting: "Kill all the men and women in the city, and enjoy the riches to your heart's content." ”

The fires in the city reddened the sky. Shouts of killing, wailing, and the clash of weapons echoed in the air. Caesar let out a long breath, smiled and silently said to himself: "Alexander's glory is over. ”

Yang Rui said on the side: "Don't be too happy too early, Macedonian reinforcements are already on the way, if you don't destroy them, your victory will be meaningless." ”

Caesar nodded and said, "You're right, it seems that the soldiers can't put down their weapons yet. ”

With that, he ordered the herald to inform Antony that the battle was to be fought quickly, as a new battle awaited the Roman soldiers.

There is a three-day journey between Patavien and Mediolanum, and the Loon Valley is a must-stop on the way. On the night of Caesar's capture of the city of Patavian, he and Antony brought the victorious force to the ambush site.

This operation Caesar led 2000 cavalry, fifty thousand infantry and most of the archers. He divided his troops into two parts, one for the dense pine forests on the upper slopes of the valley. Because it was a covert operation, bonfires for heating were forbidden. The soldiers survived the cold winter nights with spirits and curled up in sleeping bags. Caesar didn't specialize himself because he was a commander. Sharing the weal and woe with the soldiers is an excellent tradition of the Julius family. At night he went around inspecting the soldiers. The soldiers, shivering in the cold wind, showed no fear of the cold when they saw the eternal smile on Lucius's face and heard his amusing jokes.

Macedonian reinforcements entered the heart of the Lune Valley in the afternoon of the next day. Caesar saw clearly in the dense forest on the high slopes that they had about 50,000 men, including hundreds of cavalry. They made a rapid eastward march along the dry riverbed.

Caesar hurried to the edge of the pine forest, where 1,000 archers were in ambush. Behind them were 2,000 Roman hussars in full gear.

"Attention, shoot their cavalry first." Caesar instructed the centurions of the archers. On the opposite side was the other half of the soldiers led by Anthony. They have already agreed on the method of attacking. Just wait for the movement on Lucius's side.

The Macedonians marched quickly to this side, they were dressed in neat armor, and the Macedonian phalanx of spears was a nightmare for the countries of the Mediterranean. The urgency of the rescue made them even notic, and 60,000 Roman soldiers were lurking in the dense forest on either side.

Suddenly, a shrill Roman trumpet sounded, and while the Macedonians were looking around for the source of the sound, countless arrows shot out from the woods on both sides, and the Macedonians marched in chaos. The first to suffer were the horsemen, who were shot and fell from their horses. The horses were also scurrying around in sudden fright. (To be continued.) )