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Chapter 413 Battle of Poseidonia ([-])

At this moment, Tolek was looking at the Dionia camp in the distance.

In fact, Samnite's reinforcements had arrived last night and were originally preparing for a night attack, but they found that the Dionians had already set up a camp and were heavily fortified.Torek was also a battle-hardened leader. He knew that in the dark, especially without moonlight, an attack involving tens of thousands of people could easily get out of control and cause unnecessary losses. Therefore, he restrained his impulse and postponed the attack. On the second day.As a result, the Samnite reinforcements spent the night in the mountains.It was early November, and the weather was getting colder in the mountainous areas. Even if the soldiers slept wrapped in fur robes, they were still a little cold.

Torek rubbed his frozen hands. He really didn't expect that the Dionians would build a seemingly large camp so quickly.But he then thought: This would be better, the Dionians might not be able to escape!

He looked at the leader of Cavutini's army and said in a consultative tone: "Chief Quinduk, my people are attacking from the north and east, and your people are attacking from the west. What do you think?"

"I have no objection." Quinduk nodded in agreement, and then asked: "What should we do to the south of the enemy camp? Don't let them escape then."

"To the south." Torek pointed at the city of Poseidonia in the distance and said confidently, "They can't run away!"

Quinduk understood, and he said excitedly: "It seems that the Dionians have become prey that fell into the pit, which is just right for the soldiers to vent their anger from not being able to sleep last night!" Quinduk said while rubbing his slightly cold body with his hands.

Tolek looked back at the dense crowd of warriors gearing up behind him and gave the order: "Blow the trumpet!"

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The long and majestic sound of the trumpet passed through the early morning mist and spread to Poseidonia two miles away. Piscini and Mobuk, who were standing on the top of the city and were looking forward to it, heard it and were immediately moved. Zhen: "Did you hear it! It's our trumpet sound, our reinforcements have arrived!"

The Samnite warriors on the city wall became excited and shouted.

"Warriors, be ready to go out of the city to meet them at any time and destroy those hateful Dionians!" Piscini shouted vigorously, sweeping away yesterday's depression.

"Roar! Roar!!..." The soldiers roared in unison.

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Alexis observed the enemy slowly approaching outside the camp from the watchtower, and said calmly: "The enemy is ready to attack, let all the brigade be ready!"

"I'll go right away." The adjutant turned and went downstairs.

"Let's look at yours first." Alexis said expectantly to Steponian, the ballista sighter who was also on the sentry tower. Since the sighter came from Dionia Academy, Ah Lexis spoke in a rather polite manner.

"Master Legion, don't worry!" Steponian replied confidently, but his heart was beating.Because of the morning fog, he couldn't see the marks made by the survey outside the camp yesterday, so he could only judge by visual inspection.

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Torek led the troops attacking the north of the camp,

Due to the rush of time, when the troops rushed to the rescue, they did not bring Syracuse's ballistae or large siege equipment. They only made dozens of long ladders before taking a break last night.But Tonik thinks: This is enough!Because of the spies' reports, there were no other defensive facilities except trenches outside the Dionia camp.Therefore, with the huge reinforcements, it only takes one breath to break through the low earth wall of the camp, and the Dionysians can only sit there and wait to die.

When the attacking team gradually approached about 250 meters away from the camp, Torek swung his spear forward forcefully: "Attack!"

More than a dozen trumpeters blew their horns at the same time, "Woo! Woo! Woo!!!..." resounded throughout the battlefield.

Some of the Samnite warriors carried long ladders, some held long shields, and some only held javelins and spears and began to speed up their pace...

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"Elevation angle 40, full string, small bomb!" Steponian shouted from the watchtower.

"Prepare the ballista!" the ballista captain gave the order: "Elevation angle 40, full string, small ammunition!"

Under the quick operation of the soldiers, the ballista made a "creaking" sound.

"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!..." The stone bullets were ejected with a strong sound of wind.

The captain of the ballista looked at the stone bullets flying towards the enemy. He was excited but also felt a little regretful: Yesterday, the ballista bombarded the city of Poseidonia for a long time, causing several ballistas to be damaged. Otherwise, the enemy would have been killed. There will be more.

Torek saw the dark shadow passing above his head and secretly shouted: No!
But he was far less surprised than Diopantos, the former Locri general. After all, in the hearts of the Samonites, the Greeks had superb skills. Syracuse could make catapults, and of course Dionia could.

The ballista did not frighten Torek, but instead aroused his ferocity. He waved his dagger again and shouted: "Quickly rush over! Kill all the Greeks!"

The surrounding soldiers roared, and the roar soon spread throughout the army. The screams caused by the falling stone bullets were completely covered up. The Samoni people's fighting spirit was high, and they took great strides to start towards the Dionia camp. Speed ​​forward.

"100 meters!" shouted from the sentry tower.

"Archers ready!" Ibiru, the captain of the light infantry, shouted.

The archers had been waiting behind the earth wall for a long time. They spread out in a fan shape, drawing their bows and drawing arrows.

Hundreds of arrows rained down on the dark Samonite offensive formation, and what they caused was no longer the few screams caused by stone bullets.

The weak protection of the Samnites brought considerable results to the Dionian light infantry, but the screams one after another could not weaken the progress of the Samnites.

After only two rounds of bow and arrow shooting, the Samonite had already rushed within 50 meters.

The soldiers of the Third Legion of Dionia could clearly hear the rumble of the enemy's advancing footsteps, and felt the slight tremors of the ground caused by countless pairs of feet stepping hard, and even their shouts enveloped the entire camp.Although the soldiers were a little nervous, they were not panicked.Because they are the third legion of Dionia, they have made many military exploits for Dionia: they participated in the Second Crotone War and captured the city of Asprostum alone; The city of Lumentum; quell the rebellion in Lucania with one legion, annihilate the forces of Xinsinaga, and harvest the city of Picosis... The dazzling stars on the flying flag of the third legion symbolize their honor!And today's battle will definitely add honor to the Third Army!
The company captain Hitinaot was once a Greek slave in Niutum. After Dionia captured Niutum, he gained his freedom, chose to settle in Niutum, and eventually joined Daionia. The Third Army of Onia, through his own efforts, became a mid-level officer commanding 200 people.The hatred of the past has dissipated, and now he fights side by side for his homeland, the Dionian Alliance, with the Lucanian soldiers whom he once hated but are now as close as brothers.

"Javelin!" he shouted.

The soldiers who were standing on the earth wall and had been prepared threw their javelins with all their strength, while the Samnites who rushed to the trench of the camp also threw their javelins.

For a time, countless javelins kept crossing each other in the air.As two sides who had fought before, they already knew each other's tactics, and they erected long shields for protection.

Compared with the densely packed and poorly equipped Samnite warriors outside the camp, the Dionysian soldiers were at a high place and protected by earthen walls and long shields. The casualties were not large, but javelins were stuck on the long shields from time to time, which was very difficult to use. Inconvenient, but there was no time to chip it off at the moment.

Although the Samnites suffered heavy casualties, the rain of javelins continued. With its suppression, the Samnite fighters rushed to the ditch, jumped directly into the ditch, some set up long ladders, and some set up The human wall began to climb upward.

The Dionian soldiers threw javelins at the trench. At such a close distance, they were almost accurate with every shot, but even so, they could not stop the swarm of attacking people from the Samnites.

"Pour the oil! Pour the oil quickly!" Hitinaot shouted anxiously as he bent over the tung oil can that had been prepared and placed behind the wall. He heard a scream of "ah" and a man behind him. The soldier was pierced by the javelin in his left shoulder and fell to the ground in pain.

Hitinaot leaned down alertly, slightly exposed his head behind the earth wall, and peeked out. He happened to see a Samnite harpooner holding a javelin outside the trench less than five meters away from him. He was about to throw it, but... Shot down by a sharpshooter on the camp watchtower.

Hitinaot stood up quickly and smashed the oil tank down hard, hitting the head of a Samnite warrior in the trench. The tank broke open and oil spilled out.

Many soldiers on the earth wall did the same thing as Hitinaot: throwing torches down the trench, a wall of fire instantly rose in the trench, and countless firemen bared their teeth and howled in the trench until there was no sound...

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"Legion Commander, the enemies in the north have temporarily retreated. According to preliminary statistics, our casualties are 240." The adjutant came to report.

"So many brothers have been lost before the fighting even started." Although there were more Samnites groaning on the ground outside the camp and burned to charcoal in the trenches, Alexis still frowned and said to the Samnites The lethality of the human javelin is also somewhat fearful.He pointed to the south of the camp and said, "Look, the enemies in Poseidonia have also come out. This battle has just begun."

"It's a pity that we brought too few oil tanks! Otherwise, if they were used in several directions together, the losses of the Samonite people would be great!" the adjutant said regretfully.

"This cannot be blamed on the heavy supply battalion. They have to load food, carry materials for building the camp, and weapons and equipment. It is already very difficult to bring so many oil tanks. Who told our legion's actions to be so urgent? , and the enemy's reinforcements came so quickly!" Alexis comforted him and said, "Don't worry, we will fight them slowly, and they will not be able to escape in the end anyway."

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　　Yesterday I deliberately left one word unchanged, knowing that someone would jump out at it.Haha, as expected, some brothers were extremely excited!Haha, it’s exposed!There is a saying that goes well: A small massage will make you happy, a big massage will hurt your body, and a strong massage will destroy you in ashes!Remember, remember!
　　
　
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