Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Matonis cursed the timid Crotone, and reluctantly let some soldiers participate in building the bridge.

The Umbria River is not too wide or too deep, and with sufficient labor, the soldiers on both sides of the bank, under the command of the engineering staff, will soon build a wooden bridge in accordance with the steps of bridging in the Military Law After the construction was completed, Matonis received a return from the scout ride: about 8,000 Crotone light infantry attacked him!

His listless face suddenly became energetic: "Brothers, all got up for me, there was a fight!"

What kind of soldiers to bring.The soldiers who were lying and resting all over the place immediately turned over and stood up, dressed, quickly approached the earth barrier, and looked outward with excitement, and the soldiers who were building the bridge quickly hurried back.

Not long after, they saw the figure of Crotone.

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After Miron fled back to Crimea, he specifically asked about the few surviving soldiers of Philip Verdes and came to a surprising conclusion: Philippe’s army turned out to be the light infantry of Dionysia Defeated!And now he has the conditions for less heavy infantry and more light infantry, which is why he decided to learn the enemy's tactics.He even allowed some sailors of the fleet docked in the Crimea port to join the expedition.

8000 people came ashore from the south bank of the mouth of the Wembria River. Under his leadership, they marched vigorously along the Wembria River and attacked the garrison on the south bank of Dionia.

Seeing the trenches and earth walls built by the Dionysians, Milon smiled instead: The Dionysians tied their hands and feet, which was more conducive to the attack of the light infantry.

Two hundred meters away from the Dionysians, he loosened his troops and surrounded Dionyssia, a semi-arc temporary defense camp backed by the Wembria River.

With an order, the archers advanced to within 100 meters and began to shoot arrows.

For the Dionysian heavy infantry with the protection of the earth wall, the sky full of arrows and rain looks scary, and the damage to them is not great. They only need to put the round shield on the wall and block the head.The Dionysian soldiers also joked: "The Crotonians must know that our bows and arrows were almost used up in the last battle, so we kindly sent us arrows." But Dionysian The relaxed mood of the infantry soon disappeared.

Crotone light infantry continued to move forward, at a distance of about 50 meters, the accuracy of the bow and arrow greatly increased.

Of course, the heavy infantry with Oriya who are protected by a round shield and earth walls are still not damaged.

However, when the javelin of Crotone continued to advance forward to twenty or thirty meters, Dionysia heavy infantry felt the pressure.Of course, squatting behind the earth's wall will not suffer any damage at all. The enemies are light infantry anyway, and they dare not fight against them directly.But when the head-down turtle is not in the style of Matonis, not to mention that once it is shrunk to the earth wall, it can't fully understand the other party's movements. What if they bypass the defense line and go down to the river to burn the wooden bridge under construction?!

Matonis is now the commander of the South Bank forces, and he knows exactly what his responsibilities are.

"Javelin!" He roared, suddenly stood up from behind the earth wall, quickly put down the shield, leaned back, without running, only by waist strength and hand strength, the javelin in his hand threw more than 20 meters through a Kro Thorne javelin thrower chest, then immediately squat.

The Dionysian soldiers, who had been suppressed by bows and arrows and were suffocating, were ordered by Matonis and immediately began to counterattack. Numerous javelins flew over the earth walls and trenches, plunged into the army formation of Crotone, and splashed a flower. A blood flower.Crotone's arrows and javelins also poured on Dionysian heavy infantry, and casualties on both sides began to increase.

Before the bow formation, Milon paid attention to the development of the battle. He began to realize the benefits of using a large number of light infantry to attack simple heavy infantry.Unfortunately, the Dionysian heavy infantry is not a traditional Greek heavy infantry. The javelin they throwed caused great damage to Crotone’s weakly protected javelin throwers, and the ratio of casualties between the two sides was also quite different.

However, Milon believes that the replacement of several light infantry with one heavy infantry is a business worth doing. Crotone now has no shortage of freeman sailors, but only citizens who are heavy infantry.

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"Captain Epitanis, the enemy offensive on the south bank is fierce! Captain Matonis hopes to get your reinforcements!" The herald brought the message from Matonis.

"I know!" Epitanius frowned, responding, and he thought for a while, and said, "Ampiorex!"

"Subordinates are here!"

"I want you to lead the trooper, and immediately cross the river to support Matonis!" Epithenis looked at the captain of his trooper and asked, "Remember! Never enter Matonis' camp, otherwise it will be small The camp will make you unable to evade the attack of the large number of light infantry in Crotone! You must go around the enemy and attack the enemy with a super long range of slings!"

"I understand, Captain!" Ampiolex was busy calling for his soldiers.

The formation of the Light Infantry Brigade (the 7th Brigade) in the Dionysian Army is somewhat different from the heavy infantry.According to the "Regulations on Military Law", the heavy infantry brigade has five companies, each with a strength of 200 and a total of 1,000 personnel. The light infantry brigade, although it has a strength of 1,000, has only three companies, each of which is a slinging company. , Archer Company, Javelin Company, the number of companies under each company is variable.

This is because the light infantry has a higher technical content than the heavy infantry, and the javelin is better. The archers and slingers are difficult to become a qualified light infantry without long-term training, so Dionia The composition of the Legionary Light Infantry Brigade is often determined by the actual situation in the area where it is located.For example: the first legionary light infantry brigade, the numbers of the three arms are not much different, but its javelinmen are actually Thracian light shield soldiers; the second legionary light infantry brigade mainly comes from the reserve citizens of Turui, most of them come from Freemen and sailors, so there are more archers and some light shield soldiers; and the light infantry brigade of the Third Army is mainly from the Lukalia, so the javelin soldiers are mostly.Because the light infantry formation is loose, flexible, and rarely in direct contact with the enemy, the light infantry has more and fewer types of arms, which have little impact on command operations.

"Captain, Ampiorex took the troopers, will the Croto internal warships moored in the river see the reduction in our number, take the opportunity to go up the river and come to destroy our newly built wooden bridge..." Light Shield company captain Zeniaris said worriedly.

"I really want them to come. Even if we have fewer soldiers, I have the confidence to destroy them! Instead of attacking and retreating like the present, let the wooden boat staying there hold us in and cannot reinforce the comrades on the other side!" Epidnis said angrily.

"Since they don't come, we can't attack them in the past!" a handsome young man interjected in a guard beside Epitenius.

Epidnis slapped it on the back of his head with a slap, laughing and cursing: "Fool, where the enemy warships are moored, the river bank is low, we are going to attack those warships as if they were attacking the enemies on the city walls. , I’ve lost a lot and my enemies have a small loss. What kind of battle would I Epistis do in a battle that knows to lose?!"

"Now we are located in the highlands of the river bank, and there are barricades on the surface of the river. Enemies knowingly rowing here will be passively beaten. Will they do such a silly thing?!" the handsome guard asked.

Epitanius was at a loss for a while, and then he nudged him with his hand again, then smiled and scolded: "Okay, you are very good now!" Then, he sighed helplessly: "It seems that we are fighting with the enemy's warships. Going on, the commander asked us to protect the wooden bridge. I thought it was a simple task, and now it seems that it is really a troublesome thing!"

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At the time of Milon’s battle with Matonis, Davers had received news that although Milon dared to attack with light infantry, Daves was surprised, but he did not have any concerns: "Notify Ledes, his The cavalry squadron was temporarily placed under the command of the 1st Legion. I believe Capps will soon repel the enemy!

Capus, the first army commander authorized by Daphes, immediately mobilized three heavy infantry brigades and cavalry squads, striding across the river quickly, and wanted to go around to the rear of the Crotonenes and cut off his retreat.

Who knows, Milon was informed that Dionysia's reinforcements were coming soon, and in the case of taking advantage, he simply ordered a retreat.

This battle hastily ended.Of the 2,000 heavy infantry led by Matonis, 500 were casualties, most of them wounded.More than 700 of Miron’s 8,000 people were injured or killed, but many died.But Matonis thinks he has suffered a loss, and Milon believes that Crotone won a small victory, because the arrogance of the Dionysians was hit, which will delay the progress of building the camp and siege of Crimea.

But when Miron returned to the city, he immediately received the bad news: a large army came from the north and was entering the barracks of Dionia.

That must be Niutum's reinforcements!Milon suddenly became nervous.

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In fact, not only 5,000 soldiers from Niutum but also 3000 Allied Laos troops entered the Dionysian barracks, bringing Dionysian frontline strength to 22,000.

The high morale of the Dionysian barracks is full of cheers at this moment...

Daveus went out to greet the prince of Laos, Avinogis, and the first captain of the Third Army, Bakule, the adjutant Yasisters, and the second captain, Lizaru, etc. Many senior team officers.

"Sir Commander, let's be late!" Yasistus saluted respectfully, then said apologetically.

"It took more than three days to get from Nyutum to Crimea. Isn't such a march slow?" Davies praised with a smile on his face after earnest return: "You came at the right time , The next battle will depend on you!"