Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Chapter 82 Battle of Turiri (4)

Although Cincinnagar behind the prescription line could not understand the situation in front of him, the fact that the team was retreating was an indisputable fact. The screams kept coming. Looking at the sides, even the soldiers started to escape in the distance... … Cincinnati was anxious and angry, and at this moment he had no time to think about why such a bad situation occurred. The top priority was to stop the decline, otherwise the right wing would be defeated, which led to the failure of the entire Lucanian tribal coalition!Although Akpiru was an in-law, Cincinnati didn't think that the grumbling leader of Grummantum would easily forgive Picoxis.Now the fighters of Picoxis have been in front of the battle. He can no longer command, and the only thing he can command is the soldiers who are not yet in contact.

"Go and call the people behind Veg City to help! You tell their leader that if the battle fails, the Lukalia won't forgive Veg City!" Cincinnagar guarded his side Shouted hurriedly.

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"Large leader, the Lucanias are too much! It is clear that Cincinnati thought he could easily solve the Greeks without letting us intervene, but now he said that failure is our fault!" said the young Salou angrily.

Sedorum looked at the situation not far away and did not respond.

"This group of Greeks is really powerful, and the number of people is so small that they will defeat the Lucarias!" Saru looked at the front and said with excitement and hesitation: "The chief, the Lucanias are about to lose. ! Or... let's not fight, let's go! Maybe...maybe take the opportunity to leave their alliance!"

At this time, Sedorum said: "Even if Lucania is defeated, how many people can they die? Do the Greeks dare to enter the mountains?...Saru, as long as the strength of the Lucania is still in the west, the mountains It’s up to them! Unless we, like our fellows in Senza, move south, and are forced to fight Klotone for the land...” Sedorum sighed: “Order the soldiers, gather the formation, from Press up on the right end!"

Two thousand Bruti men wearing leather armour, armed with wooden shields and spears, but discharged a tighter phalanx than the Lucanias, and posted it when the right end of the Picoxis array collapsed After the battle.

The collapsed Lukalia could not push the battle of Bruti, but was pushed forward by them. In order to survive, most Lucanian fighters had to turn around to fight. After all, the Lukalia array was thick. Panic caused them to flee, instead of mercenaries killing their front. Once the reinforcements arrived, they gradually stabilized their positions, the mood of the defeated soldiers gradually stabilized, and the formation organization began to recover...

The casualties of the Lukanians are still increasing, but the mercenaries are gradually receding... The pushing force generated by the ultra-thick array formed by the Lukalia Gabruti is obviously not a thin array of mercenaries Comparable.Once the gap between the two armies becomes narrow, the superb fighting skills will not play a big role. Fortunately, the experienced mercenaries slowly take the initiative to retreat to ease the pressure applied by the other party, thereby maintaining the front’s pressure. toughness……

Unlike other generals who put themselves into battle personally, once the battle is started, it is completely left to the development of the battle. He rides on the horse, from left to right, from right to left behind the phalanx, watching the battle process closely, anytime Give orders through heralds.Before the right end of the Lucanian array was about to be defeated, his heart was also excited for a while. Who would have expected the reversal of the next battle, the disappointment in his heart can be imagined.But he did not urge the soldiers to attack again, because he knew that in addition to the factors of the arrival of enemy reinforcements, it was also related to the physical strength of the soldiers. Of course, such a fierce and fierce attack could not last too long. As long as it is a human, physical strength is limited. Moreover, they are heavy infantry.Even at a critical moment, Davos ordered the light shield soldiers who retreated to the rear to join the attack on the far right of the enemy. Unfortunately...

If those two thousand mercenaries and two hundred cavalry are under their command, then the soldiers are already chasing and destroying the army!Just blaming myself for being too confident and not struggling, insisting on asking Turiid for some troops... As soon as I felt a little regret in my heart, Davis strangled it out.Any unexpected situation in a war can happen, and the commander cannot foresee it. The only thing he can do at this moment is to keep a calm mind and try not to let excessive emotions affect his judgment.

The front of the mercenary was originally an "arc" with an upward tip, and now it has gradually been flattened. As the square moves back and forth, Davers realizes that the soldiers must push against the enemy with a strong force. Competing with strength, on the one hand, to prevent the thin array from being broken, and to kill the enemy as much as possible in the fight, the physical and energy consumption is quite large, it is already very good to maintain this situation!Unless there is a major accident, the left of the Turiyi coalition forces will not improve; as for the middle road, Yasistes’ return is also not optimistic, even worse than the left; the only advantage is the right, but the advantage Not large (this is the judgment made by Yasisters who went to reconnaissance on horseback, based on the fact that Tarantum's front only advanced a little).Knowing that the overall battlefield situation was unfavorable, Davers removed the luck left in his heart and had to consider the issue of the retreat of the troops after the battle failed...

On the land within ten miles of the Xubari Plains, nearly 30,000 soldiers competed here for life and death. The dust was flying, the sounds were violent, the contradictions were intersecting, and the blood was splattering. ...

The number of Lucanian tribal coalition forces exceeds the 6,500 of the Turiyi coalition forces. According to observations, the survey rides of Turiyi and Daveus originally estimated that there were about 13,000 Lucanians. The actual The cunning Akpiru concealed some of his troops in the back hill of the camp, and the two thousand people of Vigo only joined at the last moment, thus causing the Greek army to make a mistake in its judgment, while Ferris opposed Luca. The impression of the Leah was still a few years ago (he did not participate in the fight last year).In fact, in recent years, the Lukanians have developed rapidly, especially Grummentum, has begun to break away from the tribal alliance and develop towards the kingdom. In the past two years of tribal merger wars, Gru Mentum’s warriors became more courageous and tenacious in frequent blood baptisms.

In the old ideas of General Turiri, as long as they fought head-on, the loosely-organized Lucanians would be crushed by the power of the Greek heavy infantry.But the facts prove how ridiculous their ideas are, especially in the middle of the Greek army, the front row of mercenaries, the middle Turrii civilian soldiers, and the free men behind, the three forces have never been able to effectively synthesize one, and the Grumentum warriors are fierce. Under the impact of the army, the middle road Greek army was retreating from the beginning... As the battle continued, the three soldiers of different births who had their own concerns began to have an idea: mercenaries are fighting for money, and hopeless for victory Under the circumstances, of course they thought of saving their lives first; the Turrii civic soldiers are indeed fighting hard, but half of them are middle-aged, and their physical strength has reached the limit, and they are still hard to support because of it. Turriy is their homeland and cannot be trampled by barbarians; while free people have a trial attitude to participate in the war. If they win, they will gain citizenship. If they lose, they will flee Turrii and go to other cities to find a new life.

As the Greek army retreat faster and faster, the gap between them and the left and right wings is widening.When the soldiers of Grummentum rushed into the gaps on both sides and attacked the Greek middle road from the side, the entire middle road phalanx broke up and the soldiers fled around...

Daveus, who had been paying close attention to the situation here, sighed, strongly suppressed his disappointment, and ordered a retreat decisively.The retreat command designed by Daveus is quite special, and is very different from the general Greek army: it is first a long tone, followed by a melody consistent with the charge, the commander repeated three times, most of Lucania The soldier thought the mercenaries would charge again.On this stunned moment, the mercenaries slightly distanced, and the light shield soldiers in the rear array threw javelins again (this is really bold for the high artists, without strict training, it is easy to accidentally hurt your comrades), in When the Lukalia are busy defending, the mercenaries quickly and uniformly complete a series of retreat actions such as turning and running...

Note: Cosenza Cosentia, the central town of the Bruti region.