Controni's words were just about what Segovani was worried about. Then he was strongly opposed when he discussed with other leaders of Cauteni who were close to each other, which made him give up.

But the situation of the war changed so quickly that he had no time to come up with a better way to solve the problem of the Naconian army. The rumors in Beneventum were released by him to achieve the purpose of confusing the public. Although the effect seemed to be good, it was just a stopgap. It was also a stopgap to let the Naconian tribes disperse the army in the military formation. But if they were not sent to fight, where would the more than 2,000 Naconian soldiers be placed? Kautem or Abelah? This would only make Segovani even more worried, and he firmly believed that only under such an arrangement would the Naconian soldiers fight bravely and not dare to do anything randomly.

This is true. The reason why Vasonk is anxious is that the Naconian army seems to be a whole, but there is no leader who can convince everyone and obey the orders. Everyone is temporarily elected. No one of the young men who led the troops for the first time have any prestige, including Vasonk. Although he knows that Segovani's order is not good for them, the number of Naconian army is at a disadvantage. Surrounded by the warriors of other tribes, no young Naconian commander has the confidence and courage to stand up, raise his arms and shout, and then all Naconian soldiers will obey the orders and launch a rebellion.

Therefore, although the Naconian generals expressed their opposition, they finally obeyed the orders unwillingly and led their troops to leave. This dispersion could no longer be connected with each other during the battle, and even more impossible to achieve unified actions.

Seeing that things were not done, Vasonk could only curse the cruel and cunning Segovani in his heart, enduring it and waiting for the opportunity.

Segovani adopted the traditional combat method of the Samones fighting against the Greek army. The military formations were very long, three miles long, and the length of the columns was not small. This is because Samone's military formation was very loose, and the distance between the soldiers was very large, making it easy to intersperse each other.

At dusk, when the sun had already set above the sea to the west, and the sky and sea surface were dyed golden, the figure of enemies appeared in Segovani's vision, and their thick armor was slanted by the sunset light, emitting a flashing but non-glare light.

The light wall opposite did not make Segovani and the soldiers afraid. On the contrary, they felt relieved, because they had defeated such opponents countless times in the past, but the opponent's army's strength exceeded Segovani's expectations. It extended to both sides, so that Segovani could not even see its ends. This was a bit different from the dense and thick large array tactics of the Campanian army in the past.

Is this the way the Dionians fight? Segovani muttered in his heart. Although he had fought with the Dionians once, it was a chase battle, and the two sides had not had a formal battle yet.

But he could see that the opponent's soldiers were still arranged in a dense manner, so the opponent's column would inevitably be thin. Of course, Segovani could guess why the opponent had arranged the military formation before he arrived at the battlefield. This was obviously the Campanians learned from the past lessons, because the clumsy Campanian army was always attacked by the fast-moving Kautini warriors when they were slowly arranging the array.

Segovani hesitated for a moment and decided not to adjust the deployment easily, to test for a while, and then to see the situation.

The Dionian coalition stopped advancing less than 400 meters away from the opponent. This army, which was 3.2 miles long, had only three horizontal formations after advancing for a distance, had become curved and needed to restore the front line to straighten before the battle.

The middle of this army formation has more than 6,000 heavy infantrymen (including about 1,500 reserve troops from Dionia), and then there are 3,000 light armored and light infantry mixed troops, including the Dionia Light Infantry Battalion, connected on both sides, with 500 Dionian light armored soldiers at each end. In addition, there are more than 200 Campanian cavalry on the outermost side of the left wing, with a total force of about 11,400.

The total force of the Cauteni army, the opponent of Dionia, has more than 9,000 troops, and the array is three miles long. Most of its troops are light infantry. These light infantry are also divided into two types. One is pure javeliners, and the other is light infantry with long shields. They can both bid for javelins and fight with spears. They form the main component of the Cauteni army formation. Only at the rear of the middle road are nearly 1,000 armoured infantry led by Segovani himself.

Today, Kautini and the Campania Alliance, two decades-old enemies, have poured all their troops on the edge of the eastern plains of Campania, and are about to engage in a battle that determines their own destiny.

But just when the Dionian coalition stopped and began to reorganize the formation, Segovani had already issued an order first. The light infantry in the middle of the Kauteni army began to move forward, and the middle road moved, and the left and right wings moved one after another.

The movement of the Kautini army formation is different from the movement of the Greek army formation and is very fast.

Aaros knew this well. As the commander of Naples, he stood in the front row of the array. Zantiparis once advised him to "not to go to the front line in person, but to command the overall situation in the rear." He politely refused. Most generals elected by Greek city-states often came to the front line during warfare, indicating that there was no difference in identity with the soldiers, so as not to be criticized by citizens after the war. Naples was no exception, especially at such an important moment.

At this moment, he took off his Corinthian helmet without hesitation and threw it on the ground. The other Campania heavy infantry also took off their Corinthian helmets like Earos, according to the prior plan. Each of them suddenly felt that their vision was wide and their bodies were much more relaxed. Only the Dionia heavy infantry did not take off because they were wearing an open helmet.

Earos looked around and raised the spear in his hand and shouted loudly: "Bless Apollo! We must pursue bravely and never stop!"

The soldiers and team officials around also shouted: "Strive to pursue, never stop!!"

When the Kautini army approached 50 meters, almost all the soldiers of the Dionian coalition were shouting, with high fighting spirit.

Zantiparis, who was standing behind and riding on the horse, heard the thunderous roar, which made his nervous mood calmer a lot.

"Occurrence!" he said loudly.

"Woo!..." The loud military horns made the entire long army, whether it was heavy infantry, light infantry, light armored soldiers, or cavalry, begin to march forward.

The sudden movement of the Dionian coalition did not have any impact on the soldiers at the forefront of the Kautini Army. They stopped at a suitable distance, threw the javelin in their hands, and then prepared to retreat through the gap. In this way, the soldiers behind them were in the forefront, and they continued to throw the javelin... This repeated, even if the opponent was moving forward, they always distanced themselves from the opponent, and the throwing of the javelin continued, giving the opponent a dense phalanx.

In the past, the Campania Alliance had not undergone special training, neither had light infantry that could compete with it, nor had tactics designed specifically for independent light infantry. The temporary recruitment of civilian light infantry was impossible to fight against almost all the powerful Kauteni Javeliners, so often after three or four rounds of throwing, the Campania military formation had to stop advancing.

Then, the Kauteni soldiers immediately retreated from attack to attack, and waves of javelin throwing attacks. When they cast their javelins, the Campanians were basically in chaos due to too many casualties. Next, the Kauteni's armored infantry and light-armed spear-carrying infantry made the final impact, which was often defeated and established the victory.

But now, the Kauteni soldiers were surprised to see the heavy infantry on the opposite side speeding up as they advance, and they are getting faster and faster.

Are they going to charge?! Don’t they know that we cannot hedge against them, and with their bulky speed, they cannot catch up with us!… Although the Kauteni warriors were surprised, as the distance was closer, they had to go backwards. As they were used to, their first round of javelins were still far (more than 30 meters), so they were thrown slightly upward, which allowed the javelin to fly longer, and the falling position was often the middle and rear of the opponent’s military formation, causing chaos in the entire military formation, making them disconnected from the front and back, and allowing for the next attack. However, the opponent’s sudden acceleration and excessively thin column made most of the javelins thrown out empty.

The heavy infantrymen of the coalition forces who escaped the javelin attack became more confident. They raised their round shields in a diagonal way, half protecting their heads, and the steps under their feet became more powerful and fast. This made the distance between the two sides quickly narrowed within 20 meters, and the Kauteni warriors who threw the javelins later had no time to make more preparations, so they hurriedly threw the javelin in their hands.

The 500 Naconian soldiers led by Vasonk were part of this second attack. They had received Vasonk's hint in advance, and most of the soldiers threw the javelin into the sky at will and then retreated immediately.

The momentum of the Greek heavy infantry charging desperately made Vasonic's mind change sharply.

Even though the Kauteni soldiers threw in a hurry, they, who were experienced, took direct shots in this round of javelin throwing. Countless heavy javelins were thrown by the soldiers' powerful arms, and led by the Piscorer. They rotated in flight and stabbed directly at the shields protected by the heavy infantry. Many javelins directly penetrated the shields, causing some heavy infantry injuries.
Chapter completed!