Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 224: Lola Battle (2)

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Contruni’s words were exactly what Segovani was worried about. Then when he discussed privately with other leaders of Kautini who were close to him, he also encountered strong opposition, which made him Can only give up.

But the battle situation changed so fast that he was too late to think of a better way to solve the problem of the Naconian army. Those rumors in Beneventum were made by him to achieve the purpose of confusing people. Although the effect seems to be good, it is only a stopgap measure. It is also an expedient solution to disperse the Nakonian tribe's armies in the army. But if they are not sent out for battle, where are the more than 2,000 Naconian fighters placed? Kautim or Abella? This will only make Segowani even more uneasy, and he firmly believes that only under such an arrangement can the Naconian fighters fight bravely and not dare to chaos.

The fact is true. The reason why Vassonke is anxious is because the Naconian army seems to be a whole, but there is actually no leader who can convince everyone and make them obey orders. Everyone is temporarily elected for the first time. The young man who led the soldiers had no prestige, including Vasonk. Although knowing that Segovani’s order is not good for them, no young Naconian leader has the confidence and courage to stand up because the Naconian army is at a disadvantage and surrounded by other tribal warriors. , Raise your arm, and then all Naconian fighters will obey the order and initiate a mutiny.

So, although the generals of Naconia expressed their opposition, in the end they obeyed the order unwillingly and left with their troops. And this dispersion makes it impossible to communicate with each other during the battle, let alone achieve a unified action.

Vathonke can't do anything when he sees things. He can only curse the ferocious and cunning Segowani in his heart, and wait for the moment.

Segowani adopted the traditional method of warfare between the Samoneites and the Greek army. The ranks of the army were very long, three miles long, and the length of the columns was not small. This is because of Samona. The army formation is very loose, and the space between the soldiers is very large, which is easy to intersect with each other.

At dusk, when the sun had fallen above the sea in the west, and the sky and the sea were dyed golden yellow, the enemy appeared in Segowani’s vision, and their thick armor was slanted by the sunset light. , Exudes a flickering but not dazzling light.

The wall of light on the opposite side does not make Segowani and the soldiers feel scared. On the contrary, they feel relieved, because they have defeated such an opponent countless times in the past, but the length of the opponent’s army exceeds Segova. According to Ni’s expectation, it extends to both sides, making Segovanni not even able to see the two ends of it. This is somewhat different from the previous Campania’s dense and thick phalanx tactics.

Is this the way the Dionians fight? Segovani muttered in his heart, saying that although he and the Dionians had fought once, it was a chasing battle, and the two sides had not had a formal battle.

But he could see that the opposing soldiers were still densely arranged, so the opposing column must be thin. Of course, Segovanni could guess why the opponent had lined up the army before it reached the battlefield. Obviously, the Campanians learned the lessons of the past, because the clumsy Campanian army is always in the army. When slowly arraying, he was attacked from a distance by the fast-moving Kautini fighters.

Segowani hesitated for a moment, but decided not to adjust the deployment easily, but to test for a while to see the situation.

The Dionian coalition stopped advancing when it was less than 400 meters away from the opponent. The 3.2-mile long but only three rows of troops have turned into twists and turns after advancing for a certain distance. , It is necessary to restore the straight line before the battle.

There are more than 6,000 heavy infantry in the middle of this army formation (including about 1,500 reserve soldiers of Dionian), and then 3,000 light armor and light infantry mixed units including Dionian light infantry brigade Connected on both sides, at each end are 500 Dionian light armoured soldiers. In addition, there are more than 200 Campanian cavalry on the outermost side of the left wing, with a total strength of about 11,400.

Dionia’s opponent, Cavutini’s army has a total strength of more than 9,000 men, with an array of three miles long. Most of his army is light infantry. These light infantry are also divided into two types, one is pure Javelinmen, the other is light infantry with long shields. They can both bid for guns and fight with spears. They form the main part of the Cavutini Army. Only in the rear of the center there are nearly a thousand soldiers. The infantry was led by Segowani himself.

Cautini and the Campania League, two mortal enemies for decades, today, on the edge of the eastern plain of Campania, have each exhausted their forces, and are about to make a decision. The battle of fate.

But when the Allied forces of Dionian stopped and began to regroup, Segovani had already given the order first. The light infantry in the center of the Cavutini army began to move forward. The two right wings also moved with it.

The movement of the Kautini army is different from the heavy and slow movement of the Greek army, and its speed is very fast.

Aalos knows this well. As the commander of Naples, he stood in the front row of the array. Zantiparis once advised him to "not go to the front, but command the whole situation in the rear", and he politely said Rejected, the generals elected by most of the Greek city-states tended to be on the front line during the battle to show that they had no identity difference from the soldiers, so as not to be criticized by the citizens after the war. Naples was no exception, especially in Such an important moment.

At this moment, he did not hesitate to take off the Corinthian helmet and threw it on the ground. The other Campanian heavy infantry also took off the Corinthian helmet as planned in advance, all of them. Suddenly I have a wide field of vision, and I feel a lot more relaxed. Only the Dionian heavy infantry did not take off because they were wearing open helmets.

Aeros looked around, raised the spear in his hand, and shouted: "Apollo bless! We must pursue bravely and never stop!"

The surrounding soldiers and team officers also shouted one after another: "Follow the chase and never stop!!..."

When the Cavutini army was approaching 50 meters, almost all the soldiers of the Dionian coalition were yelling, and their fighting spirit was very high.

Hearing the thunderous roar of Zanteparis, who was riding on the horse behind him, calmed his nervousness a lot.

"Offensive!" he said loudly.

"Woo!..." The high-pitched bugle made the entire long army line, whether it was heavy infantry, light infantry, light armor, or cavalry, began to march forward.

The sudden forward movement of the Dionian forces did not have any effect on the forefront fighters of the Cavutini army. They stopped at a suitable distance and threw their hands as they did in the usual fighting. Javelin, and then prepare to retreat through the gap, so that the soldiers behind it are in the forefront, and they will continue to throw the javelin...and so on, so that even if the opponent is advancing, they will always pull away from the opponent. The distance was exceeded, and the throwing of the javelin continued, giving the opponent a great deal of damage to the dense phalanx.

In the past, the Campania League had not been specially trained, and there was neither light infantry capable of competing with it, nor did it specifically design tactics for independent light infantry. It is impossible for the civilian light infantry to be temporarily recruited to fight against almost All members are tough Cavutini javelins, so often after three or four rounds of throwing, the Campania army has to stop advancing.

Then, the Cavutini fighters immediately turned from retreat to offensive. There were still waves of javelin throwing attacks. When they threw out their javelins, the Campanians were basically trapped in casualties because of too many casualties. In the chaos, Cavutini's armored infantry and lightly armed infantry with spears make the final impact, often a defeat, and the victory is established.

But now, the Cavutini soldiers were surprised to see that the heavy infantry on the opposite side accelerated their pace as they advanced, and faster and faster.

They are going to charge? ! Don't they know that it is impossible for us to hedge against them, and with their heavy speed, they can't catch up with us! ……Although the Kautini fighters are surprised, as the distance gets closer, they also have to back side, and their first round of javelin, according to custom, because the distance is still far (more than 30 meters), so they take Throwing slightly upwards can make the javelin fly longer, and the drop position is often in the middle and rear of the opponent's army, which will cause chaos in the entire army and make it out of joint for the next attack. However, the opponent's sudden acceleration and the thin column made most of the javelins thrown out.

The coalition heavy infantry who escaped the javelin attack became more confident. They raised their bucklers obliquely and half-shielded their heads, and their steps were stronger and faster. This caused the distance between the two sides to be quickly shortened to within 20 meters, and also made the Kautini fighter who threw the javelin too late to be more fully prepared, and hurriedly threw the javelin in his hand.

The 500 Naconian fighters led by Vasonk were part of this second wave of attacks. They had all been hinted by Vasonk in advance, and most of the soldiers threw their javelins into the sky at will. Then retreat immediately.

The desperate charge of the Greek heavy infantry made Vasonk's heart change sharply.

Even if the Cavutini fighters threw in a hurry, the experienced javelins used direct shots in this round of javelin throws. Countless heavy javelins were driven by the leatherstrips under the strong arms of the fighters. , With some rotation during the flight, it pierced the shield of the heavy infantry guard. Many javelins directly penetrated the shield, causing some heavy infantry injuries.