"Oh, these brothers are so awesome! They are worthy of being heroes who can kill Persia and then come back!"

"Look at those stone-population soldiers, they are all my fellow villagers, Rhode Islanders!"

"And we Thracians, see how accurate the javelin they threw are! I really want to take off this heavy armor, pick up the javelin, and join them!"

...

When Dracos heard the praise and envy of the soldiers around him, he tightened the belt behind the round shield and said, "Come on, natives, come and taste our power!" At this moment, he was in a fierce battle.

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The confident leader of the city of Picossis, Cincinnager, never expected that his troops would be hit by a slaughter before the official battle. What made him even more depressed was that the Lucanians' traditional weapons were javelins, spears and daggers, and javelins were also their strengths. However, in order to better attack the Greeks, most of them had been replaced with heavy equipment. Only a few javelin soldiers were in the back formation, and the enemy's bows and arrows and flying stones had already extended to the back formation. The javelin soldiers were able to fight back while dodging the attack, but they could not see the enemy, and the number of enemies was small and scattered, so the results of the battle were naturally very few. Fortunately, the enemy had not many light infantry, and the two ends of the right wing formation were less affected. Therefore, Cincinnager had no choice but to urge both ends to accelerate and squeeze towards the center, trying to surround or disperse these annoying and terrible enemies...

In the middle, the Lukari people on the left wing saw the tragic encounter on the right wing, fearing that they would suffer the same situation. The soldiers and the leaders subconsciously accelerated their advancement, hoping to contact the Greek army as soon as possible.

Tens of thousands of soldiers took big steps and rushed forward, and the earth shook.

Achita, Ferris, Dracos... and so on, every general and leader began to shout: "Shield Defence!"

The front of the square formation is the soldiers stepping on their left foot, and the right foot is pushing the ground behind. The round shield is protecting the left front. The spear is raised high and the spear tip is pointed forward. The soldiers in the back are stacked one by one, pressing against the back of the soldiers in front, and the spear is protruding forward, and the shield is connected... The entire square formation is like a huge metal monster with thorns all over the body.

With a charge of hundreds of meters and a slightly higher terrain (although the Sobari Plain is flat, the terrain extends to the west gradually rises), the Lucanian soldiers rushed straight into the Greek infantry formation with strong momentum.

With a loud bang, on the end of April 399 BC, the battle between Turiyi and the Lucanian tribal coalition officially began...

It is a life-and-death battle for both sides, but it is so inconspicuous in the eyes of the powerful states in the Mediterranean: Carthage and Syracuse would not notice, because they were accumulating strength to fight for the dominance of Sicily, a new round of confrontation was about to begin; Rome would not notice, because they were busy siege and attacking the Etruscan great Bonviy in the upper Tiber River; Sparta and Persia would not notice, because both sides were preparing for the upcoming war in Asia Minor; Athens would not notice, because they were all focused on how to respond to the war as soon as possible.

The brilliant national strength and the overbearing behavior of Sparta were forced to endure; Macedonia would not notice that its kingdom was divided at this time, and kings were frequently replaced. The Macedonians, who were both worried and worried, might be hoping for a strong monarch to save them in dire straits... Hundreds of kingdoms in the Mediterranean, city-states and races were either busy living or invading, and had no mind or ability to understand the battle between two unknown forces in the southern Italian Peninsula. However, this war (called the Battle of Turiyi in later generations) opened the most gorgeous and glorious new chapter in the magnificent ancient history of the Mediterranean.

The Lukari people are mountain tribes. They are enthusiastic and impulsive. In the rapid sprint, their fighting spirit continues to rise. Therefore, when they see the stinging gun shield formation in front of them, some soldiers think of the shield-raising impact that the leaders emphasized before. They have been filled with their brains with high fighting spirit, and jumped in directly. Especially Grummentum. The long-term battle has produced a large number of warriors who make a living by fighting. Therefore, there are many people who take such "reckless" actions. Although they are more likely to be stabbed, they disrupt the Greek defensive formation.

Especially the Turiyi militia and Dracos mercenaries in the middle lane, because they had not trained together before, they did not cooperate well, and the connection between the natural arrays was not very close. In addition, Dracos had never seen such an impact on the mountain race, and lacked the means of coping. Therefore, the Greek army fell into a hard battle from the beginning...

The Tarantum militia, located in the front of the right wing of the Greek army, had obviously much more experience in responding to the impact of Lukan soldiers, and Niutum and Lausian soldiers were far less fierce than Grummentum, and did not cause too much impact on the right wing of the Greek army. The shields and shields collided with each other, and began to push and fight... Two hundred cavalrymen also rushed forward, and from time to time they attacked the side of Lukalia's left wing, as long as Lukania

The soldiers stepped forward to stop them, and they immediately retreated. The Greek cavalry was still a flower in the greenhouse. They were far less powerful than the Numidians, nor as fierce as the Gaul and Germanic cavalry. They could only act as harassment. But even so, it made Lucania's left wing wary and did not dare to attack with all their strength. Therefore, even though they were more people than the right wing of the Greek army and the square formation was thicker, the two sides were still in a stalemate...

When the left and middle routes of the Lucanian coalition had begun to fight, the right wing was still advancing slowly. The mercenary light infantrymen fought and retreated, successfully delaying the enemy's advance speed. The two armies were almost fifty meters apart. The light infantry part retreated from the front and outside of the square formation, and part passed through the gap left by the square formation and retreated to the rear.

At this time, the formation of the right wing of the Lucanian coalition had become a crescent shape, with both ends protruding and sunken in the middle. Cincinnat, who was in the formation, had lost control of the army and could not reorganize the formation. The only thing he could do was to command the trumpeter to blow the charge horn. Only fifty meters away would become the last sprint bonus for the soldiers. Just when the trumpet was sounded, a rhythmic sound of bronze trumpet came from the opposite side, which made Cincinnat wary and nervously guess what action the powerful enemy on the opposite side would take next. Geninat, who was at the forefront of the front line and injured on many sides, clearly saw the Greek heavy infantry on the opposite side raised their right arm back, leaned back, and took two steps forward. This action... Gleninat, who was already a frightened bird, shrank his whole body under the round shield at a very fast speed.

Thousands of javelins instantly flew dozens of meters away and fell into the Lukari formation that was about to charge. What was no longer waves like before, but waves of death. In an instant, hundreds of casualties almost blocked the advancement speed of the Lukari team...

And at this moment, the terrifying bronze horn sounded again and the Greek mercenaries immediately shouted: "Hades!!!" holding shield guns and charged forward.

The mercenary charge did not go up in one direction. The right end did not move forward because it was connected to the middle lane. The soldiers in the middle and left ends completely ignored the thinness of their own array and the numerous enemies, and rushed towards the enemy with a high fighting spirit, just like a long dragon shaking its tail with extremely powerful force.

The Lucanians had not yet recovered from the javelin strike just now, and the formation was in chaos. At this moment, the mercenary charges followed one after another. The soldiers skillfully used the kinetic energy converted from the sprint speed, and used a shield to hit the opponent's defense with each other. Then the gun in his right hand stabbed the opponent's enemy's throat or face quickly and accurately like a poisonous snake spitting a letter. The Lucanians fell down a row of people in the front...

Such terrifying attack efficiency and imposing momentum scared the Lukari people in the back row. They, who claimed to be brave, couldn't help but start to retreat... The mercenaries chased each step, and the Lukari people retreated step by step... The collapse of the right wing of the Lukani coalition was right in front of them.

Note: The northernmost town of the Vergae Brutis in the city of Viggo, bordering Laus.
Chapter completed!