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Germanic Total War Final Battle 040 The Purpose of the Gallic Allied Forces

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    After seeing through the Albisi people's tricks to delay time, Vanius began to figure out how to solve these annoying things neatly.

    When the opponent comes out of the woods on both sides of the road, he can naturally go back into the woods.  Therefore, if Vannius didn't move fast enough, he would be outrun by the enemy - thus making infantry combat an inappropriate method.  .

    And the cavalry

    Vannius¡¯ command, whether it is assault cavalry or light cavalry, is precious, and Vannius does not want to send them out to suffer unnecessary losses before they can adapt to the weather smoothly.

    In addition, the enemy's infantry is not large at all. If you send out cavalry rashly, and the opponent forms a dense array to counterattack, then you will really have no time to cry.

    For this reason, cavalry troops must be sent out in this battle, and they could not send out their own cavalry. So, Vanius naturally set his sights on those who followed him and worked part-time as hostages and guides, mainly responsible for soy sauce and flattery.  The Gallic cavalry troops - although it is a bit difficult for them to face the Roman legions head-on, they should still be able to deal with the Albisci, who are also Gauls.

    However, in order to prevent the newly surrendered Helvetians and Aroblosians from thinking that they were killing someone with a borrowed knife, Vannius told the leaders of the two allied armies that they did not need to fight with them.  The Albissi fought hard, if only by oppression they could not escape into the forest.

    Such a guarantee boosted the morale of the leaders of the two tribes.  After that, they all patted their chests and promised that they would never let Vanius down.

    Such an arrangement.  In addition to being able to effectively annihilate the enemy and reduce the loss of his precious cavalry, it also has another effect of tying the Arobloges more tightly to his chariot - however, in this regard, Vanius naturally  I won¡¯t say much.

    Vanius himself, on the other hand, quietly arranged his troops and waited until it was close to evening before ordering the attack.

    At this time, the Albissi man had been standing all day and was tired and bored.  In addition, the whole afternoon was a bit quiet, so when I heard the sound of the German horn, I didn't react for a while.

    When the Albisi leaders finally understood what was happening, they shouted and ordered the soldiers to retreat.  The Gallic noble cavalry on the German side had completed nearly half of the journey.

    At this time, the Albisi leaders realized that it was impossible to retreat quickly and wear down the Germanic team as planned.

    However, they still had two options - stay where they were and rely on a dense array of infantry to resist the attack of the Gallic cavalry; or quickly hide in the woods and wait until later.

    At the beginning, the Albisi leaders discussed three sets of tactics - if the number of enemies was small.  Just eat them directly; if the enemy comes to pursue, they will run away, wear down the enemy and then fight back; if the enemy is chasing too fast, they will hide in the woods.

    However, now, the number of enemies is not large, but the pursuit is obviously very urgent - so the Albissi can choose to go into the woods, or they can try to eat the enemies directly.

    But, just behind the enemy's cavalry.  There are also a large number of infantry - if those infantry are included, then the number of enemies is not large at all. Maybe going directly into the woods is the best option.

    For a time, three completely different orders sounded from the entire Albissi array almost at the same time.

    It is conceivable that such chaotic wisdom immediately made all the Albisi people sluggish.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????? Immediately afterwards.  Those leaders who had just issued an order immediately issued an order that was completely different from their previous order.

    So.  The Albisi were even more confused.

    Immediately afterwards, the Gallic noble cavalry came closer.

    At this point, it is no longer possible to go into the woods - the cavalry may be able to rush into the woods to hide before the enemy's cavalry arrives, but if the infantry breaks up and hides in the woods, they will inevitably be attacked and killed by the cavalry.  , suffered huge losses.

    Seeing the Gallic cavalry getting closer and closer, the Albissi infantrymen involuntarily gathered in the middle, using shields to protect their bodies, shouting bluffingly and waving their weapons at the cavalry, trying to pass through the dense mass.  Queue to deter enemies.

    Their strategy seemed to have really worked - the enemy who was already very close and could have charged them actually stopped and formed a formation on the two wings opposite them, but did not launch an attack.

    Seeing this situation, the Albisi people relaxed a little, and then carefully maintained a dense array and retreated, trying to get rid of the enemy.

    ThisOnce, it was the Gallic cavalry's turn to hang on to the Albisi infantry. The Gaulish cavalry, who had received instructions in advance, followed them firmly and slowly, maintaining a distance where they could launch a charge, and followed them tightly.

    After that, the Gallic infantry also arrived - seeing the enemies reinforced by infantry, the Albisi leaders became more and more bitter - apart from anything else, in terms of numbers, these people were enough to compete with all the cavalry troops on their side.  The battle was over - and further away, the Germans forming a dense formation of guns were approaching.

    What frightened the Albisi leaders even more was that it was obvious that the Germans were advancing much faster than they were retreating.

    If Vannius had been in command of the Albissi, even if he did not immediately give the order to go into the woods, he would have ordered a counterattack before the Gallic infantry had joined the cavalry, inflicting heavy damage on the enemy cavalry as much as possible, and then retreating calmly.  ¡ª¡ªWorst, in this situation, we should decisively order the entire army to disperse into the woods. Dispersing the formation will certainly lead to the attack of the enemy¡¯s cavalry, but it is better than the entire army being destroyed.

    But the key to the problem is that these Albisi people come from different families and have their own leaders. When the leaders have not yet reached a unified opinion, the infantry will naturally not act in a unified manner;  The leaders of Quan decisively played things like cutting off the wrists of strong men, and slightly overestimated their decision-making ability.

    Immediately afterwards, the German gun formation stopped.

    This situation immediately made the Albissi people puzzled - shouldn't they continue to advance until they are in close combat and their lives are at stake?  At this distance, only cavalry can reach this distance in one charge. If the charge is launched by infantry, it will inevitably make the soldiers panting and tired and unable to continue fighting.

    However, the next moment, the Albissi people understood the intention of the Germans - along with the orders coming from behind the neat gun array on the opposite side and the sound of bowstrings snapping, a bunch of sharp arrows rose from behind the gun array and flew into the air.  They flew over in dense numbers.

    Unlike the previous precise shooting, this time, the Germans did not aim at all. They just estimated the approximate distance and shot their arrows one after another under the centurion's order.

    Dense clusters of arrows flew out one after another, and then fell, hitting the shield array above the Albissi people like a heavy rain, making a popping sound, and occasionally falling on the human body from the gaps in the shield,  Afterwards, a brief gap was revealed in the shield array.

    The elite archers stepped forward one by one, quickly shooting all their arrows, and then retreated from the gap between the people, allowing the hundreds behind them to step forward to shoot arrows - soon the Albissi array changed.  The crowd is getting smaller and smaller, and the ground is getting smaller and smaller, and the wounded and dead are lying on the ground with arrows and howling.

    Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people left, the Albisi leaders finally realized that if they continued to stay here, they would all die.

    The even more tragic reality is that not long ago, they dismounted to avoid the rain of arrows and mixed with the infantry to form a shield formation - but now, there are not many horses left.

    So, continuing to face the rain of arrows, several Albisi leaders quickly reached an agreement-disbanded the shield formation and rushed into the woods.

    With a rare unified command, the remaining thousands of Albissi men raised their shields and rushed towards the woods on both sides of the road.

    At the same time, the Germans shouted and stopped shooting.

    Immediately afterwards, the Gallic infantry and Gallic cavalry remaining on both sides roared and rushed out.

    The Albisi used his own life to test what would happen to the disorganized infantry who had no fighting spirit and faced the charging cavalry.  After the unsatisfied Gaulish infantry followed the Albissi into the woods, the Albisci were surprised to find that even the woods could not provide them with much protection - of course, there was no need to worry about the German bows and arrows and the Gaulish cavalry.  It's true.

    Immediately afterwards, while countless Albissi people fled for their lives in a hurry, the Germanic array sounded the whistle to withdraw troops and return to camp.

    Afterwards, despite their reluctance, the Gallic infantry quickly evacuated the forest, allowing the Albissi who were lucky enough to escape to save their lives.

    On the road, Vanius had ordered the entire army to rest on the spot, and at the same time handed over the job of cleaning the battlefield to the Gauls.

    In this way, a group of Gallic warriors happily recovered various gold and silver jewelry, weapons and armor from the Albissi corpses - except for the arrows that needed to be returned to the Germans, all other materials were distributed by the Gauls themselves.  ¡ª¡ªSuch generosity naturally makes the Gauls happy and grateful.

    At night, the Gauls countedThe results were also calculated - Vannius spent a total of 24,000 arrows and killed more than 1,000 Albisci, while the Gallic cavalry and infantry killed 2,000 in the next battle.  Multiple Albisci - In the end, the Albissi's losses exceeded 4,000, and they should no longer be able to come out to harass Vannius' team.

    So, early the next morning, Vanius happily ordered the army to advance, thinking of heading towards the city of Massilia.

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