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Chapter 742 The Great Victory of Venosa

It has been more than a day since the Samonites entered the Vinosa area. It is normal for reinforcements from Dionia to appear at this time. Lesguk asked urgently: "How many people are there?"

The spy said with shame and anger: "The Dionysians took the cavalry as the vanguard and advanced very fast. They also searched and drove us away. Several of my teammates... died under their spears. So... we... don't know how many enemies are behind us, but these cavalry are all wearing civilian clothes, and they come in various colors and forms."

The Pucetti and Mesapi areas are rich in cavalry. Of course Lesguk knew that, and he had once envied him. However, since it does not have uniform black equipment, it seems that this is a temporary force formed in the Pucetti area. In such a short time It was impossible to assemble a large army.

With this judgment in mind, he turned to look at Kontruk.

Kontruk tugged on his beard and said without hesitation: "Our 4000 soldiers who have been resting can finally go into battle to kill the enemy. These brave young men will easily kill them!"

After receiving the order, the guards immediately rushed to notify the troops that were not involved in the siege but were specifically used to intercept reinforcements.

And Lesguk's roar sounded again: "Urge the leaders of the ministries to increase the intensity of the siege. We must capture Venosa before the Dionian reinforcements arrive again!"

More than ten minutes later, Lesguk could not help but be overjoyed when he saw a simple Samnite flag erected on the top of the city ahead.

At this moment, the spy ran over in panic: "Big boss! Big boss! It's not good! There are many Dionian soldiers wearing black armor coming from the south! The number of troops we went to intercept was too small, and it was almost over. I can’t resist it anymore!”

"This is impossible! There can be no regular army of Dionia here!!" Lesguk roared in disbelief.

What answered Lesguk's question was the increasingly noisy sound coming from the south: "The army of Dionia is coming!! Run away quickly!!..."

Behind the panicked Samnite troops, there was a raging black tide, accompanied by "rumbling" footsteps and loud shouts, pressing toward Venosa with great force.

"Quick!...Retreat quickly!...Retreat!!..." Kontruk no longer had the toughness to speak before, his face was also pale, and his voice suddenly became hoarse.

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Adoris had thrown away the obstructive long shield and spear, and was only holding a short sword, so he ran quickly and rushed to the front of the team.After participating in the last Dauni War, he was considered a veteran. He no longer felt the discomfort of seeing corpses and blood, but only the excitement of defeating the enemy.His only regret was that the Samnites who blocked them were too weak. The two sides only fired a round of javelins at each other, and the Samnites chose to retreat before the battle began.

In fact, this is related to the impressive charge of the Dionian army, because this support army is a huge team of more than 16000 people composed of the second and fourth legions, plus the second and fourth cavalry legions. The approximately 1000 reserve cavalry were completely beyond the ability of the [-] Samnite warriors responsible for blocking the reinforcements.

Cynthia's judgment was right. Even if she stayed in the Second Army, she could still win battles.Adoris now only hates that he is running too slow and cannot catch up with the enemies running like rabbits in front of him, but he completely forgets that he is the squad leader. At this time, his first task is to gather his soldiers and maintain the squad formation. , don't let them get away.

He struggled to catch up in the front, but he didn't see how worried the team leader behind him was. He was afraid that he would have an accident during the battle, and kept urging other teams to catch up with Adoris and not leave him alone. Encounter the enemy.

After a while, the reserve cavalry were seen rushing into the broken army from the side and front, which immediately disrupted the relatively orderly retreat formation of the Samnites. As the cavalry clashed their horses and spears wantonly, the broken soldiers scattered. Running, even a little like a headless fly, turning around and hitting the pursuit direction of the Dionysian troops.

Adoris was overjoyed and strode forward to meet him, thrusting out the dagger in his hand.

With a scream, one fell first.Then he punched out with his left fist, which just hit the face of another Samonei rout soldier, knocking him to the ground immediately.

With fighting spirit boiling over, he continued to face the third defeated soldier with his dagger, but his left foot was hugged by the Samnite warrior who fell to the ground, making him unable to move.

Just when he bent down to deal with the enemy on the ground with his short sword, the enemy in front was holding a spear and rushing towards him viciously.

At that moment, his mind went blank and he felt the breath of Hades.

But the enemy's roar stopped abruptly, and a flying javelin plunged deeply into his unprotected chest.

Afterwards, the squad leader rushed to Adoris's side and rebuked angrily: "Before the enemy is truly defeated, no soldier or team officer is allowed to leave the main force without permission... This is the provision of the Military Law! Adoris, you disobeyed my orders, abandoned your men, advanced alone, and violated military law. When this battle is over, go back and accept the judgment and punishment of the military judge!"

The squad leader finished speaking in one breath, feeling a little uneasy in his heart, but he didn't expect that after Adoris was lucky enough to be saved, the cold sweat all over his body had already calmed him down, and he answered calmly: "Yes!"

The squad leader breathed a sigh of relief, patted his shoulder hard, and said: "Lead your soldiers, continue fighting, and pursue the enemy!"

"Yes!" Adoris and his comrades pounced on the panicked enemy like wolves among sheep.

This is just one corner of the battlefield.

Judging from the entire battlefield, part of the Dionysian army is chasing the Samnite warriors who retreated before, and another part of the Dionysian army is quickly rushing towards the Samnites who are retreating from the city of Venosa, and some The soldiers followed the reserve cavalry and pursued the Samnites who had retreated earlier.

Of course, these Samnites include two big tribal leaders. They are leading their troops to retreat towards the mountains to the northwest. They know that as long as they escape into the mountains, they will be safe, just like the previous battle at Asculum. Same as ever.

But not long after, they stopped involuntarily, because an array of several thousand people composed of cavalry, light armor, and light infantry was lying in front of them.

"We have been fooled by the Dionysians. They have already set up a siege here!" At this moment, Lesguk's confidence was hit hard. He only felt that his whole body was weak, and his mind was full of memories from more than ten years ago. The sight of that fiasco.

However, Kontruk is old and strong, and when faced with this dilemma, he burst out with fighting spirit: "The descendants of Savoni, fight with the Dionians!"

The Samnite warriors in critical condition roared and rushed forward.

The Dionian soldiers in front shouted the name of Hades and rushed over equally bravely.

Just as the two sides were strangled together, the pursuing Dionian army quickly arrived and joined the battle group.

The Samnite army was defeated from both sides...

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"...Your Majesty, there is news from Venosa——" The herald Aristelas rushed into the military conference room of the palace.

"How is the situation?" While Davos was asking, several ministers of the Ministry of Military Affairs such as Hilos, Philisius, and Hieronimus all focused their attention on Aristelas.

"A few days ago, the Samnites gathered nearly 2500 warriors and raided the Venosa area. Yesterday, just as they were attacking the city of Venosa with all their strength, the Second Army and the Fourth Army arrived in time, starting from Vinosa. A surprise attack was launched south of Nossa. At the same time, the 6000nd Cavalry Corps and the light armor and light infantry brigades of the [-]th and [-]th Corps also crossed the Ofanto River and circled into the mountains behind the Samnite side. , cut off their return route, and the Samnite army was completely defeated. According to the battle report, this raid killed about [-] Samnite people and captured more than [-] people, while we only suffered nearly a thousand casualties. People..." Aristelas, who was always calm, had a trembling voice when retelling the battle report.

After he finished speaking, he respectfully handed the battle report to Davos.

"This is another brilliant victory!" Felicius praised excitedly: "Your Majesty, it is precisely because of your wisdom and decisiveness that you firmly supported Alexis's bold guess that there was such a victory. Big win!"

"This victory is mainly due to Alexis's correct judgment!" Davos said humbly.

It turned out that after Alexis won the battle of Asculum, while writing a battle report to Davos, he also mentioned that since the Dauni area was prepared, the Samnites were likely to divert the raid. The goal is to conduct a surprise attack on the Venosa area northwest of Pucetti. He will organize the reserve forces in the Pucetti area to enter the city of Venosa for defense.At the same time, be prepared at any time. If there is an abnormal situation, immediately send troops to reinforce and attack them from the front and back, and achieve another Asculum-style victory.

After carefully reading Alexis' plan, Davos thought twice and came up with a further idea: not to send troops to Venosa in advance to avoid alerting the enemy.At the same time, he would have the Second Army and the Fourth Army quickly assemble and secretly enter the central town of Silvim in Pucetti, while the troops in the Dauni area should not move to the Vinosa area in order to confuse the enemy. .

This plan was fully implemented after being improved by the Ministry of Military Affairs.

In fact, the cunning Samoni people sent nearly [-] warriors to break into the northwest border of the Dauni region the day before yesterday in order to attract the Dionysian army northward and away from the Pucheti region.Alexis led a large force northward as he wished, and the Samnites finally made up their mind to send an army to invade Venosa the day before yesterday. As a result, they were caught by the well-prepared Dionysian army.

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