Augustus Road

Sure enough, Luculas raised his sword vigorously, and several cavalrymen behind him immediately raised their trombones and blew them while running. With this as a signal, the whole team started to fight and shouted for a decisive battle, instantly increasing the speed of the march. This flanking force, accompanied by Luculas, was composed of 600 legionary cavalry composed of Gauls and Celts, 1,000 Thracian cavalry, and more than 3,000 Thracian light infantry. Carabis, who followed Lucullasma, saw that the Thracian warriors who had landed on the coast of Amisus were originally stupid and wretched, but now they were ferocious and scary: their cavalrymen were all wearing Scythian fish-scale armor, bareheaded, wearing cloaks, and holding light spears; the infantrymen held a huge shield with tassels and painted with monster patterns on one side, and carried a terrifying killing weapon - a specially modified light sickle called "Romphia" reverse-blade machete; the light infantry had no armor at all, only a small half-moon shield, plus a slingshot, or a Greek scimitar, and both infantry and cavalry wore a coarse cloth cloak with geometric patterns on the edges. As the number of heads cut off by the master increased, the lace of the geometric patterns would gradually increase.

The target of this group of people was the hills at the bend of the river.

Before Tegrenis could look away, an officer beside him shouted, pointing to the other side of the river, "The Romans are also making moves on the front!" The King of Kings quickly shifted his gaze to the front again - a Roman army, arranged in three wide rows, with flag bearers holding golden eagle flags in front, advancing slowly amid a burst of exciting trumpets.

This army had about two thousand people, all heavy infantry, marching in a standard three-row horizontal formation, just like training on the parade ground. This was the first battalion of the 11th and 7th Legions, with light auxiliary infantry of Gailasha in between. The chief centurions of the two legions walked at the front of the team, arguing with each other, warning each other not to rob their own credit. Their quarrels sometimes caused everyone to laugh, and sometimes aroused everyone's generosity.

"What are these people going to do? Just these few people, what are they going to do?" Tegrenis on the carriage looked at the Lukulas detachment that was rushing towards the river bend, and then at the first battalions of the two legions that were approaching him quickly. He held the railings in his palms, sweating. The barbarian army on the front line also began to get nervous. They shouted at each other, waiting for the king or Tegrenis's order. The little Tegrenis and the generals standing on the side also urged the King of Kings to issue a battle order.

As a result, before the King of Kings made a decision, the Medes standing on the front line could no longer bear it. They howled, pulled the strings of the composite bows in their hands, and shot the first wave of arrows randomly!

The arrows were thrown down one after another, and the soldiers of the first battalion skillfully raised the oval shields, knelt on one knee, blocked the arrows, and then stood up again slowly and continued to move forward. At this time, they found that the flag bearer of the Seventh Legion's Eagle Flag had two arrows wedged into his neck. He struggled to hold the flag and knelt on the ground. He died soon after.

The chief centurion of the Seventh Legion took over the Eagle Flag and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Who wants to humiliate the flag of the legion today?" As a result, the four veteran centurions behind him shouted together: "No one, unless everyone dies in battle!" Then, the first battalion of the Seventh Legion quickly changed into a spearhead formation and launched a decisive and rapid charge to the other side of the river!

"We can't fall behind the women of the Bacchus Legion!" The chief centurion of the 11th Legion also shouted, leading his subordinates to follow up and charge.

The first battalions of the two armies quickly formed a charge line that stretched hundreds of meters. Asase, who waded across the river barefoot, ran a distance of six furlongs in one breath, and started the battle before the Armenian barbarian army had time to react!

"They actually dare to attack!" Tegrenis saw this scene and shouted in panic. Then, in a panic, he made a few random gestures. It was too late to correct it afterwards: the flag officer next to him quickly turned the commander's "order" into flag language, and the messengers laughed and ran away on their horses. Tegrenis's gesture meant: attack on both wings and the second line.

At this time, the Medes on the first line were close to collapse. They didn't even have time to retreat, and they died under the swords of the Romans. The cries shook the earth. Many people's shoulders, wrists, and internal organs were removed and chopped off by the Romans' short swords, splashing on the faces of their companions behind or next to them. Everyone lost the courage to fight. Many people were so frightened that they sat on the ground and let the Romans slaughter them.

Soon, the Armenian flank cavalry, who received the "order", rushed up from both sides in a disorderly manner. Not only did they fail to defeat the Romans, but they also made their own formations messy. The first battalion of the Romans was the main force with ten centuries, four of which were veteran centuries with ten years of military service. These soldiers skillfully changed the formations of the battalions and squads, making the entire formation a triangular wedge: tearing the enemy's defense line on one side and resisting the enemy's flank attack on the other two sides.

At this time, the remaining eighteen battalions of the two legions in the rear shouted in unison and pressed forward densely.

The first line of Armenia was completely destroyed, and even the second and third line troops were shaken violently. Many people had armor forged with fine steel, but they were afraid to fight the terrible Romans! They formed a huge and clumsy square formation, which could not effectively resist the flexible and fierce attacks of the Roman squad, just like a stupid elephant fighting a group of hungry wolves.

On the other side, Luculas's roundabout detachment also waded across the river bend and rushed to the hills. There was a full four furlongs in between, which was flat land.

"This is crazy. The famous Armenian guards cavalry are on the hills, and their bodies are wrapped in two layers of scale armor. How can Thracian mercenaries like Luculas resist their terrifying charge down the hills?" Adiana, who was watching the battle on the tower, said to herself.

But to Adiana's surprise, the five thousand Armenian guards stood on the hills, watching Luculas's troops crossing the plain below, but they did not exert their greatest power to rush down and defeat the Romans.

The reason is also very simple: the general of the Guards, because Tegrenis's incomprehensible order just now was actually conveyed by a messenger "accurately", asked them to also join the flank troops to attack the first Roman brigade in the front!

The general's mind was confused at the time. The order he received in advance was to hold on here and wait for an opportunity to annihilate the Romans who crossed the river bend. Now the situation is indeed the case. Luculas's flanking detachment has already forced up, but why did my king issue an order to participate in the flank attack on the front Romans at this time?

In addition, they had walked a long distance to reach this hill. The men and horses were wearing heavy armor and holding huge spears, so they were very tired. When the general hesitated, the cavalrymen stuck their spears into the ground and rested on the saddles. They were not ready to fight at all.

In this short period of hesitation, Luculas took action!

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