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Chapter 271 Another battle with the cavalry
The scene was like a shepherd driving a flock of sheep. Although the number of Segostika warriors was far greater than that of the team led by Pecot, they had been dominated by fear and could not muster the courage to resist at all. They were terrified. Following the rolling flow of people, they headed towards Daixi Tiatai's military formation.

"Segestika people, think about your great leader Andres, show your courage and fight back for me! Kill the enemies behind you, they only have a few people and they will not be your opponent! ... ..." Temakis, who was at a loss for what to do, rushed to the front of the broken army on horseback and shouted urgently.

His escort rushed over and dragged him out of danger in time.

"Damn! Damn Segestica people! TMD..." Seeing that victory was about to be won, he didn't expect such a big accident. He watched the defeated soldiers rush to the front of their own formation and then push around like madmen. His own warriors... Desitiatai's phalanx began to become disordered... Temagis felt a tightness in his chest. He couldn't bear to look anymore, so he turned his horse and ran forward. He wanted to draw out the troops fighting in the front as soon as possible. Send enough manpower to quell this ridiculous chaos.

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On the wooden wall of the stockade, Amrotas stared at the battlefield. It stands to reason that the arrival of reinforcements has relieved the dilemma of the stockade. As the leader, he should be happy, but his expression now is obviously dull.

"Chief, should we send out soldiers to help them kill the enemy as soon as possible?" his subordinates asked eagerly.

"Idiot! Didn't you see that the enemy has been surrounded? I'm afraid the team we sent out can't even touch the enemy. How can we help!" Amrotas scolded.

"It seems that the enemy will be wiped out soon. Should we be prepared to welcome them into the stronghold?" someone else asked.

"With so many people coming, how can our village accommodate them? Aren't the military camps built by the Knicks still there? Let them live there when the time comes, so as not to disturb the lives of the tribe!" Amrotas said angrily. said.

The people around him saw that the leader's mood was not right and did not dare to say any more.

Amrotas is indeed resentful. In the past few days, he has sent messengers to Kabdus many times to ask for help, but he has never received a response. This has made him and his tribe worried for so long. Now that the enemy has almost withdrawn, reinforcements have just arrived. Come on, what's the use?

It seems that this guy Kabdus still has a grudge against me, which is why he delayed sending reinforcements for so long. In this case, I don’t have to show my kindness to him anymore. I still have to join forces with Pricas in the future... Amrotas He was lost in thought with a solemn expression.

"Oh my God, look! Enemy reinforcements!" Suddenly someone shouted.

Amid the panicked shouts of the people around him, Amrotas came back to his senses and followed everyone to look westward. He saw an endless long dragon traveling along the river bank road very quickly...

"Quick! Go and notify Kabdus! Just say that the enemy's reinforcements are coming, and tell him to be careful!" Amrotas hurriedly asked his men to report the news. Although he had resentment against Kabdus, he would never He didn't want to see the coalition suffer a defeat, otherwise his tribe would be doomed.

In fact, the coalition scout had discovered the enemy's situation before this, but when he rushed back to report, he found that the battlefield was in chaos. He could not find the big leader for a while, so he had to report to Terles first. After all, there were few cavalry and there were When attacking alone, Terles is closely followed by the flag-bearer so that he can direct his men to charge at any time, so it is easier to identify.

Terles spent some time gathering his cavalry. The leading troops of the Nix reinforcements had already bypassed the stockade and were heading towards the battlefield. Perhaps they saw the cavalry forming a team in front of them. They quickly stopped advancing and began to resume their advance. Formation.

Terles saw from a distance that the enemy in front of him had no armor, no big shield, and only held a short wooden stick-like weapon in his hand... He had led the cavalry back and forth to attack Aulus' team several times before. Because of its tight defense, there was no Despite the many victories achieved, some of his men were lost. Seeing that the enemy's reinforcements and equipment were so poor, how could they miss this great opportunity to annihilate the enemy, and immediately issued an order to attack.

The vanguard of the Nix reinforcements was the crossbow unit. They played an important role in the battle on the east bank of the Korana River, and no one was killed or injured. After the war, they took the initiative to clean the battlefield and retrieved and repaired some crossbow arrows.

Early the next morning, Maximus led some troops to quickly return for reinforcements, and the crossbow unit was one of them. Because the crossbowmen carried less weight and marched faster than other troops, they became the vanguard.

Of course, this was because Maximus learned from the crew that the enemy had begun a melee with the Fourth Army (due to the powerful detection horses of the Pannoni coalition, Nix could only let the ship explore the battle situation in the river), so he dared to let the crossbow team take the lead.

Although the crossbow captain Valerius was out of breath, he always maintained a high degree of vigilance. When he discovered that enemy cavalry was gathering far ahead, he without hesitation issued the order to "stop advancing and form an array on the spot."

The crossbowmen quickly lined up in two horizontal lines and began to prepare for shooting. Although they ran all the way and consumed a lot of energy, the speed of drawing the bow and loading the arrow did not slow down at all. This was because someone discovered that they had done something in the previous battle. You can save a lot of effort by learning a trick on pulling the string: stand the crossbow vertically on the ground, lightly step on the back of the bow with both feet, and pull up the bow string with both hands. You can use the strength of your lower back to wind the string more easily. After Valerius knew about it, he immediately promoted it to the entire team. The soldiers quickly mastered this simple and easy-to-learn winding method, which is now in use.

They quickly loaded their arrows. The soldiers in the front row held their bows flat and ready to shoot, while the soldiers in the back row held crossbows and were ready to hand them forward at any time.

This time, Terles did not use a column charge, but adopted a fan-shaped array, preparing to push forward and defeat the enemy's vanguard in one fell swoop.

When they were about 100 meters away, the speed of the war horse had already picked up. Terles, who was charging ahead, looked at the enemy's loose horizontal formation and the crude weapons and equipment in front of him, and remembered the frustration he suffered when he attacked the enemy's tight shield formation before. He took a sharp breath, raised his sword high, and roared sternly: "Kill!"

Looking at the menacing enemy cavalry, the crossbowmen did not panic. In previous battles, they had easily defeated many more cavalry.

After judging that the enemy cavalry was within a hundred meters, Valerius waved the red flag. This was not a misjudgment due to panic, but because he was experienced in combat and believed that based on the enemy's cavalry's forward speed, the launch should be just right at this time, and perhaps it would give the soldiers one more round of shooting time.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..." The arrows were like flying locusts, and in an instant people screamed and horses neighed. The Daixi Tiatai cavalry who was rushing at the front fell to the ground, and its attack speed slowed down.

When the cavalry behind bypassed the fallen comrades in front and continued to charge forward, another round of crossbows was fired, and another group of cavalry fell...

After two rounds of crossbows, the formation of the Desitiatai cavalry had become sparse. Terles was always at the forefront, and his speed did not slow down. It was not because he was lucky. He also received an arrow, but as a tribe The leader wore an iron helmet and armor and rode the best war horse. Although the arrow that hit his chest was blocked by the chest armor, the strong momentum almost killed him. The cavalrymen who continued to fall on both sides made him even more frustrated. His heart was like a knife, he endured the severe pain, his bloodshot eyes glared at the enemy in front, and his left hand kept shaking the reins...

Closer... closer... He could clearly see the faces of the enemies in front of him, and their faces showed panic, and they even turned around...

Don't try to escape! I will kill all of you to sacrifice your blood to my men! ...Telles clenched the sword in his hand and roared again.

At this moment, he saw the enemy in front of him turn around again, and three or four arrows shot at him at the same time. In an instant, the war horse under his crotch screamed and suddenly fell forward. Before he could react, he was thrown out by the strong inertia. He heard a "crack" sound and hit the ground head first, and he was immediately unconscious... …

The Nix crossbowmen fired three rounds of arrows, and almost half of the Desitiatai cavalry fell during the charge, and their commander, the prestigious and courageous Terles, also fell to the ground. The heavy casualties frightened the remaining cavalry, and they began to hesitate...

Seeing this, Valerius immediately ordered: "The crossbowmen advance in formation and fire freely!"

The crossbowmen took the initiative to move forward and close the distance with the cavalry. After firing their crossbows and shooting down several more cavalrymen, the Daixitiatai cavalrymen who had lost their command were so frightened that they retreated one after another, leaving behind their wounded and dead companions and soldiers. The war horse fell to the ground whining...

The crossbowmen turned and headed straight for the enemy infantry, which was besieging the flanks of the Aulus phalanx.

Valerius separated a hundred men to guard the enemy cavalry who were watching in the distance, and divided the remaining 500 crossbowmen into two teams. After approaching the enemy infantry array for 80 meters, he began to fire arrows.

Some warriors at the rear of the Daisitiatai spear formation had already discovered the approaching enemy. Their loud shouts could not affect the entire team that was fighting at full strength. However, they themselves could not leave the formation and could only turn around and face the incoming enemy. , put up your shield and prepare for defense.

In the battle on the east bank of the Korana River, it was proved that this simple wooden shield could not stop the powerful crossbow arrows. After one round of shooting, more than a hundred people fell, and after another round of shooting, more than a hundred people fell... The array made the Daisi Tiatai light infantry the best living target, and almost all the arrows were harvested.

After three rounds of shooting, the casualties of more than 400 Daixi Tiatai warriors had severely damaged the entire infantry array on the offensive flank.

Some soldiers were not willing to be passively beaten like this, and took the lead to turn around and attack the Nix crossbow team. Other companions followed suit. The spear formation collapsed, and the threat to the flanks of the Aulus phalanx was naturally gone...

(End of this chapter)