Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 81

[Chapter 27 The Battle of Turii (3)]

“Oh, these brothers are amazing! As expected of the heroes who can kill Persia and come back!”

“Look at those slingers, they’re all my fellows, Rhode Islanders!”

“And us Thracians, look how accurate they throw the javelin! I really want to take off this heavy armor, pick up the javelin, and join them!”

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Hearing the praise and admiration of the soldiers around him, Drax squeezed the belt behind the round shield tightly: “Come on, natives, come and taste our power!” At this moment, he was full of fighting spirit.

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Cincinnager, the confident leader of Picocis City, never expected that his troops would be hit with a sap before the official engagement.

What made him even more depressed was that the traditional weapons of the Lucanians were javelins, spears and short swords, and the javelin was also their strong point, but in order to better attack the Greeks, most of them were replaced with heavy equipment. Only A few javelinmen were in the rear, and the enemy’s bows and arrows and flying stones had already extended to the rear. Under the evasion of the javelin, only a few people could fight back, but the enemy could not be seen. The number of the enemy was small and scattered, and the result was naturally Very few.

Fortunately, the enemy’s light infantry was not much, and the two ends of the right flank phalanx were less affected.

Therefore, in desperation, Cincinnagar urged both ends to accelerate and squeeze toward the center, trying to surround or disperse these nasty and terrifying enemies…

And the Lucarians in the middle and left wing saw the tragic experience of the right wing, for fear that they would suffer the same situation. Both the soldiers and leaders subconsciously accelerated their advance, hoping to contact the Greek army as soon as possible.

Tens of thousands of warriors strode forward and dashed forward, shaking the earth.

Archita, Ferris, Drax…etc, every general and leader began to shout: “Shield Defense!”

In the front row of the phalanx, the soldiers put their left feet slightly bent in front, their right feet on the ground at the back, the round shield protects the left front, the lances are held high, and the spear points point forward and downward.

The soldiers in the back row were stacked one by one, pressed against the backs of the soldiers in the front, and the spears were protruding forward, and the shields and shields were connected… The entire phalanx was like a huge metal monster with thorns all over its body.

With a charge of hundreds of meters and a slightly higher terrain (although the Xubari Plain is flat, the terrain is gradually rising as it extends westward), the Lucanian warriors, with strong momentum, slammed straight into the Greek infantry. phalanx.

With a loud bang, on this day at the end of April, 399 BC, the battle of the combined forces of the Turii and Lucania tribes officially began…

It was a life-and-death battle for both sides, but in the eyes of the great powers of the Mediterranean it was so inconspicuous: Carthage and Syracuse would not notice, because the two sides were gathering strength to compete for the dominance of Sicily Right, a new round of confrontation is about to begin; Rome will not notice, because they are busy besieging and attacking the great Etruscan state of Viy on the upper Tiber; Sparta and Persia will not notice, because both sides They are all preparing for the upcoming war in Asia Minor; Athens will not notice, because their energy is focused on how to restore the national strength that has been dazzled by the long-term war as soon as possible, and at the same time, they also have to force the overbearing behavior of Sparta. Forbearance; Macedonia will not notice, at this time its kingdoms are torn apart, kings are frequently replaced, and Macedonians, who are troubled at home and abroad, may be looking forward to a strong monarch to save them from dire straits…Hundreds of thousands of kingdoms, city-states and races in the Mediterranean Sea or Busy with survival, or busy with aggression, neither the mind nor the ability to understand the struggle between two unknown forces in the southern part of the Italian peninsula.

Yet this time of war (later known as the Battle of Turii) opened the most splendid and glorious new chapter in the mighty ancient history of the Mediterranean.

The Lucarians are mountain tribes. They are enthusiastic and impulsive. In the fast sprint, their fighting spirit continues to rise, so when they see the spear and shield array in front of them, some soldiers think of not raising the shield as emphasized by the leaders before. Collision, they jumped in, who had been flooded with high fighting spirit, and jumped in.

Especially Grummentum, the long-term campaign has produced a large number of warriors who make a living by fighting, so there are not a few people who take this “reckless” action. Although it is easier to be stabbed, it disrupts the Greek army’s defensive formation. .

Especially the Turii civic soldiers and Drakes mercenaries in the middle, because they have not trained together before, the cooperation is not very tacit, and the connection between the horizontal rows of the natural array is not too close. The race has never seen this kind of impact, and it lacks the means to deal with it.

Therefore, the Greek army’s middle road was caught in a hard fight from the beginning…

The Tarantum civic soldiers on the right wing of the Greek army in the front of the phalanx are obviously much more experienced in dealing with the impact of the Lucanian fighters, and the Niutum and Laos fighters are far less fierce than Grummentum. , and did not cause too much impact on the right wing of the Greek army.

The shields of the two sides collided with each other, spears came and went, and began to push and fight… Two hundred cavalrymen also galloped forward, ramming the side of Lucaria’s left flank from time to time. As long as the Lucania warriors stepped forward to block them, they would Immediately withdrew, the Greek cavalry were still flowers in the greenhouse. They were far from the superb riding skills of the Numidians, nor were they as sturdy as the Gallic and Germanic cavalry, and could only start to harass.

But even so, the left wing of Lucania was on guard and did not dare to go all-out on the attack.

Therefore, even if there are more of them than the right wing of the Greek army, and the phalanx is thicker, the two sides are still in a stalemate…

When both the left and middle roads of the Lucania coalition had started fighting, the right flank was still advancing slowly. The mercenary light infantry retreated while fighting, successfully slowing the advance of the enemy, and the distance between the two armies was approaching. Fifty meters, the light infantry part exited the battlefield from the front and outside of the phalanx, and some passed through the gap left by the phalanx, and retreated to the rear.

At this time, the formation of the right flank of the Lucania coalition had become a meniscus, with both ends protruding and the center sunken.

Cincinnager, who is in the formation, has lost control of the army, let alone reorganize the formation. The only thing he can do is to order the trumpeter to sound the horn of the charge. The only 50 meters away will be the last sprint of the soldiers. The bonus, just when the horn sounded, there was also a rhythmic copper trumpet sound on the opposite side, which made Cincinnage suddenly vigilant and nervously guessing what the next action of this powerful enemy on the opposite side would be, UU reading wwwww .sonicmtl.com Gnainath, who was at the forefront of the front line and had multiple injuries, could clearly see that the Greek heavy infantry on the opposite side raised their right arms and leaned back, but their legs took two steps forward. Action… Glenart, who was already a frightened bird, shrunk his entire body under the shield with great speed.

Thousands of javelins flew over a distance of tens of meters in an instant, and fell into the Lucalia formation that was about to charge. It was no longer the blooming waves like before, but a wave of death, and hundreds of people were killed and injured in an instant. Almost blocked the progress of Lucalia’s team…

At this moment, the terrifying sound of the copper horn sounded again and again, and the Greek mercenaries immediately shouted: “Hades!!!” Holding shield guns, they charged forward.

The charge of the mercenaries is not the whole army. The far right end did not advance because of the connection with the middle road, while the soldiers in the middle and left end completely disregarded the thinness of their array and the large number of enemies, and rushed to the enemy with high fighting spirit. The army is like a long dragon swinging its tail extremely powerfully.

The front line of the Lucanians hadn’t recovered from the javelin strike just now, and the formation was chaotic.

At this moment, the charge of the mercenary army came one after another. The soldiers used the kinetic energy converted by the sprint speed to fit the body and hit the shield to open the opponent’s defense. Quickly and accurately stab the opponent’s throat or face, the front row of the Lucanians swept down a row of people…

Such a terrifying attack efficiency and threatening aura frightened the Lucarians in the back row, and they couldn’t help but flinch at this moment, who boasted of their bravery… The mercenaries chase after each step, and the Lucania step by step Retreat… The collapse of the right end of the Lucanian coalition’s right flank is just around the corner.

Note: Vergae, the northernmost town of the Brutians, borders Laos.