ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 670 The battle with Kautini ([-])

The generals in Naples didn't know much about Dionia's military system. At the beginning, they heard Dionia's messenger Carias say, "The kingdom will send the third army to join the battle." 'They thought there were only a few thousand people, but they didn't expect that the other party easily sent 1 people, which was already half of the total strength of the Campania League army.

Karias thought that the Neapolitans thought Dionia sent too many soldiers, and hurriedly explained: "Because the Kautini people refused to change their ways, His Majesty Davos was very angry. He sent the entire Third Army just to decide. Completely crush the Cavutini invasion and teach them a heavy lesson so that they will never dare to invade the territory of the Campania Alliance again!"

"That's great, we have been looking forward to that day!" Onosius and others couldn't help but say.

"Where is our station?" At this time, Lizaru asked slightly impatiently.

"The camp is located just outside the east city, but...the tents are not enough." Aialos said slightly awkwardly. They really did not expect Dionia to send such a large number of soldiers.

"We have brought tents, you just need to ensure adequate food supply." Lizaru seemed to have a calm expression, but in fact food was his biggest concern.

"There is no problem with food, you can rest assured!" Onosius said loudly: "The autumn harvest has just ended, and the citizens have enough stocks in their homes, and they heard that the warriors of Dionia came to help resist the Samnites, and even We at the city hall don’t need to buy it, and everyone has voluntarily contributed their stored grain to supply your Dionysian army. We have also prepared dozens of cans of wine and many cattle and sheep for the Third Army to celebrate your arrival. "

Lizaru waved his hand and said: "There is no need for these. The Third Army does not have that time. I will take the soldiers to build the camp now. I also ask you to call the leading generals of the Campania Alliance and discuss it with me. How to deal with the imminent invasion of the Samnites.”

Although Lizalu's words were too direct and easy to hurt, his vigorous and decisive actions reflected that the Kingdom of Dionia was taking this battle seriously. Therefore, instead of being dissatisfied, the high-level officials in Naples were all happy.

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The Samnite people are a mountain people and like to live in mountainous areas. If they live in the plains, their people will not only feel uncomfortable with the climate, but also lack security.

But there are no absolutes in everything. Kautini, one of the four major races of Samnite, has many villages and towns on the eastern plain of Campania. The Kautini race to the west had to migrate to the lowlands to the west to gain more land to feed their population.After decades of hard work, the eastern part of the Campania Plain has been completely occupied by Cautini. They captured and rejected foreign city-states, such as Capua and Cesara, and built some new towns at the same time. , such as Lola.

Therefore, some of the Cavutini tribes have become accustomed to cultivating farmland instead of grazing cattle and sheep for a living. As a result, the overall strength of the Cavutini has gradually begun to catch up with the Shirpini, which has always been the top of the four major races. tribe.

But the war more than ten years ago gave the ambitious Kautini people a blow. A large number of tribal fighters were killed or captured. The approach of the Dionia army forced the Kautini people to lower their arrogant heads. , signed a humiliating alliance treaty and stopped continuing to advance westward.

But when its strength has recovered, its new leader Segovani is no longer willing to be bound by this covenant, not because of Cavutini's robbing nature, but because: on the one hand, Dionia The spread of religion and economic culture destroyed the traditions of the Samnites and shook the cohesion of the tribes; on the other hand, after occupying the eastern plains of Campania, the Cavutini tasted the benefits of the cultivated land in the plains. Deliberately wanting to hold the whole of Campania in my arms.

Of course, there are also personal reasons. Segovani needs to use war to improve his prestige and attack the leader of Nassala, Quinduk, who has always been dissatisfied with him and relies on the support of Dionia.

Therefore, the Kautini tribe sent warriors to frequently invade westward, not just to plunder supplies and people.It can constantly undermine the enemy's morale and increase the fear of the Campanians, so that they never dare to settle down to plant and herd.While strengthening one's own strength by plundering people and materials, it is also constantly weakening the opponent's strength, and finally achieves the goal of occupying the entire Campania through war. This is how the two big cities of Capua and Sacera are used Obtained, so how can the Kautini people be willing to be constrained by the covenant of Dionysia in their ambitions.

In the early morning of this day, the leaders of the Kautini tribes gathered in the three towns of Capua, Lola, and Sacera each led their young and middle-aged people, weapons in hand, and began to break into the Campania League westward. territory.

The straight-line distance between these three cities and the west coast is basically about 40 miles, especially Lola, which is directly east of Naples. Therefore, these tribal warriors can advance to Naples in more than two hours as long as they run around. Under the city.This is one of the main reasons why these Campania alliance city-states are afraid of Samnite. They are too close to the power of Cavutini and are in the plains, making them almost undefendable.

"Faster! Faster!..." Taluk, the leader of Kautini, loudly urged his warriors.

His tribe comes from Abella, a small town less than 15 miles east of Lola. It is located in a mountain valley and guards a pass into the mountains. Therefore, the land area is small and is not conducive to planting farmland. , and the peaks on both sides are too high and not conducive to grazing, so they mainly make a living by raiding.

Although Segovani, the great leader of Kautini, proposed during the war mobilization that this invasion should be used to severely hit the arrogant faces of the Kingdom of Dionia and the Alliance of Campania.

But the taluk was more interested in the grains that the Greeks piled up in their homes.Now that the autumn harvest has just ended, even if the Greeks who had a good harvest fled after hearing the news, they would not be able to take away so much food.Taluk had to plunder enough grain before other tribes to survive the winter smoothly.

The leader Taluk led his 200 warriors running on the flat land and soon entered the territory of Naples.He had already seen the farmland not far ahead that was divided into pieces, and at the same time he could smell the burnt smell of straw in the air, which made him even more energetic.

Since Taruk often brought people to plunder, he was already very familiar with the situation in this area. He knew that there was a Greek village one mile ahead: "Faster!" He urged again, and at the same time, he also quickened his pace. .

"Leader, there are enemy cavalry ahead!" A soldier reminded loudly.

Of course Taruk saw it too, and he also saw these Greek cavalry immediately turn around and run back after discovering his team.

"Ignore them and hurry up!" Taruk shouted. He was not worried at all: based on past experience, he knew that these cavalry must have gone back to the city of Naples to gather soldiers and wait for those iron-clad (Greek heavy infantry) ) arrived, they had already returned to Abela with a full harvest.If the Greeks dared to pursue them, Cavutini's warriors would come from all directions to give them a taste of the power of the javelin rain.Those timid Greeks always gathered into tight phalanxes. Not only did they move slowly, but they were also easy targets for sniping with javelins in their hands.

Taruk led the soldiers into the village. As he expected, the village was deserted.

He immediately sent a small group of soldiers to serve as sentinels in the south of the village to observe the movements of the Greeks. He led most of the soldiers to break open the locked doors of every house, rushed into the house, and began to rob.

At this moment, a soldier hurried over and reported to him: "Not far from the front of the village, some Greeks were fleeing in a pack car."

Taruk was overjoyed when he heard this: These must be the residents of this village, and they must be full of property!

Taruk was worried that he had too few beasts of burden and could not carry too much.

He immediately gathered some soldiers, rushed out of the village, and chased south.

When the Greeks saw them chasing them, they ran south faster. However, the team was bloated and clumsy, and the distance was getting closer and closer.

Taruk suddenly discovered that dozens of Greek heavy infantry appeared in front of the fleeing Greeks. Different from the Greek heavy infantry he had seen before, they were wearing all black armor and running towards them quickly.

Want to retreat?There was only a flash of thought in Taruk's mind, and he immediately suppressed it: What a joke, why would he retreat!He is very experienced in dealing with Greek heavy infantry!What's more, there are more than 100 soldiers following him, twice the number of the opponent!
"Quick, spread out the formation!" He directed the soldiers to form a more loose formation, spread out to both wings in a wild goose shape, and at the same time press towards the opponent.

The heavy infantry on the opposite side continued to cross the fleeing Greeks, and gradually formed a tight small square formation as they advanced.

Seeing this, Taruk secretly laughed: How many times have the stubborn Greeks suffered losses, but they still do not change their old ways, so let you continue to try the power of the javelin!

The enemy's phalanx had entered a distance of 30 meters. Taruk raised the javelin in his hand, but saw the Greeks slowing down and raising their long shields... In the blink of an eye, the front and rear of this small phalanx were , left, right and even above were tightly protected by shields, and it continued to approach Taruk's team.

Although Taruk was shocked, he still threw the javelin in his hand. The soldiers who formed a semicircular formation also threw javelins at the enemy in the center.

(End of this chapter)