Chapter 291 - Mishap Naturally, this kind oftechnique"s destructive power also had its own consequences. The ancientRoman soldiers that used this technique would also keep losing blood.Afterwards, they would weaken, and after fighting a while in closecombat, they would slowly decline.
On the other hand, theCarthaginian soldiers also struck back. They held their s.h.i.+elds andpushed with all their might. They also acc.u.mulated power through theswords in their right hands, waiting for the ancient Romans to fall andthrust through their chests.
No matter what was said, the two sides were colliding against each other as a big melee unfolded.
Swords, s.h.i.+elds, javelins, fists, and even their heads were used as weapons to quickly greet the enemy.
Naturally, the ancient Roman light infantry at the very front suffered the most in terms of equipment.
They did not have any kind of armor at all, not even leather ones.
Theyhad been let off slightly during the first collision, but after that,they could only suffer in the middle of the chaotic battle.
Iftheir swords. .h.i.t places with armor, then there was no effect at all, andtheir fate would be death by counterattack from their opponent.
Afteran amount of time in close combat, the light infantry felt a disruptionin the enemy formation. They immediately retreated to give way to theyoung soldiers and the adult soldiers.
These young soldiers andadult soldiers had the same action of throwing javelins. Afterwards,they charged ahead for a collision with their big s.h.i.+elds. With theirbig s.h.i.+elds, their damage had exceeded that of the light infantry at thefront.
These ancient Roman soldiers attacked repeatedly, makingit hard for the Carthaginian soldiers to maintain their formation. Afterthe majority of the soldiers were killed, the center formationgradually stepped back.
At this moment, it was not yet Wei XiaoBei"s turn to go into battle as he followed the formation"s advance,allowing him to leisurely look at the scene.
Although the soldiers around him were quiet, the roars,screams, and even the scent of blood had gradually excited them.
Wei Xiao Bei had decided that if the ancient Roman forces were going to go all out, he would immediately slip away.
Hewas not willing to be swept along within the ancient Roman soldiers. Nomatter how good one"s martial art was, being squeezed into a smallposition by the surrounding people would only be a waste of stamina ifone had not reached a certain level of skill.
In other words, WeiXiao Bei was strong right now, and even his recovery had allowed him torecover his limbs. It would even be difficult for a buff man to chopthrough his muscles with a cleaver. However, if he as surrounded byenemies, then he would waste a lot of stamina, and his ability torecover would decline. Various wounds would then acc.u.mulate and causehim to lose his life.
As the Carthaginian soldiers continued toretreat, the ancient Roman light infantry were lured into theirencirclement. The young soldiers, adult soldiers, and reserved forcesalso followed after. The ancient Roman cavalrymen also got on theirhorses under the command of the war horn. They urged their horses tomove outside the battlefield and try to outflank the enemy forces.
Withouta doubt, the appearance of 6000 cavalrymen had caused morale to changedirections. Naturally, among the cavalrymen, not everyone was a soldier.Some of them were only officers that pa.s.sed down orders while most ofthem were troops from the forces of the colonies of the ancient RomanEmpire.
Hannibal had already retreated to the back of the entire Carthaginian formation and blew his war horn to maneuver his army.
Inan instant, the left wing of the Carthaginian formation comprised of2000 cavalrymen moved out to attack. Their main task was to draw in theancient Roman cavalry that was coming at them and prevent them fromattacking the side of the Carthaginian army.
At the same time, the war elephant formation on the right also moved forward.
Intruth, even Wei Xiao Bei could see that when the 6000 cavalrymen wentto attack, the situation of the Carthaginian forces had worsened.
Scipiowas truly one of the most outstanding commanders of ancient Rome. Injust one look, he could tell what Hannibal was planning.
Naturally,it was also impossible for Scipio to just leave 6000 cavalrymen to stayidle. Once the Carthaginians showed a decline, then the sudden attackof the cavalrymen would naturally result in this.
In truth, WeiXiao Bei was not in a good position in the phalanx. He was located inthe left wing which was in contact with the war elephants.
Seeing the imposing manner of the incoming war elephants, even the veterans around Wei Xiao Bei could not help but pale up.
Facing the a.s.sault of the war elephants, even valiant ancient Roman soldiers could not withstand them.
Atthis moment, the ancient Roman war horn was blown. The ancientRoman-hired stone throwers from Palma quickly pushed forward. Amongthem, there were some that were even continuously blowing theirhorn-like instruments.
The skills of these stone throwers atblowing horns was very rough. They were able to blow the instruments,but the sound that came out was plain noise.
It was very clearthat the noise coming out from these horns was disliked by the warelephants as their speed quickly decreased.
At this moment, alarge group of stone throwers surrounded the elephants. They loadedfist-sized stones in their slings and spun them above their heads beforethrowing them at the elephants.
Pa! Pa! Pa! Pa!
Countless stones rained on the bodies of the war elephants.
Although the war elephants had armor on them, the continuous rain of stones had still given them pain.
Theyall retreated backward. Especially the more timid elephants ran backthe way they came, stepping on the Carthaginian soldiers on their side.
"Wuuu! Wuuu! Wuu!"
Thesound of horns continued to sound. The ancient Roman soldiers in aphalanx had also began to advance. Wei Xiao Bei"s reaction was not slowas he followed them from behind.
At this moment, the 6000 strongancient Roman cavalry had directly collided with 2000 strongCarthaginian cavalry. In an instant, hundreds of cavalrymen weredismounted from their horses by pikes.
The Carthaginian cavalrysimply could not block the Roman cavalry that was more than twice theirsize. They were quickly outflanked and separated. In just a few minutes,marks of cracks in their formation had appeared.
Midway intobattle, the Carthaginian heavy infantry had retreated to the rear linesand began to stabilize their formation while counter attacking the Romansoldiers behind them. The Carthaginian soldiers in the left and rightwing were also closing in on the center.
On this side, Wei Xiao Bei"s phalanx had began to attack the Carthaginians that were in chaos from the war elephant"s attack.
Before all this, the Carthaginians had already sounded their horns, laying down orders to retreat and leave the battlefield.
Afterall,the Carthaginians had already lost the initiative. If they slowlyretreated with Hannibal"s command, then they might still be able to turndefeat into victory.
It must be known that Hannibal"s militaryexploits were more on few against the many, where he was part of thefew. He would intentionally let the Romans pursue them, and in the end,he would launch a counterattack that would disrupt the enemy forces.
However,the Carthaginian soldiers were too excited. They had already formed thecrescent moon formation. Even if they wanted to retreat now, it wouldbe very hard to do so.
Wei Xiao Bei was in the phalanx andattacked along with the Roman soldiers. The javelin in his hands haddirectly killed three Carthaginians.
For other Romans accuratelyhitting their enemies was a very hard thing to do within the formation,but for Wei Xiao Bei, it was simply child"s play.
Although theCarthaginian soldiers only gave 30 evolution points, it was not aproblem for Wei Xiao Bei to obtain thousands of evolution points by theend of the battle as long as this kind of pacing continues.
Afterbeing trampled by their own war elephants, the Carthaginian soldiershad lost most of their morale. They were simply in disarray. Theirformerly strict formation had disappeared from their sights.
Whenthe Carthaginians" side was about to collapse, Wei Xiao Bei couldfaintly feel something had changed. However, it was not a huge threat tohim.
When Wei Xiao Bei killed his tenth Carthaginian, the gazethat the Romans used to look at him turned into respect and admiration.
Intruth, even if your discipline was loose during the era of coldweapons, as long as you could display bravery in battle, people wouldlook at you with respect.
The reason was simple. The stronger their allies were, the safer people would feel while in battle.
This was also the reason why normal soldiers were willing to follow behind the undefeated G.o.d of war, Hannibal.
If an officer was stupid, then their subordinates might just leave him behind once they encountered danger.
No one was willing to throw away their life for a stupid leader.
At this moment, a golden light pillar landed on the back of the Carthaginian forces and quickly spread.
This expanding light looked like divine magic.
EveryCarthaginian soldier that was showered with the light immediatelytrembled. Their morale instantly rose as they became extremely fierce!
The light quickly approached near Wei Xiao Bei.
Wei Xiao Bei could feel that the light contained mysterious powers.
Whenthe light s.h.i.+ned on him, he felt as if he was being looked at by anincomparably strong existence, to the points that the hairs on his backstood up!
On the other hand, the Carthaginians that were fighting in close combat appeared to have become one level stronger.
WithWei Xiao Bei"s martial achievements, he was able to judge that thelight had increased the Carthaginian soldiers power from 1-Star Elite tothe peak of 1-Star Elite, infinitely approaching 2-Stars.
The effect of these changes were huge for normal soldiers. It could be said that their strengths had doubled.
By contrast, the Roman soldiers seemed as if they could not bear the might of the Carthaginian soldiers anymore.
They had dropped down from heaven to h.e.l.l in an instant,allowing the Roman soldiers to truly understand what misfortune was.