Chapter 88 The Victory of Venosa

It has been more than a day since the Samonaites entered the Venosa area, and it is normal for Dionia's reinforcements to appear at this time. Lesguk asked anxiously, "How many people are there?"

The spy said both ashamed and angry: "The Dionysians took the cavalry as the vanguard, advancing very fast, and they also searched and drove us. Several of my teammates... all died under their spears, So... we... don't know how many enemies are still behind, but the cavalry are all dressed in civilian clothes and come in all colors and shapes."

The Puchetti and Mesapi areas are rich in cavalry. Of course Lesguk knows it and once made him envious, but since it is not a unified black standard equipment, it seems that this is a temporary unit formed in the Puchetti area. In such a short time It is impossible to assemble a large army.

With this judgment, he turned his head to look at Contruk.

Contruk tugged at his beard and said without hesitation: "The 4,000 soldiers we have been resting can finally go into battle and kill the enemy. These brave young men will easily kill them!"

The guards who received the order immediately rushed to inform the troops that were not involved in the siege, but were specifically used to intercept reinforcements.

And Lesk's roar sounded again: "Go and urge the leaders of the various ministries to increase the strength of the siege, and be sure to capture Vinosa before the Dionysian reinforcements arrive again!"

More than ten minutes later, Leskuk saw a quaint Samonai flag on the top of the city ahead, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

At this moment, the spies came running in panic: "Big Chief! Big Chief! It's not good! There are many Dionian soldiers in black armor coming from the south! The number of troops we are going to intercept is too small, and it is already fast. I can't resist it!"

"It's impossible! There can't be a regular army of Dionia here!!" Lesguk roared in disbelief.

What answered Leskuk's question was the increasingly noisy voice from the south: "The army of Dionia is coming!! Run away!!..."

Behind the panic-stricken Samonai rout was a surging black tide, with the sound of "rumbling" footsteps and the screaming of the sky, pressing towards Vinosa aggressively.

"Quick!...Hurry to retreat!...Retreat!!..." Kongtruk had long lost the stubbornness of his previous words, his face was also pale, and his voice suddenly became hoarse.

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Adoris has thrown away the shield and lance that got in the way,

Only holding a dagger, so he ran quickly, and he rushed to the front of the team. After participating in the last Downey War, he was considered a veteran. He would no longer feel the discomfort of seeing corpses and blood, but only the excitement of defeating the enemy. His only regret was that the Samonais who stopped them were too weak. Only the two sides fired a round of javelins at each other, and the Samonais chose to retreat before the battle began.

In fact, this has something to do with the charge of the imposing Hittites of the Dionysian army, because this support army is a huge team of more than 16,000 people composed of the second and fourth legions, plus the second and fourth cavalry legions. The approximately 1,000 reserve cavalrymen of the 1,000 cavalry were completely beyond the ability of the 4,000 Samonai warriors who were in charge of blocking them.

Cynthia's judgment is right, even if she stays in the Second Army, she can still win battles. Adoris now only hates that he is running too slowly to catch up with the enemies who are fleeing like rabbits in front of him, but he completely forgets that he is the squad leader. At this time, his first task is to gather his soldiers and maintain the formation of the squad. , don't let them run away.

He chased hard in front of him, but he didn't see how worried the squad leader behind him was. He was afraid that he would have an accident during the battle, and he kept urging the other squads to catch up with Adoris, and don't let him be alone. Encounter the enemy.

After a while, I saw the reserve cavalry rushing into the rout from the side and front, which immediately disturbed the orderly retreat formation of the Samone people. Fleeing, even like a headless fly, he turned around and slammed into the pursuit direction of the Dionysian troops.

Adoris was overjoyed, strode forward, and thrust out the dagger in his hand.

With a scream, one fell first. Then he punched his left hand, right on the face of the other Samonai, knocking him to the ground.

With his fighting spirit boiling, he continued to meet the third defeated soldier with his short sword, but his left foot was hugged by the fallen Samonai warrior, unable to move.

Just as he was bending over to use his dagger to deal with the enemy on the ground, the enemy in front was holding a spear and charging at him viciously.

At that moment, his mind went blank and he felt the breath of hell.

But the enemy's roar stopped abruptly, and a flying javelin plunged deep into his unprotected chest.

Afterwards, the squad leader rushed to Adoris' side and rebuked angrily: "Until the enemy is truly defeated, no soldier or team officer is allowed to leave the main force without permission... This is the stipulation of the "Military Law"! Adoris, you don't listen to my orders, abandon your subordinates, go ahead alone, violate the military law, and when this battle is over, go back to accept the judge's ruling and punishment!"

After the sub-commander finished speaking in one breath, he felt a little uneasy in his heart, but he didn't expect that after Adoris was lucky enough to be saved, his cold sweat had calmed him down, and he answered in a proper manner: "Yes!"

The squad leader breathed a sigh of relief, patted his shoulder hard, and said, "Lead your soldiers, continue to fight, and chase the enemy!"

"Yes!" Adoris and his comrades rushed towards the panicked enemy like wolves into a flock.

This is just a corner of the battlefield.

From the perspective of the entire battlefield, part of the Dionysian army was chasing the retreating Samonite warriors, another part of the Dionysian army was rushing towards the retreating Samonei from the city of Vinosa, and another part The soldiers followed the reserve cavalry, chasing after the Samonais who had retreated earlier.

Of course, these Samonites included two great tribal leaders. They were leading their troops and retreating towards the mountains to the northwest. They knew that as long as they escaped into the mountains, they would be safe, just like the previous Askurum battle. the same time.

But it didn't take long for them to stop involuntarily, because an array of several thousand people consisting of cavalry, light armor, and light infantry was in front of them.

"We have been fooled by the Dionians, they have already set up an encirclement net here!" At this moment, Leskuk's confidence was greatly affected, and he only felt his whole body go weak, and his mind was full of thoughts from more than ten years ago. The sight of that fiasco.

On the contrary, Contruk was old and strong, but when faced with this predicament, he burst into fighting spirit: "The descendants of Suwanee, fight against the Dionysians!"

The desperate Samonai warrior roared and charged forward.

The Dionian soldiers in front shouted Hades' name and rushed forward equally.

Just as the two sides were strangling together, the chasing Dionysian army quickly arrived and joined the battle group.

The Samonai army, which was attacked by front and back, was crushed...

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"...Your Majesty, there is news from Venosa—" Herald Aristillas rushed into the military meeting room of the palace.

"How is the situation?" While Davos was questioning, several ministers of the military affairs department, including Hiros, Philisius, and Hironimus, all focused their attention on Aristillas.

"A few days ago, the Samonei people gathered nearly 20,000 warriors and raided the Vinosa area. Yesterday, just as they were attacking the city of Vinosa with all their strength, the Second and Fourth Corps arrived in time, from the Vinosa A raid was made to the south of Nossa, and at the same time the light armoured and light infantry battalions of the 2nd Cavalry Corps and the 9th and 10th Corps crossed the Ovanto River and circled into the mountains behind the Samonite side. , cut off their way of return, and the Samonite army was completely defeated. According to the description of the battle report, this raid killed and wounded about 2,500 Samonites and captured more than 6,000 people, while we only killed and wounded nearly 1,000. People..." Aristillas, who was always calm, also trembled a little when he recited the battle report.

After he finished speaking, he respectfully handed the battle report to Davos.

"This is another glorious victory!" Philisius exclaimed excitedly: "Your Majesty, it is precisely because of your wisdom and decisiveness that you firmly supported Alexis' bold guess that such a victory would take place. Great victory!"

"This victory is mainly due to Alexis' correct judgment!" Davos said humbly.

It turned out that when Alexis wrote the battle report to Davos after winning the battle of Ascurum, he also mentioned that due to the precautions in the Downey area, the Samonais are likely to divert the raid. The goal is to raid the Vinosa area in the northwest of Puchetti. He will organize the reserve forces in the Puchetti area and enter the city of Vinosa for defense. At the same time, be prepared at any time. Once there is an abnormal situation, immediately send reinforcements to attack them back and forth, and then another Askurum-style victory.

After carefully reading Alexis' plan, Davos put forward a further idea after careful consideration: that is, not to send troops to Venosa in advance, so as not to alarm the enemy. At the same time, he will make the second and fourth corps quickly gather and secretly enter the central town of Sylvim in Puchetti, while the troops in the Downey area do not move to the Vinosa area, so as to confuse the enemy. .

This plan has been fully implemented after being refined by the Ministry of Military Affairs.

In fact, the cunning Samones sent nearly 10,000 soldiers to the northwestern border of the Downey area the day before yesterday, in order to attract the Dionysian army northward and away from the Puchetti area. Alexis led a large army northward as he wished, which made the Samonais finally make up their minds and sent troops to invade Vinosa the day before yesterday.