Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 88: Venosa Victory

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It has been more than a day for the Samoneites to enter the Vinosa area. At this time, it is normal for Dionian reinforcements to appear. Leskuk asked urgently: "How many people are there?"

The spies were ashamed and angry and said: "The Dionians, with cavalry as the vanguard, are advancing very fast, and they are also searching and driving us. Several of my teammates... all died in their spears. So... we don’t know how many enemies there are behind, but these cavalry are all dressed in casual clothes, and they come in various colors and forms."

Puchetti and Mesapi areas are rich in cavalry. Of course Lescuk knows it and once envied him, but since it is not a uniform black standard equipment, it seems that this is a temporary unit formed in the Puchetti area. It is impossible to gather a large army in a short time.

With this judgment, he turned to look at Kontruk.

Kontruk grabbed his beard and said without hesitation: "The 4000 soldiers we have been resting can finally go to battle. These brave young men will easily kill them!"

The guards who were ordered immediately rushed to inform the troops that were not involved in the siege but were specifically used to intercept reinforcements.

And Lescuk's roar sounded again: "Go to urge the leaders of the various ministries to increase the siege of the city, and we must capture Venosa before Dionia's reinforcements come again!"

More than ten minutes later, Lescuk looked over to the front of the city and saw a primitive flag of Samona planted on top of the city, and he couldn't help being overjoyed.

At this moment, the spies ran in panic: "Big Chief! Great Chief! No good! Many Dionian soldiers in black armor came to the south! The number of troops we went to intercept was too small. , It's almost impossible to resist!"

"This is impossible! There can be no regular army of Dionia here!!" Leskuk roared in disbelief.

The answer to Lescuk’s question is the increasingly noisy noise coming from the south: "The army of Dionia is here! Run away!!..."

Behind the fleeing Samona's rout was a raging dark tide, accompanied by the "rumbling" footsteps and sky-shaking shouts, pressing vigorously towards Venosa.

"Quick!...Quickly retreat!...Retreat!!!..." Kontruk has long lost the hardness of speaking before, and his face is also pale, and his voice suddenly becomes hoarse.

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Adoris had thrown away the long shield and stabbing spear that were in the way, only holding the short sword, so he ran quickly, and he rushed to the front of the team. After participating in the last Downey War, he was considered a veteran, and he would no longer have the discomfort of seeing the corpse and blood, and some were just the excitement of defeating the enemy. His only regret was that the Samonais who blocked them were too weak. Only after the two sides fired a round of javelins before the battle began, the Samonais chose to retreat.

Actually, this is related to the imposing and powerful assault of the Dionian army, because the support army is composed of the second and fourth legions with a total of more than 16,000 people, plus the second and fourth legions. The approximately 1,000 reserve cavalrymen of the Four Cavalry Corps were not at all able to stop them by the four thousand Sammonite soldiers who were in charge of obstruction.

Cynthia's judgment is correct. Even if she stays in the Second Legion, she can still get a fight. Adoris now only hates that he runs too slowly to catch up with the enemies who are running away like rabbits, but he completely forgets that he is the captain. At this time, his first task is to gather the soldiers under him and maintain the formation of the squad. , Don't let them run away.

He tried hard to catch up in front, but did not see how worried the squad leader behind him was, fearing that he might have an accident in the battle, he kept urging other teams to catch up with Adoris, don’t Let him meet the enemy alone.

After a while, I saw the reserve cavalry rushing into the rout from the side and front, immediately disrupting the Samonaite’s fairly orderly retreat formation. As the cavalry slammed their horses and spears, they collapsed. The soldiers fled in all directions, even a bit like headless flies, turning around and ramming in the direction of the pursuit of Dionia's troops.

Adoris was overjoyed, strode forward, and pierced his short sword forcefully.

With a scream, one fell down first. Then he punched out from the left, just hitting the face of another Samona defeated soldier, about to knock him to the ground.

His fighting spirit continued to face the third defeated soldier with his dagger, but his left foot was hugged by the fallen Sammonite soldier, unable to move.

Just as he bends down and uses a short sword to solve the enemy on the ground, the enemy in front is holding a spear and rushing at him viciously.

At that moment, his brain was blank, and he felt the breath of hell.

But the enemy's roar stopped abruptly, and a flying javelin plunged deeply into his unprotected chest.

Then the squad leader rushed to Adoris’s side, and angrily reprimanded: “Before the enemy is truly defeated, any soldier or team officer shall not leave the large force without permission... This is the "Military Law." Adoris, you don’t listen to my orders, you abandon your subordinates, advance alone, and violate the military law. When this battle is over, you will go back and accept the judge’s ruling and punishment!"

The squad leader finished speaking in one breath, and felt a little nervous, but he did not expect that after Adoris was saved his life by chance, his cold sweat had calmed him down, and he replied in a regular manner: " Yes!"

The team leader breathed a sigh of relief, patted his shoulder vigorously, and said: "Lead your soldiers, continue to fight, and chase the enemy!"

"Yes!" Adoris and his comrades pounced on the panicked enemy like wolves into a flock.

This is just a corner of the battlefield.

From the perspective of the entire battlefield, part of the Dionian army is pursuing the Samonais who retreated before, and the other part of the Dionian army is quickly rushing towards the Samonais who are retreating from Venosa. Some soldiers followed the reserve cavalry to chase the Samonaes who had retreated earlier.

Of course, these Samoneites include two tribal leaders. They are leading their troops and retreating towards the mountains to the northwest. They know that as long as they escape into the mountains, they will be safe, just like the previous Asku. It's the same when Rum fights.

But not long after, they stopped involuntarily, because an array of thousands of cavalry, light armor, and light infantry was standing in front of them.

"We have been fooled by the Dionians, they have already set up the encirclement net here!" At this moment, Lescuk's confidence was hit hard, and he only felt his whole body weakened, and his mind was full of ten. The scene of a fiasco a few years ago.

On the contrary, Kontruk is old and strong, and when he encounters this difficult situation, he burst out of fighting spirit: "Savoney's children and grandchildren, fight with the Dionians!"

The warrior of Samona in a critical situation roared and rushed forward.

The Dionian soldiers in front shouted Hades's god's name, and rushed toward him bravely.

Just as the two sides were strangling together, the chasing Dionian army quickly arrived and joined the battle group.

Samonet's army was crushed after being flanked back and forth...

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"...Your Majesty, there is news from Venosa—" The messenger Alistairs rushed into the military conference room of the palace.

"How is the situation?" While Davos was questioning, several ministers of the Ministry of Military Affairs, such as Hilos, Phillips, and Hilonimus, all focused on Alistairs. .

"A few days ago, the Samonais gathered nearly 20,000 soldiers and raided the Vinosa area. Yesterday, when they attacked Vinosa with all their strength, the Second Army and the Fourth Army arrived in time. , Carried out a surprise attack from the south of Venosa. At the same time, the light armoured and light infantry battalions of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment and the 9th and 10th Regiments also crossed the Ofanto River to the rear of the Samonaes. In the mountains, their way back was cut off, and the Samoneite army was completely defeated. According to the description of the battle report, this raid killed and wounded about 2500 Samoneites and captured more than 6,000 people, but we were only killed and wounded. Nearly a thousand people..." The always calm Alistairs also trembled while repeating the battle report.

After he finished speaking, he respectfully handed the report to Daves.

"This is another brilliant victory!" Felicius praised excitedly: "Your Majesty, it is precisely because of your wisdom and decisiveness that you firmly support Alexis's bold speculations. Such a big victory!"

"This victory was mainly due to Alexis' correct judgment!" Daves said humbly.

It turned out that after Alexis won the battle of Asculum, he wrote the report to Daves at the same time he also mentioned: Due to the defense of the Dawney area, the Samonaites are very likely The target of the raid will be transferred to carry out a raid on the Vinosa area northwest of Pucheti. He will organize the reserve forces in the Puchetti area to enter the city of Vinosa for defense. At the same time, be prepared at any time. Once there is an abnormal situation, immediately send reinforcements to carry out a front and back attack, and another Askurum-style victory.

After reading Alexis’ plan carefully, Daves put forward a further idea after careful consideration: that is, not to send troops to Vinosa in advance, so as not to alarm the enemy. At the same time, he will make the Second Army and the Fourth Army assemble quickly and secretly station in Silvim, the central town of Puchetti, and the army in the Dawney area should not move to the Vinosa area in order to achieve the purpose of deceiving the enemy. .

This plan has been fully implemented after being improved by the Ministry of Military Affairs.

In fact, the cunning Samoneites sent nearly 10,000 soldiers into the northwest border of the Dawney area the day before yesterday, in order to attract the Dionian army northward and away from the Puchetti area. Alexis led a large force northward as he wished, so that the Samonais finally made up their minds and sent an army to invade Vinosa the day before yesterday. As a result, they were waited for by the well-prepared Dionian army.