Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Daveus stood up and looked around the crowd, his voice low and powerful: "The battle in the early morning will determine the ownership of the Subari Plain! Determine the future of our citizens of Amendolara! When the battle is launched, there is no horn, and no shouting! We need to be cruel! To be fierce! To be fast! Destroy the enemy in your sleep at the fastest speed! Burst toward the center as fast as possible! The faster we burst, the denser and thicker the array will be, and the enemy will be The more we panic, we will be able to surround them in the center and force them to surrender! Brothers, Crotone are now like a pot of delicious barley porridge, I want to see which team eats the fastest and eats the best!"

The people didn't speak, but their flaming fighting intentions were burning in their round eyes...

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In early summer nights in the south of Apennine, the weather was relatively cool. Unfortunately, there was no moon or stars on the dark sky.

The troops of Amendolara started off, heading out from the first detachment of the first wing of the first wing, and the head of each company held a lit torch to illuminate the road ahead. The 5,000-strong army March quietly and orderly.The screaming rivers, insects, frogs, and even the howling of beasts in the distance masked the troop's footsteps and armor collision. From afar, we could only watch the faint flash of fire every few hundred meters.

Crossing the pontoon at night is the biggest trouble of this march.The troops marched in two columns, to ensure that there was enough space on the bridge deck, and that both sides had a lookout.Fortunately, the overwhelming majority of the soldiers of the first brigade had participated in the Persian expedition. They had a lot of experience walking at night. They passed the first pontoon smoothly, and then passed the second one. Their good performance gave The successor troops with confidence.

The second brigade also successfully reached the other side.

By the third brigade, the speed of crossing the bridge began to slow down.Alsinis stepped on the undulating wooden board and looked at the dark and dark river flowing under the pontoon. Imagining its depth, the body shook involuntarily with the bridge board, and saw that the body was about to lean out. Firmly grabbed his arm.

"Don't panic, look ahead and don't look at your feet!" That was the voice of Captain Ketips who was running alongside him.He stabilized his emotions and followed the team leader's method, and it turned out to be much better.

Just a few steps away, he heard a thumping sound behind him, followed by a cry for help.

Someone has fallen into the water!His heart was startled.

"Don't look back, go forward!" The normally nagging Ketips' voice was unusually calm at this time.

Alsinis finally set foot on the triangle area between the confluence of the two rivers. After having experience, crossing the second pontoon was much easier.

In order to help the Lucarians cross the river smoothly, Epidene thought of a trick: let a Greek and a Lucari walk side by side on the pontoon. With the help of these veterans, the vast majority of Lucania It also crossed the river smoothly.

When he reached the south bank of the Krati River, he stepped on the solid land, and Alcinis landed nervously. Then he asked the captain: "What about the comrades who fell into the water?"

"The commander-in-chief asked Military Officer Felix to arrange some rescuers on both sides of the strait. As long as they throw away their shields, bayonets, helmets, and swim to the shore, there should be no problem. Of course, it depends on whether they are seriously trained. Swimming. Now you understand the importance of training. Every project should be completed carefully, because maybe you will use it in the future." Ketips took every opportunity to educate the recruits.

Alcinis nodded seriously.

Two hours later, the troops approached the city of Castellon, and all the torches were extinguished.Under the leadership of the Izam squad, they came to the middle of the Trionto River (Kastron was at the estuary of the Trionto River), and they were lined up in eight columns. The round shield hangs on the shoulders, the helmet hangs on the neck) Walk, although this river is the widest, the depth of the river is not lower than the waist, and the water flow is not urgent. In addition to the large number of pebbles on the beach, there are no soldiers. They caused any trouble and crossed the Trionto River.

Crotone's camp is not far away.

It was still late at night, and it was not yet dawn.Under the leadership of the Mountain Squad, the various teams quietly and unhurriedly entered the predetermined position and began to lie down and rest to restore their strength.The team officers dived closer, observed the Crotone camp, and compared with the previous map, began to adjust and arrange the attack positions of the subordinate teams.

As soon as a glimmer of light appeared in the sky to the east, the team officers began to wake up the resting soldiers. While they were sorting out their weapons and equipment, the captains whispered before the war: For the veterans, just say, these arrogant Crotone How dare people insult our Lord Davies, burn our houses, and now we have to use shield spears to make them pay the price of blood' and the like is enough to ignite their anger; and for the recruits, in addition to encouragement, but also Then remind them of some details that need to be paid attention to in the battle, such as'Don't just charge yourself, but go forward with the whole team.When the bayonet is stuck in the enemy's body and can't be drawn, don't waste time to pull hard, pull out the saber and continue to cut.

Alsinis began to line up with his comrades, and then put on the heavy Collins helmet, but he did not have the usual sense of isolation from the world, although he could not feel the power behind his teammates (because it was a single row), But through the eyes of the helmet, he not only saw the tents erected by the Crotonians 100 meters away, but also the thin front formed by the comrades-in-arms of Amendola who reflected in the corners of his eyes, depending on the terrain. Extend and wrap the camp in an arc until it is out of sight...

Alsinis moved forward slowly, approaching Crotone's nearest tent less than 40 meters away, and the silence was still dead ahead.

Alsinis was both excited and regretful. He wanted to fight the sober Crotonians to show his growing skills.

At this time, there was a large scream in front of the right side, which was extremely harsh in the silent camp, that was the first brigade began to attack.

Ketips whispered, "Go forward!"

Everyone started to make great strides. The shields next to each other rubbed against each other, making a low "Boom" muffled sound, and their feet wearing leather sandals stepped on the muddy ground soaked by Chaolu, leaving rows of clear footprints .

Alsiris had long noticed the enemies lying in front of the tent and sleeping, but when he stood in front of the enemy, he became hesitant again.

"Do it!" The teammate beside urged, and at the same time plunged the spear into the throat of an enemy. I saw that the man suddenly opened his eyes, his hands were caught in the throat, but he couldn't make a sound when he wanted to scream. Both faces are distorted.

The teammates pulled out their spears, and the blood from the wound sprang out like a fountain. The injured enemy began to gasp, which caused another enemy to be awakened in his sleep.

"Don't do it yet!" the teammates shouted again, and finally Alciris no longer hesitated, quickly spurred a shot and pierced the enemy's chest.

The teammate turned his head and nodded to Alsinis. Although he couldn't see the expression on his face because of the helmet, Alsinice could guess that it must be a satisfactory smile. After being inspired, he resisted the stomach discomfort and continued While advancing, clean up the enemies sleeping soundly outside the tent.

There was a tent in front of the team that blocked the route of the Ketips team. Ketips made a gesture. Ten soldiers surrounded the tent and ten lances pierced in. A burst of chaos, accompanied by screams, blood spattered Splashed on the curtain.

"Alsinis!" cried Tipps.

Alsinis immediately raised his round shield and stooped into the tent. He quickly came out and said, "There are four people, two... vomit... two seriously injured, others... vomit... all dead."

"Regardless of them, move on!" Ketips waved his hand, then looked at Alcinis, Shen Sheng said: "Even if you vomit, don't stop me."

Alsinis had advanced for a long time before they saw the enemies who had drilled out of the tent in twos and threes. They wore short-sleeved linens, some were even naked, and most of them did not have weapons in their hands. It seemed that they had not fully awakened from drunkenness and drowsiness. , Staring at Alsinis dumbfounded, they hadn't figured out what was going on, until they saw Alsinis stabbing some of them, screaming to wake them up, but instead of desperately struggling, but panic Calling: "There are enemies! There are enemies!..." Under Alcinis's advance, they fled around. The panic-stricken appearance reminded Alcinis of seeing the flock chased by the hungry wolf when he was grazing with his father when he was young. .

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Colebus's predecessors were Crotone's earliest immigrants, so they were divided into a large and fertile "land", and the whole family lived a relatively affluent farming and animal husbandry life.However, with the passage of time and the rise of trade, many business citizens gained amazing wealth, and they used the earned wealth to gain considerable power in Crotone’s political arena. They became Crotone’s new noble.Colebus's grandfather was an ambitious person. Envious of these businessmen, he was no longer satisfied with farming. He was determined to devote himself to the business tide and win a brighter future for his family.He mortgaged the land, borrowed a large sum of money, bought a few ships, and began to carry out the port transshipment trade, full of goods, sailing in the Greek city of Sagunto on the Iberian Peninsula, Masseria in Gaul, Between Napoli and Benbon Crotone on the west coast of Italy.

At first, everything went well, and a lot of money was made. Then, when it passed the Strait of Messina again with a full load of cargo, it was caught in the vortex of Cridis and the ship was destroyed.The Colebus family began to decline from then on. When he grew up, his life was down. Apart from being a citizen of Crotone, he had nothing like a freeman from a foreign country, but he was different from a freeman. You can participate in the civic assembly vote, you can join the army to fight.