Rome Must Fall Chapter 26: Engage

When the rebel soldiers saw the camp fire behind them, they began to panic. Even Hamilcar felt nervous and asked Spartacus beside him urgently: "The Romans are very cunning and are trying to burn us." camp, destroying our morale, and if this continues, I'm worried... should we change our plan and launch an attack first?!"

"Don't panic, the original plan remains unchanged, we continue to wait." Spartacus looked calm and said in a deep voice: "You immediately send someone to inform Maximus and let him take the baggage team Responsible for putting out fires."

"Okay!" Hamilka felt a little calmer. He knew that although he had experienced some battles, it was difficult for him to be as calm as Spartacus at critical moments. This was why he was willing to assist Spartacus. Main reason for Dax.

"Keep firing, don't stop!" Grabo looked up at the fire on the hillside in front and ordered loudly. Although he was only allowed to lead half of the legion, out of his cautious character, he still begged for more ballistae and cavalry. This was originally to frighten the enemies who were slaves during the confrontation, but when the cavalry detected the enemy's camp, After the deployment, he formulated such a combat plan, and now it seems to be working well.

There were fire bombs flying overhead from time to time, and behind them were the constant shouts from the train. The rebel soldiers kept turning their heads and looking back. Their moods went up and down like a roller coaster. The initial high morale was no longer there. existence, the originally dense array gradually became looser, and the noise became louder and louder.

Spartacus always stood still, concentrating on overlooking the Roman ballista position at the bottom of the mountain, and suddenly said: "That ballista didn't fire a fireball in two rounds!... Oh, the one next to it It seems to have stopped too!"

Hamilcar looked at it and saw that it was indeed the case. He immediately felt happy: "It seems to be broken!"

"It's no wonder that the ballistae is broken when it is roasted by the fire!" Spartacus stretched his brows and shouted in response: "Brothers, hold on a little longer! The Romans' ballistae will soon be broken. By then, They will have to go up the mountain to fight us!"

He was shouting, Hamilka followed closely, and the nearby gladiators also shouted. The soldiers in the middle gradually calmed down again. But at this moment, a roar suddenly sounded on the left wing, and the rebel soldiers there rushed towards the Roman army down the mountain like a roaring mountain torrent.

Hamilcar was stunned when he saw this situation.

Spartacus yelled angrily: "What's going on?! What is Enomui doing!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was another roar from the right wing, and then the soldiers rushed down the mountain.

"Damn Crow——" Spartacus's curse stopped abruptly. He raised the dagger in his hand and shouted with all his strength: "Brothers, take revenge on the Romans and charge me." Ah!" After saying that, he held his sword and shield and rushed down the mountain first. When such a situation occurred, it was certainly impossible for Spartacus to watch the left and right wings fight the Roman army alone.

The soldiers shouted "Revenge!!! Revenge!!!..." and rushed downwards.

Another thousand-man team in the middle, led by Altonix, followed closely behind.

The rebels went down the mountain one after another, which attracted Maximus' attention. The sudden change of the rebels' battle plan made him feel uneasy.

He looked around: people from the baggage train were scattered throughout the camp to put out the fire...

He hesitated for a moment and then made a decision: "You all come over and gather quickly! Hurry up!"

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Grabb felt nervous when he saw the rebels charging menacingly from the mountain.

On the other hand, the commander of the military camp, Videnius, looked calm. The officers commanding the legion shouted loudly and quickly merged the small phalanxes of the Centuries on the third line into a large phalanx about 300 meters long with ten columns. At the rear of the phalanx are about 1,000 auxiliary soldiers (there are also 300 auxiliary soldiers stationed in the camp). The reason why Grabo did not send these auxiliary soldiers to the front of the formation to hinder the charge of the rebel army was because he did not take advantage of these temporary recruitment. The city guards in Poli and surrounding towns lacked confidence and were worried that these Campanians, who were too powerful to fight, would not only be unable to provide help in a head-on battle, but would instead become a burden.

Just after the Roman legions completed their formation merger, the left and right wings of the rebel army were already rushing to the front of the formation.

"Javelin!...Javelin!..." The shouts of the Roman officers made the soldiers quickly get into a throwing posture, and followed the officers to throw the heavy javelin in their right hand at the enemy, although the time was hasty and the movements were inconsistent. Standard, but the concentrated shooting of thousands of heavy javelins was simply a disaster for the rebel soldiers who had no combat experience and lacked protection.

Amidst the screams, countless rebel soldiers were stabbed in the body by heavy javelins and suddenly fell to the ground. The originally dense formation suddenly became sparse. Some rebel soldiers who were lucky enough to escape the javelin attack were frightened. They turned around and fled. Although some were still moving forward, their speed had slowed down significantly. Only the gladiators at the forefront remained unchanged in their charging momentum.

If a mature Roman legion had achieved such great results with its javelin attack, it would definitely take the opportunity to launch a charge and completely disrupt the enemy's formation in one go. However, the Roman army in front of them obviously had no such plan. Under the leadership of the team officers, they erected a shield wall, drew their short swords, and made a defensive posture. Because even though they had already dealt a heavy blow to the enemy, they inevitably felt nervous when facing the fiercely charging gladiators.

The heavy javelin attack and the large reduction in teammates did not deter the gladiators on the left and right wings. On the contrary, the bad battlefield situation made their blood boil. They roared loudly, their faces were ferocious like wild beasts. Fighting and death were theirs. fate, just like in the arena.

Enomuyi and Cross are the kings of this group of beasts. They rush at the front. The large square shields with heavy javelins are held in their hands, as easily as holding a rag. With the momentum, , thrust hard at the Roman soldier who was holding a shield for defense. The powerful force shook the opponent, and then the dagger in his right hand passed through the gap exposed by the shield like lightning, stabbing the opponent...

Immediately afterwards, the rebel army's center troops, led by Spartacus and Altonix, also reached the front of the Roman army and also caused casualties to the first row of Roman soldiers. ~IndoMTL.com~ There was some chaos in the Roman military formation, which made Grabo, who was at the rear, a little frightened. He couldn't help shouting: "Let the Campanian soldiers——"

"Don't be anxious, legion commander." Videnius loudly comforted: "Don't worry, our soldiers can withstand it!"

"Is...is it?" Widenius's words calmed Grabo down a bit. He rode on the horse and looked ahead: amidst the shouts of the team officers, some panicked soldiers instinctively followed According to the instructions, they moved closer to each other, and some soldiers in the front line even gave up their daggers and held shields with both hands for full defense... This caused the entire military formation to shrink inward and become more dense.

The gladiators' advance was stopped; their numbers were still too few. Once they fell into a battle, their offensive power was greatly reduced due to lack of overall cooperation, and the Roman soldiers began to regain their breath...

Until then, Grabo breathed a sigh of relief and asked in a consultative tone: "When can the Campanians go up?"

"Wait a little longer and consume the slaves' physical strength for a while, and then they will not have the strength to run away." Widenius replied.

"Then let's do it." Grabo agreed.

Spartacus gathered enough strength to slam into the Roman soldiers in front of him many times, but his opponent used a square shield to protect his body and only defended but did not attack, making it difficult for Spartacus to find a loophole and stab the opponent. However, due to the relatively loose formation of the rebel army and the fact that his opponent was forced to retreat, he gradually embedded himself in the enemy's formation, with enemies on his left and right sides. This made him scrupulous and did not dare to attack with all his strength. He felt anxious in his heart: These **** things. The Romans were like tortoises, unable to break through their army quickly. What should we do? ! The brothers on both wings have been attacked by javelins before and their strength was damaged. How long can they hold on? ! ……