Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 16: The battle with Cavutini (2)

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The javelin thrown away covered the entire phalanx, and only the sound of "boom" was heard. Some javelins slipped off the shield, while others plunged into the shield, turning the entire phalanx into a hedgehog... But this phalanx neither fell down nor screamed, it stood intact.

When the Samoneites were surprised, the Greeks suddenly removed their long shields, and one after another javelins flew out of the phalanx, and they threw them toward the front in a concentrated manner. That was where Taruk stood.

At this time, the distance between the two parties is close to 20 meters.

Taruk never thought that the other party would have this deadly move. As the leader of the tribe, Taruk had his own armor and shield, but in order to better pursue the escaped Greeks, he put it in Into the village. Seeing the javelin shooting straight, he could only rely on instinct to dodge, and then he let out a scream, a javelin pierced his right leg, and he fell to the ground.

At the same time, seven or eight soldiers beside him screamed and fell.

"The leader!!!..." The warriors' panic screams sounded in his ears, and Taruk suddenly remembered in pain: What was mentioned by the last leader ten years ago,

The enemy of these black helmets and black armors should be the Dionians!

"They are Dionians!" Taruk reminded loudly.

At this time, the Dionian soldiers had rushed to the front.

In order to protect their leader, the Cavutini fighters did not retreat, but hurriedly greeted them, fighting with the Dionian soldiers.

This is obviously a wrong move. Even though there were more Kautini fighters than the opponent, the unprotected Kautini fighters and the tightly-protected soldiers of the Dionian Legion were fighting with each other.

After paying a lot of casualties, the Cavutini fighters had to retreat.

At this moment, they heard the sound of horse hooves behind them.

"It's a Greek cavalry!!" The Cavutini soldier exclaimed.

Dozens of Dionian cavalry who came around behind and galloped threw javelins at the retreating Cavutini soldiers, slowing their retreat.

The soldiers of the Dionian Legion were swiftly approaching.

Under the front and back attack, the Cavutini fighters were completely defeated and fled in all directions. They will become the target of the Dionian cavalry.

At this moment, the squad leader of the Dionian Corps was standing in front of Taruk who was stunned, looking back at the Campanian army that had just arrived in a hurry. Asked: "Where is the nearest enemy to us?"

The scout pointed to his right side and said: "About 400 meters away from here, more to the west, there are about 300 Kautini people. Your comrades in the third unit and a light armoured company are preparing Raid them."

After listening to the team leader, he immediately shouted: "The brothers of the second team gather together! Except for the injured ones who stayed for treatment, the others immediately marched west with me and cooperated with the third team to attack Samo. Nai people!"

"Squad leader, this is just a small injury for us. Continue to fight, there is no problem at all." The wounded soldier said unwillingly.

"This is an order, execute it immediately!" After the squad leader said this, the wounded soldiers remained silent.

"What about the Kautini people hiding in the village?" a soldier asked.

"Give it to the Neapolitans, just the few remaining soldiers, I think they should be able to deal with it." With that, the squad leader led the soldiers to immediately turn west.

This similar scene took place in various places in the Campania Plain.

Only in Atella, the situation is different.

Atla was originally a small town founded by the Etruscans, and later joined the Campania League. It is in the northeast of Naples, in the middle of the Campania Plain, less than 25 miles from the city of Naples.

Twenty years ago, it was taken by the Kautini people. Since then, Atra has become a forward base for the Kautini people to further invade and attack the coastal city-states of Campania and a transfer site for looted materials.

The Campania Alliance suffered a lot from it, so after the alliance with Dionians, through the use of the Cavutini people being defeated by Dionia and still negotiating, they asked Daves: Yes Will the Cavutini return Atra to the League of Campania?

Davers agreed.

The Kautini people had to make concessions due to the situation at the time.

This shame has always been in the heart of Kautini Chief Segovani, so this time he will take advantage of the opportunity of the Campania Alliance to deal with the invasion of various tribes, gather heavy troops, and retake Atra in one fell swoop. Establish his reputation. As for Dionians to send envoys to criticize by then, Segovani had already figured out how to deal with it, so he used the phrase "Atlas belongs to the Kautini" as a prevarication. Anyway, the Dionians only Knowing that you can threaten him with words, you can't hurt him at all. When the time comes, the Dionians can't take him.

Segowani spent two days gathering about 5,000 warriors from the surrounding tribes in Katium, and entered the city of Sesala in a relatively secretive manner.

Half an hour after the other tribes began to invade to the west, he led the army to set off. Because he specially ordered "all tribes not to looting on the route from Sassella to Atra", he marched along the way. It went smoothly without encountering any enemies.

Sassella is less than 20 miles from Atla, all on flat ground. An hour later, the army led by Segowani approached the city of Atla.

The Atlas obviously did not expect that the Kautini, who had always been just looting, would suddenly lead a large army to attack the city, and there were only a few panicked sentries on the wall.

Segowani made full preparations. Not only did he let the soldiers carry enough ladders, but he also brought Kautini’s heavy infantry (equivalent to the intermediate infantry of the Greek army) into the team. Among them, there are 3,000 people.

"Offensive!" Segowani immediately issued the order without hesitation. He didn't want to leave any time for the enemy to react.

The soldiers rushed towards Atlas City roaring.

At this time, the spies hurriedly came: "Big boss, found the enemy's scout!"

Segovani felt tight, and then relaxed again: What happened to the Greeks who discovered it? Now he has a winning ticket.

"Continue to observe the enemy's movements south, and report to me at any time." He waved his hand and said.

"Yes, Chief." The spy ran away.

Cavalry! This is the pain in Segovanni’s heart: the Samonas are a mountain race and have never had a cavalry, but after the Cavutini occupied the eastern plains of Campania, he began planning to build a Cavalry to enhance the reconnaissance capabilities of the troops, while also supporting operations. But none of the Cavutini warriors are willing to try to ride horses. They are more willing to fight face to face with the enemy, rather than riding horses and avoiding like cowards. Of course, sitting on a bare horseback also made these Cavutini fighters completely insecure, and it was far better than stepping on a solid ground to make them feel at ease. In the end, the dream of establishing a cavalry can only be in vain...

Segovani sighed, discarded this annoying thought, and refocused his attention on the battlefield. He was delighted to see: The soldiers had already used the ladder to cross the trenches and forced them under the wall until At this time, many panicked Greek defenders appeared on the city...

When the reinforcements from Naples arrived, I had already taken this small town! Segowani clenched his right fist confidently.

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"What are you talking about?! There are more than 5,000 Cavutinis attacking Atlas!" The Naples general Aalos was surprised when he heard the news from the scout.

He immediately reacted and shouted with an iron face: "We were all deceived by the Kautini people. This time, they are not just looting, but wanting to occupy our land!" Ealos said. Mainly to Lizaru.

At this moment, Lizaru, who was sitting in the big tent, looked very ugly. After dispatching the troops of the Third Army to prepare for a raid to invade the Kautini of the Campania League, he sat in the barracks. There is no way, because the locations of the invasion are too wide, and the brigade, companies, and detachments of the Third Army are scattered in this vast area. He can only rely on the numerous scouts, messengers, and staff. Planning can barely achieve a general control. Only 500 light infantry remained in the camp by him, which he kept as a reserve team.

Lizaru carefully looked at the map of Campania on the table, and then asked loudly: "How many citizen soldiers are there in Atla?"

Ealos thought for a while, came over and said: "Atla is a small city with a population of only a few thousand, and can draw out nearly 400 citizen soldiers."

Speaking of this, Aialos feels a bit regretful: when Atra returned to the Campania League, the city should be expanded, strengthened, and stationed more young and middle-aged citizens with such an important strategic location. However, at that time, the city-states in the alliance were arguing about how much to share the construction cost and how much land they obtained, and this important measure has never been implemented. Later, everyone found that the Kautini were very safe under the strong restraint of Dionian, and they didn't bother to make changes to Atlas. In the past two years, Cavutini resumed his attack on the Campania League, but mainly robbed property, occasionally looted the population, and did not attack the town, so he did not arouse vigilance.

Lizaru frowned and asked: "How many soldiers do you still have not sent out to fight?"

Aeros hurriedly discussed a few words with the generals in the nearby alliances, and then reluctantly said: "According to your previous suggestion, General Lizaru, we have retained the reserve team, which has about 2,000 soldiers. "

"2000 people are enough!" Lizaru's face was slightly awkward: "With the troops beside me, there are a total of 2500 people. We can immediately lead them to Atlas and pin Kautini's army. , So that they dare not attack the city with all their strength. At the same time, they sent scouts to rush to notify other troops to rush to Atra as soon as possible, and work together to repel the enemy's large force!"