"I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen!" Phellisius bowed slightly, unable to hide the joy on his face, and said excitedly: "I'm late because I have to receive a messenger from the Third Legion at the Military Affairs Department. He brought good news—"

Phellisius looked around at the senators and said loudly, "The Third Legion has defeated the rebels of Pikosis and Grummentum outside the city of Grummentum!" With the exception of a handful who escaped, most of them were captured, and the Third Army suffered only a few dozen casualties, and the commander of the Hieronymus Corps was leading the army towards the city of Picosis. It is reported that the city is empty of troops, and it is only a matter of time before Picosis is taken! ”

The venue suddenly boiled: "Great! What a brilliant victory! ”

"Picosis! We're finally going to have a West Coast seaside city that's truly our own! ”

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The senators, who had just been shocked by the scene described by Polyxis, burst into a cold sweat and burst into cheers like never before.

Polyxis looked at the jubilant senators in amazement, and for a moment he had not recovered from this sudden reversal...... After a long time, he was unwilling to say quietly: "...... I didn't expect that Hieronymus would be able to create a great victory like Davers......"

"Nope." Phellisius corrected him loudly, saying, "In fact, this victory was planned in advance by Lord Davers with the Third Legion, and with the help of the two allies of Laos and Elia. Otherwise, how could it be so easy! ”

"Oh......" Kuno Gorata and Cornerus looked like they should be, and then asked with interest about the details of the battle.

Polyxis stopped talking.

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The Battle of Punate River had been going on for more than an hour, and the battle line between the two sides had changed from a straight line that had begun to a curved crescent.

On the right flank of the Dionian army, the troops led by Trifias remained almost in their original position. The left flank of the Bruti tribe, composed of more than a dozen Bruti tribesmen on the opposite side, could not effectively unite into a unified force and continued to maintain pressure on the right wing phalanx of Dionia.

In the middle of Dionia, Vig, Amblia and some of Cosenza's fighters attacked fiercely. The phalanx of the First Legion began to retreat after holding each other for a while, causing the entire center to sink in. The proud First Legionmen did their best, but the long time they had spent building camp had consumed too much of their physical strength, and they were already a little exhausted after putting on their heavy armor again.

On the left flank of Dionia, the Second Legion and the Cosenza warriors were still fighting. The Cosenza warriors washed away the shame of the failure of the last siege, relying on the superhuman endurance (according to the words of later generations, the highland people have more red blood cells and high oxygen load) and a physique taller than the Greeks, to maintain a high-intensity attack for a long time. The 2nd Army was able to maintain the balance of power by virtue of solid defense and full cooperation between the major groups.

And on the far left, it is the only place where Dionia has an absolute predominance. The light shield soldiers led by Epitenis gave the Bruti cavalry a kill at the beginning, and in the close combat, the Bruti cavalry suffered a lot of losses from the experienced Dionian light shield soldiers, if this was not a life-and-death battle for the Bruti people, the cavalry leader would have led the remaining cavalry to flee far away, but in order to prevent the Dionian light shield soldiers from supporting other battlefields, he led his subordinates to distance themselves from the Dionian light shield soldiers, and used the speed of the cavalry to wander around the periphery, Chill Son raids the Ionian light infantry that has broken away. But the Dioonians were not vegetarian in javelins and bows and arrows, and the number of Bruti cavalry was still decreasing little by little.

The light infantry led by Zpitt was in some trouble, although the Bruti light infantry could not compare with Theoria in terms of both numbers and the ability of the light infantry, but the angry Bruti light infantry, after suffering from the enemy, instead gave up the long attack and rushed up to engage in close combat with Zpitt's troops with javelins and short blades.

Tspitt could have retreated back and pulled a distance, which would have been a tactic of light infantry. However, Zpitt, who had been following Davers for a long time, knew that the sudden retreat of his light infantry and freedmen as part of the general battle would expose Epitenis's flanks and cause heavy losses to the light shieldmen who had been fighting with the enemy cavalry. Therefore, Tspitt did not retreat and fought with the Bruti light infantry. He had few light shields in his hands, and the freedmen could still handle the shooting of arrows and bidding guns, so they could not hold on to the fierce Brutis in close combat.

Luckily, Davers still has a lot of cards in his hand. Upon hearing of the predicament of the far left, he quickly sent a mountain reconnaissance brigade. These lightly armed soldiers armed with leather shields and short swords galloped all the way to the far left flank, immediately joined the warband, and quickly turned the tide.

In the dust and mist, a herald cavalry galloped towards Davers at the rear of the formation.

Tolmid hurriedly greeted him.

"Lord Commander, Capps has sent someone to tell you that the soldiers of the First Legion are almost overwhelmed, they are so tired that they can't even lift their brass shields!" As soon as Tolmid got the information, he rushed to report to Davers.

"It seems that the First Legion has reached the limit of its physical strength." Davers concluded.

"Not only the First Legion, but Dracos also sent someone to report that some of the soldiers of his Second Legion were starting to feel dizzy and weak, and they didn't even dare to order a change between the front and rear formations, for fear of a big mess." Thormid reminded.

"Our soldiers are all tired like this, and no matter how good the strength of the Brutis is, I'm afraid they won't be much better." Davers stared ahead. There was dust everywhere in front of him, the figures were longing, and the sound of killing shook the sky, but he seemed to see where the opportunity for victory was: "Go and inform the two Bissinian chiefs of Bloom and Krem, aren't they clamoring to go into battle to kill the enemy, now the opportunity has come!" I want them to lead the Bessiniya warriors to the left flank at once, attack the enemy's flank, crush the Cosenza with the most swift attack, and show us how powerful the Bissinian warriors are! ”

"Yes!" Tolmide replied excitedly.

"At the same time, it is time for Rydes's cavalry brigade to rest enough, let them go to assist Epitenis and Zpitt at once, and after quickly defeating the enemy's cavalry and light infantry, turn around and go north, cross the battlefield, attack the enemy's center and rear, and flank the front and rear of the First Army, and crush it in one fell swoop!" Davers clenched his right fist and swung it down.

"Understood, Commander!" Tolmid led the two heralds to turn on their horses and gallop to the left, where he was to give the order himself.

Davos turned his head to look at the two troops on the far left, behind the phalanx, who had not been involved in the battle, and at a distance of a few miles were only a hazy shadow, and they could not see clearly.

After a long while, Tolmid rushed back: "They're already on their way. ”

"Blow the horn of attack!" Davers immediately ordered.

"Toot! Honk! Honk! ......" The high-pitched trumpets overpowered the noisy fighting and spread throughout the battle array.

"It's the Attack! Brothers, hold on, our reserves are dispatched! "Zantiparis heard the sound of the trumpet and his spirits lifted. Before the battle, Davers had told the two corps commanders about his battle plan, and the two corps commanders conveyed Davers's tactical intentions to his captains, company captains, and detachment commanders, so in such a passive situation, the defense line of the first and second corps was still able to hold on, because the officers had the bottom in their hearts, and now they finally looked forward to the clarion call to attack.

"Drums! Beat the drums! Zantiparis shouted the order in a voice that was already hoarse.

The drums sounded, and the military flag pointed forward. Although the soldiers were physically tired, their spirits were uplifted.

All the captains of the 1st and 2nd Legions did almost the same thing as Zantiparis.

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When the sound of the trumpet reached Pianlon's ears, he was in the right flank of Bruti, following the warriors as they fought their way forward, and although every step was very difficult, the Cosenza warriors were advancing.

The Dionians are dying! The thought crossed Pianlen's mind, and although he was a little tired, the desire for victory drove him to work harder. And at this moment, Dionia's military horn shocked his heart: Could it be that the enemy has reinforcements?

A sense of urgency came over him, and he couldn't understand the overall situation in the formation, so he could only hurry up to defeat the enemy in front of him: "The descendants of Brutus should work harder!" The enemy is dying! ......" he shouted, and the guards around him shouted, thus infecting the other fighters...... The Ksenza warriors used all their remaining strength to attack desperately. 、

But the defenses of the Second Army were also greatly strengthened, and the advance of the center and right flank of the Brutis was more difficult than before.

Under the leadership of Broome and Creru, more than 2,000 Bessinian warriors, who had been holding back for more than an hour and had nowhere to vent their energy, rushed all the way, bypassed the outer flanks of the two armies, roared angrily, and fiercely pounced on the rear of the right flank of the Brutis.

The earth-shattering shouts and rumbling footsteps caused the Cosenza warriors to look back in a hurry, and then they saw countless Buranti warriors dressed similarly to them, wielding their spears and slaughtering them viciously.

"It's a Bessina! We're surrounded!! ......" the Cosenza warrior hastily turned to resist.

At this time, Rydes's cavalry brigade easily routed the Bruti cavalry and light infantry that were struggling to support, and just as the cavalry brigade, reconnaissance group, and light infantry gave up the pursuit and routed their troops and advanced northward, preparing to pass through the rear of the enemy's right flank and attack the rear of the middle of the Bruti army, the exhausted Cosenza warriors began to break up after being fiercely attacked by the Bessinians from the rear......