Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 860

[Chapter 207 The Great Victory of Aquilonia]

Those Samonei warriors who fell at the end were easily overtaken and stabbed by the Dionysian light armoured soldiers.

Seeing the Samonai army retreating across the board, the Dionysian light infantry, who were originally the second line of attack, also took the initiative to break away from the protection of the heavy infantry, spread their feet, ran forward, and quickly caught up with the light armor They also gradually expanded the pursuit net to the east.

He was leading his troops to Polert at the foot of the mountain in the west. Hearing the sound of an attacking bugle coming from the east, he felt anxious and gave a loud order: “Stop forming, immediately give me up the mountain and rush over. Surround the Samonites!”

After giving the order, Poulet remembered Zantiparis next to him, and then asked apologetically, “General Zantiparis, what’s your opinion?” The

60-year-old Zantiparis followed this non-stop mountain march, and now his legs are weak from exhaustion. He was supported by two guards, gasping for breath beside him, and forced a smile: “Lord Poulet… I am completely Agree… your decision!… But let’s hurry… don’t lose to them!” He pointed his finger ahead.

A few hundred meters away, there is a black and red army climbing up the mountain.

Polert’s face immediately turned pale: “You’re right, we can’t lose to the Samonais!”

He immediately ordered the trumpeters to continue to sound the trumpet of the attack, and asked his men to urge the soldiers to speed up the climb over the mountains.

The Potentians are also a mountain race, and their ability to climb mountains and mountains is also not weak. The soldiers took out the Dionysian daggers they were wearing (this is after they received the Dionysian military training and got permission from the Ministry of Military Affairs, I bought it from a weapon dealer in Dionia), of course, I am not using it to kill the enemy at this moment, but to use it to cut down all kinds of branches and thorns on the way up the mountain.

In the process of the soldiers climbing the mountain quickly, Poulet was also reminded by Zantiparis to extend the troops behind to the north, trying not to leave a large gap with the Abenerum army.

Although the two troops climbed up as if they were in a competition, it took more than 20 minutes to climb to the top of the mountain. At this time, they could already hear the shouts from the opposite side of the mountain. The sound of fighting became clearer and clearer.

The soldiers suddenly cheered up, they knew that the enemy was not far from them.

Polert also hurriedly asked the messenger to inform the soldiers to find a flat place as soon as possible or stop advancing, and level the ground in place so that he could stand firm.

Not only are the Potentians doing this, but the

Abenerums are doing the same.

All the soldiers stopped advancing on the mountainside one after another. From a distance, it was as if a curved belt had been attached to these continuous mountains.

More than ten minutes later, the shouting became clearer, mixed with continuous exclamations and the rubbing of branches and leaves… Although the lush woods blocked the view, the Lucanian soldiers knew that the enemy had turned over. Over the ridge, it was charging towards them.

Although these mountains seem relatively gentle, the slopes are not small. As the saying goes, “It is easy to go up the mountain, but it is difficult to go down.” But for these mountain races, going down the mountain is much easier than going up the mountain. It didn’t take long for Potentia The soldiers saw the figure of the enemy.

It is reasonable to say that fighting in the mountains, the side with the lower terrain is inherently disadvantaged, but don’t forget that the Samonai army is in retreat, so these rout soldiers who ran at the forefront turned out to be lying down and slipping down. Maybe they slipped due to pushing each other while fleeing, maybe they thought this method could run faster, but when they saw the enemy ahead, the bloodstains and buttocks were almost shattered by the weeds and branches. The Samonaite warrior didn’t even have the strength to stand up, and only screamed in horror: “There is an enemy! There is an enemy!…”

As a result, he was either stabbed to death by a Potentian soldier, or he automatically became a prisoner.

Then came the appearance of a large group of rout soldiers. The Samonai rout soldiers who ran in front adopted the method of running straight down. In order to restrain their inertia and prevent them from falling, they had to hug the trees from time to time. Weapons cannot be preserved, either shields or spears are lost.

And the last wave of the defeated soldiers took the way of running down sideways. Although the speed was slow, they were stable, and they also became the main force of the shock wave Tentia’s defense line.

On the side of Abenirum, when they saw the compatriots all over the mountains fled from the top of the mountain in a panic, the mood of the soldiers was complicated, and the same was true for Garni.

But he knew that since the war between Samone and Dionia, the consecutive defeats, coupled with today’s failure, the final defeat of the entire Samonai tribal alliance was inevitable, and Abenerum could only follow Dionia, It was only possible to gain a new life after this war, so Gellney just hesitated a little before giving the order to attack.

The heavy javelins thrown by the soldiers knocked down the fallen Samonai soldiers one by one.

“My God, it’s Abenerum!”

“You dare to collude with outsiders and kill your own compatriots, and Savoni will punish you!”

“Abenerum, we all belong to the Shilpini tribe. , For the sake of all the people of the same race, please let us go!”

…

Cursing, cursing, and pleading came from the mouths of the defeated soldiers, the Abenirum warrior’s expression did not change, and he did not stop waving his weapons. The blockade, suppression and discrimination against Abenerum by the Samonaite Tribal Alliance for more than ten years have yielded bad results today. A few words can dissolve this barrier.

In the end, the defeated Samonai troops fought with the Abenerum and Potentians who intercepted them. In order to escape, they were inspired by the terrain, and once pressed the opponent’s front line back again and again. .

However, Potentia Abenirum’s front was not broken. After all, Paulette had summoned 12,000 soldiers this time, while Gellney had also brought 3,000 soldiers. The total strength was twice and a half of the opponent’s.

What’s more, the organization of the defeated soldiers was chaotic, their equipment was not neat, and their hearts were not in harmony. After a fierce attack failed, some of the defeated soldiers retreated. But now they were intercepted by another group of enemies. Once the Dionysian pursuers arrived and attacked from the front and back, they would have no escape, so some of the routed soldiers gave up the frontal breakout and turned to the north and south. Fleeing sideways, trying to bypass the enemy’s interception.

It didn’t take long for the collective retreat of the Samonei coalition forces to completely turn into a rout…

The three armies of Dionia, Potentia, and Abenerum launched a pursuit at the same time… In the

end, the Samone coalition forces were killed and wounded 1,500 Many people, more than 3,000 people were captured, and more than 1,000 people fled, while the Dionysian coalition was killed and wounded less than 400 people.

Under the joy of victory, Zantiparis, Polert, and Gellney met Alexis who was still in the valley.

“Zantiparis, it’s not too late for you to come.” Alexis euphemistically expressed his dissatisfaction, knowing that after a long wait, he not only doubted whether the reinforcements could arrive, but I even had fears about whether I could bring the troops back to the camp smoothly, and now I am a little scared in retrospect.

“On the way here, we encountered some problems, and it was true that we came a little late, but it did not affect our final victory,” Zantiparis said haha.

Gellney took the initiative to take over the conversation and said apologetically: “The reason why we were late is mainly because of me…”

It turned out that after Abenerum fell to Dionia, the Ministry of Military Affairs originally approved Alexis The plan of the attack, to pull out the nail on the waist of Puchetti and Downey, Aquilonia, and connect the areas of Abenerum, Kopsa, and Aquilonia, so that we can Having the entire southern region of Shilpini owned by Dionia also relieved the pressure on the kingdom’s northern borders.

However, in the process of communicating with Gellney, the details of the Samonaite tribal alliance disclosed by Gellney attracted the attention of the Ministry of Military Affairs. (including the previous battle with Kautini), after a detailed calculation by the staff, it is speculated that the number of the existing Samone coalition forces is probably more than the more than 10,000 Samona coalition soldiers who are besieging Naples. UU Read www.sonicmtl.com So where will the thousands of Samonite warriors be?

Are there any conspiracies hidden by the Samonais?

…The Minister of Military Affairs Hiros had to think seriously.

So, after he communicated with Alexis by letter, a new attack plan was formed: Alexis still led the troops from the east into the mountains and attacked Aquilonia. If the Samonais were really unable to reinforce, Then take Aquilonia directly; if the Samonites really hide thousands of warriors, ready to lure the Dionian army to fight in the mountains, then Dionysian is ready to fight.

The latter are Arnerum and Potentia.

For the combined attack on the mountains of Samone, the great leader of Potentia, Polet, responded positively, and he had assembled 12,000 soldiers.

For Gellney, if it had been before, he would have hesitated, but Quinn Duke, the leader of Nakonia, was trapped and killed, and the news that the entire Nakonia area was occupied by the Samone coalition forces had already spread to Argentina. The territory of Benirum, because to the north of Abenerum is Beneventum, ruled by Leskouk, to the west part of the territory of Nakonia, and to the south it borders the territory of Dionia (especially It is close to Kopsa), so the bloody practice of the Samonei Tribal Alliance breaking the tradition made him highly vigilant and fearful, and it also made him determined to follow Dionia to fight against the Samonei Tribal Alliance.