Chapter 55: The Mastiff
"Phalanx! Defend the array! β
"Phew!"
The centurion hurried back to our phalanx, and looked back at the quiet bushes, no, nothing, as if nothing had happened. But the scout's corpse lay right in front of us.
The soldiers immediately formed a rectangular defensive array, shielded forward, and watched vigilantly at the quiet woods ahead.
"Get out of the way! Make way for the boss's car! β
It was Levi, a traitor, who came to order us loudly, and the captain of the guard was also a big official position, so how dare our centurions disobey such an order? Hurriedly waved us to spread out on both sides of the road to make way for Aetius' car. No matter how dangerous the situation, the safety of the manager always comes first.
Aetius' carriage began to turn its head under the escort of the barbarian cavalry, who passed behind us with their rifles three meters long on their shoulders, followed by Aetius's car.
The bushes at this time were never so calm, and in front of our eyes, the shrub branches swayed back and forth in the absence of wind, and who knows how many people passed through below.
"There are enemies! Prepare for battle! β
The centurion roared angrily, and saw the soldiers around him pull out a pike dart from their backpacks and hold it high on their shoulders, (because with the increasing severity of barbarian and national power decline, the soft-headed heavy javelin can no longer be equipped and is retired, replaced by a simplified javelin, but more of this guaranteed production of pike darts.) οΌ
"Don't be afraid, aim and hit! They are actually more scared than we are, because we are Roman legions! The centurion shouted loudly behind the formation, encouraging the courage of the soldiers over and over again. No one knew what to expect next, so I looked left and right and saw that everyone around me had shuttle darts, but I didn't even have a cloth belt for them, so I had to draw out the long sword that pulled the wind and held it tightly in my hand.
"It's quiet, it's so quiet, there's no movement."
Beside me, Fermio's voice trembled, and his eyes searched aimlessly among the bushes in front of me, which had never moved.
"Are there only a few enemies, or are they deliberately delaying our time?" Andrew analyzed on the side, drew his iron sword and knocked his shield three times in a row, and then shouted: "Comeoncomeon!" You Burgundy bugs! Come out and face off for real! But there was still no movement from the bushes.
"Quick, protect the driver!"
A horseman rode up behind us, and he was clearing the way for the chariot. Seeing that the chariot of Aetius was about to turn around.
"Someone!"
I only heard a scream from Fermio, looked up, and heard only "Whoosh! With a thud, an arrow flew overhead, piercing the horseman's waist, and the horseman fell from his horse with a scream.
"Throw! Throw! β
The centurion shouted hoarsely, and the soldiers slammed their efforts in the direction where the arrow was flying, "Brush, brush!" A pike-dart flew and quickly disappeared into the bushes, and then silence ensued, and there was no more sound in the bushes.
"Stay in formation! Don't be afraid! β
The centurion shouted with his sword held aloft, and the soldiers took out new pikes from their knapsacks and slung them over their shoulders.
"Boom! Bang! Bang!!! β
The rumbling sound broke the silence of the bushes, and smoke burned from behind the bushes not far away, and it was one by one.
"What's that?"
"What's that?"
The sound was like a speeding chariot, but only the sound could be heard but not the real thing, and the sound was getting louder and louder, indicating that the thing was getting closer and closer.
"Flint?"
My mind flashed to the stone that had tumbled down from the heights, specially designed against the Roman phalanx.
"Keep in formation, don't mess around!"
"Let the wagon run! Fast! Get out of here! β
Levi was there to dispatch quickly, and finally such a huge and gorgeous car turned around, but it was too late!
Several fiery boulders flew out of the bushes on both sides of the road, "Get out of the way!" Dodge! The centurion screamed, but it was too late, and the roar of the fiery boulder drowned out the screams of the soldiers, and they slammed straight into the phalanx.
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
The boulder swept through the formation, knocking down a large number of soldiers, and of course I was wiped by the falling boulder, which put me to the ground, not to mention the unlucky ones who ran straight over the past!
"Uh!! Woo!! β
The sound of an extremely rough horn sounded, and it was not our horn, but from the bushes.
"They're coming! They're coming! Prepare for battle! Prepare for battle! β
There was no need to lift the wounded soldier who was struggling on the ground, for the trumpets on both sides of the road were loud and the wind was surging in the bushes.
"Prepare the shuttle! Steady, as long as they dare to rush out! Shuttle darts waiting! β
The centurion gave further orders, and the soldiers marched forward with their pikes and shields, gasping for breath and watching the bushes with nervous attention.
"Whoa!"
What we never expected was that a large black shadow rushed out of the bushes, and this was not a person, but a dog, a mastiff!
βFireοΌ FireοΌοΌοΌ β
The centurion was obviously panicked, he shouted, not to mention the soldiers, closed his eyes and threw the pike dart in his hand indiscriminately, several mastiffs won the bid and fell, but more mastiffs surged up, like a black torrent!
"Son of a bitch! This time it's going to be folded here! β
Andrew shouted, lowering his body, and a mastiff pounced in front of him and crashed into the shield. The nimble mastiffs did not have much to do in their way, and they easily leaped forward, using their shields as a springboard, into our phalanx, and soon the soldiers in the first row were overwhelmed by the black "torrent". They struggled under the relentless bite of the mastiff, screamed, and quickly stopped.
"Stand back! Back off! β
Seeing that more than half of the second row in front of him was killed and wounded, Andrew immediately beckoned me and Formio to step back, but behind him, on the other side of the road, a large number of barbarians rushed out, holding aloft weapons of all colors, and the equipment was also uneven.
"Knock knock knock..."The two armies collided together, and we were dramatically flanked!
"Wang! Woof! Woof! β
A black mastiff pounced on him, and Andrew took advantage of the situation to swing his shield and fanned it away, knocking the mastiff down, and the mastiff struggled and got up with incredible speed, but Andrew's sharp blade followed and stabbed the mastiff in the chest.
"Get together, or all three of us will die!"
Andrew was really experienced, and he quickly came up with a countermeasure that worked, and the three of us immediately put our back-to-back, shields against the ground to prevent being knocked down by the strong mastiff. Then in the gap of the shield, he stabbed the mastiff to death.
"Steady, steady!" The centurion was still screaming hoarsely, and was soon pounced on by the three mastiffs that pounced, and the well-trained mastiff did not give him the slightest chance to resist, and opened his mouth to reveal the four sharp tooth knives, tearing open the centurion's throat. Blood splattered three meters high, and the centurion closed his mouth completely, leaving only the strength to convulse.
It was even more difficult for Levi and his cavalry, their horses frightened and approaching the edge of uncontrollability, while they mounted on their horses and clumsily stabbed the nimble mastiff with their rifles nearly three meters long, and soon they were soon dragged off their horses one by one.