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Chapter 80 Battle of Turiyi ([-])
The Lucanian tribal coalition stopped advancing when they were two miles away from the Greek army, and they also began to form formations.

The Greek army just waited quietly and did not take the opportunity to attack.This is not surprising, because Turui hopes to change its passive situation of being beaten by a battle, and Lucania also hopes to use this battle to completely eliminate the remaining strength of Turui, so the battle is the common wish of both parties.

If the Greek army attacks at this time, the Lucanian tribal coalition forces will have no choice but to retreat without completing their formation. However, if the infantry pursues the infantry, it will be difficult to catch up at a distance of 1000 meters. In the end, it will only lead to The battle was postponed.This was unacceptable to the Turiyi generals who had made careful preparations.Citizens cannot accept it, because it means they will have to be afraid for a longer period of time.

The Greek army gave the Lucanian tribal coalition sufficient time to form their formation, and the Lucanians also made full use of this time.Since Tanma had reported the general situation of the Greek army's formation to the leaders of the tribal coalition, the coalition leaders quickly decided on the position of each unit in the formation after urgent discussions: Akpiru, the chief leader of Grumentum City He led 6000 of his tribal warriors in the middle; a total of 500 warriors from the two cities of Niutum and Laos were on the left; and Grumentum's main ally, another powerful force in the Lucania region The tribe united 4000 people led by Xinsinag, the great leader of Pikossis City, plus 500 warriors from Vig City in the Bruti region, for a total of 500 people on the right wing.The total strength of the Lucanian tribal coalition is 6000 men, with no cavalry.

Grumentum City has been at war for the past two years, and its leader Akpiru is also considered to be experienced in military matters. Before the war began, he sent many spies in disguise to enter the port of Turiyi City (here is the Free City (the place with the largest number of civilians, mixed with fish and dragons, not easy to be discovered), and got a lot of information. Combined with today's spies' returns, he had already made a calculation in his mind: Although there are many older citizens of Thurii in the middle of the Greek army, But the number is too large and cannot be underestimated, so he will deal with it personally; the right wing of the Greek army is the Tarantum reinforcements. I heard that this time the troops defeated the Messapians many times in Tarantum, and their combat effectiveness is estimated to be not bad, Niutu Mu and Laos are sister cities, so coordination is not a problem. There are 500 people, which is more than enough to deal with them. The left wing of the Greek army has the smallest number of people. Tanma can almost see the difference in numbers between it and the other two groups at a glance, because of its The number of people is too small.It is said that this Greek mercenary army once went on an expedition to Persia, but after Akpiru heard the stories about them, he thought that the rumors about this army were too exaggerated. They were just defeated in Persia and escaped back. Greek merchants People always like to brag about themselves.He had no idea about the distant eastern power of Persia, and believed that no matter how strong the 2000-man army was, it would be limited. The bravery of the Picosis warriors was not weaker than that of Grumentum, and the ability of its leader Xinsinaga was not weak either. Moreover, his son Gnainat (who is also Akpiru's son-in-law) is the bravest of the entire clan. With [-] warriors plus [-] Bruti warriors, which is almost three times the opponent's strength, he is completely capable of killing him in one fell swoop. Destroy the left wing of the Greek army.Therefore, he locked the chance of victory on his right wing.

The Lucanians deployed their formation relatively quickly, because their formation was not as tight as the Greek army. The loose formation made the already huge team even larger.

As several long horn horns sounded, this time an astonishing number of troops slowly pressed towards the Greek army like an overwhelming mountain...

The battle is about to begin!Ferris' somewhat cloudy old eyes could already see the shadow of the enemy on the opposite side.He took a long breath, puffed up his somewhat dry chest, turned over and dismounted, and ordered his slaves: "Bring me my weapons and helmet!"

At this moment, he heard a noise from the soldiers in front.

"What happened?" He asked suspiciously, and the people around him were also puzzled.He had no choice but to mount his horse again and look forward, but there was no change in front.But looking in the direction of the commotion of the soldiers, he saw hundreds of soldiers on the left rushing out of the phalanx and running towards the Lucanians on the opposite side...

What are they doing?Are you going to surrender to the enemy? …When Ferris thought of this possibility, he felt chills in his heart: Is it true that, as some people said, 'mercenaries without a sense of belonging are unreliable'!
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Epithenes and Zipit led more than 600 light infantrymen to run out of the array and rushed towards the dark right wing of the Lucalian tribal coalition.Of course they were not going to surrender, but they were implementing a new tactic that had been drilled according to the request of the leader of Davos: that is, before the two armies collided, they would use light infantry to kill the enemy at a long distance first, so as to dampen the enemy's spirit and disrupt the enemy's spirit. The purpose of the formation.

Facing a huge number of enemy troops, hundreds of lonely soldiers are like small trees in the strong wind, in danger of being blown off at any time. This kind of psychological pressure and fear will make the timid collapse, but these soldiers are in danger of being blown away at any time. Having been tempered by hundreds of battles during the Persian campaign, their spirit has become extremely tough. Their formation is scattered but not chaotic, and their forward speed is accelerating.

When they were less than 400 meters away from the enemy, Epithenes and Tspit shouted almost simultaneously: "The catapults are ready!"

The slingers stopped and began to untie the slings wrapped around their waists; while the other soldiers continued to advance. When they were about 100 meters away from the enemy, the archers stopped; while the four hundred light shield soldiers were still there. Running forward...

The reason why Greirat of Picosis is loved by the tribal warriors is because he takes the lead in every battle and is on the front line.Seeing these Greeks wearing leather armor forming two very loose skirmish lines and rushing straight up, he was a little confused at first.To the north of Pikosis is the Greek city-state Ilia. Pikosis has invaded its territory many times, and the two sides have fought frequently. Gnainat is familiar with the fighting methods of the Greeks, but he has never seen anything like this. Strange behavior.But soon, when the Greek raised the gleaming spearhead, took a long step, and made preparations for throwing, he was shocked: "Be careful with the javelin!! Defense!!"

Hundreds of javelins roared in with the sound of fierce wind.The experienced peltasts did not throw in a straight line, but diagonally forward.Although the Lucanians were fully equipped with Greek heavy infantry equipment, they did not learn the Greek heavy infantry's principle of "I protect others, and others protect me". They hurriedly covered themselves with round shields, making the already slightly loose line Large gaps were exposed. This kind of javelin, whose spearhead was specially weighted by Davos, passed diagonally through the gaps between the shields. Most of them penetrated into the ribs of the tribal warriors covered by the multi-layer glued linen armor, and screams rang out. , fell into pieces.

Gnainat reacted quickly and blocked the thrown javelin with his shield. The javelin actually pierced the copper outer cover of the round shield and was nailed to the shield.Just as he was about to pull out the javelin, the man next to him shouted: "Be careful with bows and arrows!!"

Arrows and stones rained down...

Gnainat was hit on the head. Although he was protected by a helmet, it also made him dizzy and almost fell.

This wave of mercenary bows, arrows and flying stones caused little damage to the Lucanians, but it caused chaos in the first few columns in the middle of the Lucanian right wing. However, the Greek light shield soldiers took the opportunity to throw a second round of javelins, and The lethality of the javelin gun increased significantly...

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Ferris and Kunogorata were dumbfounded when they saw this scene on their horses. They had guessed at the combat effectiveness of Davos's mercenaries, but they never expected such a novel tactic, and the effect was so amazing!
Seeing that part of the enemy's right front line was almost in pieces, Kunogolata said excitedly: "If we had known these mercenaries were so powerful, we should have learned from them earlier and adopted this tactic!"

Ferris shook his head: "Our light infantry will not be so bold, leaving the phalanx a few hundred meters away to actively attack a large number of enemies. Only these mercenaries who have experienced hundreds of battles dare to do this. I'm afraid this is They learned the tactics from Persia." Ferris said this, but he still felt a little regret in his heart: Before the formal battle, the combat effectiveness of Davos's mercenaries exceeded his expectations. Perhaps he should follow the mercenary's instructions According to the suggestion of the young leader, allocate another [-] mercenaries to him...

Ferris suppressed this idea: Since the original plan has been implemented, it is best to implement it to the end!This is the experience he gained from his many years in the military.

"Get ready to fight, the enemy is about to attack!" He reminded the soldiers around him, dismounted and began to put on his helmet.

(End of this chapter)