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Chapter 81 Battle of Turiyi ([-])
"Oh, these brothers are so powerful! They are indeed heroes who can fight to Persia and back again!"

"Look at those slingers, they are all my fellow Rhode Islanders!"

"And we Thracians, look at how accurately they throw their javelins! I really want to take off this heavy armor, pick up the javelin, and join them!"

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Dracos heard the praise and envy of the soldiers around him. He squeezed the belt behind his buckler hard: "Come on, natives, come and taste our power!" At this moment, he was full of fighting spirit.

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The confident leader of Picosis City, Xinsinag, never expected that his troops would receive a sap before they officially engaged in battle.What made him even more depressed was that the traditional weapons of the Lucanians were javelins, spears and daggers. Javelins were also their strength. However, in order to better attack the Greeks, most of them were replaced with heavy equipment. Only A small number of javelin soldiers were in the rear formation, and the enemy's bows, arrows and flying stones had already reached the rear formation. The javelin soldiers were avoiding the attack, and only a few were able to fight back. However, the enemy could not be seen, and the enemy's number was small and scattered. The result of the battle was naturally Very few.Fortunately, there were not many enemy light infantry, and the two ends of the right-wing phalanx were less affected.Therefore, in desperation, Xinsinaga urged the two ends to accelerate toward the center, trying to surround or drive away these nasty and terrifying enemies...

The Lucarians in the center and left wing saw the tragic experience of the right wing and were afraid that they would suffer the same situation. The soldiers and leaders subconsciously accelerated their advance, hoping to contact the Greek army as soon as possible.

Tens of thousands of warriors took great strides and charged forward, causing the earth to tremble.

Archieta, Ferris, Dracos...etc, every general and leader started shouting: "Shield Defense!"

At the forefront of the phalanx are the soldiers who step forward with their left foot slightly bent, their right foot pushing on the ground behind them, their round shields protecting their left front, their spears held high, and their spear points pointing forward and down.The soldiers in the rear row were stacked one on top of another, pressing against the backs of the soldiers in front, thrusting their spears forward, and connecting their shields... The entire phalanx was like a huge metal monster with spikes all over its body.

With a charge of hundreds of meters and a slightly higher terrain (although the Subari Plain is flat, the terrain gradually rises as it extends to the west), the Lucanian warriors, with strong momentum, crashed straight into the Greek infantry. phalanx.

With a loud bang, on this day at the end of April in 390 BC, the battle between the Tuliyi and Lucanian tribal alliances officially began...

For both sides, this is a life-and-death battle, but in the eyes of the powerful powers in the Mediterranean, it is so inconspicuous: Carthage and Syracuse will not notice, because both sides are accumulating strength to compete for dominance in Sicily. A new round of confrontation is about to begin; Rome will not notice because they are busy besieging and attacking the great Etruscan state Vei on the upper reaches of the Tiber River; Sparta and Persia will not notice because both sides They are all making their own preparations for the upcoming war in Asia Minor; Athens will not notice, because their energy is focused on how to quickly restore the national strength that has been dazzled by long years of war, and at the same time, they must force Sparta's tyrannical behavior Forbearance; Macedonia will not notice that at this time, its kingdom is torn apart, kings change frequently, and the Macedonians, who are suffering from internal and external troubles, may be looking forward to a strong monarch to save them from dire straits... Hundreds of kingdoms, city-states and ethnic groups in the Mediterranean may Busy with survival, or busy with invasion, I have no time or ability to understand the struggle between two unknown forces in the southern part of the Italian peninsula.However, this battle (later known as the Battle of Thurii) opened the most splendid and glorious new chapter in the magnificent ancient history of the Mediterranean.

The Lucarians are a mountain tribe. They are enthusiastic and impulsive. During the rapid sprint, their fighting spirit continues to rise. Therefore, when they see the spear and shield array in front of them, some soldiers think of something other than the shield-raising that the leaders emphasized before. After the impact, their brains were filled with high fighting spirit and they jumped directly in, especially Grumentum. The long-term battle produced a large number of warriors who made a living by fighting, so those who took such "reckless" actions There were quite a few, and although they were more susceptible to being stabbed, they disrupted the Greek army's defensive formation.

Especially the Turiyi citizen soldiers and the Dracos mercenaries in the middle, because they have not trained together before, their cooperation is not very tacit. The natural formations are not very closely connected horizontally. In addition, Dracos has a strong influence on the mountain people. I have never seen this kind of racial impact, and I lack the means to deal with it.Therefore, the Greek army fell into a bitter battle in the middle from the beginning...

The citizen soldiers of Tarantum, who were at the front of the phalanx on the right wing of the Greek army, were obviously much more experienced in dealing with the impact of the Lucanian warriors, and the Niutum and Laos warriors were far less ferocious than Grumentum. , and did not cause much impact on the right wing of the Greek army.The shields of both sides collided with each other, spears exchanged, and the pushing and fighting began... Two hundred cavalry also galloped forward, attacking the side of Lucalia's left wing from time to time. As long as the Lucania warriors stepped forward to block them, they would He immediately retreated. The Greek cavalry was still a flower in the greenhouse. They were far from the superb riding skills of the Numidians, and they were not as tough as the Gallic and German cavalry. They could only start to harass.But even so, Lucania's left wing was wary and did not dare to fully commit to the attack.Therefore, even though they have more people than the Greek right wing and the phalanx is thicker, the two sides are still in a stalemate...

When the Lucania coalition's left and center had begun fighting, the right wing was still advancing slowly. The mercenary light infantry retreated while fighting, successfully slowing down the enemy's advance. The distance between the two armies was almost At 50 meters, the light infantry part withdrew from the battlefield from the front and outside of the phalanx, and part of them passed through the gap left by the phalanx and retreated to the rear.

At this time, the formation of the Lucanian coalition's right wing had become a crescent shape, with both ends protruding and the middle recessed.Cincinnago, who is in the formation, has lost control of the army, and is unable to reorganize the formation. The only thing he can do is to order the trumpeter to sound the charge horn. The only 50-meter distance will become the final sprint of the soldiers. Well, when the horn sounded, there was also a rhythmic sound of copper horns from the opposite side, which made Cincinnag suddenly vigilant, nervously guessing what the next move of this formidable enemy on the opposite side would be, at the forefront of the front line Gnainath, who was also wounded in many places, clearly saw the Greek heavy infantry on the opposite side raising their right arms and leaning back, but their legs took two steps forward. Lennart quickly crouched his whole body under his buckler.

Thousands of javelins leaped tens of meters in an instant and fell into the Lucaria formation that was about to charge. What they set off was no longer the waves like before, but a wave of death. Hundreds of people were killed and injured in an instant. Almost blocking the forward speed of Lucaria's team...

At this moment, the terrifying copper horn sounded rapidly again, and the Greek mercenaries immediately shouted: "Hades!!!" holding shield guns and charging forward.

The charge of the mercenaries was not all at once. The soldiers on the far right did not move forward because they considered the connection with the middle. However, the soldiers in the middle and left completely ignored the thinness of their own array and the large number of enemies, and rushed towards the enemy with high fighting spirit. The army is like a long dragon waving its tail extremely powerfully.

The Lucanian front line had not yet recovered from the javelin attack just now, and the formation was in chaos.At this moment, the charge of the mercenary army came one after another. The soldiers were extremely skillful in using the kinetic energy transformed by the sprinting speed, and slammed into each other with their shields to open the opponent's defense. Quickly and accurately stabbing the opponent's throat or face, the Lucanians' front line fell down in a row...

Such terrifying attack efficiency and intimidating momentum frightened the Lucarians in the back row. They who prided themselves on being brave could not help but start to retreat at this moment... The mercenaries pursued them step by step, and the Lucarians followed step by step. Retreat... The collapse of the Lucanian coalition's right wing is right in front of us.

Note: Vergae is the northernmost town of the Brutians, bordering on Laos.

(End of this chapter)