As soon as Alexis led his army into the mountains, they were discovered by Aquilonian spies, who immediately sent their best warriors to the northwest, more than 100 miles away, to Kautim.

Hidden in the territory of Kautim was the remaining military force concentrated by the Samonai tribal alliance - 7,000 warriors, and its commander was none other than Usibik, the leader of the great tribe of Kautini, who was overjoyed when he learned of this yesterday afternoon, thinking that it was an opportunity to avenge his shame.

Moreover, the Aquilonian messenger anxiously urged again and again, because there were more than 200 warriors in Aquilonia City, even if the terrain was dangerous, I was afraid that it would not be able to resist for long, so Usibik quickly gathered these 7,000 warriors and rushed to rescue Aquiloria.

It wasn't until noon today that they arrived near the territory of Aquilonia.

The warriors led by Usibik came from each of the four major tribes, each led by their own leader, and the marching army gradually became scattered as they marched, with a distance of more than three miles from each other. By the time the middle of Usibik's team had reached the ridge, its front warriors had already rushed down the valley and attacked directly at the Dionian army.

Seeing this, Usibik knew that he could not stop it, so he simply let it attack, and ordered the troops in the center to slow down their advance and wait for the warriors in the rear to arrive, while keeping an eye on the battle ahead.

The attack on the Dionian army was mainly carried out by more than 1,000 Hilpinee warriors, most of whom were javelinmen. The Hippines suffered the heaviest losses in this war, and the warriors hated and feared the Dionians, so they rushed down the hillside, not only slowed down their advance, but also scattered their ranks completely, and slowly approached the Dionian army by the undulations of the hills and the cover of the trees, like lynxes hunting for food.

At this time, the Dionian army occupied a higher place in the valley, and 1,500 heavy infantry spread out in a semi-circle, each half crouched down, and lined up in a shield array; Behind them were 1,000 archers from two light infantry brigades, bent their bows and arrows, watching the approaching enemy; Behind the archers, there were 1,000 javelinmen; 1,000 light armoured men joined the array of heavy infantry to form a defensive line on the eastern flank, alerting the enemy who might come down from the city of Aquilonia, and also making the whole army formation oval; The remaining 1,000 light armoured soldiers were scattered in the open space in the middle of the oval formation.

Alexis stood on a rock, his eyes able to see the approaching enemy through the array of soldiers in front of him. The sight in front of him made him frown slightly, because most of the Samonai warriors had already entered the range of the archers at this time, but they were scattered in twos and threes, front and back, 50 meters away from the front of the army formation, within a radius of one mile, relying on the cover of mounds, rocks, and trees, so that the Dionian archers did not dare to easily fire a salvo, because then the killing effect would only be very low.

"Go and inform the two light infantry captains and advise them to let the soldiers attack on their own, but be careful to save arrows and javelins...... Because it is possible that today's battle will last a long time. Alexis gave the order in an uncertain tone.

After the two captains of the light infantry brigade passed on the order, the archers, who had gained autonomy, became more focused, and the bows and arrows hanging below them were also picked up and aimed at the area directly in front of them, but the enemy who was hiding made them unable to shoot with certainty, so they kept their arrows from firing.

The Samonai warriors did not continue to approach, because the Dionian soldiers cleared the area 30 to 40 meters in front of the formation, cut down the overly tall wild grass, cut down the miscellaneous trees, due to the limited time, there were still some large trees and large rocks, but the whole field of vision had been much wider, and coupled with the condescending position of the Dionians, further progress could increase the risk of being shot.

The two sides suddenly fell into a state of static, but the atmosphere became more and more tense.

"Captain, why haven't they attacked yet?" One of the hoplites turned his head and whispered to Laquelesis behind him.

"Hold on!" Raquelesis reminded in a whisper: "Focus! Hide your body and hold the shield tight! ”

The attack on the previous two nights made Alexis and the officers realize the power of the Samonai heavy javelin, and after discussion, they decided that when defending in the same shield, the soldiers could stick the lower end of the long shield into the ground, pull the arm strap on the inside of the long shield with both hands, and squat sideways, trying not to contact the shield as much as possible, so as to reduce the damage caused to the soldiers after the heavy javelin penetrated the long shield.

"Got it, got it, captain, you've said it many times before." The soldier replied a little impatiently.

"Attention! The enemy is coming! Raquelesis said solemnly.

The soldier hurriedly turned around, peeking his head out from above the long shield, and looked out: he saw that the small red dots dotted in the green began to move in the direction of the formation.

Every time the Ionian legionnaires participated in the barracks training, almost every time the first event was to stand in formation on the playground, silent for at least half an hour. The Samonai warriors obviously did not have special training in this area, and the two sides fought still for only ten minutes, and some fighters could not withstand this pressure, and some fighters left the shelter and began to continue to approach (because the range of the heavy javelin was within 30 meters), which naturally led the other fighters.

Immediately afterward, the Dionian archers began to shoot at their aimed targets.

The Samonai warrior held a small round wooden shield above his head in his left hand, a javelin in his right hand, and his bare feet stepped on the uneven grassy ground, but he could quickly run out of the zigzag route, trying to quickly approach the enemy line.

However, the continuous firing of arrows by the Dionian archers was a great obstacle to the advance of the Samonai warriors, whose wooden shields were so small that they had little protection on their bodies, and when dodging the arrows, it was possible that several arrows would come from several directions at the same time, making it impossible to avoid them.

In a short period of time, a number of Samonai warriors fell in the area of 50 to 30 meters, and when they were about to break through to 30 meters, they were greeted no longer by arrows, but by javelins. The thin wooden shield was simply unable to withstand the powerful javelin, and was directly shattered by it.

Some of the Samonai warriors were lucky enough to dodge the arrows and javelins, and then hurriedly threw the javelins in their hands, most of which were blocked by the shield array, and a few flew into the array, causing a few screams, but compared to the casualties of the Samonai themselves, it was too light.

Therefore, the morale of the Samonai people was greatly damaged, and the momentum of their attack quickly weakened, and at this moment, the horn of the Samonai retreat sounded, and the Samonai warriors, who had been weakened by the moans of their comrades' wounded, quickly retreated to a distance of 50 meters from the Dionian army.

But instead of moving away, they looked viciously at the Dionian soldiers in front of them, as if they were ready to attack again, which made the Dionian officers dare not give the order for the soldiers to retrieve the arrows and javelins.

Usibik arrived with the troops behind him and joined the vanguard. Due to the losses suffered by the Samonai people from the attack just now, the leaders of the unified army took the initiative to surround Usibik.

"The position where the Dioonians are located is too open, we can't attack directly like this, otherwise the losses will be huge!"

"Not attacking? What about my dozen or so injured people?! They are still lying in front of the Dionians, waiting for our rescue! ”

"I think we might as well go around the back of the enemy's formation and attack from there."

"That won't work! Their light infantry could move to that side again and stop our attack. ”

……

The chiefs argued, but Usibik did not stop them, and watched them quietly, until everyone was red-faced, and could not come up with a unified opinion.

An old leader of Hilpiney finally couldn't help but ask eagerly: "Usibik, you are the commander of the entire team appointed by the great leaders, you give me an idea, what should we do?!" ”

His words caused the chiefs to pause their arguments for a moment and focus their attention on Usibik.

Only then did Usibik say solemnly: "Chiefs, the Dioonians occupy a favorable terrain and are lined up to wait for us to attack, even if we finally rely on a brave attack to break the Dionian army, but the casualties suffered by our people will definitely not be small!" The war with the Dioonians has been going on so far, and all tribes and tribes have already suffered a lot of casualties, and we can no longer let our heroic warriors suffer casualties! ”

"Usibik is right!"

"That's right, fart, how can there be immortals in battle! Have we brought our people here to see off the Ionians? ”

……

Seeing that the chieftains were about to quarrel again, Usibik immediately exclaimed: "Of course we have to send the Ionians away!" Because as soon as the Dionian army begins to retreat, they will have to leave the present favorable terrain and will no longer be able to maintain their current formation, and we can continue to attack them on the way to their retreat, on both sides of the mountain road, on the ridges, until finally they are defeated! This is the way we know how to fight! The Dionians have been tricked into the mountains by us, fighting in our familiar homeland, and we must not let them go! ”

"But what if the Dioonians don't retreat?" As soon as one of the leaders spoke, he was ridiculed by other leaders: "If they don't retreat, where will they rest at night?" With us staring here, they don't even dare to build a camp here. ”