ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 92 Battle of the Great River Beach ([-])
For a moment, the camp was in chaos. Gnainat and the others were unable to gather enough warriors to repel the riot set off by the Vigors for revenge...

"Captain, look!" outside the Lucania camp, the mercenary cavalry who was observing the movement shouted excitedly.

Ledes was originally upset because he did not stop all the soldiers reporting from Lucania. Unexpectedly, the enemy camp actually caught fire, and then he saw the people inside starting to fight each other. He couldn't believe his eyes.

"Captain, it's internal fighting! The enemy is fighting among themselves!!" The cavalryman next to him continued to shout excitedly.

Leders suppressed the excitement in his heart and observed for a while. After confirming it, he said: "Quick! Go back and tell Chief Davos that the enemy's camp is in serious internal strife and is temporarily unable to send reinforcements!"

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Davos didn't know that there was internal strife in the Lucania camp, and he was now worried about the stalemate in front of him.

Although the Lucanian warriors were poorly equipped, lacked physical strength, and had slippery feet (the river beach became muddy due to frequent trampling), they were still like the tide in the sea, hitting the Greek defense line one after another. The bloody nature of the soldiers was also aroused in the screams of their compatriots: even if they were stabbed by a bayonet, they would hold on to the bayonet; if knocked down by a buckler, they would desperately hook the Greek soldiers before sliding down the slope. feet...

The Greek defense line in the north was crumbling.

"Report, the leader of Dracos has fallen!"

"What?!" Davos was startled. Behind the heavy infantry line, he had already felt the commotion of the mercenaries in front, and the commotion was spreading.

"Let Archita send 300 men to support the north!" Davos said anxiously.

"Boss, you have issued this order before. Tarantum has no soldiers to send, and they are also in great difficulty!" Asistes reminded.

"Yeah." Davos rubbed his face with his hands. It was his first time to independently command such a large battle. It was related to the future fate of him and the soldiers, and he was a little nervous.He took a deep breath, tried his best to calm down, and then decisively gave the order: "Order the slave team and light shield soldiers to enter the battle!"

Then, he looked back at Martius: "It's our turn!"

"Ho!" Martius slapped the round shield with his saber excitedly, and the guards put down their spears one after another, drew out their sabers, and roared loudly.They are experienced and know that in such an extremely crowded battlefield, long weapons are no longer useful.

Davos rushed forward first, followed closely by Martius's escorts, who quickly protected him on both sides. Asistes held the military flag high, behind Davos.

The high-flying military flag made the mercenaries who began to break up hesitate, and also allowed the Lucanians who were charging randomly to find their target, and gradually rushed towards Davos and the others, which slightly eased the pressure on other defense lines, but made Davos The impact faced by Firth suddenly increased...

At this time, the brass horn continued to sound.

Although the peltasts were already numb from throwing javelins frequently, they did not hesitate to rush forward to block the mercenaries under the leadership of Epithenes and Zipit, raising their leather shields and long-handled reverse blades. The gap in the military defense line.

And the slave soldiers couldn't wait a long time ago, because Davos promised them that as long as the battle was won, they would be free.So as soon as the order came, they shouted: "For freedom!!!"

With abundant physical strength and high fighting spirit, they had no combat skills and forced some of the enemies who had broken through the defense line back down the slope. At the same time, some mercenaries were squeezed down by them...

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Also shouting "for freedom" was the team led by Merses. Under the leadership of the mercenary veterans, these one thousand slaves not only quickly rushed to Felicius's location, but also bypassed the crisscrossing and melee. The fronts of both teams were like hammers hitting the enemy's sides and rear with all their strength.

Akpiru and the other two big leaders, who were worrying about the battle at the rear, were the first to bear the brunt. The few guards around them could not stop the onslaught of the excited slaves.

"Why?! Why hasn't Xinsinag arrived yet?!" Akpiru shouted angrily.

"Big leader, retreat quickly, we won't be able to leave any longer!" his subordinates urged anxiously.

withdraw?Throw nearly [-] soldiers here? !How could Akpiru give up? He still wanted to persist, but he heard a sad cry from not far away: "Big leader! Big leader!..."

It turned out that Udler, the leader of Niwutum, was hit by several spears and fell to the ground seriously.

Akpiru finally no longer hesitated. Under the desperate protection of his subordinates, Akpiru and Laos leader Tula fled westward in panic with dozens of people. The remaining more than 500 Lucanian warriors were all trapped. Had dumplings.

At this time, the cavalry of Laides just rushed back to the battle site, shouting loudly: "There is internal strife in the enemy's camp, reinforcements will not come for a while!"

This good news greatly boosted the morale of the mercenaries, and the Lucanian warriors who could understand Greek were shocked. (As neighbors of the Greek city-states, the Lucanians were hostile, but they also had trade exchanges. , there are many people who can speak Greek), coupled with the leader fleeing before the battle, morale plummeted...

The mercenary soldiers and slave soldiers attacked back and forth, and the [-] Lucanian soldiers were either killed or fled.Then the team at the joint unit did not rest, and Felicius ordered the slave soldiers and mercenaries led by Merxishi to quickly reinforce the western defense line.

At this time, the situation of the western defense line was even worse than that of the northern defense line. The troops led by Capps were limited and stretched, and the thin defense line was broken through by the surging flow of people in many places.

Capos, Antonios, and Alexis, together with the soldiers, held shield guns and went into battle to fight (according to the military law stipulated by Davos: without special circumstances, the company captain is not allowed to fight with the enemy in person to prevent loss of command).

At this critical moment, Felicius led his team to arrive, and nearly 2000 people joined to finally stabilize the line of defense...

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The battle lasted for more than an hour, and the impact of the Lucanian tribal coalition forces on the defense line began to weaken...

The entire river beach area was full of warriors who were injured by stabbing, spearing, arrows, flying stones, and even being trampled by their own people. There were endless groans, howls, and cries, and the voices became louder and louder. They were still fighting There are fewer and fewer tribal warriors...

Seeing that there was no hope of breaking out, more and more soldiers turned to cross the Tino River and fled to the hot spring swamp. As a result, they were either washed away by the river, or their feet got stuck in the mud of the swamp and could not move...

At this time, Davos decided that the time was ripe and resolutely issued the order to attack.

The brass horn sounded loudly and urgently, and the already extremely tired Greek soldiers, stimulated by the impending victory, led by generals such as Davos, Archita, and Felixius, marched from the east, west, and north, Like a tiger pouncing on prey, it launched a final attack on the enemy down the slope who had almost lost the ability to resist. The Lucania warriors could not resist and retreated continuously... In the end, except for a small number of warriors who surrendered, the rest were not killed, even if Forced into the Tino River and hot spring swamps, they were killed by long-range attacks from bows, arrows and javelins...

The first large-scale battle under the independent command of Daves in his long military career: the Battle of the Great River Beach (also known as the War of Hot Springs and Swamps in later generations), with about 9000 mixed troops (including slaves) against the Lucanian tribe There were more than 1000 coalition forces, and the final result was that the Greek army suffered more than 9000 casualties (half of them were slaves), and the Lucaria tribe's coalition forces of more than 400 people were wiped out except for more than [-] people who surrendered. Davos won a big victory .

The whole river beach is piled with corpses like a mountain, and blood flows like a river...

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The efforts of Xinsinag, Gnainat and others were in vain, and Picosis' defeat was irreversible. They finally escaped from the camp with more than 200 people, and watched helplessly as the fire spread across the camp for several miles. Burned to ashes...

The Vig people, their enemies of life and death, entered the mountain road to the west under the leadership of Sedorum intact, and embarked on their return journey.

　Brothers, Davos’s battle to gain a foothold is over. If you think his command is exciting enough, would you like to give him some rewards?Let him be more motivated in the next action!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)