Several trumpeters around Segovani kept blowing the horn of retreat.

At the same time, Segovani, who was at the head of the team, led the tribal warriors beside him to speed up.

Seeing that the Kautini in front of them no longer cared about their threat and ran forward, the Dionian cavalry did not hesitate to turn closer to the other and threw their javelins in their hands as they galloped.

Javelins flew into the dense ranks and immediately fell.

The attacked Kautini warriors were also angry at the Dionian cavalry, which had turned away from the Dionian cavalry, and returned javelins.

The screams and neighing of horses resounded incessantly in the ranks of both sides, mixed with the exclamations of the Kautini warriors from everywhere: "Cavalry! Cavalry!! ……”

Bands of Dionian and Campanian cavalry kept coming from the rear, circling around the huge Cautini team, stirring up dust. They are constantly rushing at the enemy, throwing javelins to kill and injure them, disrupting their advance. Even when they saw the thin formation of the Kautini who fell at the end of the group, they directly drove their horses to knock them apart, like cunning wolves pounced on giant beasts, constantly increasing pressure and wounds on them, making them panic......

Since the defeat of the Dionian cavalry in the Southern Italian War more than ten years ago to the Numibian cavalry and the Celtic cavalry, the cavalry corps commander Ryders learned from the pain, developed a more rigorous and meticulous training plan, and at the same time selected more excellent riders into the legion, after more than ten years of unremitting training and tactical improvement, the current Dionian cavalry has been greatly improved compared with the beginning.

Segovani looked painfully at the squads of enemy cavalry that were constantly staggering in front of him, and while defending with his shield and throwing javelins, he kept shouting to the soldiers around him: "...... Don't stop! Keep moving! Keep moving! ……”

In his mind, he really wanted to order the team to stop, set up their position, and teach these annoying enemy horses a good lesson, and he believed that with the bravery and sheer number of the Kautini warriors, they could completely defeat the opponents. But the increasing number of enemy cavalry also meant that his team had become a key target for the opponent's attack, once the opposing infantry arrived......

When Segovani was anxious, he saw a group of heavy infantry in black armor and black armor appear in the dust and mist wrenched by the enemy cavalry in front of him, and his heart was suddenly shocked: how did the Dionian infantry run to the front?

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Tagru, more than ten years ago he was a reserve soldier of the Third Legion, as the temporary commander of the town guarding the fortress of the Lahe River, he led the soldiers to successfully block the attack of the rebellious Laos, and after the war, he was not only richly praised by the Ministry of Military Affairs for this achievement, but also smoothly transferred to the Third Legion. More than ten years have passed, and now he is the captain of the 4th Brigade of the 3rd Army.

In this assault on the Kautini, Tagru's Fourth Brigade was in charge of the area south between Thessala and Lola.

He first led two detachments with the assistance of cavalry to defeat one group of the enemy, and then led them to cooperate with the other two detachments to flank the other group of the enemy with a large number of people, and successfully routed it. However, during the interrogation of the captives, Tagru learned that the team from Sasera had previously sacked a village and plundered some Greek people, and was already on its way to the city of Cessara.

Tagru immediately led his team in hot pursuit, finally intercepting the opponent before he could reach Sassela. As a result, on the way back, they encountered scouts who were looking for them, and Tagru led his troops to Atra in a hurry, because its position was already due north of Atra.

While Segovani saw the Ionian hoplites ahead, Tagru also saw the hurried, scattered Caustini army and the Ionian cavalry galloping around it.

The enemy's mighty position reminded him of the attack on the Lahe fortress by the Laos more than ten years ago, when there were only so many people around him, but he had a strong city defense as a barrier, and today he did not have a city wall as a protection, but he firmly believed that as long as he stopped the enemy here for a moment, his comrades would arrive one after another and completely destroy this large group of enemies.

Thinking of this, he took a deep breath and felt a little more courageous in his body, and the slow walk along the way before also relieved the fatigue of their previous pursuit.

He looked around at the soldiers around him, and the soldiers around him were also looking at him, with a little nervousness and excitement in their eyes, they were waiting for the commander to make a final decision, and then they would carry it out firmly.

So, without hesitation, Tagru shouted: "Brothers, the enemy that our legion wants to annihilate is ahead!" We must stop these enemies here, or they will flee into the mountains and frustrate our legion's plan of encirclement, which is a great opportunity for Hades to give us meritorious service! Brothers, show your courage to win this rare glory! ”

"Roar! Roar! Roar! ...... "The soldiers showed their resolve with powerful roars.

Tagru immediately gave the order: "All detachments are lined up, lined up in shields, and stop the enemy!" ”

With only four detachments of less than 200 men on his side, he stretched the line in order to keep the array long enough to hold off enough enemies, but it was only five columns deep and too thin to be easily broken through.

But without hesitation, the soldiers of his detachments quickly split into four small phalanxes, and then joined in a row, and they even threw away the javelins stuck in their backs and the bayonets in their hands, and each of them held long shields, drew short swords, and slowly marched towards the enemy.

Segovani and the other Cautini warriors were furious at the sight of the enemy, who were so few in number, daring to make a move to stop them.

"Rush up and crush them!" Segovani pointed his spear forward and shouted.

The warriors of Kautini roared, and once again increased their speed in running.

When Tagru saw a large number of enemies rushing towards them with great vigour, he was not surprised or rejoiced, but what he feared most was that the enemy would bypass them and let his attempt fail.

The soldiers immediately stopped advancing.

"Shield! ......" the detachment leaders shouted.

The first row of soldiers holds up their long shields, which are slightly pointed below the shields so that they can be slightly inserted into the ground to strengthen the defense of the shields, while the soldiers in the back row place the long shields above their heads and attach them to the shields of the first column.

The Samonai are good at throwing javelins, they know that.

Sure enough, the shield formation of the Dionian soldiers had just been completed, and the javelins of the Kautini rained like drops, and some of the soldiers were pierced in the arms by the tips of the spears that came out of the shields and could not help but scream.

Tagru held his shield and shouted, "Steady! Steady! ……”

After the javelin rain, the warriors of Cautini roared, rushed out of the dust and mist, and slammed into the Dionian army, which was almost a straight line of shields in an instant.

The Dionian soldiers marched back and forth, using all their strength to resist the onslaught of hundreds of men.

The soldiers in the first column were half-prostrate, their heads buried under the long shield, half sideways, holding their shoulders against the shield, allowing the shield to be pierced by the enemy with spears and spears, and the short swords in their right hands kept piercing out from between the shields, and they did not know whether they hurt the enemy, because the sound of the battle completely occupied the eardrums, and the screams could not be heard.

Only some of the impatient Kautini warriors saw that they could not smash the long shield like a turtle shell for a while, and in a hurry, they threw away their weapons and grabbed the top of the shield directly with both hands, trying to break it open.

At this moment, sharp daggers slashed, cutting off their fingers, and blood splattered the soldiers.

The Kautini in the back bypassed the front of the shield and attacked the flanks and rear of the shield, and in an instant, surrounded the Dionian soldiers.

The soldiers raised their long shields one after another, completely protecting the entire array. This Dionian regimental company was like a boat in a stormy sea, in danger of capsizing at any moment.

The Dionian cavalry on the outskirts also realized this, and at the risk of being stabbed with javelins, they attacked the Kautini more frequently, trying to help relieve the pressure on their comrades.

But this only angered the Kautini even more, and under their onslaught, the shield formation did not last long and began to fall apart.

Targlu was anxious as he watched the soldiers around him being stabbed and stabbed, and he quickly stabbed the short sword in his hand, trying to stab the enemy who squeezed into the formation to protect the safety of his men.

Instead of falling, the Kautini warrior who was pierced through the chest threw himself forward, and Tagru, who could not dodge, was thrown to the ground.

More enemies rushed into this section.

Crushed to the ground, Taglu was desperate to see the soldiers who had lost their protection surrounded by more and more enemies, one by one......

At this critical moment, the high-pitched sound of military trumpets pierced the boiling battlefield......

Lizaru led 2,500 reinforcements from the west, and was the first to arrive on the battlefield and attack directly at the rear of Kautini's team.

It didn't take long for the 1st Brigade of the 3rd Army Corps to arrive from the northwest......

This was followed by other companies of the 4th Brigade......

Then came the second brigade......

"Woo! …… Woo! …… Woo! ......" trumpets sounded around the Cautini team, and attacks were launched on the Kautini from all directions.

The Kautini, who were already scattered in formation, were blinded, and they only felt that there were enemies all around, and they were very panicked, and they could not care about the dying Dionian company that had been beaten by them, and they scattered and fled.

But how could their legs outrun the pursuit of the cavalry.

The battle was soon over, and the vast majority of the Kautini warriors were either killed or captured, with the exception of a very small number of Cautini who fled into the city of Sassela.