Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Although we have failed in the battle, Crotone can at least organize another 10,000 to 20,000 civic soldiers. If Dionysia wants to attack the city, we will definitely give them a heavy blow! At that time, Dionia will attack for a long time. We can only ask for peace talks, and we will take the initiative by then. Maybe we may find some opportunities to attack and defeat the Dionysians while defending Crimea City!"

After Milon finished speaking, everyone fell into contemplation.

Euripps said: "So, Crimea City will become the battlefield again."

This sentence awoke the top of Crimea, but Milon quickly answered: "Yes, the city of Crimea is the key to the next war, but the defenders will be Crotone soldiers. If the people of Rimesa feel that it is dangerous, they can go to Crotone to take refuge, and we will provide them with a good living security until the war is over. If the city’s houses and property are damaged, Crowe Tori will also make compensation..."

Milon was very thoughtful, leaving everyone with nothing to say, and his words reminded these people indistinctly: Crimea was full of Crotone soldiers, even if they wanted to communicate with Dioni in private In the Asian peace talks, I have to ask Crotone soldiers whether the shield spears disagree, which angered Crotone and the situation would only get worse!

"General Milon, Crimea will fully support your engagement with Dionia here!" Anta Oris quickly made a clear statement on behalf of the council.

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In the early morning of the next day, Davers assembled two legions and two reserve brigades, with a total of about 16,000 people (this refers to the number of combat soldiers, excluding engineering battalions, medical battalions, yin battalions, cavalry squads, trumpeters, etc. ) March to the city of Crimea.

In the morning, the Dionyan army reached the swamp area.

Davis left an engineering battalion of the Legion to investigate the geographic conditions of the swamp, fill the swamp as soon as possible, construct roads, and erect bridges over the Lacoeli River to facilitate the smooth passage of future transportation convoys, and at the same time build the future Castron-Crimea Avenue is considered.In order to prevent being attacked by Crotonians, he also left two reserve brigades to build a camp here, in addition to protecting the engineering camp and the Castron people involved in the construction, but also to protect this transportation line.

Then, Davers took the lead and walked through the swamp with the soldiers.

In the afternoon, the Dionysian army entered Crimea.

At this time, more than 5,000 soldiers in Crotone on the walls of Crimea were waiting in line.

Daveus rode close to the city of Crimea. After observing for a while, he gave up the idea of ​​an immediate attack and ordered a camp.

The captain of the legion's siege camp immediately came to inquire about Davies' requirements for the camp. Davies pointed to the city of Crimea and said, "First surround it from the north."

The captain of the engineering battalion took the lead and immediately led the engineering technicians to inspect the terrain and water resources, calculate the area of ​​the camp based on the number of troops... and so on, and select the site for the camp.Soon after, he took his men at a distance of 400 meters from the city and began to insert a thin wooden pole every 20 meters...

At the command of the two captains of Capps and Drax, in addition to the two brigades responsible for the vigilance and the cavalry squad of Ledes, the rest of the soldiers immediately became construction workers, some were responsible for logging, and some were responsible for digging trenches. , Some of them are responsible for the construction of the earth wall... The whole army is running in an orderly manner, and even Daveus picked up the pickaxe to participate in the excavation...

Milon noticed on the city wall that the Dionysian army did not immediately attack the city, and he was fortunate in the disappointment.But then, the scene of the construction of the camp by the Dionysian army was so lively and spectacular, and the camp was so close to the city, which was beyond his expectations. He couldn't help but think of an idea: sneak attack out of the city.

However, the two heavily armed teams of Dionysia, the heavy infantry waiting for work, and the cavalry cruising under the city, let him dispel the idea. He did not think that the Crotone soldiers who had just experienced defeat had the courage to leave the city. A large number of Dionysians fielded.

He could see that the Dionysians wanted to besiege Castron, but as long as he could delay the time, he raised his hands in favor of the other party's approach.

The Dionysian camps are very efficient.By dusk, they had dug a trench of up to three miles in length and built a wall of earth to wrap the east, west and north breads of Castellon.Now, some soldiers set up Luzhai in front of the trenches, and some build camps in the earth walls... Originally, the packs of the engineering battalion had quick disassembly and assembly of wood, which can quickly build camp gates, sentries, and fences (this is Dave Sri Lanka’s “modular” proposal to the engineering battalion, the result of trial and error by engineers and carpenters), was not able to be transported to Crimea in time because the piggy carts in the swamp area were extremely prone to sludge.

Even so, Milon was amazed. He certainly would not know that there was a special item called "Building a Camp" in Dionysia's military training program.Seeing the soldiers' more nervous expression, he finally made up his mind.

Late in the night, he decided to use the 500 soldiers to attack the camp when the Dionysians marched for a long time and tired from the construction of the camp, creating chaos, even if it was only a small setback to the enemy, it could boost the downturn. Morale.

According to observations made by warships at sea during the day, trenches were dug to the north of Camp Dionia. Milon was afraid of landing attacks from the coast north of Camp Dionia. Once found, he would not be able to return, so he chose to rely on the south of his camp. This side of the sea.

500 Crotone soldiers approached the Dionysian camp quietly, and while walking carefully through the Luzhai area, they were found by the dark whistle behind the earth wall by the light of the torches inserted in the earth wall, he quickly touched it back Camp account, quietly wake up the team leader, and wake up the other people in the camp account one by one.

"Laris, you are doing very well! Now, you take my nameplate to the rear battalion and inform the cavalry that there is an enemy attack!" Team captain Ketips praised the recruit who was still a reserve citizen and will An egg-sized three-legged dog iron statue engraved with legion, company and squad numbers was handed to him.

"Follow your orders!" Larry turned and ran out.

Ketips asked his team to continue to inform other teams and company captain Trotilas, but he rushed to the wall with several soldiers to check the situation and found that the number of enemies was not too large, so he had an idea.

Crotone soldiers crossed the Luzhai area, climbed over the trenches, and overturned the earth barriers. When they saw that the enemy camp hadn't moved, they couldn't help but get excited.They began to ignite the firelighters they carried with them. There was still a distance between the enemy's camp and the wall barrier. They carefully continued to speed up.

Suddenly, the sole of the soldier walking in front suddenly sank, and the sole of the sunken foot was immediately pierced by a sharp object, and could not help screaming.It turned out that after the barrier, the Dionysians also set up barriers. When the enemy breaks through the camp wall, they can block the speed of the enemy's breakthrough in order to rearrange the defense and counterattack.

While the enemy was in a state of panic, the Dionysian soldiers ran from behind the camp and threw intensive javelins at the Crotone soldiers. Many people screamed and fell. The rest of the soldiers had the courage to fight. They Frightened and turned to escape...

The Dionysians continued to pursue through the safe passage of the barrier.

In the silent night, the sound of fighting was particularly clear. Daveus was awakened and quickly put on his clothes to pay the bills. It happened that the captain of the guard, Martius, came to report: "The report, Lord Commander, Crotone insider, was attacked by The 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Legion repelled, and Ledes’ cavalry had already attacked. I believe the enemy could not run away."

Daveus nodded, and the distribution map of the various legions, brigades, and companies in the camp immediately appeared in his mind: "The third brigade of the Second Legion is the team of Giogris...I remember his brigade was placed in the camp. To the east, close to the estuary."

"Yes, Lord Commander."

"The team of Giogris performed very well, strictly implemented the "Military Law" sentinel duty system, and after finding the enemy, responded quickly and should be rewarded! The sentinels who discovered the enemy situation in time should be rewarded!" Aristocrat, the clerk, said.

Aristotle was busy recording, and will report to the military judge tomorrow.

"How are the other brigades?" Daveus asked again.

"All the brigades were informed in a timely manner, and no major movement was caused." Maltius replied.

Davos was satisfied with the smoothness and order of the troops who remained in contact during the night. Strict training played a role on weekdays. He smiled and said: "Crotone wants to learn us to conduct sneak attacks, but unfortunately we are not Crotone. . Everyone go to bed, to keep up their feet, and they will be busy tomorrow." After he finished, he turned into the tent and soon fell asleep.

Maltius said a few words to the guards who guarded the large account, and then left.

Only Aristotle, who was on the battlefield for the first time, could not calm his mind. He stared at the burning brazier in front of the big tent and froze for a while.When the night comes, a brazier must be erected in front of the camp’s top commander’s account, which is stipulated in the Dionysian Military Code. According to Daphes’s explanation: First, it is convenient for reporting the situation at night, and second, when the night strikes. In the event of accidents such as squadrons and battalions, soldiers in the chaos can find the commander's location at a glance, which is convenient for stabilizing their morale and reorganizing the troops.All in all, the commander is the morale and hope of the whole army. In the dark, the soldiers can see the commander’s account at any time and anywhere, which helps to eliminate their fear of darkness.

Hearing the soft snoring of Daphes in the big tent, the body felt the heat from the brazier, and the tension in Aristotle's heart was quickly dissipating...

Of the 500 people who left the city, only a few dozen escaped the interception of the Dionysian cavalry and fled back to the city.

Milon stayed for a long time after he knew it.The Dionysian seemingly rudimentary, unfinished camp was so guarded against, so unexpected, that this lesson made him finally throw away the last luck and admitted from the bottom of his heart: This branch of Dionysian The army is a well-trained army!

He decided not to take risks and defend the Crimea City with all his strength.