Chapter 217 - 144: Best to Chase the Remaining Bravery to Pursue the Desperate Enemy
The speaker was Munsendes. His words extinguished Wallis’s anger and brought him back to his senses: He’s right. This time, I was tricked by these enemies. Losing doesn’t matter; I’ll win next time. But the village absolutely cannot be lost!
Thinking of this, he shouted sternly once again, "Retreat quickly! Retreat! Get back to our village!—"
"Woo!... Woo!...!" The deep, heavy sounds of a copper horn suddenly echoed across the battlefield. Those First Legion Soldiers who had been huddled behind the shield wall received orders to advance. The previous frustration transformed into thunderous roars of rage as they wielded square shields and short swords, charging at the enemy who had begun fleeing.
The Segestica people were completely routed. However, since the Second Legion attempted to surround nearly 4,000 Segestica people with only 2,000 men, the formation of the encirclement inevitably became somewhat thin. Wallis led his guards in breaking through the rear, and as some Segestica Warriors saw their courageous leader, they naturally followed him. In their desperate assault, they broke through a gap in the Second Legion’s intercepting line...
Casius rode a donkey, crossing the Kolana River westward and traversing an open space between two swamps. As he turned southwest, he saw a massive unit approaching him head-on. Before he could open his mouth to report the victory, Maximus, who was riding a horse at the front of the column, smiled and said, "Seeing your happy face, we must have won!"
"Leader, it’s a great victory! The enemy has been defeated!" Casius shouted excitedly.
"Leader, it seems we don’t need to worry about the Segestica people discovering us anymore. We can hasten our march!" Flanitnus caught up and said.
Maximus nodded.
Flanitnus turned his horse around and urged the troops to speed up.