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Chapter 79 Battle of Turiyi ([-])

The trumpets of the Greek city-states attacking and retreating were roughly the same, and the previous military deployment of Thurii remained basically the same, except that all [-] cavalry were allocated to Archyta, which made Archyta even more fond of Davos. Thank him profusely.

Burkos stood not far away, watching everyone discussing. He also had a good impression of Davos and didn't understand why Davos would sing praises to the Pythagoreans at this time. He had never heard him mention it before. !Didn't he know that in Magna Graecia, except for Tarantum, no city-state would have a favorable opinion of the Pythagoreans, making it difficult for this mysterious group to survive in Magna Graecia?His attitude may affect Ferris, Kunogorata and others' impressions of him!

Just when Burkos was worried about Davers, the meeting in front of the station ended quickly.Davos jumped on the horse, and walked slowly towards his own team, while observing the two teams passing by him that were about to fight side by side: the Tarantum reinforcement soldiers led by Archieta, all of them were two The 30-year-old strong young man is full of energy, carrying a round shield on his left shoulder, a lance on his right shoulder, and a helmet. While marching, he talks to his companions with a relaxed expression; while most of the citizen soldiers in Turui show expressions Dignified, many people have gray hair and slightly stooped bodies...

As he watched, Davos frowned. Suddenly he felt something was wrong. He pointed at the back of the team and said to Burkos who was following him: "What's going on? Why are there soldiers wearing leather armor? ... ...Wait a minute... Some of them are actually half-naked, there are quite a few such soldiers... No, there are more than 4000 of you!"

Burkos then said: "Those are all free people and foreigners living in Thurii. After discussion, the Thurii Citizens' Assembly passed a resolution, 'All free people and foreigners who participated in this war will win the war. "I will become a citizen of Thurii in the future." Speaking of which, your suggestion reminded us. Now the number of people in Thurii is about 6000." Burkos looked a little proud.

This slightly relieved Davos's uneasiness, and he sighed: "I didn't expect that there are so many free people in Turiyi City!"

"Actually, this is only a small part. Most of the free people are waiting and watching and have not joined this battle." Burkos's words surprised Davos, but also made him thoughtful.

The Turiyi coalition forces were divided into three columns: left, center, and right. They lined up in long lines on the Subali Plain and slowly marched westward along the Krati River.Scout cavalry kept going back and forth, reporting on the movements of the Lucanians.

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The messenger came and said to Leader Davos: "General Ferris orders you to stop advancing and form an array here!"

"Got it." Davos nodded in response, and then said to the trumpeter beside him: "Blow the trumpet, stop advancing!"

The bugle sounded, and the mercenary team quickly stopped advancing.

"Order, form a formation!" Davos ordered again.

The bugler blew the round copper horn again.

Immediately, the head of the mercenary column moved to the right and the tail swung forward.Davos's army uses the squad as the basic unit of combat (the squad only plays a management role and cannot fight independently). Throw it over and face west, the formation is basically completed, and the speed is very fast.

Davers arranged the [-]st Heavy Infantry Company on the far right, because this side was to connect with Thurii's center, so Capps, the steady captain of the [-]st Heavy Infantry Company, controlled the team's attack and retreat. Prevent disconnection from the middle.At the far left is the third heavy infantry company led by Amyntas. Considering the large number of enemies, the far left flank may be surrounded. A company captain who dares to fight and fight will keep the morale of the soldiers high. In fact, Davos felt that Hieronymus, who was equally brave but had more combat experience, was more suitable for this important task. However, this former expeditionary general who had just joined him had too many recruits (those who joined the team in Byzantium). ), Davos is not yet reassured.Fortunately, Amyntas is supported by two companies of light shields behind him. I believe that there will be no problem in stabilizing the defense line.Traditionally, the thickness of the Greek phalanx was at least eight rows, but Davos's team had only four rows. This was because of the small number of troops. To ensure the length of the front, the thickness could only be thinner.But Davers believed that the experienced mercenaries were fully capable of blocking the numerous enemies.

The left wing has been formed, and the center is still slowly unfolding. The shouts of the officers, the orders of the orderlies, and the soldiers reminding each other, all kinds of sounds are intertwined together, just like a noisy big market... Ferris Put Drakos's thousand mercenaries at the forefront of the front, with Thurii citizen soldiers in the middle, and behind the free civilians, there were more than a dozen columns thick...

The right wing formation is also relatively rapid.Achita arranged the citizens of Tarantum in the front, the mercenaries in the back, and two hundred cavalry on the far right. His phalanx was also eight columns thick.

Finally, the array in the center was completed, and the arrays on the left, center, and right were connected in a line.The priests of Thurii carried the statue of the sun god Apollo, the patron saint of Thurii, to the square and began to sing hymns, and then offered blood food to pray for victory in the war. The soldiers also began to silently pray to Apollo prayed for his blessing; the soldiers of Tarantum also prayed, but not to the sun god. Their city-state had its own patron god Poseidon, and even a legendary city-state demigod hero. Frantus; while most mercenaries believe in Ares, the god of war, and Zeus, the main god, but Davos's soldiers are different. They also believed in Ares before, but Davos led them to victory one after another. , after creating many miracles, he began to believe in Hades...

When the whole army was immersed in praying to the gods, the scouts also rode back one after another, bringing news that the Lucania coalition forces were coming. Lucania's scouts also appeared in the Greek coalition formation. Before, he was quickly forced back by the Greek cavalry with a large number of people.

"The Lucanians are less than three miles away from us... we should ask the entire army to prepare!" Kunogolata said nervously.

Ferris waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, the Lucanians will not attack so quickly. Their army has not appeared yet. Even if it does, it will take some time just to set up the battle formation."

Kunogorata retreated angrily.

After a while, I saw a piece of golden light shining on the far field, covering the mountains and plains, like a golden torrent rolling towards the east.

Kunogorata took a breath and said nervously: "Just like the young leader of the mercenary said, the Lucanians have indeed changed into our weapons and armor, which is a bit troublesome!"

"Don't worry, even if the Lucanians changed their equipment, they couldn't learn the battle formations of our Greeks in such a short period of time, but they also lost their own strengths. Maybe it's a good thing." Ferry Si comforted him calmly, then turned to the herald and said: "Quickly inform the team officers, tell them not to worry, and let the soldiers continue to rest."

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"Damn it, we have the sun behind us, and the sun shines on them, making my eyes very uncomfortable. When we fight later, throwing javelins at Epithenes and Zipit will have an impact!" Matoris felt a little uncomfortable. Very uneasy.

"Then what can we do? Who told us to be in the east? Isn't the patron saint of Tulii Apollo? Why not let them pray to Apollo and don't have to come out today." Olivers said jokingly.

"It's better to find our leader Davos and let Hades directly turn the day into night, so there is no need to fight this battle." Epithenes also joked.

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The mercenary soldiers were resting, and the team officers also gathered around Davos and joked in a few words, without taking the large number of Lucanians opposite them seriously.

(End of this chapter)