Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Contruni was talking about what Segovani was worried about, and when he privately discussed with other closely related leaders of Cautini, he also met with strong opposition, so he could only give up .

But the battle situation changed so fast that he was too late to come up with a better way to solve the problems of the Nakonian army.The rumors in Beneventum were made by him for the purpose of confusing the audience. Although the effect seems to be good, it is only an expedient measure.It is also an expedient measure to disperse the tribal forces of Nakonia in the formation.But if they are not sent to battle, where will these more than 2,000 Naconian fighters be placed?Kautim or Abella?This will only make Segowani more reassured, and he firmly believes that only under this arrangement will the Naconian fighters fight bravely and not dare to mess up.

This is indeed the case. The reason why Vasunk is anxious is that the Nakonian army looks like a whole. In fact, there is no leader who can convince everyone and let them obey the orders. Everyone is temporarily elected and the first leader. Young people, no one has prestige, including Vasunk.Although it was known that Segowani’s order was not good for them, but with the Nakonian army at a disadvantage and surrounded by other tribal warriors, no young Nakonian leader had the confidence and courage to stand up. , Shouting his arm, and then all the Nakonian fighters will obey the order and initiate a mutiny.

Therefore, although the generals of Naconia expressed their opposition, they finally reluctantly obeyed the order and led their troops away.This decentralization makes it impossible to connect with each other during combat, and it is impossible to achieve unified actions.

Vasunk can't do anything. He can only curse the fierce and cunning Segowani in his heart, and he can't bear to wait for the opportunity.

Segowani adopted the traditional method of the Samone fighting against the Greek army. The ranks of the formation were long, three miles, and the length of the column was not small. This was because of the formation of Samone Very loose, the distance between the soldiers is very large, easy to interpenetrate.

At dusk, when the sun had set above the sea to the west, and the sky and the sea were dyed golden yellow, the enemy's figure appeared in Segowani's field of vision. Their thick armor was slanted by the sunset light and emitted Shining without dazzling light.

The light wall on the opposite side did not make Segowani and the soldiers feel intimidated. On the contrary, they felt relieved, because in the past they had defeated such opponents countless times, but the length of the opponent's formation was beyond Segowani's expectations. It extends towards both sides, so that Segowani can’t even see its two ends, which is somewhat different from the dense and thick large square tactics of the Campania army.

Is this the way of fighting the Dionysians?Segowani murmured in his heart, saying that although he had fought with the Dionysians once, it was a chase battle, and the two sides had not yet had a formal battle.

But he could see that the opposing soldiers were still densely packed, so that the opposing party's column must be thin.Of course, Segowani can guess why the opposing party ranked the lineup before they arrived at the battlefield. This clearly shows that the Campanias have learned the lessons of the past, because the clumsy Campania army is always in Slowly arrayed by the fast-moving Cavutini fighters' long-range attacks.

Segowani hesitated, but decided not to adjust the deployment easily. He tried for a while to see the situation.

The Dionysian Allied Forces stopped moving when they were less than 400 meters away from the opponent. The 3.2-mile-long but only three ranks of the military formation has become tortuous after a certain distance, and needs to be Before the battle, restore the front to straight.

More than 6,000 heavy infantry in the middle of this formation (including about 1500 soldiers of the reserve legion of Dionysia), and then 3,000 mixed light armour and light infantry including the Dionysian Light Infantry Brigade on both sides Connected, the two ends are each 500 Dionysian light armor, in addition to more than 200 Campania cavalry on the outermost side of the left wing, the total strength is about 11,400.

Dionysia’s opponent Kautini’s army has a total strength of more than 9,000 people and is three miles long. Most of his army is light infantry. These light infantry are also divided into two types. One is a pure javelin thrower. The other is light infantry with long shields, who can both bid for guns and fight with spears. They form the main component of the Kaoutini formation. Only the rear of the middle road has nearly 1,000 armored infantry. Segowani personally led.

Today, on the edge of Campania’s eastern plains, the two decades-old enemies of Cautini and the Campania League have each poured out their full strength, and a battle to determine their destiny is about to take place. .

But when the Dionysian coalition stopped and began to reorganize, Segowani had given orders first, and the light infantry in the middle of the Kaoutini formation began to move forward. The middle road moved, the left and right wings It has also moved with it.

The movement of the Kaufini formation is different from the movement of the Greek formation, which is heavy and slow, and its speed is very fast.

Ai Luosi knew this well. As the general of Naples, he stood in the front row of the array. Zantiparis once persuaded him not to come to the front line, but to command the overall situation from the rear, but he politely refused. Most of the generals elected by the Greek city-states are often on the front line when fighting, to show that there is no identity difference with the soldiers, so as not to be accused by citizens after the war, and Naples is no exception, especially in this important time.

At this moment, he did not hesitate to take off the Corinthian helmet and threw it on the ground. Other Campania heavy infantrymen also took off the Corinthian helmet in accordance with the plan in advance like El Alos. Open and relaxed a lot.Only the Dionysian heavy infantry did not take off because it was an open helmet.

Ai Luosi looked around, raised the spear in his hand, shouted loudly: "Apollo bless! We must pursue it bravely, never stop!"

The surrounding soldiers and team officers also shouted one after another: "Fight and pursue, never stop!!!"

When the Cavutini army was approaching 50 meters, all the Dionysian soldiers were almost shouting and their fighting spirit was very high.

Zan Tiparis, who was behind and riding a horse, heard this thunderous roar, which also calmed his nervous mood a lot.

"Offense!" he said loudly.

"Woo!..." The high-pitched trumpet sound made the entire long army, whether it was heavy infantry, light infantry, light armor, or cavalry, began to march forward.

The sudden forward movement of the Dionysian coalition did not affect the foremost soldiers of the Kaoutini formation. They were fighting as usual, stopping at a suitable distance, throwing their javelins, and then I was about to retreat through the gap, so that the soldiers behind were at the forefront, and they continued to throw the javelin... so repeatedly, so that even if the other party was advancing, they always distanced from the other party, The throwing of the javelin continued, which caused great damage to the opponent's dense phalanx.

In the past, the Campania League has not been specially trained, neither has a light infantry that can compete with it, nor has it specifically designed tactics for independent light infantry. It is impossible for the temporarily recruited civilian light infantry to fight against almost all of them. It is a powerful Cavutini javelin thrower, so after three or four rounds of throwing, the Campania formation has to stop.

Then, the Cautini fighters immediately withdrew from the back to attack, or a wave of javelin throwing attacks. When they shot the javelin in their hands, the Campanias had basically fallen into chaos because of too many casualties. Cavutini's armoured infantry and lightly armed spear infantry made the final impact, and it was often defeated by one touch, and the victory was established.

But now, the Kautini fighters were surprised to see that the heavy infantry on the opposite side was accelerating, and getting faster and faster.

Are they going to charge?!Don't they know that we can't hedge with them, and because of their bulky speed, they can't catch up with us!…Despite the surprise, the Kautini warriors, as the distance drew closer, they also had to be on the back side, and their first round javelin, according to the habit, was still far away (more than 30 meters), so it was taken Throwing slightly upwards can make the javelin fly longer, and the drop position is often in the middle and rear of the opposing military formation, thus causing chaos in the entire military formation, disconnecting it from front to back and facilitating the next attack.However, the sudden acceleration of the opponent and the thin column made most of the javelins thrown out.

The coalition heavy infantry who had escaped the javelin attack became more confident. They tilted their round shields and half protected their heads, and their steps were more powerful and fast.This caused the distance between the two sides to be quickly shortened to within 20 meters, and the Kautini fighters who subsequently threw the javelin had no time to prepare more fully and hurriedly throw the javelin in their hands.

And the 500 Nakonian fighters led by Vassunk were part of this second wave of attacks. They had been informed by Vassunk in advance that most of the soldiers threw their javelins into the sky at will, and then immediately withdraw.

The Greek heavy infantry's desperate charge made Vashok's mind turn sharply.

Even though the Cautini fighters threw in a hurry, they experienced a direct shot in this round of javelin throwing. Countless heavy javelins were thrown by the soldiers with strong arm strength, and then driven by Piso, in flight With some rotation, he stabbed straight at the shield of the heavy infantry, and many javelins directly penetrated the shield, causing some injuries to the heavy infantry.