It had been more than a day since the Samonai had entered the Vinosa region, and it was normal for Dionian reinforcements to appear at this time, and Lesguk asked urgently, "How many are there?" ”

The spy said with shame and anger: "The Dioonians are in the vanguard of the cavalry, and they are advancing very fast, and they are also searching for and driving us, several of my comrades...... All died under their spears, so ...... We...... I don't know how many enemies there are behind, but these cavalrymen are dressed in civilian clothes, and they come in a variety of colors and forms. ”

The Puchetti and Mesapi regions are rich in cavalry, and of course Lesguk knows it, and he once envied it, but since it is not a unified black standard equipment, it seems that this is a temporary formation of troops in the Pucheti area, and it is impossible to gather a large number of troops in such a short time.

With this judgment in mind, he turned his head to look at Contruk.

Contruk tugged at his beard and said without hesitation: "The 4,000 warriors we have been resting for a long time can finally go into battle to kill the enemy, and these brave young men will easily kill them!" ”

The guards who received the order immediately rushed to inform the troops who were not involved in the siege, but were specially used to intercept reinforcements.

And Lesguk's roar sounded again: "Go and urge the leaders of the tribes to increase the intensity of the siege, and we must capture Venosa before the arrival of Dionian reinforcements again!" ”

More than ten minutes later, Lesguk looked at the ancient banner of Samonai planted on the city in front of him, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

At this moment, the spies came in a panic: "Big leader! Big Boss! Oh no! To the south, there were many, many Dionian soldiers in black armor! The number of troops we went to intercept was so small that we could barely resist it! ”

"It can't be! There could be no regular army of Dionyas here!! Lesgook yelled in disbelief.

Lesguk's question was answered by an increasingly noisy and noisy voice from the south: "The army of Dioonia is here!" Run!! ……”

Behind the panicked and fleeing Samonai was a surging black tide, accompanied by "rumbling" footsteps and earth-shattering shouts, pressing towards Venosa with great momentum.

"Quick! …… Retreat! …… Fall back!! ......" Contruk had long since lost the hardness of his previous speech, his face was also pale, and his voice suddenly became hoarse.

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Having already thrown away his long shield and bayonet spear in his way, and only armed with a short sword, Adores ran quickly, and he rushed to the front of the line. After participating in the last Downey War, he is also a veteran, and he no longer has the discomfort of seeing corpses and blood, and only the excitement of crushing the enemy. His only regret was that the Samonei who were holding them back were too weak, and after only one round of javelins were fired, the Samonei chose to retreat before the battle began.

In fact, this has to do with the imposing charge of the Dionian army, because this support force is a huge force of more than 16,000 people composed of the second and fourth cavalry corps, plus about 1,000 reserve cavalry of the second and fourth cavalry corps, which is completely beyond the 4,000 Samonai warriors who are responsible for blocking it.

Cynthia's judgment was right, even if she stayed in the Second Legion, she could still get a fight. Adoris now only hated that he was running too slow to catch up with the rabbit-like enemies in front of him, but he completely forgot that he was the squad leader, and his first task at this time was to gather his soldiers and maintain the formation of the squad so that they would not be scattered.

He struggled to catch up in front, but he didn't see how worried the detachment leader behind him was, for fear that he would have an accident in the battle, and urged the other teams to catch up with Adoris quickly, so as not to let him meet the enemy alone.

After a while, the reserve cavalry rushed into the rout from the flank front, and immediately disrupted the orderly retreat formation of the Samonai, and as the cavalry slammed their horses into spears, the rout fled in all directions, and even turned around like headless flies and crashed into the direction of the pursuit of the Dionian troops.

Overjoyed, Adoris strode forward, stabbing out the short sword in his hand.

With a scream, the first one fell. Then he threw a left fist right in the face of another Samonai rout, knocking him to the ground.

Fighting with a boiling spirit, he continued to meet the third rout with a short sword, but his left foot was hugged by the fallen Samonai warrior and he couldn't move.

Just as he was bending down to use his short sword to deal with the enemy on the ground, the enemy in front of him was charging at him viciously with spears in hand.

At that moment, his mind went blank and he felt the breath of hell.

But the roar of the enemy stopped abruptly, and a flying javelin plunged deep into his unprotected chest.

Subsequently, the detachment leader rushed to the side of Adoris and angrily rebuked: "No soldier or officer shall leave the large army without permission until the enemy has been truly defeated...... This is what the Code of Military Decree provides! Adoris, you don't listen to my orders, abandon your men, go on your own, violate military law, and when this battle is over, go back to accept the judgment and punishment of the military judge! ”

After the captain finished speaking, he was also a little apprehensive in his heart, but he didn't expect that after Adoris was lucky enough to save his life, the cold sweat on his body had calmed him down, and he replied in a proper manner: "Yes!" ”

The detachment leader breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, patted him on the shoulder hard, and said: "Lead your soldiers, continue to fight, and pursue the enemy!" ”

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

This is just the corner of the battlefield.

From the perspective of the entire battlefield, part of the Dionian army is pursuing the retreating Samonai warriors, another part of the Dionian army is rapidly pounced on the Samonai who are retreating from the city of Venosa, and some soldiers follow the reserve cavalry, fiercely chasing the Samonai who retreated earlier.

These Samonai men, of course, included the two great chiefs of the tribe, who were leading their troops to retreat towards the mountains to the northwest, knowing that if they escaped into the mountains, they would be safe, as they had been in the previous battle of Ascurum.

But it didn't take long for them to stop involuntarily, because an array of several thousand people composed of cavalry, light armor, and light infantry was lying in front of them.

"We've fallen for the Dionians, they've already laid a siege here!" At this moment, Lesguk's confidence was greatly damaged, and he only felt that his whole body was weak, and his mind was full of the scene of the fiasco more than ten years ago.

On the contrary, Contruk was old and strong, and when he encountered this predicament, he burst out with fighting spirit: "The sons and grandsons of Savoni, fight with the Dionians!" ”

The desperate Samonai warrior roared and rushed forward.

The Dionian soldiers in front shouted the name of Hades and rushed forward with the same bravery.

Just as the two sides were strangled together, the pursuing Dionian army soon arrived and joined the warband.

The Samonai army, which was caught between the front and rear, was defeated......

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“…… Your Majesty, news has come from Venosa—"Herald Aristiras rushed into the palace military boardroom.

"How's it going?" While Davers was questioning, several ministers of the Ministry of Military Affairs, such as Shiros, Felicios, and Shilonimus, focused their eyes on Aristiras.

"A few days ago, the Samonai gathered nearly 20,000 warriors and raided the Vinosa area. Yesterday, just as they were attacking the city of Venosa with all their might, the Second and Fourth Legions arrived in time to launch a surprise attack from the south of Venossa. At the same time, the light armoured and light infantry brigades of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment and the 9th and 10th Legions also crossed the Ofanto River and went around the mountains behind the Samonai flank, cutting off their way back, and the Samonian army was completely routed. According to the description of the war report, about 2,500 Samonai were killed and wounded in this raid, and more than 6,000 were captured, and we only suffered nearly 1,000 casualties......" Aristiras, who was always calm, also trembled a little as he recounted the battle report.

After he finished speaking, he respectfully handed the battle report to Davers.

"It's another brilliant victory!" Felicius excitedly praised: "Your Majesty, it is precisely because of your wisdom and decisiveness that you firmly supported Alexis' bold guess that there will be such a big victory!" ”

"This victory is mainly due to Alexis' correct judgment!" Davers said humbly.

It turned out that Alexis, after winning the battle of Ascurum, while writing a battle report to Davers, also mentioned that since the Daoni area was prepared, the Samonai people were likely to divert the target of the raid and raid the Vinosa area northwest of Puchetti, and he would organize a reserve force in the Puchetti area to enter the city of Venosa for defense. At the same time, be ready at any time, and once there is an abnormal situation, immediately send reinforcements to attack it back and forth, and have another Asculum-style victory.

After carefully reading Alexis's plan, Davers put forward a further idea: that is, not to send troops into Venosa in advance, so as not to alarm the enemy. At the same time, he would have the Second and Fourth Legions quickly assemble and secretly garrison the central town of Sylvium in Puchetti, while the troops in the Douni area would not move towards the Vinosa area in order to confuse the enemy.

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

In fact, the cunning Samonai had sent nearly 10,000 warriors to break through to the northwestern border of the Douni region the day before yesterday in order to attract the Dionian army north away from the Puchetti region. Alexis led a large army northward, as he wished, so that the Samonai finally made up their minds to send an army to attack Vinosa the day before yesterday, only to be met by the prepared Dionian army.