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Part 4 Anti-Norman Alliance Chapter 19 Retreat

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    ~Date:~November 04~

    At that time, Arturia gave an order.  The Celtic army, which had long been unable to hold on, seemed to have received an amnesty.  They all breathed a sigh of relief.  They could also see that if the fight continued, it would definitely not be those Greeks who were all here.

    "However, the Queen's order was very simple. Tens of thousands of Celtic troops took action, but they could not just talk on paper. It was inappropriate to watch the enemy's movements.  As if they were about to retreat, the Roman troops on the front line immediately joined the offensive.  Pressing harder and harder.  The Celtic army was wiped out here.  As much as the Celtic armies retreated, they advanced.  The Celtic army was unable to escape. If they continued to retreat, I am afraid that in turn, it would disrupt their formation.  Give the Roman army an opportunity to take advantage.

    Although Arturia had previously said that she would personally cut off the queen, she alone could not control this battlefield in Nuo Da.  It's one thing to charge into battle alone.  But it's another thing for one person to hold off an army of tens of thousands.  Things that cannot be opened by one man can only happen within the "Guan".  On the outskirts of Adrianople, it was a plain.  Not to mention Artoria alone, even if there are nearly a hundred guard knights beside her, it is not a big deal.

    The queen could indeed use her personal force to force part of the Roman army to retreat or even disperse them.  But this is a drop in the bucket for retreating tens of thousands of troops.  While she defeated a group of enemies, the Romans in other directions could naturally attack.  Crushing her army.

    Therefore, after Arturia returned to her own army, she only slightly improved the situation of the war.  She is not a ferocious beast like the Minotaur, which can explode with great destructive power in a short period of time, sweeping through thousands of armies like a chariot.  She doesn't pack that much of a punch.  You can open a path just by colliding with your body

    Just like that, after a while, the Celtic army continued to retreat, but something went wrong.  On the way back, a group of Roman heavy infantry saw the opportunity, concentrated their javelins and fired a round, and then charged.  Another gap was created.  The already somewhat fragmented formation collapsed.  If it weren't for Arturia seeing something was wrong.  If they rush over with all their strength and disperse the Roman army, I'm afraid the Celtic army will suffer a big loss right now.

    ¡°Damn it¡ªhussars!¡±

    Under such circumstances, Arturia had no choice but to make such an order.  You have to wander around the periphery of the battlefield and charge once when you see an opening. Otherwise, you have to attack with hussars using crossbows for long-range shooting.

    Because this troop is not her soldiers, but is lent to her by Egil.  So before that.  Arturia was not too embarrassed to give them death orders.  But at this moment, Arturia didn't care much anymore.  If this troop is no longer used, then I'm afraid that after a while, it will be the only troop she can bring back.  The Celtic army took a long time to form an army and fought for several years.  There are wins and losses.  But as it seems now, it is rare for an entire army to be wiped out in one step.  Therefore, Arturia also became cruel.

    "The hussars go around behind the Celtics and get ready. Take over the Celtic troops to fight the enemy!" Arturia ordered the knights of the border guard to blow the horn immediately. The cavalry also took action immediately.  Moving to the retreating road of the Celtic troops, "the frontmen dismounted and held swords and shields in formation. The rearguard dismounted and held bows. The right two wings did not dismount, but they did not dismount to protect the formation. [That room formed a standard array. Although the equipment and  They are slightly disadvantaged in terms of numbers. But you can tell by the way they are well-trained. They are not easy to mess with.

    Seeing that there was such an army behind them, the Celtics, who had been struggling to support themselves, breathed a sigh of relief.  The troops who were close immediately turned around, ran through the gap vacated by the hussars, and left the battlefield.  In this way the Celtic army continued to retreat.  They all left among the Norman hussars.  The retreat speed was a little faster.  In a short time, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were completely withdrawn. Also leaving at the same time were the horse-mounted militiamen who had long lost their combat effectiveness.

    that's all.  The Celtic army retreated successfully¡ôThe cavalry were not willing to fight.  Under the leadership of Arturia, they fought with the Romans for a while.  I didn't get a bargain, but I didn't suffer a loss either.  It was already dusk when I looked at the sky.  It is estimated that in this short time, the Celtic army may have gone some distance.

    The hussars, who were confident in their hearts, mounted their horses without hesitation.  The bows and crossbows were drawn out and fired at the Romans.  Immediately afterwards, Arturia took the lead and opened a bloody path.  After all, it is a cavalry unit, so it is easier to break through.  It's just that in the previous fierce battle, less than four thousand hussars were lost, but more than a thousand-man team was lost.  In addition to the losses in previous battles, the four thousand hussars were lost by more than half.  It can be regarded as a stretch.

    "Damn it! She ran away! You let her go! You couldn't kill her!!!" Watching Arturia lead the army away.Liliannu roared without grace.  She was really frightened by Arturia.

    After this, the Queen also thought about sending cavalry to pursue.  But there was no cavalry under her command that could take on this task.  The Seljuk cavalry without heavy cavalry had previously been concentrated in the Roman phalanx, serving as archers.  It was impossible to gather them together for a while.

    ????????? To take a step back, even if they are gathered together, it is still unclear whether they can defeat those elite hussars.  Face growled.  The furious queen and the Roman soldiers were speechless.  Finally, after venting hysterically for a while, Lilianu returned to normal and looked at the messy battlefield.  She also lost her energy.

    "The whole army, rest for three days to recover the battlefield. Then let's go back to Constantinople."

    I heard what Liliannu said.  The Roman soldiers all breathed a sigh of relief, and no one protested, so they all went back to sleep.  Only Liliannu stayed on the battlefield for a while.  Looking at the devastation, I couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and my confidence in the fate of the empire became dim again.

    And so the battle ended.

    Artoria¡¯s final decision saved the remaining 11,000 Celtic soldiers.  Her army of 30,000 men lost nearly 20,000 men.  Including more than a thousand precious heavily armored knights.  However, the loss of the Norman reinforcements was far less than this number. The loss of the hussars was less than 2,000, and the loss of the horse militia was also less than 2,000.  When the 10,000 cavalry returned, there were actually a smaller number of 7,000. Added together, Arturia still had a bonus of 20,000 soldiers to fight. This is also the reason why many people think that the outcome will be difficult to say if the battle continues.  .

    "The casualties on the Roman army's side were much greater than those of the Celts.  They lost all their mercenaries and most of their elite veterans. The heavy infantry and reserve legions on the front also suffered heavy losses.  The elite losses of the armored holy cavalry, the Guards heavy cavalry, and the Agontopla heavy cavalry are even more unacceptable In total, 130,000 Roman troops finally survived - because of this battle  The battle was so brutal that people have to use the word "survive" to describe it.

    The final survivors of the Roman army were 74,000, with nearly half of them dead.

    In addition, when the battlefield was finally being cleaned, something like this happened.  The Romans carefully buried only the bodies belonging to the Greeks.  As for other mercenaries and enemies, they don't care at all.  And the European monsters have no interest at all.  On the battlefield, hundreds of corpses of European monsters were left unattended.  The most conspicuous one among them is the Minotaur, who is blind in both eyes, wearing tattered armor, and is one size larger than other monsters.

    It was during this time that a few more courageous veterans walked up to it.  I want to cut something off of it as a souvenir.  There are also deeds to brag about after returning.

    They first approached the monster cautiously, and found that its wounds had begun to smell bad. Some flies surrounded the wounds, biting its carrion, and its body was cold and stiff.  I looked at its nose again and made sure there was no breath left.

    After completing these inspections, several veterans finally relaxed completely. They looked at each other with smiles, and then pulled out the serrated daggers they had prepared long ago, trying to cut the Minotaur's shining metallic luster.  The horns of the cow were sawed off.

    However, just as they were preparing to do this, a thick, phlegm-filled, bloody and unclear roar sounded again, which was frightening!  Immediately afterwards, the troll lifted up the person closest to him, opened its mouth and bit it down, biting off the entire upper body of that person!

    After seeing such a scene, others were simply frightened crazy.  Some people peed their pants. Some veterans who had experienced many battles screamed as loudly as women. They rolled and crawled on their hands and feet and ran back to the military camp without looking back.  When people ask them what happened.  They stammered and told the story.

    Then, a heavily armed centurion arrived at the scene of the incident.  They found the body of the Minotaur still there, still lying on the ground.  Still no sound.  But the unlucky guy with fresh blood and his upper body bitten in its mouth also proved that the veterans were not lying.

    ??Is it a conditioned reflex after death caused by too many killings, or is it because the evil spirit of the Minotaur does not want anyone to desecrate its corpse like this?  People have no way of knowing.  However, after carefully taking out the Roman soldier who was divided into two halves and burying it, no one dared to disturb the corpse of the monster anymore, not even to approach it.

    In the end, as time went by, the Minotaur, the most powerful monster warrior in the world, was finally eliminated by scavengers and microorganisms.  its bones??It was blown away by the wind, covered by dust, and finally disappeared without a trace.  However, there are still rumors circulating around Adrianople: the monster eats human flesh alive, its burial place, and the fact that it will crawl out of the cemetery and attack humans again

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