Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Chapter 284: The Battle of the Ellen Hills (1)

Soricos was relieved: the light shield soldiers of the seventh brigade of the First Army, he knew.In the case of a narrow mountain road without enough space to dodge, I am afraid it is difficult to escape the light shield soldier's javelin throw.

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Udairy Architect Pacy Myrus led the soldiers of the Mesapi city-state alliance to rush down the hills on both sides and struck the Tarantum in the mountain road.

The Pucciti and Igratia soldiers did not enter the battle because the scouts returned: The Dionysians also entered the Ellen Hills.

Tremoni hopes to see them rushing to reinforce the Tarantum, so even if they have more soldiers than Puchti, another ambush will make them all finished.

But the news from Scout Rider, who fled back, made his wish come true.

"What?! The Dionysians did not advance along the mountain road towards us, they disappeared?!" Tremoni scolded with his feet: "You still have a face that you don't know, don't think you are May The Sapi people, I dare not punish you! Where did the Dionysians go, you must find out for me!"

"King Puceti, the Dionysians suddenly sent hundreds of cavalry to encircle our scouts, and they were lucky to escape." Igratia's consul Timo Grasse approached and persuaded: "Dio The Niya will definitely come to the rescue of the Tarantum. The key is to know which direction they are coming from before we can intercept them in time, otherwise the situation will be very dangerous."

"Send all the cavalry and find me as soon as possible! Tens of thousands of troops, I don't believe they can hide!" Tremoni shouted angrily. The cunning Dionysian was obviously Prepared, let Tremoni's previous layout be completely ruined, and then think about the previous Dionysian army ignored the temptation of the Mep Allies and went straight to Brindisi, let Tremoni Realized: I underestimated the commander of Dionysia.

"What's the name of the young commander of Dionia?" Tremoni asked seriously.

"It seems to be... Daveus." Timo Grass replied.

Tremoni repeatedly chanted the name several times, his eyes lit with excitement...

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Taking the place where the Tarantum people were ambushed as the center of the circle, each mountain path and the low part of each hill to the south have cavalry fighting, and Daveus seized the time to scatter the mountain investigation team , Probing the way ahead, under his guidance, he led the army in the direction of killing the sky.

But Daveus did not expect that the hills here are not too high, but they occupy a large area. Sometimes the hills are connected and there is no path to pass through, only passing through the low places between the hills.So what was originally envisaged was just a small circle going east, avoiding the ambush of the Maple Allied Forces, and unexpectedly quickly rushed to the rear of the enemy's side to rescue the Tarantum army.But in fact, this circle is getting bigger and bigger.

The continuous increase of the distance made the soldiers of Heraclea and Metapontum grieved.Although the soldiers of Dionysia were a little dissatisfied, few people spoke.

Yomakas was very anxious in his heart: the return of the detective ride and the shouting shouts from afar smashed the surviving luck in his heart, and the Mesapi people really ambush!

As soon as he remembered the warnings previously given by Daphes, he felt remorse in his heart: he didn't believe in Davos more firmly before, and he blocked the arbitrariness of Diomelas more firmly, and now he has tasted the bitter fruit.

At this moment, he pinned the hope of rescue on Davers, but he dared not urge it, so as not to annoy the young military genius and affect the rescue of the army of Tarantum.

Davers was equally anxious, and his long mountain march also upset him.The soldiers were tired, he looked at them, the battlefield should be not far ahead, and the fighting and screaming became more and more clear, but he was not sure if there were any difficult hills ahead, forcing them to have to Went around again.

"Master Commander, Izam is back!" Tormid shouted in front.

"Quick! Bring him here soon!" Daveus hurried forward.

"Master Commander, in front...you don't have to detour in front, you can go directly..." Yizam panted, saluted angrily, and said eagerly: "You can reach the battlefield in two more hills. But My subordinates found that the enemy was also rushing here!"

Daphes calmed down at this moment: after such a long time, the Maple Allied Forces detected that the movement of his army was normal, and they were on the inside. There was no regret that they rushed in front of him to intercept.However, the other party hurried to it. It was impossible to have any defensive measures, and it was even more impossible to ambush.Face to face, the Dionysian Army is not afraid of anyone, as long as there is no need to detour!

At his request, Izam drew a simple map of the front on the ground with branches.

After pointing to various points and asking them in detail, Davers thought: "Order the whole army to accelerate through the hill, and then expand the formation. The first army is on the left, the second army is on the right, and the rest of the troops are in preparation. team!"

"Yes!" Tolmed replied excitedly.

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In fact, Dionysian reinforcements made a big circle. They had approached the exit of the Ellen hills, which was equivalent to reaching the rear of the Maple Allied forces, where the terrain gradually calmed down.

The Dionyan army crossed the trail between the hills, and the continuous hills lay in front of them. Fortunately, these hills were only 30 meters high, and they were easy to climb.

Turn it over to reach the battlefield!The Dionyan soldiers listened to the sound of fighting from the hill, and they heard a clear sound in their ears. Watching more and more interracial people appear on the hill, the fighting in their hearts began to boil...

Finally caught up!Tremeni, the king of Puchetti, climbed the hill, overlooking the Greek soldiers who were constantly pouring out of the mountain road in front of him, and breathed out.

"King, look there!" A Puchti general pointed down the mountain. Several Greeks wearing bright crowned helmets were walking along the path in front of the hill and galloping, stopping and pointing from time to time. Here, discuss what.Behind them was a team of soldiers, one of them was holding a golden banner.

"Dai-Fu-S!" Tremoni whispered the name, which felt a little bit mouthful, and walked forward a few steps, subconsciously wanting to see his opponent more clearly.

"King, do you want me to send some archers down and shoot them a few arrows?" the general Puchti asked.

"Of course not!" Tremoni refused without thinking. He glanced at it and said slightly excitedly: "Let's have a match with the young Greek general and the heavy infantry of Greece on the mountain. Real contest!"

Daveus carefully controlled the war horse and ran back and forth along the mountain road to observe the entire battlefield terrain.

"Where do you think is the easiest place for us to break through?" Daveus suddenly asked.

"There!" Capps and Drakos pointed at the same place in unison.

It is the lowest point between the continuous valleys, with a height of only four or five meters, not only gentle, but also wide enough.

Daveus nodded, but reminded: "The easiest place to pass is often the most tightly defended by the enemy!"

He gazed at the two with a staring gaze: "Now, the Tarantum army is under ambush. The time is urgent. I am going to let the brigade of Amintas attack there and try to break the enemy's block in the shortest time!" A large team has the strongest comprehensive combat effectiveness, but the team led by the brave Amintas does have a stronger impact, and Davis needs the most time at this time.

Capps nodded to understand that Draco wanted to say something, and he didn't speak after listening to Daveus.

"When the legionnaires are ready, you will attack yourself!"

Capps and Draco rushed through the military salute, and ran back to their legions.

"Let Heraklia and Metapontom's army be deployed as far as possible on the right side of the Second Corps. After the Second Corps launches an attack, they can attack forward." Davers continued to order.

"Yes, Lord Commander!" Tolmed, with two heralds, immediately turned to the mountain road behind him.

Waiting for Davos to arrange everything, Yomarkas asked in doubt: "Why did Davos arrange the forces of Trifias and Tudeples on the right? This way "On the left side of the entire array, isn't the enemy array longer than ours?"

"Every battle must be arranged according to the actual situation, so that we can master the initiative of the battle. Our purpose now is to break through the enemy's blockade and rescue the ambushed Tarantum army. The enemy's purpose is to prevent us from moving forward. My The right wing has more troops than the enemy, and it is easier to form a breakthrough on the right wing. Even if the enemy blocked our left wing, but the right wing broke through, the enemy’s attempt was also defeated..." Dafus gave the order, some idle, very patient. Explained to Yomakas: "And, didn’t you find that, the farther to the right, the gentler the hills (because of the proximity to the edge of the hills), which made Heraklia and Metapontom’s less powerful combat The troops are better able to use their strength."

"But the enemy can see our formation at the top of the mountain, and it will certainly make a change," Yumakas reminded.

Davies smiled confidently: "They have no time."

Emacas was curious and asked why he did not come in time, so he listened to Daveus shouting: "Mathonis, why don't you go to lead your troops, why come here?"

"Dave...Oh, Lord Commander!" Matonis saw Dave's serious expression, and he was tense: "I...I begged...by my brigade to attack there." Matonis pointed away. Department, the breakthrough mentioned earlier.