Chapter 28 The Battle of Turii (4)

Although Cincinnager, who was at the rear of the formation, could not understand the battle situation in detail, it was an indisputable fact that the team was retreating. The screams kept coming. Looking to the sides, there were even soldiers running away in the distance... ...Cincinnager is anxious and angry, and at this moment he has no time to think about why such a bad situation has occurred. The top priority is to stop the decline, otherwise the right wing will be defeated, which will lead to the failure of the entire Lucanian tribal coalition! Although Acpiru was an in-law, Cincinnagar did not think that the domineering Grummentum chief would easily forgive Picocis for his actions. Now that the warriors of Picocis have been engaged in head-to-head combat, he is no longer able to command, and the only one who can command is the Brutian warriors who have not yet engaged.

"Go and call the people from Vig City behind to help! Just tell their leader that if this battle fails, the Lucarians will not forgive Vig City!" Cincinnagar told the guards around him Roared hastily.

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"Big boss, the Lucanians are too much! It's clear that Cincinnago thinks he can easily deal with the Greeks and won't let us intervene, but now he says it's our fault that we failed!" said the young Saru angrily.

Sedorum looked at the battle not far away and did not respond.

"These Greeks are really powerful. Even though there are only a small number of them, they are going to defeat the Lucanias!" Saru looked forward and said excitedly and hesitantly: "Boss, the Lucanias are going to be defeated! Or... let's stop fighting, let's go! Maybe... maybe we can take the opportunity to break away from their alliance!"

At this time, Sedorum said: "Even if Lucania is defeated, how many people will they die? Do the Greeks dare to enter the mountains? ... Saru, as long as the strength of the Lucanias is still there, the mountains in the west will be They are the ones who have the final say! Unless we, like the kinsmen of Kesenza, migrate southward and are forced to fight with Clotone for the sake of the land..." Sedorum sighed: "Order the warriors, gather up the formation, and start from Press the right end up!"

Two thousand Brutians in leather armor, armed with wooden shields and spears, but formed a tighter phalanx than the Lucanians, affixed it when the right end of the Picosses array was about to collapse 's rear.

The collapsed Lucarians couldn't rush into Bruti's battle formation, but were pushed forward by them. In order to survive, most Lucania warriors had to turn around and fight. Panic caused them to flee, and the non-mercenary army smashed through their front. Once the reinforcements arrived, they gradually stabilized their positions, the emotions of the routed soldiers gradually stabilized, and the organization of the formation began to recover...

The casualties of the Lucanians are still increasing, but the mercenaries are gradually retreating... The pushing force generated by the super-thick array formed by the Lucanians and Gabruts is obviously not the thin array of the mercenaries. comparable. Once the gap between the two armies becomes narrow, the superb fighting skills will not play a big role. Fortunately, the experienced mercenaries take the initiative to retreat slowly to relieve the pressure exerted by the other side, thus maintaining the front line. toughness……

Unlike other generals, Davos was personally involved in the battle. Once the battle began, he would completely let the development of the battle go. Give orders through heralds. Before the right end of the Lucanian array was about to be defeated, he was also excited for a while. Who knows that the next battle will be reversed, and his disappointment can be imagined. But he did not urge the soldiers to attack any more, because he knew that in addition to the arrival of enemy reinforcements, it was also related to the physical strength of the soldiers. Of course, such a fierce and ferocious attack in the past could not last too long. Not to mention they are heavy infantry. Even at a critical moment, Davos ordered the light shield soldiers who retreated to the rear to join the attack on the far right of the enemy army, but unfortunately...

If the 2,000 mercenaries and 200 cavalry were under their own command, then the soldiers are already chasing and killing the defeated army! It's just that I'm too confident,

I didn't stalk him, insisted on asking Tuliido for more troops... As soon as the thought of regret appeared in my heart, Davos killed it. Any unexpected situation may happen in the war, and the commander could not have foreseen it. The only thing he can do at this moment is to keep a cool head and try not to let excessive emotions affect his judgment.

The front of the mercenaries was originally an upturned "arc" at the end, but now it has gradually been flattened. As the phalanx moved back step by step, Davos realized that the soldiers had to push the enemy forcefully. Competing against each other in strength, on the one hand, it is necessary to prevent the thin array from being broken through, and to kill the enemy as much as possible in the fight. The consumption of physical strength and energy is quite large. It is very good to maintain such a situation! Unless there is a major accident, the left wing of the Turii coalition will not improve; as for the middle, the return of Asisters is also not optimistic, even worse than the left; the only advantage is the right, but the advantage Not much (this is the judgment made by Asisters, who went to scout on horseback, based on the fact that Tarantum's front has only advanced a little). Knowing that the overall battlefield situation was unfavorable, Davos removed the luck left in his heart and had to consider the retreat of the troops after the defeat of the battle...

Nearly 30,000 soldiers were fighting between life and death on the ten-li-round area of ​​the Xubari Plain. The dust was flying, the sound of killing was loud, the contradictions intersected, and blood was splashing... After more than an hour of fierce fighting, the Greek army gradually felt helpless. ...

The number of the Lucanian tribal coalition exceeded the Turii coalition by 6,500. According to the observation, the reconnaissance cavalry of Turii and Davos originally estimated that there were about 13,000 Lucanians. The cunning Akpiru also hid some of his troops in the back hill of the camp, and the 2,000 people of Vig City joined at the last moment, which caused the Greek army to make a mistake in judgment, and Ferris was against Luca. Leah's impression is still from a few years ago (he was not involved in last year's battle). In fact, in recent years, the Lucanians have developed rapidly, especially Grummentum, which has begun to break away from the tribal alliance and develop towards the kingdom. Mentum's warriors grew more valiant and tougher with frequent baptisms of blood.

In the old conception of the Turii generals, as long as they fought head-on, the loosely organized Lucanians were bound to be crushed by the strength of the Greek heavy infantry. Facts have proved how ridiculous their ideas are, especially in the middle of the Greek army. The front row of mercenaries, the middle Turian civic soldiers, and the free people in the back, the three forces can never be effectively combined into one, and the warriors in Grummentum are fierce. Under the impact of the attack, the Middle Road Greek Army was retreating at the beginning... As the battle continued, the three soldiers who were born with different hearts began to have ideas: mercenaries are fighting for money, and there is no hope of victory. In this case, of course, what they thought of was to save their own lives first; the Turii citizens were indeed fighting with all their might, but half of them were middle-aged people, their physical strength had reached the limit, and they were still holding on until now, because Turii is their homeland, and they cannot be trampled by barbarians; and the free people go to war with the attitude of giving it a try. If they win, they will get citizenship, and if they lose, they will flee Turii and go to other city-states to find a new life.

As the Greek army retreated faster and faster in the middle, the gap between them and the left and right flanks was widening. When Grummentum's soldiers rushed into the gaps on both sides and attacked the Greek army's middle road from the side, the entire middle road phalanx collapsed, and the soldiers fled everywhere...

Davers, who had been closely monitoring the situation here, sighed, suppressed his extreme disappointment, and decisively ordered a retreat. The retreat order designed by Davos is quite special and very different from the general Greek army: it is first a long note, followed by a melody consistent with the charge horn, and the trumpeter repeatedly blows it three times. The soldiers thought that the mercenaries were going to charge again. At this stunned moment, the mercenaries distanced a little, and the light shield soldiers in the rear threw javelins again (this is really a bold art, without strict training, it is easy to accidentally injure one's comrades in arms), When the Lucarians were busy defending, the mercenaries quickly and unanimously completed a series of retreat actions such as turning and running...

Note: Cosentia, the central town of the Bruti region.