As soon as Alexis led his army into the mountains, he was discovered by Aqueronia's spies. The Aqueronians immediately sent the soldiers who were best at running long distances in the mountains to the northwest, more than 100 miles away from him.

In the territory of Kautem, there are the remaining military forces concentrated in the Samonai tribe alliance - 7,000 soldiers. The general of the commander was Usibic, the leader of the large tribe of Kautem. After he learned the news yesterday afternoon, he was overjoyed and thought that it was an opportunity to avenge his shame.

Moreover, the messenger of Aquilonia anxiously urged him repeatedly, because there were only more than 200 soldiers in the city of Aquilonia, and even if they rely on the dangerous terrain, they would probably not be able to resist it for long. So Usibic quickly summoned the 7,000 soldiers to rescue Aquilolia.

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

The soldiers led by Usipic came from various tribes of the four major tribes. They were led by their respective leaders. During the march, the formation of the marching gradually became scattered, with the head and tail being more than three miles apart. When the middle of the team where Usipic was located climbed up the mountain, the soldiers in front had already rushed down the valley and launched an attack on the Dionian army.

Seeing this situation, Usipic 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, he was paying attention to the situation ahead.

The attacks on the Dionys army were mainly more than 1,000 Hionys warriors, most of whom were Javeliners. The Hionys tribe suffered the most losses in this war. These warriors hated the Dionys, but also had some fear. So after they rushed down the hillside, they not only slowed down their advancement, but also completely dispersed the team. With the ups and downs of the hills and the concealment of trees, they slowly approached the Dionys army like bobcats hunting.

At this time, the Dionian army occupied a higher place in the valley, with 1,500 heavy infantry spreading in half-circle shape, each half-squatting down to arrange the shield formation; behind them were 1,000 archers from two light infantry brigades, bent their bows and arrows, staring at the approaching enemy; behind the archers were 1,000 javelins; 1,000 light armored soldiers connected to the array of heavy infantry, forming a defense line on the east side, alerting to the enemies who might fall from the city of Aquilonia, and also making the entire army an elliptical shape; the remaining 1,000 light armored soldiers were scattered in the open space in the middle of this elliptical formation.

Alexis stood on a rock, and his eyes could see the approaching enemy through the soldiers lined up in front of him. The scene in front of him made him frown slightly, because most of the Samone warriors had entered the range of the archers, but they were scattered in groups of three or three, scattered in front of the army 50 meters away from the front of the army, within a radius of one mile. With the cover of mounds, rocks and trees, the Dionian archers dared not fire easily, because the killing effect would only be very low.

"Go inform the two light infantry captains and advise them to let the soldiers attack themselves, but be careful to save arrows and javelins... because it is possible that today's battle will last for a long time." Alexis gave the order in an uncertain tone.

After the two light infantry captains conveyed the orders, the archers who had gained autonomy became more focused. They also picked up the bows and arrows hanging under them and looked at the area directly in front of them. However, the enemy they were hiding made them unsure of shooting, so they kept pressing the arrows.

The Samone warriors did not continue to approach, because the Dionian soldiers cleared the area 30 to 40 meters in front of the formation, cut off too high weeds, and cut off miscellaneous trees. Due to limited time, some large trees and large rocks were still retained, but the entire field of view had been much wider. In addition, the Dionians were condescending, and moving forward could increase the risk of being shot.

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

"Captain, why haven't they attacked yet?" A heavy infantryman turned around and asked Rakelesis behind him in a low voice.

"Stay calm!" La Kelesis whispered: "Concentrate! Hide your body and hold my shield tightly!"

The attacks two nights ago made Alexis and the team officials realize the effectiveness of the Samones' heavy javelin. After discussion, everyone decided: when defending the shield formation in the original place, soldiers can insert the lower end of the long shield to the ground, pull down the arms on the inside of the long shield with both hands, squat on the side, and try not to contact the shield surface. This is to reduce the damage caused to soldiers after the heavy javelin penetrates the long shield.

"I know, I know, Captain, you have said it many times before." The soldier replied impatiently.

"Attention! The enemy is coming!" La Kelesis said seriously.

The soldier hurriedly turned around, exposed his head from above the long shield, and looked out: the small red dots dotted in a piece of green began to move towards the military formation one after another.

Every time the soldiers of the Dionian Legion participated in military camp training, almost every first event was to stand in the playground, silent for at least half an hour. The Samone warriors obviously did not have special training in this area. The two sides competed at static for only more than ten minutes. Some soldiers could not withstand this pressure. Some soldiers left the shelter and began to move forward (because the range of the heavy javelin was within 30 meters), which naturally led other warriors.

Immediately afterwards, the Dionian archers began to shoot at the targets they were aiming.

The Samone warrior held a small round wooden shield in his left hand and held a javelin in his right hand. He stepped on the uneven grassy ground with bare feet, but he could quickly run out of the "Z" route, wanting to quickly approach the enemy formation.

However, the continuous firing of archers by the Dionian archers caused great obstacles to the advance of the Samone warriors. Their wooden shields were too small and there was almost no protection on them. When avoiding the arrows, as long as they stayed for a while, several arrows might be shot from several directions at the same time, so that they could not avoid them.

In a short period of time, many Samone warriors fell from the area of ​​50 to 30 meters. When they were about to advance to 30 meters, they were no longer arrows, but javelins. The thin wooden shield could not resist the amazingly powerful javelin and was directly shattered by it.

Some Samone warriors escaped arrows and javelins by chance, and then hurriedly threw out the javelins in their hands. Most of them were blocked by the shield formation. A few flew into the formation and screamed a few times, but compared with the casualties of the Samones themselves, it was too minor.

Therefore, the morale of the Samones was greatly hit, and their offensive momentum quickly weakened. At this moment, the sound of the Samones' retreating horn sounded, and the fighting spirit of the Samones, who had been weakened by the groans of their companions, quickly retreated 50 meters away from the Dionys Army.

But they did not stay away, but looked fiercely at the Dionian soldiers ahead, as if ready to launch another attack at any time, which made the Dionian team officials dare not order the soldiers to pick up arrows and javelins.

Usibic came with the troops behind and joined the vanguard. Since the attack just now caused losses to the Samonets, the leaders of the commander-in-chief took the initiative to surround Usibic.

"The position where the Dionians are is too wide, we cannot attack directly like this, otherwise the losses will be huge!"

"No attack? What should I do if my dozen injured peoples are still lying in front of the Dionians, waiting for our rescue!"

"I think we might as well go around the back of the enemy's army and launch an attack from there."

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

...

The leaders argued in a slight manner, but Usipik did not stop it, and looked at them quietly until everyone was red in a fight and could not come up with a unified opinion.

An old leader of Hilpini finally couldn't help asking anxiously: "Usipik, you are the commander of the entire team appointed by the big leaders. Give me an idea, what should we do?!"

His words made the leaders temporarily stop the argument and focus their attention on Usipik.

Usipic said seriously: "Dear leaders, the Dionians occupied the favorable terrain, formed a formation, and waited for us to attack. Even if we finally broke through the Dionian army by relying on our brave attack, the casualties of our people will definitely not be small! The war with the Dionians has been carried out until now, and all tribes and tribes have suffered considerable casualties. We can no longer let our heroic warriors suffer casualties at will!"

“Usibic is right!”

"That's right, no one can die in battle! Did we come here with our tribesmen to see off the Dionians?"

...

Seeing the leaders quarreled again, Usipic immediately said loudly: "Of course we have to send off the Dionians! Because as long as the Dionian troops start to retreat, they must leave the favorable terrain now and cannot maintain their current formation anymore. We can continue to attack them on both sides of the mountain road and on the mountain ridges during their retreat until they finally defeat them! This is the fighting method we are familiar with! The Dionians have finally been deceived into the mountains by us and fight in our familiar homeland. We must not let them go!"

"But what if the Dionians don't retreat?" One leader was ridiculed by other leaders as soon as he spoke: "If you don't retreat, where will they rest at night? With us watching here, they dare not build camps here at all."
Chapter completed!