Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Archer, get ready!" Purlo saw that the Greeks entered the range and immediately ordered that the height difference of tens of meters not only extended the range of the archers, but also increased the lethality of the arrows, and at the same time made the archers range Shortening, this coming and going, gives the Maple coalition's long-range firepower a dominant advantage, which is the advantage of condescending.

But just as the Puceti pulled their bows and led arrows, countless black dots roared from the bottom of the mountain and smashed into the poorly equipped Pucciti, making the archers scream.

The Greeks have troopers!Tremoni's heart was cold.

At the moment, it is a pity that Daveus has two legions and two light infantry brigades-the people of Epitanes and Cipet have more than 400 slingmen, which is not enough to suppress the enemy of up to five miles. Can disrupt the rhythm of its shooting.

The arrows are still falling like raindrops, and the soldiers put the shield on top of their heads, stepping one step at a time, and the terrain restricts them from being able to use the heavy infantry killer-charge, only to endure the arrows to peck the shield. The copper skin made the noise of "Dang Dang Dang".

When they began to climb the mountain, more javelins slammed into the shield, and some soldiers were injured.

The wounded soldier fell to the ground, curled up together, shielded his body with a round shield, and waited for the rescue of the medical team.

In the middle of the entire front is the heavy infantry of Igratia. They are stationed at the lowest point of the Dionysian attack.

"Quick! Quick!..." Aminta urged the soldiers, he was unwilling to lose to the mercenary junior-Matonis, so he defy the provisions of the Dionysian military law, and lead the way. At the forefront of the brigade, this made the tired soldiers who had been marching for a long distance, screaming like chicken blood, followed closely.

When the arrow rain rushed to more than 20 meters away from the enemy, the entire brigade suddenly stopped advancing.

"Defense!" Timo Grasse ordered loudly, thinking that the enemy was about to charge.

The soldiers extended their bayonet guns behind the round shields to form a formidable array. Even though the gentle slope here is only a few meters high, this height is enough for the Greeks to pay a heavy price!

However, what the Mesapi people waited for was not the Greek charge, but nearly a thousand javelins from the spurs. In the frightened eyes of the Mesapi people, with a whisper, they plunged into the square effectively. , Screamed.

Timo Grasse didn't expect that Dionysia's heavy infantry could actually throw a javelin, but he couldn't be surprised. He shouted angrily: "Raise shield! Raise shield to defend!......"

After Amintas quickly took out his second javelin, he shouted, "Follow me!" After that, holding the shield in his left and the gun in his right, he rushed towards the enemy first.

The soldiers followed.

Timo Grasse was surprised to find that when the general Greek heavy infantry charged, the formation will spread out, but the enemy on the opposite side can still maintain a general formation, like a thick iron wall. He has a suffocating feeling.

"Defense! Quickly defend!" he shouted in horror, hoarse.

The attack of the javelin made the soldiers have not recovered from the panic, and the brigade of Amintas quickly arrived, stepping on a gentle slope of a few meters high, a few big steps, by impulse, opened the left holding the round shield With the arm forward, "Boom!..." After the continuous metal impact, the Mesapi soldiers in the front line were unable to defend together due to the chaotic formation. They unconsciously stepped back to alleviate the impact.

This retreat made the dense Mesapi soldiers unable to take care of the comrades behind him who were stabbed in the javelin and fell to the ground. This fell into a row.Behind them were panic-screaming comrades, and in front of them were spears stabbed like poisonous snakes. They squandered their hands and feet and continued to retreat, so that most of the soldiers of the Amintas brigade stood on the slope.

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As the captain of the 7th Brigade of the Second Army, Zpitt has a characteristic that he must pray first before the battle.

He not only did it himself, but also called his men to do it together.In the past, he prayed to Ares, after following Davos, his goal was changed to Dionysia's patron saint, Hades, the goddess after singing the carols of Hades, he stood up and said : "The slingers continue to attack the enemy here. The archers are following the heavy infantry. Once they are in range, they shoot arrows at the enemy on the hillside. The light shield soldiers follow me!"

Satirus, the light shield squadron leader, quickly persuaded: "Captain, you should take command and the brothers will give me the lead."

Zpitt's eyes glared: "Now is a good opportunity to prove our light shield soldiers, how can I hide behind!" In recent months, the army has emerged such a view: Long-range attacks in the Dionysian Army have archers and Rock throwers, short-range fire attacks have heavy infantry throwing javelins, and the role of light shield soldiers becomes dispensable. It is better to cancel this unit and replace it with a light armor similar to the mountain reconnaissance team.

Of course, Epitanes and Cipit, who came from the light shield, strongly opposed this view, and have always expressed their views to Daveus: The light shield cannot be replaced, it is irreplaceable!

Now is the time to prove the value of the light shield soldiers.

Nearly 500 light shield soldiers, under the leadership of Epitanes and Cipit, were paired in pairs and grouped in groups of three, scattered through the "fish scale formation" gap of heavy infantry.

Leotizides' team is at the forefront of the front, while he himself is in the middle of the first column of the team's square.On that day, he was locked up for a long time after he beat his comrades, and was originally beaten by military sticks. The military judge considered that the war was about to start, so he postponed the punishment until after the war and allowed him to commit crimes.

At this time, Leotizides had already started climbing. Although he didn't wear a helmet, he carried more than 40 kilograms of equipment and climbed up. He had to carry arms in his hands. It is not easy to stabilize his body. thing.Fortunately, it was already early autumn, warm and dry, overgrown with grass on the hillside, it had not rained for more than ten days, the soil was soft, and it was a small pit when I stepped on it hard, Leotizides and his teammates took one step at a time , Slowly upward.

The Mesapi attacked them even more violently. The javelin, which was more than 30 meters high, threw directly, hitting the shield with a strong force, most of them could pierce the copper skin, and the remaining force hit Leotzi. Des was also forced to lean back, and he quickly plunged the end of the spear into the mud to stabilize his body.

In the afterglow of his vision, he saw that some soldiers had become unstable due to the impact, slipped, and brought down their comrades behind.Fortunately, this peculiar offensive formation of Dionia is like a sawtooth, not continuous and dense, so it does not affect the orderly advancement of the entire front.

When Leotizides entered the boot camp, he became interested in the unique formation of Dionia. He found that the formation of this formation is more complicated than the traditional Greek phalanx, but it can be operated but is very effective. It is applicable to various terrains. After private analysis, he thought that it was more ingenious than the Spartan left-handed tactics he had trained since childhood.Later, he knew that it was Archon Daveus who invented this unique formation alone, and he had the urge to find Daveus to talk about his views and opinions about this formation, but this is just a fantasy. Because Daveus is the highest power of Dionia, his current identity is not the crown prince of Sparta, but only a freeman of Dionia, so he can only watch Dave far in the new barracks. Si spoke on the platform of the training ground.

At this time, the Pucciti's javelin struck again.

Leotizides dismissed his distractions, lowered his body, stabilized his heels, opened his eyes wide, looked at the direction of the javelin's flight, tilted the shield slightly, and the tip of the javelin made a spark on the shield. Most of the impulse was removed, reducing the impact on him.

Leotizides just breathed a sigh of relief and heard the comrade "Oops" on the right scream, and shook his body before falling back.He quickly released the bayonet, and Lightning protruded his right hand, grabbing the man's arm.

The man was Heit Barrus. He hesitated a little and immediately shouted sincerely: "Thank you, Prosius!"

Leotizides nodded hard at him.Despite the contradiction between them, the battlefield is the melting pot for tempering men's friendship.

At this time, he looked up and saw someone running to the front of the array.

It is a light shield soldier!Leotizides blinked, and he knew this arm.In the Peloponnesian War, Sparta repeatedly hired Thrace Light Shield soldiers as an auxiliary to heavy infantry.However, in the battle sequence of the Dionysian Army, the light shield was regarded as an important force, and its status was not lower than that of the heavy infantry.

I saw these light shield soldiers holding a leather shield in their left and a long-handed hunting blade in their right hand, wearing a thin cloth robe, and quickly approached the enemies on the hill in the form of scattered soldiers. Most of the Puchti javelins were also used by them Avoid smartly.

Why can they be so fast and agile?Because they are armed with long-handed reverse-edged knives (in fact, they are scythes). This kind of weird weapon with a blade width of approximately semi-circle is plunged into the soil, which can easily provide them with a strong help for climbing.

Cipet quickly approached the enemy, and five or six spears stab him at the same time.

Cipid was very calm. He squatted down sharply. The softer leather armor allowed him to almost fall to the ground along the slope, and the leather shield upwards protected the top of his head, blocking the spear.

The Puchti people standing on the top of the mountain found it difficult to stab enemies at such low angles that are almost on the ground, because the terrain is too sloping down, and it is easy to stand unstable and roll down the mountain when applying force, so They had to move forward.

It was said that sooner or later, Zpitt's legs slammed backwards, and the whole person slammed into it, and quickly reached out with a counter-blade knife to catch a foot of the Pucciti warrior and pulled down hard.