Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 61: The first battle between Dionia and Samona (1)

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Puamote, who checked the enemy’s situation in the city, was extremely anxious, but he did not dare to send troops out of the city to stop it, because the city of Potentia was already besieged, and the strength of the Samoneites far exceeded the information he had obtained in advance. .

Some tribes in the southern Territory of Potentia think that the Samonais are still far away from them, carelessly, and did not evacuate in time. As a result, they were either annihilated or captured by the flooding Samonais, or they were desperately frightened. Retreat in the territory of Grumentum further south.

The atmosphere of panic brought by these fleeing Potentia tribes naturally spread to the tribes north of Grumentum Territory. When they started clamoring to evacuate to the south, they had already removed from the scout soldiers. Alexis, who received the news, felt the situation was urgent and resolutely decided: he could no longer wait for the order of the Senate, and immediately led the more than 8,000 soldiers who had all returned to the barracks and marched north.

In the reform of the Legion in recent years, Daves has not only equipped the various corps with reconnaissance centuries, but also considered: fighting in Italy, the mountains and the mountains, the light infantry has been numb with arms after long-range strikes, and needs to assist. The heavy infantry attacked the enemy's flanks and pursued it in a circuitous manner. The physical strength of the heavy infantry was no less than that of the heavy infantry, but the combat efficiency was reduced. Therefore, after discussion and discussion with the generals, he added a light armoured brigade to each legion. They wear leather helmets, leather breastplates, carry triangle leather shields, wear leather gibbons, and leather sandals. Their combat weapons are 1.2 meters long. The double-edged thick iron sword of the United States is designed to select young and middle-aged citizens who are good at running and can climb mountains, and prepare citizens to be selected into the brigade to assist the main heavy infantry in combat.

At the same time, Daves also reformed the original light infantry brigade. Since Dionian’s excellent slingers are mainly from Rhode Island (the other Balearic Islands, which is rich in slingers, is under the control of the Carthaginians), the scarcity of soldiers makes it difficult for the army to be established later to recruit. As for the slingers, in addition to the formation of slingers in the first and second legions, the light infantry battalions of the other legions are half archers and half javelins. In addition, the number of outstanding Thracian light shield soldiers can no longer meet the speed of the expansion of the Dionian Army. Therefore, starting from the Fourth Army, the light infantry brigade does not have the organization of light shield soldiers. Its functions are mainly javelin. The corps and light armoured troops are assumed, thereby simplifying and more unified corps establishment.

In addition to the engineering battalion, equipment battalion, cavalry squad, medical battalion and other auxiliary organizations in the army, the number of the Dionian army now is close to 8,700, which can be said to be a huge army with complete functions.

As Alexis was heading north, he also sent people to inform Baggul to defend against the northern territory of Grumentum.

The Lucania area is mainly mountainous, and Potentia is the highest altitude area in this area, with an average elevation of more than 500 meters. Fortunately, most of the soldiers of the Third Army are Lucanians, who have lived here since childhood and have adapted to the environment here.

The Third Army trekking in the lowlands and river valleys between the mountains and the mountains in three columns, like a long dragon winding through the mountains and ridges, stretching for five or six miles from the head to the tail...

At this moment, on a small hill, Guerney, the son of Shillpini, the son of Veronni, is closely watching the movement at the bottom of the mountain.

"Leader, look!" the soldier next to him suddenly shouted.

"Stupid, keep your voice down!" Gellney kicked him and scolded: "Don't scare the enemy away!"

I saw a little golden light shimmering in the distance of the mountain road hidden by trees. After a while, this golden light turned into a big flag held high. The brass statue of Hades holding a double-stranded fork on the top of the flag was very dazzling under the sun. The holder of the bid was a tall military uniform. Man, he is also wearing a complete animal fur, so he looks very burly (actually the fur of a large hunting dog, the hunting dog has the meaning of loyalty and bravery, Hades's loyal dog is the three-headed dog Cerpalos, let alone wear Firth’s modern thinking does not allow his subordinates to hunt animals wildly because of the need for decoration).

"Hmph, good-looking is good-looking." Some Samona warriors pretended to be disdainful and muttered in a low voice: "I just don't know if I can fight."

Gerney did not speak. He watched attentively at the Dionian army that was slowly approaching him. He knew very well: This time his father contacted the two tribes of Pentney and Kautini. , Together to attack Potentia, not only because of Syracuse’s strong funding and instigation, but also because of the oppression of the powerful neighbor that suddenly emerged in the south.

At this moment, he wants to keep his eyes open and see clearly, what kind of strange and powerful enemy he is about to face?

Behind the holder of the bidder was the holder of the flag. The black flag held high was embroidered with the golden letters of "The Third Army of Dionian", fluttering in the air in the wind. Originally it was a red flag. It was Daves who was influenced by Rome in his previous life. But when he became more and more integrated into this era and Hades’s faith had penetrated into the hearts of the Dionian people, he considered Hades. He is the Lord of Darkness, advocating black, so he changed the color of the banner.

Behind the Legion’s flag bearer, immediately following the flag bearer of the First Battalion, he held a statue of Death one size smaller than the statue of Hades. Then there is the legion drum trumpeter...

Gerney rubbed his tired eyes: Dionia's army looked majestic, but there were too many fancy things.

He slandered in his heart, and the next Dionian legionnaire who appeared next made his eyes wide open: the black bronze helmet is not like the Corinthian helmet worn by the Greek soldiers he saw in Campania. The entire head is covered with only two eyeholes, but it is like an upside-down bowl. The entire face is exposed, with cheek guards covering the sides of the face. Its style is similar to the helmet of a Samona warrior, except for the top crown. There are no decorative feathers or colorful horsetails. Black linen breastplate, black greaves, the right hand holding the spear, the left hand holding the shield......

This shield...Gerney suddenly discovered that the shield held by the Dionian soldiers was similar to the shields of their Samoneite soldiers. It was half a person tall and rectangular, with a convex center and concave sides. , The shield surface is curved. The only difference is that the shields of Dionian soldiers are painted black instead of red...

Isn’t Dionia a city-state of the Greeks? Why did they not use the traditional Greek round copper shields and Corinthian helmets, but so similar to us Samona? !

Gerney, who was surprised, of course didn’t know that in the past few years, Davors, the consul of Dionia, finally completed the update of the army’s weapons and equipment. A long arc-shaped shield, and of course such a large shield cannot be copper-clad. It is just wood and covered with a layer of cowhide, which reduces the mutual weight of the soldiers by at least ten catties, and enhances their mobility. There are some new tactical changes.

In the Dionian army, except for occasional helmets with red, white, and purple crowns on the helmets, which should be team officers and generals, the rest are almost entirely black, making the entire team look like The **** snake that emerged from **** was filled with the breath of death and coldness.

Gerney took two breaths unconsciously, put on the helmet with a row of colorful ponytails on the top crown placed aside, pulled down the cheek guards, and whispered: "Notify Abrini on the opposite mountain Be prepared. When the enemy’s front army passes by, we will launch an attack to give these pretending enemies a good look."

"Yes, the leader!" The rider waved a red battle flag with a wolf's head on the top of the mountain. The Dionian soldiers at the bottom of the mountain were invisible, and the Samonaites on the opposite mountain also waved their flags in response.

Samonet's soldiers held their breath, holding javelins and stones, crouching on the mountain and waiting for the Dionians to pass through the mountain.

But at this moment, the Dionian stopped advancing, and a general on horseback rushed to the front of the team, seeming to be saying something to the soldiers.

After a while, the team began to move forward again, but just after a few steps, and stopped again, the general said something to the soldiers.

Three times in a row, stop and go. The Dionian was about to walk into the ambush, but he dangled in this short distance, delaying too much time.

Gerney felt that his patience was about to run out. He rubbed his numb body with his hands, scolded the Dionians secretly, and moved slowly.

At this moment, there was a commotion on the top of the mountain.

"The enemy is coming! The enemy is coming!..." the soldiers shouted loudly.

"What's going on?!" Gailny didn't care about lying in ambush at the moment, and hurriedly asked around.

"The leader, the Dionians...The Dionians are coming from the back hill, wanting to surround us!" The guard who ran to observe the situation hurriedly reported.

In fact, there is no need for him to say more, Gailny has already overlooked the dark shadows flashing between the woods on the mountainside behind him.

You got fooled! The cunning Dionians have long known that we are in ambush here, deliberately attracting my attention in front, but thinking of encircling us and annihilating us! Such a thought flashed in Gellney's mind, but he didn't panic, and immediately ordered: "Blow the horn! Since the Dionians dare to go up the mountain, let them taste the power of our Samonaes!"

The deep and long horn sounded down the mountain, and Alexis, the commander of the 3rd Legion, who rode at the front of the team, immediately looked up.

"It seems that the Samoneites have discovered our roundabout troops." Lizaru, the captain of the First Battalion, said in a relatively fluent Greek. After being humiliated in the Isthmus, he came back to spend a lot of time training his own. The Greek language has improved significantly.

"Krigoru, are you sure there are only 1,000 Samonaes on the mountains on both sides?" The legion adjutant confirmed to the reconnaissance captain Krigoru next to him again.