"I can be sure!" Krigoru confidently pointed to the mountains ahead and said, "These Samonets came here to chase the tribe of Potendia, but they didn't know where they wanted to ambush us here, but they didn't know that their every move had been clearly seen by my subordinates."

"Krigoru, your team made a contribution today, and I have all recorded it." Alexis patted the restless war horse under his crotch: "Although our army has not trained in Potendia, I think you must have never forgotten the terrain here."

"You brought us in casual clothes to the mountainous areas of Bottentiya several times, how dare you forget it! Our military law has strict regulations. Team officials at all levels of the army must engrave the terrain in their jurisdiction in their minds!" Lizam pointed to his head.

"Mr. Davers is a great man!" Alexis sighed. It was the military law formulated by Davers that the troops and soldiers strictly enforced, which would make the army ready for war. He remembered Davers's instructions when he became the commander of the Third Legion, and said seriously: "Now is the time to test you, and let us see how powerful the Samones are!"

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Gerny saw the flag shaking in the opposite mountain. It was obvious that the enemy was also attacking Abrini's team at the same time. At this moment, he had no intention of worrying about his friends. He led his more than a thousand soldiers to rush down the mountain. Except for the colorful crown ornaments on his helmet, his equipment was no different from other soldiers. He was a golden copper helmet and a loose red short-sleeved robe that was only as long as his knees. He tied his waist tightly with a leather belt, held a spear in his right hand and four or five javelins in his left hand, and nothing else was there.

Because he was considering in advance that he was going to ambush the army of Dionia, all the light-armed soldiers brought out were light-armed soldiers. They saw the steep hillside like flat ground, shuttled between rocks and trees, as agile as monkeys, stepped on thorns and gravel barefoot without any pain, and soon approached the army of Dionia that was climbing up.

Compared with the speed of the Samonets going down the mountain, the speed of the Dionets going up the mountain was slower. They were made up of light infantry, light armored soldiers and heavy infantry, drawing a loose arc line in an attempt to cover all the side of the forest, so that the Samonets could not escape, but they did not expect the Samonets to come so quickly.

As the temporary commander of this mixed force, the captain of the second troop of the Third Legion, Kesima was not panicked at all. If it were a few years ago, when the Lucania region had not been incorporated into the Dionys League, in this case, Kesima would have led the soldiers of the tribe to come forward and have a melee, and now he is a qualified team officer in the Dionys Legion.

"Arrowers prepare! Heavy infantry protect!" While Ksima issued the order, the legion's heavy infantry had already leaned against the tree trunk and leaned against the rocks, erecting long arc shields, protecting themselves and the archers behind the shields. The light armored soldiers and javelin soldiers retreated. It would be difficult for the Samones to attack them unless they rushed through the heavy infantry defense line.

Under the protection of the long shield, the archers calmly pulled the bow and led the arrows, aiming at the Samonets who were rushing towards them. The Samonets' formation was looser, and the trees covered with lush branches and leaves were everywhere. The team-style shooting may have little effect, so a more accurate pair of shooting is needed.

The Samones were condescending, although the distance was 100 meters apart, the javelin they threw during the running had strong kinetic energy and flew to the heavy infantry in an instant. Only a continuous sound of "bang! bang! bang!..." was heard. More than half of the javelins actually hit the long shield accurately. The heavy infantry looked at the sharp spear tip that came out through the hole and couldn't help but feel a little palpitation: it was a heavy javelin!

The Dionian archers' sharp arrows were also shot out. Without protection, the warrior of Samone who was lightly huddled quickly under the rocks or hid behind a tree trunk to avoid the arrows.

For a moment, shots and arrows were shot in the mountains and forests.

The soldiers of the Dionians had stronger protection, and the archers had more stable platforms for archery in place; the Samones relied on flexible movement and the powerful penetration of the javelin to fight against it. Even if they had no protection, casualties gradually increased, they did not weaken their fighting spirit.

Relying on the cover of trees, Gerney and his men had approached within forty meters of the Dionians. When they saw the javelin he had thrown hard, the long shield raised by the heavy infantry in the Dionians shook a few times, and the soldier almost fell, he weighed the last javelin in his hand and thought in his heart: If you get closer, you will definitely kill another one!

He thought confidently, and suddenly came out of the hiding tree, and quickly circled the snake-shaped route, and continued to advance downward.

The entire Samonet line of scattered soldiers was about 30 meters closer to the enemy. Gerny leaned against a big tree and dodged the enemy's arrows like other soldiers. After taking the arrows, he appeared again while the archers were taking the arrows, and was about to throw the javelin in his hand towards the heavy infantry in front. At this time, he saw a surprise scene. The Dionian heavy infantry suddenly threw away the long shield in his hand and made a throwing action.

"No, javelin!" Gaelny's eyes widened.

The heavy infantry on the opposite side actually threw a javelin, and thousands of arrows mixed with javelins flew out, caught the Samones off guard. Many Samone soldiers who had not had time to hide were immediately hit by the javelin and screamed.

Gerney had no time to make a judgment. When the Dionian heavy infantry threw the javelin, the javelin soldiers ten meters behind them rushed up and threw the javelin in their hands again. The light armored soldiers followed them. While the Samones were dodging the javelin attack, they crossed the defense line of the heavy infantry and quickly approached the enemy.

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!..." Gerny knew that he could no longer show off at this moment. The unique tactical combination of the Dionians disrupted their offensive rhythm. If he delayed it, he might not be able to leave.

While gesturing, Gelny quickly retreated, and the trumpeter who had been following him immediately blew the trumpet.

However, the speed of the Dernia light armored soldiers was also not slow. As Lucanians, they were good at climbing mountains and ridges. Moreover, they were also wearing light clothes and had passed the previous retention. Therefore, the Samones hesitated and were caught up by them, not to mention the injured soldiers.

On the hillside where trees are intertwined and rocks are covered with rocks, spears against leather shields, short swords, and the Samone warriors want to keep distanced to exert the power of long weapons, and once the Dionian light armored soldiers are brought close, the Samones are in danger.

One escapes and the other chases the mountain, and you can often see one-on-one fights with spears and swords.

When Gerney climbed over the mountains and escaped from the pursuit of the Dionians, and gathered the team again, he found that only more than 500 people were following him, and he almost lost half of the soldiers.

When he met Abrini's team, his good brother had already won the javelin and was dying, and the 1,000 soldiers he led were only more than 300 left.

Originally, he wanted to ambush the Dionian army, but unexpectedly, he was ambushed by the Dionians. Gerny, who was intertwined with anger and frustration, led the remaining defeated generals, and quickly retreated north without rest.

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"Is this Samonet everyone?" Alexis looked at the corpses on the ground carefully, and even touched the thick calluses on their barefoot feet with his hands, "It's very hard, like wearing a pair of shoes. Ksisma, you just fought a battle with the Samonet people, talk about the feeling of fighting them."

Kesima thought for a while and said, "Legislative Commander, the Samonets are quite brave. You see, they are all light infantry, and they dare to rush to a place less than thirty meters away from our front to throw javelins... Their formation is quite loose and intermittent, which reduces the accuracy of our light infantry long-range attacks. This tactic is very similar to our light infantry tactics... And, look--" Kesima grabbed a Samonet's javelin and handed it to Alexis.

Alexis weighed it with his hand, then put the tip of the spear in front of him and looked at it carefully, and his expression became a little solemn: "It is the javelin that has aggravated the spearhead, which is not much different from the weight of our javelin, so nearly a hundred people under your command were injured. Is it because of it?"

Ksima nodded and said seriously: "I think their javelining skills are no worse than those of the light shield soldiers of the commander of the Epigenis. As long as the long shield is hit by him, they can often penetrate the shield plate. The brothers are injured like this..."

Alexis looked down at the long shield that had been stabbed by several javelins, and said, "I heard from the soldiers that the Samones ran quickly in the mountains and forests, and you could not catch up, so they escaped."

Kesima retorted unconvincedly: "The Samones run very fast, but we Lucanians have good skills in climbing mountains and forests. If we hadn't dressed heavier than them, we would have caught them long ago!"

"I heard from the Potendias that although the Samones also had heavy infantry wearing breastplate, most of them were light infantry bidding..." Alexis looked at the continuous mountains ahead and felt a little worried: "I ordered the legion to speed up the march and rush to the upper valley of Basento, which is closest to us, to camp!"

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In a village of the original Potantia people less than one mile north of the city of Potantia, Gerny lowered his head in frustration and stood in front of Veroni, the leader of the Hillpini.

Veroni did not criticize his son for his unauthorized attack on the Dionians, causing the loss of soldiers and generals. He knew that Abrini's death had made Gaelny very blame himself, so he asked in a gentle voice: "Gelny, you are the first leader of Samonet to fight against the Dionians. Although you suffered a little loss, you also learned about the strong enemy south of us. Tell us, what is the difference between the Dionians and the Campanians in the battle?"
Chapter completed!