Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

At this time, Timo Grasse can be regarded as a rock and smashed his foot. The retreat during the war, even if it is only a small part, is very dangerous. If you are not careful, it will lead to the overall defeat.

Fortunately, the soldiers of Tarantum were in a state of complete defense for a long time. When the enemy in front of them had disappeared, most of them had not fully reacted.Watching the enemy retreat in front of them, revealing a big gap, the already exhausted Tarantum soldiers could not believe their eyes, but they were ecstatic.

"The enemy was repulsed by us!!!"

"The enemy ran away! We... we won!!!!"

In the battlefield, how could the soldiers who had been enveloped by the shadow of death for more than an hour think so much, just like the drowning drowning man who even had to see a straw floating, they had to hold it tightly, they Cheering, joy seemed to replace fatigue.They rushed out of the gap desperately, and also drove the adjacent soldiers to run out involuntarily.

When Aqita found that the situation was abnormal, the entire army was like a flood that was not only mentioned, not only the soldiers were rushing towards the gap, but the high fighting spirit accumulated was quickly taken away.

"Stop it for me! Don't mess up! Stay in shape and rush out!..." Archita desperately wanted to calm down the messy soldiers, but only in vain.On the contrary, the Pucciti increased their offensive force, and forced the Tarantum to accelerate towards the gap, and Akita was also pushed into the gap by the crowd of people.

"General, it's useless, let's run away!" the adjutant persuaded urgently.

The unshakable soldiers were completely powerless to resist the Puchetti's full offensive, and casualties began to increase.The continuous screams came into Aceta's ears, making him more anxious, and watching the surrounding guards also became panic. He had to cheer up and screamed: "Kill me !Follow me to kill!!!!!"

Aceta attempted to direct the soldiers to concentrate their forces, sprint to the west, strive to widen the gap, and even defeat the Igratias, so that more people can escape the encirclement.However, on one side were the enemies who attacked the victory, on the other side were soldiers who had no warfare, and most of them just fled and ignored his orders.

Tarantum’s civic soldiers still lack training and experience!With a deep sigh in his heart, he was still thinking in his mind at this time: What would happen if Daveus led the Dionysian army to face this situation?

Just as he was distracted, the guards had surrounded him and pushed out the gap under the push of the soldiers.

"General, let's run away!" the adjutant hurriedly urged.

Where can I escape?In Archie's vision: a team of enemy rides is galloping on a flat field in the distance, using javelins and spears to reap the lives of Tarantum soldiers who only care about the escape; while close by, several teams of enemy riders are riding He rushed towards him violently, yelling something in his mouth...

"Unfortunately, I haven't researched the lifting equipment..." Aceta sighed again. He regretted academically. The Greek city-state he always admired in southern politics should unite against foreign enemies. This ideal , Dionysia seems to be finishing...

At this moment, he left all attachments and regrets behind his head, pulled out the saber, and took the lead, rushing towards the enemy...

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The setting sun was falling, tired birds returned to their nests, the dust on the battlefield was dispersed, and the sound of the killing went away, leaving only the corpses running across the field, and the blood drifted.

Tremoni, accompanied by Generals Timothy Grasse and Pucciti, came to the body of Aceta.

The young military general, a Greek mathematics genius and the people of Tarantum, had high hopes and three javelins in his body fell among several horse corpses.The strange thing is that there is no pain and anger on his gray face, but rather very quiet...

"I thought it was a great person, but a young man with no beard!" a general Pucciti grumbled disdainfully.

Tremoni stared at him until he closed his mouth.

He stared at Aceta's body and said after a while: "Cut off his head, show it to the Greeks in Brindisi, and bury his body."

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It wasn't until late at night that a few soldiers spent all their hardships and fled back to Tarantum before the people learned that the 6,000 soldiers had almost been annihilated by the whole army.

Compared with the defeat of the battle, the sacrifice of a large number of citizens, and the whereabouts of Aceta, the Senate was more shocked by the combination of Pucciti and Mesapi, which doubled the pressure on Tarantum.

An emergency meeting was held late in the night at the Old House of Tarantum, and it was found that the defeat of this battle actually reduced the number of people in the old house by nearly one-twentieth, because at least six veterans including Aceta have so far There is no news.

The people discussed with grief how to deal with the next difficult situation.After this battle is over, Brindisi will be besieged by the Mesapi-Puceti coalition, and the main force of the Puceti people also surrounds Manduria.The casualties of nearly 6,000 young and strong citizens, coupled with repeated battles in the past few months, the loss of the Tarantum civic soldiers has reached as many as 10,000, which can be said to be hurting, not to mention being trapped in two. There are nearly 6,000 civic soldiers in the city, so Tarantum has more than enough remaining power to defend, and his offensive is insufficient.

However, in this way, the territory that the citizens exchanged for blood and life was abandoned. Not only the elders of the Senate could not accept it, and the people would never agree, so the only way was to request reinforcements.

But who to ask for help has become the focus of debate.It now appears that the strength of Heraklia and Metapontoum, the affiliated allies, can send three or four thousand people is their limit, and Tarantum will face the attack of the 20,000 or 30,000 Mayp coalition forces. This force is far from enough.Tarantum's only option is to ask for help from a powerful city-state, so there are not many targets for Tarantum.

The Sparta in the east is the mother state of Tarantum. The relationship between the two has been good. During the Peloponnesian War, Tarantum stood on the side of Sparta, between the two city-states. The friendship of the country adds weight, which is the choice of some conservative elders headed by the consul Diomeras; The west of Dionysia, as an ally of Tarantum, quickly became a possession within two years The alliance of six cities and two affiliated city-states has almost failed the battles. One of them has dispatched an army of 20,000 people. Its strength is evident, and it can deal with the large number of Maple coalition forces. This is another ruling. Opinions of the official Yumakas and some veterans; there are also some veterans who mentioned Syracuse in the south. Due to the relationship of Sparta, Tarantum and Syracuse still have some contacts, but as a big The Greek city-state, Tarantum is also alert to Syracuse’s involvement in Southern Italian affairs. Moreover, Syracuse is still fighting Carthage at this time. How could he have the power to assist Tarantum, so it is not considered. .

At the end of the discussion, most people tended to ask Dionia for help.As Yumakas said: "When the Dionysian Davos was the mercenary leader, we at Tarantum helped them selflessly, and Aceta led our civilian soldiers to help them defeat Lucanians; when they secretly occupied Amendola, we took the risk of offending other big Greek city-states, selflessly helped them, recognized their legitimacy to occupy Amendola, and provided them with Food to protect them from Turri’s attack; when Turrii was burned down, and when Dionia was attacked by Crotone, we still extended their friendly hands to them... It is because of our selfless help time and time again in Tarantum that we have today’s Dionysian city-state alliance (of course, Yomakas directly ignored the fact that Tarantum did not send reinforcements under the covenant)! The Tarantum people are not asking for rewards for giving others favors. But we should also give Dionysians who enjoy our help, and the uneasy Dionysians have an opportunity to reward us!..."

"That's right, Lord Archon! We should generously give Dionia a chance to repay us!..." In fact, regardless of the distance between the city-states and the current strength status, Dionysia is asking for help The best choice is that there is already a covenant between the two states, and Sparta and Persia are at war.It was only in the past that Tarantum was ashamed of Dionysia’s assistance in sending troops, and his restraint as a long-established power in Great Greece, such hesitation appeared.Yumakasi's gentle words satisfied the vanity of the veterans, and finally reached a consensus on the appeal for help.

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"Achita is dead?!!!" Daveus looked incredulous.

"Yes, Lord Archon. Several soldiers who fled back to Tarantum said this morning that they saw the Mesapi on the battlefield and carried away the body of General Aceta..." Tarantum The messenger Polidorus said painfully.

"How could a group of soldiers who were busy escaping to see clearly?!" Daveus was still reluctant to believe this fact: "Maybe he was wounded and captured?"

"We also hope that General Aceta is still alive, but even if he is still alive and falls in the hands of the Mesapi, he..." Polydorus said, unable to continue.

Daphes understood what he meant: As the main general of the Tarantum army, Aceta and the Mesapi people had almost no victory against him, especially this time attacking Manduria and Brindisi, What a blow to the Mesapi people, I'm afraid they can't drink his blood or eat his meat!If this time really fell into their hands, Akita's fate can be imagined!