Chapter 62 The First Battle Between Dionia and Samonei (2)

"I can be sure!" Krigor confidently pointed to the mountains ahead, and said, "These Samonaites came here after chasing the Potentia tribe, but they got the news from nowhere, and they thought Ambush us here, but I don’t know that their every move has been clearly seen by my men.”

"Krigoru, your team has done a good job today, I have written it down." Alexis patted the restless horse on his crotch: "Although our legion has not trained in Potentia, but here The terrain, I think Lizaru, you should have not forgotten."

"You have brought us to the southern mountains of Portentia several times in plain clothes. How dare you forget! There are strict regulations in our military law, and the officers at all levels of the legion must engrave the terrain within their jurisdiction in their minds!" Lizam pointed to his head.

"Lord Davos is a great person!" Alexis sighed, it is this military law formulated by Davos that the officers and soldiers strictly enforce it, so that the army will be prepared in wartime. He remembered Davos's advice when he was the commander of the Third Legion, and said sternly: "Now is the time to test you, and let us see how powerful the Samonais are!"

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Gellney saw the flag swaying in the opposite mountain. Obviously, the enemy was also attacking Abrini's team at the same time. At this moment, he didn't have the heart to worry about his friends. On the colorful crown ornament, his equipment is no different from other warriors, a golden bronze helmet, a loose red short-sleeved robe, the length only reaches the knee, the waist is fastened with a leather belt, and the right hand is holding a long robe. Spears, four or five javelins in the left hand, and nothing else.

Because they had planned to ambush the Dionysian army in advance, the soldiers Gellney brought out were all light soldiers. They saw the steep hillsides as flat ground, shuttled between rocks and trees, as agile as apes, stepping on thorns with bare feet He didn't feel the slightest pain on the gravel, and soon approached the Dionian army that was climbing up.

Compared with the speed at which the Samonaites descended the mountain, the Dionysian troops went up the mountain more slowly. They were made up of light infantry, light armoured soldiers, and heavy infantry, pulling out a loose arc in an attempt to move the forest. This side is all covered, so that the Samonites cannot escape, but they do not want the Samonites to come so quickly.

As the interim commander of this mixed force, Kesima, the commander of the Second Brigade of the Third Army, was not panic at all. If it was a few years ago, the Lucania region had not been incorporated into the Dionysian Alliance. When this happens, Kesima will definitely lead the warriors of the tribe to meet him and have a melee, and now he is a qualified officer in the Dionian Legion.

"Prepare the archers! Heavy infantry protection!" At the same time that Kesima gave the order, the heavy infantry of the legion had already leaned against the tree trunk, leaned against the rock, erected a long arc shield, and protected themselves and the archers behind the shield. and the Javelinmen even further back, unless the Samonites break through the heavy infantry line,

Otherwise, it is difficult to attack them.

Under the protection of the long shield, the archers calmly drew their bows and drew arrows, aiming at the Samonites who were running fast. Projectiles may have little effect, so a more precise pair of straight shots is needed.

The Samonais were condescending. Although the distance was 100 meters apart, the javelins they threw during running carried strong kinetic energy and flew in front of the heavy infantry in an instant. The continuous sound of more than half of the javelins hit the long shield accurately. The heavy infantry looked at the sharp spear tip that came out of the hole and couldn't help but feel a little palpitated: it turned out to be a heavy javelin!

And the sharp arrows of the Dionian archers also shot out, and the unprotected, lightly armed Samonite warriors quickly crawled under rocks or hid behind tree trunks to avoid the arrows.

For a time, arrows were shot and shot in the forest.

The Dionian soldiers had stronger protection, and the archers had a more stable platform for shooting arrows in situ; the Samonites relied on the flexible movement and the strong penetration of the javelin to contend, even if they were unprotected, casualties were gradually increasing. Increase, nor weaken their fighting spirit.

Relying on the cover of the trees, Gellney and his men had already approached within forty meters of the Dionian people. When they saw the javelin thrown by him, the long shield erected by the Dionian heavy infantry shook a few times. When Akira and the soldier almost fell, he weighed the last javelin in his hand and thought to himself: Get closer, get closer, and you will definitely be able to kill another one!

He thought confidently, and suddenly got out of the hiding tree, swiftly circled the serpentine route, and continued to dash downward.

The entire Samonai skirmisher line was about 30 meters close to the enemy. Gellney leaned against a big tree and, like other warriors, dodged the enemy's arrows, and when the archers took their arrows, they appeared again. , was about to throw the javelin in his hand at the heavy infantry in front of him, when he saw a surprised scene, those Dionian heavy infantry suddenly threw the long shield in their hands and made a throwing action.

"No, Javelin!" Gellney's eyes suddenly widened.

The heavy infantry on the opposite side actually threw javelins, and thousands of arrows mixed with javelins flew out, hitting the Samonai by surprise. Many Samonai warriors who had not had time to hide were immediately stabbed by the javelins and screamed. A sound.

Gellney didn't have time to make a judgment. When the Dionysian heavy infantry threw the javelin, the javelinmen 10 meters behind them also rushed up and threw the javelin in their hands again, and the light gunmen followed them closely. The armored soldiers, taking advantage of the Samone dodging the javelin attack, crossed the line of defense of the heavy infantry and quickly approached the enemy.

"Retreat! Retreat!..." Gellney knew that he could no longer be brave at this moment. The peculiar tactical combination of the Dionysians disrupted their offensive rhythm. If they delayed, they might not be able to leave.

Gellney quickly retreated while gesturing, and the trumpeter who had been following him immediately blew his horn.

However, the speed of the Dernia light armored soldiers is also not slow. As Lucanians, climbing mountains and mountains is also what they are good at, not to mention that they are also wearing light clothes and have been recharged before, so the Samone people After a little hesitation, they were caught up, not to mention the wounded soldiers.

On a hillside with staggered trees and covered with rocks, with spears against leather shields and short swords, it is not easy for Samonai warriors to keep spreading the distance to exert the power of long weapons. As the sub-light armour approached, the Samonites were in danger.

One escaping and one chasing on the mountain ridge, one-on-one fighting with spears and swords is often seen.

When Gellney crossed the mountain, escaped the pursuit of the Dionians, and regrouped his team, he found that there were only more than 500 people following him, and he lost almost half of his soldiers.

By the time he and Abrini's team rendezvous, his good brother had already been shot with a javelin and was dying, and the thousand soldiers he led were only more than 300.

He originally wanted to ambush the Dionian army, but he was ambushed by the Dionian people. Gellney, who was angry and frustrated, took the remnants of the defeated army and retreated quickly north without rest.

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"This is everyone in Samona?!" Alexis carefully looked at the corpses on the ground, even touching the thick calluses on the soles of their bare feet no matter how dirty they were: "It's very hard, like wearing it. A pair of shoes. Xima, you just fought a battle with the Samonais, talk about what it's like to fight them."

Kesima thought for a while and said, "Legion commander, the Samonais are quite brave, you see they are all light infantry, they dare to rush to the place less than 30 meters away from our front and throw javelins... Their formation It's quite loose, with big intervals, reducing the accuracy of our light infantry's ranged attacks, and this tactic is very similar to our light infantry tactics...and, you see—" Kesima grabbed a samonai's Javelin, hand it to Alexis.

Alexis weighed it with his hands, and then brought the spear tip close to his eyes to take a closer look, his expression became a little dignified: "It's a javelin with a weighted spear tip, and it's not much different from our javelin, so nearly a hundred of your subordinates were injured. , is it because of it?"

Xima nodded and said sternly: "I think their javelin skills are no worse than the light shield soldiers of the Epithenes army commander. As long as the long shield is hit directly by him, it can often pierce the shield plate, brothers. It's all wounded like this..."

Alexis looked down at the long shield that had been impaled by several javelins, and said, "I heard from the soldiers that the Samonaites run fast in the mountains and forests, and you can't catch up with them, so they escaped."

Kesima retorted unconvincingly: "The Samone people run very fast, but we Lucanians are not bad at climbing mountains and forests. If it wasn't for our clothes that were heavier than theirs, we would have worn them long ago. They caught up!"

"I heard from the Potentians that although there are heavy infantry with breastplates, most of the Samonais are light infantry with tender guns..." Alexis looked at the continuous mountains in front of him, and there was a hidden worry in his heart. : "Order the legion to speed up the march and rush to the nearest Basento Upper Valley to camp!"

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In a former Potentian village less than a mile north of the city of Potentia, Garni bowed his head in frustration and stood in front of Vilani, the chief of Shilpini.

Veroni didn't criticize his son because he attacked the Dionians without authorization and caused the loss of troops. He knew that Abrini's death had already made Gellney very guilty, so he asked in a gentle voice: "Gearney, You are the first Samonite leader to fight against the Dionians. Although you suffered a little loss, you also learned about our strong enemy to the south. You told us that the Dionians were fighting What's the difference between neutral and Campania?"