The speed of the advance of the Bruti cavalry slowed down, and once the cavalry was stagnant, it was easier to be targeted. In the dust and mist, the cavalry were terrified, not only to guard against the javelins thrown by the enemy, but also to be careful not to trip over their comrades who fell from time to time in front of them.

Seeing the cavalry behind him fall into confusion, the cavalry that had already rushed to the front, led by the leader, had to turn around and charge back against these Dionian light infantry to relieve the plight of their teammates.

Epitenis soon learned of the enemy's attack, and instead of evacuating his soldiers, he met them with some light shields. He knew very well that it was not the spears in the hands of the cavalry that were terrible in the cavalry charge, but the running war horses, which crashed into the light infantry with little protection, and were either broken or seriously injured. In fact, a dense spear formation was the best way to stop the cavalry charge, but the light infantry did not have this condition and did not have time to prepare.

In the face of the fierce Bruti cavalry, he and these battle-hardened former Thracian light shieldmen unhurriedly put the piso on the javelin shaft.

"Cast!" Epitenis roared and threw the javelin in his hand with all his might, and the javelin flew flat and straight, and in an instant it was deeply pierced into the neck of the horse in front of him.

The horses neighed miserably, and the cavalry was thrown off their horses.

With this round of throwing by the light shield soldiers, a group of people in front of them flipped on their backs. They didn't look at the throwing effect, but quickly took out the back-bladed knife at their waists, raised the leather shield in their left hand, and half-crouched on the ground with lunges, spotting the enemy cavalry that had rushed in front of them, and rolled to the left and right with agility. When it was too late to dodge, they fell to their sides, huddled together, and covered their heads and chests with leather shields to keep the horses' hooves from trampling. Seeing an opportunity, they would cut their horses' legs with the curved blades of their back-bladed knives, frightening the horses and throwing the cavalry behind.

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While the Bruti cavalry was in trouble, the troops led by Zpitt had already engaged the Bruti light infantry.

The arrows in the air were as dense as thick dark clouds, and when they turned into a rain of arrows and fell on both sides, they took away the lives of each other.

After a few rounds, the Bruti light infantry couldn't stand it first. After all, all the archers of Dionya were concentrated on the left flank, and their number was not comparable to Bruti with an equal distribution of light infantry.

But in the center and right flank of the Ionian formation, the Bruti light infantry could rain arrows at the Dionian soldiers, even closing in to throw javelins within 50 meters.

The Dionian legionnaires erected a long wall of shields, and with thick copper shields and iron helmets, they blocked the enemy's long-range attack fire.

And the team officers shouted vigorously: "Steady! Steady! Don't worry! ...... "Preventing soldiers from impulsively throwing their javelins not only easily arouses the enemy's alertness, but also disrupts the overall defense of the team, leading to an unnecessary increase in casualties."

Fortunately, as the Bruti infantry got closer and closer, the light infantry had to retreat immediately, quickly through the gaps between the infantry ranks, and retreat to the rear, otherwise they would be carried by the infantry to the forefront of the engagement, and face to face with the Greek heavy infantry with heavy shields and heavy armor.

The Bruti infantry finally began to run, and they roared and strode towards the Ionian phalanx, which was in full array.

In contrast to the aggressive Buranti warriors, the Dionian soldiers were as calm as a mountain, clenching their javelins in their hands and keeping their eyes fixed on the distance from the enemy.

When the officers shouted, "Javelin! ”

On the left, center, and right roads, seven or eight miles of long military formations, dark clouds floated out one after another.

The charging Brutis were caught off guard, and in an instant hundreds of warriors were killed by the sharp spear tips. However, the rain of javelins did not slow down the advance of the Bruti warriors, they stepped over the corpses of their comrades, and the speed of their advance increased, so that many Dionian soldiers did not have time to throw a second javelin, and they slammed into the shield wall of the Dionian army, and immediately knocked the shield wall into countless gaps.

The Bruti warriors fearlessly rushed in, trying to widen the breach. The third and fourth columns of Ionian soldiers quickly raised their shields to meet them and forced the enemy back with their bayonets.

For a while, the soldiers on both sides touched each other's shields, their spears and spears intersected, the dust and mist filled the air, and the sound of killing shook the sky......

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When the midday sun cast a shadow on the tiny sundial, Onatas, who was in charge of teaching Greek, announced the end of the morning lesson.

When the children cheered, he said solemnly: "When you go back, children, I hope that you will be able to read this poem by Hesiod, and it is better to be able to recite it." You have to write down all these new words I teach, and I'm going to check them tomorrow, have you memorized them all?! ”

"Remember, Sensei!" The students replied in unison.

"Especially you, Patroclus." Onatas pointed to the child sitting in the distance and reminded, "Go back this time with a snack, I don't want to see you standing again tomorrow, understand?" ”

Patroclus looked down in embarrassment.

The surrounding classmates burst into laughter.

Patroclus' poor performance in Greek class was in stark contrast to how quickly and accurately he did his math lessons.

Onatas walked out of the classroom, and the students ran out cheering.

Stephorus grabbed Patroclus' arm and urged, "Hurry up! Hurry up! It's going to be robbed out later! ”

The two rushed out of the classroom, and as soon as they turned the corner, they heard an "ouch" sound, and a little girl fell to the ground.

"Hey, are you two blind?!" Cynthia scolded, bent down and asked with concern, "Kitia, are you okay?" ”

"I ...... It's okay. Kitia replied weakly.

Cynthia pulled her up, turned around and glared at the two boys: "Come and apologize!" Otherwise, don't want to go! Don't look at Cynthia's youngest, but the two boys who are extremely active in class seem to be afraid of her, and hurriedly nod their heads: "I'm sorry, Kitia, we are going to ......"

"I'm fine, you guys go buy brioche bread, you won't be able to catch up if you're late." Instead of getting angry, Kitia reminded them softly.

The two boys were relieved and quickly ran away, and Patroclus did not forget to look back at Cynthia as he ran, and then quickly looked away.

Cynthia snorted, "Kitia, you're just good at talking. If only I had spared them! ”

Gitia smiled softly and patted the dust off her body.

"Oh, yes! Let's go to my house for dinner at noon today, let's go eat real brioche bread! Cynthia suddenly remembered something and sent her an invitation: "In the morning, when I left the house, my mother told me to take you home at noon!" ”

Kitia stopped talking, nodding a little shyly.

Afternoons at the Turriy Junior School are generally arranged with sports classes: the boys do light military training and rugby, soccer and other exercises, and the girls run, jump and play games, so the free time at noon is not long.

Except for the children in Turi Ibn City, who have time to go home for lunch, the children who live far away can only solve their stomach problems nearby. Fortunately, with the expansion of the school's influence, the number of students, teachers, guards, etc., allowed merchants and vendors to see business opportunities, and they set up shops in the designated area outside the school to sell books, paper, stationery, clothes, food...... The most famous is the small restaurant built by the consul's wife, Christoya, who provides lunch to students at a low price, and the students' favorite lunch recently is the restaurant's new brioche bread, which is bought by students and even teachers in long queues every day.

Cynthia and Kitia quickly became good friends as classmates in the same classroom, and Cynthia invited her to her home for the first time, where she was warmly entertained by Christoya. Especially after knowing that Gitia is the adopted daughter of Alexis, an old comrade-in-arms of Davers, the captain of the First Legion, and a senator of the Senate (Alexis has been living in Amendolara and has not moved to live in Turiyi), Christoya warmly invited her to come to the mansion for dinner at noon every day, and Christoya's enthusiasm also brought her and Cynthia's mother-daughter relationship closer.

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The delta between the Klatty and Koseni rivers was originally mainly a slave settlement for the city-state, a place for the collection and storage of stone and copper mines, and a washing area, which not only had poor security and poor environment, but also a lot of slag was dumped into the two rivers every day.

After Davers became the ruler of Turiyi, he saw this situation and consulted with Kunogorata and Marigi many times on how to govern the area.

Eventually, the Coalition's communal slave quarters were moved to the north of the main city of Turii, which not only kept them away from the Turii settlements, but also had the military camps nearby to keep an eye on them, and if anything unusual happened, they could immediately send troops to suppress it. At the same time, the quarry was relocated to the market next to the port, and the copper mill was moved to the vicinity of the new business park in Amendolara at the beginning of the year, next to the Saraceno River, so that it could have enough skilled personnel nearby and interact well with other workshops. Most importantly, the Klati and Koseni rivers, which are vital to the lives and health of thousands of residents of Turiyi, are free of pollution.

Then, Davers planned this vacant land as the cultural center of the entire Ionian League, where the Ionian School was established, and the Ionian Academy, which represented the highest level of science and culture of the Alliance, was under construction, and it was already clear that Herps, the director of the Turiy Hospital, would build a medical school within the college; Mentotik Els will also move in the Institute of Mathematics; Ansitanos planned to form a historical research group.

In order to ensure that students and teachers could study and research with peace of mind, Davers also had little Heraclid build another wooden bridge in the middle of the Cosseny, allowing frequent pack wagons carrying ore to pass through the delta to the north. Only the two wooden bridges that carry the north-south pedestrian traffic cannot be closed for the time being, but Heraclid the Younger is already beginning to study the construction of a real stone bridge directly between the north and south cities of Turiyi.