On the banks of the Marne River, the crossbows and guns of the Roman Gaul armies and arrows were flying all over the sky. There were sluts and shield walls in front of both sides, and soldiers behind them also raised their shields above their heads. The scene was filled with the whistling of arrows breaking through the air and the dull sound of arrows making three-pointers.

Although both sides have large shield protection, the crossbow guns shot in curves are much less powerful than those shot directly on the front. However, after they cross the wall of the shield, many of them can penetrate the shield. The soldiers under the shield often screamed and shouted.

The crossbows of the two armies were not idle either. With one stone bullet, fireballs flew over the military formation and rushed to the enemy formation. Some stone bullets hit the shield directly, smashing the heavy wooden boards into a loud noise, revealing huge sank river cracks. Some stone bullets fell directly on the large shields facing the soldiers. The shields were immediately split, and the soldiers were also broken by their arms and collapsed to the ground. Of course, clusters of five or six feet high flames rose from the military formations of both sides, burning the nearby crowd.

Theodosio and Perstumus, who were watching the battle behind their respective military formations, knew in their hearts that in such a situation, whoever could win in the end would depend on whose arrow projectile could be used to the end. So, the two of them ordered almost at the same time to slow down the shooting density and speed of the soldiers under their command and strengthen protection.

The arrows, projectiles, crossbows and guns flying in the air immediately became sparse. The soldiers of Rome and Gaul tried to minimize the time when their bodies were exposed to shields. At the same time, they tried to squeeze together and stacked the large shields on their heads like fish scales. In this way, the crossbows and heavy arrows shot through the two layers of shields were difficult to penetrate the two layers of shields to cause damage to the personnel. But in this way, the battle situation continued and actually formed a situation of confrontation again.

Just as Perstumus was concentrating on the Roman army formation ahead, he suddenly heard a deputy general beside him exclaiming loudly: "Enemy..., enemy troops appear on our flank!"

Postumus was shocked when he heard the voice and turned his head to look. But wherever his eyes were, it was empty. Postumus shouted loudly: "Where did the enemy army come from? The nonsense during the war disturbed the morale of the army, but military law is required to be engaged in military law."

There were voices beside him: "His Majesty the King, the enemy is not on land, but in the river." "There are enemy ships in the Marne River!"

Just as Perstumus was about to turn his head to the side of the Marne River, two or three things like crossbows or heavy arrows fell not far from him. There were only a few sounds that were not high, but very similar to lightning and thunder, his mount neighed and moaned a few times, lifted his front hooves high, and almost stood up. The unprecautionary Perstumus immediately rolled down from the saddle. Several Gaul soldiers were injured by the lead shot from the explosion, and their legs and faces were slumped on the ground, and they were snarled on the ground in pain. A group of personal guards of Perstumus rushed forward to protect Perstumus.

On the Marne River, a fleet of fifty or sixty Viking ships was approaching the bank near the flank of the Gaul army. The Roman soldiers and Sicilian Viking ship sailors jumped into the water from the ship and waded onto the river beach. The one who led the Viking ship sailors was a man with a white face and a typical Eastern Confucius man. It was Dian Wei, a general under Feng Yu.

The longbowmen of the Sicilian army and ordinary soldiers holding individual crossbow cannons followed and threw a special crossbow gun or arrow at the Gallic army continuously. The deafening and crisp explosion continued to sound in the Gallic army. The Gallic soldiers hiding under the shield were immediately in chaos like ants on a hot pan.

Some generals and soldiers reacted. With the shouts, they quickly turned the single-soldier crossbow in their hands towards the Roman army rushing from the side. A Gaul soldier was about to pull the trigger of the single-soldier crossbow in his hands, but saw a ball of black objects flying towards him. With a muffled sound, a weapon that was much thinner than the axe cut into his face. It was Dian Wei's hand halberd.

Most of these Gaul soldiers had only time to shoot the first crossbow gun and some even had not even shot one shot. The Roman army from the Marne River and the Sicily generals rushed into their formation. After throwing out the last hand halberd, Dian Wei pulled out two big halberds behind his waist and waved them into the Gaul crowd.

A Gaul soldier had just launched a single-soldier crossbow. The tip of the crossbow gun had already pointed at Dian Wei's chest. He pulled the trigger of the hanging knife when he was less than four feet away from him. The crossbow gun had slid half rapidly in the gun groove. Just as it was about to leave the string, Dian Wei's halberd had already slashed horizontally, chopping the individual crossbow gun in the hand of the Gaul soldier. The crossbow gun naturally deviated from the direction and shot into the waist and abdomen of a nearby centurion of the Gaul army who was fighting against the Roman soldiers. Dian Wei flipped his wrist and slashed horizontally without slashing vertically. Before the Gaul army could pull out the short sword from his waist, Dian Wei's halberd was cut off by Dian Wei's halberd.

Seeing this, Theodosie on the front of the Gallic Army, seeing how he was willing to lose his opportunity, immediately urged his army formation to press forward. The two sides' military formations were actually not far apart. In just two or three minutes, the Roman military formation that was pouring in like a tide rushed into the already chaotic Gallic army formation.

At this time, Perstumus had been broken and his arm was broken. He was so painful that he shouted wildly, so how could he calmly command the battle. His personal guards surrounded him and retreated with all his might. Originally, the Gaul army showed signs of defeat, and the dragons were headless, and they collapsed quickly. Soon, the Gaul army fled to the upper reaches of the Maren River in chaos. Theodosi's British Legion cavalry and a small number of Sicilian heavy cavalry were chasing behind. They stopped from chasing in the early morning until the setting sun was setting. On the side of the Maren River were full of corpses of Gallic soldiers who were tilted around, and there were also many Gallic soldiers who were drowned or shot in a row by arrows on the river.

Theodosio, who won the Battle of the Marne, did not give the Gallic army a chance to breathe. His legion quickly crossed the Marne River and pursued the Second Gallic Army, which was intercepted by the Sicily Viking fleet. The Second Gallic Army was setback when crossing the river. After receiving the news that the defeat of the Marne River and their king Perstumus was missing, his morale was extremely low. They had no intention of fighting with the Roman army. After a touch of collapse, they fled westward. After being intercepted by the Roman army for the second time, they simply chose to surrender.

When the two main forces of Perstumus were defeated, no one in the armed forces in the Gaul towns dared to fight against the Roman army. Wherever Theodosi's eagle flag went, they all surrendered. In less than a month, most of the Gaul areas were recovered by Theodosi.
Chapter completed!