Qi Lin naturally noticed the movement of the opposing cavalry.

And because there was still some distance from the front line, Qi Lin could almost see every move in the opposite camp clearly.

Therefore, the moment he saw the movement of the opponent's cavalry, Qi Lin hurriedly took the Rhodok soldiers who followed him and quickly moved closer to the phalanx of foot archers.

However, he also knew that facing the 300 Roman cavalry and the 600 foreign cavalry hired by Rome with these dozens of Rhodok soldiers was just a mantis arm to block the car.

So in the middle of running, Qi Lin shouted at the spearmen who were less than a hundred meters ahead, hanging behind the army and not yet in the melee: "Retreat!" Protect the step archers! ”

In fact, this step is an out-and-out stupid move at any time.

In the midst of such a fierce battle, the sudden change of tactics and the temporary withdrawal of a part of the front army to play back and forth are likely to lead the soldiers in the front battle to understand the wrong general's orders because of confusion.

After seeing the troops retreating behind him, he thought that the general had given the order to retreat.

The result is very likely to lead to the rout of the entire army.

But this problem, among the soldiers of the imperial era, did not exist.

The 700 spearmen broke away from the battle and rushed at full speed towards the phalanx of foot archers less than a hundred meters away.

The rest of the soldiers were still unaffected and slashed the weapons in their hands with all their might, and under this non-stop rain of arrows, they mercilessly slashed and killed these Roman soldiers in front of them, who were restricted and unable to fight with all their strength.

There is no doubt that as long as the rain of arrows does not stop, the Roman soldiers will not be able to escape this fate of being completely slaughtered without any defense.

And once the rain of arrows stops, then the Imperial soldiers who have lost this bug-level suppression will probably be powerless in front of this group of elite Roman soldiers.

Quintus knew this very well, so he sent all his cavalry to attack the opponent's archer positions.

Qi Lin was also very aware of this, so after discovering the movement of the opponent's cavalry, he immediately led the guards around him to support the infantry archers, and at the same time called back the soldiers who were fighting on the front line.

And not only that, but the city gate hundreds of meters away opened again, and the remaining two hundred or so scout cavalry were hurrying to arrive.

This group of infantry archers would be Qi Lin's hope of victory, and he knew this, and even paid the system RMB again to obtain the control of the 700 spearmen and the more than 200 scout cavalry.

In the hope of stopping the 900 cavalry who were coming back here.

However, looking at the distance between the two sides, the two hundred scout cavalrymen who had just left the house obviously couldn't catch up.

The only one who can be counted on is the 700 spearmen.

In fact, these spearmen, Qi Lin should not have sent them out from the beginning to fight with the other party's soldiers.

Because the weapons in the hands of these spearmen were all war spears more than three meters long, it was extremely difficult to swing and slash in the melee, and in the face of the Roman soldiers who had always fought with short arms and shields, these three-meter-long war spears became a burden.

If it weren't for the rain of arrows, the opposing Roman soldiers would not dare to drop their shields lightly, and once they were allowed to unleash them, these soldiers armed with three-meter war spears would easily be killed by the opponent at close range.

And these heavy war spears in their hands will be resisted by the opponent with a shield or a sword lightly.

Relatively speaking, these spearmen were more suitable for cavalry.

It's a pity that Qi Lin didn't think of so much before, and directly sent all the infantry out in one go, and now that the opposing cavalry is rushing in, Qi Lin only called back 700 spearmen in a hurry, because most of the other soldiers have already joined the melee.

The distance of 100 meters, under the full speed of the spearmen, is only a short perspective of more than ten seconds, almost fleeting.

Although the opponents were all riding war horses, if they wanted to avoid the scuffle and rain of arrows ahead, they could only bypass most of the camp.

The rejection horses that were used to block the opposing cavalry and encircle the camp now became an obstacle to their own footsteps, buying Qi Lin a lot of time.

As a result, when the Roman cavalry rushed out of the camp and began to think about the opposing archers to charge.

Qi Lin had already stopped his spearmen and waited for them with a spear array.

Three-meter-long spears were stuck diagonally into the ground like horses, and 700 spearmen formed two horizontal formations, waiting for the arrival of the opposing cavalry.

"It's a pity that there are still too few, and I knew that I shouldn't have shot all the spearmen in the first place... It seems that the poor experience in the game is really not enough. ”

The two rows of spear phalanx could not give Qi Lin too much confidence that he could block the onslaught of the opposing cavalry.

But these 700 people themselves are too few, and if they don't get two rows of directions, the other party only needs to make a slight turn, and they are willing to bypass these spearmen lightly and rush directly into the formation of the advanced archers.

When the rain of arrows of the foot archers stopped, the main force in front of them would be wiped out by the Roman infantry.

And their own cavalry, even if they come, will not be useful......

"Alas!" sighed helplessly, now that he has been blocked, Qi Lin has no other way than to fight to the death.

"Rhodok marksman! 500 paces of archers to meet the enemy! ”

"In!"

"Target enemy cavalry!"

"Put!"

"Buzz!"

With Qi Lin's order, it was not the 500 foot archers who drew their bows that launched the attack first, but the 25 Rhodok marksmen.

The steel crossbow bolts flew out in response, and several of the Roman cavalry from a hundred and fifty meters away suddenly rolled off their horses.

But these casualties are really not worth mentioning compared to the number of 900 people on the other side.

And the time for the siege crossbow to be wound is not short.

Judging by the speed of the Roman cavalry's charge, it was clear that these Rhodoc marksmen would not have a chance to fire a second round of crossbows before the opponent rushed in front of them.

But that doesn't mean the cavalry is safe.

When these cavalrymen stepped into the range of 100 meters, Qi Lin waved the half-handed sword in his hand and roared: "Release!" ”

500 arrows flew out at great speed, but this time, they inflicted heavy casualties on the cavalry troops.

With a head-on blow, this round of arrow rain alone directly killed more than 300 cavalrymen, directly causing one-third of the casualties to this cavalry unit.

It's a pity that the results that these non-archers can achieve end there.

The remaining distance, judging by the speed of the opposing cavalry's forward charge, was not enough for the 500-step archers to shoot a second round of arrows.

Seeing this, Qi Lin couldn't help but regret a little, maybe if he had just called a thousand foot archers, this group of cavalry would not be afraid.

It's a pity that because of the fear before, if he called too many archers to deal with the cavalry, the remaining foot archers would not be able to form an effective arrow rain suppression, and the advantage that had just formed on the front line would likely be dealt with and moved back.

But I didn't expect that it was because of this small hesitation that I brought such a big regret to myself.