v5 Chapter 84： Battle of the Anlen Hills (3)

"Archer, prepare!" Pullo saw the Greeks enter the range, immediately ordered, the height difference of tens of meters not only extended the range of the bow soldiers, but also enhanced the lethality of the arrows, while at the same time making the opponent's bowman range Shortening, this has come, so that the long-range firepower of the Meppe coalition is dominant, which is the condescending advantage.

But just as the Pucciti people bowed their arrows, countless black spots roared from the foot of the mountain, squatting on the poorly equipped Petchi, and let the archers yell.

The Greeks have cast stone soldiers! Tremani’s heart glimpsed.

At this moment, it is a pity that Daves is the two light squadrons of the two legions - Epiphanis and Chipeter's men. There are more than 400 slingers, not enough to suppress the enemy of five miles. Can disturb the rhythm of its shooting.

The arrows still fall like raindrops. The soldiers put the shield on top of the head, one step at a time, and slowly move forward. The terrain limits their ability to make heavy infantry killers - charge, can only endure the arrow slamming round shield The copper skin gives off a "beep" noise.

When they started climbing, more javelin violently hit the round shield and began to cause some soldiers to be injured.

The wounded soldiers fell to the ground, curled up together, guarded the body with a round shield, and waited for the rescue of the medical team.

In the middle of the entire line is the heavy infantry of Igradia, where they are stationed in the focus of the Diaonian attack - the lowest-lying place.

"Fast! Fast!..." Amintas urged the soldiers, he did not want to lose to the mercenary's junior - Matonis, so he violated the provisions of the Dionysian military law, the leader of the run At the forefront of the brigade, this made the long-distance marching, already exhausted soldiers, screaming like a chicken blood, followed closely.

When the arrow rained over to the enemy more than 20 meters away, the entire brigade suddenly stopped moving forward.

"Defense!" Timograss ordered loudly, and he thought the enemy would start charging.

The soldiers stretched out the rifle from the round shield and formed a daunting gun array. Even if the gentle **** here is only a few meters high, the height is enough for the Greeks to pay a heavy price!

However, the Mesapi people did not come to the Greeks, but the javelin that came from nearly a thousand spurs. In the horrified eyes of the Mesapi, with the whistling sound, they plunged into the square. , picking up a scream.

Timogras did not think that the heavy infantry of Dionia could throw a javelin, and he was not surprised. He shouted with anger: "Hold the shield! Lift the shield defense!..."

After Amintas quickly pulled out the second javelin, he yelled: "Catch with me!" Finished, holding the shield on the left and holding the gun on the right, the first one rushed to the enemy.

The soldiers followed.

Timogras’s surprise discovery: When the Greek heavy infantry is in charge, the formation will spread out, but the enemy opposite can still maintain a general formation, like a thick iron wall, quickly press He has a feeling of suffocation.

"Defense! Quick defense!" He panicked and screamed in a hoarse voice.

The attack of the javelin allowed the soldiers to recover from the panic, and the squad of Amintas came to the forefront, embarked on a gentle **** of several meters high, and strode a few feet, and by the impulse, opened the left of the round shield. When the arm went forward, "Dangdang!..." After the continuous metal impact, the Mesapi soldiers who forced the defense of the forefront due to the chaos of the front line unconsciously retreated to ease the impact.

This retreat left the intensive Mesapee soldiers unable to take care of the comrades who were stabbed in the ground by the javelin. This was a row. Behind him was a screaming comrade-in-arms. In front of them was a stab gun stabbed like a viper. They stopped their hands and feet and continued to retreat, so that most of the soldiers of the Amintas brigade stood on the slope.

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As the captain of the 7th Brigade of the Second Legion, Chipeter has a characteristic. Before the war, he must first pray.

He not only does it himself, but also asks his men to follow them. He used to pray to Ares, and after he followed Daves, his goal was changed to Dionya's patron, Hades, and he sang Hadi's carol, and he stood up and said. "The stone squad continues to fight the enemy here. The archer follows the infantry. Once in the range, he throws an arrow at the enemy on the hillside. The light shield follows me!"

Light Shield squadron leader Satruus was busy advising: "The captain, you should take the town to command, and the brothers will give me the lead to attack."

Chipert’s eyes glanced: “Now is a good opportunity to prove our light shield, how can I hide behind it!” In the past few months, the military has come up with the view that the long-range attacks in the Daoniya Army have archers and The stone-throwing soldiers, the short-range fire attack, the heavy infantry throwing the javelin, the role of the light shield has become dispensable, it is better to cancel this unit and replace it with a light armor similar to the mountain reconnaissance team.

Epiphanis and Zeppet, who were born in light shields, certainly opposed this view and always expressed their views to Davers: The light shield can never be replaced, it is irreplaceable!

Now is the time to prove the value of the Light Shield.

Nearly 500 light shields, led by Epiphanis and Zipert, were paired and trio, scattered through the "fish scales" gap of the heavy infantry.

The team in which Leotits is located is at the forefront of the front, and he himself is in the middle of the first column of the squad. On that day, his assaulted comrades were shut down for a long time, and he was still being beaten by the military stick. The military judge considered the upcoming war, and then postponed the punishment to the post-war and allowed him to sin.

At this time, Leo Tizides has begun to climb the hill. Although he does not wear a helmet, he is responsible for the weight of the equipment, and he has to climb up and carry weapons with his hands. It is not easy to stabilize the body. thing. Fortunately, this time is already the first autumn, warm and dry, the hills are overgrown with grass, and it has not rained for ten days. The soil is soft and it is a small pit to step on it. Leo Tiddides and his teammates step by step. , slowly upwards.

The Mesapi people attacked them even more fiercely. The javelin with a height of more than 30 meters was thrown directly, and with strong force hitting the round shield, most of them could pierce the copper, and the remaining power hit Leo Tizzi. Des was also forced to lean back. He quickly plunged the end of the puncturing gun into the dirt to stabilize his body.

In the afterglow of his vision, he saw that some soldiers had stood up unsteadily due to the impact, slipped down, and brought down the comrades behind him. Fortunately, this strange offensive formation of Dionia is like a sawtooth, not continuous or dense, so it does not affect the orderly advancement of the entire line.

From the beginning of the training camp of Leo Tizides, he became interested in the unique formation of Dionia. He found that the formation of this formation is more complicated than the traditional phalanx of Greece, but it works very effectively. Applicable to all kinds of terrain, he privately analyzed and thought that he was more subtle than the Spartan left-handed tactic that he trained from childhood. Later, he knew that after the instructor Daves invented this unique formation alone, he had had the urge to find Daves to confide in his own opinions and opinions about this formation. Unfortunately, this is just fantasy. Because Daves is the highest authority of Dionia, his current status is not the Crown Prince of Sparta, but only a free man of Dionia, so he can only watch Dave in the new recruit camp. Sis trained on the platform of the training ground.

At this point, the Pucciti's javelin hit again.

Leo Tizids dispelled distracting thoughts while squatting down his body, steadily heeling, widening his eyes, looking at the direction of the javelin, tilting the round shield slightly, and the tip of the javelin marking a spark on the round shield. Most of the momentum was removed, reducing the impact on him.

Leo Tizides just breathed a sigh of relief, and he heard the comrades on the right, "Oh," screaming, and the body was shaking and going backwards. He quickly released the rifle, and the lightning generally explored his right hand grabbed the man's arm.

The man was Heit Barus. He hesitated a little and immediately shouted sincerely: "Thank you, Prosuous!"

Leo Tizides slammed his nod. Despite the contradictions between the two, the battlefield is the melting pot of men's friendship.

At this time, he looked up and saw someone running to the front of the array.

It is a light shield! Leo Tizides blinked and he knew about this unit. In the Peloponnesian War, Sparta repeatedly hired the Thrace Light Shield as an aid to the heavy infantry. However, in the operational sequence of the Dionysian Army, the Light Shield is regarded as an important force, and its status is not as low as that of infantry.

I saw these light shields holding the leather shield on the left, the long-handed hunting blade in the right hand, wearing a thin robes, and quickly approaching the enemies on the hills in the form of scattered soldiers. Most of the Petchi’s javelins were Smart avoidance.

Why are they so fast and agile? Because they are holding a long-handled reverse-blade knife (in fact, a big sickle), this kind of strange weapon with a blade radius of about a semi-circle is plunged into the soil, which can easily provide a strong boost for them to climb.

Chipeter quickly approached the enemy, and five or six spears stabbed him at the same time.

Chipert was very calm, his body slammed down, and the softer leather armor allowed him to stick to the ground almost along the slope, and the leather shield protected the top of the head and blocked the spear.

The Petchi people standing on the top of the mountain found that it was a little difficult for them to stab an enemy who was almost on the ground and had such a low angle. Because the terrain tilted down too much, it was easy to stand up and down when it was hard. They have to move forward.

It was said that it was late, and Chipert’s legs slammed back and the whole man slammed up, quickly reaching out against the blade and hooking one foot of the Pucciti warrior.