"Usibik is right, this is our mountainous area, and at night, we are the wolves of the hunt, and the Dioonians will only be our prey!"

"That's right, that's it!"

The chiefs agreed, and finally came to an agreement.

Fifty meters away from the Dionian formation, nearly 7,000 Samonai warriors began to circle around the west and north of the company, forming an extremely loose formation in an unhurried formation, some even lying in the grass.

Seeing this, Alexis had no urge to surprise the soldiers, for he knew that it would be a disaster for the seemingly lazy Samonai to run as fast as rabbits and lure them into the mountains.

As a result, the two sides were separated by a distance of dozens of meters, and they faced each other face to face, and time was passing little by little.

The Samonai were fearless, and the Dionian soldiers were more and more panicked as they went, for this was a strange land for them.

The captains of each group asked Alexis for instructions: Do you want to retreat?

Alexis firmly refused.

Adjutant Eumattius was on the side, and couldn't help but say, "Commander, this is the first time we have fought with the Abenirum people, I think"

"I don't trust the Abenirum too much." Alexis interrupted him and said in a deep voice: "But I trust Paulette more, and the most reassuring thing for me is that there is Zantiparis, since he has agreed to this plan, he will definitely do his best to carry it out!" ”

Eumattius stopped talking, he knew why Alexis said this, because Alexis had fought side by side with Polet in the South Italian War, and more importantly, Alexis and Zantiparis were both mercenaries on expeditions to Persia, and they had a deep fighting friendship and trusted each other very much.

However, as the sun in the sky gradually turned west, the surroundings were still calm, and the expression on Alexis' face gradually became solemn......

Finally, he could not resist saying to Eumattius: "Go and call those Abenirum people!" ”

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The Dionian army remained in place, confusing the Samonai chieftains.

"Don't these Dionians worry that they won't have a place to sleep after nightfall?" Usibik couldn't help but mutter.

"Perhaps the Dionians thought we would retreat before the night came, so they were competing with us to see who could endure more." One of the leaders laughed.

"I think they're waiting for reinforcements from their barracks in Riverlands, but even if the Dioonians arrived, it would be dark here, and they would all be our prey." The other leader said confidently.

Reinforcements? Usibik's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked the leaders of Hilpinei: "What is wrong with Abenirum these days?" ”

"Anomalous? They did not send a band of warriors to threaten us on the border as soon as they saw our people driving cattle and sheep near their territory, but as soon as our warriors rushed over, the cowards ran away...... If it weren't for the fact that we were at war with Dionia, we would have wanted the Grand Leader of Lesgouk to lead us in the fight! A leader from Beneventum said disdainfully.

The other Hilpinee leader understood what Usibik was saying, and said, "Don't you suspect that Abenirum has taken refuge in Dionia?!" Rest assured, even if Gerni was a bastard, he would not be able to throw a javelin at his own people, and he had made an oath in the name of Savoni in front of the High Priest, and it was impossible to break it! Besides, the Great Chieftain Lesguk has sent spies to keep an eye on the territory of Abenirom every day, and if there is anything unusual, I am afraid that they will come to inform us by now. ”

"That's right, Usibik, you can rest assured, even if there are any more contradictions between the Hirpini tribes, they will not kill each other." Several of Hirpine's leaders immediately responded, and one of them even said sympathetically: "Seriously, the big leader is also too harsh on Abenirum, and it has indeed not been easy for Geirny these years. ”

The face of the leader of Beneventum was a little ugly, and the expression of Usibik became a little gloomy, and he was suspicious: these Hilpini leaders were secretly mocking the great leader of Kautini, Segovani, who had used a ploy to trap Quinduk and conquer Naconia a few days ago.

The atmosphere suddenly became a little silent, and the leaders of the other two clans, seeing Usibik's ugly face, were about to say something to defuse the embarrassment.

Suddenly, a spy hurried down from the western mountain: "Everyone...... Chiefs, no! …… South...... An army has appeared to the south, and many, many soldiers are hurrying here! ”

The leaders were astonished.

"Where did the army come from?!" Usibik asked urgently, for the spying pointed not to the south of the Bend Land, but to the west of the Bend Land, southwest of the ridge, where there were no tribes or towns as far as he knew.

"I ...... I don't know, because they wore neither red (the Samonai people often wore red single clothes) nor black, but black and yellow. The spy said a little weakly, he only saw it from a distance on the mountain, so he hurried to report, and did not rush over to investigate carefully.

"Black and yellow? ......" one of the Hirpinei chieftains suddenly said, "Could it be the Pothenians?" ”

When everyone heard this, they were shocked again, they all knew that there was a plant in the Lucania area that could make yellow dyes, so in the past, Lucanian soldiers mostly wore yellow costumes to fight, could it be them?

The Pothenians had not fought in any battles since the Italianate War, and the Samonai chiefs remembered it from the fact that they had plundered and nearly wiped out Pothenia more than a decade earlier. Since the Lucania region had been incorporated into the Kingdom of Dionia, after the war began, not only the great chiefs of the tribes, but even they subconsciously regarded Pottetia as a part of Dionia, ignoring that it actually existed independently as a free city.

The situation is urgent! Usibik didn't have time to figure out where this army came from, he just knew that it could never be the army of the Samonai tribal alliance.

What now?! Retreat immediately?! Anxious, Usibik looked at the panicked chieftains, then at the besieged Dionian army ahead, and realized that he had to make a quick decision.

But before he could make up his mind, a loud military horn sounded in the southwest, followed by a majestic trumpet in the northwest.

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“…… General, with such a large army dispatch, it is impossible for them to hide from our spies, and the Gellni chieftain will definitely unite with the Pothenians to explain to Alexis here" The guide of Abenirum in Dionian costume was trying to explain to Alexis when he suddenly heard the sound of a military trumpet from the west, and then heard the sound of a trumpet, and his face was immediately overjoyed: "Here it is! Our fighters are coming! ……”

At this moment, Alexis, who heard the sound of the military trumpet, did not listen to him anymore, but immediately said to Eumatseus: "Go and order the light armor to attack!" The other brigades then attacked! ”

Eumatseus was stunned: "Lord Commander, our reinforcements have not yet fully arrived, should we wait a little longer?" ”

"Wait a little longer, and the enemy will run away!" Alexis said without hesitation.

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By the time the trumpet sounded, the leaders of the Samonai had already understood that the Dionians were in charge, and that retreat was an undoubted problem, but such a large army had to retreat in unison, otherwise it would be easy to turn from retreat to rout, and in which direction to retreat was also a question: there was a Dionian army in the east, and a large number of enemies were coming in the northwest and southwest, and because the mountains were steep and difficult to climb due north, it seemed that it was safer only to the south, but the south led to the Ofanto River, Who knows if the Ionians had an ambush there?

The situation was urgent, and the leaders quickly agreed to force a retreat due west before the enemy's reinforcements had yet to fully arrive.

As the leaders were about to quickly run back to their ranks, Dionia's shield array suddenly cracked through many gaps, and 2,000 lightly armored soldiers rushed out, armed with leather shields and short swords, and slashed at the Samonai warriors.

The confrontation between the two sides lasted for more than three hours, especially the Dionian people put on a posture of perseverance, which gradually wore down the fighting spirit of the Samonai warriors, many Samonian warriors were already lying on the ground basking in the sun, only because they heard the sound of the military horn from the west, they were called up by their companions, and before their bodies could stretch out, they saw the Dionian soldiers on the opposite side rushing towards them like hungry beasts. The distance of more than 50 meters was too short, and many of the Samonai warriors who had been relaxing for a long time did not have time to retreat, and the Dionian soldiers rushed in front of them.

It was only at this time that Alexis had the trumpeters blow the trumpets of the attack.

The assault of the Dionian light armoured disrupted the already loose formation of the Samonai coalition army, some of the fighters were retreating, and some of the fighters were fighting with the Dionian soldiers, and the whole scene became a little chaotic.

Originally, Usibik wanted to wait for the leaders to reorganize their ranks and retreat together, but now he had no choice but to order the horn of retreat.

As soon as the horn sounded, the remaining fighting spirit of the Samonai warriors was gone.

"Run west! Follow me to the west! ......" The leaders shouted hysterically as they led the surrounding warriors to retreat towards the mountains behind them, wanting to take advantage of the shortcomings of the Dionian soldiers, who were not good at climbing in the mountains, to shake off the enemy's pursuit.