Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 671

[Chapter 16 The battle with Kautini (2)]

The flying javelins covered the entire phalanx, and only the sound of “boom” was heard. Some javelins slipped on the shield, and some plunged into the shield, turning the entire phalanx into a hedgehog… But this square No soldiers fell, and no one screamed, it stood intact.

When the Samonites were surprised, the Greeks suddenly withdrew their long shields, and javelins flew out of the phalanx, and threw them straight ahead, which was where Taruk stood.

At this time, the distance between the two sides is close to 20 meters.

Taruk had no idea that the other party would have such a deadly move. Originally, as the leader of the tribe, Taruk had his own armor and shield, but in order to better pursue the fleeing Greeks, he put it in the village .

Seeing the javelin coming straight, he could only dodge instinctively, and then he let out a scream, a javelin pierced his right leg, and he fell to the ground.

At the same time, seven or eight soldiers beside him also screamed and fell.

“Leader!!!…” The panicked shouts of the soldiers sounded in his ears, and Taruk suddenly remembered in pain: what the last great leader mentioned ten years ago,

these black-armored and black-armored enemies should It’s a Dionian!

“They are Dionians!” Taruk reminded loudly.

At this time, the Dionian soldiers had already rushed forward.

To protect their leader, the Kautini warriors did not retreat, but hurried up to meet the Dionian soldiers.

This is clearly a wrong move.

Even though there were more Kautini warriors than the opponent, the unprotected Kautini warriors fought against the heavily guarded Dionian Legionnaires, literally hitting the stone with the pebble.

After paying a lot of casualties, the Kautini warriors had to retreat.

At this time, they heard the sound of hooves behind them.

“It’s the Greek cavalry!!” The Kautini warrior exclaimed.

Dozens of Dionian cavalrymen who circled to the rear and rushed forward threw javelins at the retreating Kautini warriors, slowing their retreat.

The Dionian Legionnaires were swiftly following.

Under the front and back, the Kautini warriors were completely defeated and fled, and they would become the target of the Dionysian cavalry.

At this time, the detachment leader of the Dionian Legion was standing in front of Taruk, who was stunned. “Where is the closest enemy to us?” The

scout pointed to his right side and said, “About 400 meters from here, further west, there are about 300 Kautinis, your comrades in the third detachment. and a company of light armoured soldiers are preparing to raid them.”

After listening to the squad leader, he immediately shouted: “Brothers of the second squad, gather! Except for the few of you who were injured and stayed for treatment, the others immediately marched west with me. , cooperate with the third detachment to attack the Samonais!”

“Squad leader, we are only slightly injured, we continue to fight, there is no problem at all.” The wounded soldier said unwillingly.

“This is an order, execute it immediately!” After the squad leader said this sentence, the wounded soldiers fell silent.

“What about the Kautinis hiding in the village?” a soldier asked.

“Leave it to the Neapolitans, just the remaining soldiers, I think they should be able to handle it.” Said, the squad leader led the soldiers to turn west immediately.

A similar scene took place in several places in the Campania plain.

Only in Atlas(), the situation is different.

Atela was originally a small town founded by the Etruscans and later joined the Campania League.

It is located northeast of Naples, in the middle of the Campania plain, less than 25 miles from the city of Naples.

Twenty years ago, it was taken by the Kautinis, and since then Atela has become a base for the Kautinis to advance further into the coastal city-state of Campania and a transshipment ground for their loot.

The Campania Alliance was deeply affected, so after forming an alliance with Dionia, taking advantage of the fact that the Cautinis were defeated by Dionia and were still negotiating, they asked Davos: Can the Cautini be allowed to Utinians return Atlas to the Campania Confederation?

Davers agreed.

The Kautinis were forced to make concessions due to the situation at the time.

This shame has always been in the heart of the great leader of Kautini, Segovani, so this time he will take advantage of the opportunity of the Campania Alliance to deal with the invasion of various tribes, gather a heavy army, retake Atlas in one fell swoop, and establish his Prestige.

As for Dionia sending messengers to censure, Segovani had already thought about how to deal with it, so he prevaricates with the words “Atla belonged to the Kautini people”. Anyway, the Dionia people only Knowing that using words to threaten him can’t hurt him in the slightest, by then it will be a done deal, and the Dionians will not be able to take him.

Segovani spent two days gathering about 5,000 fighters from the surrounding tribes in Katium, and entered the city of Cesara in a secretive way.

Half an hour after the other tribes began to invade westward, he led the army to set off. Since he specially ordered that “all tribes shall not loot on the route from Sacera to Atla”, the march on this road was smooth and there was no meet any enemy.

Sacera is less than 20 miles from Atela, and it is all flat.

An hour later, the army led by Segovani was approaching the city of Attra.

Apparently, the Atlas did not expect that the Kautinis, who had always been looting, would suddenly lead an army to attack the city, and there were only a few panicked sentries on the wall.

Segovani made full preparations. Not only did he let the soldiers carry enough ladders, but he also concentrated Kautini’s hoplites (equivalent to the intermediate infantry of the Greek army) into the team. There are 3000 people.

“Attack!” Segovani immediately gave the order without hesitation, he didn’t want to leave any time for the enemy to react.

The soldiers roared and rushed towards the city of Atlas.

At this time, the spy came in a hurry: “Big chief, found the enemy’s scout!”

Segovani felt a little nervous, but then he was relieved: What if the Greeks found out?

Now he is already winning.

“Continue to observe the enemy’s movements to the south and report to me at any time.” He waved his hand and said.

“Yes, Chief.” The spy ran away.

cavalry!

This was Segovani’s heartache: the Samones were a mountain race and had never had cavalry, but after the Cautini occupied the eastern plains of Campania, he began to plan to establish an army Cavalry, to enhance the reconnaissance capabilities of the troops, while also assisting in combat.

But none of the Kautini warriors were willing to try horseback riding. They preferred to fight the enemy face-to-face rather than ride their horses and dodge around like cowards.

Of course, sitting on a bare horse also made these Kautini warriors feel completely insecure, and it was far better to put their feet on solid ground to make them feel at ease.

Ultimately, the dream of establishing a cavalry can only be in vain…

Segovani sighed, put aside this annoying idea, and focused his attention on the battlefield again. He was delighted to see that the soldiers had used the ladder to cross the After crossing the ditch and forcing it under the city wall, it was not until then that many panicked Greek defenders appeared on the top of the city…

By the time the reinforcements from Naples arrived, I had already captured this small city!

Segovani clenched his right fist confidently.

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“What did you say?! There are more than 5,000 Kautinis attacking Atela!” Naples general Aeolos was shocked when he heard the news from the scout.

He immediately reacted and shouted with a livid face: “We were all deceived by the Kautini people. This time, they are not just looting, but occupying our land!” What Aalos said was mainly true Lizaru said.

At this moment, Lizaru, who was sitting in the tent, also had a very ugly expression.

He took his seat in the barracks after dispatching various units of the III Corps to raid the Cautinis of the Campania Confederation.

There was no way, because the location of the invasion was too wide, and the major teams, companies, and detachments of the Third Army were scattered in this vast area. Planning can barely achieve a general control.

And what he left in the camp was only 500 light infantry, which he kept as a reserve.

Lizaru carefully looked at the map of Campania on the desk, and then asked loudly, “How many civic soldiers are in the city of

Atela ?”

A small town with a population of only a few thousand can draw out nearly 400 civic soldiers.”

Speaking of which, UUkanshu.com Aeolos regretted a little: when Atela was returned to the Campania League, the city originally used the Such an important strategic location should be expanded, fortified, and stationed with more young and middle-aged citizens. However, the city-states in the alliance were arguing about how much to share the cost of construction and how much land to acquire, and this important measure has not been implemented. can be implemented.

Later, everyone found that the Kautini people were very peaceful under the strong restraint of Dionia, and they were too lazy to make changes to Atela.

In the past two years, Cautini resumed his invasion of the Campania League, but mainly by looting property, occasionally looting people, and not attacking towns, so he did not arouse vigilance.

Lizaru frowned and asked again, “How many soldiers do you have that you haven’t sent out to fight?”

Aeos hurriedly discussed a few words with the generals in the alliance next to him, and then said helplessly: “According to your previous suggestion, General Lizaru, we have reserved a reserve force of about 2,000 soldiers.”

“2,000 There are enough people!” Lizaru’s expression turned slightly: “With the troops around me, there are a total of 2,500 people. We can immediately lead them to Atra, and pin Kautini’s army, so that they dare not dare. Go all out to attack the city. At the same time, send reconnaissance cavalry to inform other troops to rush to Atela as soon as possible, and work together to repel this large army of the enemy!” The Mediterranean Overlord of Ancient Greece