When the Lucanian tribal coalition was two miles away from the Greek army, they stopped their advance and began to line up. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Greek army just waited quietly and did not take the opportunity to attack. This is not surprising, because Turiyi wants to change the scene of its passive beating by fighting a war, and Lucania also wants to use this battle to completely destroy the remaining forces of Turiyi, so the battle is the common will of both sides.

If the Greek army attacks at this time, the Lucanian tribal coalition can only retreat without completing the formation, and the infantry chasing the infantry will be difficult to catch up with at a distance of a thousand meters, which will only lead to the delay of the battle. This is unacceptable to the well-prepared Turii generals. Citizens also can't accept it, because it means they have to be scared for a longer time.

The Greek army gave the Lucanian tribal coalition plenty of time to set up, and the Lucanians were making the most of it. Since Tanma had reported to the leaders of the tribal coalition the general situation of the Greek army's formation, the leaders of the coalition army quickly decided on the position of each unit in the formation after urgent discussion: Akpiru, the chief of Grumentium, led 6,000 of his tribal warriors in the middle of the road; The warriors of the cities of Niutum and Laos, four thousand five hundred, were on the left flank; And the main ally of Grumentum, another powerful tribe in the Lucanian region, united with the four thousand men led by Sincinag, the great chief of the city of Picosis, plus the fifteen hundred warriors of the city of Vig in the Bruti region, a total of five and five hundred men, on the right flank. The total strength of the Lucanian tribal coalition was 16,000 men, and there was no cavalry.

Grummentum City has been fighting for the past two years, and its great leader Akpiru is also considered to be experienced in military affairs, before the war he sent a lot of spies disguised into the port of Turii City (this is the place with the most free people, mixed with fish and dragons, not easy to be found), got a lot of news, combined with today's spies' returns, he already has a plan in his heart: although many of the Turiyi citizen soldiers in the middle of the Greek army are slightly older, but the number is large, not to be underestimated, he will deal with it personally; The right flank of the Greek army is the Tarantum reinforcements, I heard that this time the troops repelled the Mesapi people in Tarantum many times, and it is estimated that the combat effectiveness is not bad, Niutum and Laos are sister cities, and there is no problem in terms of cooperation, four thousand five hundred people, more than enough to deal with them; The left wing of the Greek army was the least numerous, and the difference between it and the other two was almost immediately apparent, because it was so small. It is said that this Greek mercenary army once went on an expedition to Persia, but when Akpiru heard the stories about them, he thought that the rumors about this army were exaggerated, and that it was just that they had lost the battle in Persia and fled back, and the Greeks who were engaged in business always liked to boast about themselves. He had no concept of Persia, a great power in the far east, and believed that the strength of the 2,000-man army was limited, and the bravery of the warriors of Pikosis was not weaker than that of Grummentum, and the ability of his great leader Sincinag was not weak, and his son Gneenat (who was also the son-in-law of Akpiru), the brave of the whole clan, 4,000 warriors plus 1,500 Buruti warriors, almost three times the strength of the opponent's army, was completely capable of crushing the left flank of the Greek army in one fell swoop. As a result, he locked the victory on his right flank.

The Lucanians were more quickly deployed, as their arrays were not as tight as those of the Greek army, and their loose formation made their already large ranks even larger.

With the sound of several long horns, this time an astonishing number of troops slowly pressed down on the Greek army......

The battle is about to begin! Phares' somewhat cloudy old eyes could already see the shadows of the enemy on the other side. He took a long breath, puffed out his somewhat shriveled chest, rolled over and dismounted, and ordered his slaves: "Bring me my weapons and helmets!" ”

Just then, he heard a commotion from the soldiers in front of him.

"What happened?" He asked suspiciously, and the people around him were equally puzzled. He had no choice but to mount his horse again and look ahead, but there was no change in front of him. But looking in the direction of the commotion of the soldiers, he saw hundreds of soldiers on the left flank rushing out of the phalanx and running towards the Lucanians opposite......

What are they doing? Is it to surrender to the enemy? …… When Philis thought of this possibility, he felt a chill in his heart: is it true, as some people say, that 'mercenaries without a sense of belonging are unreliable'!

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Epitenis and Tspeit led more than 600 light infantry out of the array and rushed towards the right flank of the black-pressed Lucalian tribal coalition. Of course, they did not go to surrender, but to carry out a new tactic that had been practiced according to the requirements of the leader of Davers: that is, before the two armies collided, they used light infantry to preemptively inflict long-range casualties on the enemy, so as to achieve the purpose of frustrating the enemy's spirit and disrupting his formation.

In the face of a huge number of enemy troops, the lonely hundreds of soldiers are like small trees in the wind, in danger of being blown off at any time, this psychological pressure and fear will break the faint-hearted, but these soldiers have been tempered by hundreds of battles on the Persian expedition, and their spirit has become extremely tenacious, their formation is scattered but not chaotic, and the speed of their forward rush is accelerating.

When they were less than four hundred meters away from the enemy, Epitenis and Zpitt shouted almost simultaneously: "Slingers ready!" ”

The slingers stopped and began to untie the slings around their waists; The rest of the soldiers continued to advance, and when they were almost a hundred meters away from the enemy, the archers stopped; And the four hundred light shield soldiers are still running forward......

The reason why Greyrat of Picosis was loved by the warriors of the tribe was because he was the first to fight in every battle, rushing to the front line. Seeing these Greeks in leather armor line up in two very loose stragglers and rushing straight up, he was a little puzzled at first. To the north of Pikosis was the Greek city-state of Ilia, and Pikosis had repeatedly invaded its territory, and the two sides fought frequently, and Gneinate was familiar with the way the Greeks fought, but he had never seen such strange moves. But soon, when the Greeks raised their glittering spearheads and strode in preparation for the throw, he was astonished: "Watch out for the javelins!!" Defense!! ”

Hundreds of javelins whistled with the sound of the wind. Experienced light shieldmen do not throw in a straight line, but in front of them diagonally. Although the Lucanians were fully equipped with Greek heavy infantry, they did not learn the principle of "I protect others, others protect me" of the Greek heavy infantry, and hurriedly protected themselves with round shields, so that the already slightly loose front exposed large gaps, and the javelin, which was heavily reinforced by Davers, crossed the gap between the shields and shields, and most of them pierced into the ribs covered by the multi-layered cemented linen armor of the tribal warriors.

Gneinat reacted quickly and blocked the javelin with his shield, which pierced the copper skin of the round shield and nailed it to the shield. Just as he was about to pull out the javelin, the man next to him shouted, "Be careful with the bow and arrows!" ”

Arrows and stones rained down......

Gneinert had a piece on his head, and although he was protected by a helmet, it also made him dizzy and nearly fell.

This wave of mercenaries with bows and arrows and flying stones, the Lucanians did not suffer much losses, but the first few columns in the middle of Lucania's right flank were chaotic, but the Greek light shield soldiers took the opportunity to throw a second round of javelins, which greatly increased the lethality of the javelins......

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Ferreth and Kunograta were stunned when they saw this sight on the horse, they had guessed the combat effectiveness of the Davers mercenaries, but they never imagined that it would be such a novel tactic, and the effect was so amazing!

Seeing that part of the front line of the enemy's right flank was almost shattered, Kuno Gorata excitedly exclaimed: "If we knew that these mercenaries were so powerful, we should have learned from them earlier and adopted this tactic!" ”

Phiris shook his head: "Our light infantry will not be so bold to break away from the phalanx a few hundred meters away and take the initiative to attack a large number of enemies, and only these experienced mercenaries dare to use this, I am afraid this is the tactic they learned from Persia." When Philis said this, there was still a trace of regret in his heart: before the battle was officially engaged, the combat effectiveness of the Davers mercenaries exceeded his expectations, and perhaps the other two thousand mercenaries should be allocated to him according to the advice of the young leader of the mercenaries......

Ferreus suppressed the thought: since the original plan had been executed, it was best to follow through to the end! This is the experience he has gained from many years in the army.

"Prepare for battle, the enemy is attacking!" While alerting the soldiers around him, he dismounted and began to put on his helmet.