v2 Chapter 26： Turai Battle (2)

The Lukania tribes stopped moving forward when they were two miles away from the Greek army, and they began to line up.

The Greek army just waited quietly and did not take the opportunity to attack. This is not surprising, because Turui hopes to change the scene of passive beatings in the first battle, and Lucania also hopes to use this war to completely eliminate the remaining forces of Turui, so the battle is the common aspiration of both sides.

If the Greeks attack at this time, the Lukania tribal coalition forces can only retreat without the completion of the formation, and the infantry chasing the infantry is difficult to catch up at a distance of one kilometer. The time that led to the battle was pushed back. This is unacceptable to General Turui, who has been carefully prepared. Citizens are also unacceptable because it means they have to be scared for longer.

The Greek army gave the Lukania tribe a sufficient time for the coalition, and the Lucanias also made full use of this time. Since the exploration horse has reported the general situation of the Greek army to the leaders of the tribal coalition forces, the leaders of the coalition forces quickly decided on the position of the troops in the battle: the chief of the city of Grummantum, Akpi Leading its tribal warriors to six thousand people in the middle; the soldiers of Niutum and Raos have a total of 4,500 people on the left; and the main ally of Grummentum, the Lucania region, A powerful tribe combined with the 4,000 people led by Cincinnag, the great leader of the city of Picosis, plus 1,500 soldiers in the city of Vige in the Brudy region, a total of 5,500 people. Right wing. The Lukania tribes have a total strength of 16,000 troops and no cavalry.

The city of Grumendum has been in the battle for two years. Its great leader, Akpi, is also experienced in the military. Before the war, he sent many spies to the port of Turui (free here). The place with the most people, mixed with fish and dragons, is not easy to be found.) After receiving a lot of news, combined with the rewards of today’s spies, he has already had a long-term care: although the Turri civic soldiers of the Xijun Middle Road are quite old, However, the number of people is too large to be ignored, and he personally deals with it; the right wing of the Greek army is the Tarantum reinforcements. I heard that the troops have repeatedly defeated the Mesapi people in Tarantum, and it is estimated that the combat effectiveness is not bad, Niutu. Ms. and Raos are sister cities. The cooperation is not a problem. There are 4,500 people who are more than enough to deal with them. The Greeks have the least number of left-wingers. The horses can see the difference between them and the other two. The number of people is really too small. It is said that this Greek mercenary once expedition to Persia, but after Akpiu heard about the stories about them, he believed that the rumors about this unit were too exaggerated, not that they had lost in Persia, and that they had escaped, and that they were doing business in Greece. People always love to brag about themselves. He has no concept of Persian, a distant Eastern power. He believes that the 2,000-strong force is also limited, and the strength of the Picosia warrior is not weaker than Grummantum, and his great leader Cincinnage is not weak. And the son of Gennanet (also the son-in-law of Akpi), the courageous champion, the 4,000 warriors plus the 1,500 Brutus warriors, almost three times the strength of the other side, fully capable In one fell swoop defeated the Greek left wing. Therefore, he locked the victory on his right wing.

The Lucanias are more rapid, because their arrays are not as strict as the Greeks, and the loose formation makes the already large team even bigger.

With the sound of a long horn of horns, this amazing number of troops rushed to the Greek army...

The battle is about to begin! Some filthy old eyes of Fei Ruisi can already see the shadow of the enemy opposite. He took a long breath, whipped up some dry chests, rolled over and told his slaves: "Bring my weapons and helmets!"

Just then, he heard a burst of embarrassment from the soldiers in front.

"What happened?" he asked doubtfully, and the people around him were equally confused. He had to start again and set his eyes to look ahead. There was no change in front. In the direction of the soldiers’ commotion, he saw hundreds of soldiers on the left wing rushing out of the square and running to the opposite Lucanias...

What are they doing? Is it to surrender to the enemy? ... Faures thought of this possibility, the heart was chilly: Is it true that some people say that ‘the mercenary without a sense of belonging is not reliable’!

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Epiphanis and Zipert led more than 600 light infantry out of the array, rushing past the black-pressed Lukaria tribe coalition right wing. Of course, they are not surrendering, but they are carrying out a new tactic that has been practiced according to the requirements of the leader of Daves: before the two armies touched each other, they used light infantry to preempt the enemy to kill them remotely, to defeat the enemy and chaos them. The purpose of the formation.

Faced with a large number of enemy forces, hundreds of lonely soldiers are like small trees in the wind, and there is always the danger of being blown away. This psychological pressure and fear will cause the timid to collapse, but these soldiers are In the Persian journey, hundreds of battles have been tempered, and the spirit has been extremely tough. Their formations are scattered and the speed of the forward is accelerating.

When less than four hundred meters away from the enemy, Epiphanis and Zipert almost simultaneously shouted: "The stone thrower is ready!"

The stone-throwing soldiers stopped and began to untie the slings wrapped around their waists; while the rest of the soldiers continued to move forward, and the archers stopped as they approached the enemy 100 meters; and the 400 light shields also Going forward in running...

Why is Correlat of Picosis loved by the tribal warriors? It is because he is a leader in every battle and rushes to the front line. Seeing these Greeks wearing leather armor lined up in two very loose squad lines, they rushed straight up, and at first he had some doubts. To the north of Picosis is Ilya, the Greek city-state. Picosis has repeatedly invaded its territory. The two sides fought frequently. The way of fighting against the Greeks, Gennanet is familiar, but he has never seen it before. Strange move. But very quickly, when the Greeks raised the cold spear and took a big step for the preparatory movement of the throw, he was shocked: "Be careful with the javelin!! Defense!!"

Hundreds of javelins whistled with fierce winds. The experienced light shields are not throwing straight, but throwing them diagonally forward. Although the Lucanias were equipped with the Greek heavy infantry equipment, they did not learn the principle of "I protect others, others protect me" of the Greek heavy infantry, and hurriedly protected the round shield to protect themselves, making the original slightly loose front. Showing a large gap, this javelin, which was added to the spearhead by Davester, slanted through the gap between the shield and the shield, and most of them plunged into the ribs covered by the multi-layered glued linen armor of the tribal warriors, and the screams sounded. , fell down one piece.

Gennanet reacted quickly, blocking the javelin thrown with a shield, and the javelin pierced the copper outer envelope of the round shield nailed to the shield. Just when he wanted to unplug the javelin, the person next to him shouted: "Be careful with bows!!"

Arrows and stones slammed like raindrops...

Gennanet's head was smashed, and although it was protected by a helmet, it also caused him to stun and almost fall.

This wave of mercenary bows and arrows, the Lucanias did not lose much, but the first few columns in the middle of the right wing of Lucania were in chaos, but the Greek light shields took the opportunity to throw a second round of javelin. Make the javelin's lethality rise sharply...

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Fei Ruisi and Kunogolata were immediately stunned to see this scene. They guessed the combat power of the Daves mercenary, but they never thought it would be such a novel tactic, and the effect was so amazing!

Seeing that part of the front line of the enemy’s right wing is almost fragmented, Kuno Gorata exclaimed with excitement: “I knew that these mercenaries were so powerful, we should learn from them earlier and adopt this tactic!”

Fei Ruisi shook his head: "Our light infantry can not be so bold, away from the square a few hundred meters away, to actively attack a large number of enemies, and only these mercenaries who have fought in battles dare to use this, I am afraid this is They learned the tactics from Persia." Firis said so, there is still a slight regret in his heart: there is no formal battle, the combat power of the Davers mercenary exceeds his expectations, perhaps according to the mercenary The proposal of the young leader gave him another two thousand mercenaries...

Ferris pressed this idea: Since the original plan has been implemented, it is best to implement it! This is his experience from the military for many years.

"Get ready to fight, the enemy will attack!" He reminded the surrounding soldiers while dismounting and began to wear helmets.