Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 85: The Battle of Anleen Hills (4)

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The Puchetti warrior screamed, leaned forward, lost his stability, and screamed and rolled down the hillside.

Zspit quickly rolled to the left on the spot, avoiding the stabbing spear...

Such a situation occurred from time to time on the Puchetti’s defense, forcing the Puchetti to retreat involuntarily, and the number of javelins that were naturally thrown at the Dionian soldiers was greatly reduced.

"Seventh Battalion, great!" Behind Leotizides, a soldier praised it.

"Hurry up! Climb up quickly!..." Taking this opportunity, the team leader Parmanius in the center of his small square urged loudly.

The flag bearer waved the flag forward continuously.

Leotizides and his teammates saw the light shields alone, how could they be left behind, so they cooperated with each other and climbed hard, and they were stepped under their feet at a height of 30 meters. Light shields The soldiers had retreated to both sides of the small square, and only the enemy was left in front of them.

"Hades!!!" The soldiers shouted loudly in the name of the patron saint of the Alliance, raising their round shields to greet them...

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The troops of Trifias and Tudpres rushed to the preset position on the right wing. Usually, it takes a long time for them to reorganize the queue before launching an offensive, but when the Dionian army has already engaged in the battle, they are stimulated to speed up.

Since there was no enemy ahead, Trifias and Tudpres both mixed light infantry into the phalanx to increase the thickness of the entire phalanx, and hurriedly started climbing the mountain in a more disorganized formation.

The gentle **** of more than 20 meters high with no one can easily go up. They will attack the enemy's flanks to determine the victory of this battle.

But when they set foot on the **** with confidence and ease, a large number of enemies suddenly appeared on the top of the mountain.

Mesapi Cavalry! Trifias was taken aback, and then calmed down again: Although the Mesapi cavalry is powerful, this is not a flat ground, and there is not enough area for them to gallop. They still dare to fight the heavy infantry head-on? !

Heraclea-Metapontum allied forces continue to move upward.

The cavalry at the top of the **** began to throw short javelins.

As the Greeks held up their shields to defend, many people began to exclaim: "Cavalry! Mesapi cavalry is behind us!!"

The soldiers only heard the cry rumbling behind them. The Mesapi cavalry of the brigade circled the mountain road from a distance and began to throw javelins at the back of the formation of the Greek soldiers who were climbing the hill.

Because of this sudden blow, the Heraclea-Metapontum coalition forces were a little confused for a while.

Actually, not only the Mesapi cavalry appeared here, but also the Puchetti cavalry, with a total of 1,300 horses. At this moment, the cavalry on the top of the mountain began to caress the head of the mount, and then whispered something to Aiqi. There was extreme dismay in their eyes, and soon their expressions became firm.

"Lykaon!!!" the Puchetti cavalry raised their hands and shouted.

"Lykaon!!!" The Mesapi cavalry also responded one after another. King Lykaon dared to tease the Greek **** Zeus. Although he was turned into a wolf, most of his descendants believed that he was a hero, and he would shout his name before the war to boost morale. Because of the Hellenistic influence, the Mesapi people have gradually abandoned this tradition, and now they have picked it up again.

The cavalry on the top of the mountain clasped their horse necks tightly with their hands, their legs squeezed their stomachs together, and hundreds of war horses began to run down the hillside in a loose formation, getting faster and faster, and from time to time, cavalry and horses rolled down. Being on the ground does not affect the speed and fighting spirit of the cavalry.

"Raise... Raise a shield to defend..." Trifias saw this situation, and his mind was blank for a moment.

In the eyes of the soldiers of the Heraclea-Metapontoum coalition forces, it is like facing rows of boulders rolling down the mountain, who dares to stop the powerful kinetic energy that roars from! Just when they were trying to dodge in horror, the cavalry had already hit the phalanx head-on-suddenly, the horses screamed, the horses turned and flew, and the Greek soldiers fell to the ground in their entirety, with almost no standing... …

The Greek phalanx collapsed instantly.

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Daves quickly got Tolmead's return: a large number of enemy riders suddenly appeared on the right wing.

He immediately felt a little uneasy and made a decisive decision: "Izam, lead your brigade to immediately reinforce the troops of Trifias and Tudpres. After repelling the enemy's cavalry, continue to attack the enemy's flanks!"

"Yes!" Izam finally waited for the task, thumped his right chest with an excited left fist, and after saluting Davers, he ran down the hill and came to the pass, and his opponent shouted: "Brothers , Follow me to kill the enemy!"

Amidst the cheers, the soldiers of the reconnaissance brigade held a small leather shield in their left hand and a dagger in their right hand, and hurried to the right flank briskly.

Yumakas didn’t understand why these Dionians were so keen on fighting, but they were still shocked by their high fighting spirit, and secretly made up their minds: Tarantum is not forced to fight, try not to fight with his passion. Dionian clashes.

"Master Daves, no matter how powerful the Mesapi's cavalry is, it is no match for the Greek heavy infantry. What's more, this is a mountainous area. You don't need to send troops to reinforce it." Umakas couldn't help but persuade. .

"What we all know, how could the Mesapi people who are good at cavalry don't know, but they still sent cavalry, there is a problem in this." Daves said calmly.

Yumakas was more worried when he heard what he said reasonable.

Previously, the Herald Tolmead had gathered the information sent back continuously by the Heralds waiting behind the two legions and each battalion, and then reported to Daves: "The battalion led by Amintas The Mesapi heavy infantry at the bottom of the central valley was forced to retreat step by step...The first and second legions on the left and right wings also had a slight advantage in the fight with the Puchetti who occupied the terrain. Moreover, the two light infantry battalions were retreating from the front. After the battle, according to your instructions, you have begun to unite your troops, and then turn around to the left (because the troops of Heraclea and Metapontum are rounding around on the right flank) to attack the enemy's flanks..."

Davos has realized that the enemy’s strength is less than himself. This is the first time he has the superior strength in a battle since he went to Great Greece to lead the army, so he has the confidence to dominate the battle. Send reinforcements to stifle any possible disadvantages in the bud.

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Puchetti King Klimoni never expected that the current battlefield situation was completely opposite to what he had imagined. Not only was the Mesapi who was heavily garrisoned in the valley low and forced to retreat step by step, even his proud Puchetti The warriors occupied a clear geographical advantage and failed to repel the enemy.

Although it is in the stage of stalemate now, judging from the situation of the on-site battle, this stalemate cannot be sustained, because Tremoni knew that his soldiers were poorly equipped and his soldiers were few. He had almost deployed soldiers to assist the left wing before. It is to make the length of one's own array and the length of the enemy's array roughly equal to prevent the flanks from being attacked. But when the geographical advantage and the bravery of the fighters are not enough to block and repel the enemy, stalemate will only benefit the opponent. Now, the only good news is that the cavalry has defeated the leftmost enemy.

Tremoni hoped that after quickly dispelling the enemy, they could assist the left-wing forces in defeating the enemy in front of them, thereby securing the victory of the battle.

At this moment, Tremoni saw his scout rushing down the mountain from a distance, turning over and dismounting, hurriedly running up the mountain, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

"My lord, more than a thousand enemies have reinforced the left flank, and our cavalry has fallen into... into a hard fight!"

Actually, the hard fight is just a euphemism. In fact, Maple’s mixed cavalry rushed down from the top of the mountain, fought back and forth, and defeated the Heraclia-Metapontum coalition, but when they were chasing the defeated soldiers Because the mountain road was originally narrow, and the enemy and us were mixed together, it was a little blocked. The speed advantage of the cavalry was completely lost, but the Greek soldiers lost their courage and only fled without resisting. But when Izam's brigade bypassed the mountain road and surrounded from both sides of the mountainside, the disaster of the Maple cavalry came.

Riding on a horse without a saddle and fighting in place, the riders cannot use their full strength to fight against the Dionians, but it is almost impossible to withdraw from the crowded road immediately. The soldiers of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade are protected by leather shields. The short swords in their hands can not only stab people, but also damage horses. The fleeing Greek soldiers received assistance and gradually recovered their morale and began to fight... The Maple cavalry had fallen to death and was not far from defeat.

"What?! How could the Greeks still have an army that didn't join the battle!!" Tremoni stared at the scout. In this era, city-state warfare has not retained the habit of reserve forces. All forces will be pressed together during battle. Therefore, Tremoni dared to risk cavalry attacks in terrains that were obviously not conducive to cavalry. Now he has the greatest hope of victory. It was pinched out in this way.

He took a few steps forward and looked at the top of the opposite mountain. The golden flag was faintly visible, and he knew the enemy's coach was there.

"The military genius of Megatron Nanyi..." Tremoni muttered in a low voice, feeling down.

"My lord, what should we do now?" Pullow asked, seeing Tremoni in a daze.

What to do? retreat? Now that the two armies are strangling together, how can it be easy to retreat? That would only increase the casualties of the Puchetti, and I still underestimated the Dionians! This is said to be an emerging city-state alliance army that has a very strong combat effectiveness. If you can avoid fighting with it in the future, try to avoid it... Tremoni actually raised a trace of fear in his heart, regretting that he should not be stunned for a while, and You should choose to ambush the Tarantums and hand over the task of intercepting the Dionian reinforcements to the Mesapi...

"...wait." For a long time, Tremoni uttered a word.

Pullo was taken aback, and quickly understood what Tremoni meant to wait for the Mesapi to settle the Tarantum, and to rush for reinforcements as soon as possible. This is to place hope on others. This It's not the usual practice of Tremoni at all!

Pullow thought worriedly in his heart: But in case the Mesapi is too late!