Chapter 85 The Battle of Anlern Hills (4)
The Puchetti warrior screamed, leaned forward, lost his stability, and rolled down the hillside in screaming.
Spitt quickly rolled to the left, avoiding the stabbing spear...
This situation occurred from time to time on the Pucheti's defense line, forcing the Pucheti to retreat involuntarily, and naturally the javelins that were thrown at the Dionian soldiers were greatly reduced.
"The Seventh Battalion, good!" Behind Leotizides, a soldier praised him.
"Start up! Climb up quickly!" Taking this opportunity, the captain of his small square formation, Pamanius, urged loudly.
Flagship hand general flag waves forward continuously.
Leotizides and his teammates saw the light shield soldiers showing off their might alone and how could they be behind, so they cooperated with each other and climbed up hard. The 30-meter-high was quickly stepped on by them. The light shield soldiers had retreated to both sides of the small square formation, and only enemies were left in front of them.
"Hadness!!!" The soldiers shouted loudly as the guardian of the alliance, raised their shields and greeted them...
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The troops of Trifias and Tudepules arrived at the preset position on the right wing. Usually, they had to take a long time to rectify the queue before launching an attack, but when the Dionian army was already in the battle, they were stimulated to speed up the speed.
Since there were no enemies ahead, Trifias and Tudepules both mixed light infantry into the square formation to enhance the thickness of the entire square formation and hurriedly started climbing the mountain in a more scattered formation.
The empty gentle slope of more than 20 meters high is easy to go up. They will attack the enemy's flanks to decide the victory of this battle.
But when they stepped onto the hillside with confidence and easedly, a large number of enemies suddenly appeared on the top of the hill.
Mesapi cavalry! Trifias was shocked and then calmed down: Although Mesapi cavalry is powerful, it is not flat land here and there is not enough area for them to gallop. Can they dare to fight the heavy infantry head-on?!
Heraclia-Metapontum coalition continues to move upwards.
The cavalry on the top of the slope began to throw short javelins.
Just as the Greeks raised their shields to defend, many people began to exclaim: "Cavals! Mesapi cavalry is behind us!!"
The soldiers could only hear the rumbling sound behind them. The large group of Mesapi cavalry walked around the mountain path from a distance and began to throw javelins at the rear of the Greek soldiers who were climbing the hills.
After suffering from this sudden blow, the Heraclia-Metapontum coalition was a little confused for a moment.
In fact, not only the Mesapi cavalry, but also the Pucheti cavalry, with a total of 1,300 cavalry. At this moment, the cavalry on the top of the mountain began to gently stroke the head of the mount, and attached themselves to whisper something to the Aiqi. There was a great reluctance in their eyes, and soon their expressions became firm.
"Lycaon!!!" Puchetti cavalry raised their hands and shouted.
"Lucaron!!!" Mesapi cavalry also responded one after another. King Lucaron dared to tease Zeus, the Greek god. Although he was turned into a wolf, his descendants mostly thought he was a hero. Anyone who would shout his name before the war to boost morale. Due to the influence of Hellenization, this tradition has been gradually abandoned, and now they have picked it up again.
The cavalry on the top of the mountain hugged the horse's neck with both hands and squeezed the horse's belly with both legs. Hundreds of war horses began to run down the hillside with loose formations, and their speed became faster and faster. From time to time, cavalry and horses rolled to the ground, but it did not affect the speed and fighting spirit of the cavalry.
"Rais... raise the shield to defend..." Trifias's mind was blank for a moment when he saw this situation.
In the eyes of the soldiers of the Metapontum Allied Forces, this was like facing rows of huge rocks rolling down from the mountain. Who dared to stop the powerful kinetic energy that roared! Just when they were in horror, the cavalry had already bumped into the square formation head-on, and suddenly, the horses neighed, the horses flew, the Greek soldiers rolled to the ground in an entire area, with almost no standing people...
The Greek quadron collapsed instantly.
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Davers quickly received a reward from Thormead: a large number of enemy cavalry suddenly appeared on the right wing.
He immediately felt a little uneasy and made a quick decision: "Izam, lead your brigade to reinforce Trifias and Tudipelus' troops immediately, and after repelling the enemy's cavalry, continue to attack the enemy's flanks!"
"Yes!" Izam finally waited for the mission, and excitedly punched his right chest hard. After saluting Davers, he ran down the hill and came to the pass. His opponent shouted: "Brothers, come with me to kill the enemy!"
Amid the cheers, the soldiers of the reconnaissance brigade held a small number one leather shield in their left hand and a dagger equipped only for them in their right hand, and rushed to the right wing with briskness.
Eumacas didn't understand why these Dionians were so keen on fighting, but was still shocked by their high fighting spirit and made up his mind: Tarantum did not have to fight with Dionia who loved fighting.
"Mr. Davers, no matter how powerful the Mesapi's cavalry is, it cannot defeat the heavy Greek infantry. Moreover, this is a mountainous area, so there is no need to send troops to reinforce." Eumacas couldn't help but persuade.
"What we all know is, how could the Mesapi people who are good at cavalry not know, but they still sent cavalry, and there is a problem with it." Davers said calmly.
When Eumacas heard his words make sense, he felt a little more worried.
Before, the messenger Thormid had summarized the information sent back by the messengers waiting in the two legions and each brigade, and reported to Davers: "The brigade led by Amintas forced the Mesa Tare infantry at the bottom of the central valley to retreat step by step... The first and second legions on the left and right wings also had a slight advantage in fighting with the Pucheti people occupying the terrain. Moreover, after the two light infantry brigades withdrew from the frontal battle, they had already begun to join forces according to your instructions, and then detour to the left (because the troops of Heraclia and Metapontum on the right wing were detours) to attack the enemy's flanks..."
With the advantage of the whole line, Davers has realized that the enemy's troops are less than himself. This is the first time he has dominated the troops in the battle since he led his army to the Great Greece. Therefore, he has the confidence to send reinforcements to kill any possible disadvantage in the bud.
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King Pucheti Klimoni never expected that the current battlefield situation was completely opposite to what he had imagined. Not only did the Mesapi people stationed heavily in the low part of the valley were forced to retreat step by step, but even his proud Pucheti warriors had a clear geographical advantage and were unable to repel the enemy.
Although it is in a stalemate stage, judging from the on-site combat situation, this stalemate cannot last, because Trimony knows that his soldiers have poor equipment and few soldiers. He almost drew soldiers to assist the left wing before, in order to make his array roughly equal to the enemy's array length to prevent the flank from being attacked. However, when the geography advantage and the bravery of the warriors are not enough to block and repel the enemy, stalemate will only benefit the opponent. Now, the only good news is that the cavalry defeated the enemy on the far left.
Trimoni hopes that after they quickly dispersed the defeated enemy, they can assist the left-wing troops in defeating the enemy in front of each other, thus establishing victory in the battle.
At this time, Teremoni saw his scout from afar, rushed to the bottom of the mountain, and ran up and hurriedly up the mountain, feeling a little uneasy.
"King, more than a thousand enemies reinforced the left wing, and our cavalry fell into... into a tough battle!"
In fact, it is just a tactful word to say that hard fighting is just a tactful word. In fact, the mixed cavalry of Mep rushed down from the top of the mountain, attacking forward and backward, defeating Heraclia-Metapontum coalition. However, when they pursued the defeated soldiers, because the mountain road was narrow and the enemy and us were mixed together, it was a little blocked and blocked. The cavalry's speed advantage was completely lost. It was just that the Greek soldiers lost their courage and only focused on escaping and did not resist. However, when Izam's brigade bypassed the mountain road and surrounded the mountainsides on both sides, the disaster of the Map cavalry came.
Riding on horses without saddles and fighting on the spot, the riders could not use all their strength to fight against the Dionians, but it was almost impossible to retreat from the crowded road immediately. Under the protection of the Peach Shield, the soldiers of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade could not only stab people, but also hurt horses. With the help of the fleeing Greek soldiers, they gradually recovered their morale and began to fight... The Maple cavalry was killed and was not far from defeat.
"What?! How could the Greeks still have troops that have not been thrown into battle?!" Trimony stared at the scout. In this era, the habit of a reserve team was not retained in city-state combat, and all forces would be pressed together during battles. Therefore, Trimony dared to risk using cavalry attacks in terrain that was obviously unfavorable to the cavalry. Now his greatest hope of victory was extinguished.
He walked forward a few steps and looked at the top of the mountain opposite. The towering golden flag could be seen vaguely. He knew that the enemy's commander was there.
"The military genius who is terrifying Nanyi..." Teremoni murmured in a low voice, feeling depressed.
"King, what should we do now?" Pullo asked quickly when he saw Tremoni's trance.
What to do? Retreat? Now that the two armies are strangled together, how can they retreat easily? That will only increase the casualties of the Pucheti people. I still underestimate the Dionians! This army, which is said to be a new city-confederate alliance, has strong combat effectiveness. If we can avoid fighting with it in the future, try to avoid it...Tremoni actually felt a little afraid in his heart, regretting that he should not have been in a moment of impulse, but should have chosen to ambush the Tarantums and hand over the task of intercepting the Dionian reinforcements to the Mesapi...
"…wait." After a long time, Teremony spitted out a word.
Pullo was stunned and soon understood that what Teremoni was saying was waiting for the Mesapi people to solve the Tarantum people and come to reinforce as soon as possible. This was to pin hope on others. This was not Teremoni's usual way!
Purlo thought worriedly: What if the Mesapi people are late!
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