Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 81: The Battle of Poseidonia (2)

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Because of the largest number of Samona attacking from the north, Alexis concentrated the ballista and most of the light infantry on this side.

When Torek temporarily led his team to retreat, the 7000 Cavutini fighters from the south, led by Quinduk, had already begun to climb the earth wall.

The defenses on this side are the first and second battalions. Even if Lizaru, who loves fighting, looks at the crowds under the earth wall and in the trenches, his scalp is numb.

"Don't panic, stab again when you see it! There are more enemies, but they can't come up!..." Litoru carried the shield and spear and walked back and forth behind the soldiers. While observing the enemy, he gave loudly. They are inspired.

"Be careful, Captain!" The guard behind him suddenly exclaimed.

From the corner of Rizaru's eyes, he saw a dark figure ignoring the piercing of the soldiers, jumping from the top of the long ladder, and leaping straight at him.

Suddenly, he didn't have time to swing the stabbing spear. Instead, he quickly threw away the shield spear, and just pulled out the dagger at his waist, he was thrown to the ground.

Being pressed by the enemy, the limbs of both sides were twisted. In a narrow distance, he strenuously pushed the dagger in his hand forward, and even hit a hard object and couldn't pierce it into his chest.

At this time, Sombra's powerful hands have been pressed firmly on his eyes, and he only felt the pain in his eyes. At this critical moment of life and death, Rizaru didn't panic. He turned his right wrist up, and his dagger was pressed against the hard object.

The dark shadow snorted and fell backwards, the dagger pierced his jaw.

Lizaru pushed him away hard and immediately stood up.

The soldiers who came here pierced the struggling enemy with a spear.

Lizaru shook his dizzy head, rubbed his painful eyes again, and squinted: the man was wearing a silver-white armor, and he also had silver-white greaves on his legs. .

As far as Lizaru knows, there are about four types of Samona fighters: light infantry armed with spears and spears, without any protection; infantry armed with spears, long shields, javelins, helmets, and no armor. ; Medium infantry with long shields, spears, helmets, and golden breastplate only; there are heavy infantrymen wearing colorful feather crested helmets, silver armor and gaiters, but this type of heavy infantry is in Samona There are not many people, and their status in the tribe is not low.

Lizaru looked at the dead on the ground carefully, bent over and pulled up the short sword, swung it vigorously, and wiped the blood stains off the sword. At this time, when he recalled the scene just now, he was also a little afraid: if he still Wearing the old weapons and equipment, and using the old curved saber (which is a curved sword, more suitable for slashing), I’m afraid it’s difficult to swing and hit the enemy in the critical situation of close hand-to-hand combat. On the contrary, his eyes will be blinded by the enemy's hands.

Lizaru simply held the sword in his right hand and the shield in his left, standing in place and looking forward.

At this time, most of the soldiers standing behind the wall no longer stab downwards, because the enemy keeps climbing up the wall, making them more of a long shield, pushing outwards to block the stab. At the same time, his spearhead knocked the enemy down the trench. Once the enemy's body is unstable, the spear and dagger will pierce through the shield gap.

Behind the soldiers fighting with all their strength, there are second-line soldiers. They are ready to replenish them at any time. At the same time, they are going to besiege the enemies who come in...

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Samonets have been plundering the land of Campania all these years, and rarely attacked the fortified cities. In fact, they lacked the experience of siege, so Tolik, who had never commanded so many warriors, thought smugly. The camp that had been surrounded by groups was destroyed in one fell swoop, but he did not expect that this small camp would cause his army to stumble. The wall of fire alone killed hundreds of Pentney warriors, so it was in his heart. Backlog of unwillingness and anger. After retiring and reorganizing the attacking battalion team, after the fire weakened, he once again sounded the offensive horn.

Samonet soldiers charged forward with vengeful anger, while the light infantry followed behind naked. They all took off their short linings, wrapped a large handful of dirt, and carried a javelin in one hand. Carrying a bag of soil for the first time, he is ready to rescue the people on fire at any time.

When the Samoneites who attacked the north of the camp were constantly struck by stone bullets, arrows, and javelins, they jumped into the trench again, erected a long ladder, and stepped on the corpses of their clansmen and continued to cling to them. The Dionian soldiers never tossed the oil tank again.

Under the protection of the guards, Tolek, who was anxiously urging his tribe to attack, almost tripped over the dirt bag placed by the light infantry in front of the trench. He had an inspiration and shouted: "Throw the dirt bag! Hurry up! Throw it down!..."

The light infantry who was throwing a javelin into the camp, under the leadership of the big leader, braved the arrow rain, and quickly concentrated one by one into the trench...soon, several channels were filled in the trench. . Seeing this scene, the Samonais became more excited, and continued to add soil packs, wanting to build it up to the same height as the top of the wall.

The Dionian soldiers are also constantly piercing the dirt bag with a lancet, in an attempt to destroy the enemy.

Samonet warriors continuously rushed up from the "slope" built by the soil packs in an attempt to forcibly occupy the top of the wall.

The shields and shields of the two sides collided, spears and spears fought back and forth, and a fierce close fight was launched.

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"Legislative Commander, General Latignes (General of the Elijah Army) asks you for help!" The adjutant rushed to the north of the camp and reported to Alexis, who was nervously watching the situation.

"I can't stand it so soon!" Alexis frowned. He asked Elia's army and half of the heavy infantry brigade to defend the south of the camp with about 2,000 people, and come out of Poseidonia. There should not be too many Samonais, and their defenses should not be too tight.

"The Eliyas didn't understand the tactics of the Samoneites, they were hit by a javelin, and they seemed...to be frightened by the momentum of the Samoneites!" the adjutant explained.

"Allied troops are really..." Alexis said half of his words, and swallowed the word "unreliable" back into his stomach: At this time, I can't say anything that would destroy unity.

"The light armoured brigade draws 400 people to assist the southern camp!" The "Dionian Military Law" emphasizes in the operational principle that the commander of the force should retain the reserve team as much as possible, in case of emergency. . Therefore, Alexis filled the light armoured brigade as a reserve, and it was time for them to be used.

As soon as his voice fell, he heard a loud "clap" and screams in front of him: "The wall is falling!!!..."

Alexis was shocked and saw: The part of the wall where the north wall was in contact with the **** formed by the enemy’s soil was overwhelmed and collapsed due to the intense fighting and trampling of soldiers on both sides. A cloud of dust...

When the dust and fog dissipate, the dirt wall reveals a gap about four people wide. The Samonais are rushing in through the gap, and the soldiers are desperately enclosing...

The battle has finally reached its most critical moment!

"Edette, draw out a company to reinforce the south side, and the other light armored companies will immediately push the enemy back!" Alexis pointed to the place where the battle was going on, and looked at the eager light armored captain with a serious expression. give an order.

"Brothers, it's finally our turn!" Eddet turned around and shouted excitedly to the light armored soldiers.

"Roar!!!" The fighting spirits in the light armor roared in unison, and the roar made Alexis's nervousness a little dissipated.

He solemnly said to the adjutant: "You take 200 light armoured soldiers and quickly go to the south to reinforce! I have no reserve team here, so you have to defend the southern wall anyway! Ratignes will not command , It’s up to you to direct it!"

"Understood, commander of the legion!" The adjutant solemnly finished his military salute and turned away.

At this moment, Alexis is anxiously looking forward to the arrival of Daves’ reinforcements as soon as possible...

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Actually, on a hill one mile east of the camp of Dionian Third Army, Daves, Tolmeide, and a group of guards are looking down on the battlefield: nearly 30,000 Samonais from the east , West, South, and North besieged the center. The small camp is like a tattered boat and is in danger of being swallowed by huge waves at any time...

Tolmead couldn't help sighing: "The Third Army has played very tenaciously, it can last for such a long time!"

"Yes, it's not easy!" Daves nodded approvingly, and then he asked with a strong tone: "But they are not fighting alone! Have all the troops reached their predetermined positions?"

"Yes, Lord Supreme Commander!" After finishing the military salute, the Herald Tolmeide reported excitedly: "The First Legion has reached the northeast of the camp, about one and a half miles away; the Second Legion has reached the camp. To the southeast, more than a mile from the camp; Rydes’ cavalry has blocked the road to the mountains to the north; Izam’s reconnaissance group and Laos’ army are rushing to the city of Poseidonia, preparing to cut off the enemy and flee An attempt to return to the city!..."

Actually, standing on this hill can also roughly see the actions of the various units. They did not sound the bronze horn, nor yelled, but silently but quickly elongated the array horizontally in an attempt to surround the enemies outside the camp, and at the same time, they kept advancing towards the camp...

"Since everything has been arranged, let's wait for the good news of victory." Daves said with a relaxed face, and then sat on the rocks in a leisurely manner, ready to watch the battle.

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In order not to become a burden to the tribesmen or to worry about becoming victims of the surging crowd trampled by the offensive, the Samonais injured in the attack will do their best to retreat to the rear. And these lucky soldiers who retreated to the rear found that they were not lucky, because countless soldiers with black helmets and black armor suddenly appeared behind them, quickly approaching them, like an endless black tide roaring toward them.