Augustus Road

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"Alexander is dead? It's unbelievable. The whole world will reek of his corpse." - An Athenian orator

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On the eve of the general attack, the front line of the Roman army quietly advanced a furlong forward with six cavalry cannon, four wild ass trebuchets, four bellows cannon, thirty scorpion crossbows, plus six small unimproved bellows. Breathing fire and running, forming a powerful firepower group. Four infantry brigades and four auxiliary archer brigades surrounded the fire position to form a powerful assault corps.

Lepidus stipulated that raising Amon's sheep skull flag on the flagpole of the commander's camp represented a sudden salvo of artillery fire, and lowering and raising the flag again was the signal for an infantry assault. In this era of relatively backward communication methods, Combat signals should be as concise and clear as possible. All centurions of the centurion team should be at their respective posts in advance and act according to the coach's signal.

Afterwards, Lepidus and Sabo climbed to the top of the Nameless Mountain to easily observe the battlefield situation. The morning light in the desert came much earlier than in the ordinary world. "Oh no, Sabo, I seem to have seen the metal shield in the car camp of Garamantes." Reflecting light and moving around, the enemy seems to be moving too!"

Because the Garamantes had mastered more advanced forging technology, many of their soldiers preferred to use shield weapons made of bronze, unlike other barbarians who mostly used skinned wooden shields, so Lepidus learned from this flash. Found out what they were doing.

Next to him, Sabo made a quick decision. Stand up immediately. He waved the eye-catching "Purple of Tire" flame tongue flag in his hand. When the flag officer in the camp below saw this signal, he immediately raised the sheep skull flag.

"vovovo!" The four infantry brigades that were squatting in front of the enemy's car camp immediately took off the leather shawls or cloth covers on their shields and armors. The sandy ground was filled with the light of metal without any obstruction, and the light of metal was everywhere. The reflections of the shields of the Lamantheis people intertwined, and then the sound of bugles and whistles echoed in the desert like swans rising from the ground. Even though only half of the artillery fire was ready, the gunner saw the general attack signal and poured out the stone bullets and javelins in his hands without hesitation. The light scorpion crossbows on the flanks also fired heavy arrows fiercely, and soon the Garamante Division The leather of people's vehicles was covered with holes and scratches. There was a lot of smoke in the car camp, and the sound of wheels was heard. It turned out that the Garamantes had been prepared for it. After they removed the leather, every car was covered with holes. There are personnel in place. The rope on the stone "car anchor" had already been cut, and after a burst of shouting and the sound of a horsewhip. More than thirty chariots at the front jumped out of the slope ditch one after another. The horses pulled the chariots and warriors forward unstoppably, braving the roaring burning stone bullets. The entire battlefield was like thousands of thunders rumbling above people's heads. Overwhelmed!

"Form up, form up!" The brave bugler stood independently on the side of each centurion, puffed up his cheeks and blew. All the centurions turned around and saw the flag in the coach's camp rising for the second time. Then he slowly stretched out the grape cane in his hand and shouted hoarsely to encourage all his soldiers to advance forward with their shields. In the gaps between each hollow square, there were small teams of Medjet, Egyptian native archers and slingers. , shooting at the oncoming chariots, many of which were full of arrows and flying towards them. The javelins thrown by both sides were so dense that they almost collided in mid-air.

There was a loud noise, and even Lepidus stood up in horror on the top of the nameless mountain. It was a Garamantes chariot that hit the Roman shield wall, like a heavy stone, and the collision force Under the influence of the gun, it flew into the sky with smoke and sparks, flipped over, and threw weapons and crew members everywhere. The wheels were still spinning, and various parts fell one after another at different times. It disintegrated, and the two warriors on the car also It was all over, but it was enough to horrify the advancing Romans.

At that moment, many chariots broke into the gaps between the formations, driving away the auxiliary light archers and slingers. Many Roman soldiers squatted down, crossing their shields and javelins up and down, After being inserted into the wheels of the Garamantes' chariot, one after another, the chariots jumped into the air and flipped, disintegrating and splitting in the depth of the Roman formation. But there were also many Lepidus tribesmen who were stabbed to death by the spears tied to the chariot, or were knocked over by javelins while escaping.

"Send a signal to the second front!" Fortunately, Lepidus had saved a hand in advance and reserved Arp's Medjet Guards to act as a deep defense line. With the main force of the Medjet Guards, more than 800 archers gathered together and took turns stepping forward. Firing fiercely at the formation, they did not shoot accurately, because the advance guard captain Arp explained, "Just keep firing rapidly towards the predetermined distance to block the enemy's chariots from the formation." They also knew that if their hands were slightly softer, , the enemy's chariots will drive in mercilessly and run over their corpses.

Like a heavy rain in June, the arrows struck a place five hundred Roman feet away, forming an ancient barrage. Horses driving chariots who were hit by arrows continued to run back, and their owners were bleeding. Blood, with arrow clusters all over his body, crawled around in vain among the fallen wreckage of the vehicle. There were also some Roman legionaries among them, all of whom were shot indiscriminately. In the end, the more than ten remaining Garamantes tanks could only avoid the deadly attack and began to disperse and flee along the left and right wings.

At this time, the shouting of a group of bats sounded. On the other side of the valley, thousands of Esciopes who came to join the war spontaneously, with ostrich feathers on their heads, shouted and jumped, and simply regarded the participation in the war as a huge celebration. They also plucked up their courage, threw stones at the fleeing single chariot, dragged the injured crew down, pressed them into the hot sand, and then smashed them with stone hammers to avenge the long-standing shame.

After defeating the chariot assault, the centurions began to mobilize various siege guns to push forward, and were about to use fire and stones to break through the enemy's chariot camp. And the unexpected situation appeared. Most of the Garamanthes jumped onto the chariots and baggage carts on both sides and in the rear, rumbling and dispersing the chariot camp, leaving the pursuing Romans behind to eat dust, and rushed towards their own border line, like a group of frightened antelopes running wildly. Even if the Romans were cheetahs, they could not catch up.

Because the attached cavalry brigade, which was previously full of sick soldiers, had not recovered yet and most of them were still resting in the camp, Lepidagon could not dare to implement a flanking attack before the chariots of the Garamanthes moved. He was so anxious that his face turned pale. Although the battle was won, it was not an annihilation battle, not even a breakthrough battle. It was just a repulsion of the enemy's front army's assault, and the main force of the Garamanthes escaped.

After the battle, the remains of more than 20 chariots were scattered around with the broken limbs of the crew and the bloody bodies of the Roman soldiers. After the fierce battle, the Romans immediately gathered all the flesh and blood, regardless of friend or foe, with the chariots and burned them. If not handled in time, an epidemic would not be funny. (To be continued...)