Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Crotone’s army also crossed the river here, as expected by Daveus, so that the Dionysian army that had long been ambush here was waiting for it, and the Dionysian army with a large number of recruits occupied the ground. In addition, using novel tactics, it actually gave the great Greek army of Crotone, famous for its bravery, considerable damage, and for a time prevailed.

Daveus was known as an expeditionary army in Persia because he was good at destroying enemies, fighting clever battles, and having fewer casualties. However, as a commander of the whole army, Tolmed was also responsible for the coordination of the entire mercenary, and Daveus The military barracks have always been the most strictly managed, so he often can only glimpse the scale of his military capabilities.When I arrived in Turri, I heard that Devers had led the army many times to win more with less.This military operation, Tolmeide, participated as a herald commander (because he was still a freeman), participated in the whole process, witnessed Davis’s stand alone, conceived a military plan he had never seen before, and To make all the departments of the alliance act around this plan: let the old men and women walk around the port in armor and confuse the enemy’s fleet; the meticulous arrangements during the night march, even let the new recruits and freedom who have never experienced before. The people can also reach the city of Castellon smoothly; the army enforces strict discipline and seals the city of Castellon tightly so that no news is revealed; the mountain reconnaissance team dispatched by Izam crosses the river to investigate the enemy’s movements, and reports at any time. Dispatched cavalry to intercept the enemy’s cross-country riding and let the enemy know nothing about the situation on the other side of the Trionto River; before dawn, he quickly rushed here silently and lurked here Bait was set up on the river bank ahead (referring to the four thousand soldiers), and at the same time the trail of the army was blocked; and more than a thousand people were deliberately placed in the Triwato and downstream wading river sections, so that the Crotonenes did not dare There is a high risk of casualties, so choose to take a safer middle of the river...

Throughout the military operation, Davers’ strategy was fully demonstrated: deception, rapid march, reconnaissance and anti-reconnaissance, ambush, temptation... perfectly combined, and finally successfully mobilized the enemy, achieved the goal, and let Hermeide opened his eyes.In this era, most of the wars between city-states consisted of recruiting soldiers from both sides to fight in a place acceptable to both sides, or when one side was strong, the other side stubbornly defended until the reinforcements arrived and then counterattacked. The generals of both sides put their minds on the tactics during the battle. In terms of application (this is what Spartans are most good at), how could Daphs make a plan according to the situation from the beginning, and do a series of complex and elaborate actions around this plan to achieve his purpose, it is simply Carving bloody battles into works of art similar to exquisite Athenian pottery, as Daveus himself said, "War is related to the survival of city-states, and we must be cautious, cautious, thinking and thinking before we can take action ."

This is why Davis can become the governor of a powerful alliance, but Timmasong died in a small town!Tolmeide floats together.

"Tormead, you rush to the east and inform Zantiparis, Epitanes, Cpit and Ledes that they will soon cross the river and prepare them to act according to plan." Davers gave orders.

"Yes!" Tolmed turned over and headed east. Although the tactics adopted by the east would be more incredible, he already had confidence in Davis.

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Filadelfoss was shocked when he heard from Utiedmos that Milon had led his army to cross the river, encountered Dionysia's army, and was in a bitter fight.The Dionysians ambushed nearly 20,000 troops across the upper reaches of the Trionto River, which was completely beyond his expectations!

So will there be ambush here?Looking at the more than a thousand Dionysian light infantry stationed on the other side, he couldn't help thinking: originally he also hoped that after Miron crossed the river, he would come to help him retreat the enemy opposite to reduce the casualties of the soldiers. Instead, he was going to take the soldiers to help Milon.The situation is critical and he cannot be allowed to think more.

There are no more than 6,000 soldiers crossing the river at the foot of the wading section here. He quickly divided the troops into the front, middle and rear parts. At the top are more than 3,000 heavy infantry. With their solid protection, they can shoot at enemy arrows. The shooting of the arrows and javelins reduced casualties, successfully reached the opposite shore, and dispersed the enemy.Closely followed by 500 cavalrymen, they can chase down enemy light infantry and defeat them.Finally, there are nearly 3,000 light armoured soldiers.

After enduring a long-range attack by Dionia, after paying some casualties, Crotone heavy infantry boarded the river bank, without them chasing, Dionia light infantry had long escaped, Filadelfoss Lead the army smoothly across the river.

"Are the generals going to chase?" Alisosis, the cavalry captain, asked.

Filadelfoss shook his head and said cautiously: "Now we have to rush to help Milon immediately. Your cavalry guards the outer perimeter of the column. Don't rush."

Philadefoss had just led his team to turn around and march westward for a while, and a loud trumpet came from the north.

Filadelfoss's heart tightened: Sure enough, there was an ambush!

At this time, Alisothis also rushed quickly, and said with a slightly strange expression: "General, an enemy force was found in the north. They are coming to us. They are about six or seven thousand people, all archers and throwing stones. Hand and light shield soldiers, and hundreds of cavalry."

Filadelfoss froze: "No heavy infantry?"

"No!" Ali Sosis nodded decisively.

Although Philadefus was a little puzzled, he was obviously relieved, and he decisively issued the order: "The whole army arrayed north!" Since the incoming Dionysian army had no heavy infantry and lacked a positive assault capability, Then Philadefoss didn’t mind marching them before marching to reduce harassment.

"Arisothis, how many enemy cavalry?"

"More than four hundred rides."

"Fortunately, our cavalry is double theirs." Philadefoss was more relaxed, he said: "Arisothis, fighting light infantry, your cavalry is particularly important, I need you to lead the cavalry to defeat the enemy After the cavalry, try not to chase, but attack the enemy's mid-wing, understand?"

"Understood!" Ali Sosis moved away.

Dionysia's army is moving fast.It didn’t take long for them to appear in the field of vision of Filadelfoss. When he roughly saw the enemy’s appearance, he couldn’t help but be surprised: because the opponent’s light infantry was too light, whether it was an archer or a javelin The soldiers are all thin linens, and even the cavalry is part of the armor and part of the singles, which is extremely shabby.

Are these people all freemen recruited temporarily from the port of Turi?Filadelfoss couldn't help but smile: Milon's guess was right, Dionysia citizens were scarce, and the source of troops was tight. He even swept it with light armor and cavalry!

Dionysian forces stopped at a distance of more than 500 meters and began to regroup.

"I think Crotonians will be very surprised to see us. They must think that we are only attacking them, but they never thought we were letting them cross the river with the purpose of destroying them all here. "Tolmed exclaimed.

"This battle will prove to the Greeks that light infantry is as important as heavy infantry. As long as the strategy is correct, light infantry can easily defeat heavy infantry!" Epitanis said confidently.

"The key depends on whether Ledes and Zantiparis can wipe out the enemy's cavalry first." Tolmed was still worried.

"Relax, it's an elaborate plan by Lord Hades, our Lord's lord, Lord! He's a Lord keeper of Hades!" Zpitt's admiration: "You didn't expect me , Not to mention the enemies, they will be fooled!" As he spoke, Epitanius had jumped off the horse and walked into the line, ordering the soldiers to widen the interval, making the formation more loose, easy to throw and run.

Zpitt also rushed to the right wing and issued the same order, while the left wing Lyders’ cavalry formation was also loose, so that the left, center, and right formations of Dionysia were like fermented bread, whether horizontal or vertical The area occupied has almost doubled.

For Philadefoss, this was the first time he encountered this situation. He hesitated for a while, and finally decided to make his formation thinner, but the arrangement between the soldiers was still as dense as usual. Because he feels that although heavier infantry or light armor has no projective ability, as a melee force with strong impact and fierce combat strength, the dense formation is a magic weapon for them to defeat the enemy.At this moment, traditional inertial thinking imprisoned the brain of Filadelfoss, and the result was that the entire array length of Crotone was only as long as the length of the opposite Dionysian Road, making the formation of Dionysian troops hidden. Encircling Crotone's army in a semi-arc.

But Philadefoss was not worried. He knew that the number of people on both sides was not much different. As long as Crotone’s soldiers were in contact with the enemy, victory would come. His greatest confidence guarantee came from doubling the enemy. Cavalry.Because the opponent's array is too long, in order to facilitate the match, he ordered Alisothis' cavalry to disconnect from the middle and face the enemy cavalry directly.

Crotone's middle road is 3000 light armoured soldiers. They are faster than heavy infantry. When the cavalry defeats the enemy, when the side hits the middle road, the light armored soldiers can cooperate with it to defeat the enemy's middle road.As for the 3,000-plus infantry on the left, Philadefoss certainly understands that he cannot catch up with the light infantry at the awkward speed of heavy infantry. They only need to move forward slowly to protect themselves, while pinning the enemy’s right wing and preventing them from reinforcements. The middle road is fine.