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Chapter 673 The Battle with Cautini ([-])

Several trumpeters around Segovani kept blowing the retreat horns.

At the same time, Segovani, who was at the head of the team, led the tribal warriors around him to speed up.

Seeing that the Kautini people in front no longer cared about their threat and just ran forward, the Dionian cavalry turned close to the opponent without hesitation and threw the javelin in their hands while running.

The javelin flew into the dense team and immediately fell down.

The Cavutini warriors who were attacked also angrily fired javelins at the Dionian cavalry who turned to stay away.

The screams and neighing of the horses sounded continuously in the ranks of both sides, and at the same time, the exclamation of the Cautini soldiers sounded from all over the place: "Cavalry! Cavalry!!..."

Groups of Dionian cavalry and Campanian cavalry kept coming from behind, circling around this huge Cavoutini team, stirring up dust and sand in the sky.They constantly rush towards the enemy, throwing javelins to kill and interfere with the opponent's progress.Even when they saw the thin formation of the Kautini people at the end of the team, they directly drove their horses to disperse them, like cunning wolves attacking a giant beast, constantly adding pressure and wounds to them. Make him panic...

Since the Dionian Cavalry was defeated by the Numibian Cavalry and the Celtic Cavalry in the South Italian War more than ten years ago, the Cavalry Corps Commander Ledes learned from the experience and formulated a more rigorous and detailed training plan, and at the same time selected more outstanding Riders entered the legion. After more than ten years of unremitting training and tactical improvement, the current Dionysia cavalry has greatly improved compared with the original.

Segovani looked painfully at the enemy cavalry squads that kept passing by in front of him. While using shields to defend and throwing javelins, he kept shouting to the surrounding warriors: "...Don't stop! Keep moving forward! keep going!……"

In his heart, he actually wanted to order the team to stop, get in position, and teach these annoying enemy cavalry a lesson. He believed that with the bravery and huge number of Kautini warriors, they could completely defeat the opponent.However, the increasing number of enemy cavalry also means that his team has become the opponent's key target. Once the opponent's infantry arrives...

When Segovani was anxious, he suddenly saw a group of heavy infantry with black helmets appearing in the dust and mist stirred up by the enemy's cavalry in front of him. He was suddenly shocked: Why did the Dionysian infantry run to the front?

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Taglu was a reserve soldier of the Third Army more than ten years ago. As the temporary commander guarding the Lahe Fortress, he led the soldiers to successfully block the attack of the rebellious Laos. After the war, he not only used this His achievements were generously praised by the Ministry of Military Affairs, and he was successfully transferred to the Third Army Corps.More than ten years have passed, and now he is the captain of the fourth brigade of the Third Army.

In this assault on the Kautini people, Taglu's fourth brigade was responsible for the area to the south between Sessala and Lola.

He first led two detachments to defeat a group of enemies with the assistance of cavalry, and then led them to cooperate with the other two detachments to attack another group of enemies with a larger number of people and successfully defeated them.However, during the interrogation of the prisoners, Taglu learned that this team from Thassala had previously sacked a village and robbed some Greek people, and was already on its way to the city of Thessala.

Taglu immediately led his team in pursuit and finally intercepted the opponent before it reached Sacera.As a result, on the way back, they met the scouts who were looking for them everywhere. Taglu then led the troops to rush towards Atla in a hurry, because its position at this time was already due north of Atla. .

When Segovani saw the Dionian heavy infantry in front of him, Tagru also saw the oncoming Cavoutini army in a hurry and in scattered formations, as well as the troops galloping around it. The Dionian cavalry.

The enemy's mighty formation reminded him of the Laos attack on the Lahe Fortress more than ten years ago. At that time, he only had a few people around him, but he had a solid city defense as a barrier. Today, he has no city wall as a barrier. Protection, but he firmly believed that as long as he blocked the enemy here for a moment, his comrades would arrive one after another and completely eliminate this large group of enemies.

Thinking of this, he took a deep breath and felt a little more courageous all over his body. The slow walking along the way also relieved the fatigue from their previous pursuit.

He looked around at the soldiers around him, and the soldiers around him were also looking at him, with a bit of nervousness and a bit of excitement in their eyes. They were waiting for the commander to make the final decision, and then they would resolutely implement it.

So Taglu shouted without hesitation: "Brothers, the enemies our legion wants to annihilate are right in front! We must stop these enemies here, otherwise they will flee into the mountains and make our legion's encirclement plan fail. This is a great opportunity given to us by Hades! Brothers, use your courage to win this rare honor!"

"Roar! Roar! Roar!..." The soldiers roared powerfully to show their determination.

Taglu immediately issued an order: "All units lined up in a shield formation to stop the enemy!"

There were only four detachments around Taglu, less than 200 men. In order to ensure the length of the array, he hoped to stop enough enemies and lengthen the array. However, it was only five columns deep and was too thin and could easily be broken through.

But without hesitation, the soldiers from each unit under his command quickly split into four small square formations, and then formed a row. They even threw away the javelins inserted in their backs and the bayonet in their hands, and each held a long shield and drew a short sword. , moving forward slowly towards the enemy.

Segovani and other Cavutini warriors were surprised to see that such a small number of enemies in front dared to make moves to stop them, and they couldn't help but become furious.

"Rush up and crush them!" Segovani shouted, pointing his spear forward.

Kautini's warriors roared and increased their running speed again.

Tagru saw a large group of enemies rushing toward them with great force. He was not surprised but happy. What he was most afraid of was that the enemies would bypass them and make his attempt fail.

The soldiers immediately stopped advancing.

"Shield formation!..." each squad leader shouted.

The soldiers in the first row put their long shields up, and the lower part of the shield was slightly pointed, which could be slightly inserted into the ground to strengthen the defense of the shield formation. The soldiers in the back row put their long shields on their heads and rested them on the shields of the first row of soldiers to form a single line.

The Samnites were good at throwing javelins, and they knew this.

Sure enough, the shield formation of the Dionian soldiers had just been completed, and the Cavutini's javelins came like raindrops. Some soldiers couldn't help but scream when their arms were pricked by the spear points that came out of the shield. .

Taglu raised his shield and shouted: "Steady! Steady!..."

After the rain of javelins, Cavutini's warriors roared, rushed out of the diffuse dust mist, and fiercely crashed into Dionia's military formation, instantly bending the almost straight-line shield formation.

The Dionian soldiers stepped on their horses, pushing back and forth, using all their strength to resist the impact of hundreds of people.

The soldiers in the first row were half bent, with their heads buried under the long shield, half sideways, with their shoulders against the shield, and let the shield be "bang bang" by the enemy's spears. It was thrust out from the gaps between the shields, and it was unclear whether it hurt the enemy, because the sound of fighting completely occupied the eardrums, and no screams could be heard.

Only some impatient Cautini fighters saw that they couldn't break open the long shield like a turtle shell. In desperation, they threw away their weapons and grabbed the top of the shield with both hands, trying to break it apart.

At this time, the sharp dagger slashed across, cutting off their fingers, and blood splattered all over the soldiers.

The Kautini behind them bypassed the front of the shield array, attacked the flanks and rear of the shield array, and surrounded the Dionian soldiers in a blink of an eye.

The soldiers put up their long shields one after another, completely protecting the entire array.This Dionia legion company is like a small boat in the strong wind and waves, in danger of capsizing at any time.

The outer Dionian cavalry also realized this. They risked being stabbed by javelins and attacked the Kautini more frequently in an attempt to help their comrades reduce the pressure.

But this only angered the Kautini people more. Under their fierce onslaught, the shield formation could not hold on for long before it began to fall into pieces.

Tagru watched the soldiers around him being squeezed and stabbed, feeling anxious. He quickly thrust out the dagger in his hand, hoping to knock down the enemies who had squeezed into the formation and protect his men's safety.

Unexpectedly, the Cavutini warrior who was stabbed in the chest not only did not fall, but instead rushed forward with all his strength. Taglu, who could not dodge, was thrown to the ground by him.

More enemies rushed into this formation.

Taglu, who was pressed to the ground, saw in despair that the soldiers who had lost the protection of their formations were surrounded by more and more enemies in twos and threes, and fell one after another...

At this extremely critical moment, the high-pitched bugle sound cut through the boiling battlefield...

Lizaru led 2500 reinforcements rushing from the west. He was the first to arrive on the battlefield and directly attacked the rear of Cavutini's team.

Not long after, the First Brigade of the Third Army arrived from the northwest...

Then came the other companies of the Fourth Battalion...

Then the second team...

"Woo!...Woo!...Woo!..." Bugles kept ringing around the Cavutini team, and they successively attacked the Cavutini people from all directions.

The Kautini people, who were originally in a scattered formation, were blinded. They felt that they were surrounded by enemies, and they were very panicked. They couldn't care less about the Dyonian company that had been beaten to death by them, and fled in all directions. .

But how could their legs outrun the cavalry's pursuit.

The battle ended quickly. Except for a handful of Kautini who fled into the city of Sacera, most of the Kautini warriors were either killed or captured.

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