Chapter 15 The Battle with Kautini (1)

The generals of Naples did not know the military system of Dionia very well. At the beginning, they heard the Dionysian messenger Karias say, 'The kingdom will send the third legion to fight. ’ They thought there were only a few thousand people, but they didn’t expect that the other party would easily send 10,000 people, which was already half of the total strength of the Campania Confederate army.

Carrias thought that the Neapolitans thought that Dionia sent too many soldiers, so he quickly explained: "Because the Cautini people have not changed their teachings, His Majesty Davos is very angry, he sent the entire third legion, just decided to Completely smash the invasion of Kautini, and teach them a heavy lesson, so that they will never dare to invade the territory of the Campania Alliance!"

"That's great, we've been looking forward to that day!" Onosius and others couldn't help saying.

"Where is our station?" Lizaru asked impatiently at this time.

"The camp is located outside the East City, but... the tents are not enough." Aeolos said a little embarrassedly, they did not expect Dionia to send such a large number of soldiers.

"We have brought the tents, you just need to ensure sufficient food supply." Lizaru seemed calm, but in fact, food was his biggest concern.

"There is no problem with the food, you can rest assured!" Onosius said loudly: "The autumn harvest has just ended, and the citizens have enough stocks in their homes, and they heard that the warriors of Dionia came to help defend against the Samonais, and even We don’t even have to buy the city hall, we all volunteered to provide food for your Dionian army. We also prepared dozens of jars of wine and a lot of cattle and sheep for the Third Legion to celebrate your arrival.”

Lizaru waved his hand and said, "There's no need for these, the Third Legion doesn't have that time. I'm going to take the soldiers to build the camp now, and please call the generals of the Campania Alliance and discuss with me. How to deal with the impending invasion of the Samonei."

Although Lizaru's words were too direct and easily hurt, his swiftness and resoluteness reflected that the Kingdom of Dionia was taking this battle seriously, so not only were the upper management of Naples not dissatisfied, but they were all happy.

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The Samone people are mountain people and like to live in the mountains. If they live in the plains, their people will not only feel unsuitable to the climate, but also lack a sense of security.

But everything is not absolute. Cautini, one of the four major races of Samona, has many villages and towns on the eastern plain of Campania. This is mainly due to the increase in population, forcing it to be located in the mountains of Samona. The Kautini race to the west had to move to the lowlands west to gain more land to feed the population. Decades of effort have made the eastern part of the Campania plain completely occupied by Cautini,

They conquered alien city-states, such as Capua and Cesara, and built new towns, such as Lola.

Therefore, some of Kautini's tribes have become accustomed to growing farmland instead of grazing cattle and sheep for a living, so that Kautini's overall strength has begun to gradually catch up with Shirpini, who has always been the first of the four races. tribal.

But the war more than ten years ago hit the ambitious Kautini people in the head, and a large number of tribal warriors were killed or captured. The approach of the Dionian army forced the Kautini people to bow their arrogant heads. , signed the humiliating alliance treaty, and stopped the pace of continuing westward.

But when its strength is restored, its new leader, Segovani, is unwilling to be bound by this covenant, not because of Cautini's predatory nature, but because: on the one hand, Dionia The spread of religion and economic culture undermined the traditions of the Samonites and shook the cohesion of the tribes; on the other hand, Cautini, after occupying the eastern plains of Campania, tasted the benefits of plain farming, they have Deliberately want to embrace the whole of Campania.

Of course, there are also personal reasons. Segovani needs to use war to increase his prestige and fight against Quindok, the leader of Nassara who has been disobedient to him and relied on Dionysian support.

Therefore, the frequent westward invasions of the Kautini tribe warriors were not just as simple as looting materials and population. It can constantly damage the morale of the enemy and increase the fear of the Campanias, so that they are always afraid to plant and herd. While enhancing the strength of one's own side by looting population and materials, it is also weakening the strength of the other side, and finally achieves the goal of occupying the entire Campania through war. The two big cities of Capua and Sacera are in this way. Obtained, so how can the Kautini people be willing to be bound by the covenant of Dionia to their ambitions.

In the early morning of this day, the leaders of the Kautini tribes who gathered in the three towns of Capua, Lola and Sasella led their young and middle-aged people, armed with weapons, and began to break into the Campania Alliance westward. territory.

The straight-line distance between these three cities and the west coast is basically about 40 miles, especially Lola is due east of Naples, so these tribal warriors only need to spread their feet and run for a while, and they can advance to Naples in more than two hours. under the city. This is one of the main reasons why these Campania confederate city-states fear Samonay, they are too close to Cautini's forces, and they are in the plains, and there is almost no danger to defend.

"Hurry up! Faster!..." Kautini leader Taruk urged his warriors loudly.

His tribe came from Abella ( ), a small town less than 15 miles east of Lola. It was located in the middle of the mountain and guarded a pass into the mountains, so the land area was small and not conducive to planting farmland. The peaks on both sides are too high, which is not conducive to grazing, so they mainly rely on looting for a living.

Although the great leader of Kautini, Segovani, proposed when he was mobilizing for the war: to use this invasion to hit the arrogant face of the Kingdom of Dionia and the Campania Alliance.

But Taruk was more interested in the grains the Greeks had piled up at home. Now that the autumn harvest has just ended, even if the Greeks who had a good harvest fled after hearing the news, they would not be able to take so much food with them. Taruk had to loot enough grain to survive the winter before the other tribes.

The chief Taruk ran on the flat ground with his 200 warriors and soon entered the territory of Naples. He had already seen the farmland that was divided into pieces not far ahead, and at the same time he could smell the burnt smell of burning straw in the air, which made him even more invigorated.

Since Taruk often brings people to loot, he is already very familiar with the situation in this area. He knows that there is a Greek village a mile ahead: "Hurry up!" When he urged again, he also accelerated his pace. .

"Leader, there are enemy cavalry ahead!" A soldier reminded loudly.

Of course Taruk saw it too. He also saw these Greek cavalrymen turn around and run back immediately after finding their team.

"Don't mind them, hurry up!" Taruk shouted, not worried at all: based on past experience, he knew that these cavalrymen must have run back to Naples to gather soldiers and wait for the iron shells (Greek heavy infantry) ) when they arrived, they had already returned to Abella with a full harvest. If the Greeks dared to chase, Kautini's warriors would come from all directions to give them a taste of the rain of javelins. Those timid Greeks always gathered in tight phalanxes, moving slowly and being easy targets for their javelins.

Taruk led the warriors into the village, and as he expected, the village was empty.

He immediately sent a small team of soldiers to the south of the village to serve as sentries to observe the movements of the Greeks. He led most of the soldiers to smash the locked doors of the houses, rushed into the houses, and started looting.

At this moment, a soldier came hurriedly and reported to him: "Not far in front of the village, some Greeks are fleeing in pack cars."

Taruk was overjoyed when he heard the words: This must be the residents of this village, they must be full of belongings!

Taruk was worried that he had too few pack animals to carry too many things.

He immediately gathered a group of soldiers, rushed out of the village, and chased south.

Seeing them chasing, the Greeks fled south even more quickly, but the team was bloated and clumsy, and the distance was getting closer and closer.

Taruk found out that there were dozens of Greek heavy infantry in front of the fleeing Greeks. Unlike the Greek heavy infantry he had seen before, they were wearing black armor and rushing towards them.

Do you want to retreat? Taruk had only a flash in his heart, and then immediately pressed it off: Just kidding, how could he retreat! Against Greek heavy infantry, he is very experienced! What's more, there are more than 100 warriors following him, twice the number of the opponent!

"Quick, spread out!" He ordered the soldiers to form a looser array, spread out to the wings in a geese shape, and pressed towards each other at the same time.

The heavy infantry on the opposite side continued to cross the fleeing Greeks, and gradually formed a tight small phalanx as they advanced.

Seeing this, Taruk laughed secretly: How many times the stubborn Greeks have suffered losses, and they still don't change their old ways, then let you continue to taste the power of the javelin!

The enemy's phalanx has entered a distance of 30 meters. Taruk raised the javelin in his hand, but saw that the Greeks slowed down and erected the long shields in their hands... In a blink of an eye, this small phalanx was in front and behind , the left, right, and even the top were all protected by shields, and it continued to approach Taruk's team.

While Taruk was shocked, he still threw the javelin in his hand, and the soldiers who lined up in a semicircle of geese also threw the javelin at the enemy in the center. Mediterranean hegemons of ancient Greece