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"This month is almost over, and next month is coming soon." -Homer's Odyssey

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Minand woke up at six o'clock in the morning on time, which was a good habit he developed during his twenty-year military career. He is a descendant of Spartans, and his ancestors, as hired officers, have been wandering in the marginal areas of Persia for a long time and become a family of professional officers. Minand himself is very lucky. His father was killed in the war after Mithradati VI, so he was promoted by the king and arranged to train the elite bronze shield army behind the capital empire. In fact, it was because the "bronze shield army", a symbol of the imperial guard, was beaten several times in the Roman War. Experienced grassroots officers and superior commanders are scarce, so

So, slowly, in Minand's mind, the bronze shield army and the warlord empire are equivalent. He hates Achilles, Achilles and other old-school world-renowned scholars, and he is also dissatisfied with Di Anna's "new model army" formed by imitating the Romans. "These troops and personnel in addition to distract the essence of the investment should be focused on the bronze shield army, without any effective effect. Your majesty's empire should have been guarded by my people. " This idea has also made Minand himself more and more stubborn and arrogant. Even before Mithrati VI died, he had the idea of controlling the bronze shield army and replacing it with the new emperor of the capital. After the bronze shield army and the empire were destroyed, Minand took refuge under Pompeii's account and became the Bosphorus and King Crahan of Pompeii. But in these years, he is still committed to reviving the great "Bronze Shield Army". He naturally has a natural inheritance right to the capital empire.

No, there is another reason, and that is him and stratton Nice. All are real princesses, and there is a legally qualified marriage between them. With this in mind, our born son, Minande, whose face and beard were polished to metal gray, knelt in front of the Mithra flag altar with purple edge and sun stripes and prayed for his family and army. "My wife, my children, I hope you are in Sinop City. I also generously offered sacrifices to the gods, sinking white bulls and black cows into the lake in front of the tomb of Amathea, increasing the blood of killing for my soldiers' spears and adding sacred blessings to my soldiers' breastplates. As long as I break the humble servant army and Caesar's two or three legions, many kingdoms on the south bank of the Black Sea will be turned over to my account again, and I will reproduce the ambition of our empire, whether it is Pompeii or Caesar in the future. If any of them wins the civil war, they must recognize my sovereignty here. So, ten years of conscription and training. All this is worthwhile, and the prestige of the bronze shield army will surely resound through the world again. "

After praying, he sat upright at the table and finished a simple breakfast. Then he put on a leopard-tail helmet and a golden cloak and walked out of the camp. Several Manu brought him a blue Midi steed, and Minand rode it easily. Then he waved to his young Sineitai flag bearer Sikobodias with great momentum, signaling the other party to complete the priest's sacrificial ceremony. Raise the flag of the legion, a sun symbol embroidered with golden silk thread. This is also a signal for the whole army to attack.

Today's war is just around the corner, and Sikobodias is very excited and nervous. When he heard that the priest's chanting had ended, he was going to pull it out and hold the flag high. When the soldiers around the wedding heard the birds singing, they saw several gray-black crows coming from nowhere and stopping on the spear fork of the flag. Moreover, there are more and more crows, and when they can't get up, they make annoying noises around the military flag.

Sweat ran down Sikobodias' forehead. At first, he shook the flagpole slightly to get rid of these crows, but who thought it would chase more and more, coach Minand was very scared to watch this scene. Everyone knows that crows represent carrion and death. Therefore, the assistant commander next to him quickly put forward a suggestion: either replace other flag bearers or ask the priest to explain this terrible vision clearly.

Because of Sikobodias' loyalty to himself and his due diligence on the battlefield, Minand thought that he could not find a more suitable candidate to guide the army's battle forward, so he asked all priests to give an explanation. What does this portend? If the explanation can't satisfy the soldiers of the whole army, he will kill the chief priest in public and let the body of the chief priest attract crows.

Just when all the priests were in a panic, one of the clever young people came out in a hurry and shouted, "This is a great omen. Crows symbolize all the cities in Youke Xinghai, and they rush to pounce on the flag of the king. In other words, after the king wins this battle, he will rule Youke Xinghai! "

Minand was almost satisfied with this explanation, and the assistants and soldiers cheered for a long time. The morale of the whole left-ear army and the right-ear army rose rapidly. It is snowing heavily today, and there is no smog to stop the soldiers from marching. Minand waved proudly again, and Sikobodias tried his best to raise the banner and strode to the forefront of fifteen thousand soldiers.

The bronze shield troops of each detachment began to form a long dragon that could cross the front line of the whole battlefield, and the spearhead boomed and leveled. They are all young people, with good looks and neat helmets. The first three rows of people who received double pay, equipped with solid bronze breastplates and colorful feathers, competed with each other and rushed to the camp of the enemy's twelfth legion, launching a surging spear forest assault!

Opposite them, there are romanization legions in three rows. These people seem to be deeply affected by yesterday's failure. The loss of two small camps also made their left wing unable to display, making the whole formation look skewed and eccentric. Now, as long as the bronze shield army can break the other side's defense line on the central front, it can win a great victory in this battle. Their commander-in-chief and king can rule the whole Youke Xinghai, and the bronze shield army itself can win great victories.

"In order to realize today's prophecy, my friends followed the banner in my hand and bravely broke through the enemy's camp!" The most exciting thing is the young flag bearer Sikobodias, who took the lead in rushing to the front of the team. The sunlight coming obliquely from the roof of the helmet clearly shows the battlefield situation between the enemy and ourselves.

In the sound of slogans, both sides rushed out of the array and threw javelins at each other to hunt for spears. The young soldiers of the bronze shield army shouted, and the spears protruding from the formation roared and fanned, making the javelin and arrows thrown by the other side fall to the ground. Then the flute and bagpipes sounded, and a pair of military shoes crowded together stepped on these weak weapons. "The bronze shield army is unstoppable!" I don't know who shouted this, and then before and after the left and right assault groups, they all shouted this slogan like a flood, which shocked everyone. (To be continued)

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Then, the spear phalanx sang battle songs one after another:

"Do you know what kind of people you are fighting?

We eat with swords,

The drink burns in the chest,

The spear you broke flying around is our dessert.

We use shields and breastplates as pillows,

Finally, make a wreath with the arrow feather you shot!

Hooray, hooray, March, bronze shield! "

"Long live, long live, go forward!" All the spear teams, one furlong away from the Roman No.1 12 Army, began to launch a fierce spear storm charge, and the Romans blew their horns everywhere. They flexibly gave up the battle posts at the front, alternately covered and ran back to the rear camp.

"They are at large, and the invincible Romans are actually at large." Sikobodias, the flag bearer of the Bronze Shield Army, shouted excitedly: "The soldiers in the back row may not see this great scene because of their eyesight, but I can't ignore you. The first person to break into the enemy camp was me, now and in the future. " After that, several equally reckless and brave young officers, with Sikobodias, scrambled to compete for meritorious service.

Minand, who is in charge of the Gaofu war near the rear camp, laughed when he saw this scene. He loves these young people. He is warm-blooded, orderly, loyal and brave. He is self-taught.

But at this moment, the wind suddenly became violent and crazy. In the Roman camp, many light soldiers of the kingdom of Ubertnia suddenly appeared. They passed the soldiers of the 12th Army and threw strange things out of their hands.

Originally, when Minande carefully improved the bronze shield army, Di Anna, the female wolf, naturally wouldn't turn a blind eye to this army with gnashing teeth. After carefully studying the phalanx tactics of her father and all subsequent kingdoms, she invented the simplest and most practical tactical weapon-the chain tribulus. To deal with me and.

This kind of iron thistle was originally scattered to stop the enemy cavalry. They are all triangular-pointed, and they can be scattered anywhere. Stand firm and stand clear enough to weaken any horse. "So, phalanx of soldiers, too. At least they will be smarter than livestock. They won't see this terrible thing and step on it. "

So the soldiers in Di Anna. Many tribulus are strung together with ropes, which you can carry with you on weekdays. Now they can throw easily, and then form a blocking zone within ten Roman feet ahead.

After leaving the thistle array, the soldiers of Ubertnia knelt down in unison, holding ropes and pegs, and then the flag bearer of the 12 Army Archery Brigade erected a fly flag, behind the wooden fence of the camp, and the archers behind the soldiers in the front row. The bowstring began to vibrate rapidly, and the formation of the soldiers of the bronze shield army began to be unstable. Some of them avoided the arrow feathers flying from the front. Others covered their heads and moved on, especially the soldiers in the current column. After seeing thistles everywhere, they stopped biting their teeth, and then returned to unknown so to move on. People are next to people, and the spear is on the spear. I can't see clearly the front and rush forward desperately. Whistles and gongs and drums are a mess. Many soldiers in the front line were either shot by arrows or crushed. Fell on the thistle and gave a miserable cry like killing a pig. Replaced the passionate military songs before.

However, the spear tip forest is still at the forefront, and the soldiers in the back row unconsciously stepped over the bodies of their comrades in front, stepped on rivers of blood and melted snow, but still reached out their huge spears 20 Roman feet long.

Soon the Romans flew into Pirum's heavy javelin, which hit the armor and shield one after another. More bronze shield soldiers fell silently and rolled into the trenches in front of the Roman camp. The entire front line of the bronze shield army has become more inconsistent. Some teams scrambled to climb the hill in front of the enemy camp, others carefully squeezed between thistles and trenches in an attempt to pass, while others unknown so.

There are sporadic battles everywhere. Whether it is the 12 th Army of Li Bida or the soldiers of the kingdom of Ubertnia, they strive not to confront these spearmen head-on. They either throw spears or cut around the flank, but the bronze shield army is also extremely determined. No matter where the enemy runs, he will face three or four spears at the same time. Several hapless centurions in the 12th Army Corps were even more positive, and collided with ten spears stretched out together.

"Tell the soldiers at the front line not to be afraid. Just cross the wooden fence near the Roman camp and they will collapse." Minand obviously believed the rumors about crows by priests. He didn't even use Salmatian cavalry in this battle, but let them stick to their camp and watch the battle.

At this moment, the golden sun in winter in Xiaoya has slowly climbed to the zenith. On the Ye Ping on the left side of the whole battlefield, there is also a faint military song:

"We are ordinary farmers and herders like thyme.

Now I must work for the glory of Darius,

He said come on! Hand over the strongest of you,

I will turn them into iron and weapons.

The national flag was raised when the recruits joined the army.

I ate all the sticks and got familiar with the rules.

Then,

Enemy, I will kill you easily with my sword,

Cut off your head,

Drink up your blood,

Peeing on you,

Say this is the end of the weak, this is the end of the weak! "

Accompanied by the song of this army, the left-ear flank of the bronze shield army began to riot. Many young soldiers who have never seen the world rushed over, many of them were dark-skinned and ferocious, which made them feel very shocked, but they soon understood that these black soldiers could also skillfully use all kinds of weapons, especially powerful bows and arrows.

Arrows rained down on the side of the phalanx moved by the dense bronze shield army. Those young soldiers with good looks and high morale, these cruel arrows flying, let them experience painful casualties, and people keep falling like straws in front of the wind. "Where did the enemy come from? It's impossible! I got the information in advance. Taherton's main force against the Romans should still be far away from Romarie in the south, fighting against Scipio's main force. They didn't appear yesterday. Did they run back on a snowy night yesterday? " Minand saw the bronze shield army shot to death like a flood, his eyes were bloodshot, his whip crackled and he began to cry.

Subordinate generals and assistants persuaded Minand to send Salmatian cavalry to disperse the Roman army bow and arrow team that appeared on the left. Minand waved the flag. After seeing this attack signal, Salmatian cavalry in the camp took the lead in raising the ichthyosaur flag in their hands and pointed it at the enemy black team that appeared on the left side of the whole wilderness! (To be continued)

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This is the first confrontation between two elite armies of two extremes in the world. Or the Romans knew little about sarma. Many naturalists always confuse them with Skeletons, but Skeletons chew marijuana leaves and are good at using bow and arrow guerrilla tactics. Sarma, on the other hand, pays equal attention to bow and arrow and riding a gun, and can swim and fight hard. Their tactics are quite similar to those of Matthias cavalry, and they are also listed in a loose raid queue, waving long guns and approaching the position of the 15 legion.

Especially the fish dragon flag held by King Asander of Salmatia is a striking fashion symbol. Its front end is a golden dragon head with ferocious face and sharp teeth, and behind it is a "fish body" woven by a bag. Once it flew, the wind poured in from the faucet, pulling the fish up and dancing, driving the wind wheel in the bag, whining and whistling, giving the enemy strong psychological oppression.

Regrettably, the No.1 15 Legion, which has fought fiercely with Europe in the desert for many times, will not take this fish dragon flag seriously. Facing the attacking Salmatians, they arranged all the archers obliquely in front and back, with six rows of bows and arrows in each row, and then concentrated on direct shooting in the front row and concentrated ejection in the back row, which was an improvement on the volley tactics of "* * 1" Thunder.

The Salmatians have fallen off their horses in the rain of arrows, and more and more people and horses have been shot and defeated, and the formation is getting thinner and thinner. They are only about 1000 people, facing the fire of nearly 3000 archers of 15 army? It was weak before the attack, what's more, the rest of the infantry of 15 legion began to form a small hollow phalanx, ready to fight the cavalry.

Finally. Or Asander holding a fish dragon flag. But the complaint is in the opposite direction. Drifting away, within the impact distance of just two hibiscus, he actually lost nearly 400 lean cavalry, and was in flight before seeing the enemy queue, which caused a huge psychological blow to the soldier Asander. He remembered the name of the Roman general Lebedas, and when he went on an expedition to Bosphorus, he readily surrendered. In exchange for the titles of Roman allies and providing them with mercenaries.

Seeing the nomad cavalry running away in despair, Minand lifted himself up in the saddle and shed tears, because after these cavalry left, he could only hope that the bronze shield army at the front could defeat the 12 army, or he would run out of all casualties in the flying arrow array sooner or later. "Blow the horn of the whole army's attack and forbid anyone to retreat." I repeat, nobody is allowed to retreat! "Minande has become a red-eye gambler. He bent his whip and muttered nervously, "I got a good omen of victory." All the immortals should be on my side, just hold on for a while, just hold on for a while. "

At this moment, the heavy casualties of the bronze shield army, the 3322 team, have been stepping on a mountain of corpses and arched into the deep camp of the No.1 12 Army Corps. However, under the dexterous command of Karanas and Biduita, all the soldiers are still camping and resisting one by one. The momentum of the bronze shield army is also declining. Many soldiers were injured and could not move on, so they sat in the same place covered in blood, clutching their swords or broken spears, glaring and shouting the victory of their legion.

At this moment, Tagus, the core camp of the 12 Army Corps, jumped onto the Tutai, holding high the flag of the Falcon of Barantia Mountain. Then the soldiers put their equipment behind the fence and tore off the covered leather and long grass. This is exactly what Di Anna designed in the Battle of Tackton. This time, six sets were specially removed from the fortress tower and transported to the front line here. "Amasya and Sinop are my ancestral lands, and we can't recover there.

The Ubertnia gunner who operates the abdominal bow skillfully pulls the woodworking machine back and forth. The sound of "giggle", with a short but powerful piercing crossbow, roared and swept to the copper shield army, making them like withered flowers in the dead of winter, planted into the cold and filthy trenches one by one, trained for five or even ten years, and died so easily. Soon, the right ear army of the bronze shield army was left. Then the twelfth legion shouted to launch a counterattack. They crossed the fence, jumped down from all directions, flexibly grasped the left and right sides of the bronze shield army detachment and killed them with spears and daggers.

At this time, the Left Ear Legion can only divide some flanking troops to fight with the 15 Legion, far from crazy archery. The rest of the troops are between the central positions, and they can't get in or retreat. They can only keep wandering back and forth, which is useless.

The whole situation has fallen into chaos. The bronze shield army of 12 thousand people suffered the third casualties the next afternoon, but this is not the most serious. Soon, in their right direction, more Romans appeared, and they were led by Li Bida himself. Five thousand cavalry and twenty-eight legions, together with more than ten thousand riders, slowly formed a formation and slowly advanced towards the weak flank of the bronze shield army.

There are terrible horns everywhere, harsh horns.

In this way, Li Bida's three legions, 5,000 cavalry and 3,000 reinforcements from Di Anna surrounded the Amasya Valley, and successively invested in military power, forming a perfect pocket array, which tied Minande's bronze shield army in the middle.

"Will the bronze shield army be wiped out today?" Finally, Minand turned pale and said this sentence. Behind him, several priests have been held down and beheaded one by one, but all this to no avail. Minand saw with his own eyes that the flag embroidered with Mithra's sun symbol suddenly fell in the fighting crowd and never raised it again.

The cold wind swept, the setting sun was like blood, and the unknown cold light was reflected on the soldiers crawling around with arrows and wounds. The whole battlefield has turned into purgatory, and there are bodies of various postures mixed with blood and snow everywhere. Many soldiers have completely collapsed psychologically, or stayed put, lost the courage to resist, were hacked to death by Roman swords, or left their spears and fled in panic.

The two camps originally captured by the bronze shield army were quickly breached by Li Bida's 28th Army Corps, and hundreds of meters of Nande soldiers stationed inside were all killed and captured. Then Li Bida's cavalry all lined up in the wilderness in front of the two camps, invulnerable and whistling like the wind. Facing the sunset, Li Bida shouted: "Stepping on the ruins of the enemy, we launched a surprise attack on Minand's camp." (to be continued ...) r 12)