"Oh, these brothers are amazing! It is worthy of being a hero who can kill Persia and come back! ”

"Look at the slingers, they're all my countrymen, Rhode Islanders!"

"And we Thracians, look how accurate the javelins they throw! I want to take off this bulky armor, pick up the javelin, and join them! ”

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Dracos heard the praise and envy of the soldiers around him, and he squeezed the belt behind the round shield hard: "Come on, native, come and taste our power!" At this moment, he was in a state of trembling. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

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The confident Pycosis City Leader Sincinag never expected that his troops would be slapped before they could officially engage in battle. What made him even more depressed was that the traditional weapons of the Lucanians were javelins, spears and short swords, and javelins were also their strong point, but in order to better fight the Greeks, most of them were replaced with heavy equipment, only a few javelinmen were in the rear, and the enemy's bows and arrows and flying stones had been extended to the rear, and the javelinmen were dodging the attack, and only a few people could fight back, but they could not see the enemy, and the number of enemies was small and scattered, and the results were naturally few. Fortunately, the enemy's light infantry was not large, and the two ends of the phalanx on the right flank were rarely affected. Therefore, in desperation, Sincinag urged both ends to accelerate towards the center, trying to encircle or disperse these nasty and terrible enemies......

Seeing the tragic fate of the right flank, the Lucarians of the center and the left flank feared that they would suffer the same situation, and the warriors and leaders subconsciously accelerated their advance, hoping to make contact with the Greek army as soon as possible.

Tens of thousands of warriors strode forward, and the earth trembled.

Acheta, Ferres, Dracos...... And so on, every general and leader began to shout: "Shield Defense!" ”

At the forefront of the phalanx are the soldiers with their left foot bent forward, their right foot kicking backwards, their round shields in front of their left, their bayonets held high, and the tips of their spears pointing forward and downward. The soldiers in the back row stacked one on top of the other, against the backs of the soldiers in front, and the bayonets reached forward, and the shields were connected...... The entire phalanx resembled a huge metal monster covered in thorns.

After a charge of more than 100 meters and a slightly higher terrain (although the plain of Xubari is flat, the terrain gradually rises to the west), the Lucanian warriors with strong momentum slammed straight into the Greek infantry phalanx.

With a loud bang, on this day at the end of April 399 BC, the battle between the combined forces of the Turiyi and Lucanian tribes officially began......

It was a life-and-death battle for both sides, but it was so inconspicuous in the eyes of the great powers of the Mediterranean: Carthage and Syracuse would not notice, because the two sides were gathering strength and were about to start a new confrontation for the dominance of Sicily; Rome would not have noticed, for they were busy besieging and storming the Etruscan state of Viy in the upper reaches of the Tiber; Sparta and Persia would not have noticed, for both sides were preparing for the coming war in Asia Minor; Athens would not notice, because their energy was focused on how to restore the glory of the country as soon as possible, and at the same time forcibly forgive the domineering behavior of Sparta; Macedonia would not have noticed that at this time its kingdom was torn apart, kings were frequently changing, and the Macedonians who were troubled by internal and external troubles may be looking to a strong monarch to save them from the dire situation...... Hundreds of kingdoms, city-states, and races in the Mediterranean are either too busy surviving or invading to understand the struggle between two unknown powers in the southern part of the Italian peninsula. However, this great battle (later known as the Battle of Turiyi) opened one of the most brilliant and glorious chapters in the ancient history of the Mediterranean.

The Lucalians are a mountain tribe, they are enthusiastic and impulsive, in the rapid sprint, their fighting spirit continues to rise, so seeing the bayonet shield array in front of them, some of the warriors thought of not the previous leaders emphasized the shield impact, they have been filled with high fighting spirit and jumped directly into it, especially Grummentum, the long-term campaign has produced a large number of warriors who live by fighting, so there are not a few people who take this kind of "reckless" action, although they are more likely to be stabbed, but they disrupt the defensive formation of the Greek army.

In particular, the Turii Citizen Soldiers and Dracos Mercenaries in the middle lane, because they had not trained together before, the cooperation was not very tacit, the horizontal rows of the natural array were not too closely connected, and Dracos had never seen this kind of impact on the mountain people's race, and lacked the means to deal with it. Therefore, the Greek army was in a bitter battle from the beginning......

The Tarantum citizen soldiers, who were at the forefront of the phalanx on the right flank of the Greek army, were obviously much more experienced in dealing with the onslaught of the Lucanian fighters, while the Niutum and Laos fighters were far less ferocious than Grummentum and did not have much impact on the right flank of the Greek army. The shields of the two sides collided with each other, and spears exchanged spears, and they began to push and fight...... Two hundred cavalry also galloped forward, from time to time to attack the flank of Lucaria's left flank, as soon as the Lucanian warriors stepped forward to block, they immediately withdrew, the Greek cavalry was still a flower in the greenhouse, they were far from the superb horsemanship of the Numidians, nor the fierceness of the Gallic and Germanic cavalry, they could only start to harass the role. But even this made Lucania's left flank wary and did not dare to go all out to attack. Therefore, even though they were outnumbered on the right flank of the Greek army and the phalanx was thicker, the two sides were still in a state of stalemate......

When the left and center of the Lucanian coalition army had begun to fight, the right flank was still slowly advancing, and the mercenary light infantry retreated while fighting, successfully slowing down the enemy's advance, and the distance between the two armies was as fast as fifty meters, and the light infantry partly withdrew from the front and outside of the phalanx, and partly retreated to the rear through the gap left by the phalanx.

At this time, the formation of the right flank of the Lucanian coalition army had become a meniscus, with protruding ends and a depression in the middle. Sincinag in the formation has lost control of the army, let alone regroup, the only thing he can do is to order the trumpeter to blow the horn of the charge, the only fifty meters distance will become the final dash bonus of the soldiers, just when the horn sounds, there is also a rhythmic sound of copper horns on the opposite side, which makes Sincinag suddenly vigilant, nervously guessing what the opposite powerful enemy will do next, Gneinert, who was at the forefront of the front line and was wounded in many places, clearly saw the Greek heavy infantry on the opposite side with his right arm raised back, Leaning back, but taking two steps forward with your legs, this action ...... Glenate, who was already a frightened bird, shrank his whole body under the round shield with great speed.

Thousands of javelins instantly flew over a distance of dozens of meters and fell into the Lucalian formation that was about to charge, setting off no longer a wave like before, but a wave of death, and in an instant, hundreds of casualties almost blocked the advance of Lucaria's team......

And at this moment, the terrifying brass trumpet sounded again in a hurry, and the Greek mercenaries immediately shouted: "Hades!! "With a shield gun in hand, charge forward.

The mercenary charge was not all in unison, the far right did not move forward because of the connection with the center, while the soldiers in the center and left completely ignored the thinness of their own array and the large number of enemies, and rushed towards the enemy with high fighting spirit, like a dragon flicking its tail extremely powerfully.

The Lucanian front had not yet recovered from the javelin strike, and the formation was chaotic. At this moment, the charge of the mercenary army followed, and the soldiers were extremely skillful in using the kinetic energy converted by the speed of the sprint, and the shield was used to open the opponent's defenses, and then the bayonet in the right hand stabbed the throat or face of the enemy as quickly and accurately as a poisonous snake spitting out a letter, and the front line of the Lucanians fell in a row......

Such a terrifying attack efficiency and compelling momentum frightened the Lucarians in the back row, and they couldn't help but start to retreat at this moment, who boasted of their bravery...... The mercenaries pursued step by step, and the Lucanians retreated...... The collapse of the right end of the right flank of the Lucanian coalition was at hand.

Note: Vig City Vergae is the northernmost town of the Brutis, bordering Laos.