Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

As soon as the army led by Alexis entered the mountains, they were discovered by the spies of Aquilonia. The Aquilonians immediately sent the best soldiers who ran in the mountains to the northwest, more than 100 kilometers away. Kautim.

The remaining military power concentrated by the Samone Tribal Alliance is hidden in the Kautim territory-7,000 warriors, whose commander-in-chief is Usibic, the chief tribe of Kautini, who learned yesterday After this news, I was overjoyed and thought it was time for revenge and shame.

Moreover, the Aquilonian messenger urged anxiously again and again, because there are more than 200 fighters in the city of Aquilonia, even if the terrain is dangerous, I am afraid that it will not be able to resist for a long time, so Uzbekistan quickly summoned these 7000 A soldier, rush to rescue Aguerolia.

It was not until noon today that they arrived near the territory of Aquilonia.

The warriors led by Usibic came from various tribes of the four tribes. They were led by their respective leaders. During the march, the shape of the army gradually became scattered, and the head and tail were three miles apart.When the central part of Usibic's team climbed up the mountain, its former soldiers had rushed down the valley and launched an attack directly on the Dionysian army.

Seeing this situation, Ucibik knew that he could not stop it. He simply let him attack, and ordered the central team to slow down, waiting for the soldiers in the rear to arrive, while paying attention to the battle ahead.

The main attack on the Dionysian army was more than 1,000 soldiers, most of whom were javelin throwers.The Hilpini tribe suffered the most losses in this war. These soldiers had both hatred and some fear for the Dionysians, so after they rushed down the hillside, they not only slowed down their progress, Moreover, the team was completely separated, and through the rolling hills and the cover of trees, like the lynx that was hunting, it slowly approached the Dionysian army.

At this time, the Dionysian army occupied a higher place in the valley, and 1500 heavy infantry were deployed in a semi-circular shape, each squatted down to form a shield formation; behind them were two light infantry The 1000 archers in the brigade bent their bows and arrows to watch the enemies approaching; behind the archers, they were 1000 javelin throwers; 1000 light armoured soldiers joined the array of heavy infantry to form the defense on the east side. Be wary of enemies that may come down from the city of Aquilonia, and also make the entire army formation oval; the remaining 1,000 light armoured soldiers are scattered in the open space in the middle of this oval formation.

Alexis stood on a rock, his eyes able to see the enemies approaching through the soldiers in front of him.The sight in front of him made him frown slightly, because most of the Samone warriors had entered the archer's range at this time, but they were scattered in twos and threes, one after another, 50 meters away from the front of the formation, and a mile away. Relying on the cover of the mounds, rocks, and trees, the Dionysian archers did not dare to easily make salvos, because the killing effect would be very low.

"Go inform the two light infantry commanders and suggest that they let the soldiers attack on their own, but pay attention to saving arrows and javelins...because there may be a long battle today." Alexis gave a less sure tone Order.

After the two light infantry captains communicated the order, the archers who got the autonomy paid more attention, and the bows and arrows that were hanging down also picked up, facing the area directly in front of them, but hiding 'S enemies made them unsure of the shot, so they kept hitting arrows.

The Samonei soldiers did not continue to move forward, because the Dionysian soldiers cleared the area 30 to 40 meters before the array, cut off the high grass, cut off the weeds, and because of the limited time, some Big trees and big rocks, but the entire field of vision has been widened a lot, and with the high downfall of Dionysian people, moving forward may increase the risk of being shot.

The two sides suddenly fell into a state of stillness, but the atmosphere became increasingly tense.

"Captain, how come they haven't attacked yet?" A heavy infantryman turned his head and whispered to Lakelleis behind him.

"Keep your breath!" La Kellesy reminded in a low voice: "Focus on it! Hide your body and tighten the shield!"

The first two nights of the attack made Alexis and the team officers aware of the power of the Samone’s heavy javelin. After discussion, everyone decided that when defending in situ shields, the soldiers could put the long shield on the ground and put their hands towards Tighten the armband on the inside of the long shield, squat sideways, and try not to make contact with the shield surface. This is to reduce the damage to the soldiers after the heavy javelin penetrates the long shield.

"Got it, got it, Captain you said many times before." The soldier responded a little impatiently.

"Attention! The enemy is coming!" Lakelesis said solemnly.

The soldier turned around hurriedly, his head out from above the long shield, and looked out: I saw the little red dots dotted in a green one after another began to move in the direction of the formation.

Every time the Dionysian soldiers participated in the barracks training, almost every time the first item was standing on the playground, standing still for at least half an hour.The Samonei fighters obviously did not have special training in this area. The two sides still stood still for more than ten minutes. Some fighters could not bear this pressure. Some fighters left the shelter and began to continue to move forward (because the range of the heavy javelin was in (Within 30 meters), naturally also led to other warriors.

Immediately afterwards, the Dionysian archers started shooting at the targets they had aimed at.

The Samonei warrior held a small round wooden shield against his head in his left hand, and held a javelin in his right hand. His bare feet stepped on the uneven grassy ground, but he could quickly run out of the "Zigzag" route. , Want to quickly approach the enemy formation.

However, the continuous firing of arrows by the Dionysian archers caused a great obstacle to the advancement of the Samonei soldiers. Their wooden shields were too small and they had little protection on their bodies. During the stay, there may be several arrows that are shot simultaneously from several directions, making it impossible to avoid.

In a short period of time, many Samonet warriors fell in the area of ​​50 meters to 30 meters, and when they were about to rush to 30 meters, they were no longer greeted by arrows, but by javelins.The thin wooden shield couldn't resist the amazing javelin and was directly smashed by it.

Some Samonei fighters luckily escaped the arrows and javelins, and then hurriedly thrown out the javelins in their hands. Most of them were blocked by shields. A few flew into the array and aroused several screams, but compared to Sa Monet's own casualties are too slight.

Therefore, the morale of the Samonais was greatly affected, and their offensive momentum was quickly weakened. It was at this time that the horn of the Samonais retreated and the Monet of Samonais, who had been weakened by the moan of the injured companions, weakened the fighting spirit. Quickly retreated to 50 meters away from the Dionysian formation.

But they did not stay away, but looked at the Dionian soldiers in front of them viciously, and seemed to be ready to attack again at any time, which made the Dionian team officers dared not order and let the soldiers retrieve the arrows and javelin.

Usibic came with the troops behind, and joined the first troops.Because the previous attack caused the loss of the Samonei, the leaders of the army all took the initiative to surround Usibic.

"The position of the Dionysians is too wide, we can't attack directly like this, otherwise the loss will be great!"

"No offense? What about my dozen injured people?! They are still lying in front of the Dionysians, waiting for our rescue!"

"I think we might as well go around behind the enemy formations and attack from there."

"That won't work! Their light infantry can move to that side again to stop our attack."

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The chiefs were arguing eloquently, and Usibic didn't stop. They looked at them quietly until everyone was blushing and unable to come up with a unified opinion.

An old leader of Hilpini finally couldn't help but asked anxiously: "Usibic, you are the commander-in-chief of the entire team appointed by the chiefs, you have an idea, what should we do?"

His words caused the leaders to temporarily stop the argument and focus their attention on Usibic.

Usibic said right now: "Dear leaders, the Dionysians occupy a favorable terrain and line up, waiting for our attack, even if we finally rely on a brave attack to defeat the Dionysians Of the army, but the casualties suffered by our people will not be small! Now the war with the Dionysians has been carried out, and all the tribes and tribes have suffered a lot of casualties, we can no longer be casual Let our brave soldiers suffer casualties!"

"Usibic is right!"

"Yes, a fart, how can there be an undead in battle! Do we come here with the tribes, is it to send the Dionysians away!"

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Seeing that the leaders were going to quarrel again, Ucibic immediately said aloud: "Of course we must send the Dionysians away! Because as soon as the Dionysian army began to retreat, they had to leave the favorable terrain now, and they could not Keep the current formation, and we can continue to attack them on the sides of the mountain roads and on the mountains during their retreat, until they finally defeat them! This is the way of fighting we are familiar with! People have been tricked into the mountains by us, fighting in our familiar homes, we must not let them go!"

"But what if the Dionysians don't retreat?" As soon as a leader spoke, he was mocked by other leaders: "If they don't retreat, where will they rest at night? With us staring here, they simply Dare not build a camp here."