Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

This time, following Melancius to fight, I did not expect that it would be so smooth, and I easily captured the city of Turriy. Kolbs also grabbed a lot of loot. No wonder many people said that Melanus was the darling of the goddess of luck. .Moreover, he also heard that Crotone City Hall was preparing to immigrate to the Subari Plain, so he calculated: after returning to Crotone, he would first realize the loot, save money and first marry a wife, and then join Crotone The immigrant team, the land of the Xubari Plain is flatter and wider than the Croton Plain of Crotone, and should be able to be divided into a lot of land.

This night, Colebus was dreaming, but was awake and opened his eyes to see the comrades in the tent running like crazy bumble bees, ran out like crazy, he was trampled by the tent door Several feet.

"Look at it!" he growled angrily.

"Enemies! Come out and meet!" teammates shouted and rushed out of the tent.

"Enemy attack? Where's the enemy?" Colebus was a little dazed.

At this moment, the screams of one after another came into his ears, he was excited, his hands braced the ground, barely stood up.I drank a lot of wine last night without adding water, and the stamina is great.He was dizzy, his body was uncontrollable, he almost fell, he didn't have time to wear a helmet and armor, he grabbed a spear from the ground, and stumbled out of the tent. He saw the neatly dressed heavy infantry lined up tightly in his sleepy eyes. The front of them quickly approached them, and the two companions rushed up with the bayonet, and were quickly stabbed by the enemy. The tacit cooperation and simple and skillful fighting completely awakened Colebus, and the fear instantly occupied his Throughout his body, he threw the bayonet and turned and ran.

"Run away! Leave here!" With a strong desire to survive, Colebus ran and looked at the direction of the sun in the sky. He made up his mind to escape east, because the east is the city of Castellon.

After running for a while, I met some people on the face and shouted in horror: "There is an enemy, run!"

There are enemies in the east?!Upon hearing this, Colebus panicked and had to run.

Next, he ran around like a headless fly, more and more people around him, and even a lot of pack animals were running around and ran around, hurting many people, but he couldn't run out.

By this time, Colebus's brain was flustered again, and they understood that they were surrounded, and the surrounding circle was shrinking...

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Dave’s Legion Command is located behind the second brigade, between the camp of Kritina and the city of Castellon.Thirty guards were waiting in line, their attention was mainly to the east, and captain Maltius raised the legion of the legion.Daveus listened carefully to Leders reporting on the latest battles from his cavalry.

"The first brigade began to attack!"

"The second brigade started attacking!"

"The third brigade started attacking!"

"The 7th Brigade and the Lucania Brigade started attacking!"

"The first brigade rushed to victory, the enemy did not resist!"

"The second brigade progressed smoothly!"

"The first brigade crossed the yoke area and continued to advance forward!"

"So fast?!" Daveus was a little surprised and asked, "How did they do it?"

Lydes replied on the side: "All around the yoke area are the Turiri freemen and slaves who have surrendered to Crotone. As soon as they saw us attacking, they all ran away. Kapus directly bypassed this area and left One detachment was slowly cleared and the other troops continued to advance."

"Well, Capps' choice is correct!" Daveus nodded appreciatively.

At this time, another cavalry came to report: "The second brigade has become two columns!"

"The first brigade became two horizontal teams!"

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"Head of the Legion, our attack was very smooth, and the encirclement was shrinking quickly!" Yasisters looked excited.

"Yeah, it's smoother than I expected!" Daveus exhaled, relieved the tension in his heart, and asked Ledes: "Has Castellon not yet moved?"

"No."

"It seems that the enemy's vigilance and reaction to the danger are very slow, and Alpens can't get a fight this time." Davers was now in a mood to joke: "Wait until the champion of the games wakes from his sleep Come, it must be strange,'Where have all his troops gone?'"

People around laughed.

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In fact, Daveus’s judgment was still wrong. Castron’s sentinel did not fail to notice Croton’s barracks, although Crotone’s barracks were about three miles from the city of Castron because of the woods. Obstructed by the river, the outline of the barracks cannot be seen even when standing on the city wall, but the loud noise of tens of thousands of soldiers' screams and exclamations can be passed into the sentinel's ears more vaguely.

So, the sentry informed the captain of this abnormal situation. The captain thought: Crotone's camp should be very safe!The Bruti people in the west were blocked by the mountains and could not pass at all.The north of Turri has been burned, not to mention the protection of the Trionto River.Crimea to the south also turned to Crotone.Northeast is blocked by us Castellon.There will be no enemies in Crotone at this moment. Could it be that these arrogant Crotone people got up early in the morning and reveled?

Out of professional habits, he still sent a few cavalry symbolically to see what happened. As a result, when the cavalry passed through the woods, they were shot by the archers of Alpence who were ambushing there, and they were all annihilated. .

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As the encirclement further narrowed, some companies even had to change to three lines because the attack line was too close, and the encircled Crotone army became more and more crowded due to the shrinking space.

Senior officers such as Melancius were invited to the party to feast on the party and failed to return, but the captain of the hundred was still there, especially the team officers who were sleeping in the middle of the camp, and they noticed that the situation was wrong, they began to greet them with difficulty. Armor, pick up weapons (because most people are drunk), prepare to fight.It's just that the Amendoralars are attacking too fast, and there are rioters everywhere, rushing their hurriedly organized teams.But now that the compression of space prevents the deserters from chasing, the captain of a hundred men with bright hats becomes their main backbone.

"We are surrounded, and we can only live if we rush out to the east! The rush to the east!..." The captains of 100 people shouted in unison, attracting the attention of the people around them, and under their leadership began to rush toward the sun Going, the Armandola army also ushered in the most severe test since the raid.

Dracos did not panic when he saw the dark enemies surging.This is not the first time that the second brigade has encountered this situation. Last time they blocked the vicious Lucanian food attack. After several months of training, they were more confident to block these unarmed, incomplete weapons, and even There are naked enemies.

"Delegating, defending in place!" Drakos ordered the drummers (each team was equipped with five drummers. In addition to conveying instructions, they could also use the sound of drums to adjust the pace of the soldiers while marching, keeping the formation consistent, and at the same time. Boost morale).

A rhythmic drum sounded, and the company's flag bearers waved the team flag.In fact, the squad leaders have already ordered the soldiers to stop advancing and defend themselves based on their own judgment.

Crotone's charge was like a row of waves. Although he was majestic, his power was scattered.The defense of the second brigade was like an iron wall. Although thin, it was very strong.

The two armies collided together.One has maintained an offensive posture and consumes much; one has fled from the beginning and is exhausted.One is fully armed and one is incomplete.One person is few, one person is many.The close fight between the two sides is obvious.But the Crotonenes finally showed their courage at this critical moment: they hit their bodies and kick with their feet without weapons; when they were stuck with a spear, they clasped their hands tightly...

For a time, the second brigade fell into a bitter fight.

Daveus received the news for the first time and immediately ordered: "The rest of the brigade accelerates the attack speed and can surrender the enemy!"

At the same time, he asked Ledes to quickly call Alpence to lead the light infantry back to assist the second brigade attack, and he led the bodyguard forward.

When the legion's banner appeared behind the second brigade's defense line, and the tall bronze statue of Pluto shone in the morning light, the soldiers of the second brigade braced their morale.

"Drakos, can you still resist it?" Daveus deliberately and loudly asked the second captain commanding in the rear.

"Head of the Legion, we will soon be able to fight back the enemy!" Dracos gritted his teeth and shouted back at the drummers: "The drums of the attack are ringing! We must attack!"

Under the commander's gaze and the offensive battle drums, the soldiers were trembling. Although only three rows of formations appeared thin compared to the enemy, they began to counterattack, vigorously swinging the round shield forward and striking, and the bayonet pierced vigorously. The exposed gap, if the enemy grabbed the bayonet, pulled out the saber and slashed.The original battle between the Greek infantry was irritating. The metal noise from the collision of the shields and the clank of the lances stuck to the armor. The screaming of the sabers slashing each other. .But now, every slam, every stab, every slash can hear the enemy's sore hum, the tearing of metal stabs into the flesh, and the string of blood brought up by the saber...

The swift counterattack of the second brigade withstood the enemy's impact, and the courage of these Crotonians, mostly without armor or even weapons, quickly diminished before the copper walls and iron walls.

The light infantry who soon arrived hurled arrows and flying stones against the Crotonians behind the impact line, making their successors unable to keep up and form a joint force.

Putting the last weight on the war balance was the fierce attack of the other three brigades. The encirclement circle was shrinking sharply. The central Crotone army was almost crowded with people, even turning around became difficult, not to mention breakout Too.

Nearly tens of thousands of people were tightly surrounded by this large circle within a mile. Arrows and flying stones in the sky kept falling, and cries of surrender and non-killing sounded constantly, and people continued to scream and fell. Fear spreads rapidly among the enemies...

The free men and slaves fell on their knees first.

This was followed by soldiers from Silitine, Crimea, and Castellon.

Finally, the crooked Crotone lowered his proud head...