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Chapter 696 Dionia vs. Rome ([-])

It didn't take long for most of his soldiers to be dead or wounded, so that Comius's rear team had become the front. But when he looked at the enemy opposite him, he was stunned. It was him who hit him with his spear. The team officer in the white hat.

At this time, there was a big hole in the breastplate on the enemy's right shoulder, and blood was still leaking out. He lowered his right hand and held a shield in his left hand, glaring at Comius.

Comius did not have a spear, so he drew the sword from his waist to fight. The one-meter-long sword was good for slashing, but the narrow space and the opponent's well-defended long shield were not conducive to the power of his sword. He had rich experience. He took advantage of the difference in strength and kept hitting the opponent's long shield.

The enemy who was seriously injured obviously couldn't bear such a powerful blow, with a painful expression on his face, and finally fell to his knees due to lack of support.

Kang Musi stepped forward again, condescending, and swung his sword down, but suddenly felt severe pain in his left leg, and saw a dagger stabbing his calf.

It turned out that although the enemy's right shoulder was seriously injured, he still held the dagger in his right hand, but he hid it behind his shield and pretended to be unable to hold the weapon. He took advantage of Comius's relaxation of vigilance and succeeded in a single blow.Then he pulled it out so hard that the sharp blade instantly severed the tendon.

Comius screamed, his body leaning forward became unstable, and he fell forward, crushing the enemy to the ground with both man and shield.

The enemy grinned in pain, but the dagger in his right hand was still swinging, cutting the ankle of the advancing teammate beside Comius. It was not until the soldier behind Comius pierced the enemy's chest with a spear that he He spurted blood from his mouth, shouted "Hades", and died with a relieved expression...

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Although the third brigade of the first legion fought bravely, the number of young Roman soldiers in front of them was more than double that of them. Under their crazy attack, there were many gaps in the formation of the third brigade, and the light armored soldiers behind them did not hesitate to attack. He hesitated to make up for it in time, and bravely resisted the attack of the heavily armored Roman heavy infantry...

The battle has been fierce, and the scouts are constantly passing news back and forth.

"Report to the head of the army, the captain of the second company of the fourth brigade is injured!"

"Report to the head of the army, the captain of the third company of the first brigade died in battle!"

"Report, the captain of the first company of the third battalion is injured!...The captain of the third company died in battle!...The captain of the fifth company died in battle!..."

According to the practice of the Dionian Legion's operations, the general company captain rarely goes into battle in person to fight. When the company captain actually goes into battle in person, it only shows that the soldiers of this company suffered heavy casualties.

Listening to the reports from the scouts one by one, Amyntas's face was as gloomy as the dark clouded sky.

At this time, another reconnaissance rider came galloping over: "Report to the commander of the army, the captain of the third battalion, Heitbarus, is asking you for reinforcements! The third battalion suffered heavy casualties, and the captain has already gone into battle in person to fight!"

"You go back and tell Hytebarus that I have no reinforcements and I don't want to hear what he said about the number of casualties, but he must stand there with me and block the Roman attack! If he dies in battle, I will continue!" "Amintas shouted sternly with a livid face.

The scout galloped away.

Amyntas glanced at the guards behind him and said loudly: "Let's go to the rear of the Eighth Battalion!"

Amyntas spoke with such force that Printors opened his mouth, wanting to persuade him, but gave up in the end.

At this time, Leders said: "I will send the cavalry over to flank the enemy and reduce the pressure on the third group."

Amyntas glanced at him, but this time he did not refuse and nodded.

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Of course, the mobilization of the Dionia cavalry cannot be hidden from the eyes of the Roman scouts. Now the flank of Dionia's right wing is the area where the Roman attack is progressing fastest. Of course, where the Dionia cavalry will go, you can understand it at a glance. .

Camillus immediately said to Lucius: "You immediately lead all the cavalry and three squadrons of heavy infantry to the enemy's right flank. After repelling the enemy's cavalry, lead them to continue to strengthen the attack on the enemy's flank! Complete defeat. enemy!"

Lucius hesitated: "But father, your safety——"

"The more fierce your attack, the safer I will be! Go quickly! Go quickly!" At the urging of Camillus, Lucius led his troops to leave.

There were only more than 1400 light infantry left by the old military and political officer. He recruited several allied generals and said sincerely: "Then I, an old man, will leave my life to you."

Camillus was not only highly prestigious in Rome, but also famous throughout the Latin League. People respected him very much, because it was he who led the army to repel the Celts who ravaged the Latium region.

Several Roman allied generals immediately made a promise: "Lord Camillus, don't worry, if the enemy wants to harm you, they will have to step over our corpses!"

As soon as they returned, before they had set up their defenses, the lead pellets of the Dionysian slingers came over.

After seeing the cavalry and heavy infantry leaving the enemy's rear, the Seventh Brigade of the First Legion also began to attack the location where the Roman flag was erected, in an attempt to capture the opponent's commander and turn the tide of the war in one fell swoop.

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Heavy infantry and light armor were fighting on the front and flanks of both sides, and cavalry and light infantry were fighting on the outside... The Roman and Dionian armies were in full battle.

After the battle lasted for nearly two hours, it had entered the final contest.

The Romans have gained a clear upper hand, and the entire Dionia front line has been compressed into a semicircle, especially the rightmost defense line is crumbling. The enemy, the legion flag was erected behind them. The third battalion and the light armored soldiers may have retreated, but now they are just trying their best to hold on.

Ledes's [-]st Cavalry Corps was also struggling to block enemy cavalry and heavy infantry reinforcements.

Although the Roman cavalry was brave, they were not numerous and their lethality was not strong.But their heavy infantry caused a lot of casualties to the Dionysian cavalry.

Although Leders was heartbroken, he knew that the First Cavalry Corps could not get out of the way, otherwise although there were not many new troops, with their addition, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Just when Ledes was worried about being unable to stop the Roman heavy infantry's advance, a cavalryman shouted: "Legion Commander, look!"

In the diffuse dust and fog, Ryders turned his head and looked south, only to see a large black shadow appearing in the distance, approaching quickly.

Volscians!Leder suddenly became energetic and shouted loudly: "Brothers, hold on a little longer! Our reinforcements are coming! Our reinforcements are coming!!"

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The first to arrive on the battlefield were more than 1000 Volscian warriors led by Coronnus, the consul of Antium, followed closely by a thousand Volscian warriors from Setia.The Antium warriors who set out from Polyphonum actually arrived earlier than the Volscian warriors who set off from Setia, which shows how strong their desire to seek revenge against the Romans was.

They rushed to the battlefield, almost without stopping, and directly launched a fierce attack on the red Roman soldiers.

The Roman cavalry was defeated first.

Then, the three Roman heavy infantry squadrons that were being blocked by the Dionysian cavalry were also attacked. Just as they turned to resist, Setia's warriors arrived immediately and surrounded them.

The equipment of the Roman heavy infantry was not comparable to that of the Volscian warriors who only carried spears, shields, and helmets without breastplates, but their number was too small, and they had fought fiercely with the Dionians for so long, and their physical strength was exhausted. It was so huge that it was quickly overwhelmed by Wolsey's crowd.

Just as the Volscian troops rushed to the battlefield one after another, and the forward Antium warriors and Sethian warriors continued to rush towards the Roman youth soldiers who were fighting fiercely with the third group of Dionia and the light armored soldiers, there was a sound from behind the Roman army. A hasty retreat bugle sounded...

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When the soldiers of Antium attacked the three Roman squadrons, Camillus received an urgent report from the scouts. The news that "a large number of Volscian warriors appeared on the battlefield" made him feel like he was hit hard. After a moment, he Slow down.

At this time, he felt regret and self-blame intertwined in his heart. He originally thought that relying on the large number of troops and good physical strength, he wanted to defeat the Dionians first and then retreat. This would be the safest, but he did not expect that the Dionians would be like this. Difficult!The battle lasted for such a long time. Not only did they fail to repel the Dionians, but instead ushered in the Volscians...

"Blow the retreat bugle!" Camillus suppressed the regret in his heart and immediately issued the order without hesitation.

"Camillus Military and Political Officer, wait a moment! We will defeat the Dionysian people soon!" the adjutant urged: "The Volsci have just arrived. Maybe they don't have many people here. We The soldiers are completely able to stop them——"

"Blow the trumpet and retreat!" Camillus still shouted firmly: "Blow the trumpet and retreat!"

Camillus, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, never takes chances in war. If he loses the battle, he must try his best to save the lives of his soldiers.

The retreating bugle sounded continuously, and the first reaction of all the Roman squadron leaders who heard the bugle was a bit unbelievable, because the battle situation they saw was that their troops were now gaining the upper hand, and some squadron leaders They already felt that the enemies on the opposite side were unable to support themselves, but out of their absolute trust in their commander Camillus, they still gave orders to their soldiers to retreat.

The old and middle-aged soldiers in the frontal attack arrays on the left, center and right wing quickly began to retreat, keeping distance from the enemy on the opposite side, and then turned around and retreated quickly and orderly.

Patroclus, who had already picked up his shield and spear and fought side by side with the soldiers, certainly knew what the ultimate combat purpose of legion commander Amyntas was in asking them to rush here quickly from where the camp was built, so the enemy in front of them suddenly retreated, causing The defensive pressure on his brigade suddenly relaxed, he let out a sigh of relief, and immediately realized: the enemy is trying to escape!Could it be that the Volscians are coming? !
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