Huns Cavalry The Goths who entered the territory of the Roman Empire were forced to revolt due to the cruel oppression of the Roman Empire. In 378 AD, the Roman emperor Valence led an army of 60,000 to suppress the Goths. On August 9th, at the Battle of Adrianople, the Roman army was defeated and 40,000 Roman soldiers were killed. The emperor himself died in the battle. After this battle, the Roman Empire could no longer stop the influx of barbarians, and the Goths and other barbarians gradually gained a foothold in the north of the Roman Empire. After decades of development, the strength of the Huns expanded rapidly, occupying vast territories from the Rhine in the west, to the Eastern European Plains in the east, the Baltic In 434 AD, King Lua of the Huns passed away, and his two nephews Attila and Bleda succeeded to the throne. Soon after, Attila was very scheming to kill Bleda to take the power.
Attila the Hun Beginning in 440, Attila carried out three large-scale invasions of the Eastern Roman Empire (the Roman Empire split into the Eastern Roman Empire and the Western Roman Empire in 395 AD). The Eastern Roman Empire suffered successive defeats and suffered heavy losses. Destroyed. Coupled with a series of natural disasters, the Eastern Roman Empire was severely weakened and unable to fight again, and had to sign a peace treaty with the Huns. Ceded a large area of territory on the south bank of the Danube, and paid 2,100 pounds of gold to the Hun Empire every year in exchange for the guarantee that the Hungarian Empire would not invade the Eastern Roman Empire. Attila accepted the treaty, and then began to direct the attack on the Western Roman Empire. At that time, the emperor of the Western Roman Empire was Valentini III. The emperor was young, and the real power was in the hands of the noble Philavius Aetius and the emperor’s mother. Attius was a hostage in the Huns when he was a child, and got acquainted with many Hungarian nobles including Lua and Attila at the time, and was appreciated by them, especially with Attila.
"The Last Roman" Aetius After returning to China, Aetius rose rapidly in the Roman political arena, which also benefited from the strong support of the Huns King Lua. The support of the Huns is the key for Aetius to become the governor of Gaul. After Lua's death, Aetius proposed to Attila that the Roman Empire and the Hun Empire coexist peacefully, and sent his son to Attila to learn how to ride and shoot (actually a hostage). With the help of the Huns, Aetius was constantly promoted. When Attila came to power, he had become the "regent" of the Western Roman Empire and the de facto ruler. Aetius also reciprocated his friends from the Huns. Not only did he introduce Roman elites to Attila's court, he also ceded a province to the Huns. He also watched indifferently when Attila attacked the Eastern Roman Empire. These actions of Aetius caused dissatisfaction among many Romans, but he still maintained a close relationship with the Huns in his own way.
Attila and Aetius
Having such a good friend in the center of enemy power made Attila full of confidence in conquering the Western Roman Empire. But he didn't realize that this close relationship is based on the conditions of peaceful coexistence between the two countries. Attila's misjudgment will make his plan suffer a huge setback.
At this moment, there was a godsend opportunity. In the Roman vassal in northeastern Gaul, the Frankish tribe split into two factions due to power struggles and asked for assistance from the Huns and Rome respectively, so Attila planned to take this opportunity to invade Gaul. Conquering the Franks is only the first step of Attila's plan. Next, he will claim to help the Western Roman Empire destroy the Visigoth kingdom in the southwest of Gaul, thus occupying the entire Gaul region. Attila believes that with the close relationship with Aetius, the Romans should not be able to guard against it. When Gaul and Spain fell into his own hands, it was easy to conquer Italy, and Attila was excited about his genius plan.
The territory at the peak of the Hun empire Unexpectedly, an accident happened at this time, which disrupted Attila's plan, and made the next situation develop in an unexpected direction. While Attila was planning his own invasion plan, he suddenly received a distress letter from Princess Honoria claiming to be the Western Roman Empire. This is how it happened. When Princess Honoria, the only sister of Western Roman Emperor Valentinian III, had an affair with her attendants when she was sixteen, she became pregnant with a child. In a rage, the queen's mother imprisoned the princess in the monastery, which lasted more than ten years. The romantic princess is eager to escape the prison, but who dares to save her against the order of the Roman emperor? Except for the invincible Attila in the world, no one should have such an ability. So about 450 AD, the princess quietly sent someone to give Attila a ring, begging Attila to rescue her, and she was willing to agree with her.
Emperor Valentinian III, sister Princess Honoria and mother Attila accidentally received the princess's token, such as a treasure. If you can marry Princess Honoria, you will also have the right to inherit the Roman Empire, and you can justifiably acquire at least half of the Western Roman Empire, and you may even become the Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. No one can withstand such a big temptation, Attila sent a large-scale welcoming mission to Rome to marry the princess and ask for half of the empire as a dowry. Thinking about it, the Romans would definitely not agree, so the Valentinian emperor perfunctory the Huns’ messenger, cut the mess with a sharp knife, and found a named husband to "marry" the princess. In fact, he was imprisoned in another place. The princess has never been seen since. The refusal of marriage in the Roman Empire was as early as Attila's expectation. As for whether the princess's marriage was really a matter of fact, it is no longer important. However, Attila obtained the pretext to claim the territory of the Western Roman Empire. Attila led a huge army composed of various ethnic groups under the rule of the Huns and claimed to save his fiancée. Attila sent people to Ravenna to issue an ultimatum to Rome, asking them to surrender the princess immediately. In this way, Attila completely destroyed the detached alliance with the Romans and broke with the Western Roman Empire, which prompted the Western Roman Empire to unite with the Visigoths and the Franks to resist together. Under the great temptation of the Roman throne, Attila, who was shrewd throughout his life, made a serious mistake.
Gothic Cavalry Originally, the Romans thought that Attila's goal was only the Visigothic kingdom, and he could sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. Only then did he understand Attila's true intentions and hurriedly organized defenses in the Gaul region. When Aetius was in danger, he went to Gaul to command the army to resist the Huns' invasion. Although they are friends, once they meet on the battlefield, they are enemies of life and death. As the actual power holder of the Roman Empire, Aetius would naturally put national interests first. Attila and Aetius, good friends, will soon compete on the battlefield. Having been in the Huns camp for many years, Aetius knew that the strength of the Huns' army would be undoubtedly defeated by Western Romans alone. The only hope at the moment is to unite with the Visigoths and other barbarians to fight the Huns together and have a chance of victory. In other words, Aetius must surrender his predecessors with his enemies and fight against his old friends for life.
Roman cavalry The Visigoth king Theodoric led his tribe and fought Etius for more than 20 years. He was full of hatred and guard against the Romans, and he did not comment on Aetius' request for alliance. At the same time, Attila also sent messengers, claiming that his target was only the Romans, and persuaded Theodoric and the Huns to join forces against the Romans. Theodoric didn't understand the true intentions of the two sides, so he had to stand still. If Attila had more patience or more use of strategy instead of force, perhaps the next situation would be very different. But Attila's intention was obvious. He wanted to quickly defeat the Barbarians in Gaul before the Romans, isolate the Romans, and then defeat the Romans in one fell swoop in the united barbarian army.
The territory at the peak of the Hun empire Unexpectedly, an accident happened at this time, which disrupted Attila's plan, and made the next situation develop in an unexpected direction. While Attila was planning his own invasion plan, he suddenly received a distress letter from Princess Honoria claiming to be the Western Roman Empire. This is how it happened. When Princess Honoria, the only sister of Western Roman Emperor Valentinian III, had an affair with her attendants when she was sixteen, she became pregnant with a child. In a rage, the queen's mother imprisoned the princess in the monastery, which lasted more than ten years. The romantic princess is eager to escape the prison, but who dares to save her against the order of the Roman emperor? Except for the invincible Attila in the world, no one should have such an ability. So about 450 AD, the princess quietly sent someone to give Attila a ring, begging Attila to rescue her, and she was willing to agree with her.
Emperor Valentinian III, sister Princess Honoria and mother Attila accidentally received the princess's token, such as a treasure. If you can marry Princess Honoria, you will also have the right to inherit the Roman Empire, and you can justifiably acquire at least half of the Western Roman Empire, and you may even become the Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. No one can withstand such a big temptation, Attila sent a large-scale welcoming mission to Rome to marry the princess and ask for half of the empire as a dowry. Thinking about it, the Romans would definitely not agree, so the Valentinian emperor perfunctory the Huns’ messenger, cut the mess with a sharp knife, and found a named husband to "marry" the princess. In fact, he was imprisoned in another place. The princess has never been seen since. The refusal of marriage in the Roman Empire was as early as Attila's expectation. As for whether the princess's marriage was really a matter of fact, it is no longer important. However, Attila obtained the pretext to claim the territory of the Western Roman Empire. Attila led a huge army composed of various ethnic groups under the rule of the Huns and claimed to save his fiancée. Attila sent people to Ravenna to issue an ultimatum to Rome, asking them to surrender the princess immediately. In this way, Attila completely destroyed the detached alliance with the Romans and broke with the Western Roman Empire, which prompted the Western Roman Empire to unite with the Visigoths and the Franks to resist together. Under the great temptation of the Roman throne, Attila, who was shrewd throughout his life, made a serious mistake.
Gothic Cavalry Originally, the Romans thought that Attila's goal was only the Visigothic kingdom, and he could sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. Only then did he understand Attila's true intentions and hurriedly organized defenses in the Gaul region. When Aetius was in danger, he went to Gaul to command the army to resist the Huns' invasion. Although they are friends, once they meet on the battlefield, they are enemies of life and death. As the actual power holder of the Roman Empire, Aetius would naturally put national interests first. Attila and Aetius, good friends, will soon compete on the battlefield. Having been in the Huns camp for many years, Aetius knew that the strength of the Huns' army would be undoubtedly defeated by Western Romans alone. The only hope at the moment is to unite with the Visigoths and other barbarians to fight the Huns together and have a chance of victory. In other words, Aetius must surrender his predecessors with his enemies and fight against his old friends for life.
Roman cavalry The Visigoth king Theodoric led his tribe and fought Etius for more than 20 years. He was full of hatred and guard against the Romans, and he did not comment on Aetius' request for alliance. At the same time, Attila also sent messengers, claiming that his target was only the Romans, and persuaded Theodoric and the Huns to join forces against the Romans. Theodoric didn't understand the true intentions of the two sides, so he had to stand still. If Attila had more patience or more use of strategy instead of force, perhaps the next situation would be very different. But Attila's intention was obvious. He wanted to quickly defeat the Barbarians in Gaul before the Romans, isolate the Romans, and then defeat the Romans in one fell swoop in the united barbarian army.
Roman infantry
In March 451 AD, when Theodoric was still erratic, Attila's army had crossed the Rhine and was overwhelmingly rushing towards the Gaul region. Attila's army was divided into three parts. The right wing attacked Arras from what is now Belgium, the left wing attacked Metz on the Moselle River, and the middle road headed towards Orleans via Paris. Burning, looting and looting along the way, where the Huns passed by was in ruins, and Roman cities such as Reims, Metz, and Arras were all captured. Lutetia (the predecessor of Paris) was only a small island in the Seine. Spared.
Except for the military town of Orleans, all the cities in northern Gaul fell. Orleans was controlled by the Alans. They had promised to support Attila, but they changed their minds after seeing the brutal killings by the Huns. Attila was furious, and in early May led his entire army to besiege Orleans. The Aran and a Roman legion desperately resisted.
Siege of Orleans At this time, all the barbarians were frightened by the brutality of the Huns and realized that they could not fight the Huns by their own strength. Etius seized this opportunity and quickly established an alliance against the Huns by virtue of his prestige in the Gaul region. Without losing the opportunity, Aetius sent an old friend of Theodoric to lobby, and finally made Theodoric determined to unite with the Romans and jointly deal with the Huns who had ravaged his own nation. With the efforts of Aetius, a coalition composed of Roman and Visigothic forces was quickly formed and marched towards Orleans, which was being besieged by the Huns. On June 14, reinforcements arrived at Orleans. Although Attila's army was huge, because he did not carry siege equipment, he was unable to capture Orleans for more than a month. Instead, he suffered heavy casualties and caused a sharp decline in morale. The originally planned raid became a fierce siege. Not to mention the heavy casualties, the supply of hundreds of thousands of troops has also become a major problem, and Attila's plan to expedition to the west has suffered a serious setback.
Huns cavalry equipment At this time, the defenders in the city had reached the point of exhaustion. At this critical moment, the army of Aetius appeared. When the defenders of the city saw the Roman eagle flag slowly appearing on the horizon, they suddenly cheered and their morale boosted. Under the strong city, the Huns were unable to attack for a long time, with heavy casualties and low morale. At this time, the morale led by Aetius was high, the new divisions were adequately supplied, and the number of troops was also higher than that of the Huns. Attila realized that the situation was extremely unfavorable for him.
Roman infantry stills After Aetius’ reinforcements arrived on the battlefield, they did not rest, and immediately attacked the Huns. The defenders in the city also concentrated all their long-range weapons to shoot at the enemy. The Xiongnu army couldn't support it, and retreated eastward at night. And Aetius led the coalition forces in hot pursuit. Attila planned to retreat eastward to the open plains that would allow the Huns cavalry to exert their combat superiority, and then turned around to start a battle to annihilate the following coalition forces in one fell swoop. So quickly retreated to the direction of the Seine and Ober. In order to delay the enemy and gain time for the main force to retreat, Attila left a team of about 10,000 Gopitas on the west bank of the Seine as a guard. After the main force crossed the Seine River, they set up a camp on the Catalonia Plain on the east of the river. On the night of June 19, the Roman Gothic coalition launched a sneak attack and wiped out the Huns' defenders. The coalition forces immediately crossed the river, and unexpectedly appeared near Attila's camp early the next morning, and set up a decisive battle. Attila realized that if he continued to retreat, the army he had assembled so hard would fall into disintegration, which was unacceptable anyway. So Attila decided to accept the battle.
On June 20, the two armies started on the Catalonia Plain, and fighting was about to break out. Attila found that there was a hill on the left front of the battlefield, overlooking the entire battlefield, so he immediately sent a cavalry to occupy it. At this time, Aetius also discovered the point that could control the battle, and sent the Visigoth prince Torresmond to fight. Torresmond lived up to his high expectations and led the elite guard cavalry to attack the Huns on the hills. After fierce fighting, the Huns drove away the Huns and seized the commanding heights, greatly boosting the morale of the coalition forces. At noon, the Huns began to walk out of the camp surrounded by carts and set up their positions on the plain. The left wing of the Huns army is the Eastern Goths and Slavs under the command of Varamir, the right wing is the Germanic tribal united forces under the command of Aldaric, and the main force in the middle of the front is the Huns and Alans under the command of Attila. . On the Roman coalition side, the left wing was the Roman infantry and Franks under the personal command of Aetius, the right wing was the Visigoths led by Theodoric, and the Aran, Franks and other barbarians were placed in the center . Looking at the formation of the two armies, many of the same races belong to two opposing camps and will meet directly in battle. The total number of the Huns' coalition forces is estimated to be around 80,000, and the Roman coalition forces should be slightly more than this number. As for the melee of millions of armies in the history books, it's all nonsense.
Siege of Orleans At this time, all the barbarians were frightened by the brutality of the Huns and realized that they could not fight the Huns by their own strength. Etius seized this opportunity and quickly established an alliance against the Huns by virtue of his prestige in the Gaul region. Without losing the opportunity, Aetius sent an old friend of Theodoric to lobby, and finally made Theodoric determined to unite with the Romans and jointly deal with the Huns who had ravaged his own nation. With the efforts of Aetius, a coalition composed of Roman and Visigothic forces was quickly formed and marched towards Orleans, which was being besieged by the Huns. On June 14, reinforcements arrived at Orleans. Although Attila's army was huge, because he did not carry siege equipment, he was unable to capture Orleans for more than a month. Instead, he suffered heavy casualties and caused a sharp decline in morale. The originally planned raid became a fierce siege. Not to mention the heavy casualties, the supply of hundreds of thousands of troops has also become a major problem, and Attila's plan to expedition to the west has suffered a serious setback.
Huns cavalry equipment At this time, the defenders in the city had reached the point of exhaustion. At this critical moment, the army of Aetius appeared. When the defenders of the city saw the Roman eagle flag slowly appearing on the horizon, they suddenly cheered and their morale boosted. Under the strong city, the Huns were unable to attack for a long time, with heavy casualties and low morale. At this time, the morale led by Aetius was high, the new divisions were adequately supplied, and the number of troops was also higher than that of the Huns. Attila realized that the situation was extremely unfavorable for him.
Roman infantry stills After Aetius’ reinforcements arrived on the battlefield, they did not rest, and immediately attacked the Huns. The defenders in the city also concentrated all their long-range weapons to shoot at the enemy. The Xiongnu army couldn't support it, and retreated eastward at night. And Aetius led the coalition forces in hot pursuit. Attila planned to retreat eastward to the open plains that would allow the Huns cavalry to exert their combat superiority, and then turned around to start a battle to annihilate the following coalition forces in one fell swoop. So quickly retreated to the direction of the Seine and Ober. In order to delay the enemy and gain time for the main force to retreat, Attila left a team of about 10,000 Gopitas on the west bank of the Seine as a guard. After the main force crossed the Seine River, they set up a camp on the Catalonia Plain on the east of the river. On the night of June 19, the Roman Gothic coalition launched a sneak attack and wiped out the Huns' defenders. The coalition forces immediately crossed the river, and unexpectedly appeared near Attila's camp early the next morning, and set up a decisive battle. Attila realized that if he continued to retreat, the army he had assembled so hard would fall into disintegration, which was unacceptable anyway. So Attila decided to accept the battle.
On June 20, the two armies started on the Catalonia Plain, and fighting was about to break out. Attila found that there was a hill on the left front of the battlefield, overlooking the entire battlefield, so he immediately sent a cavalry to occupy it. At this time, Aetius also discovered the point that could control the battle, and sent the Visigoth prince Torresmond to fight. Torresmond lived up to his high expectations and led the elite guard cavalry to attack the Huns on the hills. After fierce fighting, the Huns drove away the Huns and seized the commanding heights, greatly boosting the morale of the coalition forces. At noon, the Huns began to walk out of the camp surrounded by carts and set up their positions on the plain. The left wing of the Huns army is the Eastern Goths and Slavs under the command of Varamir, the right wing is the Germanic tribal united forces under the command of Aldaric, and the main force in the middle of the front is the Huns and Alans under the command of Attila. . On the Roman coalition side, the left wing was the Roman infantry and Franks under the personal command of Aetius, the right wing was the Visigoths led by Theodoric, and the Aran, Franks and other barbarians were placed in the center . Looking at the formation of the two armies, many of the same races belong to two opposing camps and will meet directly in battle. The total number of the Huns' coalition forces is estimated to be around 80,000, and the Roman coalition forces should be slightly more than this number. As for the melee of millions of armies in the history books, it's all nonsense.
The cavalry launched an attack on the Roman army
Attila’s plan was to concentrate the superior cavalry to break through the enemy’s front line, cut off the Roman Gothic army from left to right, and then divide and destroy it; Aetius had been prepared for a long time, and his strategy was to strengthen the strength of the two wings and wait for the Huns. After breaking through the middle, it will strike from the left and right. Both sides share the strengths, so it depends on the actual performance.
At about two o'clock in the afternoon, the battle finally started. Attila launched the attack first, and the elite Huns formed a wedge-shaped assault formation and rushed towards the Roman coalition formation. The roaring Xiongnu cavalry rushed to the center of the coalition front. The cloud of arrows and the impact of the iron cavalry quickly tore the central front of the coalition. The Alans, who were already low in morale, retreated and fled. The Xiongnu cavalry was like a sharp blade, deeply inserted into the coalition front.
Cavalry attack While the Huns cavalry attacked swiftly, the left and right wings of the Huns coalition also began to charge. The left-wing Eastern Goths rushed to their compatriots, the Visigoths, and the cavalry of the two armies fought in one place. The Visigoths were crucified in place and could not go to the left to pinch the Huns in time. The attack of the Huns cavalry was even more fierce. After defeating the enemy's army, the Huns began to rotate to the left, surrounded the Visigoth army from behind, and flanked the Visigoth front with the Eastern Gothic cavalry. Once the elite cavalry of Visigoths is successfully eliminated, the overall situation of the battle is basically set. In order to repel the enemy, Theodoric, who was over 60, personally led the heavy cavalry to launch a counterattack against the Huns. As a result, the arrow fell during the fierce battle and was trampled to death by the heavy cavalry behind him. Sige lost his leader. Chaos began to appear in the special forces. At this critical moment, the prince Torresmond on the high ground saw that the Visigoth army was in a critical situation, so he led the Huns cavalry on the high ground to the high ground, launched a fierce counterattack to the side of the Huns cavalry, and blocked the enemy army. The offensive stabilized the line.
Roman infantry array attack At this time, the left-wing Roman legion led by Aetius was victorious. They lined up in a dense formation and broke up Attila's right wing composed of barbarians and defeated it. After defeating the enemy's right flank, Aetius commanded the Roman legions to quickly rotate to the right and attacked the Huns. The Roman army was dominated by infantry. They used shields to stop the violent assault of the Huns, and at the same time threw dense javelins at the enemy. Attila was trapped in the enemy's battlefield. After the Huns, Torresmond's cavalry unit also fought a bloody battle with the Huns, and the battle entered a fierce stage. The situation gradually developed in a direction that was not conducive to the Huns.
Roman infantry attack At this time, the Visigoths, which had stabilized their positions, repelled the Eastern Goths' attack, and began to flanking the Huns in the middle. In this way, the plan of Aetius was realized. The Roman Gothic coalition army encircled the Huns from both sides. Attila's own Hun army fell into a bitter battle, and a large number of cavalrymen were shot by the javelins of the Roman soldiers. Fall down. Due to the defeat of the two wings, the main force of the lonely deep Huns fell into a heavy siege, and the battle was basically divided here.
Roman infantry fired javelins at enemy cavalry The brutal battle lasted for a whole afternoon. When night fell, Attila knew that the situation was over, so he led an elite guard to break out of the siege and fled back to the camp in embarrassment. But the battle is not over yet, and the fighting on the battlefield continues. Torrismond led his troops to enter the Huns camp by mistake while pursuing them. Fortunately, the guards desperately protected to break through, and Aetius was also separated from the troops in the melee. It wasn't until the early hours of the next day that the fighting gradually subsided, and the entire Catalonia Plain was full of corpses. Aetius won the battle. Attila, the loser, hid in the car array and resisted. The Roman coalition forces surrounded the Huns camp. The coalition forces attempted to attack the Huns barracks. Torrismond led the Visigoth cavalry to launch several assaults that were all shot back with random arrows. The Roman coalition forces that suffered heavy losses were unable to fight again.
Cavalry attack While the Huns cavalry attacked swiftly, the left and right wings of the Huns coalition also began to charge. The left-wing Eastern Goths rushed to their compatriots, the Visigoths, and the cavalry of the two armies fought in one place. The Visigoths were crucified in place and could not go to the left to pinch the Huns in time. The attack of the Huns cavalry was even more fierce. After defeating the enemy's army, the Huns began to rotate to the left, surrounded the Visigoth army from behind, and flanked the Visigoth front with the Eastern Gothic cavalry. Once the elite cavalry of Visigoths is successfully eliminated, the overall situation of the battle is basically set. In order to repel the enemy, Theodoric, who was over 60, personally led the heavy cavalry to launch a counterattack against the Huns. As a result, the arrow fell during the fierce battle and was trampled to death by the heavy cavalry behind him. Sige lost his leader. Chaos began to appear in the special forces. At this critical moment, the prince Torresmond on the high ground saw that the Visigoth army was in a critical situation, so he led the Huns cavalry on the high ground to the high ground, launched a fierce counterattack to the side of the Huns cavalry, and blocked the enemy army. The offensive stabilized the line.
Roman infantry array attack At this time, the left-wing Roman legion led by Aetius was victorious. They lined up in a dense formation and broke up Attila's right wing composed of barbarians and defeated it. After defeating the enemy's right flank, Aetius commanded the Roman legions to quickly rotate to the right and attacked the Huns. The Roman army was dominated by infantry. They used shields to stop the violent assault of the Huns, and at the same time threw dense javelins at the enemy. Attila was trapped in the enemy's battlefield. After the Huns, Torresmond's cavalry unit also fought a bloody battle with the Huns, and the battle entered a fierce stage. The situation gradually developed in a direction that was not conducive to the Huns.
Roman infantry attack At this time, the Visigoths, which had stabilized their positions, repelled the Eastern Goths' attack, and began to flanking the Huns in the middle. In this way, the plan of Aetius was realized. The Roman Gothic coalition army encircled the Huns from both sides. Attila's own Hun army fell into a bitter battle, and a large number of cavalrymen were shot by the javelins of the Roman soldiers. Fall down. Due to the defeat of the two wings, the main force of the lonely deep Huns fell into a heavy siege, and the battle was basically divided here.
Roman infantry fired javelins at enemy cavalry The brutal battle lasted for a whole afternoon. When night fell, Attila knew that the situation was over, so he led an elite guard to break out of the siege and fled back to the camp in embarrassment. But the battle is not over yet, and the fighting on the battlefield continues. Torrismond led his troops to enter the Huns camp by mistake while pursuing them. Fortunately, the guards desperately protected to break through, and Aetius was also separated from the troops in the melee. It wasn't until the early hours of the next day that the fighting gradually subsided, and the entire Catalonia Plain was full of corpses. Aetius won the battle. Attila, the loser, hid in the car array and resisted. The Roman coalition forces surrounded the Huns camp. The coalition forces attempted to attack the Huns barracks. Torrismond led the Visigoth cavalry to launch several assaults that were all shot back with random arrows. The Roman coalition forces that suffered heavy losses were unable to fight again.
Cavalry Charge
Soon after, due to the disagreement of the coalition forces, Torresmond rushed to return to the country to inherit the throne and led the Visigoth army to retreat first. Attila had to retreat and Attila was able to escape the siege.
The failure of the Battle of Chalon made Attila’s plan to conquer the entire Gaul futile, but Attila’s strength was not lost, and he came back a year later. This time he led his troops across the Alps to attack Italy directly. This time he lost the West. With the aid of the Goths, the Roman army retreated steadily. Attila had to ask Pope Leo I to persuade Attila to retreat. Unexpectedly, Attila was persuaded to retreat, which greatly increased the prestige of the Roman Catholic Church.
"God's Whip" Attila stills One year after Attila led his troops back to China, he died unexpectedly and violently on the wedding night, and the powerful Hun empire quickly fell apart. Soon after Attila's death, Aetius was killed by the narrow-minded emperor Valentinian in 454 . More than two decades later, Augustus Tulus, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, was deposed by Odoac, the leader of the barbarian mercenary, and the Western Roman Empire was destroyed.
"God's Whip" Attila stills One year after Attila led his troops back to China, he died unexpectedly and violently on the wedding night, and the powerful Hun empire quickly fell apart. Soon after Attila's death, Aetius was killed by the narrow-minded emperor Valentinian in 454 . More than two decades later, Augustus Tulus, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, was deposed by Odoac, the leader of the barbarian mercenary, and the Western Roman Empire was destroyed.
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