ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 91 Battle of the Great River Beach ([-])
Severa staggered back a few steps and wanted to throw the spear in his hand to fight back, but his already tired body was hit hard again. With all his strength exhausted, he fell down and slid down the slope...

Severa's death did not scare the subsequent warriors. The belief in living gave them temporary courage and strength. Soldiers continued to fall down after being shot, and warriors continued to rush forward. Seeing the Lucanian warriors Already approaching the top of the slope...

The brass horn sounded promptly and urgently. The light shield soldiers quickly retreated from the gaps in the mercenary heavy infantry array. The heavy infantry stepped forward to form a long and thin dense phalanx. They stood on the top of the slope and used long steel walls. Destroying the enemy's hope of escaping; the light infantry behind them continued to fire javelins, arrows, and flying stones regardless of their sore arms, allowing them to pass over the heavy infantry in front in a perfect arc and land on the slope. Next, they continued to kill subsequent enemies to avoid continuous impacts; the slaves behind had already brought bundles of arrows and javelins to replenish the long-range weapons consumed by the light infantry.

Dracos stood at the forefront of the defense line. Facing the enemies who were charging up the slope one after another, not only did he not have any nervousness or fear, but he was full of fighting spirit: "Brothers, drive the enemies down!"

"Roar!!!" The soldiers were inspired by him, raised their shields and spears, and roared in unison.

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As the great leader of Grumentum and the leader of the Lucanian tribal alliance, Akpiru, who is over fifty years old, certainly cannot impulsively throw himself into the pursuit like a young warrior.If he doesn't chase, there are four hundred Grumentum warriors who are responsible for his safety. Of course, it is impossible to abandon him to chase alone. In the same situation as him, there are Niutum and Laos, and the three The total number of warriors in this team is about 700.

After they met, they moved forward at a faster speed. When they were about to reach the hot spring swamp, they heard the loud sounds of fighting and screams in front of them...

The faces of the big leaders changed.

"Speed ​​up and get over there!" Akpiru urgently ordered.

The rapidly advancing team encountered the Davos mercenaries who were also rushing in to complete the work of sealing the encirclement.

When Felicius saw the enemy troops on the mountain road, he felt a thump in his heart. Fortunately, he was experienced and quickly made his own deployment: the first, second, and third companies were commanded by Capps, blocking the enemy. The surrounding enemies; the [-]th, [-]th, [-]th and [-]th companies followed him to attack the enemies in front.

At the same time, Felicius also called the messenger: "Go and notify Melses and let him lead the slaves to arrive quickly!"

Akpiru saw that the Greeks dared to divide their troops in the face of his own approach, and he became increasingly uneasy: If there were no more important things, how dare these cowardly Greeks do this? !
He immediately issued an order: "Give me an all-out attack!"

Two heavily armed teams, both their own elites, collided directly without formation or deployment...

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Capps led his army to the west of the big river beach and ran into the shocked Lucarian warriors who had just climbed out of the slope.

They were immediately beaten, leaving dozens of corpses rolling down the slope, and mercenaries immediately blocked the gap.

Now, to the east of the Great River Flats are Tarantum's reinforcements; to the north are Drakos and his mercenaries, all light infantry, and slave soldiers; to the west are the heavy infantry of Davos's mercenaries; and to the south are Spring Rain-flooded hot spring marshes and the Tino River.

More than 9000 Lucanian tribal coalition troops were surrounded in a narrow and low-lying area about two miles long and half a mile wide. The total strength of the surrounding side was only more than 7000 (plus slave soldiers). The blockade line was weak, especially To the west, there are only 600 Davos mercenaries, almost a single row of infantry. The Dracos mercenaries extending to the north are connected to their array, like dumplings with thin skin and lots of fillings, in danger of being squeezed at any time. , Fortunately, the Lucanians in the encirclement were temporarily chaotic and disorganized, bumping around like headless flies, unable to form a joint force.

In Davers' plan, the long-range fire strike of light infantry is the main factor in weakening the enemy's strength, and his Persian expeditionary force not only plays the role of completing the encirclement, but also his most trusted offensive force. Now due to an accident , the strength of this expeditionary force was dispersed. After Davos learned about this emergency situation through the reconnaissance cavalry, although he was anxious, this was still one of the several possibilities in his pre-plan, and he had backup measures.

He immediately sent out cavalry, urging Melses to speed up his troops, rush to the place where Felicius's troops were fighting, meet up with Felicius, concentrate his forces, annihilate the unexpected enemy troops in one fell swoop, and then reinvest in the battle against Lucius. Encircled and annihilated by the Carians.

Time is now the key to the Greek army's victory.

Akpiru also knows its importance.

Two elite troops fought bloody battles: one was warriors selected from the Lucanian tribal alliance, who had not gone through a fierce fight and was still physically strong; the other was Greek mercenaries who had expeditions to Persia, experienced They are superb, but running non-stop has left them extremely lacking in physical strength.But the course of the battle surprised Akpiru.He originally thought that the Greeks didn't form a phalanx. Logically, the Lucanian fighters who are accustomed to this fighting style should have the upper hand in such a melee. However, the Lucanian fighters gradually began to retreat...

Akpiru, who stood at a high place in the rear, observed: Greeks often gather in groups of dozens of people (actually a unique detachment of Davos mercenaries). They are not only very organized, but also flexible and cooperative with each other. They have a tacit understanding and are even more lethal. Instead, the Lucanians were cut into pieces by them, like a plate of loose sand...

This made him realize the seriousness of the matter. He quickly sent a small group of warriors, ordered them to return to the camp quickly, and informed Xinsinag, the chief leader of Picosis, to come immediately with the remaining warriors to help him defeat the current enemy. Further smash the enemy's conspiracy!

The soldiers who went back to report the news were attacked by the Ledes cavalry (Last night, Davers took the opportunity to temporarily borrow ten horses from Burkos, so that the mercenary cavalry team could be rebuilt). Due to the rugged mountain road, the The speed of the cavalry could not be fully utilized. Several wounded warriors escaped from the cavalry's pursuit and ran wildly into the Lucania camp.

"Quick...quickly inform the chief of Xinsinag! We have been ambushed, send reinforcements quickly!" Under the surprised eyes of the soldiers who were preparing to withdraw from the camp, they cried eagerly as they fell to the ground exhausted.

However, the expressions of the surrounding soldiers began to look a little strange.

"Oops, it's the Vig people!" The soldier who reported the news realized the difference between these people and couldn't help being surprised.

But saw a person squatting down, and asked in a deep voice: "What ambush?! What happened?!"

The warrior seemed to remember that the person speaking was a leader from Veg City named Salu...

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Akpiru asked Picosis and Weig to be responsible for the evacuation of the camp, but Xinsinag left all this hard work to the Weig people. He, his son and several leaders were in the big tent to "take the next step" "How to protect the interests of Pikosis after the Subari Plain".

The guard suddenly broke in and shouted in panic: "Big boss, it's not good! The Vig people suddenly attacked us!"

What! !Xinsinag was startled, and immediately yelled angrily: "The Weg people who deserve to be killed, don't they want to live?!"

He hurriedly walked out of the military tent, and the scene in front of him was far beyond his expectation: thick smoke billowed everywhere in the camp, countless tents were burning in the fire, and the Vig people were armed with spears and divided into countless small teams, chasing the unsuspecting Pico everywhere. Sith warriors, Picosis fled in panic...

Xinsinag's ears were filled with the screams of his tribe, which made him almost crazy: "Ah!!... I have long said that these despicable Bruti people should be killed, but Akpiru just didn't listen! ...Gnaina Express! Hurry up and organize the soldiers to counterattack! Counterattack! Repulse them! Kill them all! We will also destroy Vege City!!...Ah!!..."

No need for him to say anything, Grenate and several leaders had already rushed out in a hurry.

But for the Picosis, the situation was dire.The Vig people came well prepared, but because the Picosis suffered too many casualties yesterday (more than 1000 people, most of whom were wounded), most of the soldiers stayed in the tents to take care of their comrades. The Vig people set fires everywhere, but they were unable to The young Picossians were burned alive in their tents…

(End of this chapter)