Endless yellow-green fields, bathed in the warm morning sun; Tens of thousands of horses were scattered all over the field, leisurely striding in broken steps, bowing their heads to eat a few mouthfuls of grass, and raising their heads to make such a loud nose.

Beautiful early morning, harmonious views; It's a pity that not far away, there are a lot of human beings engaged in a life-and-death contest, which is a big mess.

After giving the last order of his life, Dukaru finally died of his injuries, but the next battle between the enemy and the enemy has just begun.

To the southwest of the battlefield, the Roman cavalry corps took the lead in a battle with the Celtic warriors.

Otta, the general of the cavalry corps, did not have the idea of directly charging into battle at the beginning of the fight; He only had 2,000 heavy cavalry and 3,000 archers, and if he rushed into the Celtic camp with 30,000 soldiers, it would be really fatal.

3,000 cavalry archers ran along the edge of the southern Celtic position, sideways to the north with their bows and arrows, and shot all the way; Waves of arrow feathers, like peeling skins, consumed the combat power of the Celtic coalition army layer by layer; Every 3,000 arrows that fall must have splashed blood in the Celtic coalition.

Ota himself, with 2,000 heavy horsemen, stopped 500 meters away from the enemy's position and helped the archers to press the formation; This is not the so-called soy sauce, the heavy cavalry needs a suitable fighter. In fact, the heavy cavalry is not as powerful as the puppet army fans of later generations imagined, and when encountering infantry that is too large in number and densely formed than themselves, even if the other party is not the so-called pikemen, they dare not bite hard, they can only follow the monitoring and choose the opportunity to move.

The Celtic warriors carried the arrows with their bodies, and they did not even have a chance to wait for the opportunity to move; The cavalry archers hung up like the wind, and there was no need to think about chasing, and the heavy cavalry was still 500 meters away, and they had no temper at all.

Due north of the battlefield.

The Roman army, numbering more than 15,000 men, finally stopped its advance, and was still 200 meters away from the Celtic warriors waiting to the south.

The Roman army changed the conventional formation of a large phalanx composed of more than a dozen small phalanxes in the field; Today's battle formation is very distinctive, with a small phalanx in the front, a large phalanx in the middle, and finally a huge fan-shaped battle formation with the protrusion facing forward.

The small phalanx as the vanguard consisted of 1,200 Celtic infantry formed according to the Roman hoplite standard; It has to be said that the Celts are indeed suitable for the profession of hoplite. They are generally tall, muscular, and dare to fight, and they learn martial arts skills quickly; However, the shortcomings are also obvious, the discipline of these big men is indeed a bit poor, and the sense of cooperation with each other is not strong. Because the formation was still short, the level of coordination of the Celtic infantry was still very low, and it could not cooperate effectively with other Roman soldiers; When defending the battle, it is not a problem for them to be in charge of a section of battlements, but now this kind of large-scale field battlefield is really not suitable.

Don't get me wrong, Wang Jun put them in front, not because they were surrendered troops, so they were all sent to be cannon fodder; In fact, Wang Jun used the Celtic infantry as the vanguard for tactical considerations, and the purpose...

No matter how many differences and disputes there are between all the countries, nations, organizations, and so on in the world, they have reached an absolute consensus on one thing without any disagreement, that is, --- will never let go of traitors!

"Pull hatred", this is the purpose of Wang Jun.

At the rear of the small phalanx, 2,400 foot archers formed a relatively loose phalanx; 100 infantry archers in a horizontal row, 24 infantry archers in a column, occupy an area of 2,400 square meters.

Behind the phalanx of infantry archers is a huge fan-shaped battle array; This new type of attack battle formation is a new type of battle formation that Wang Jun pondered for a long time after the Battle of Glasgow. Before the Maximus military reform last year, the Roman army basically relied on hoplites to face the enemy; Now that we have a formed system of infantry archers, crossbow soldiers and cavalry, it is natural to supplement and adjust the original relatively single battle formation, otherwise these new powerful troops will be wasted.

2,400 crossbowmen and 2,400 light infantry temporarily switched to crossbows formed the "outer ring" of the battle array. They are neatly arranged in three fan-shaped queues, and the loops are relatively close together, less than a meter between the front, middle and rear three soldiers, but it will not affect the winding and shooting movements of each soldier; The distance between soldiers on the same ring line is relatively large, about 1.5 meters, forming 1,599 so-called "spoke passages" of the royal army, and hoplites located in the interior can easily pass through the "outer ring" area.

The "outer ring", which was given command by Alex, would use the tried-and-tested three-stage shooting tactics; With 4,800 soldiers and 1,600 firing units, any enemy who rushes into the 80-meter radius of the fan-shaped battle formation will never have a good time.

10 brigades of 6,000 hoplites were mobilized, and 5 fan teams formed the "central ring" of the battle formation.

Compared with the "outer ring", the distance between each ring road in the "middle ring" is still less than 1 meter between the inside and outside; On the same loop, the distance between soldiers and soldiers is smaller. Because the king's army was equipped with the same number of soldiers on each ring belt, it naturally became denser the further inward; However, the "central ring" formed by the hoplites can still leave a large number of "spoke passages" to facilitate the rapid passage of soldiers through the "central ring" area.

The "Central Ring", which was given to Clarke's command, was mainly tasked with protecting Alex's headquarters; Whether it's going out with the hoplites, or Alex and them retreating, Clark's hoplites will change from the "middle ring" to the "outer ring", and fight the enemy who rushes to the front of the formation in close quarters to ensure the integrity of the fan battle formation.

Surrounded by the "outer ring" and "middle ring", there is a huge "inner ring" area; Now only Wang Jun and a hundred personal guards stayed in the center, which seemed a little empty; The hoplites of the remaining two brigades formed a slender square queue that sealed the rear of the fan-shaped battle formation, which could prevent accidents in the rear and serve as reserves.

The two battalions of Celtic infantry yelled at their compatriots 200 meters away.

“・#%……―*%…………*”

The townspeople of Belfast were slaughtered, and the tribal warriors did not feel the slightest guilt about it, who made them surrender?

Moreover, no one dares to make a statement about it.

However, now some people dare to say it, and it is still in broad daylight.

A Celtic in full Roman soldier costume stood 200 meters away and scolded!

Traitor!

Your grandfather's! Putting on the clothes of the Romans and thinking you are great? How dare you stand in front of the front to provoke?

The warriors of the Celtic tribal coalition suddenly jumped one by one!

What are you hesitating about? Kill them!

"Kill all the traitors!"

The fighters standing in the front row raised their arms and shouted one after another, and took the lead in rushing out; The fighters in the rear, who did not quite understand the situation, heard that there was actually a traitor and hurried to follow their companions in front.

On the vast field, a 2-kilometer-long "wave" facing the north formed in an instant, fiercely surging towards the king's army; And the first to bear the brunt of the are, naturally, the 1,200 Celtic infantry who successfully completed the task of "pulling hatred"; In fact, the protrusion of the "wave" was rushing towards them with a dense crowd of fighters.

"Buzz!"

"Buzz!"

Every four seconds, a chorus of bowstrings rang out in the phalanx of 2,400 infantry archers, and a storm of arrows began to rage above the Celtic warriors. Every 4 seconds, 2,400 square meters of land are covered with arrows, and the area covered by the rain of arrows is constantly approaching the area where the archers are located, and the area covered by each wave of arrows will partially overlap.

In more than half a minute and a few seconds, 9 waves of arrows rained down at high speed on the road of the Horde Alliance's charge; More than 20,000 feathered arrows paid a huge price to the unarmoured, densely staffed tribal coalition, and nearly 4,000 Celtic warriors fell on the way to the charge; Most of the people who fell were still breathing, and a small number could still sit on the ground and curse, but the fact that they had lost their combat effectiveness was beyond doubt.

The advance of the coalition army has been able to rush to the position of the Celtic infantry who had previously "pulled hatred", but there is no gain; The two battalions of Celtic infantry spread their feet and ran away early; They divided into two teams, first bypassing the phalanx of infantry archers from the flanks, and then running along the "spoke channel" of the fan-shaped battle formation to the "inner ring" area to form a team.

Now, the Celtic warriors on the forward line are facing a phalanx of infantry archers 50 meters away; The forward of the Celtic coalition, after experiencing 9 waves of arrow feather strikes, the personnel directly changed from dense to sparse, and many companions were already lying behind; Naturally, the archers in front of them attracted the status of "hatred", only under those traitors.

The Celtic United's forward force was swift and could be reached in a matter of seconds with a distance of just 50 metres.

The infantry archers have no fear, and the hand-to-hand combat of the longbow is naturally over, but now it is not to the extent of close quarters, just short range!

Who says longbows can't be used at close range?

With heavy arrows, the longbow could pierce through the large shields of the Roman hoplites within 50 meters, and it could shoot two people with one arrow; The closer the distance, the higher the shooting accuracy and the greater the lethality; It's just that putting the enemy into a 50-meter area does have a huge drawback, that is, when you shoot one arrow, the enemy will get close, and at most, you can shoot two arrows. One arrow, this means waiting for death for archers without tactics, but for Roman infantry archers with various tactics, one arrow is enough!

Facing the Celtic forward line that was rapidly approaching him, the infantry archers in the first row were unhurried, and a hundred bowstrings hummed in unison; Flat shot! Accurate short-range flat fire instantly cuts off the enemy's forward line; As soon as the arrow was fired, the first row of infantry archers immediately shifted a step to the right, then turned and ran wildly behind the gap in the loose phalanx, until they stood a meter behind their comrades in the last row of the same column, and a heavy arrow immediately landed on the string.

The second-row infantry archers repeat the movements of their first-row companions, aiming, shooting, panning, turning, and running......

The infantry archers of the 24th platoon staged a retreating "longbow" version of sectional shooting; Each infantry archer fired twice, then retreated into the fan-shaped battle formation that was slowly advancing, and trotted all the way along the "spoke passage" to the "inner ring" area to regroup.

48 waves of 100 bows, accurate shooting, and powerful lethality, directly led to the names of those Celtic warriors who rushed to the forward line, and the names were constantly rewritten one after another; When the fan-shaped battle formation was completely presented in front of the tribal coalition army, the so-called coalition forward line had disappeared, and the remaining more than 1,000 Celtic warriors, looking left and right, turned around and ran. Compared with the previous 9 waves of covered long-range strikes, these 48 waves of short-range precision shooting have achieved more brilliant results; More than 4,000 Celtic warriors fell forever on this field, there was no cursing, only screams and wails, and very few survived a heavy arrow; The Roman infantry archers used heavy arrows in this round, and one arrow went down to two holes, who could carry it! Some of the unlucky guys had two heavy arrows stuck in their bodies; More back, tragic plug on three...

The Celtic coalition spontaneously divided into two groups against the Roman army; There were more than 10,000 people in a group, and they were staring at the Roman cavalry; The other group numbered more than 20,000 men and was tasked with countering the Roman infantry to the north.

The 3,000-strong archers rushed from west to south, shooting three waves of arrows, allowing the Celts defending in the southwest area of the battlefield to lose more than 1,000 men; And the 2,400-man infantry archers, through flexible tactics, directly reduced the number of Celts who rushed to the top by more than 8,000 people.

The Celtic warriors to the north retreated, and they had no chance in the face of the closing fan-shaped battle formation; As long as a large number of enemies enter the strike range of the longbow, the infantry archers located in the "inner ring" will carry out long-range coverage strikes according to the orders of the king army; On the front line of the fan-shaped battle formation, as soon as someone rushes in or is within 80 meters, the sound of the crossbow will be heard in turn, until no one is standing.

General Clark, who was in the "Central" position of the fan-shaped battle formation, was very unhappy, because he felt as if he was about to lose his job; The bow and crossbow were brilliant in the earlier battle of Glasgow, and now the longbow is shining brightly; General Clark's proud hand-to-hand combat, and the proud hoplites under his command, seem to have all become a soy sauce party, and can only do the work of "nanny"; What's even more worrying is that now it seems that the "nanny" work is no longer necessary......

Unable to fight against the fan-shaped battle formation, more than 10,000 Celtic warriors retreated from the north to the southwest, and it seemed that it was safer to join forces in one place, but this did not help; After hugging together, the number of Celtic warriors reached 20,000, but at this time, they finally understood that their people had reached the end of their rope.

In the east-northerly direction, while the fan-shaped battle formation is approaching step by step, it is constantly throwing a rain of arrows in the sky; Everyone in the Celtic coalition position could be hit by an arrow in the next moment, fall to the ground and wail; To the southwest, thousands of heavily armored cavalry stared coldly from a few hundred meters away, ready to rush at any moment. And the thousands of archers have not stopped for a moment from the beginning to the present, one in the east, one in the south, and the next in the west; Except for not going to the north, these thousands of archers ran around in front of the Celtic coalition army, and there were several waves of arrows at a time.

The Celtic warriors watched their companions fall one after another, wailing, but they did nothing themselves.

Casualties continued to rise, and finally, the Celtic coalition collapsed.

Some Celtic warriors chose to fight to the death, brandishing rudimentary weapons and rushing towards the approaching fan-shaped battle formation, rushing towards the Roman hoplites who had not participated in the battle; Some of the Celtic warriors fled, and they rushed southeast of the field, where countless horses roamed half a mile.

However, in the sun-drenched wilderness, it was all in vain.

The fan-shaped battle array was like a huge and hideous ancient beast, devouring the Celtic warriors with a big mouth; One bite is the life of hundreds of people.

"Light" infantry charging at about the same number of hoplites?

Run away? It is obviously impossible to run over a four-legged archer on a distance of more than half a mile with just two legs.

Half an hour later, it was all over.

The outskirts of Belfast are littered with the corpses of Celtic warriors; In one night and half a morning, the tribal coalition of more than 60,000 people disappeared.

Since then, the Celtic elite has been completely lost.

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