Rome must fall.

Chapter 28 Battle
  When the rebel soldiers saw the camp fire behind them, they began to panic. Even Hamilcar felt nervous and asked Spartacus beside him urgently: "The Romans are very cunning and try to burn our camp. Destroying our morale, if this continues, I'm worried... should we change our plan and launch an attack first?!"

"Don't panic, the original plan remains unchanged, we continue to wait." Spartacus looked calm and said in a deep voice: "You immediately send someone to inform Maximus and let him take the baggage team to put out the fire. .”

"Okay!" Hamilcar calmed down a little. He knew that although he had experienced some battles, it was difficult for him to be as calm as Spartacus at critical moments. This was why he was willing to assist Spartacus. main reason.

"Keep firing, don't stop!" Grabo looked up at the fire on the hillside in front and ordered loudly. Although he was only allowed to lead half of the legion, out of his cautious character, he still begged for more ballistae and cavalry. This was originally to frighten the enemies who were slaves during the confrontation, but when the cavalry detected the enemy's camp, After the deployment, he formulated such a combat plan, and now it seems to be working well.

Fire bombs flew overhead from time to time, and behind them were the constant shouts from the baggage train. The rebel soldiers kept turning their heads and looking back. Their moods went up and down like a roller coaster. The initial high morale no longer existed. The still dense array gradually became looser, and the noise became louder and louder.

Spartacus always stood still, concentrating on overlooking the Roman ballista position at the bottom of the mountain, and suddenly said: "That ballista didn't fire a fireball for two rounds!... Oh, the one next to it seemed to have stopped too. Got it!"

Hamilka looked at it and saw that it was indeed the case. He immediately felt happy: "It seems to be broken!"

"It's no wonder that the ballistae was damaged by the fire!" Spartacus stretched his brows and shouted in response: "Brothers, hold on a little longer! The Romans' ballistae will soon be broken, and then they will have to Don’t go up the mountain to fight us!”

He was shouting, Hamilka followed closely, and the nearby gladiators also shouted. The soldiers in the center gradually calmed down again. But at this moment, a roar suddenly sounded on the left wing, and the rebel soldiers there rushed towards the Roman army down the mountain like a roaring mountain torrent.

Hamilcar was stunned when he saw this situation.

Spartacus yelled angrily: "What's going on?! What is Enomui doing!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was another roar from the right wing, and then the soldiers rushed down the mountain.

"Damn Crow—" Spartacus's curse stopped abruptly. He raised the dagger in his hand and shouted with all his strength: "Brothers, take revenge on the Romans and charge at me!" After saying that, he took the lead in rushing down the mountain with his sword and shield in hand. When such a situation occurred, it was certainly impossible for Spartacus to watch the left and right wings fight the Roman army alone.

The soldiers shouted "Revenge!!! Revenge!!!..." and rushed downwards.

Another thousand-man team in the center, led by Altonix, followed closely behind.

The rebels went down the mountain one after another, which attracted Maximus' attention. The sudden change of the rebels' battle plan made him feel uneasy.

He looked around: people from the baggage train were scattered throughout the camp to put out the fire...

He hesitated for a moment and then made a decision: "You all come over and gather quickly! Hurry up!"

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Grabo felt nervous when he saw the rebels charging menacingly from the mountain. On the other hand, the commander of the military camp, Videnius, looked calm. The officers commanding the legion shouted loudly and quickly merged the small phalanx of Centuries on the third line into a large phalanx about 300 meters long with ten columns. There are about 1000 auxiliary soldiers in the rear (there are also 300 auxiliary soldiers stationed in the camp). The reason why Grabo did not send these auxiliary soldiers to the front of the formation to hinder the charge of the rebel army was because he had no control over these temporarily recruited Napoli and The city guards in surrounding towns lacked confidence and were worried that these Campanians, who were too powerful to fight, would not only be unable to provide help in a head-on battle, but would instead become a burden.

Just after the Roman legions completed their formation merger, the left and right wings of the rebel army were already rushing to the front of the formation.

"Javelin!...Javelin!..." The shouts of the Roman officers made the soldiers quickly get into a throwing posture, and followed the officers to throw the heavy javelin in their right hand at the enemy. Although the time was hasty and the movements were not standard, The concentrated shooting of thousands of heavy javelins was simply a disaster for the rebel soldiers who had no combat experience and lacked protection.

Amidst the screams, countless rebel soldiers were stabbed in the body by heavy javelins and suddenly fell to the ground. The originally dense formation suddenly became sparse. Some rebel soldiers who were lucky enough to escape the javelin attack were so frightened that they turned around and fled. , Although some are still moving forward, their speed has slowed down significantly. Only the front-line gladiators' charging momentum remains unchanged.

If a mature Roman legion achieved such great results with its javelin attack, it would definitely take the opportunity to launch a charge and completely disrupt the enemy's formation in one go. However, the Roman army in front of them obviously had no such plan. Instead, under the guidance of the team officers, Under his leadership, he erected a shield wall, drew his dagger, and made a defensive posture. Because even though they had already dealt a heavy blow to the enemy, they inevitably felt nervous when facing the fiercely charging gladiators.

The heavy javelin attack and the large reduction in teammates did not deter the gladiators on the left and right wings. On the contrary, the bad battlefield situation made their blood boil. They roared loudly, their faces were ferocious like wild beasts. Fighting and death were their destiny. Just like in the arena.

Enomui and Cross were the kings of this group of beasts. They rushed at the front, carrying the large square shields with heavy javelins in their hands, as easily as holding a rag. With the momentum, they moved towards The Roman soldier holding the shield for defense pushed hard, and the powerful force shook the opponent. Then the dagger in his right hand passed through the gap exposed by the shield like lightning, stabbing the opponent...

Immediately afterwards, the middle troops of the rebel army, led by Spartacus and Altonix, also reached the front of the Roman army and also caused casualties to the first row of Roman soldiers.

There was some chaos in the Roman military formation, which made Grabo, who was at the rear, a little frightened. He couldn't help shouting: "Let the Campanian soldiers—"

"Don't be anxious, legion commander." Videnius loudly comforted: "Don't worry, our soldiers can withstand it!"

"Is...is it?" Widenius's words calmed down Grabo's mood. He rode on the horse and looked forward: amidst the shouts of the team officers, some panicked soldiers instinctively followed the instructions and shouted to each other. They were closer together, and some soldiers in the front line even gave up their daggers and held shields with both hands for full defense... This caused the entire military formation to shrink inward and become more dense.

The gladiators' advance was checked; their numbers were still too few. Once they fell into a battle, without overall cooperation, their offensive power was greatly reduced, and the Roman soldiers began to regain their breath...

It was only then that Grabo breathed a sigh of relief and asked in a consultative tone: "When can the Campanians go up?"

"Wait a little longer and consume the slaves' physical strength for a while, and then they will not have the strength to run away." Widenius replied.

"Then let's do it." Grabo agreed.

Spartacus gathered all his strength and slammed into the Roman soldiers in front of him many times, but his opponent used a square shield to protect his body and only defended but did not attack, making it difficult for Spartacus to find a flaw and stab the opponent. However, due to the uprising, The formation of the army was relatively loose, and the opponent was forced to retreat. He gradually embedded himself in the enemy's formation. There were enemies on both sides, which made him scrupulous and did not dare to attack with all his strength. He suddenly became anxious: These damn Romans Just like a turtle, what should I do if I can't break through their military formation quickly? ! The brothers on both wings have been attacked by javelins before and their strength was damaged. How long can they hold on? ! …

(End of this chapter)