Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"I can be sure!" Krigorou pointed confidently at the mountains ahead and said, "These Samonaites came here to chase the tribe of Potentia, but I don't know where to get the news. I thought We were here to ambush us, but they didn't know their actions were clearly understood by my men."

"Crigoru, your squad made a contribution today, and I have written it down." Alexis patted some agitated warhorse: "Although our legion has not trained in Potentia, but here The terrain, I think you should not forget Lizzaro."

"You took us to the mountainous areas of southern Potentia several times in casual clothes. How dare you forget! Our military laws have strict regulations, and the officers of all levels of the legion must engrave the terrain in their jurisdiction!" Lizam pointed to his head.

"Admiral Davers is a great man!" Alexis sighed. It was this military law enacted by Daeves that was strictly enforced by the team officers and soldiers, so that the army was prepared for war.He remembered his instructions when he was the head of the Third Army, and said rightly: "Now is the time to test you, and let us see how powerful the Samonais are!"

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Guerni saw the shaking flag in the opposite mountain, and apparently the enemy was also attacking Abrini’s team at the same time. At this moment, he had no intention to worry about his friends, and he rushed down the mountain with more than a thousand of his fighters, except for the helmet. On the colorful crown, his equipment is no different from other warriors, a golden bronze helmet, a loose red short-sleeved robe, only up to the knee, a leather belt around the waist, and a long right hand Spear, with four or five javelins in his left hand, and nothing else.

Because it was thought in advance to ambush the Dionysian army, Galny brought out light soldiers, who saw the steep hillsides as flat, shuttled between rocks and trees, as agile as apes, barefoot on thorns There was no pain in the gravel, and soon approached the Dionysian army who was climbing up.

Compared with the speed of the Samone descending down the mountain, the speed of the Dionysian troops climbing up the mountain is slower. They are composed of light infantry, light armor, and heavy infantry, and they pull out a loose arc front to try to forest This side is all around, so that the Samone can not escape, but does not want the Samone to come so fast.

As a temporary commander of this mixed force, the second commander of the Third Corps, Captain Maxima, was not panicking at all. If it was a few years ago, the Lucania region has not yet been merged into the Dionysian Union At this time, in this situation, Xima will surely lead the tribe's soldiers to meet up and have a scuffle, and now he is already a qualified team officer in the Dionysian Army.

"The archer is ready! Heavy infantry protection!" At the same time as the commander of Xima, the heavy infantry of the legion had erected a long curved shield against the tree trunk and the rock, protecting himself and the archer behind the shield, light armor Backing up with the javelinmen, unless the Samone surpassed the heavy infantry line, it would be difficult to attack them.

Under the protection of a long shield, the archer draws his bow and leads the arrow calmly, aiming at the swiftly-running Samonei, the looser formation of the Samonei, plus the mountains and leafy trees, team style I am afraid that the ejection has little effect, so a more accurate pair of shots is needed.

The Samonais were high down, and although they were a hundred meters apart, the javelins they threw during the run with strong kinetic energy flew to the heavy infantry in a flash, and only heard "Boom! Boom! Boom!..." The continuous sound of more than half of the javelins actually hit the long shield accurately, and the heavy infantry looked at the sharp spear tip that came out of the hole.

The sharp arrows of the Dionysian archers were also shot out. The unprotected and lightly armed Samoan warriors quickly crawled under the rock or hid behind the tree trunk to avoid the arrows.

For a time, shooting in the mountains.

The Dionysian soldiers have stronger protection, and the archers have a more stable platform for archery in place; the Samones rely on flexible movement and the javelin's strong penetration to fight, even if they are not protected, casualties are gradually Increased, did not weaken their fighting spirit.

Guerney and his men relied on the cover of the trees, and they were already close to forty meters from the Dionysians. When they saw the javelin they were struggling to throw, the long shield erected by Dionysian heavy infantry shook a few times. When the soldier was about to fall and he nearly fell, he grabbed the last javelin in his hand and secretly thought: Closer, closer, he can definitely kill another one!

Thinking confidently, he suddenly drilled out of the hiding tree, quickly walked around the snake-shaped route, and continued to advance downward.

The entire line of Samone’s squadrons was almost 30 meters close to the enemy. Guerni leaned against a large tree and escaped the enemy’s arrows like other warriors. When the archer took the arrow, he appeared again. , Preparing to throw the javelin in his hand to the heavy infantry forward, when he saw a startling scene, those Dionysian heavy infantry suddenly dropped the long shield in their hands and made a throwing action.

"Not good, javelin!" Galney's eyes widened suddenly.

The heavy infantry on the opposite side shot a javelin. Thousands of arrows mixed with javelins flew out, hitting the Samonei by surprise. Many Samonei soldiers who had not had time to hide were caught by javelins and screamed. There was a sound.

Guerni had no time to make a judgment. When the heavy infantry of Dionynia threw the javelin, the javelin soldiers ten meters behind them also rushed up, once again throwing the javelin in their hands, and the light that followed them was light. Armoured soldiers, while the Samone dodge the javelin attack, they crossed the heavy infantry's line of defense and quickly approached the enemy.

"Retreat! Quickly retreat!..." Galney knew that he could no longer be brave at this moment. The strange tactical combination of the Dionysians disrupted their offensive rhythm, and after a delay, they might not be able to leave.

Gellney retreated quickly while gesturing, and the trumpeter who had followed him immediately blew the horn.

However, the speed of Dernia’s light armor is also not slow. As Lucans, they are also good at climbing mountains and mountains, not to mention that they are also dressed in light clothes and have undergone the previous recuperation, so the Samonais After a little hesitation, they were overtaken by them, not to mention the wounded soldiers.

On the hillsides staggered by trees and covered with rocks, spears against skin shields and daggers, the Samoin warriors want to keep distance to exert the power of long weapons. It is not an easy task, and once let Dioni The Armored Armor approached, and the Samonais were in danger.

Fleeing and chasing one by one in the mountains, there are often one-on-one fighting with spears.

When Gellny crossed the mountain, escaped the Dionysian chase, and regrouped, he found that there were only more than 500 followers left, and he lost almost half of his soldiers.

By the time he and Abrini’s team met, his good brother was already javelin-juggling, dying, and the 1,000 soldiers he led were only more than 300.

Originally intended to ambush the Dionysian army, but unexpectedly ambushed by the Dionysians, the anger and frustration intertwined with the remnants of Guerny, without rest, quickly retreated north.

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"Is this everyone in Samone?!" Alexis carefully looked at the corpses on the ground, even though they were dirty, they even touched the thick cocoons of their bare feet with their hands: "It's hard, like it's worn A pair of shoes. Xima, you just had a fight with the Samones and talk about the feeling of fighting them."

Maxima thought for a while and said, "The head of the army, the Samonais are quite brave. You see they are light infantry. They dare to rush to the javelin less than thirty meters away from our front...their formation Quite loose and very intermittent, reducing the accuracy of our light infantry's long-range attack, this tactic is very similar to our light infantry tactics... and, you see—"Xima grabbed a Samone's Javelin, hand it to Alexis.

Alexis put his hand on the hand, then put the spear tip in front of his eyes and looked closely. The look became a little dignified: "It is a javelin that has been aggravated. It is not much different from the weight of our javelin, so nearly a hundred people are injured under your hands. , Just because of it?"

Maxima nodded and said in a straight voice: "I think their javelin skills are no worse than the light shield soldiers of the head of the army of Epitanes. As long as the long shield is hit by him in front, they can often pierce the shield plate, brothers All hurt like this..."

Alexis looked down at the long shield pierced by several javelins, and said, "Listening to the soldiers, the Samonais are running fast in the forest. You can't keep up with them before they can escape."

Xima refused to rebel: "The Samonais run very fast, but our Lucanians are not bad at climbing mountains. If it is not that we wear heavier than them, we would They are catching up!"

"Listening to the Potentians said that although the Samonaites also have heavy infantry wearing chest armor, most of them are light infantry bidding guns..." Alexis looked at the rolling mountains in front of him, and there was a hidden worry in his heart. : "Order the Legion to speed up the march and rush to the base of Basto, the closest river camp to us!"

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In a village of former Potentians less than one mile north of Potentia, Gellny lowered his head in frustration and stood in front of the chief of Verpigny, Hilpini.

Veroni didn’t criticize him for his son’s unauthorized attack on the Dionysians, which caused him to lose his soldiers. He knew that Abrini’s death had made Guerni very blameful, so he asked gently: “Garni, You are the first leader of the Samone who fought the Dionysians. Although they suffered a little, they also learned about this powerful enemy south of you. You told us that the Dionysians were fighting. What is the difference between being neutral and Campania?"