Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Has it broken through?They arrived in Philadez?!Milon was excited as the soldiers couldn't wait to go ashore.But after a while, the troops stopped advancing and were forced to retreat little by little...

"Hold on, soldiers! With more effort, the enemy is almost out of hand!" Milong, who didn't know, thought it was a weak attack by the troops, knowing that his cry wouldn't do much, or could not help shouting loudly. , Want to arouse their fighting spirit.

But Crotone's army could never advance further.The front line of the Dionysian army that completed the array conversion is the newly replaced second-line soldiers. Their physical strength is still sufficient, making up for their lack of heavy infantry experience, and the enemy Crotone soldiers are in After fighting for more than three hours, he was exhausted, self-preserving and strenuous, and the offense was powerless.

While they were struggling to support, the Crotone light infantry who retreated to the other side of the Trionto River behind them suddenly shouted in panic: "The enemy! The enemy has come over!!......"

Milon, who was in the back of the center of the prescription, didn’t quite understand what they were shouting, but the horrified sound made him turn his head back subconsciously, and he was stunned by this: he saw hundreds of people appearing on the beach behind The cavalry rushed towards the panicked Crotone light infantry like a wolf, and behind the cavalry were countless unarmed soldiers. They quickly spread out, bowed and arrowed, armed with javelins, the target was Own direction.Where did so many enemies come from?!What about his troops?!!......At this moment, many thoughts flashed through his mind in horror. Only one sentence remained in his mind: We lost!!!

In fact, not only did he see the sight of the river bank in the rear, but many Crotone soldiers also saw it, as did the Dionysian scout standing high up on the other side, and Miron was appalled and Croto While the hearts of the soldiers inside were floating, Daveus gave a command full of pride: "The whole army attacked!!!"

The attacking bugle sounded, and the same sound was also heard across the bank.Just as the Dionysian heavy infantry began to attack bravely, nearly six thousand Dionysian light infantry composed of freemen shot the first round of arrows and the first round of flying stones towards the back side of Crotone’s right-wing soldiers. 1. The first round of javelin...

The front is the heavy infantry that is still fierce after a long battle, the cold river at the foot, and the arrows and javelins that have shot their lives from the rear, and the tired Crotone soldiers can no longer hold on, first the right wing The retreat was followed by the middle lane and then the left wing. Crotone’s two-mile-long and ten-thousand-thousand front was like avalanche, quickly defeated, the soldiers scrambled to the south bank, and the free people kept on long-range fire. They even accelerated their retreat, and the onslaught of Dionyan heavy infantry made this large-scale defeat more and more chaotic. Nearly 20,000 people were hit by two sides. image?

Zanteiparis, who witnessed the entire passing on the South Bank, couldn’t bear to look back when he talked about Crotone’s defeat to Ansitanos, who wrote “History of Great Greece,” he recalled: “... Crotone Everyone shouted in horror,'Quick escape! We are defeated!......' The volume even overshadowed our bugle sound, and they ran desperately towards the south bank, pushing each other, even falling behind, being us In order to escape, the Crotonenes who were chased by their warriors frantically knocked down the people in front with shields and pierced with guns... Alas... The river in Trionto is not deep, but almost no one fell in the river. Can climb again, because once it falls, not only is there no one to support, but because of the original heavy equipment and the constant crowding of other people, it will eventually drown in the river... In fact, whether it is the pursuit of heavy infantry, or The casualties caused by our light infantry's long-range attacks couldn't make up for the river's damage to the Crotones... that must be Poseidon's anger! I couldn't help but think of the expeditionary forces in Kentry. The scene of the war between the Te River and the Persians... Alas, after the battle ended, when I returned, I saw that the Triminto River was full of Crotone bodies, as if the river was blocked. The scalp is numb! It is said that there were more than 3,500 corpses later recovered, which is not considered to be drifting into the sea..."

………………………

Crotone soldiers who fled back to the South Bank had no time to breathe.Although the heavy infantry of Dionynia was exhausted, under the urging of Davos, he was still attacking and continued to exert psychological pressure on the defeated soldiers; while the large number of free civilian light infantry did not have the burden of heavy armor, they were pursuing The main force, they swooped up from the flanks, almost wrapped the entire Crotone right wing dumplings, the Crotonene who lost their fighting spirit blocked in the front, and later chased after the desperate situation, they all surrendered.

After the light infantry handed over these captives to the heavy infantry, they continued to pursue them.

At this time, the cavalry became the main force of the pursuit. Nearly three hundred cavalry spread out under the leadership of Ledes, crushing the crushing soldiers back and forth. The Crotonians were not injured by the running horse and were unable to be injured. He was forced to change the escape route and was eventually captured by the light infantry who caught up.

Crotone soldiers fled along the road, and eventually fell to the road because they were exhausted, or like soldiers such as Tratus who had been captured once, seeing hopeless escape, simply squatted down and surrendered... In the end, The Dionysian light infantry all worked together to escort the prisoners.

In the end, Crotonians fled into the swamp area, and many people broke into the danger zone in a panic.The Dionysian cavalry also followed into the swamp, but because of the unfamiliar terrain, many horses fell into the mud, and because the sky was getting darker, they eventually had to give up chasing.

The battle that determined the fate of Dionia and Crotone ended.

The Crotone side invested about 27,000 people, and finally 7,000 casualties (because it was defeated, wounded soldiers are almost impossible to escape), about 12,000 people were captured, and 8,000 people fled the battlefield. Only the real escape to Crimea Less than 5,000 people, more than 3,000 people were lost in forests and swamps, some were able to escape a few days later, and some were never able to come out.Under the protection of the guards, Milon luckily fled back to Crimea.

The Dionysia side also invested about 24,000 people, and ended up with more than 4,000 casualties, winning a brilliant victory.

…………………

On this day, the chief general of the city of Castellon, Amiclis, has been uneasy and closely watching the development of the entire battle. In order to ensure that the Dionysian light infantry has sufficient firepower, Davos once asked Castellon to provide enough Arrows and javelins, so Amilis is also responsible for the organization and delivery of military material to the battlefield.When the Crotone troops who were walking downstream were annihilated, he got news even earlier than Daveus. At that time, he excitedly told the members of the Castron Council that Dionia had won the game. set.

Everyone will be suspicious. After all, Crotone has been tyrannical in Great Greece for many years. The city states have feared it, and its main force has not been compromised. Who knows whether it will force it back.

Until an hour later, countless corpses floated down the Trionto River, attracting people from all over the city to watch the port. After the guards checked them, they were all Crotone.When the news came out, Castron's uneasy heart finally fell: Definitely, the Dionysian Union won!Our Dionysian League has won!!

When cheers rang through the city, the shadow of Crotone's threat in the Castrons was finally eliminated.The general and the members of the council looked at each other with a gratifying smile: they endured the threat of Crotone, and the decision to venture to support Dionysia was indeed correct!

When Daveus led his army back to Castellon, the whole city was already illuminated by candlelight.Amiglisi led the members of the council and the people out of the city to greet him. The momentum was so loud that, somewhat beyond Davies' expectations, he hurriedly dismounted and walked.

"Wan Sheng, the Dionysian League!!!" A landslide and tsunami-like cheering broke out from the crowd, deafening.

"Congratulations, Master Davers! It's unbelievable, you have achieved a brilliant victory!" Amiclis congratulated Davies heartily.

"It's all thanks to Hades! And you guys-the full help of the Castron people!" Daveus responded modestly.

"Crotone's defeat after this battle, I'm afraid I can't attack anymore." Amiclis wondered politely about Davis' next plan.

Of course, Daphes heard his implication, and smiled slightly: "If the injured lion does not take the opportunity to hunt, should we wait for it to recover and come to revenge! Tomorrow we will attack Crimea, take it, and then force it. Rotone!"

Amelis was relieved, and reminded: "I think Crotone might ask for peace talks just like last time, in order to release these captives."

"Peace talk?" Daveus sneered a few times, staring at the 12,000 captives who had been escorted past him. He initially wanted to force these captives to be the vanguard tomorrow, to attack Crimea and even Croto. Inside, if you want to come to Crotone to face the attack of your compatriots, you will inevitably shrink your hands, so that Dionia can easily seize the two cities. This is one of the common tactics for Mongolians and Jurchens to seize the world.

However, Daphes, who had lived in this era for a year and a half, thought about it and chose to give up.Because he knew that the Greeks of this era still retain some of the characteristics of the ancient era, respecting heroes, advocating power, and loving positive fighting.It is understandable to kill the enemy in battle, but it is undoubtedly chilly and contemptuous to use the captives to attack the city to win.So in the past city-state wars, no one has ever done it.