Rome Must Perish

"I will relay all of your suggestions to the Governor, I am sure he will adopt your opinions. However, you must also—"

"Don’t worry, I will secure victory in this battle for the Governor!" Antonius threw away the stick in his hand, looked at the battlefield ahead, and said confidently.

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Oluus stood on the hillside, with the formation of the soldiers of the Third Legion arranged behind him.

After Maximus’s orders were issued, Camillus led the Third Legion to advance alongside the Second Legion. However, when the Second Legion engaged with the enemy, the Third Legion remained in place, maintaining its formation unchanged.

Over half an hour had passed, and the front line of the Second Legion, originally at the same level as the Third, had moved forward a considerable distance. The sight of the Second Legion soldiers pressing hard against the enemy gave a sense of reassurance to the previously anxious Third Legion soldiers, while their battle cries stirred the bystanding Third Legion soldiers into a state of fervor, their calls for action incessant, causing quite a headache for Camillus.

Fortunately, most of the officers in the Third Legion were Roman veterans (after the Maximus Army stationed in Sarabia, Oluus had sent people to Apulia and Calabria to recruit some former comrades who were leading hard lives and harbored resentment towards Rome into the ranks), and they worked hard to stabilize their troops’ emotions.

Camillus also had Oluus stand at the front of the line and issued an order: Anyone who dares to cross the position where Oluus stands will be punished according to Military Law!

As a seasoned veteran of many campaigns, if he spotted a chance for victory, Onis would have unhesitatingly suggested that Camillus command the army to attack the flank of the enemy engaged with the Second Legion. The reason the Third Legion remained inactive until now was not entirely due to Maximus’s orders but primarily because of another enemy army not far behind the Roman Army that was fighting.

At this moment, the Roman Army that Oluus was observing from a distance, previously seen only as a silhouette, was starting to become clearer...

Finally, they’re coming... What arose from the depths of Oluus’s heart was not tension but excitement, and he turned around to see that most of his soldiers were staring ahead with intense eyes.

He nodded secretly: The soldiers’ morale was good, and they held a certain geographical advantage (the Third Legion’s formation was slanted forward, extending to a height on the hill that was difficult to traverse on foot, giving them a commanding advantage over the enemy’s attack). Of course, there were also disadvantages: To occupy as much of the favorable terrain as possible and to prevent the enemy from easily outflanking them, the Third Legion had stretched its formation, resulting in a thinner formation, and the weapons and equipment of the soldiers in the rear were not as superior as the opposing side’s...