Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 120: Pre-war reconnaissance at the Battle of Punat River

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Daves had no plans to fight the Bruty Alliance at this moment, so he chose to camp here. At the same time, he believes that the Bruti Alliance has experienced a failed siege the day before. Will be more cautious, abandon the geographical advantage, the possibility of marching dozens of miles to challenge is not great, but I did not expect that the enemy will actually come. Since it's here, let's fight!

The strength of the two sides is equal. Although half of the soldiers in the Dionian army may be a little tired from building the camp, this is not a reason to avoid fighting. The enemy came out, and Daves was unable to ask for it. He suddenly stood up and asked: "How is the camp built?"

"The trench has been dug, and the earth barrier is being built." Tolmeide replied, and Xuan asked, "Should the soldiers retreat behind the trench?"

Daves waved his hand and refused. The Dionian Army has always focused on offense. Although trenches can increase the difficulty of the enemy’s offensive, it also limits their offensive capabilities and prevents the morale of the soldiers from being fully utilized. He would not do this unless under special circumstances. .

"Blow the assembly bugle, and then call the two captains of Capus and Dracos, and the captain of the cavalry commander Leides... By the way, there are also Epithenis and Zpit Call." Davers gave the order.

"Yes." Tormid hurried to send the order.

"Are we going to have a battle with the Bruti here?" Trifias was a little nervous.

"Yes, it seems that the end of the war with Bruti is coming soon!" Daves smiled confidently. Trifias was infected by his smile, relaxed, and took a trip to Greece. Military salute: "Then please allow me to gather my soldiers first."

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Pi Anlun led the army toward the Punat River, turning over a high slope, and down to a wide flat grassland. On the grass, countless Greeks were gathering and arraying. From a height, it looked like a pile of ants that had been digged out, a messy scene, which made him look a little bit contemptuous.

"Stop advancing and prepare to line up!" He immediately gave the order.

Although the formation of the Greeks has not yet taken shape, he stood on a high **** and looked down, and he also had a general impression: On the right side of the Dionians is the confluence of the Punat River and the Krati River, going all the way On the left is flat grass without any terrain obstacles, and behind is the dirt pit dug messed up by them.

After watching for a while, he made a decision in his heart: Due to the difficulty of walking on the side of the river and the small room for attack and maneuver, he will place 5000 tribal warriors forcibly conscripted from various tribes on the left wing; the middle road is An There are more than 5,000 fighters in Baria and Vig; on the right are 12,000 fighters in Cosenza.

Obviously, he wanted to use his most numerous and strongest Cosenza fighters to establish a victory on the right wing.

Pi Anlun originally thought: take advantage of the chaos of the enemy's organization, hurry up and attack!

But the troops with more than 20,000 people come from different tribes. If you want to form a formation in a short time, you need a complete command system, long-term military training and very disciplined soldiers. At these points, the Brutis failed to meet the requirements, so the entire army began a slow deployment in a state of extreme chaos with horns blowing, snare drums sounding, people shouting, you pushing me, noisy and noisy.

Pi Anlun was originally leisurely observing the enemy's movements while waiting for the completion of his array. But after a while, his face was a little ugly.

Because the Dionians who were messy just now quickly formed "small squares", and then the countless small squares moved to a fixed position like building blocks quickly but without interfering with each other. Soon, Dionia's formation began to take shape.

It was a formation that Pi Anlun had never seen before. The "small squares" were not close together, but there were quite a few gaps. From top to bottom, it looks like a piece of green and white wool blankets (because the linen breastplate is white). Although Pi Anlun didn't know how powerful such a strange formation was, the speed of the Dionian formation still made him feel uneasy.

He said loudly to Petaru next to him: "Go and remind Bogam, let them move faster!"

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The chaos of the Dionian array that Pi Anlun first saw was the moment when the soldiers of the First Legion hurriedly climbed out of the hot camp, put on each other's armor, and returned to the team. Now that the formation has begun to unfold, Davers's slightly nervous mood has settled down.

"Your Excellency Commander, our right wing is still in formation and hasn't expanded yet!" Tolmeid rushed to report anxiously.

"Don't worry, there are allied forces on the right, as well as the legionary reserve. The sources of soldiers are the most mixed." Davers rode on a horse and looked to the left: At the end of autumn, it hasn't rained for more than ten days. Dry, the movement of tens of thousands of soldiers has long stirred up the dust, and there is still a little bit of the right wing that can be seen.

Davers said with a leisurely look: "Triphias didn't rush to line up, but to reorganize the troops first, which made me feel relieved."

His fingers pointed forward: "You see, the Brutis did not move on the grass slopes. They are probably also in line. It just gave us time for the soldiers of the First Army to rest and regain some strength. "

Tormid looked intently: 500 meters away, the front is also filled with dust and mist...

"Go and notify Leides." Daves ordered again: "Let him send seven or eight cavalry units to harass the enemy's left, center, and right directions, slow down their formation speed, and observe their In response to the situation, come back and report to me."

"Yes."

"Wait a minute. You tell Leides that I'm talking about harassment, not hard work. If the enemy's cavalry is chasing, return immediately, don't let the cavalry be damaged!" Daves urged again and again.

"Understood, my lord."

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"Kids, follow up!"

"Uncle, we can run faster than you without riding a horse."

"Smelly boy, your skin is itchy, right? You will look good when you go back."

"Captain, you should have done this long ago!"

The cavalry unit led by Solicos has traversed the entire battlefield in a burst of laughter and reached the Punat River.

"Stop!" Sorikos stretched his spear, and the whole team stopped advancing.

"All off!"

"Why, Captain?! We are not in front of the enemy yet!" the cavalry shouted.

"Obey orders!" Sorikos shouted loudly.

Although the cavalry were reluctant, they were affected by the military regulations and had to do it. They shouted in dissatisfaction: "Captain, other units have already thrown javelins at the enemy. Are you going to make us deserters?" !"

"Shut up! Our unit was ordered to harass the leftmost wing of the enemy. The distance it ran was the longest, and the horses were a bit tired. Let them rest for a while to better complete the task! I will bring you out and it will go smoothly. Take you back!"

"Well, Captain, we listen to you. But how long will we have to wait?!"

"Wait for my order."

The cavalry had no choice but to pat the restless horses, while observing the gray battlefield ahead, watching their teammates in the distance sometimes rush into the dust and mist, and sometimes pull out their horses...screams, screams The sound reached their ears, making them itch.

Time flies really slowly. Just when they were a little impatient, "Get on!" Soricos's shout was like a long drought in the rain, which lifted their spirits.

50 war horses stepped on all four hooves, began to trot, and gradually formed a wedge shape as they progressed.

Soricos is at the forefront. He raised his spear and swung forward twice: "Speed ​​up!"

There is a 30-meter-high grass **** ahead. Although it is not steep, it is necessary to prevent the cavalry from slowing down when going up the **** and being attacked by the enemy.

The horse flew with four hooves, and the cavalry hugged the horse's neck and leaned forward to accelerate the speed of the horse.

Sorikos was the first to leap onto the grassy slope. A few tens of meters away, densely packed Bruti people stretched out from the bank of the Punat River. I don’t know how far it is. One, two, three... …It's hard to count how thick their phalanx is in a hurry.

Sorikos felt like he was standing in front of the enemy, like an ant standing in front of an elephant. The invisible huge pressure accumulated on his chest, making him feel a little breathless. He took a deep breath, drew out a short javelin, put his legs in the belly of the horse, and the horse accelerated again.

The cavalry followed closely behind.

50 meters, 40 meters, 30 meters... The hoofs raised up fell on the dry and cracked soil, as if drumsticks hit the drumhead, making a sound of "Da! Da!", and the cavalry unit quickly The forward rush caused a lot of momentum, causing a riot of riots in the Bruti array just set up.

Just as the Bruti soldiers pushed each other and exclaimed, Soricos threw his javelin, and then dozens of javelins plunged into the enemy's formation, screaming one after another.

The Bruti people are getting messier, some retreat in panic, some rush up in anger...

Sorikos waved his spear to the left, leading the cavalry unit to quickly turn left at a distance of more than 20 meters from the enemy's formation, and drove forward along the front of the Bruty array. Wherever he went, it was like a rock hitting the calm water surface, but the ripples that appeared would not be able to calm down for a while. At the same time, the enemy’s panic and chaos were reflected in Solicos’s eyes one by one. He realized that his mission had been achieved. Decisively ordered: "Turn left!"

As soon as the cavalry turned and returned, the Bruti cavalry arrived and chased.

The Dionian light infantry rushed to respond in time and used javelins to start off hundreds of Bruti cavalry.

Daves cleverly used the cavalry's "firepower reconnaissance" to make the reaction of the opposing Bruti array, and through Ryders' report, he had a general understanding of Bruti's array. Judging from the performance of responding to the harassment of the cavalry, Bruti is the worst on the left, and the strongest is on the right, causing Dionia's cavalry to pay more than a dozen horse deaths and injuries. Obviously, the idea of ​​the Brutis is the same as that of Daves. They arrange the weakest troops on the side of the river and put the strongest troops on the outside. After all, this is in line with the principles of the art of war.