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Chapter 82 The Battle of Anlern Hills (1)

Soricos then breathed a sigh of relief: He knew the power of the 7th battalion of the First Legion. In the narrow mountain road, there was not enough space to dodge, it would be difficult to avoid the javelin throwing of the light shield.

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Udie consul Pahimelus led the soldiers of the Mesapi City-State Alliance to rush down from the hills on both sides and attacked the Tarantum people in the mountain path.

The Pucheti and the Iglatiya soldiers did not enter the battle because the scout rewarded: the Dionians also entered the Anleen hills.

Trimoni hopes that seeing them hurry to reinforce the Tarantums, even if their soldiers are more than the Puchetis, another ambush will make them all doom.

But the news brought by the scout who escaped failed his wish.

"What?! The Dionians did not move towards us along the mountain road, they disappeared?!" Trimoni jumped and cursed: "You still have the face to say you don't know. Don't think you are a Mesapi, so I dare not punish you! Where the Dionians went, you must find out for me!"

"King Pucheti, the Dionians suddenly sent hundreds of cavalry to encircle our scout cavalry. They are lucky to be able to escape." Timoglas, the consul of Igratiya, stepped forward and persuaded: "The Dionians will definitely come to rescue the Tarantums. The key is to know which direction they came from so that we can intercept them in time, otherwise the situation will be very dangerous."

"Send all the cavalry and search for them as soon as possible! I don't believe they can hide the army of tens of thousands of people!" Trimoni shouted angrily. The cunning Dionians were obviously prepared, and all the previous arrangements were ruined. Thinking about the fact that the Dionian army ignored the temptation of the Map coalition and marched straight towards Brindisi, Trimoni realized that he had underestimated the commander of Dionia.

"What's the name of that young commander of Dionia?" Trimony asked seriously.

"It seems to be...Davs." Timoglas replied.

Teremoni repeatedly said this name several times, and an excitement lit up in his eyes...

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Taking the place where the Tarantums were ambushed as the center, in every mountain road in the fan area to the south, and cavalry were fighting at the low point of every hill, while Davers seized the time to scatter out the mountain reconnaissance team to explore the way forward, and under their guidance, he led the army to advance in the direction of killing sounds.

But Davers did not expect that although the hills here were not too high, they occupied a large area. Sometimes the hills were connected and there was no path to pass, so they could only pass through low places between the hills. So the original idea was to go east and avoid the ambush of the Map coalition, and unexpectedly rushed to the rear of the enemy side and rescue the Tarantum army. But in fact, the circle was getting bigger and bigger.

The continuous increase in distance made the soldiers of Heraclia and Metapontum complain. Although the soldiers of Dionia were a little dissatisfied, few people said it.

Eumacas was extremely anxious: the rewards of the detective and the shocking shouts from afar crushed the surviving luck in his heart, and the Mesapi was indeed ambushed!

When he thought of the warning Davers had made before, he felt extremely regretful: he had not believed Davers more firmly before, and he had more firmly stopped Diomeras from acting without permission, and now he has tasted the bitter fruit.

At this moment, he placed all his hopes for rescue on Davers, but he did not dare to urge him, so as not to annoy the young military genius and affect the rescue of Tarantum's army.

Davers was also anxious, and the long mountain march also made him irritated. He saw the fatigue of the soldiers. The battlefield should be not far ahead, and the fighting and screaming became clearer. However, he was not sure whether there were any hills ahead that were difficult to climb, forcing them to take a long way again.

"Sir, Izam is back!" Thormid shouted in front of him.

"Quick! Take him here!" Davers quickly walked towards him.

"Sir, Commander-in-Chief, there is no need to detour ahead, you can go directly..." Izam gasped, gave a military salute, and said anxiously: "You can reach the battlefield after two hills. But my subordinates found that the enemy was also rushing here!"

Davers calmed down at this time: after so long, the Mapp coalition discovered that the movements of his army were normal, and they were in the inside line, so there was no regret to intercept him. However, the other party also rushed over, and there was no defensive measures, and the ambush was even more impossible. In the face-to-face battle, no one was afraid of the Dionys Legion, as long as there was no need to detour again!

At his request, Izam used branches to draw a simple front map on the ground.

Davers pointed to each key point and asked in detail, and was already thinking: "After ordering the entire army to speed up through this hill, then expand the formation. The first legion is on the left, the second legion is on the right, and the rest are used as reserves!"

"Yes!" Thormid replied excitedly.

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In fact, the Dionian reinforcements circled a large circle, and they had approached the exit of the Anleen Hills, which was equivalent to reaching the rear of the Map Alliance, where the terrain gradually became smooth.

The army of Dionia passed through the path between the hills, and continuous hills lie in front of them. Fortunately, these hills were only 30 meters tall and were easy to climb.

You can reach the battlefield by turning over it! The soldiers of the Dionians heard the sound of fighting from the hills clearly in their ears, and as they watched more and more aliens appear on the hills, their fighting spirit began to boil...

Finally caught up! King Tremoni of Pucheti climbed up the hill and looked down at the Greek soldiers who were constantly rushing out of the mountain path ahead, breathing a sigh of relief.

"King, look at it!" A Puchetti general pointed at the foot of the mountain, and saw several Greeks wearing bright crowns and helmets galloping along the path in front of the hills, stopping from time to time to point here and discussing what. Behind them was a group of soldiers, one of whom was holding a golden flag high.

"Dai-Foth!" Trimony whispered the name that felt a little difficult to describe, and walked a few steps forward, subconsciously trying to see his opponent more clearly.

"Master, do you want me to send some archers down and shoot them a few arrows?" asked the Puchetti general.

"Of course not!" Trimony refused without thinking. He glanced at his subordinates and said with a slightly excited expression: "Let us have a real battle with the young Greek general and the Greek heavy infantry in the mountains!"

Davers carefully controlled the war horses and ran back and forth along the mountain path to observe the entire battlefield terrain.

"Where do you think is the easiest place for us to break through?" Davers asked suddenly.

"There!" Capps and Dracos's two legion commanders pointed at the same place in unison.

There is the lowest point between continuous valleys, with a height of only four or five meters, which is not only gentle, but also has sufficient width.

Davers nodded, but reminded: "The easiest place to pass is often the place where the enemy is most defended!"

He stared at the two of them with bright eyes: "Now, the Tarantum army is being ambushed. Time is urgent. I am going to let Amintas's brigade attack there and strive to break the enemy's block in the shortest time!" Antonios's first brigade had the strongest comprehensive combat power, but the brigade led by the brave Amintas did have stronger impact. What Davers needed most at this time was time.

Capps nodded to show that he understood that Dracos would like to say something, and he didn't say anything after listening to Davers's words.

"When the Legionnaires are ready, you will attack on your own!" Davers gave the order decisively.

Capps and Dracos hurriedly finished the military salute and each rode back to his own legion.

"Let Heraklia and Metapontum's troops expand as much as possible on the right side of the Second Legion in turn. After the Second Legion launches an attack, they can attack forward." Davers continued to order.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief!" Thormid immediately turned to the mountain road behind him with two commanders.

After Davers finished everything, Eumacas asked in confusion: "Why did Lord Davers arrange Trifias, Tudipules and their troops on the right? In this way, on the left side of the entire array, isn't the enemy's array longer than ours?"

"In every battle, you must arrange your formation according to the actual situation, so that you can take the initiative in the battle. Our current purpose is to break through the enemy's blockade and rescue the ambushed Tarantum army. The purpose of the enemy is to stop us from advancing. My right wing has more troops than the enemy, and it is easier to make breakthroughs on the right wing. Even if the enemy blocks our left wing, the right wing breaks through, and the enemy's attempts are also defeated..." After Davers gave the order, he was a little free, and he explained to Eumacas patiently: "And, have you not noticed that the more you go to the right, the more gentle the mountain is (because it is close to the edge of the hills), so that the weaker Heraclia and Metapontum's troops can exert their strength."

"But the enemy can see our formation at the top of the mountain, and we will definitely make changes." Yumakas reminded.

Davers smiled confidently: "They don't have time."

Eumacas was curious and wanted to ask why he didn't come in time, but he heard Davers shouting: "Matonis, why don't you lead your troops here?!"

"Daver...oh, Commander-in-Chief!" Seeing Davers's serious expression, Martonis suddenly became nervous: "I...I ask...my brigade will attack there." Martonis pointed at the distance, the breakthrough point mentioned before.

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