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Chapter 326 The Reserve Team Attacks at the Battle of Punat

"Sorry, my lords!" Felicius bowed slightly to the surroundings, unable to hide the joy on his face, and said excitedly: "I am late because I have to meet the messenger from the Third Army at the Ministry of Military Affairs. He brought Got some good news——"

Felicius looked around at the senators and said loudly: "The Third Legion defeated the rebels of Picosis and Grumentum outside the city of Grumentum! Except for a very few who escaped, most of them were captured , and the Third Army had only dozens of casualties, and the commander of the Hieronymus Army was leading the army towards the city of Pikosis. It is reported that the city is empty of troops, and it is only a matter of time before Pikosis is captured!"

The venue suddenly erupted: "Great! This is really a brilliant victory!"

"Picosis! We finally have a seaside city on the west coast that is truly our own!"

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The senators, who had been shocked into a cold sweat by the scene described by Polyxes just now, burst into unprecedented cheers.

Polyxis looked at these cheering senators with dumbfounded eyes. He had not yet recovered from this sudden reversal... After a long time, he said unwillingly: "... I didn't expect Hieronymus to be able to do this. Create a great victory like Lord Davos..."

"No." Felicius corrected him loudly: "In fact, this victory was planned by Lord Davos in advance with the Third Legion, and he also won the two allies of Laos and Aelia. With help. Otherwise, how could we win so easily!"

"Oh..." Cunogorata and Cornelus looked like they should, and then asked with interest the details of the battle.

Polluxes fell silent.

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The battle on the Punate River has lasted for more than an hour, and the battle fronts between the two sides have changed from the initial curved straight line to an arc-shaped crescent.

On the right wing of the Dionian army, the team led by Triphias almost maintained its original position.The Bruti left wing, composed of more than a dozen Bruti tribe warriors on the opposite side, could not effectively unite into a unified force and continued to maintain pressure on the Dionian right phalanx.

In the middle of Dionia, the warriors of Vig, Ambalia and some Cosenza attacked fiercely.After a period of stalemate, the phalanx of the First Army began to gradually retreat, causing the entire center to sink.The proud soldiers of the First Legion did their best, but the long period of building the camp consumed too much of their physical strength. After putting on the heavy armor again, they were already a little tired and felt a little overwhelmed.

On Dionia's left wing, the Second Legion and the Cosenza warriors were still fighting fiercely.The Cosenza warriors washed away the shame of the failure of the last siege. They relied on their superhuman endurance developed by living on the plateau since childhood (according to later generations, plateau people have more red blood cells and a higher oxygen carrying capacity), as well as being taller than the Greeks. Physically, maintain high-intensity offense for a long time.The Second Army maintained a balance of power by relying on its solid defense and full cooperation among the various groups.

On the far left, it is the only place where Dionia has an absolute advantage.The light shields led by Epithenes killed the Bruti cavalry from the beginning, and in the close fight, the Bruti cavalry suffered a lot from the experienced Dionysian light shields. , if this was not a life-and-death battle for Bruti, the cavalry leader would have led the remaining cavalry to escape far away, but in order to prevent the Dionysian light shield soldiers from supporting other battlefields, he led his men and Dionysius The sub-light shield soldiers distanced themselves, using the speed of the cavalry to wander around the periphery, and took a chance to surprise the Dionian light infantry who broke away from the team.But the Dionian javelins and bows are not vegetarian, and the number of Bruti cavalry is still decreasing bit by bit.

The light infantry led by Zipit encountered some troubles. Although the Bruti light infantry could not compare with Deolia in terms of quantity or light infantry ability, the angry Bruti light infantry was eating After the enemy suffered a lot, they gave up the long-range attack and rushed forward to fight Tsipet's troops at close range with javelins and short blades.

Zipit could completely retreat back and distance himself. This was originally a light infantry tactic.But Zipit, who had been following Davos for a long time on the battlefield, knew very well that as part of the great battle, the sudden retreat of the light infantry and free people he led would expose the flanks of Epithenes, which would make them engage in battle with the enemy cavalry. The peltasts suffered huge losses.Therefore, Zipit did not retreat and fought hard with the Bruti light infantry.There were only a few light shields in his hands, and the free men could still handle them with arrows and javelins, but when they were allowed to fight in close quarters with the ferocious Brutians, they soon became unsustainable.

Fortunately, Davos still holds a lot of cards.After learning that the far left wing was in trouble, he quickly dispatched a mountain reconnaissance team.These lightly-armed soldiers armed with leather shields and short swords rushed all the way to the far left flank, immediately joined the battle group, and quickly reversed the situation.

In the dust and mist, a messenger cavalry galloped towards Davos at the rear of the military formation.

Tormid rushed to greet him.

"Lord Commander, Capos sent someone to ask you for help. The soldiers of the First Legion can no longer bear it. They are so tired that they can hardly even lift their bronze shields!" As soon as Tormid got the information, Report to Davos urgently.

"It seems that the First Legion has reached the limit of its physical strength." Davos concluded.

"Not only the First Legion, Drakos also sent people to report before, saying that some soldiers of his Second Legion began to feel dizzy and weak, and they did not even dare to order the change of front and rear troops for fear of a big chaos." Tolmi De reminded.

"Our soldiers are all so tired. No matter how strong the Brutians are, they may not be much better." Davos stared ahead.Dust was flying everywhere in front, people were looking forward to it, and the sound of killing was loud, but he seemed to see the opportunity for victory: "Go quickly and inform the two Bithynia leaders, Broome and Krem, aren't they clamoring to go into battle to kill the enemy? , now the opportunity has come! I want them to lead the Bisignian warriors to the left wing immediately, attack the enemy's flank, defeat the Cosenza people with the fastest attack, and show us how powerful the Bisignian warriors are!"

"Yes!" Tormid replied excitedly.

"At the same time, Ledes's cavalry brigade should also have enough rest. Let them immediately go to assist Epithenes and Zipit. After quickly defeating the enemy's cavalry and light infantry, they turn around and head north, across the battlefield, and attack the enemy's cavalry. Behind the center, attack the First Army from front to back and defeat them in one fell swoop!" Davos clenched his right fist and swung down heavily.

"Understood, Commander!" Tormid led the two messengers to get on their horses and gallop to the left. He wanted to give the order himself.

Davos turned to look at the two troops far to the left and behind the phalanx that had not participated in the battle. They were just hazy shadows a few miles away and could not be seen clearly at all.

After a while, Tormid rushed back: "They have already set out."

"Blow the attack horn!" Davos immediately ordered.

"Du! Du! Du!..." The high-pitched bugle trumpeted the noisy sound of fighting and spread throughout the battle formation.

"It's the attack horn! Brothers, hold on, our reserve team is dispatched!" Zantiparis became energetic when he heard the horn sound.Before the war, Davos told the two corps commanders about his battle plan, and the two corps commanders conveyed Davos's tactical intentions to their group captains, company captains, and squadron captains. Therefore, in such a passive situation, Under such circumstances, the defense lines of the First and Second Corps were still able to hold on because the team officers had the confidence in their hearts that they were finally looking forward to the call to attack.

"Blast the drum! Beat the drum!" Zantiparis shouted the order in a hoarse voice.

The drums sounded and the military flags pointed forward.Although the soldiers were physically exhausted, their spirits were lifted.

All the captains of the first and second legions were doing almost the same thing as Zantiparis.

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When the sound of the bugle reached Pianren's ears, he was in Bruti's right-wing formation, struggling to advance with the soldiers. Although every step was very difficult, the Cosenza soldiers were moving forward.

The Dionians are dying!An idea flashed through Pianlun's mind. Although he was a little tired, his desire for victory made him work harder.And at this moment, Dionia's bugle shocked him: Could the enemy have reinforcements coming?
A sense of urgency came to his mind. He was unable to understand the overall situation in the battle, so he could only step up to defeat the enemy in front of him: "Sons of Brutus, work harder! The enemy is about to die!..." He shouted, surrounded by The guards shouted, thus infecting the other warriors... The Cosenza warriors used their remaining strength to attack desperately. ,

However, the defense of the Second Army has also been greatly strengthened. On the contrary, the advancement of the Brutian center and right wing has become more difficult than before.

Under the leadership of Broome and Kereru, more than 2000 Bisinian warriors who had been holding back for more than an hour and had nowhere to vent their energy ran all the way, bypassing the outside of both sides' military formations, roaring, and fiercely pounced on Bu Rear of the Luti right wing.

The loud shouts of killing and the rumbling footsteps made the Cosenza warriors look back in a hurry, and then they saw countless Bruti warriors dressed similarly to them and with ferocious faces, waving their spears and attacking them viciously.

"It's the Biscinians! We are surrounded!!..." The Cosenza warriors hurriedly turned around to resist.

At this time, Ledes's cavalry brigade easily defeated the Bruti cavalry and light infantry who were struggling to support themselves. Just as the cavalry brigade, reconnaissance brigade, and light infantry gave up chasing the defeated troops, they marched northward in a mighty manner. When preparing to pass through the rear of the enemy's right wing and attack the rear of the center of the Bruti army, the exhausted Cosenza warriors began to collapse after being fiercely attacked by the Biscinians from the rear...

(End of this chapter)