Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 672

[Chapter 17 The battle with Kautini (3)]

“We don’t have to rush to Atela in such a hurry. The Kautini people want to capture Atela, so let them occupy it.” A voice sounded in the tent.

The generals of the Campania Alliance were a little angry when they heard this.

They followed the sound and saw a general in black armor sitting beside Lizaru, with a purple tassel helmet on his hand, which showed that this person was not weaker than the Dionian army. Lizaru, this made them swallow the words they wanted to curse.

“This person seems to be called Prin…Tor…” Aeolos vaguely remembered that Lizaru had introduced them to them before, but this person had been sitting quietly and was not very noticeable, and he couldn’t remember it for a while. his name.

Lizaru

‘s plan was opposed, but he was not angry, but asked the man earnestly: “Plintors, what is your opinion?”

The brigade, more than ten years ago, made great achievements in the capture of the city of Aspurustum by the Third Army, and again in the war when Davos led the army to counter the invasion of Potentia by the army of Samona, which caused The Samonites roared, leading to their fiasco.

After this, Davos asked him to assist the Third Army in attacking the Samonei territory northward.

The Third Corps successively occupied the territory of Copsa, Enona and many other Shilpini territories, and Lizaru, the first captain of the Third Corps at that time, met Plintors in the process.

After the end of the Great Greek War, a staff office was established in the Ministry of Military Affairs under the suggestion of Davos. Daves named Plintos and transferred him to the staff office, and soon he became the third person in the staff office— – Staff officer, there is a joke in the Military Affairs Department to describe the three giants of the staff: “Felixius is sitting with a broken hip, Thormed is running with a broken leg, and Printhors is tired and broken. “It shows its role in the Ministry of Military Affairs.

At this moment, Printoles looked at everyone and said slowly: “The biggest trouble for our Greek army from the Kautini invasion is that they move quickly and are difficult to be caught, and now they are attacking Atela voluntarily. Giving up this advantage gives us the possibility to encircle and annihilate them. Moreover, such a huge army of the enemy must be led by their great leader himself. By annihilating and capturing this army, we have completely solved Kawu. The Tini people frequently invade Campania.”

Plintors’ words made everyone in the tent very excited, and a general from Pozzuoli said hesitantly: “But if you let Cautini The people occupied Atela, and they defended the city… It’s a bit of experience. Once we can’t take it for a long time, other Kautini tribes, even the Shirpini and Pentene people come to the rescue, it will be even more so. Too

bad!…”

20 years ago, the reason why the Cautini people dared to take this small town deep into the territory of the Campania Alliance was because they had the confidence to hold it, and then the Campania Alliance troops attacked the city many times. Indeed, they all failed, and now the general is worried that he will encounter the failure of the previous siege again.

No need for further explanation from

Plintos, Aeos said: “There is nothing to worry about, our ally Dionysius is so capable of sieging the city, he can easily take down the defense of the Kautini people. The Atlas!”

Yes, the Campania Alliance now has Dionia as a reinforcement!

Their confidence surged as they remembered what they had heard over the years about the towns Dionysus had forcibly captured in his conquest of the vast lands of Apulia.

On the other hand, Lizalu asked in a slightly worried voice: “Your Majesty just asked us to repel Kautini’s invasion. Will this cause a bigger war?! When the time comes, Your Majesty—”

Plintors After hesitating for a while, he said affirmatively: “Don’t worry, when we annihilate this main force of Kautini, even if they want to continue the war, they will not have this strength, and they will only listen to us more. if!”

Hearing this, Lizaru immediately had no worries. He was a belligerent. At this time, he said to everyone in high spirits: “We must hurry up and formulate a plan to destroy this enemy as soon as possible!”

Saying, Lying on the table, he pointed to the map marked in detail by the staff, and said, “Now, the first, second, and third battalions of the Dionysian Third Army, as well as most of the light armor, light infantry, and a part of your army is blocking the Cautinis from Capua, Sasella in the northeast of Naples; the 5th, 6th and 4th battalions of the 3rd Corps and another part of your army are in the southeast of Naples Direction, mainly to block the Kautini people coming out of Lola, we must immediately send scouts to inform them, ‘After completing the blocking task, don’t delay, turn immediately to the east, north and south of the city of Atlas , cut off this enemy’s retreat!’; and we must also gather all the remaining soldiers in the camp and approach the south of the city of Atla. Finally encircle the enemy!”

“There is one more thing that needs our attention!” Pullin Thors reminded: “After the enemy knows that our Dionysian 3rd Corps is involved in this battle, it is very likely that they will abandon the city of Atlas and flee back to the mountains.”

Lizaru thought about it and said immediately. : “Then go and inform the Second Cavalry Corps and the cavalry of your Campania alliance to rush to the east of the city of Atlas at the fastest speed. Once you find the enemy fleeing, you must do your best to delay their retreat. , wait for other troops to arrive and destroy them!”

The generals also put forward their own suggestions to improve this plan, and at this time, no one cared too much about the lives of the thousands of people in the city of Atlas. After all, the Campania Alliance’s The generals all hoped that their confidants would be completely resolved after this battle.

Soon, many scouts rushed out of the camp and galloped in all directions.

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After half an hour of fighting, Segovani’s troops attacked the city and then rushed into the city to clear the whole city.

Just when Segovani was proud of the success of his plan, the spies who hurried back reported to him that there were several looting Kautini tribes near the city of Atela who were defeated by the Greeks and were chasing them. Among the soldiers there were many heavy infantry with black helmets and black armor and capable of bidding guns. They suspected that it was Dionia’s army.

The spy also brought a tribal leader who had fled back, and he cried to Segovani: “The Greek attack was too fierce, and my 150 warriors were quickly routed! The enemy still has many cavalry, warriors They can’t escape, they are either killed or captured… Chief, you must send troops to rescue them!”

Segovani was terrified at the moment, and asked loudly: “Are you sure there are people who attacked you? The Dionysians?!”

“It must be them, the Campanias don’t have the kind of soldiers who wear weird clothes, let alone completely defeat us!…” The leader still wanted to find a reason for his failure, but saw Segovani gritted his teeth and scolded: “Damn the Dionysians, they dare to violate the covenant! Are they going to war with the Samonais?!!”

Segovani was in a turmoil, although He ignored Dionia’s warnings many times, but he was very clear in his heart: Kautini’s strength could not compete with the mighty Dionysian kingdom. Once Dionia really sent an army, he would It means that his situation is not good!

Run away!

Segovani immediately had this thought in his heart, but he hesitated again: he had just captured the city of Atlas and paid some casualties, so he gave up the fat of Atlas and left with empty hands, not only he With reluctance, the soldiers of the following tribes would not agree. Taking advantage of the fact that the enemy’s troops were still scattered everywhere, they could not concentrate on him in a short time, and hurry up to search for some supplies and bring them back.

After returning to Kautim, discuss how to deal with Dionysian’s backing of the alliance with the chief tribal leaders of Shirpini, Pentney, and Kauccheni.

After Segovani made up his mind, he immediately ordered the soldiers to hurry up, loot supplies, and be ready to leave at any time.

At the same time, he sent a lot of spies and ordered them: carefully investigate the movements around the city of Atlas, and report immediately if there is any change.

But it didn’t take long for him to receive reports that “the enemy’s traces were found in the south, north, and west of Atlas City.” At this moment, he still didn’t understand: the enemy had discovered him and tried to surround him!

Where did Segovani dare to hesitate, he immediately led the soldiers to retreat eastward.

Not long after they escaped from Atlas City, they heard the sound of hooves coming from the north.

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“It’s the Greek cavalry!” The Kautini warriors reminded each other, they all stopped and pulled out their javelins, eager to face the hundreds of cavalry rushing towards them.

It was the cavalry that belonged to Dionia’s second cavalry regiment who came quickly.

This time, in order to cooperate with the Third Army in the Campania region, the Ministry of Military Affairs asked the Second Cavalry Corps to draw a thousand cavalry under the command of Lizaru.

Although the camp headquarters of the Second Cavalry Corps is stationed in Neutum, most of the soldiers of the Corps are from the Cosenza Plateau and are better at riding horses on gentle slopes.

When they were about to enter the range of the Kautini javelin, the Dionian cavalry turned around and galloped towards the leader of the Kautini army, walking in the opposite direction with the Kautinis.

Wherever it passed, the Kautini warriors subconsciously slowed down.

At this time, the soldiers on the right side of the line also shouted: “Cavalry! There are cavalry!!…”

Dozens of Dionian cavalry came from the south, adopting the same tactics, forcing the entire Cautini The speed of the team’s retreat began to noticeably slow down.

Segovani was anxious and shouted: “Retreat! Retreat! Leave them alone!”