Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 25: Turiyi Battle (1)

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The trumpets of the Greek city-states for attacking and retreating are roughly the same, but Turri’s military deployment was basically the same, except that all two hundred cavalry were allocated to Achita, which made Achita even more to Daves. Full of affection, thank him again and again.

Burkos stood not far away, watching everyone discussing, and he also had a good impression of Daves, he didn’t understand: Why Daves would sing praises to the Pythagorean school at this time, but he didn’t listen to him before. Mentioned it! Didn't he know that in Greater Greece, except for Tarantum, no city-state would have a good impression of the Pythagoras School, making it difficult for this mysterious group to survive in Greater Greece? His attitude might affect Feiris and Kunogolata's perception of him!

Just when Burcos was worried for Daves, the meeting in front of the station would be over quickly. Davers jumped on his horse, and while walking slowly toward his team, he watched the two teams passing by him that were about to fight side by side: the Tarantum reinforcements led by Achita, all of them were two. Thirty-year-old young man, full of energy, carrying a buckler on his left shoulder, a stabbing gun on his right shoulder, and a helmet, while marching while talking with his companions, his expression is more relaxed; while most of the civilian soldiers in Turiyi appear The expressions are dignified, many of them have gray hair and slightly rickets...

Looking at it, Daves frowned. Suddenly he felt something was wrong. He pointed to the back of the team and said with Burkos who was next to him: "What's the matter? Why are there people wearing leather armor? Soldiers?...Wait...There are still a lot of soldiers who are half naked. There are many soldiers like this...No, you have more than four thousand people!"

Burkos then said: "Those are all freedmen and Gentiles living in Turei. After discussion, the Turei Citizens Assembly passed a resolution, "All freemen and foreigners who participated in this war After the war is won, you will become a citizen of Turri.' It was your suggestion that reminded us. Now Turri’s team is about 6,000." Burcos was a little bit complacent.

This slightly alleviated the anxiety in Daves' heart. He sighed and said: "Unexpectedly, there are so many free people in the city of Turiyi!"

"In fact, this is only a small part, and most of the freedmen are on the sidelines and did not join this battle." Burkos' words surprised Davers at the same time, but also made him thoughtful.

Turiyi coalition forces are divided into left, center, and right three-way columns, lined up with dragons on the Subari Plain, and slowly marched westward along the Krati River. The scout cavalry kept going back and forth, reporting the movements of the Lucanians.

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The messenger came and said to Chief Davos: "General Ferris orders you to stop advancing and line up here!"

"Got it." Daves nodded in response, and then said to the trumpeter beside him: "Blow the trumpet, stop moving!"

The sound of the bugle sounded, and the mercenary team quickly stopped advancing.

"Order, line up!" Daves ordered again.

The trumpeter blew the round bronze horn again.

Immediately, the head of the mercenary column moved to the right and the tail of the line swung forward. Daves’s army is based on a squad as the basic unit of combat (squads only play a management role and cannot fight independently). When lining up in a column, there are four rows in one squad, and rows down one by one. Therefore, the whole team is a “long dragon”. Throw it over, and when it faces west, the array is basically completed, and the speed is very fast.

Daves placed the first heavy infantry company at the far right, because this side is to be connected to the middle of Turriy, so the steady first heavy infantry company captain Capps controls the attack and retreat of the team The pace to prevent the disconnection from the middle. At the far left is the third heavy infantry company led by Amintas. Considering the number of enemies, the far left flank may be surrounded. A company captain who dares to fight will keep the morale of the soldiers high. In fact, Daves felt that Hironimos, who was equally brave and more experienced in combat, was more suitable for this important task. However, this former expeditionary general who had just relied on him had too many recruits (he joined the team in Byzantium). ), Dafus is still not at ease. Fortunately, there are two light shield companies behind Amintas. I believe that there is no problem with solid defense. Traditionally, the thickness of the Greek phalanx is at least eight rows, but Daves' team has only four rows. This is because the strength of the troops is small. To ensure the length of the front, the thickness can only be thinner. But Davers believes that experienced mercenaries can block a large number of enemies.

The left wing has been lined up, the middle road is still slowly unfolding, the yelling of the team officers, the orders of the messengers, the reminders of the soldiers, all kinds of sounds are intertwined, it is like a noisy big market... Ferrys put Dracos’ 1,000 mercenaries at the forefront of the line, and Turíy’s civilian soldiers were in the center. Behind the Freedom House, there were more than a dozen columns thick...

The right-wing lineup is also relatively rapid. Achita placed Tarantum citizen soldiers in front, mercenaries in the back, two hundred cavalry at the far right, and his phalanx also had eight columns.

Finally, the center lane is also lined up, and the left, center, and right wing arrays are connected in a line. The priests of Turiyi carried the statue of Apollo, the protector of Turiyi, came to the phalanx and began to chant hymns, then offered blood food and prayed for the victory of the war. The soldiers also began to silently pray Apollo prayed for his blessing; the soldiers of Tarantum were also praying, but not to the sun god, their city-state has its own patron saint, Poseidon, and even the legendary city-state demigod hero Frantus; and the mercenaries mostly believe in Ares, the **** of war, and Zeus, the main god, but the soldiers of Davos are different. They also believed in Ares before, but Daves led them to victory one after another. , After doing many miracles, I began to believe in Hades...

When the whole army was immersed in prayers to the gods, the scouts also galloped back one after another, bringing news of the coming of the Lucania coalition forces, and Lucania’s scouts also appeared in Before the Greek Allied Forces, they were quickly pushed back by the crowds of Greek cavalry.

"The Lucanians are less than three miles away from us...should make the whole army ready!" Kunogolata said nervously.

Feiris waved his hand and said, "No hurry, the Lucanians will not attack so quickly. Their army has not yet appeared. Even if it does, it will take a while to put up the battle line."

Kunogolata retreats angrily.

After a while, I saw a golden light shining on the distant field, all over the mountains and plains, like a golden torrent rolling eastward.

Kunogorata took a deep breath and said nervously, "Just as the young leader of the mercenary said, the Lucanians really put on our weapons and armor. This is a bit troublesome. Up!"

"Don't worry, even if the Lucanians change their equipment, in such a short time, they can't learn the battlefield of our Greeks, but they have discarded their own strengths. Maybe it's a good thing. "Fairris comforted him calmly, then turned to the herald and said: "Go and notify the team officers, so that they don't worry, and let the soldiers continue to rest."

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"Damn, we are carrying the sun. The sun shining on them makes my eyes very uncomfortable. When fighting for a while, it will affect Epithenis and Zpitre's javelin throwing!" Matto Reese felt a little uneasy.

"Then there is any way, who told us to be located in the east. Isn't Turri's patron saint Apollo? Why not let them pray to Apollo, don't have to come out today." Olivers said jokingly.

"It's better to find our Davos leader and let Hades turn day into night, so this battle won't need to be fought." Epithenis also joked.

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The mercenary soldiers were resting, and the team officers also gathered around Davers and joked in a few words, without taking the large number of Lucanians on the opposite side seriously.