Roman Slave Owner

"The enemy has attacked."

Alexander said with a serious face.

"Attack me! Warriors of Bendu!"

Mithridates said loudly.

The same horn sounded, and then spread into the distance.

A messenger rides around on a horse, passing his orders to all directions.

The huge Bendu army uttered a huge shout, and then rushed forward like a tide.

What worried Li Wei the most was the chariots of the Central Army in Bendu. Hundreds of chariots were lined up and slowly moved forward under the pull of two horses.

There are sharp sickles on both sides of the chariot, which emit a cold light under the sunlight.

"Order the Chinese army to stop advancing, and the crossbowmen and slingers to step forward."

Levi said.

Bugles sounded and regimental flags waved.

After receiving Li Wei's order, the Chinese army's formation immediately stopped advancing, and then erected their shields.

A crossbowman and a slinger walked out of the army formation, and then formed a neat team.

They skillfully stringed the crossbow, and then put the bows and arrows one by one.

The first row squatted, the second row stood, and then aimed at the chariot that was accelerating in the distance.

Hundreds of chariots formed a nearly one-kilometer front, rolled up a lot of dust, and rushed towards the Roman army faster and faster.

If you are a recruit who has just entered the battlefield, you will definitely be terrified when you see this scene.

But these Roman soldiers have been fighting for more than 4 months, and they don't take these things seriously.

"Remember to shoot those horses, don't worry about the people on the chariot."

Some centurions said that the crossbowmen immediately aimed at the horses pulling the cart.

"Fire the arrows, shoot them all for me."

When the chariots were found to be within range, the centurions gave orders to shoot arrows one after another.

An arrow flew out of the string, and then flew towards the horses.

After shooting, the two rows of crossbowmen standing in the front quickly retreated to prepare for the next round of shooting.

Due to the huge weight of the chariot, it is not very fast.

Some of the arrow rain hit the target and stuck on the horse.

But those war horses were not affected too much, and their huge bodies made them more able to withstand this kind of damage.

Round after round of arrows rained at the horses. As the distance got closer, the crossbow's penetration increased.

A large number of crossbow arrows were continuously shot at the horse from both sides, from only a small part inserted into the horse until the whole arrow sank into the horse.

Some warhorses were hit in vital parts, fell to the ground whining, and then dragged down the entire chariot. The entire chariot could only be submerged in the arrow rain on the spot, and then fell down helplessly.

Although some war horses were hit by several arrows and a lot of blood kept flowing from them, they still moved forward with difficulty.

At this moment, some crossbowmen had retreated, revealing the stone throwing of Makaro Island behind them.

The slingers of Macaro Island are the best slingers in the entire Mediterranean, and they have received strict slinging training since childhood.

Only the slinger who hit the target once can eat, otherwise he cannot eat.

In order to eat, each slinger practiced his best skills.

They were able to quickly hit the stones on the target in the shortest time, with only one rotation of the sling.

Soon one after another the stones flew towards the horses, and were hit by countless stones, many of the seriously injured horses immediately fell down.

After throwing the stones in their hands, all the slingers retreated immediately, and retreated behind the army formation.

At this time, some of the horses were still charging forward, but their speed had been greatly reduced.

"kill!"

At this time, the centurion in the legion said loudly.

With their roar, the Roman soldiers standing at the front immediately threw the shot put in their hands and the shot put hanging on the shield with the fastest speed.

At the same time, a series of javelins flew over their heads and flew towards the war horses.

Shots hit the shambling horses one after another, smashing their brains out, and at the same time, they were full of javelins.

He could only let out a whine, and fell helplessly to the ground, leaving behind the soldiers on the chariot with terrified faces.

"Shoot!"

A centurion said.

After receiving the order, the Roman soldiers behind immediately erected four-meter-long spears.

Spears are like a forest, pointing obliquely forward.

The standard equipment of every Roman soldier not only included short swords, shields, javelins, and even spears.

Whether in the East or the West, ancient soldiers needed to master two or more weapons.

These spears were specially made by Li Wei to deal with chariots, and they were much longer than the standard spears.

At this time, there were only a few chariots that could rush to the front. Facing the forest of spears, those war horses couldn't hold back their momentum, and all of them crashed into the forest of spears.

All of a sudden, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and wailing was everywhere.

All the horses were pierced by spears, and then fell to the ground.

The castration of those chariots was slightly reduced, but they still crushed some fallen horses and soldiers.

"attack!"

Said a military tribune.

After receiving the order, the Roman soldiers quickly attacked, killed all the Pontus soldiers on the chariots, and then rushed towards the enemy.

Seeing this, Li Wei breathed a sigh of relief.

Without chariots, the war is at least half won.

On the contrary, Mithrada's complexion changed drastically, "How could this be?"

It took a lot of national power to build these chariots, but I didn't expect that they would be destroyed by the enemy so easily.

Alexander sighed softly, maybe the era of chariots is really coming to an end.

What reassures Li Wei the most is the Chinese army. The Roman army is extremely powerful and can often defeat the enemy several times its own. Hit Bendu.

What's more, his military strength now not only far exceeds that of Lucullus, but he is also equipped with a large number of steel swords.

Sure enough, the Roman Legion did not disappoint him. Facing the Pontus army imitating themselves, they cooperated with each other tacitly and their combat power was strong, and they quickly defeated twice as many enemy troops as they did.

Compared with the great victory of the Chinese army, the two wings are very bad.

Cavalry has always been the weakness of the Romans, and the strength of the Roman cavalry has never been strong.

The same goes for the 2,000 Thracian cavalry. They were soon entangled by barbarian cavalry that outnumbered themselves. The two sides carried out round after round of attacks, but the Roman army even had a tendency to be defeated.

At this time, a team of thousands of cavalry suddenly launched an impact on the left flank of the Roman army. Facing the simultaneous attack from the front and the left, Thrace on the left flank quickly panicked.

"Stay steady, don't be afraid, go forward and attack."

Senas said loudly.

This time, he was also assigned to command a brigade in the Thracian army. The brigade he belonged to was located on the right side of the Thracians, and was not attacked by the cavalry for the time being.