Severa staggered back a few steps, trying to throw his spear in his hand to fight back, but his already tired body was hit hard, and he collapsed and slid down the slope with all his strength......

Severa's death did not frighten the soldiers who followed, and the belief in living gave them the courage and strength for the time being, and the soldiers were shot and fell, and the fighters rushed forward, seeing that the Lucanian warriors were approaching the top of the slope......

The brass trumpet sounded at the right time, and the light shieldmen quickly retreated from the gap in the mercenary heavy infantry array, while the heavy infantry stepped forward, forming a long, thin dense phalanx, standing at the top of the slope, trying to destroy the enemy's hope of escape with a steel wall; The light infantry behind them, ignoring their numb arms, continued to fire javelins, arrows, and flying stones, allowing them to pass the heavy infantry in front of them in a perfect arc and fall down the slope, continuing to inflict damage on the enemy behind them, preventing them from forming a continuous impact; The slaves in the back had already brought bundles of arrows and javelins to replenish the light infantry's long-range weapons. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Standing at the forefront of the defensive line, Dracos faced the enemy who was beginning to rush up the slope one after another, not only did he not have any nervousness or fear, but he was full of fighting spirit: "Brothers, drive the enemy down for me!" ”

"Roar!! The soldiers, infected by him, raised their shields and spears, and roared in unison.

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As the great leader of Grummentum and the leader of the Lucanian tribal alliance, Akpiru, who is over fifty years old, certainly cannot be as impulsive as a young warrior in the pursuit. He did not pursue, there were four hundred Grumentum warriors in charge of his security, of course, it was impossible to leave him to pursue alone, and he was in the same situation as Niutum and Laos, and the three teams together numbered about seven hundred warriors.

They joined and moved at a faster pace, and when they reached the hot spring swamp, they heard the sound of fighting and screams in front of them......

The faces of the great leaders changed.

"Hurry up and get there!" Akpiru gave the order urgently.

The fast-moving team was confronted by the Davers mercenaries who were also hurrying to complete the encirclement.

When Phellisius saw the enemy troops on the mountain road, he "chuckled" in his heart, but fortunately, he quickly made his own deployments with his experience: the first, second, and third companies were commanded by Capus to block the surrounded enemy; The 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th companies followed him to attack the enemy in front.

At the same time, Phellisius also called the herald: "Go and inform Mersis and let him lead the slaves to arrive quickly!" ”

Akpiru saw that the Greeks dared to divide their forces in the face of his own approach, and his heart became more and more uneasy: if there was no more urgent matter, how dare these timid Greeks do this?!

He immediately gave the order: "Give me an all-out attack!" ”

The two heavily armed teams, both of which were their own elites, collided directly without arraying or deploying......

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Kapos led his army to the west of the Great River Beach, where he ran head-on into the frightened Lucaria warriors who had just climbed up the slope.

They were immediately beaten, leaving dozens of corpses and rolling down the slope, and the mercenaries immediately plugged the gap.

Now, to the east of the Great River Strip is the Tarantum reinforcements; To the north were Dracos and their mercenaries, all the light infantry, and the slave soldiers; To the west were the heavy infantry in the Davers mercenaries; To the south are the hot spring swamps and the Tino River, where spring rain floods.

More than 9,000 Lucanian tribal coalition troops are surrounded in a narrow low-lying area about two miles long and half a mile wide, and the total strength of the encircled side is only more than 7,000 (plus slave soldiers), and its blockade line is weak, especially in the west, there are only 600 Davers mercenaries, almost only a single column of infantry, and the Dracos mercenaries extending to the north are connected to its array, like dumplings with thin skin and many fillings, which are in danger of being squeezed at any time, fortunately, the Lucanians in the encirclement are temporarily chaotic and disorganized, stumbling like headless flies, Unable to form a resultant force.

In Davers's plan, the long-range fire strike of the light infantry was the main factor in weakening the enemy's strength, and his Persian expeditionary force not only played the role of completing the encirclement, but also his most trusted offensive force.

He immediately sent cavalry, urged Merses to lead his army to speed up, to the place where Phellisius's troops were fighting, to join Phellisius, concentrate his forces, and annihilate the unexpected enemy forces in one fell swoop, and then re-engage in the encirclement and annihilation of the Lucalians.

Time is now the key to the victory of the Greek army.

Akpiru is equally aware of its importance.

Two elite troops fought bloodily: one side was a warrior selected from the all-Lucanian tribal alliance, who had not gone through a fierce fight and still had plenty of physical strength; On the other side were the Greek mercenaries who had gone on expeditions to Persia, experienced and skilled, but their non-stop running made them extremely lacking in physical strength. But the course of the battle took Akpiru by surprise. He had thought that the Greeks had not formed a phalanx, and that such a scuffle should have been dominated by the Lucanian warriors, who were accustomed to this style of fighting, but the Lucanian warriors gradually began to retreat......

Standing high in the rear, Akpiru observed: The Greeks often gathered together in a group of dozens (in fact, it is the unique detachment of the Davers mercenaries), which is not only very organized, but also flexible, and the cooperation between each other is also tacit, and more lethal......

This made him realize the seriousness of the situation, and he quickly sent a small group of warriors, ordered them to return to the camp quickly, and informed the Grand Leader of Picosis Sincinag: immediately lead the remaining warriors to help him defeat the current enemy, and then further crush the enemy's plot!

The warriors who had returned to report the news were attacked by the cavalry of Ryders (last night, Davers had taken the opportunity to borrow ten horses from Burkos, thus allowing the mercenary cavalry squad to be rebuilt), and due to the ruggedness of the mountain road, the speed of the cavalry was not fully utilized, and several wounded warriors escaped from the cavalry and ran all the way into the Lucanian camp.

"Quick...... Inform the Grand Chieftain of Sincinag! We have been ambushed, send reinforcements quickly! Under the surprised eyes of the soldiers who were about to withdraw from the camp, they cried out eagerly, exhausted to the ground.

However, the expressions of the surrounding warriors began to become a little strange.

"Oops, it's the Vigs!" Only then did the soldier who reported the news realize the difference between these people, and he couldn't help but be shocked.

But I saw a person squatting down and asked in a deep voice, "What ambush?!" What happened?! ”

The warrior seems to remember that the man who spoke was a leader of Vig City named Saru......

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Akpiru put Pikosis and Vig in charge of the withdrawal of the camp, but Sincinag left the chore to the Vigs, and he and his son and several chieftains were in the tent discussing "how to protect Pikosis after the occupation of the Sybari Plain".

The guards suddenly burst in and shouted in panic: "Big leader, it's not good! The Vigs have attacked us suddenly! ”

What the!! Sincinag was taken aback, and immediately scolded angrily: "Kill the Vigs, don't they want to live!" ”

He hurried out of the tent, and the scene in front of him was far beyond his expectations: the camp was full of smoke, countless tents were burning in the fire, and the Vigs were armed with spears, divided into countless squads, and chased the unsuspecting Picosis warriors everywhere, and the Pikosis fled in confusion......

Sincinag's ears were filled with the terrible screams of his clansmen, making him almost mad: "Ahhh …… I said a long time ago that these despicable Brutis should be killed, and Akpiru just won't listen! …… Geneina Express! Hurry up and organize the fighters to fight back! Counterattack! Fight them off! Kill them all! And destroy Vig City!! …… Yes!! ……”

Needless to say, Glenert and several leaders had already rushed out in a hurry.

But for Piccosis, the situation is very bad. The Vigs came prepared, and because the Picosis suffered too many casualties yesterday (more than 1,000 people, most of them were wounded), most of the soldiers stayed in the tents to take care of their comrades, and the Vigs lit fires everywhere, so that many Pikosis were burned alive in the tents......