ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 671 The battle with Kautini ([-])

The flying javelins covered the entire phalanx, and only the sound of "boom" was heard. Some javelins slipped off the shield, and some pierced the shield, turning the entire phalanx into a hedgehog... But this square No soldiers fell down in the formation, and no one screamed. It stood intact.

When the Samnites were surprised, the Greeks suddenly withdrew their long shields, and javelins suddenly flew out of the phalanx and hurled them concentratedly forward, where Taruk was standing.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was close to 20 meters.

Taruk had no idea that the other party would have such a fatal move. As a tribal leader, Taruk originally had his own armor and shield, but in order to better pursue the fleeing Greeks, he placed them in the village. .Seeing the javelin coming straight at him, he could only rely on instinct to dodge. Then he let out a scream, and a javelin pierced his right leg, and he fell to the ground.

At the same time, seven or eight soldiers around him also screamed and fell down one after another.

"Chief!!!..." The panicked shouts of the soldiers rang in his ears. In pain, Taruk suddenly remembered: what the last big leader mentioned ten years ago,

These black-armored enemies should be Dionians!
"They are Dionians!" Taruk reminded loudly.

At this time, the Dionian soldiers had already rushed forward.

In order to protect their leader, the Cavutini warriors did not retreat, but rushed forward to fight with the Dionian soldiers.

This is obviously a wrong move.Even though there are more Cavutini warriors than the opponent, the unprotected Cavutini warriors are fighting against the well-protected Dionian legionnaires, which is simply an egg hitting a stone.

After paying a lot of casualties, the Cavutini warriors had to retreat.

At this time, they heard the sound of horse hooves behind them.

"It's the Greek cavalry!!" the Cavoutini warrior exclaimed.

Dozens of Dionian cavalry who circled to the rear and galloped over threw javelins at the retreating Cavutini warriors, slowing down their retreat.

The Dionysian Legion soldiers were rapidly approaching.

Under the attack from the front and back, the Cavutini warriors were completely defeated and fled in all directions. They will become the targets of the Dionian cavalry.

At this time, the captain of the Dionysian army unit stood in front of the stunned Taruk, looking back at the Campanian army that had just arrived in a hurry, and asked the approaching scout cavalry: "Where is our nearest enemy?"

The scout pointed to his right side and said: "About 400 meters away from here and further to the west, there are approximately 300 Kautini people. Your comrades from the third detachment and a light armored company are preparing to attack them. "

After hearing this, the team leader immediately shouted: "Brothers from the second team, gather! Except for a few of you who were wounded and stayed for treatment, the others immediately marched west with me, and cooperated with the third team to pinch the Samnites! "

"Squad leader, this is just a minor injury for us. We have no problem continuing to fight." The injured soldier said unwillingly.

"This is an order, execute it immediately!" After the squad leader said these words, the injured soldiers fell silent.

"What about the Kautini people hiding in the village?" a soldier asked.

"Leave it to the Neapolitans. I think they can handle the few remaining soldiers." As he said that, the squad leader led the soldiers and immediately turned to the west.

Similar scenes occurred in several places in the Campania plain.

Only in Atella the situation is different.

Atla was originally a small city founded by the Etruscans, and later joined the Campania League.It is northeast of Naples, located in the middle of the Campania Plain, less than 25 miles away from the city of Naples.

Twenty years ago, it was taken away by the Cavutini. Since then, Atla has become the forward base for the Cavutini to invade the coastal city-states of Campania and the transfer point for plundered supplies.

The Campania Alliance suffered greatly, so after forming an alliance with Dionia, taking advantage of the fact that the Kautini were defeated by Dionia and were still negotiating, they asked Davos: Can the Kautini be allowed to do so? The Utini return Atla to the Campanian League?
Davos agreed.

The Kautini people were forced to make concessions due to the situation at the time.

This shame has always been weighing on the heart of Segovani, the great leader of Cavutini, so this time he will take advantage of the Campania alliance to deal with the invasion of various tribes, gather a large number of troops, recapture Atla in one fell swoop, and establish his prestige.As for the time when Dionia sent envoys to criticize again, Segovani had already thought of a response, so he used the words "Atla belongs to the Kautini people" to prevaricate. Anyway, the Dionia people only Knowing how to use verbal threats without causing any harm to him, it will be a done deal and the Dionians will be unable to do anything to him.

Segovani spent two days in Katium to gather about 5000 warriors from surrounding tribes, and entered the city of Sessala in a relatively secretive manner.

Half an hour after the other tribes began to invade the west, he led his army to set off. Since he specifically ordered "all tribes are not allowed to loot on the route from Sacera to Atla", the march along the way went smoothly without any interruption. Encounter any enemy.

Sacera is less than 20 miles away from Atla, and it is all flat land.An hour later, the army led by Segovani approached the city of Atla.

The Atla people obviously did not expect that the Kautini people, who had always just robbed, would suddenly lead a large army to attack the city. There were only a few panicked sentries on the city wall.

And Segovani made full preparations. Not only did he ask the soldiers to carry enough ladders, but he also concentrated all Cavutini's heavy infantry (equivalent to the intermediate infantry of the Greek army) into the team, which was enough. There are 3000 people.

"Attack!" Segovani immediately issued the order without hesitation. He did not want to leave any time for the enemy to react.

The warriors roared towards the city of Atla.

At this time, the spy hurried over: "Big leader, the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry has been discovered!"

Segovani felt nervous, but then he felt relieved: What if the Greeks found out?Now he has a sure chance of victory.

"Continue to observe the enemy's movements southward and report to me at any time." He waved his hand and said.

"Yes, big boss." The spy ran away.

cavalry!This was a pain in Segovani's heart: the Samones were a mountain race and had never had cavalry, but after the Cavutini occupied the eastern plains of Campania, he began to plan to build a cavalry. Cavalry to enhance the troops' reconnaissance capabilities and to assist in combat.But no Cavutini warrior is willing to try to ride a horse. They are more willing to fight face to face with the enemy than to ride around like cowards and hide in all directions.Of course, sitting on a bare horseback also made these Kautini warriors completely insecure. It was far less secure than having their feet on solid ground.In the end, the dream of establishing a cavalry was in vain...

Segovani sighed, put aside this annoying thought, and focused his attention on the battlefield again. He was delighted to see that the soldiers had used ladders to cross the ditch and forced themselves under the city wall. Only then did a lot of panicked Greek defenders appear above them...

By the time the reinforcements from Naples arrived, I had already captured this small town!Segovani clenched his right fist confidently.

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"What did you say?! More than 5000 Cavutini are attacking Atla!" Naples general Aialos was shocked when he heard the news from the scouts.

He immediately reacted and shouted with a livid face: "We have all been deceived by the Kautini people. This time they are not just plundering, but they want to invade our land!" Aialos's words were mainly for Lizaru said.

At this moment, Lizaru, who was sitting in the tent, looked very unhappy.After sending out the troops of the Third Legion to prepare a surprise attack to harass the Cavutini of the Campanian League, he sat in the military camp.There was no way, because the invasion site was too wide, and the various brigades, companies, and detachments of the Third Army were scattered in this vast area. He could only rely on the help of numerous scouts, messengers, and staff. Planning can barely achieve a rough control.There were only 500 light infantry left in the camp, which he reserved as a reserve.

Lizaru looked carefully at the map of Campania on the desk, and then asked loudly: "How many citizen soldiers are there in Atla?"

Aialos thought for a while, then came over and said, "Atla is a small city with a population of only a few thousand, and it can draw nearly 400 citizen soldiers."

Having said this, Aialos had some regrets in his heart: when Atla was returned to the Campania League, the city should have been expanded, strengthened, and stationed with more young and middle-aged citizens because of its important strategic location. However, at that time The city-states in the alliance argued over how much to share the cost of construction and how much land to acquire, and this important measure has never been implemented.Later, everyone found that the Kautini people were very peaceful under the strong restraint of Dionia, and they were too lazy to make changes to Atla.In the past two years, Cavutini began to invade the Campania League again, but it mainly robbed property and occasionally robbed people. It did not attack towns, so it did not arouse vigilance.

Lizaru frowned and asked again: "How many soldiers do you have that you haven't sent out to fight?"

Aialos hurriedly discussed with several generals from the alliance next to him, and then said helplessly: "According to your previous suggestion, General Lizaru, we have retained a reserve force of about 2000 soldiers."

"2000 people are enough!" Lizaru's face brightened slightly: "Including the troops around me, there are 2500 people in total. We can immediately lead them to Atla, pin down Cavutini's army, and let them We dare not attack the city with all our strength. At the same time, we send reconnaissance cavalry to inform other troops to arrive at Atla as soon as possible, and work together to repel this large enemy force!"

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