"You say me?" Diodore smiled, then drew his sword and drew a large cross in front of him: "I will attack with the Imperial Guard!"

"What ?!!!"

Valens almost shouted, and the sculptural captain of the guard was shocked, but he immediately stood firm: "My lord, the captain of Belisarius is impeccable in ability and loyalty!

"Please rest assured, I will live up to your trust!" Belisarius, who was only six or seven years older than Theodor, his face was flushed, and he gritted his teeth and clenched the hilt of his sword at his waist: "That Kolster who dares to ignore your kindness, I will cut off his head with my own hands!"

Theodore looked at him in astonishment, "poof-" laughed, then patted Belisarius on the shoulder, and whispered in his ear, "You think too much, I have never doubted the faithfulness of any of you, or your ability, or your ...... Something else!"

"What I'm going to do is just what a leader should do, my soldiers are bleeding and wounded because of my orders, maybe I can't be like them, but if I look at them coldly, then I don't have the right to let them fight for me!"

Belisarius did not speak again, but kept his head down, then Valens, Pabrik, Quintus...... , only Mehemus, still standing beside Theodore with an unchanged face.

"I have to show the soldiers that I will fight alongside them, and they are not alone!" Theodore shouted with all his might, and then slammed Valence behind him: "Give me the helmet, and besides, let me bring my horse!"

This time Valence did not say anything more, but put the jewel-holding horsehair helmet in his hand on Theodor's head and helped him tie it, and the purple horsehair and cloak shone brightly. The knight of the guard on the side led a tall black horse to Theodore, and he pursed his lips again, helped Theodore to ride, stepped on the stirrup, and then took two steps back, stood there with his head bowed, and took the other horse from the knight's hand.

"Caesar......" Quintus stopped talking, gesturing and froze there.

"Don't worry, dear Quintus, I have some confidence in me, and I have some faith in Weber!" Diodore smiled and patted the horse on the neck: "He is a good horse!"

"But who will command the army?" Belisarius asked, "of course I don't have any doubts about your prowess, but ......"

"Mesimus has full authority to command me in my absence, and he has the power and the right!" replied Theodore in a deep voice, and then turned to look at the face that had remained unchanged, and the calm eyes, "Then I'll leave it to you." ”

"Please rest assured!" the middle-aged soldier didn't say much, and lowered his head heavily.

"Give the signal when the battle begins!" said Theodore, slamming his horse's belly and leaving the place.

"Captains, assemble all!" Valens's loud voice was more effective than a trumpet, and almost at the same time all the knights of the Guard gathered behind him. Gently shake the reins of the horse: "Follow Caesar, set off !!! ——!"

"Driving ——!!!!——!!!"

The galloping horses kicked up billowing clouds of smoke and dust, and then disappeared from everyone's sight.

Belissa glanced at him, and then looked at Mehemous, who was also looking at Caesar's back in the distance, with a grim face: "You could have persuaded the lord to stay!"

"But the duty of a soldier is to obey, Captain Belisarius!" Mesimus glanced at him with a smile, and then turned his head back to himself: "Generals, carry out your mission! Order the soldiers to prepare their weapons and enter the position, Leosis, let your men set up the ballistas, prepare stone cannons and fire oil, move quickly, the enemy will not wait for us!"

"As for you, Belisarius. Mehemus turned his gaze again: "How are your cavalry, will they be able to carry out the mission that Caesar has given you?"

"Anytime!" Belisarius snorted, put on his helmet, and strode out of the camp.

"Protecting Caesar is your true mission!" Mesimus whispered to himself.

Caesar, do you really think of the soldiers as your brothers, or do you ......

Feeling the oncoming wind, Theodore rode his horse named "Weber" through the gap between the formations to the front of the position, and the whistling sound of the horses made the soldiers turn their heads involuntarily, and the knights of the Imperial Guard who followed behind him stepped on the ground in a cloud of black smoke.

Raising his head, Theodore gasped softly, smelling the icy morning breeze, slowly loosening the reins of his horse in his hand, and looking closely at each other with the soldiers who were watching him.

These proud soldiers puffed out their chests and put their feet together, as if they were not in the mud but in some magnificent marble square.

"My soldiers, my proudest legion, tell me that we will be here?" Theodore's dull cry echoed in front of the queue, "Of course, we all know it! The answer couldn't be simpler—for we are going to slaughter the bastards who dare to regard our mercy as weak!"

"Hahahaha......!!" The soldiers around them burst into laughter.

"You may be afraid, but there is no shame in it, and those who do not know fear will never know what fearlessness is!" said Theodore to all the soldiers: "The real shame is to let your fear control your body and mind, hold your spears, sharpen your swords, bring death to the enemy, win your glory, and pass on our merits to future generations!"

Theodore paused, he wanted to let the atmosphere brew and raise the morale: "Think of your relatives, we will soon have our own home, our own home?!!!!

"Victory——!!! victory————!!! victory ————!!!!"

The soldiers kept shouting, beating their shields with their daggers and spears, and the sound of the rain drumming down like waves flowed over the wilderness.

Theodore drew his sword, and the knights of the Imperial Guard behind him drew their swords from their waists, raised them high above their heads, and shouted with Theodore: "Strength and Honor——!!!!!

“strengthandhonor————————！！！！！”

On the left flank of the legion, the formed cavalry was assembled under the leadership of its own captain, and the knights held their rifles and lined up in a queue, waiting for the general's review.

"Caesar, please review your army!" Belisarius said proudly, pointing to the cavalry in front of him, puffing out his chest and telling Theodore.

"There's not much to say, I've already said everything I want to say. Theodore shook his head: "Give the order, Captain Belisarius!"

"I? no, since you're here, of course you're ......."

"As I said, I don't have any distrust of you, it's your job to command the cavalry, and I won't interfere in any way. Theodore frowned, staring into Belisarius' eyes.

"I see. Belisarius bowed his head vigorously, then looked at Valence behind Theodore: "Then, Captain Valense!"

"In!"

"After the battle begins, the Imperial Guard will charge as the first echelon to protect the cavalry behind, you are all the best knights, so this task is entrusted to you!"

"Understood!" Valence looked up arrogantly, "I will prove the bravery of the knights of the Imperial Guard!"

"The cavalry of the first and second squadrons, attacking from both flanks, clearing the enemy's reserves, and taking up the mission of pursuit!

"Understood!"

"Wing Commander!" a cavalryman suddenly shouted, "I have a question!"

"Hmm-" Belisarius frowned, "Let's talk about it!"

"That is, weishenme must go around to the back?" the knight said intermittently: "Of course I don't have any doubts about this battle jihua itself, just ......"

"Nothing but complete your mission!" Belisarius interrupted the cavalryman's question, "Isn't it the duty of a soldier to obey orders?"

"Yes!" the knight shut his mouth and retreated to the back of the group.

Belisarius pressed his forehead, how could he not understand: borrowing the hillside and the woods as cover, hiding the surprise soldiers, and relying on the high speed of the cavalry to go around to the rear before the enemy could find out, and then charge. It sounds wonderful, but it basically doesn't work!

If nothing else, the roar of the cavalry running fast alone cannot be expected to be inaudible! And even if it succeeds, it will take a great deal of luck and experience to grasp the timing. With a slight error, it is possible to hit the enemy's heavy infantry phalanx head-on, and the cavalry wing is mostly light cavalry, and the casualties will be quite large at that time!

This is still haode, if you are unlucky, you may even crash directly into your own infantry phalanx from behind, then there is really no place to cry!

However, it is really hard to say, this young Caesar is not a fool, and judging by his layout, he is not ignorant of military affairs, maybe inexperienced, but at least he is still very presentable.

Since he also knows, the best explanation is that he still has a backhand!

If that were the case, it would have been a stroke of genius! Belisarius' eyes became eager, and if he could succeed, it would not be impossible to have zero casualties!

Then, it will be a legendary battle that will be remembered for future generations! It is a wonderful combination of foot and horseman, and it will be written into the history books itself!

No general can resist the temptation to become a legend!

"The cavalry wing ——, array!" Belisarius said in a calm voice.

Under the leadership of their respective captains, five hundred and eighty cavalrymen formed a five-row phalanx, and as for the conical formations commonly used by the cavalry, they did not form such a formation until after the charge.

In the first two rows were the knights of the Imperial Guard led by Varence, the cavalry of the two squadrons were on the left and right, and Belisarius and Theodore were in the middle of the third wing.

"Caesar, Lord Theodore!" Belisarius whispered.

"What's the matter?" asked Theodore, whose face stiffened and his head did not turn.

"You're holding it too tightly!" Belisarius pointed to Theodore's right hand holding the sword, and the knuckles even showed signs of bluishing: "Relax, there's no need to straighten your waist so straight, try to keep a little curvature, Weber will help you!"

Theodore, who was a little embarrassed, had to let out a long breath, loosen his bones, and said in a suppressed voice: "Got it, xiexie!"

Belisarius smiled and twisted his head back as if nothing had happened. Although, Theodore didn't relax much because of this.

He was nervous, not nervous, the anticipation of the coming storm, fear, worry, etc., which combined into his current complex emotions.

Even if he risked the dignity of his subordinates to go to war, Theodore was not completely unreasonable, or just wanted to experience an incomparable pleasure like in his previous life, but he had to!

He is the leader of everyone, the pillar of the heart, although this battle is destined to be a proper victory, there is no suspense for the regular army to win the Liangshan heroes, but this is also a very critical battle, to put it mildly, this is the Romans, the first battle for survival after coming to this shijie!

Therefore, in any case, Theodore had to go into battle himself, otherwise, he did not participate in such an important battle, and without the slightest credit, he would more or less damage his image in the eyes of the citizens of Rome. To be sure, Theodore himself could not accept this.

As for the combat deployment, it is indeed a bit tricky, and this style of play comes from the tricks I used to play "Total War": long-range weakening, infantry blocking, and cavalry bursting. But that's the game, and the Roman legions in reality can't let themselves command so easily, playing all kinds of micro-manipulations, all kinds of pauses.

The only thing he relies on is the God's perspective of the "Total War" auxiliary system - the strategic map, which can accurately judge the location of the enemy and the deployment of troops, and leave the rest to the professionals.

The end of doing everything yourself, Zhuge Liang's example is on the table, not to mention that he is still a layman, so he can only help more and more chaotic!

With the support system, Theodore can do things that even famous players can't do, and as long as it goes well, his reputation will surely increase to an unattainable height again!

"It's the signal ——!," Valens, who was standing at the front, noticed it and shouted loudly.

Theodore hurriedly looked in the direction he was pointing, and a bright fiery red "meteor" streaked across the sky and then disappeared into thin air.

"Belisarius!"

"Understood!" Belisarius grinned, pulling out a long sword from his waist: "Cavalry Wing ——, Charge - Frontal ——!!!!"