Chapter 205 Surrounding

As soon as Alexis led the army into the mountains, it was discovered by the Aquilonian spies. The Aquilonians immediately dispatched the warriors who were best at running long distances in the mountains to the northwest, more than 100 meters away. Kautim from here.

There are 7,000 remaining military forces concentrated in the Samonai Tribal Alliance hidden in the Kautim territory. Its commander is the leader of Kautini's large tribe, Ussibek, who learned the news yesterday afternoon. After that, I was overjoyed, thinking that it was an opportunity to take revenge.

Moreover, the Aquilonian messenger urged again and again anxiously, because there were more than 200 soldiers in the city of Aquilonia. Even with the dangerous terrain, I am afraid that they would not be able to resist for a long time, so Usibeke quickly summoned these 7,000 soldiers. A soldier, rushed to rescue Aguerolia.

It was not until noon today that they arrived near the territory of Aquilonia.

The warriors led by Usibek came from each of the four major tribes. They were led by their respective leaders. During the march, the formation of the marching troops gradually became scattered, and the distance between the head and the tail was more than three miles. When the middle of Ussibek's team climbed up the mountain, its front soldiers had already rushed down the valley and launched an attack directly on the Dionysian army.

Seeing this situation, Usibik knew that he could not stop it, so he simply let it attack, while ordering the team in the middle to slow down and wait for the soldiers in the rear to arrive, while paying attention to the battle situation ahead.

The attack on the Dionian army was dominated by more than 1,000 Shilpini warriors, most of them javelinmen. The Shirpini tribe suffered the heaviest losses in this war. These warriors both hated the Dionians, but also feared a little bit, so after they rushed down the hillside, not only did they slow down their progress, And the team was completely dispersed, and through the ups and downs of the hills and the shelter of the trees, like a lynx that was hunting, it slowly approached the Dionysian army.

At this time, the Dionysian army occupied a higher place in the valley. 1,500 heavy infantry were spread out in a semi-circle, all squatting down and forming a shield array; behind them were two light infantry. The 1,000 archers in the brigade bent their bows and arrows and watched the approaching enemy; behind the archers were 1,000 harpooneers; 1,000 light armoured soldiers connected to the formation of heavy infantry to form the eastern line of defense. Being alert to the enemy that might come down from Aquilonia also made the entire army formation oval; the remaining 1,000 light armoured soldiers were scattered in the open space in the middle of this oval formation.

Alexis stood on a rock and could see the approaching enemy through the soldiers lined up in front of him. The sight in front of him made his brows slightly wrinkle, because at this time most of the Samonai warriors had already entered the range of the archers, but they were scattered in twos and threes, back and forth, 50 meters away from the front of the army formation and a radius of one mile. Relying on the cover of mounds, rocks, and trees, the Dionian archers did not dare to shoot salvos easily, because the killing effect would only be very low.

"Go and inform the two captains of the light infantry,

It is recommended that they let the soldiers attack themselves, but be careful to save arrows and javelins... as there is a possibility that today's battle will be prolonged. ' Alexis gave the order in an uncertain tone.

After the two light infantry captains conveyed the order, the archers who had gained autonomy were more focused, and the bows and arrows hanging under them also picked up, facing the area directly in front of them, but hiding. The enemy made them unsure of the shot, so they kept pressing the arrow.

The Samonite warriors did not continue to approach, because the Dionysian soldiers cleared the area 30 to 40 meters in front of the battle, cut down the excessively high weeds, cut down the miscellaneous trees, and due to limited time, there were still some remaining. Big trees and big rocks, but the whole field of view has opened up a lot, and the Dionysian is condescending, and going further may increase the danger of being shot.

The two sides suddenly fell into a state of stillness, and the atmosphere became more and more tense.

"Captain, why haven't they attacked yet?" A heavy infantryman turned his head and whispered to Rakelessis behind him.

"Hold your mind!" Lakelesis reminded in a low voice, "Concentrate! Hide your body and hold the shield tightly!"

The attack on the previous two nights made Alexis and the team officers realize the power of the Samonite heavy javelin. After discussion, everyone decided: when defending the in-situ shield formation, the soldiers can stick the bottom of the long shield on the ground and move their hands to the ground. Tighten the arm entrainment on the inside of the long shield, squat down sideways, and try not to contact the shield surface as much as possible. This is to reduce the damage caused to the soldiers after the heavy javelin penetrates the long shield.

"Got it, got it, Captain, you've said it many times before." The soldier replied impatiently.

"Attention! The enemy is coming!" Lakelesis said solemnly.

The soldier turned around in a hurry, exposed his head from the top of the long shield, and looked out: I saw that the little red dots dotted in a patch of green began to move in the direction of the army formation one after another.

Every time the Dionian Legionnaires participated in the barracks training, the first project of almost every time was to stand in line on the playground and stay silent for at least half an hour. The Samonite fighters obviously did not have special training in this area. The two sides competed statically for only ten minutes. Some fighters could not bear the pressure. Within 30 meters), it naturally led other fighters.

Immediately afterwards, the Dionian archers began to shoot at their own targets.

The Samonaite warrior held a small circular wooden shield in his left hand to block his head, and his right hand held a javelin. His bare feet stepped on the uneven grassy ground, but he could quickly run out of the "zigzag" route. , want to quickly approach the enemy line.

However, the continuous firing of arrows by the Dionian archers caused a great obstacle to the advance of the Samonai warriors. Their wooden shields were too small, and their bodies had almost no protection. When avoiding the arrows, they only needed a little For a stop, there may be several arrows shot from several directions at the same time, making it unavoidable.

In a short period of time, many Samonai warriors fell in the area of ​​50 meters to 30 meters, and when they were about to rush to 30 meters, they were no longer arrows, but javelins. The thin wooden shield could not resist the powerful javelin at all, and was directly smashed by it.

Some Samonai warriors escaped the arrows and javelins by chance, and then hurriedly threw the javelin in their hands. Most of them were blocked by the shield formation. A few flew into the formation, causing a few screams. Monet's own casualties are too minor.

Therefore, the morale of the Samonites was greatly affected, and their offensive momentum quickly weakened. At this moment, the horn of the Samonite retreat sounded, and the Samonite warriors who had been weakened by the groans of their companions' injuries weakened their fighting spirit. Quickly retreated to 50 meters away from the Dionysian army formation.

But they did not stay away, but looked at the Dionysian soldiers ahead viciously, as if they were ready to attack again at any time, which made the Dionysian officers dare not give an order to let the soldiers go to retrieve the arrows and arrows. javelin.

Usibik came with the troops behind and joined the vanguard. Because the attack just now caused the Samonais to suffer losses, the leaders of the unified army took the initiative to surround Usibik.

"The position where the Dionysians are is too open, we can't attack directly like this, otherwise the loss will be huge!"

"Don't attack? What about my dozen or so wounded people?! They are still lying in front of the Dionians, waiting for our rescue!"

"I think we might as well go around behind the enemy's line and attack from there."

"That won't work! Their light infantry can also move to that side and stop our attack."

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The leaders were arguing with each other, but Usibek didn't stop it, watching them quietly, until everyone was blushing and couldn't come up with a unified opinion.

An old Shirpini leader finally couldn't help but asked eagerly: "Usibek, you are the commander of the entire team appointed by the big leaders. You have an idea, what should we do?!"

His words caused the leaders to temporarily stop arguing and focus their attention on Usibik.

Usibik said sternly: "Leaders, the Dionians have occupied favorable terrain, and have formed a formation, waiting for us to attack, even if we finally rely on a brave attack to overwhelm the Dionians. The army formation, but the casualties suffered by our nation will definitely not be small! The war with the Dionians has been going on until now, and all tribes and tribes have suffered a lot of casualties. We can no longer arbitrarily Let our heroic warriors suffer casualties!"

"Usibek is right!"

"That's right, there are no undead in battle! Are we here with our clansmen to send off the Dionysians!"

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Seeing that the leaders were about to quarrel again, Usibek immediately said loudly: "Of course we want to send the Dionians away! Because as soon as the Dionian army starts to retreat, they must leave the favorable terrain, and there is no way for them to leave. Keep the current formation, and we can continue to attack them on both sides of the mountain pass, on the mountain range on the way to their retreat, until we finally defeat them! This is the way we are familiar with fighting! Dionia People were finally tricked into the mountains by us and fought in our familiar homeland, we must not let them go!"

"But what if the Dionians don't retreat?" As soon as one of the leaders said the words, they were laughed at by other leaders: "If they don't retreat, where will they rest at night? With us watching, they won't be at all. Don't dare to build a camp here."