The powerful spears of the Romans and the fast stone projectiles caused quite a lot of trouble to the Celtic army. At close range, the heavy javelins they threw were enough to penetrate the plate armor! The stone projectiles were slightly worse. But they were also amazing. If they hit people's faces, they would be enough to break the cheek bones! However, what is more worthy of attention was the Roman charge. The charge launched by nearly 100,000 Roman troops was quite powerful. Although their combat power was slightly low, their number was enough to make the Celtic army feel pressured.

The heavy Roman infantry raised their shields and formed a tight shield wall to block the sprints of the Celtic super-spikes. At the same time, they tried their best to advance forward. They hoped to squeeze out the Celtic square formation, forcing them to fight against each other, and then fight with the spear and dagger in their hands...

At this stage, the battle between the two sides is more like a game of endurance and strength. The comparison is about who can push whom. The Celtics desperately maintain their own array and use super spear to resist the enemy. Under the cover of super spear, a unit composed of muskets, heavy crossbows and thunder swordsmen was killed and injured by the Romans.

The Roman heavy infantry on the opposite side gritted their teeth and persevered. Although the heavy scale armor on their bodies or the traditional Roman ring armor, due to the backward production technology and iron smelting technology, was not as strong as the plate armor that the Normans were finely forged. However, it was rare to have excellent equipment. Their stone-cattered soldiers and standards were sought after, and although they were not enough to compete with the Celtic muskets and heavy crossbows, they could also fight happily. Therefore, in the line maintained by the four legions of the Roman regular army, the battle situation was unprecedented. The soldiers on both sides fought bloody battles, which could be said to be evenly matched.

However, in other directions, the situation of the fronts responsible for the garrison troops in those Roman places was completely different.

Local militias with simple equipment with leather armor and light chain armor are completely unable to defend against the fierce attacks of Celtic soldiers. The dense super-spray phalanx is equally fatal to them. Often, brave Roman militias take a step forward and before they can make any tactical moves, they will be stabbed into a sieve by the plural super-sprays of the opposite side.

They were not equipped with the Roman shield, and they did not even have a way to break the super-spun square array. In this case, they had no other end except being abused, abused and abused. Artoria, who soon discovered this, immediately ordered the British Longbowmen to divert their targets, and the two thousand Longbowmen specifically focused on attacking one of the Roman militia corps. They planned to defeat this legion first and tear the Roman array.

At this stage, although the Celtic army did not have an advantage in numbers, the situation of the war was developing in a direction that was beneficial to them.

And just at this moment, when I saw the sound of killing on the front battlefield, shaking the earth, the group of mobs on the left wing of the Roman army, Europa, which had a deep hatred with the Norman Empire, and a group of former Syrians were in full bloom. These mercenaries with simple equipment and even ragged clothes could no longer bear it. Their anger towards the Norman Empire completely erupted at this moment!

Representing the entire Western world, the anger at the cruel conquest of the Norman Empire, these people roared and waved their hands with axes, scimitars, maces or wooden sticks, and charged towards the flanks of the Celtics. And with the dispatch of these soldiers, behind them, more mobs, all the deceased people who had hatred against the Norman Empire were also infected and inspired and launched a charge.

Although they are not many, they are of various types. These include but are not limited to two-handed swordsmen from Germany; crossbowmen and shield spearmen from Italy: spearmen and halberds from Switzerland; rangers from Frank; light cavalry and veiled swordsmen from Arabia, religious fanatics, and even desert nomads riding camels...

The formation of these people was extremely chaotic and had no rules at all. The soldiers gathered into hundreds or thousands of small combat groups in the form of mercenary groups from the source. These groups were very grouped together, and everything was decided by themselves. The leaders also chose them themselves. This caused the command system of these mercenary soldiers to be confused. Of course, this is actually a complimentary statement. The real accurate statement is: these guys have no command system at all.

However, speaking of this, there are still a small number of troops among them. The two regular mercenary legions that were only remaining in the heyday of the Eastern Roman Empire. One Latin legion and the other German legion. Although one legion was originally full of 10,000 people, the combined number of the two legions is only more than 8,000. But I believe that the combined number of these 8,000 people is stronger than the combat effectiveness of the 20,000 to 30,000 mobs.

After all, they have unified command and cooperation. Although the Eastern Roman Empire's attitude towards the mercenary legion was a little bit worse than the country and family, they were all the children raised by stepmothers.

The wild children of Europa and Arabs are strong.

In addition, these mercenaries are not the best time to charge. Originally, Lili Annu did not attach too much importance to these mobs. Their use method was to "launch an attack when the Celtic army showed fatigue and morale was frustrated, further weakening the morale of the other party." But at this moment, the war began. However, the Celtic army gained the upper hand with its long-range advantage. If it launched a charge at this time, it would not be possible to achieve strategic results at all!

"It's so damn! These bastards who only cause trouble!" Seeing the battle here, several Arab mercenaries acted without permission, which eventually caused a chain reaction like an avalanche of the left-wing mercenary troops. Lili Annu snorted in anger. Then he made a quick decision and made a decision: Since this is the case, the attack on the other side will be prepared in advance!

After making such a decision, Lili Annu issued a new order on the right wing of the 6,000 cavalrymen, who can already act! Since the tactical effect of "further setback morale" cannot be achieved, then "two-sided attacks" will be replaced!

In this way, when the frontal battlefield was in a fierce battle, the troops deployed on both wings of Eastern Rome launched a charge! However, Artoria was prepared for such a result! All this was under her calculation! Celtic, the Royal Knights of Britain, and the ten thousand fat cavalry elites handed over to her by Egil, were for this time!

"Two thousand royal knights, stop the Roman lancers and cavalry units, and destroy the mobs who are overestimating themselves!!" Seeing the movements of the Roman army, Artoria quickly issued a new order. The Celtic Knights and Norman Beef Cavalry, who were deployed in the plains behind the array, ready to launch an attack at any time. The horse-riding militias took action immediately after receiving the order. The knights launched a counter-charge towards the Eastern Roman lancers. The fat cavalry and Eastern European horse-riding militias rushed towards the mobs on the right wing in a half-encircled manner!

Lili Annu has his own plan, and Artoria also has her plan. If the well-equipped heavy knights cannot win quickly when facing the Eastern Roman Lancers three times that of their own, then facing the mobs three times that of their own, the elite fat cavalry holding light rifles are definitely enough to defeat them!

Picking the persimmons and pinching them. Artoria naturally understood this simple truth. The tactics of using the mobs as breakthrough points also fully reflected this point. The elite cavalry who had developed to the quasi-lancer stage, and the horse-riding militia who were also equipped with spears and had undergone certain regular training to launch a charge. The mobs naturally could not resist and collapse was imminent. In this way, the first stage of this battle would be the Celtic army to defeat a part of the Roman army, and the 30,000 people came to an end.

"The enemy will inevitably be scared. After a certain period of rest, the fat cavalry can calmly attack the opponent's flanks and completely defeat these Greeks!" Artoria's abacus made a crackling sound. However, she was very smart. After seeing the Normans' response method, Lili Annu secretly called out "No!" and immediately conveyed the order:

"You have to stop and organize defense! Send a group of heavy Roman infantry, as well as special Roman legions (Scythe of Thracian War, Wolf of the Dark Night, and Second Partner Cavalry) to help our left wing! Remember. After the mercenaries of the mob retreat, don't let them attack our defensive array in turn! It doesn't matter if you kill them when necessary!"

With the orders like Liliannu issued, the Roman commanders rushed over quickly. At least the two mercenary legions of the regular army stopped quickly and began to shrink the formation and organize defense. At the same time, a group of Roman heavy infantry and Roman veterans also joined in, further strengthening the defense array.

Afterwards, the mobs were defeated by the Norman Beef Cavalry without any formation. The remnants of the country who had no formation were almost instantly defeated by the storm like lightning charge of the fat cavalry at the first encounter. It was as if they were cutting butter with a knife. The fat cavalry that flattened the cavalry and activated the war horses was amazingly powerful! Even the resistance could not be achieved. After a little contact, the thousands of soldiers and horses in the front were washed away. Then, the morale of these roaring mobs was like a pierced balloon. They rushed to turn their horses and fled in a panic!

In this way, the two and 30,000 troops were extremely embarrassed and were chased by more than twice their less, and ran towards the mercenary army that had already formed a formation. Behind them, the Norman cavalry holding sabers and cavalry crossbows, the Norman cavalry holding sabers and short javelins, and the horse militia holding sabers and short javelins were killed. The corpses were left everywhere" (to be continued)
Chapter completed!