Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The javelin that flew over covered the entire phalanx, and only the sound of "boom" was heard. Some javelins slipped on the shield, while others plunged into the shield, tying the entire phalanx into a hedgehog...but this square No soldiers fell, and no one screamed. It stood intact.

When the Samonais were surprised, the Greeks suddenly withdrew their long shields, and a javelin flew out of the phalanx, and they threw them directly forward, which was where Taruk stood.

At this time, the distance between the two sides is close to 20 meters.

Taruk had no idea that the opponent would have this deadly trick. As a tribal leader, Taruk had his own armor and shield, but in order to better pursue the fugitive Greeks, he put it in the village .Seeing the javelin coming straight, he could only rely on instinctive dodge, and then he uttered a scream, a javelin pierced his right leg, and he fell to the ground.

At the same time, seven or eight soldiers beside them also screamed and fell down.

"Chief!!!!!!" A panic shouting from the soldiers sounded in his ear, and Taruk suddenly remembered in pain: what was mentioned by the last big leader ten years ago,

The enemies of these black helmets and black armor should be Dionysians!

"They are Dionysians!" Taruk reminded loudly.

At this time, Dionysian soldiers had rushed to the front.

In order to protect their leader, the Cavutini fighters did not retreat, but hurried up to fight with the Dionysian soldiers.

This is obviously a wrong move.Even if there are more Kautini warriors than the other, the unprotected Kautini warriors and the closely guarded Dionysian soldiers are fighting, and they are simply hitting stones with eggs.

After paying a lot of deaths and injuries, the Kautini fighters had to retreat.

At this time, they heard the sound of a horseshoe behind them.

"It's the Greek cavalry!!" exclaimed Cavutini soldiers.

Dozens of Dionysian cavalry who came to the rear and drove threw javelins at the retreating Cavutini soldiers, slowing their speed of retreat.

The soldiers of the Dionysian Army were approaching quickly.

Under the back-and-forth attack, the Cavutini fighters were completely defeated and fled around, and they will be the targets of the Dionysian cavalry.

At this time, the captain of the Dionysian Army detachment stood in front of the stunned Taruk, looking back at the Campania army who had arrived in a hurry, and asked the scouting ride: "Where is the nearest enemy?"

Scouting pointed to his right side: "About 400 meters from here, more westward, there are about 300 Cautini. Your comrades from the third squad and a light armour company are preparing to attack them. "

After listening to the team leader, he immediately shouted: "The brothers of the second team assembled! In addition to the few of you who were injured and left for treatment, the others immediately went west with me and cooperated with the third team to attack the Samonians! "

"Team leader, we have only minor injuries and continue to fight, no problem at all." The injured soldier said unwillingly.

"This is an order, execute it immediately!" After the captain said this sentence, the wounded soldiers said nothing.

"What about the Kautini who are hiding in the village?" a soldier asked.

"Leave it to the Neapolitans, and that little residual soldier, I think they should be able to cope." Then, the captain led the soldiers to the west immediately.

This similar scene took place in various places in the Campania Plain.

Only in Atella, the situation is different.

Atla was originally a small town established by the Etruscans and later joined the Campania League.It is northeast of Naples, in the middle of the Campania Plain, less than 25 miles from the city of Naples.

Twenty years ago, it was taken by the Kautini, and since then Atla has become a forward base for the Kautini to invade and attack the coastal city-states of Campania, as well as a transit place for looted supplies.

The Campania League suffered greatly, so after the alliance with Dionia, the Cautini were defeated by Dionia and still under negotiation. Utinians return Atra to Campania League?

Davers agreed.

The Cautini were forced to make concessions due to the situation at that time.

This shame has always weighed on the heart of the chief of the Cautini Segovani, so this time he will take advantage of the Campania League to deal with the invasion of the tribes, gather heavy soldiers, recapture Atla in one fell swoop, establish his Prestige.As for the time when Dionyssia sent another messenger to blame, Segowani had already figured out how to deal with it, so he used the phrase "Atla was originally belonged to the Cautini people". Anyway, the Dionysians only Knowing to threaten with words, he could not hurt him in any way, and by then the Dionysians could not take him.

Segowani spent two days in Katieum gathering about 5,000 fighters from the surrounding tribes, and entered the city of Cesarah in a more secretive manner.

Only half an hour after the other tribes began to invade the west, he led the army to set off. Because he specially ordered "all tribes should not rob on the route from Sassella to Atla", the march along the way went smoothly, there was no Meet any enemy.

Sassella is less than 20 miles from Atla and is all flat.An hour later, the army led by Segowani approached Atra.

The Atlas apparently did not expect that the Kautini who had always been looting would suddenly lead a large army to attack the city, and there were only a few panicked sentries on the wall.

Segowani was fully prepared. Not only did he allow the soldiers to carry enough ladders, but he also concentrated Kautini’s heavy infantry (equivalent to the intermediate infantry of the Greek army) into the team. There are 3,000 people.

"Offense!" Segowani immediately gave the order without hesitation, he did not want to leave any time for the enemy to react.

The soldiers screamed at Atla City.

At this time, the spies hurriedly rushed: "Big leader, found the enemy's reconnaissance ride!"

Segowani's heart tightened, and then he reassured himself: What did the Greeks find?Now I'm in control.

"Continue to observe the enemy's movements south, and report to me at any time." He waved.

"Yes, chief." The spy ran away.

cavalry!This is the pain in Segowani’s heart: the Samonais are a mountain race and have never had cavalry, but after the Caoutini occupied the eastern plains of Campania, he began planning to build a Cavalry to enhance the reconnaissance capabilities of the troops while also assisting in combat.But none of the Cavutini warriors are willing to try horseback riding. They are more willing to fight face-to-face with their enemies, rather than riding horses and hiding around like cowards.Of course, sitting on the smooth horseback also made these Cavutini fighters completely insecure, far better than stepping on solid ground and making them feel at ease.The dream of establishing a cavalry can only be lost in the end...

Segowani sighed, discarded this annoying thought, and refocused his attention on the battlefield. He was pleased to see that the soldiers had used the ladder to cross the ditch and forced them under the city wall until then. Only a few panicked Greek defenders appeared on his head...

When the reinforcements of Naples arrived, I had already won this town!Segovani clenched his right fist confidently.

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"What are you talking about?! More than 5,000 Cautini are attacking Atla!" Napoli general E'Alos was surprised when he heard the news from the scout mouth.

He immediately reacted and shouted with a pale face: "We were all deceived by the Cautini people. This time they are not just looting, but wanting to encroach on our land!" Lizaru said.

At this moment, Lizzaru sitting in the big tent also looked very unsightly.After sending troops from the Third Army to prepare for a surprise attack on the Cautinis of the Campania League, he was sitting in a military camp.There is no way, because the location of the attack is too wide, the brigades, companies, and sub-units of the Third Army are scattered in this vast area. He can only rely on the numerous reconnaissance and commanders, and the staff. Planning can barely achieve a general control.Only 500 light infantry remained in the camp, which he reserved for the reserve team.

Lizzaro carefully looked at the map of Campania on the table and asked aloud, "How many civic soldiers are there in Atla?"

After thinking about it, Ai Luosi said: "Atla is a small town with only a few thousand people, and can draw nearly 400 civilian soldiers."

Speaking of which, Aylos felt regret in his heart: when Atla returned to the Campania League, it was originally such a strategic location in the city that it should be expanded, strengthened, and stationed more young and young citizens, but then The city-states in the league have been arguing over how much to allocate construction costs and how much land they have acquired. This important measure has never been implemented.Later, everyone found that the Cautini people were very peaceful under the strong constraints of Dionia, and they were too lazy to make changes to Atla.In the past two years, Cautini restarted the attack on the Campania League, but it also mainly robbed property, occasionally looted the population, did not attack the town, so did not cause vigilance.

Lizzaru frowned and asked again: "How many soldiers have you not sent to fight?"

Ai Luosi hurriedly discussed a few words with the generals in the alliance, and then said helplessly: "According to your previous recommendation, General Lizaru, we have reserved a reserve team of about 2,000 soldiers."

"2000 is enough!" Lizzaru looked slightly: "In addition to the troops around me, there are a total of 2,500 people. We can immediately lead them to Atla, nail the army of Kautini, and let them Not dare to attack the city with all his strength. At the same time, send scouts to rush to inform other troops to reach Atra as soon as possible, and work together to repel the enemy’s big army!"