ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 323: The Cavalry Attack at the Battle of Punate
Davers placed the Allied Forces and Legion Reserves on the right wing, the First Legion in the middle, and the less physically exhausted Second Legion on the left wing. He also wanted to use the strongest force to break through from the outside, and ultimately achieve the goal of surrounding the enemy.

After feeling confident, Davos said to Leders: "The cavalry brigade has worked hard! Let the brothers retreat to the rear and have a good rest!"

Upon hearing this, Lades hurriedly said: "Master Davos, there are five or six hundred cavalry on the enemy's right flank. Let's retreat to the back. Who will deal with them?"

"They have their own people to deal with, and you cavalry have to deal a fatal blow to the enemy at the critical moment! Before that, let your men recover their physical strength and horsepower!" Davos explained unmoved.

Ryders resigned helplessly.

Davos immediately asked Tormide to call Epithenes and Zipit, and said with a serious expression: "When the enemy attacks, I want you to lead the light infantry and free people to strike the enemy's right wing from a long distance. At the same time, We also need to repel the enemy's cavalry and light infantry attacks. This task is quite difficult, can you do it?"

"When we were in Persia, we fought with Persian cavalry and archers many times and defeated them many times. Will the Brutian cavalry be stronger than the Persian cavalry?" Epithenes said with confidence.

"Hades will protect us!" Zipit chanted devoutly.

Davos looked at the firm eyes of the two men and gave them a solemn and powerful military salute: "I am waiting for the news of your victory!"

After sending the two men away, Davos's battle arrangements have been fully implemented, and they are just waiting for the Bruti people to attack.

At this time, Martius and Baglipi's nephew Rodom came over and asked him for instructions: "Sir, the leaders of Bithynia, Brim and Crelu, insist on seeing you!"

Davos looked back and saw that the two Bithynia leaders who were blocked by the guards were shouting. He immediately dismounted and strode over.

"Consul of Dionia, we Bisinians strongly urge us to go to the front to meet the enemy, instead of hiding behind like a coward. This is a humiliation to our soldiers!" Brim shouted emotionally.

humiliation?After listening to Adepigis's translation, Davos glanced doubtfully at the herald Tormid who was following him.

Tormid hurriedly explained: "I have patiently told Chief Brim many times, but he seems unwilling to accept the idea of ​​serving as a reserve..."

Daves' expression immediately became serious after hearing this, and he said in a cold voice: "Since Bisignian soldiers are already Dionysians, they must know that Dionysian soldiers must obey the orders of their superiors unconditionally. If you If you can’t do it, then please lead your troops away! Let our real Dionian soldiers enjoy the glory of victory alone! That’s it!” After speaking, he threw another sentence to Adepgis: “Translate according to the original words! "Then turned and left.

Tormid followed behind, looking back from time to time, only to see Brim and Kereru leaving angrily.

"Sir, are you afraid that the Bissenians will leave angrily?" Tormid said worriedly.

Davos smiled: "The more you explain to some stubborn people, the more they ask for. It's better to reject his idea from the beginning! Besides, even if the Bisinians leave, it will not affect us. victory!"

Tormid was suspicious and secretly sent messengers to observe the movements of the Bisinian team. He found that after Brim returned, he led the team to wait in the rear without making any noise or shouting. He couldn't help but feel ashamed: and many mercenaries. Having been with the leader for more than ten years, his understanding of human nature is not as good as that of a 20-year-old young man. Only a "god's favored person" can really explain it.

Due to the harassment of the Dionian cavalry, it was almost afternoon when the Brutian formation ended. Pianren saw that the expressions of the warriors were no longer as excited as they were at the beginning, and he was a little anxious.He knows his people too well, the Brutians - a race that lives in the gap between the two major forces of the Greeks and Lucanians. These warriors who live freely in the mountains and plateaus are brave but cowardly. , passionate but inferior, the key is to inspire their fighting spirit.

So, he led the guards on horseback and came to the front of the center of the array. The guards attracted the attention of thousands of soldiers with uniform shouts, and then he shouted loudly: "Bruttians, my dear Compatriots! For hundreds of years, we have lived freely on this beautiful plateau. Amara gave us birth with her sweet milk, and Brutus gave us peace. But now our peace is broken! We Our land has been invaded! Who is occupying our town! Killing our people!"

"Dionians!!!"

“Damn Greeks!!!”

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The soldiers responded angrily.

"Are we going to allow these evil aliens to occupy our land, destroy our temples, insult our women, turn our descendants into slaves, lose their freedom, and live like cattle and sheep!!" Pian Lun and the Guards asked loudly.

"No!" The soldiers in front of him responded angrily, and this response gradually spread throughout the entire formation.

"No!!!" [-] Bruti warriors shouted in unison.

"Defeat the Dionians and give us our freedom!" Pianren raised his spear high.

"Kill them!"

"Kill them!!!"

Thousands of soldiers roared hysterically.

"Ho! Roar! Roar!..." They kept hammering the ground with their spears, their fighting spirit rising sharply.

Affected by this, Pianlun also felt his blood boiling. Facing the soldiers who could no longer bear it, he pointed his spear forward and shouted: "Attack!"

The trumpeter behind him blew his horn, and then the sound of horns sounded from all over the army formation at the same time.

"Woo!!!..." The battle of Punat, which decided the ownership of the Bruti region, began.

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Hearing thunderous roars from the opposite side, Tormid couldn't help but ask: "Lord Davos, the Brutians are boosting morale, shouldn't you also..."

"In a boxing match, it's not whoever is loudest who wins. The winner is usually the calm player. What's more, what the soldiers need now is to block the enemy's attack first. Useless roaring will not only consume their little physical strength, And it will make them lose their defensive position because they are too excited." Davers said as he stared ahead.

Tormid nodded sincerely.

"The Brutians are attacking, sound the defense bugle!" Davers heard the horn sound from the opposite side and began to give orders. At the same time, he led the guards quickly through the gaps in the small phalanx and came to the rear of the array.

A dozen curved copper horns blew out low orders. The soldiers who were sitting and resting immediately picked up their guns and shields, stood up, and moved their aching hands and feet. The teammates moved closer to each other, and arranged the loose array more closely. , to prepare for the coming battle.

The small phalanxes at the front of the entire formation began to quickly connect with each other, and the center and left wing responsible for the Dionysian Army quickly became a whole with the right wing responsible for the coalition forces.

Epithenes and Zipit led a total of 4000 light infantry and free people from the outside of the left wing to the front of the left wing formation.They each had their own division of labor: Zipit led more than 2500 people to march forward for 50 meters, and then stopped. Slingers, archers, and a few harpooneers lined up in sequence; while Epithenes led nearly 1000 light shields. The soldiers and harpooneers continued to walk to the outside of the left wing. As they walked, they became an elongated column, almost out of the battlefield.

Amidst the sound of the horn, the Brutian people's long front line stretching for nearly eight miles slowly moved forward without leaving any reserve troops.

The Bruti people dispersed their light infantry evenly in the front line of the military formation. Archers accounted for the vast majority of the light infantry. The Bruti Mountains are densely forested and plateaued, and there are many wild animals, so they are rich in archers.After the light infantry came the infantry, mostly spearmen armed with leather shields and spears.On the far right are 600 unarmored cavalry. Although the Brutians occupy the entire plateau, they use this precious land mainly for grazing cattle and sheep to support a large population. Although they also raise some horses, they mainly use it to graze cattle and sheep. As for pack horses, there are not many people who actually own war horses. They are mainly concentrated among tribal nobles. 600 riders is almost the maximum number that the Bruti people can gather.

As soon as the Brutians walked down the grass slope, their right wing was baptized by the flying stones of the Dionian slingers. The infantry continued to move forward slowly with their leather shields on their backs. They were still far away from the Dionian array and they could not pass. Early charge.But the Bruti light infantry had already begun to gallop, and their responsibility was to clear the way for the main battle.

The Bruti cavalry on the far right has begun to accelerate.When a battle begins, according to tradition, the cavalry on both wings always fight first because they are the fastest.The previous harassment by the Dionian cavalry can be said to have given them a slap in the face, and now they are going to fight back.

The cavalry shook their horse's reins and repeatedly clamped the horse's belly, which increased the speed of the war horse. The feeling of running at top speed made their blood boil. They could clearly see the enemy's cavalry on the outside and rear of the light infantry 300 meters away.

If you first disperse the light infantry in front and then attack the enemy cavalry who are standing still, your chances of winning are quite high.The leader of the cavalry who was charging at the front was thinking about it in his mind. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a number of people dozens of meters away on the right, and they ran towards the cavalry quickly.

The leader immediately felt uneasy. Before he could react, countless javelins leaped 30 meters and landed among the galloping cavalry.

In an instant, people screamed and horses neighed.When running fast, whether it is a man or a horse, once he is shot and rolls to the ground, not only is it difficult to survive, but it will also affect the surrounding charging cavalry.

Epithenes knew the cavalry too well. Instead of confronting the cavalry from the front, he pretended to leave the battlefield, but in fact he was preparing to attack the cavalry from the outside.

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