At this moment, Torek was looking out at the Ionian camp in the distance.

In fact, Samonai's reinforcements had arrived the previous night, and they had prepared for a night attack, but they found that the Dioonians had set up camp and were heavily guarded. Torek, who was also a battle-hardened leader, knew that in the dark, especially without moonlight, the attack of tens of thousands of men could easily get out of control and cause unnecessary losses, so he resisted his impulse and postponed the attack until the next day. As a result, Samonai's reinforcements spent the night in the mountains. It was already the beginning of November, and the weather in the mountains was getting colder, and even if the soldiers slept wrapped in leather robes, it was still a little cold.

Torek rubbed his hands together, he really didn't expect the Dioonians to build a camp of what seemed to be a certain size so quickly. But he thought again: this is better, the Dionians will not be able to escape!

He looked at the leader of the army of Kautini and said in a consultative tone: "Leader Quinduk, what do you think of my people attacking from the north and east, and your people attacking from the west?" ”

"I have no opinion." Quinduk nodded in agreement, and then asked, "What about the south of the enemy camp?" Don't let them run away when the time comes. ”

"South." Torek pointed to the city of Poseidonia in the distance and said confidently: "They can't run!" ”

Quinduk understood, and he said excitedly: "It seems that the Dioonians have become the prey of falling into the pit, just in time for the warriors to vent their anger at the lack of sleep last night!" Quinnduk said, rubbing his hand against his somewhat chilled body.

Torek looked left and right at the dense crowd of warriors behind him, and gave the order: "Blow the trumpet!" ”

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The long, majestic sound of the trumpet passed through the morning mist and reached Poseidonia, two miles away, so that Picini and Mobuk, who were standing at the head of the city and were looking forward to it, heard it and were immediately shocked: "Do you hear that? It's our trumpet, our reinforcements have arrived! ”

The Samonai warriors on the ramparts were all excited and shouted.

"Warriors, ready to go out of the city to meet them and destroy those hateful Dionians!" Picini swept away yesterday's depression and shouted in a high-spirited voice.

"Roar! Roar!! ......" the fighters roared in unison.

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Alexis observed the enemy who was slowly approaching outside the camp from the sentry tower, and said unhurriedly: "The enemy is ready to attack, let the brigades be ready!" ”

"I'll go." The adjutant turned and went downstairs.

"Now it's up to you." Alexis said expectantly to the ballista spotter who was also on the watchtower, Steponian, who spoke politely because the sightman was from the Dionian Academy.

"Captain Legion, don't worry!" Steponian replied confidently, but his heart was beating a drum. Because of the morning fog, he couldn't see the marks he had measured outside the camp yesterday, so he could only judge by eye.

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Torek commanded the troops attacking the north side of the camp,

Due to the rush of time, when the troops rushed to the rescue, they did not carry Syracuse's ballistas or major siege equipment, but only improvised dozens of long ladders before resting last night. But Tonik thinks: that's enough! Because of the spies' report, there were no other defenses outside the Dionian camp except for the trenches. Therefore, with a large reinforcement, it only took one breath to break through the small earthen walls of the camp, and the Dioonians could only sit and wait for their death.

When the group to attack the camp gradually approached about 250 meters from the camp, Torek swung his spear forward vigorously: "Attack!" ”

More than a dozen trumpeters blew the horns in their hands at the same time, "Woo! Woo!! Woo!! ......" resounded on the battlefield.

Some of the Samoni warriors carried long ladders, some held long shields, and some only held javelins and spears and began to quicken their pace......

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"Elevation angle 40, full strings, small play!" Steponian shouted from the watchtower.

"Ballista ready!" The ballista captain gave the order: "Elevation angle 40, full string, small bullets!" ”

Under the rapid operation of the soldiers, the ballista made a "squeak" sound.

"Whew! Call! Call! ...... "Stone bullets were ejected with a strong wind sound.

The ballista captain looked at the stone projectiles flying towards the enemy, excited and at the same time had some regret in his heart: yesterday the ballista bombarded the city of Poseidonia for a long time, so that the ballista lost a few of them, otherwise more enemies would have been killed.

Torek saw the dark shadow passing overhead, and exclaimed: "Not good!

But he was far less astonished than the previous general Diopantos, who was considered by the Greeks to be highly skilled in the Samonai, and Syracuse was able to make ballistas, as well as Dionia.

Instead of intimidating Torek, the ballista provoked his ferocity, and he once again swung his short sword and shouted: "Rush quickly!" Kill all the Greeks! ”

The surrounding warriors let out a roar of rage, which soon spread throughout the army, and the screams of the falling stone bullets were completely muffled, and the Samoneans were in high spirits, and they began to speed towards the Dionian camp with great strides.

"One hundred meters!" Shouts rang out from the watchtower.

"Archer prepare!" The captain of the light infantry group, Ibiru, shouted.

The archers had been waiting behind the earthen wall for a long time, fanning out, drawing their bows and drawing arrows.

Hundreds of arrows rained down on the Samonai black attacking formation, and what was set off was no longer the few screams caused by stone bullets.

The weak protection of the Samonai brought great success to the Dionian light infantry, but the screams did not slow the progress of the Samonai.

After only two rounds of arrows, the Samonai had already rushed to within 50 meters.

The soldiers of the Third Legion of Dionya could clearly hear the rumbling footsteps of the enemy's advance, and felt the ground tremble slightly from the stomping of countless pairs of feet, and even their shouts enveloped the entire camp. The soldiers, although a little nervous, did not panic. Because they are the Third Legion of Dionia, they have made many feats for Dionia: they participated in the Second Crotone War and captured the city of Asprarustum alone; Zeng made a surprise attack on the city of Grummentum; Quell Lucania's rebellion with a single legion, annihilate the forces of Sincinag, and reap the city of Picosis...... The dazzling stars on the flags of the Third Regiment symbolized their honor! And today's battle will surely add honor to the Third Army!

The company commander, Hitinaot, was a Greek slave in Niutum, and after Dionya captured Niutum, he was freed and chose to settle in Niutum, eventually joining the Dionian Third Army, where he became a mid-level officer with a command of 200 men. The old hatred has dissipated, and now he fights alongside the once-hated and now brotherly Lucanian soldiers for their homeland, the Dionian League.

"Javelin!" He shouted.

The soldiers standing on the earthen wall, already ready, threw their javelins, and the Samonai who rushed to the front of the camp trench also threw their javelins.

For a time, countless javelins kept staggering through the air. As the two sides who have fought each other, they already have some understanding of each other's tactics, and they have erected long shields to protect them.

Compared with the dense and poorly equipped Samonai warriors outside the camp, the Dionian soldiers were on a high place, protected by an earthen wall and a long shield, and the casualties were not large, but from time to time there were javelins pierced on the long shield, which was very inconvenient to use, but there was no time to cut it off at the moment.

Although the Samonai suffered heavy casualties, the javelin rain continued, and with its suppression, the Samonai warriors rushed to the front of the trench and jumped directly into the ditch, some erected long ladders, and some set up a human wall and began to climb upwards.

The Dionian soldiers threw javelins into the trench at such a close distance that they were almost accurate in one throw, but even this could not stop the swarming of the Samoneans.

"Pour oil! Pour the oil! Heatinaot shouted anxiously as he bent down to pick up the tung oil tank that had been prepared and placed behind the wall, when he heard a scream of "ah", and a soldier behind him was pierced in the left shoulder with a javelin, and fell to the ground in agony.

Hitinaot bowed down alertly, peeked out from behind the earthen wall, and saw a Samonai javelinman holding a javelin less than five meters away from him, and was about to throw, but was shot down by the sharpshooter on the camp watchtower.

Hitinaot quickly stood up and smashed the oil tank down, hitting the head of one of the Samonai warriors in the trench, and the oil can burst open, overflowing with oil.

Many of the soldiers on the earthen wall did the same thing as Hitinaot: torches were thrown down the trench, and a wall of fire rose in the trench in an instant, and countless fire men howled in the trench until they were silent......

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"Commander, the enemy in the north has temporarily retreated, and according to preliminary statistics, we have 240 casualties." The adjutant rushed to report.

"Before the fight began, so many brothers were lost." Although there were more Samonai outside the camp groaning on the ground and charred in the trenches, Alexis was still frowning and a little jealous of the lethality of the Samonei javelins. Pointing to the south of the camp, he said, "Look, the enemy in the city of Poseidonia has also come out, and this battle has just begun. ”

"It's a pity that we have too few oil tanks with us! Otherwise, if several directions are used together, the losses of the Samonai people will be great! The adjutant said regretfully.

"This can't be blamed on the baggage battalion, it is not easy for them to load food, carry camp materials, weapons and equipment, and bring so many oil tanks. Who told our legion to move so urgently, and the enemy's reinforcements came so quickly! Alexis comforted him and said, "Don't worry, let's fight them slowly, anyway, in the end they won't be able to escape." ”