The City of Terror Chapter 289: 、 Hannibal, the **** of war! (See monthly ticket!)
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As far as the cold weapon era is concerned, Hannibal can command a group of mercenaries fighting for money to that extent, indeed it can be called great. Well, this is just a poor view.
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If defending the city, with the advantage of the city wall, these slingers can even throw stones to 50 or 60 meters.
Not to mention the distance, let alone the lethality against heavy armoured infantry, etc., it is much more powerful than ordinary bows and arrows.
Well, the number of troops on both sides here should probably be called a battle.
Anyway, just looking at the location of this battle, the commander of the ancient Roman side should be Great Sipiah.
What makes Wei Xiaobei somewhat puzzled is that there is no empty commander-like presence in front of the battle formation on the side of Carthage.
Anyway, this scene in front of us has exceeded the largest war scene that Wei Xiaobei has ever seen.
To be honest, even the costume war dramas on TV can organize a battle scale of two or three thousand people, which is very good.
And here, there are more than 20,000 people on both sides just for the soldiers who have gathered together.
The entire battlefield was quiet, only the footsteps of the ancient Roman soldiers and Carthage soldiers came together and hit the ground slightly.
As time went on, Roman soldiers pouring out of the city gate began to decrease.
At this time, the number of ancient Roman soldiers counted by Wei Xiaobei has exceeded 28,000! Among them, there are more than 6,000 cavalry, and the number of soldiers on the Carthage side is more than 30,000. Among them, the cavalry is much less than the ancient Roman side, only about 2,500, but plus four square arrays composed of more than one hundred War Elephant The Carthage side may not be much weaker than ancient Rome in terms of cavalry.
Time continues to pass. Although no one speaks, the atmosphere in the entire battlefield quickly becomes dignified and suppressed.
Everyone ’s heart beats faster.
This atmosphere makes Wei Xiaobei feel very uncomfortable, as if a mountain is crushing his heart.
At this time, there were no Roman soldiers in the gates of Barcelona.
Time seems to be stuck.
The big shield on the left hand of the big Sipiah standing on the white chariot lightly paused, and the heralds holding the huge golden horn immediately began to blow the horn, making a different sound than before.
All the ancient Roman phalanxes immediately began to switch positions and regrouped.
To be honest, Wei Xiaobei didn't know what the horn sound meant, but he had to change directions with the Roman soldiers around him.
Well, although Wei Xiaobei's reaction is fast, but because of his unfamiliarity with the conversion of military formations in ancient Rome, it is the worst performer in the square formation.
The eagle-flag officer who led the team glared at Wei Xiaobei more than twenty times from start to finish. Of course, the young soldiers were more or less glared by him, but the one standing in the back Wei Xiaobei was the most stared.
If it is not Wei Xiaobei ’s full set of reserve soldiers, I am afraid that the officer of the Qiqi Banner has already pulled Wei Xiaobei to the first row and stood.
After a total of more than fifty infantry phalanxes switched back and forth for a while, three lines were formed, each consisting of more than a dozen phalanxes, staggered back and forth, like fish scales.
And of those fifteen cavalry phalanxes, five heavy cavalry phalanxes were placed on the left wing, and ten light cavalry phalanxes were placed on the right wing.
Just after the ancient Roman phalanx was adjusted, the big Sipiah above the chariot raised the big shield, and the commander again blew a slow horn.
Under the guidance of this horn, all ancient Roman phalanxes began to move forward slowly.
As the ancient Roman phalanx advanced, the Carthaginian phalanx on the opposite side also began to move forward slowly.
The distance of five kilometers is not close to ordinary people, but it is not far from the battle array with more than 60,000 on both sides.
About an hour later, when the distance between the two sides was less than two kilometers, they stopped. At this distance, the soldiers of both sides could roughly see the other's formation.
I have to say that experienced veterans are different from those recruits.
Even Wei Xiaobei could feel some strange appearances in the light infantry phalanx of the ancient Roman side, but soon calmed down under the scolding of the leading officers.
And those squares mixed with reserve soldiers are immobile, and the tens of thousands of neatly arranged and magnificent enemies not far away are as if they never appeared in their eyes.
This pause does not mean that the flames of war are extinguished, but a necessary break before the war.
The three-kilometer distance may not be too much fatigue for the strong soldiers, but it will consume some stamina to some extent. If you do n’t take enough rest, then the disadvantages for the next battle are conceivable. Known.
Another half an hour of rest time, Big Sibia even let the soldiers sit on the ground.
The same is true for the Carthage Phalanx opposite.
This kind of waiting makes Wei Xiaobei feel a little unhappy.
We knew that this was the case. Wei Xiaobei would rather stay in the city, and he would be able to brush some evolutionary points.
Of course, for such a large-scale war, Wei Xiaobei is still looking forward to it.
In such a war, it is not too difficult to obtain evolution points.
After half an hour, the soldiers on both sides slowly stood up under the officer ’s order, and moved their hands and feet in place to eliminate the possible numbness.
The Carthaginian phalanx on the opposite side suddenly separated towards the sides. A commander riding a tall horse, slowly came to the phalanx from the separated phalanx under the guard of hundreds of elite cavalry before.
The soldiers on the Carthage side were immediately excited, and they started cheering as if welcoming a god.
This commander is not as big as Great Sipiah. Like Sipiah, he is wearing a white robe and a golden armor, but his face is full of wisdom.
Hannibal?
Wei Xiaobei probably heard the syllable of the name from the cheers of the Carthage soldiers.
It turned out to be Hannibal?
Wei Xiaobei was inexplicably excited.
Hannibal, the greatest commander of the Carthage Empire, and one of the four great generals recognized in Western history. In the war with the ancient Roman Empire, it was invincible and invincible. War has become an art, an art of killing.
Under his command, the Carthage army passed the Mediterranean Sea, over the Alps, and captured southern Gaul. Almost half of the Italian peninsula fell, and its troops defeated the Roman Empire until they dared not face it. The degree of confrontation!
As long as Hannibal ’s flag appeared, the morale of ancient Roman soldiers would suddenly decline.
If it were n’t for Quintus Fabian, regardless of his status, the procrastination tactics used by his face, I am afraid that the ancient Roman city will be attacked by Hannibal.
Of course, every celebrity has a history of miserable. This is also the same for Hannibal. Behind the invincible battle, Hannibal ’s prestige caused the unrest of Carthage ’s rulers, which frequently dragged on. Legs, in the final battle of Zama, Hannibal failed completely.
But in any case, this famous general is indeed powerful, and even if his war art is modern, it still has high research value.
It can be seen that Hannibal's prestige among the soldiers of Carthage is extremely high. Only the right hand lifted it gently, and the cheers from the Carthaginian phalanx suddenly subsided.
"% # @ ￥! ......"
Okay, Wei Xiaobei didn't understand this sentence from Hannibal's mouth.
Although the 24 commonly used phonetic alphabets of Carthage are the prototypes of the Greek alphabet, the Alami alphabet, the Arabic alphabet, and the Brahmi series, the Greek alphabet extends to Latin, Cyrillic, Rooney, etc., And Latin extends to Spanish, French and so on.
But this extension also makes Wei Xiaobei really unable to understand the Carthage language spoken by Hannibal.
Of course, perhaps the language spoken by Hannibal is just a cipher language used in military command.
Because even the senior officers on the ancient Roman side looked dazed.
Know that the ancient Rome and Carthage have been fighting for many years, and they have a great understanding of each other's language.
So, Wei Xiaobei judged that it should be a military secret language. To be honest, in the BC era, the creation of this military secret language should be regarded as a fairly advanced military technology.
There is no doubt that the ancient Roman side did not understand what the Carthaginian army was doing.
Soon, those Carthaginian phalanxes were mobilized. Although they seemed a bit confusing compared to the ancient Roman side, the War Elephant phalanx arranged on both sides made the ancient Roman side dare not have the idea of robbery. .
Within twenty minutes, the Carthage army formed a half-moon crescent with a raised center.
To be honest, Wei Xiaobei has been somewhat numb to the adjustment of this formation.
This is the war in the cold weapon era of BC.
The two sides lined up in a relatively flat place, adjusted the formation, or adjusted their formation according to the other ’s formation, etc. In short, the battle of tens of thousands of people like this, the first collection, to approach on foot, plus adjust the formation The time required has already been spent more than two hours before and after.
If we add the time that Wei Xiaobei spent in Barcelona before, more than three hours have passed.
And Wei Xiaobei now enters the gray world once, and can only stay for about seven and a half hours.
That is to say, after Wei Xiaobei entered the Grey Realm this time, nearly half of his time has been spent.
The Carthage formation on the opposite side is still under some fine-tuning. The ancient Roman side started a new round of rest. Most of the soldiers sat down on the spot, and even the cavalrymen dismounted. Warhorse feeds forage.
Seeing such a situation, Wei Xiaobei simply focused on Attribute Panel. The war is coming, and some strength should be improved. In such a large-scale war, even Wei Xiaobei dare not say himself You will be able to stick to the end.
This is not to fight some Monster without brains! (To be continued.)