Chapter 207 Victory of Aquilonia
The Samone warriors who fell to the end were naturally easily caught up by the Dionian light armored soldiers and stabbed.
Seeing the Samone army retreating across the board, the Dionian light infantry, who were originally the second offensive line, took the initiative to escape from the protection of the heavy infantry, spread their feet, ran forward, and soon caught up with the light armored soldiers. At the same time, they gradually expanded the pursuit net to the east.
He was leading his troops to Pollet, who was under the western mountain. He heard the sound of attacking warlocks from the east, and he felt anxious and issued a loud order: "Don't line up, go up the mountain immediately, hurry over and surround the Samones!"
After giving the order, Pollet remembered Zantiparis beside him, and then asked a little apologetically: "General Zantiparis, what about your opinion?"
Zantiparis, who is already 60 years old, followed this mountain march without stopping. Now he is so tired that his legs are weak. He is supported by two guards. He is breathing and barely squeezes out a smile: "Mr. Pollert...I completely agree... your decision!... But, we have to hurry up... don't lose to them!" As he said that, he pointed at the front.
A few hundred meters away, a black and red army was also climbing up the mountains.
Pollert immediately turned a whole face: "You are right, we can't lose to the Samones!"
He immediately ordered the roster soldiers to continue to blew the attacking roster and asked his subordinates to urge the soldiers to speed up the climbs across the mountains.
The Potanthians are also mountainous races, and their ability to cross mountains and ridges is also not weak. The soldiers drew out the Dainian dagger they wore (this was purchased by the Ministry of Military Affairs after receiving the military training of Dionia and found that they were from the military businessmen). Of course, at this moment, they did not use it to kill the enemy, but to cut down all kinds of branches that blocked the road on the way up the mountain and thorns that pierced people.
While the soldiers were climbing the mountain quickly, Pollett also, under the reminder of Zantiparis, allowed the troops behind to extend northward, and tried not to leave a large gap with the Abenirum army.
Although the two troops were climbing up like a competition, it took more than 20 minutes to climb to the middle of the mountain. At this time, they could hear the shouts and fighting sounds coming from the opposite side of the mountain, and it became clearer and clearer.
The soldiers immediately cheered up, knowing that the enemy was not far from them.
Pollert also hurriedly asked the messenger to inform the soldiers to find a smooth place as soon as possible or stop moving forward, and level the ground on the spot so that he could gain a foothold.
Not only the Bottentiyas are doing this, but the Abenirums are also taking the same measures.
All the soldiers stopped moving forward halfway up the mountain. From a distance, they looked like they had a curved belt inlaid on these continuous mountains.
After more than ten minutes, the shouts became clearer, mixed with continuous screams, and the "rattle" of branches and leaves rubbing... Although the lush forest blocked the view, the Lucanian soldiers knew that the enemy had crossed the ridge and was rushing towards them.
Although these mountains look relatively flat, the slope is actually not small. As the saying goes, "It is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down the mountain." However, for these mountain races, it is much easier to go down the mountain than to go up the mountain. Not long after, the soldiers of the Potendia saw the figure of the enemy.
Logically, fighting in the mountains and on the lower side is inherently at a disadvantage, but don’t forget that the Samone army is retreating, so the defeated soldiers running in the front actually lie down and slide down. They may have slipped because of pushing each other during the escape, and perhaps they think that this method can run faster. But when they see enemies ahead, these Samonet soldiers, whose butts are almost shattered, have no strength to stand up, and will only scream in horror: "There are enemies! There are enemies!"
As a result, he was either stabbed to death by the Potendia soldiers or automatically became a prisoner.
Next, a large number of defeated soldiers appeared. The Samonet soldiers running in front adopted the method of running downwards. In order to restrain inertia and prevent falling, they had to hug trees from time to time. Therefore, the weapons in their hands often could not be preserved, either losing their shields or throwing their spears.
The last wave of defeated soldiers was running down sideways. Although the speed was slow, they were steady, and they became the main force of the shock wave Tengtiya defense line.
On Abenirum's side, when he saw his compatriots running away from the top of the mountain in panic, the soldiers were in a complicated mood, and Gerny was the same. But he knew that since the war between Samone and Dionia, he had lost consecutively. Coupled with today's failure, the final defeat of the entire Samone tribal alliance was inevitable. Only by following Dionia closely could Abenirum get a new life after the end of this war, so Gerny just hesitated for a moment and issued an order to attack.
The heavy javelin thrown by the soldiers knocked down the Samonet soldiers who were going down the mountain one by one.
"Oh my God, it's Abenirum!"
"You dare to collude with outsiders and kill your compatriots, Savony will punish you!"
"Abenirum people, we all belong to the Hilpini tribe. For the sake of our fellow tribe, please let us go!"
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Angry curses, curses and begging came from the defeated soldiers. The expressions of the Abenirum warriors did not change and did not stop waving their weapons. The blockade, suppression and discrimination of Abenirum by the Samone tribe alliance over the past decade have had bad consequences today. The Abenirum people have a deep hatred with other Samone people, and this barrier cannot be dissolved by just a few words.
The defeated soldiers of Samonet finally fought with the Abenirum and Potantia who intercepted them. In order to escape, they were inspired by the courage of their blood and relied on the terrain to suppress the opponent's front and retreated continuously.
However, Potendia-Abenirum's front was not broken. After all, Polet summoned 12,000 soldiers this time, and Gerny also brought 3,000 soldiers, with a total strength of two and a half times that of the other side.
What's more, the defeated soldiers were in chaos, their equipment was not in place, and their hearts were uneven. After a fierce attack failed, some of the defeated soldiers retreated. After all, although they used their advantage of climbing mountains to leave the pursuers of Dionia behind, they were now intercepted by another group of enemies. Once the pursuers of Dionia arrived and attacked from the front and back, they would have no choice but to escape. Therefore, some of the defeated soldiers gave up breaking through the front and fled from the north and south sides, trying to bypass the enemy's interception.
Not long after, the collective retreat of the Samonet coalition completely turned into a scattered escape...
The three armies of Dionia, Potendia and Abenirum launched a pursuit at the same time...
In the end, more than 1,500 people were killed or injured by the Samonet coalition, more than 3,000 were captured, and more than 1,000 people fled, while less than 400 were killed or injured by the Dionian coalition.
In the joyful atmosphere of victory, Zantiparis, Pollet and Gelny met Alexis who was still in the valley.
"Zantiparis, you're not too late." Alexis tactfully expressed his dissatisfaction. You should know that after a long wait, he not only doubted whether the reinforcements could arrive, but also became afraid of whether the troops could be brought back to the camp. Looking back now, he was still a little scared.
"On the way we arrived, we encountered some problems. We did come a little late, but it did not affect our final victory-" Zantiparis beat.
Gerney took the initiative to take the conversation and said apologetically: "The reason why we arrived late is mainly because of mine..."
It turned out that after Abenirum turned to Dionia, the Ministry of Military Affairs originally approved Alexis' offensive plan, pulled out the nail against Pucheti and Doney's waists - Aquilonia, and connected the Abenirum, Copsa, and Aquilonia regions, so that the entire southern region of Hilpini could be owned by Dionia, which reduced the defense pressure on the northern border of the kingdom.
However, during the exchange with Gerny, the details of the Samone tribal alliance revealed by Gerny attracted the attention of the Ministry of Military Affairs. Based on the situation provided by Gerny and the number of Samone coalitions in the previous three battles (including the previous battle with Kautini), the staff members speculated after detailed calculations that the number of Samone coalitions in the existing Samone coalitions may not be only the more than 10,000 Samone coalition soldiers who were besieging Naples. So where would the more than a few thousand Samone warriors besieged? Did the Samones hide any conspiracy?... Military Minister Hilos had to think seriously.
So, after he communicated with Alexis in letters, a new offensive plan was formed: Alexis still led the troops from the east into the mountains and attacked Aquilonia. If the Samones were indeed unable to reinforce, then directly captured Aquilonia; if the Samones really hid thousands of soldiers and were preparing to lure the Dionian army to fight in the mountains, then Dionia also prepared a backup plan.
This is backer of Arnirum and Potendia.
Chapter completed!