Chapter 289 (1/2)

In terms of the age of cold weapons, Hannibal's ability to command a group of mercenaries fighting for money to that extent can indeed be called great. Well, it's just a poor point of view.

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If you defend the city, with the advantage of the city wall, these stone throwers can even throw stones to a place of 50 or 60 meters.

Not to mention the distance, but the lethality to heavy armor infantry is much more powerful than ordinary bows and arrows.

Well, with the number of troops on both sides here, it should probably be called a battle.

In any case, just looking at the location of the battle, the commander of ancient Rome should be great Hippias.

Wei Xiaobei was puzzled that there was no commander like presence in front of the battle line on Carthage side, which was empty.

In any case, the scene in front of him has exceeded the largest war scene Wei Xiaobei has ever seen.

To tell the truth, even those ancient costume war dramas on TV can organize the battle scale of two or three thousand people, which is very good.

Here, just the soldiers who have gathered, there are more than 20000 people on both sides.

The whole battlefield was quiet, only the slight impact of footsteps on the ground when ancient Roman soldiers and Carthage soldiers gathered together.

With the passage of time, the number of Roman soldiers pouring out of the city gate began to decrease.

At this time, the number of Roman soldiers counted by Wei Xiaobei has exceeded 28000! Among them, there are more than 6000 cavalry, while the number of soldiers on the Carthage side exceeds 30000. Among them, the cavalry is much less than that in ancient Rome, only about 2500. However, with the four square arrays composed of more than 100 war elephants, the cavalry on the Carthage side may not be much weaker than that of the guroma.

Time continued to pass. Although no one spoke, the atmosphere in the whole battlefield soon became dignified and repressed.

Everyone's heart seems to beat a lot faster.

This atmosphere makes Wei Xiaobei feel very uncomfortable, like a big mountain in his heart.

At this time, there were no Roman soldiers in Barcelona.

Time seems to have stalled.

Standing on the white chariot, the big shield in the left hand of big sippia paused gently, and the herald holding the huge golden horn immediately began to blow the horn, and a different voice came out.

Immediately, all the ancient Roman phalanxes began to change directions and regroup.

To tell the truth, Wei Xiaobei didn't know what the horn meant, but he had to change directions with the ancient Roman soldiers around him.

Well, although Wei Xiaobei reacted quickly, he was the worst one in the square array because he was not familiar with the transformation of military array in ancient Rome.

From the beginning to the end, the eagle flag officer who led the team stared at Wei Xiaobei for more than 20 times. Of course, the young soldiers were more or less stared at by him, but Wei Xiaobei who stood at the back was the most stared at.

If Wei Xiaobei hadn't been wearing a full set of reserve clothes, I'm afraid the eagle flag officer would have pulled Wei Xiaobei to the first row to stand.

After more than 50 infantry squares were changed back and forth for a while, three lines were formed. Each line was composed of more than ten squares, staggered from front to back, like fish scales.

The fifteen cavalry squares, five heavy cavalry squares on the left and ten light cavalry squares on the right.

Just after the ancient Roman phalanx was adjusted, the great Hippias on the chariot raised the shield, and the herald blew a slow horn again.

Under the guidance of this horn, all ancient Roman phalanxes began to move forward slowly.

Seeing the advance of the ancient Roman phalanx, the Carthage phalanx opposite began to move forward slowly.

The distance of five kilometers is not close for ordinary people, but it is not far for the battle lines with more than 60000 people on both sides.

About an hour later, when the distance between the two sides was only two kilometers, both stopped. At this distance, the soldiers of both sides could roughly see each other's military array.

It has to be said that experienced veterans are different from those recruits.

Even Wei Xiaobei could feel that there were some differences in the light infantry array on the side of ancient Rome, but he soon calmed down under the scolding of the leading officer.

But in the square array mixed with reserve soldiers, they did not move. Not far away, tens of thousands of orderly and magnificent enemy troops seemed to have never appeared in their eyes.

This pause does not mean that the flames of war are extinguished, but the necessary rest before the war.

The three kilometer journey may not be much fatigue for the strong soldiers, but it will consume some physical strength. If you don't rest enough, you can imagine the disadvantages for the next battle.

It was more than half an hour's rest, and great sippia even let the soldiers sit on the ground.

The same is true of the Carthage square opposite.

This kind of waiting makes Wei Xiaobei feel a little uncomfortable.