The clarion call for the Greek city-states to attack and retreat was roughly the same, and the military deployment of Turii had basically remained the same, except for the allocation of 200 cavalry to Acheta, which made Acheta even more fond of Davers and thanked him repeatedly. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Bulkos stood not far away, watching the people discuss, and he did not understand why Davers sang praises to the Pythagoreans at this time, and he had never heard him mention it before! Didn't he know that in Greater Greece, with the exception of Tarantum, no city-state would have a favorable opinion of the Pythagoreans, making it difficult for this mysterious group to survive in Greater Greece? I'm afraid this attitude of his will affect the perception of Philis and Kunogorata of him!

While Burcos was worried about Davers, the meeting at the station would be over quickly. Davers jumped on his horse, and walked slowly towards his own team, observing the two teams that were about to fight side by side as he passed: the Tarantum reinforcements led by Acheta, all of them were sturdy young men in their twenties and thirties, energetically carrying a round shield on their left shoulder, a bayonet on their right shoulder, and a helmet, and talking to their companions while marching, looking more relaxed; Most of the citizen soldiers in Turiyi looked solemn, and many of them had gray hair and slightly clumped bodies......

Looking at it, Davers frowned, and suddenly he felt that something was wrong, pointed to the back of the team, and said to Bulkos, who was following him, "What's going on?" How can there still be soldiers in leather armor? …… Wait a minute...... There are also some soldiers who are half-naked, and there are quite a few such soldiers...... No, there are more than 4,000 of you! ”

Burkos continued: "Those are freedmen and Gentiles living in Turiyi. After discussion, the Turiyi Citizens' Assembly adopted a resolution, 'All freemen and foreigners who take part in this war will become Turi's citizens after victory in the war', which reminds us of your suggestion. Now the number of Turii's troops is about six thousand. Burkos was a little complacent.

This relieved Davers's uneasiness a little, and he sighed and said, "I can't imagine that there are so many free people in the city of Turiyi!" ”

"Actually, it's only a small minority, and most of the freedfolk are watching and not joining the fight." Bulkos's words surprised Davers and made him think at the same time.

The Turii coalition army was divided into left, center, and right columns, lined up in long lines on the plains of Xubari, and slowly marched west along the Kratti River. The scout cavalry kept coming and going, reporting the movements of the Lucanians.

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The herald came and said to the chief of Davers, "General Phereth orders you to stop your advance and line up here!" ”

"Got it." Davers nodded in response, and then said to the trumpeter beside him, "Blow the trumpet, stop moving!" ”

The bugle sounded, and the mercenary team quickly stopped advancing.

"Order, array!" Davers ordered again.

The bugler sounded the round brass horn again.

Immediately, the head of the mercenary column shifted to the right, and the tail of the column swung forward. Davers's army was based on detachments as the basic unit of battle (the squad only played a management role, could not fight independently), and when the column was lined up, it was originally arranged in four columns according to a detachment, and they were lined down in turn, so the 'long line' of the whole team was thrown over, and when the front was facing west, the formation was basically completed, and the speed was very fast.

Davers placed the 1st Heavy Infantry Company on the far right, because this side was to connect with the middle of the Turiyi, so the steady 1st Heavy Infantry Company Commander Cappus controlled the pace of the team's attack and retreat to prevent it from becoming disconnected from the center. At the far left was the Third Heavy Infantry Company led by Amintas, and given the large number of enemies, the leftmost flank could be encircled, and a company commander who dared to fight would keep the morale of the soldiers high. Fortunately, Amintas was assisted by two companies of light shield soldiers behind him, and it was believed that there would be no problem at all in stabilizing the defensive line. Traditionally, the thickness of the Greek phalanx was at least eight columns, but Davers's team had only four rows, because of the small number of troops, and the length of the line had to be ensured. But Davers was confident that the experienced mercenaries would be able to hold off a outnumbered enemy.

The left flank was already in formation, the middle was still slowly spreading, the shouts of the officers, the orders of the heralds, the reminders of the soldiers, all kinds of voices were intertwined, it was almost like a noisy market...... Phaelis placed a thousand mercenaries of Dracos at the forefront of the line, with the Turrii Citizen in the center and the Free Folk behind the Liberals, a dozen columns thick......

The formation on the right flank was also relatively rapid. Acheta placed the Tarantum Citizen Soldiers in front, the mercenaries in the rear, and two hundred cavalrymen on the far right, and his phalanx was eight columns thick.

Finally, the middle lane was also completed, and the arrays on the left, center, and right flanks were connected in a line. The priests of Turii carried the statue of Apollo, the god of the sun, the protector of Turii, and began to chant hymns in front of the phalanx, and then offered blood and food to pray for the victory of the war, and the soldiers began to pray silently to Apollo for his protection; The soldiers of Tarantum also prayed, but not to the sun god, their city-state had its own patron god, Poseidon, and even the legendary city-state demigod hero Frantus; Most of the mercenaries believe in the god of war Ares and the main god Zeus, but the soldiers of Davers are different, they also believed in Ares before, but after Davos led them to victory after victory and created many miracles, they began to believe in Hades, the king of Hades......

When the whole army was immersed in prayers to the gods, the scouts also galloped back one after another, bringing the news of the imminent arrival of the Lucanian coalition army, and Lucania's scouts also appeared in front of the Greek coalition formation, and were soon forced back by the outnumbered Greek cavalry.

"The Lucanians are less than three miles away from us...... It's time to get the whole army ready! Kunograta said nervously.

Ferreis waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, the Lucanians won't attack so quickly." Their army has not yet appeared. Even if it does, it will take a while just to set up a battle formation. ”

Kunogorata retreated in a huff.

After a while, I saw a golden light on the field in the distance, and the mountains were all over the field, like a golden torrent rolling eastward.

Kunogorata gasped and said nervously, "As the young leader of the mercenaries said, the Lucanians have really changed into our weapons and armor, which is a bit of a problem!" ”

"Don't worry, even if the Lucanians change their equipment, in such a short period of time, they can't learn the battle formations of our Greeks, but they have discarded their own strengths, maybe it's a good thing." Philis comforted him unhurriedly, then turned to the herald and said, "Go and inform the officers of the team quickly, so that they do not hurry, and let the soldiers continue to rest." ”

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"Damn, we had the sun on our backs, and the sun was shining on them, and it made my eyes very uncomfortable. When fighting for a while, it will have an effect on Epitenis and Tspeit and their javelin throwing! Martoris felt a little uneasy.

"So what's the way, who told us to be located in the east. Isn't the protector of Turiy Apollo? Why don't they pray to Apollo that they don't have to come out today. Oliver joked.

"It's better to find our Davers leader and directly let Hades turn day into night, and this battle will not have to be fought." Epitenis also quipped.

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The mercenary soldiers were resting, and the officers gathered around Davers and joked in a few words, not taking the large number of Lucanians on the other side seriously.