v3 Chapter 42： Surprise (2)

Davers stood up and looked around at everyone. His voice was low and powerful: "The battle in the early morning will determine the ownership of the Sobari plain! Determine the future of our Amendora citizens! When the battle is launched, there is no horn, and no yelling! We want to smash! Be fierce! Be fast! Destroy the enemy in your dreams at the fastest speed! Prompt into the center at the fastest speed! The faster we rush, the tighter and thicker the array, and the enemy The more flustered we will be, we will be able to surround them in the center and force them to surrender! Brothers, the Crotones are now like a pot of savory barley porridge, I want to see which big group eats the fastest, eats the best!"

Everyone did not speak, but in the round eyes, there was a burning war...

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On the early summer nights in the southern part of Apennines, the weather is still relatively cool. Unfortunately, there are no moons or stars on the dark sky.

The troops of Amendola Lara began to leave, and the first detachment of the first brigade of the first brigade was headed out in turn. Each company’s team leader held a ignited torch to illuminate the road ahead, and the 5,000-strong force Quietly marching, orderly. The sound of the sound of the river, the frogs of the insects, and even the roar of the beasts in the distance will cover up the footsteps of the troops and the sound of the collision of the armor. They can only look at the faint flashing fire every few hundred meters.

Passing the pontoon at night is the biggest trouble of this march. The troops marched in two columns to ensure that there was enough space on the bridge deck and that both sides had a photo. Fortunately, the majority of the first group of soldiers who walked in front of them participated in the Persian expedition. They had great experience in the night, successfully passed the first pontoon, and then passed the second one. Their good performance gave The successor forces took confidence.

The second brigade also successfully reached the other side.

By the third battalion, the bridge speed began to slow down. Alsini stepped on the undulating planks, looking at the black and secluded river flowing under the pontoon, imagining its depth, the body could not help but shake the bridge, and the body would look outward, then one hand Strongly grabbed his arm.

"Don't panic, look up at the front, don't look at your feet!" That was the voice of the captain Klipps who was in parallel with him. He stabilized his emotions and did it according to the method of the captain. It was a lot better.

Just after a few steps, he heard the sound of the plop behind him, and then came to cry for help.

Someone has fallen into the water! His heart was suddenly shocked.

"Don't look back, go forward!" The usual voice of Kipps at this time was unusually calm.

Arsini finally set foot on the triangle in the middle of the confluence of the two rivers. After experience, it was much easier to pass the second pontoon.

In order to help the Lucalia to cross the river smoothly, Epiphanes thought of a trick: let a Greek and a Lukaria go side by side with the pontoon. With the help of these veterans, the vast majority of Lucanias Also crossing the river smoothly.

When I arrived at the south bank of the Krati River and set foot on a solid land, Arsini’s tense feelings came to the ground. Then he asked the team leader: “What about the comrades who fell into the water?”

"The head of the army asked the military officer Felicius to arrange some rescues on both sides of the strait. As long as they throw out the round shield, the rifle, the helmet, there should be no problem swimming to the shore. Of course, it depends on whether they usually train seriously. Swimming. Now you realize the importance of training. Every project should be done seriously, because maybe you will use it someday." Klipps seized every opportunity to educate the recruits.

Arsini nodded seriously.

Two hours later, the troops approached the city of Castellón and the entire army extinguished all the torches. Under the leadership of the Izzam squad, they came to the middle of the Trionto River (Castelon's estuary at the Trionto River), lined up in eight columns, and the soldiers pulled the lances back and forth (because The round shield is hung on the shoulder and the helmet is hung around the neck. Step by step, although the river is the widest, the water depth is not as good as the waist, and the water flow is not urgent. Except for the pebbles on the river beach, there are no soldiers. They caused any trouble and they crossed the Trionto River.

The camp in Crotone is not far away.

It is still dark at night, and the sky is still not bright. Under the leadership of the mountain squad, the teams sneaked into the predetermined position quietly and began to lie down and rest to restore their strength. The team officers dive to the vicinity, observe the Crotone camp, and adjust and arrange the attack positions of the subordinate teams against the previous map.

The sky in the east just showed a glimmer of light, and the team officers began to wake up the warriors of Xiaoyan. When they were sorting out their weapons and equipment, the team leaders whispered to mobilize before the war: for the veterans, just say 'the arrogant Crotone People dare to insult our Daphus adults, burn our houses, and now we have to use shield spears to let them pay the price of blood. 'Those words are enough to ignite their anger; and for recruits, in addition to encouragement, Remind them of some details that need to be paid attention to during the battle, such as 'don't just take care of yourself and go forward with the whole team. When the rifle is stuck in the enemy's body and can't be extracted, don't waste time hard to pull out, take out the saber and continue to cut ‘and so on.

Alsini began to line up with his comrades and then put on the heavy Collins helmet, but he did not have the loneliness of being isolated by the world, although he could not feel the power of his teammates behind him (because it was a single column). But through the eye of the helmet, he saw not only the tents built by the Crotones 100 meters away, but also the thin line of Amendra Lara comrades who reflected in the corners of the eyes, relying on the infinite terrain. Extend, wrap the camp in an arc until the line of sight...

Arciennes stepped forward and approached Crotone's nearest tent, which was less than 40 meters away. The front was still dead.

Alsini is both excited and somewhat regrettable. He wants to kill him with the sober Crotones to show his growing skills.

At this time, there was a large scream in front of the right side, which was particularly harsh in the quiet camp. It was the first team that started attacking.

Klipps whispered: "Go forward!"

Everyone started to take a big step, the round shields that were next to each other rubbed against each other, and made a low "squeaky" muffled sound. The feet wearing leather sandals stepped on the dirt that was soaked in the dew, leaving a row of clear footprints. .

Alciris had long seen the enemies lying in front of the tent and slumbering, but when he stood in front of the enemy, he became hesitant again.

The teammates next to "Hands!" urged a spurt, and at the same time plunged the lance into an enemy's throat, only to see the man squinting his eyes, his hands grabbing his throat, he wanted to scream but he couldn't make a sound, and his expression was extremely painful. The face is distorted.

The teammates pulled out the lancet, and the blood of the wound spurted out like a fountain. The injured enemy began to scream and gasp, which caused another enemy to be awakened in his sleep.

"Not yet!" teammates shouted again, Alcyris finally no longer hesitated, quickly stabbed a shot, pierced the enemy's chest.

The teammate turned his head and nodded to Alcinis. Although he couldn't see the expression on his face because of the helmet, Alcini could guess that it must be a satisfied smile. He was motivated to endure the discomfort of the stomach and continue. While advancing, clean up the enemies who are sleeping outside the tent.

There was a tent in front of the Klipps squad. Kipps made a gesture. Ten soldiers surrounded the tent, ten rifles plunged in, and there was a scream, accompanied by screams, blood spurting. Splash on the curtain.

"Alsini!" cried Keppis.

Arsini immediately held a round shield, bent down into the tent, and soon came out, saying: "There are four people, two... vomiting... two serious injuries, others... vomiting... all dead."

"No matter who they are, move on!" Klipps waved his hand and then looked at Alcinis. He said, "If you vomit, don't stop me."

Arciennes went on for a long time before they saw the enemies who had drilled out of the tent in twos and threes. They wore short-sleeved linens Some even naked, most of them had no weapons, and they didn’t seem to be drunk. And woke up completely in drowsiness, staring at Arciennes, and didn't figure out what was going on until I saw Arciennes who stabbed some of them, and the screams woke them up, but they didn't rush. Desperately, but panicked and shouted: "There are enemies! There are enemies!..." Under the pressure of Alcinis, they fled around, and the panic and wolverine made Arciennes think of when he was a child when he went up the mountain to graze. Flock of sheep chased by hungry wolves.

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The ancestors of Kolbus were the oldest immigrants of Crotone, so they were divided into a small and fertile "place", and the whole family lived a relatively rich agro-pastoral life. However, as time went by, the rise of trade, many business citizens gained amazing wealth, and they used the wealth they earned to gain considerable power in Crotone’s political arena. They became the new Crotone. noble. The grandfather of Kolbus is an ambitious person, envious of these businessmen, no longer satisfied with the day of farming, and determined to invest in the business tide to win a brighter future for the family. He mortgaged the land, borrowed a lot of money, bought several ships, started port transshipment trade, loaded with cargo, sailing in the Greek city of Sagunto on the Iberian Peninsula, Masilla of Gaul, Between Napoli and Benbon Crotone in the west coast of Italy.

Everything went smoothly at first, earning a lot of money, and then once again loaded with goods passing through the Strait of Messina, was involved in the Great Whirlpool of Crete, the ship was destroyed. The Kolbus family began to decline. When he grew up, his life had collapsed. Apart from having the identity of a Crotone citizen, he had nothing to do with the free people from the Gentiles. But unlike the free people, he You can participate in the citizen assembly to vote, you can join the army to fight.