Rome must fall.

Chapter 245 Confrontation
Baka and his son Beta came to the front of the battle with their escorts and looked at the Aldie coalition formation. The reflection of the shiny armor on its left wing made him squint his eyes: "That is the reinforcements of the Aldie people, from a Call the army of the Nyx tribe?"

"Yes, father." Beta said with a solemn expression: "According to the information we have found out, this tribe of Nyx is located to the north of the Aldie people. It was only established last year. Most of its tribesmen are Illyrians, but they He once fought outside the mountains as a mercenary for many years, and returned to the mountains last year to form an alliance with the Aldie people...

They just arrived here yesterday, and there were more than 5000 of them. Our spies said they were all wearing armor, but I didn't expect that they were all wearing such thick armor! Father, should we change the plan we made before? "

Baka thought for a moment and said: "Immediately send someone to inform Elida and ask him to take the warriors of his tribe to strengthen the left wing (former Tribali tribe). I don't ask him to fight to the death, I only ask him to delay Just live in these Nicks...

Although the Knicks and Aldea are allies, they only came here last year. Logically speaking, they will not have a deep friendship with Aldea. This time they are just acting in accordance with the covenant and they should not try their best to fight us. As long as we have a clear winner with the Aldi people, I believe they will retreat in spite of the difficulties. "

"I understand, father!" Beta rekindled his fighting spirit, pulled the guard captain over, and whispered to him. The guard captain ran towards the rear array.

"Father, look, that Alistakas is here, we should go there too." Beta pointed to the front and reminded.

"Don't worry." Baka said calmly: "When Elida and his team arrive on the left wing and take up their positions, let's go over again, just in time to make the little boy of Ardey wait a little longer. Wait, arouse his anger."

Beta understood immediately.

Alistakas was already standing in the center of the array on both sides. He saw that Baka had clearly appeared in front, but he stood there motionless. The anger in his heart grew as the waiting time extended, and he finally couldn't bear it anymore. Zhu shouted loudly: "Chief Baka, are you scared?! Don't dare to come and see me! Chief Baka..."

Aristakas shouted so many times that his voice was a little hoarse, and then he saw Baka slowly walking over, raising his head and glancing at him sideways, with a look of complete contempt: "Boy, you are here. Aren't you tired of screaming for a long time? To tell you the truth, if your father was here, I would come here earlier, but you... I really don't want to move. "

Aristarchus was so angry that he blurted out: "You old and immortal thing——"

Baka laughed and said: "Hey, you are right. I am so old, but I am still living well. This is because Ares is blessing me! Your father is about the same age as me. I heard that he is ill. It’s very serious, I’m afraid I really won’t live long.”

Aristarchus' face turned red with anger, and he immediately wanted to rush over and punch the hateful old man in the face, but he was held tightly by Cleobrotus beside him, and at the same time reminded him in a deep voice. : "Aristarchus, don't forget what you came here to do! You are the commander-in-chief of the entire army, so you must stay calm!"

Immediately afterwards, Cleobrotus said to Baka righteously: "Chief Baka, on such a sacred occasion, you treat your opponent so rudely, so you are not afraid of arousing Ares's anger. ! And if it spreads, it will probably make all the tribes in Illyria laugh!"

Baka glanced at Cleobrotus coldly, put away his smile, and then raised the spear in his hand: "Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and complete the ceremony, so that I can lead the army to defeat you!"

Aristarchus snorted, held back his anger, and put up the spear in his hand.

Both parties shouted the name of Ares and jointly swore to abide by their previous agreement.

After the ceremony was completed, Baka looked at Alistakas jokingly, shook his head, and then turned and walked back.

Aristarchus was so angry that he was shaking all over. Cleobrotus once again reminded him to calm down. He waved his hands angrily and strode back to his team.

When the commanders of both sides were holding a ceremony, Pheasalus was walking with a few people between the arrays of the First Legion. As he walked, he said loudly: "Brothers, following me is Tascine, a member of the military staff. Sir, Lacklid, a member of the Civil Service Department, their mission is to record and confirm your achievements in the battle!
Remember, everyone, the more enemies you kill and the more meritorious deeds you make, the more land you can gain and the more promotions you can get! This is a great opportunity given to us by the leader of the First Legion. You must not miss it! …”

Pheasalus kept repeating these words. Wherever he passed, the soldiers all clenched their swords and shields, breathing rapidly, eyes widening, and their fighting spirit rising...

Returning to the rear of the array, Alistakas was so angry that he couldn't wait to let his men blow the horn.

The Ardei soldiers in the center and left wing began to move forward slowly, but the Knicks First Army on the right did not move. Soon the sound of brass horns came from behind, and the flags of each brigade were pointed forward, and the team officers shouted The soldiers began to advance only after hearing the sound. Immediately afterwards, the sound of horns was heard from the opposite side, and the Otariat army also began to march.

The two armies faced each other. When they were about fifty meters apart, the soldiers from both sides let out loud roars and began to charge faster. It was like two huge waves colliding head-on. The sounds of fighting and screams filled the sky for a while.

When the Ardei warriors charged, the First Legion did not follow suit, but stopped advancing.

"Brothers, don't panic! Come closer to me! Squat down halfway, with your right foot in front and left foot behind. Press your shield against the back of the teammate in front of you and stand firm for me!..." Kasa Ridoa shouted at his men like other team officers. His team was in the middle of the array because of the large number of new recruits. They did not have to face the enemy's attack for the time being, but they also needed to make their own contribution to the defense of the entire team. .

As soon as the First Legion set up their shield formation, the Otariat rushed in front of them and violently collided with the tight formation of the Nyx.

At that moment, Pheasalus's heart was in his throat.
Because there were many people in Otariat, its array was much longer than that of the coalition forces. In order to prevent the enemy from surrounding the flanks, Pheasalus lengthened the array and at the same time drew out the array at the suggestion of the staff member Markius. A large group was used as a reserve, thus making the array thinner, with only four columns... Whether he could withstand Otariat's overwhelming charge was what he was most worried about now.

It didn't take long for Pheasalus to feel relieved. The Otariat's charge once bent and even partially cracked the dense shield formation of the First Army. However, once the charge was terminated, the First Army gradually resumed its formation. .

This is mainly due to the soldiers at the forefront. Most of them are veterans who have experienced the Italian war and have rich combat experience. When the enemy charged, they used square shields to protect themselves and retreated to relieve the momentum. At the same time, they seized the opponent's flaw exposed at the moment of collision. The dagger in their right hand quickly thrust out from the gap in the shield and struck fiercely. Deeply penetrate into the opponent's ribs...

The Otariat were born and raised in mountainous areas. They have been fighting with their own people all year round. They are used to fighting with spears. Suddenly they encountered a unique opponent. They were very uncomfortable with it, and this unsuitability cost them a lot. The price is either injury or death.

The Nyx were armed with large shields and short swords. If they wanted to kill the enemy, they had to fight in close combat, which required the soldiers to have enough courage and sword fighting skills.

There were many people in Otariat. Although the formation was loose during the formation, after the charge, the people behind were stacked up with the people in front. The hedgehogs gathered together, and the people behind pushed forward, pushing the people in front to continue the attack. The shield formation of the First Legion made it difficult for the compatriots in front to avoid the dagger thrusts of the First Legion soldiers. However, most of them did not have armor, so the casualties increased sharply for a while, and the offensive was naturally greatly weakened. They even stopped fighting and retreated slowly.

When Pheasalus learned about this situation from behind, he was relieved but also a little confused. Of course, he would not know that the first legion was fighting against some of the tribes that Otariat had conquered before. Knowing them The order given by Baka was to "contain the Knicks' army without fighting to the death." But when the horn sounded, the warriors who began to charge were so excited that they forgot the instructions of the leaders before the war. The constant screams of the tribesmen made them recover. Losing their senses, they began to retreat amidst the loud shouts of the leaders, hoping to distance themselves from the First Army and reduce casualties.

At this time, the cavalry who went to reconnoiter the enemy's situation returned one after another.

It took the rebels a year to establish the tribe, and the number of the army was greatly expanded, but the number of cavalry was reduced because there were not enough horses. This time when they went out to fight, the Ministry of War only equipped the First Corps with 4 cavalry for reconnaissance purposes.

At the beginning of the war, Pheasalus sent them all out for reconnaissance. Because Auguriat had no cavalry, he was not worried about the loss of cavalry.

"Report to the commander of the army, the enemy has sent out all the troops, and no reserve troops have been found."

this is a good news! ...Fesalus felt happy in his heart and looked at the cavalry who went to find out the situation of friendly troops.

"Legion Commander, our left wing is surrounded by the enemy from the flanks, but so far we are still fighting fiercely with the enemy, and we have not seen any obvious weakness."

Fesalus felt a little nervous.

"Regiment commander, our Chinese army advanced too far during the charge, exposing both sides. The enemy seems to be concentrating its forces to attack the Chinese army, and our Chinese army has begun to retreat."

(End of this chapter)