Chapter 320 Decisive Victory

The cavalry of Luga retreated, leaving behind a pile of corpses. This was not enough to cause the Bagauda rebels who were unwilling to return to slavery to collapse. The war was getting more and more intense. All the soldiers in the first array were finally left with only a few in the frantic battle, and the soldiers in the second array had to draw their swords and join the battle.

In order to find a better shooting position, the archers split into two groups and came to the left and right sides of the battlefield. Facing the flank of the Bagauda rebels, they formed a scattered formation and drew their bows at the Bagauda rebels in front of them.

“Ka-ka-ka…”

Waves of dense arrows covered the army of the Bagauda rebels again and again. The completely unprotected Bagauda rebels could not withstand such a continuous rain of arrows and fell one after another. Although each Bagauda soldier fought bravely in such a blind charge, they suffered heavy casualties in the absence of a unified command and the close cooperation of the Roman long-range and short-range soldiers, so the numerical advantage they had just gained gradually disappeared.

“Important! Important!”

Luca pointed his sword straight at the enemy, and the cavalry roared and charged at the enemy's back again. Once again, countless Bagauda rebels were knocked to the ground and died under the horses' hooves. With the impact of the cavalry, the remaining fighting courage in the hearts of the Bagauda rebels turned into fear. This large number of cavalry were like a no-man's land in the chaotic army. They hacked and killed crazily, killing people and horses.

"They ran away! They ran away!"

The almost one-sided massacre finally became too much for the Bagauda rebels to bear. They screamed and fled in all directions, rumbling like a herd of cheap cattle. There were as many as thousands of people involved.

"Chase! Chase!"

This time it was no longer as orderly as the last time. The Bagauda rebels screamed and ran in chaos. They fled in all directions without any purpose. Some even ran towards the city, which allowed the Roman soldiers who were blocking the city gate to intercept them. A massacre followed. The blood stained the city gate red. There was no mercy at all in the whole process.

The cavalry followed closely behind the escapees, holding up their bloodstained lances and piercing the chests of the escapees one after another. For a while, screams were heard. More and more bastards began to realize the preciousness of life. They dropped their weapons, cried and knelt on the ground and gave up running. The infantry who followed closely behind them trampled them to the ground. At that time, they kept begging for mercy in Roman language, hoping that they could survive.

"No killing of prisoners of war! No killing of prisoners of war!"

In order to prevent the angry soldiers from losing their minds and slaughtering the prisoners of war, Luga asked the messenger to shout all the way up, because these prisoners were too important to him!

"Now we seem to have removed the biggest stumbling block before us." Luca said to Andrew, riding his horse past the corpses on the ground. The soldiers were still searching the battlefield for wounded soldiers and those pretending to be dead.

"Luga," Andrew asked, "What should we do with these prisoners of war?"

"I plan to sell all these guys to various parts of the Western Empire as slaves. Since they are slaves, they can't escape their own fate!" Luca said, "You know, they must be worth a lot of money, and there are still large tracts of land in Italy and Greater Sicily that need to be cultivated. They can just make up for the lack of labor there. The nobles are satisfied, and we have also obtained a considerable amount of funds. Of course, if possible, we can also sell them to the Eastern Empire or Carthage. Such a considerable amount of funds can still maintain the army's commissions, so that we can maintain long-term combat. As for the financing of the nobles in the Greater Sequanorum Province, we can also use slaves to offset the price, which also relieves our economic pressure."

"Then you don't allow the killing of these wounded soldiers. What's going on?" Andrew still couldn't understand.

“You are stupid!” Luca said with a smile: “Among these wounded soldiers, some are lightly wounded and some are seriously wounded. The lightly wounded can be slaves after they recover, but the seriously wounded…” Luca shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: “Then we can only send them to see God. After all, I am too lazy to invest anything in them. You also understand, Andrew, these sons of bitches deserve to die!”

Luca's words left Andrew speechless. Of course, the main reason was that he agreed with Luca's ideas and was influenced by him. Now, when he looked at the teams of Bagauda prisoners not far away, he felt that what were moving around were no longer individuals, but strings of money. The greedy Andrew couldn't help swallowing his saliva and wished he could find a slave trader to raise the price right away.

Before they knew it, Luca and Andrew had arrived at the city gate. At this time, a group of soldiers with their clothes stained with blood blocked the way of Luca and his party at the city gate. The leader wore a horned helmet and golden scale armor. He was the chief centurion of the Fifth Skylark Legion.

"My centurion!" In order to hide his embarrassment, Luca took off his helmet that was dented and deformed and asked the chief centurion: "How is the war going now? We have annihilated a large number of enemy forces outside the city. The pressure on you in the city is naturally much less. So tell me, have you taken the city?"

He trotted over and reported to Luca: "General, we have already taken over most of the city."

"Half a city?" Luca was very confused by the Chief Centurion's words and couldn't help asking, "What does this mean? Half a city?"

"The other half of the city is because we encountered very strong resistance." The chief centurion spread his hands and let Luca see the blood on his body, which was a proof that he had tried his best. "They are well-equipped, completely different from the beggar troops we faced at that time. They are very powerful. We have attacked many times but failed and were beaten back by them. We suffered heavy losses. Now we are in a standoff with them and wait for the general to make a decision."

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It turned out that the Bagauda rebels also had such enemies, or rather, the personal guards under Tiberius. They were indeed a difficult enemy to deal with, not to mention that the soldiers had just experienced such a huge war, and everyone was naturally exhausted and could not fight again. Luca thought secretly in his heart that it was impossible to attack again, at least not now, so Luca had to give up today's attack.

"Order the soldiers to surround the city. Soldiers should be stationed at every exit. We must ensure that the enemy cannot escape from under our noses." Luga ordered, and then lowered his voice and said: "They can't escape, at least not today."

(End of this chapter)