The javelins that flew away covered the entire phalanx, and only the sound of "boom" was heard, some of the javelins slipped off the shields, while others pierced into the shields, turning the entire phalanx into hedgehogs...... But the phalanx had neither fallen nor screamed, it stood intact.

When the Samonai people were surprised, the Greeks suddenly withdrew their long shields, and javelins flew out of the phalanx, and threw them directly in front of them, where Taluk stood.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was close to 20 meters.

Taruk didn't expect this fatal move at all, as a tribal leader, Taruk had his own armor and shield, but in order to better pursue the fleeing Greeks, he placed them in the village. Seeing the javelin coming straight at him, he instinctively dodged, and then he let out a scream, and a javelin pierced his right leg, and he fell to the ground.

At the same time, seven or eight soldiers beside him also fell down one after another.

"Chief!! ......" The panicked cries of the warriors rang out in his ears, and Taruk suddenly remembered in pain: what the last great leader had mentioned ten years ago,

These enemies in black armor should be the Dionians!

"They're Ionians!" Taruk reminded loudly.

By this time, the Dionian soldiers had rushed closer.

In order to protect their leader, the Kautini warriors did not retreat, but hurried up to meet them and fought the Dionian soldiers.

This is clearly a wrong move. Even though there were more Caustini warriors than the opposing side, the unprotected Cautini warriors fought with the well-protected Ionian legionnaires, and it was like hitting a stone with an egg.

After paying a lot of casualties, the Kautini warriors had to retreat.

At this moment, they heard the sound of horses' hooves behind them.

"It's the Greek cavalry!!" The Kautini warrior exclaimed.

Dozens of Dionian cavalry, galloping to the rear, hurled javelins at the retreating Kautini warriors, slowing them down.

The Ionian legionnaires were rapidly approaching.

The Cautini warriors were completely routed and fled in all directions, where they would be the target of the Dionian cavalry.

At this time, the captain of the detachment of the Ionian Legion stood in front of the stunned Taruk, looked back at the Campanian army who had only arrived in a hurry at this time, and asked the scouts who had arrived at this time: "Where is the nearest enemy to us?" ”

"About 400 meters from here, further west, there are about 300 Kautini, and your comrades from the third detachment and a company of light armor are preparing to raid them," said the scout, pointing to his right side. ”

After hearing this, the captain of the detachment immediately shouted: "Brothers of the second detachment assemble!" Except for a few of you who were wounded and left behind for treatment, the others immediately followed me westward and cooperated with the third detachment to flank the Samoneh! ”

"Squad leader, we are only a minor injury, continue to fight, there is no problem at all." The wounded soldier said unwillingly.

"This is an order, execute it immediately!" After the detachment commander said this, the wounded soldiers were silent.

"What about the Kautini who are hiding in the village?" A soldier asked.

"Give it to the Neapolitans, just that little remnant, I think they should be able to handle it." With that, the detachment leader led the soldiers to immediately turn westward.

This similar scene took place in several places on the Campania plain.

Only in Atella is it different.

Originally a small city founded by the Etrunians, Atra later joined the Campanian League. It is located northeast of Naples, in the middle of the Campania plain, less than 25 miles from the city of Naples.

Twenty years ago, it was taken by the Cautini, and since then Atra has been a base for the Cautini's deeper invasion of the coastal city-states of Campania and a transshipment for looting supplies.

The Campanian League suffered so much that after forming an alliance with Dionia, taking advantage of the defeat of the Caustini by Theonia and still negotiating, he asked Davers to ask the Caustini to return Atra to the Campanian League.

Davers agreed.

The Kautini were forced by the situation to make concessions.

This disgrace has always weighed on the heart of Segowani, the Grand Leader of Cautini, so this time he will take advantage of the Campanian League's busy dealing with the invasion of various tribes, gather a heavy army, recapture Atlah, and establish his prestige in one fell swoop. As for the time when Dionya sent a messenger to rebuke him, Segovani had already thought of how to deal with it, so he prevaricated with the words "Atra belongs to the Kautini", anyway, the Dionians only knew how to threaten him with words, and they could not hurt him in the slightest, and when the time came, the Dionians would not be able to deal with him.

Segovani spent two days in Catium, gathering about 5,000 warriors from the surrounding tribes, and entered the city of Sesara in a more stealthy way.

Half an hour after the other tribes had begun their westward invasion, he set out with his army, and since he had ordered that "all tribes shall not plunder on the route from Sassela to Atlah," the march went smoothly without encountering any enemy.

Sasella is less than 20 miles from Atra and is all flat. An hour later, Segovani's army was closing in on the city of Atlah.

The Atra apparently did not expect the Kautini, who had traditionally only been only a raider, to suddenly lead a large army to attack the city, with only a few panicked sentinels on the walls.

Segovani, on the other hand, was well prepared, not only did he have his warriors carry enough ladders, but he also gathered Cautini's hoplites (the equivalent of the mid-level infantry of the Greek troops) into a group of 3,000 men.

"Attack!" Segovani did not hesitate to give the order immediately, he did not want to give the enemy any time to react.

The warriors roared and rushed towards the city of Atlah.

At this time, the spies hurriedly came: "Great chief, I have found the enemy's scout!" ”

Segovani's heart tightened, and then he relaxed: what if the Greeks found out? Now I'm already winning.

"Continue to observe the enemy's movements to the south and report to me at any time." He said with a wave of his hand.

"Yes, Grand Chief." The spies ran away.

Cavalry! This was a pain in Segovani's heart: the Samonai were a mountain race and had never had cavalry, but after the Cautini occupied the eastern plains of Campania, he began to plan to build a cavalry to enhance the reconnaissance capabilities of the troops and to assist them in battle. But none of the Kautini warriors were willing to try their hand at horseback riding, preferring to fight their enemies face-to-face rather than riding their horses and hiding like cowards. Of course, sitting on bare horses also made these Kautini warriors completely insecure, far less secure than stepping on solid ground, which made them feel at ease. In the end, the dream of building cavalry was in vain......

Segovani sighed, discarded the annoying thought, and refocused his attention on the battlefield, where he was pleased to see that the warriors had crossed the trench and forced under the city walls with the help of the ladders, and only then did many of the panicked Greek defenders appear at the head of the city......

By the time reinforcements from Naples arrived, I had already taken the town! Segovani clenched his right fist confidently.

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"What do you say?! There are more than 5,000 Kautini attacking Atlah! The Neapolitan general Aealos was shocked to hear the news from the scout.

He immediately reacted, and shouted with a blue face: "We have all been deceived by the Kautini, and this time they are not just plundering, but encroaching on our land!" Aearos said this mainly to Lizaru.

At this moment, Lizaru, who was sitting in the big tent, also had a very bad face. After sending the units of the Third Legion to prepare for a surprise attack on the Kautini who had come to harass the Campanian League, he took up his position in the barracks. There was no way, because the invasion was too extensive, and the brigades, companies, and detachments of the Third Army were correspondingly scattered in this vast area, and he could only barely achieve a general control by relying on the planning of a large number of scouts and heralds, as well as staff officers. He left only 500 light infantry in the camp, which he kept as reserves.

Lizaru looked closely at the map of Campania on the table, and then asked loudly, "How many citizen soldiers are there in the city of Atlah?" ”

Aearos thought for a moment, leaned over and said, "Atra is a small city, with a population of only a few thousand, and can draw nearly 400 citizen soldiers. ”

Speaking of this, Aearos regretted a little: when Atra returned to the Campania League, the city should have been expanded, fortified, and stationed more young and middle-aged citizens due to its strategic location, but at that time, the city-states of the alliance were arguing over how much to share the cost of construction and how much land to acquire, and this important measure was never implemented. Later, it was discovered that the Kautini were very comfortable under the strong restraint of Dionia, and they did not bother to make any changes to Atla. In the past two years, Cautini had resumed his raids on the Campanian League, but only by plundering property, occasionally plundering populations, and not attacking towns, so he did not arouse vigilance.

Lizaru frowned and asked again, "How many of your soldiers have not been sent out to fight?" ”

Aearos hurriedly discussed a few words with several generals in the alliance next to him, and then said helplessly: "According to your previous suggestion, General Lizaru, we have retained a reserve, about 2,000 or so soldiers. ”

"2,000 people are enough!" Lizaru's face turned slightly pale: "With the troops around me, there are a total of 2,500 people. We can immediately lead them to Atra and pin the army of Kautini so that they do not dare to attack the city with all their might. At the same time, send scouts to inform the other troops to rush to Atra as soon as possible, and work together to repel this large force of the enemy! ”(https:)

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