Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

It didn’t take long for a figure to enter the area reflected by the torches plugged into the camp’s wooden fence. They were wearing thin clothes, mostly without armor protection, armed with javelins or bows, and wading towards the camp... roughly At a glance, there are hundreds of people, and there are constantly enemies entering the fire.

Rake Laysis did not dare to neglect, and immediately sent soldiers to rush to inform the Chinese army account.

Alexis did not fall asleep at all. After receiving the news of the enemy attack, he immediately sent two light infantry brigades to reinforce.

When they were assembled and rushed to the south of the camp, Lakelesis was taking the soldiers under his team to protect himself with a long shield, and then it was difficult to fight back with a javelin, and many soldiers were plugged on the long shields. Several javelins.

Because the time was too short, the army did not have time to dig trenches and build earth walls. A simple wooden fence can only serve as a blockade and could not give the legionnaires the defense height, so when the Samonais approached the camp 20 meters After both the internal and the internal and long-range attacks were carried out, the legionnaires lost their defensive advantage. On the contrary, the Samonais relied on the large number of people, but they used a javelin to suppress them, and the later Samonei archer took the opportunity to Rockets were launched in the camp.

According to the "Dionysian Military Law", "field camps are constructed in accordance with the requirements, and the tent area should be more than 20 meters away from the wall." This can ensure that the soldiers can pass smoothly while defending, and can also avoid being easily attacked by the enemy remotely.

Due to the fact that there was no wall built in the camp, Alexis also increased the distance between the tent area and Mucha to 30 meters. However, the archer of Samone was too close to Mucha, and the rockets fired lit several tents, resulting in the camp. Inevitably, there was some confusion, and the soldiers had to get up to fight the fire.

After the arrival of 2,000 Dionysian light infantry, the situation soon changed, and the Samone retreated with dozens of dead and wounded clan, but they did not stay away, but went around the Dionysian camp He made a weird roar, attacked the sentry with javelins from time to time, or fired rockets into the camp, which disturbed the camp all night.

But the next morning, they disappeared without a trace.

The soldiers of the legion were tossed for one night, and many people did not have a good rest. In view of this, Alexis issued an order: the soldiers of the whole army continued to build the camp. Be sure to dig trenches and build strong earth walls before dusk. Set up several outposts... At the same time, the captains of the major teams should arrange the rest of the soldiers reasonably to ensure that they have sufficient energy.

Regarding this, the adjutant Yomatsius was puzzled: "Master Commander, why don't we attack Agueronia immediately? If you delay one more day here, you will consume one more day's rations, and it will also make Aguero Niahs have time to prepare for defense and increase the difficulty of our attack..."

"Even if Aquironia is prepared for one more day, I am afraid it will not have much impact on our attack." Alexis looked at the vast mountains on the other side of the Ovanto River, and his eyes shone with a deep light: Compared to the hasty attack, I care more about the status of the soldiers. They are all from the Apulia region. Although they have been trained in the army camp in the mountains, they have never had the experience of living in the mountains. They need a little bit. Time to adapt quickly and maintain their physical strength and energy in order to cope with the hardships that may be encountered next."

"Fighting hard..." Yomatseus pondered this ambiguous sentence.

At dusk, with the joint efforts of more than 6,000 soldiers, a three-meter-high earth wall and a trench outside the wall were built outside the camp, so this night, despite the attacks of the Samonais, the The threat was almost negligible, and the soldiers slept more peacefully.

After dawn, Alexis left 500 heavy infantry camps, carrying 5,500 soldiers and some auxiliary personnel, carrying five days of rations, crossing the Ovanto River, and heading towards Aquilonia.

Although it was a lowland march between mountains, the lowland was not low, and the higher the north, the higher the terrain.The soldiers trudged through the rugged mountain road, and when they looked up, they could see the long and narrow blue sky that had been split by the mountains on both sides.

In order to prevent being ambushed or sneak attacked by the Samones, Alexis scattered all 100 soldiers of the Mountain Reconnaissance Squad, and faced the large forces on the sides of the mountains, while detecting the surrounding anomalies.

Except for the 1500 heavy infantry who were not wearing armor, but were carrying forward, the other soldiers were fully armed (of course, they did not have multiple protections on their bodies). Even so, most of the people began to snort before the distance was half Take a breath.

Fortunately, this mountain road is not unmanned. On the contrary, the Aquilonians often use this road to go to the river to go fishing, bathing, drawing water, grazing cattle and sheep... Therefore, the mountain road is almost There are no thorny bushes and rocky feet.

Although the temperature has already started to rise in June, marching in the mountains not only doesn't feel very hot, but the further you go, the cooler it is.But for the Puchti and Dawn soldiers who lived in the Apulian plains since childhood, the march of this mountain road made them feel that they were suffering: the high and low, winding mountain roads made them have to walk carefully , It is very exhausting; the mosquito bites, the continuous scraping of trees and grass quickly make them feel itchy... The soldiers began to complain.

Rake Laceis was moving forward with great concentration. He held a fire in his heart. In the harassment of the Samonaite the night before, his company killed five people, injured 12 people, and burned several tents... …He has been blaming himself, thinking that he was late to call for reinforcements, which led to such a bad result.In the two previous battles between Askurum and Vinosa, the Dionysian army easily won a big victory, giving him the illusion that the Samonais were easy to deal with.

However, the heavy javelin thrown by the Samone during the attack last night was fierce and accurate. When the long shield was hit from the front, it could cause penetration from time to time. This was the main reason for the death and injury of the soldiers, although Alexis He did not criticize him, but he made up his own mind that he must take Aquironia and avenge his dead and wounded brothers!

Therefore, along the way, he kept cheering the soldiers, encouraging them to go forward, and even seeing that some soldiers were tired and left behind, he would also take the initiative to carry the armor.

Aquironia was only ten miles from the new camp of Dionia, but the Dionyan army trudged for nearly four hours before finally coming out of the long lowland into a small semi-circular valley: on the east side One of the mountains is relatively short and has a gentle slope towards the west. Unlike other lush, lush mountains, there are few trees on the slope, but there are some houses scattered in the mountains, and dozens of sheep can be seen. Grazing leisurely in the mountains.

The sharp-eyed soldier looks up and can vaguely see the wooden wall on the top of the mountain, that is, the city of Aquilonia. Although the mountain where it is located is shorter than other mountains and not steep enough, it is also a few hundred meters high!The soldiers looked at this height, and they felt a little dazed, not to mention siege.

Alexis first looked at the mountain where Aquilonia was located for a while, and then looked closely at the valley.

The engineer came and told him: the ground in the valley was covered with gravel, but it was still soft.

"Then build a camp." Alexis said lightly.

The command could be conveyed to the whole army, and the lamentations of the soldiers were one after another.

However, before building the camp, the soldiers had to eat dry food and take a break to supplement the physical strength consumed by the march. Then, under the command of the team officers, they reluctantly picked up the tools and began to dig the ground.

At this moment, the captain of the Mountain Reconnaissance Squad ran breathlessly in front of Alexis: "Master Commander, our reconnaissance soldiers saw thousands of Samonais rushing from the west towards the mountain!"

Alexis was not shocked when he heard the news, but he seemed relieved. He asked in a hurry: "How many people are there? How far is it from here?"

"Because the mountains are covered, it is impossible to see the whole picture of the enemy team. It is estimated that it will not be less than 5000 people. When I came, they were at least three miles away from here." The investigation leader estimated, and answered.

Alexis turned and looked to the west of the valley: the mountains there were not only relatively slow, but easier to climb over, and there was also a mountain road leading to the west between the mountains.

"Admiral Commander!" the deputy Yau Mattius reminded: "If the Aquilonian reinforcements arrive, we will be attacked on both sides and we should immediately withdraw to the camp to avoid fighting the same number of Samonais in the mountains. !"

"The Samonais really hid an army in the mountains to lure us into hooking!" Alexis sneered, and said to his adjutant, "Yomatseus, you know I have been these days What is the purpose of communicating with Zantiparis, Pollet, and Guerney?"

A flash of light flashed in the mind of Yomathusius, exclaiming: "Is it--"

"Go tell the soldiers to stop the camp immediately, put on the armor, get the weapons, and prepare to fight!"

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In fact, the Samonei coalition abandoned its harassment of the Downey area and instead attacked the Campania League not only to avoid the strong and weak, but to continue to increase the troubles for Dionia, but also the deep tribal chiefs. Realized that he could no longer fight the Dionysian army on the plains, even if it was only a harassment, but should use the advantages of the Samonais themselves to fight against them in the mountains.

However, the Dionysian army was very cautious and did not march into the mountains.So, after deliberation, they decided to let the coalition attack Campania in a big way, and they also wanted to achieve another goal: to create "the main force of Samone in Campania, the defense of emptiness in the mountains" The illusion of lure the Dionyan army into the mountains.