Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"have not reach yet."

"Notify ahead, slow down the march, and at the same time let Philadefoss increase the momentum to attract the attention of the enemy. And... let Alisothis (Captain of the Crotone Cavalry) take the reconnaissance ride Withdraw, now that the situation is clear, don't waste our cavalry!"

"Yes!"

After giving the order, Milon's eyes turned to the forest in front.Here, he is quite familiar, because through it, and further west is where the Melanius army was attacked. After signing the peace agreement with Dionia, Milon personally led the team from there Thousands of corpses, allies, Crotone... that tragic scene made him unforgettable for a long time!

Milon tugged on the reins: This time Crotone will wash away the shame and avenge them!

The troops walked out of the woods, in front of a flat and high wilderness. The Trionto River narrowed here, so the water depth could not be walked, which was the reason why Melanius was camping here.

"Enemies! Look at the enemies!!" The soldiers near the river bank became restless.

In front of the team, on the other side of the Trionto River, a heavily armed Dionysian team marched westward along the river bank.

It seems that the Dionysians have detected their movements and are prepared to stop them from crossing the river.Miron was not too worried. Although he could not see the whole picture of the enemy on the other side, he felt that the number of the team was not too large. As the secret letter said, the Dionysians sent to Kas Tron’s vanguard troops are less than 4,000, and they have to defend against Philadefoss, and how many enemies are left to stop his army from crossing the river in front!

The upstream of the Trionto River ran in the narrow valley between the mountains until it rushed out of the canyon, but it encountered a flat lowland. It was like a child who was out of control and happily extended its territory to both sides, so that the river At the same time, when the surface is 30 to 40 meters wide, the water flow becomes slower and the depth decreases. After slowly flowing for two miles or more, the river surface becomes narrower and deeper again due to the rise of the terrain...

At this moment, on the south bank of the Trionto River, Milon arranged his twenty-two thousand soldiers (including two thousand light infantry) into a ten-thick column with a length of more than two miles and a crooked coverage. The entire long walkable array of rivers, because enemies with only about 5,000 people on the opposite bank also laid out the same array as Crotone, but not only was the thickness thin, but the formation was also very loose.Milon firmly believes that even with the help of the Trionto River, there are too few people. The Dionyan army can hardly resist the advancement of the Crotone army. Their thin front will inevitably be borne by the heavy Crotone army. Break it!

"Attack!" Milon, who was at the rear of the middle road, commanded the commander with pride.

The high-pitched trumpet sounded on the quiet and flowing river Trionto, except for the two thousand people headed by Milon at the back of the middle road, because he felt that his own force was far beyond the enemy, and he did not need to invest all. Fighting, the entire phalanx began to move slowly towards the river bank...

Colebus was one of the 20,000 soldiers. After he was captured by the Dionysians last time, he had been watching the custody and building the road for half a year. He owed a large amount of debt. This time he was summoned by the city-state to fight Dionysia again. In addition to his strong desire for revenge, he also hoped to defeat the Dionysians, get a lot of loot, and pay off the debt.The beach here is not soft and fine sand, but is covered with pebbles of different shapes and sizes. The ground is hard, but it is easy to stumble, so they walk slowly and steadily...

The Trionto River is in front. Colebs, who is at the forefront, saw through the eyes of the small Corinthian helmet and saw a lot of people rushing out of the array of enemies on the other side, without waiting for the team officer to remind him that he had quickly lifted A round shield, blocking his chest.

"Ding!" The Dionysian arrows hit his copper shield, making a harsh sound, but not to damage it. His right foot had stepped into the river.

"Be careful over the head!!" The teammate's shout echoed in the dense helmet. His voice was faint and distant. He looked up subconsciously and saw countless black spots in the air crashing down.

"Damn, it's a projectile!" He hurriedly raised his shield to protect his head.

At this time, the team officer shouted again: "Be careful ahead!"

However, the soldiers in heavy helmets and heavy armor were severely impaired in hearing and vision, causing their reactions to be slower than ordinary people. Many people couldn't take care of them quickly, including Koblebs.He felt a punch in the chest, and then there was a trace of pain. An arrow was piercing his left chest. It should have penetrated the layers of densely woven linen breastplate, but it has already consumed kinetic energy. It was almost exhausted, the arrow just touched his skin, and the experienced Klobs knew that it was not harmful.

The teammate beside him was shot in the thigh without armor protection, screamed and fell into the river, the blood was about to turn red, and looking at the teammate who was struggling in the water, Colebus wanted to help him, but he was more than hearted With insufficient power, the cunning Dionysians let them use one shot and another to shoot at the same time, watching the teammates who finally stopped struggling floating on the river, Colebus's heart was a little sad...

"Stride forward! Stride forward!..." The team officers screamed and urged the soldiers to speed up across the river.

The river is really not deep, just before the knee, because there are many pebbles at the bottom of the river, and it is a bit slippery, so they squatted down halfway, using a round shield to obliquely block the head and chest, and the river blocked the leg and was shot by the bow The odds are greatly reduced, but the speed of progress is not fast.After experiencing the initial panic, the soldiers gradually calmed down, while slowly moving forward, while protecting the arrows, and at the same time readjusting the somewhat chaotic formation just as they progressed.

Almost to the middle of the river, the depth of the water did not increase much. Even Colebus on the right of the square formation did not feel a little impulse because of the long array on the left to block the river.At this time, he observed that some people rushed out of the enemy formation on the other side, and almost ran to the river, less than 20 meters away from them. The spear tip in his hand shone coldly under the sun...Colebus's madness Jumping up, he instinctively sat down, immersing almost his entire body in water.

"Be careful with javelins!!!" The team officers' volume increased significantly, that's because the javelins did much more damage to the heavy infantry than arrows.

Koblebs heard a whistle of wind next to his ears, followed by a loud bang, and the teammate behind him shouted sternly. The javelin was straight on the shield, and the spear broke through the copper skin and shattered it. The wooden board directly nailed his left arm, and the strong impact pushed him backwards, and at the same time brought down the soldiers in the back. If not the timely help of the teammates next to them, I am afraid that these soldiers wearing heavy helmets and armor The seemingly gentle and harmless river's mouth is nasal, causing choking and eventually suffocation. It can be seen that the enemy's javelin throwing power is so strong that it caused another panic in Crotone's army.

At this time, the light infantry in the back formation also followed closely, and finally could start to fight back.Their arrows fell like raindrops on the river bank on the opposite bank, forcing the enemy javelinmen to dare not attack the front line indiscriminately.

The Crotonian casualties are only a fraction of that of this huge army. Although Milon had some pain, he was not too concerned. He was just surprised that nearly half of the 5,000 enemies on the other side were light infantry. These light infantry are skilled, clever, tactical, and fierce and precise, but he has never seen it in previous battles, which aroused his vigilance.But the outcome of this battle is unquestionable because--

"General! Our army has landed! We have landed!..." The men around cheered.

Before, Milon thought it was very easy to cross the Trionto River, but looking at the floating bodies of the river and the relief of his men, it shows that the opponent's light infantry was beyond their expectations.

"Bell the drums of war! Don't let them escape!" Milon, who was riding on the horse, could vaguely see that when the front soldiers of his team stepped on the river beach, the enemy's light infantry had quickly passed through the gap of their array and retreated to the rear .

"Yes, General!" As soon as the Herald's words fell, he heard a high-pitched bugle sound from the opposite bank. The loud sound required at least ten commanders to play simultaneously.

Milon couldn't hide the shock in his heart.Could it be that the troops that Dionia sent to Castellon were more than five or six thousand ahead?!Milon and his men flashed this amazing thought at the same time, and their eyes were fixed on the back of the river bank on the opposite bank.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." The drum of drums was quickly beaten and passed to Colebus's ears that had landed, invigorating him.

"Offensive! Offensive!..." Without the blows of bows and javelins, the team officers' orders were full of excitement.

Crotone soldiers shouted the name of "Apollo" loudly, strode forward, and charged at the enemies ahead.

But a loud shout came from the opposite side, a red flag suddenly rose behind the river beach, and then there were soldiers who couldn't see their heads and lined up closely. In the same passionate drum battle, they quickly rushed towards themselves The comrades who served as decoys in front, the flags that had been erected in the wind one after another, evoked the bitter memories of Crotone soldiers who had served as captives just like Kolbs.

be cheated!Ambush!Similar thoughts instantly appeared in the minds of every Crotone soldier, and this idea was quickly engulfing their high morale, causing them to hesitate and hover on the shore, flinching, looking at Dioni The Asian Army meets with the previous troops and begins to reorganize...