After much thought, Camillus finally made up his mind to repel the enemy in front of him first, and then retreat!

Now that the decision had been made, Camillus sprang into action, sending heralds with his orders to the Roman army to immediately line up in a three-line formation in the face of the incoming enemy forces. The Roman squadron, consisting of young soldiers, numbered ten, formed the front line, which was 1,200 men; Behind them, in the middle array, there were six Roman squadrons of men in the prime of life, totaling 660 men; The last column consisted of six squadrons of veterans, also 660 men, and a total of more than 2,500 infantry in the middle alone. On the left and right flanks, he lined up in the same way.

The Romans had been fighting according to new tactics for the past ten years, and they were already very familiar with this, and they had already arranged the formation of the enemy based on the squadrons, so they only needed to intersperse, close together, and spliced the small phalanxes formed by each squadron, and it did not take long to form a huge three-line array that stretched for a mile.

Camillus brought an army of 9,000 men, all heavy infantry, a total of 75 squadrons, plus three squadrons trapped, for a total of 78 squadrons, including 40 squadrons of young soldiers, 25 squadrons of young soldiers, and 13 squadrons of veterans. In the array, the number of veteran squadrons was insufficient, so he replaced them with squadrons of middle-aged soldiers. By the time the array was completed, 7,600 Roman heavy infantry had been put in.

At this time, he had 12 squadrons under his command, mostly of young soldiers, which he placed in the fourth column behind him as a reserve, guarding against the wounded and the Ionian cavalry and light infantry roaming in the rear.

He placed the remaining 500 Roman cavalry on both sides of the array, and scattered more than 1,500 light infantry between the fourth reserve column, mainly to guard against the opposing cavalry and light infantry.

While the Romans were deploying, the advance of the 1st Dionian Army slowed down, and at a distance of 200 meters from the enemy, the entire army stopped advancing and quickly adjusted according to the arrangement of the opponent's array.

Amintas placed the first, second, and third battalions in the front and the fourth, fifth, and sixth battalions in the rear, and the entire formation was almost as long as the Romans.

The two sides lined up almost simultaneously.

At a distance of 200 meters, the soldiers on both sides stared and looked at each other curiously.

The average Dionian soldier was dressed in black, wearing a bowl-shaped hooded helmet with cheek protection, the helmet had a crown, some had no hat, and some had more or less black hats, (this was according to the length of service of the legionnaires, the longer the years, the denser the hats, this was the veterans, most of whom were squad leaders), wearing black single-layer linen cuirass, covered with a layer of chain mail (this was a change gradually implemented after the establishment of the kingdom, compared with the original multi-layer glued linen cuirass, the weight was almost the same, but the hardness of the defense was increased, And it is easy to take off when marching), black leather shin armor under the legs, leather sandals on the feet, a half-man high convex shield in his left hand, a two-meter-long bayonet in his right hand, a sharp short sword at his waist, and two javelins in his back.

The Roman soldiers also wore helmets with cheek guards on their heads, two colored feathers inserted on either side of the helmet, and a horsehair red hat tassel in the middle was the squadron leader. The soldiers wore red short-sleeved liners and jackets of chain mail, only the squadron leader wore bronze cuirass, bronze shin armor on his calves, leather sandals on his feet, and a half-man high convex shield in his left hand, a two-meter spear in his right hand, and a short sword at his waist.

In the Roman formation, except for the flag-bearers on the left, center, and right, each holding a red military flag embroidered with winged eagles, there were no other flags. In the Dionian military formation, the detachment flags, company flags, and brigade flags are orderly distributed in various small phalanxes, and the regimental flags around the center are waving in the wind, and the statues of the gods on the top of the flags are shining with golden light, like the stars in the night sky, which is very beautiful.

When the two sides were in formation, the entire battlefield was half black and half red, and the soldiers on both sides stood like mighty statues, their spears lined up in a dense forest, and their shields stood on a towering wall......

Both sides remained silent, but the thick murderous aura that permeated the battlefield dispersed the dust and mist......

Amintas, who had always attacked bravely, did not immediately give the order to attack. On the one hand, he wanted the soldiers who came all the way to take a breather and recover their strength; On the other hand, he also wanted to delay a little longer and wait for the arrival of the Wolsey, after all, compared to the other side, the First Legion had several thousand fewer heavy infantry men, and the other side could quickly arrange a formation similar to Dionia, and he felt that this opponent was very different from the previous enemy, so he acted more cautiously.

But he could wait, but Camillus couldn't, and he could roughly guess why the Dionian army had pursued it here and stopped its advance. Therefore, as soon as the Roman soldiers were in formation and stable, he gave the order: "Attack with all your troops!" ”

"Woo! ......" the trumpet sounded.

The Roman soldiers raised their shields and spears and advanced slowly, and the four fronts basically maintained a relatively neat array, pressing towards the Dionian army.

Camillus rode behind the center of the array, occasionally looking back at the Dionian cavalry roaming behind the Roman flanks.

By this time, Ryders had already ridden to Amintas's side.

"Good work, old friend!" Amintas nodded in acknowledgement.

"In order to stop the Romans, my legion has paid more than 300 dead and wounded!" Ryders said with a solemn expression.

Amintas was silent for a moment and asked, "Can your cavalry fight again?" ”

Ryders shook his head, "The horses are very tired from running back and forth, and the cavalry has run out of javelins, and now they need to recover their horsepower." Only when the Romans retreated could they be put to good use again. But...... This enemy you're facing is not easy! ”

"Don't worry, the Romans want to use the tactics they stole from us to defeat the teacher, that can only be a joke!" Amintas said confidently while paying attention to the battle situation ahead. If Davers had heard this, he might have felt a little ashamed.

Ryders glanced at the only reserve behind him, consisting of a brigade of light armor, and felt a little uneasy, but he didn't speak again.

The company commander Stephorus (Amintas's adopted son), who was at the forefront of his company, clearly saw the Roman soldiers in front of him marching to a distance of 50 meters, and then paused one after another. His eyes shrank slightly, and he shouted loudly, "Brothers, javelin preparation!" ”

"Javelin ready! ......" the shouts of the officers of the Dionian Army squadron came and went.

The soldiers had javelins in their hands.

Mars!! ......" There was an earth-shattering roar in the Roman army, and the young Roman soldiers in their 20s, who were still full of strength even after just passing through the rush, took great strides and charged forward.

Stephorus looked carefully, the Romans did not put their long shields on top of it, apparently they did not understand the characteristics of the Dionian heavy infantry battle, and a sneer appeared on his face.

As the pace progressed, the speed of the Roman soldiers' charge increased rapidly, creating a powerful momentum that was indomitable.

The soldiers of the 1st Ionian Legion stood like a mountain, unmoved.

Until the Romans had already rushed closer to a distance of 30 meters, "Javelin!" ......" In the shouts of the officers, the front and rear arrays of Dionya threw the javelins in their hands at the same time, and the battlefield was like a hurricane, and the forward momentum of the Roman young soldiers who were charging in front came to an abrupt halt, and the dense heavy javelins flew over a distance of more than 20 meters, falling into the formation of Roman young soldiers as thick as ten columns, easily penetrating their chain mail and stabbing them to the ground. The heavy javelins smashed on the wooden shield were deeply embedded in the shield, and the spearhead was bent and dragged to the ground.

At this time, most of the young Roman soldiers with little combat experience did not continue to charge forward, but subconsciously pulled up their teammates who were struggling on the ground or wanted to pull out the javelins on the long shield, which provided sufficient preparation time for the Dionian soldiers to throw the second round of javelins, so when the second round of javelins was thrown, more Roman soldiers fell.

Camillus, who has always been calm and wise in battle, screamed several times in distress when he saw the battlefield scene. He never expected that the Dionian heavy infantry would be able to throw javelins, and the unsuspecting Roman soldiers suffered a lot of blows. Of course, what he would not have thought of was that the "heavy infantry bidding for guns before engagement" was originally a characteristic tactic of the Roman legions, but in the history of the previous life, this tactic was established because in the war between Rome and the Samonaites, the Samoneans, who were good at using javelins, made the Romans suffer a lot, and they began to learn from their opponents and improve their tactics, so that the Roman heavy infantry, which was almost a single arm, had a medium-range strike capability.

Just when the Romans were suddenly attacked and temporarily plunged into confusion, all the banners in the Dionian army pointed in front of them, and the soldiers shouted the name of "Hades" and pounced fiercely on the enemy.

"Fight! Fight! ......" The unwounded Roman squadron leader and squad leader shouted as they took the lead in rushing to the front to fill the gap in the fragmented front, and the young soldiers in the back row also rushed to the front without hesitation, they wanted to avenge their wounded comrades.

But before the Roman front line could be refilled, the charge of the Dionian soldiers had already arrived.

The left, center, and right flank forward troops of both sides collided one after another, and although the thickness of the first line of troops on both sides was ten columns, compared with the first, second, and third brigades of the 1st Dionian Army, which were fully manned, the Roman youth troops that had just suffered javelin blows and were in a broken formation were obviously unable to resist them in terms of strength.

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