Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Adult, do you already have a plan?" Antonios asked busy.

Daveus looked at the two regiment commanders, his eyes gleaming brightly: "From the perspective of the Samonais on the Third Corps, their commander-in-chief is a decisive and capable person, plus The Samonais are more arrogant, then..."

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The army of Syracuse worked hard all night, and accidents occurred frequently.Therefore, on the next day, almost all the soldiers were resting.

The camps of the Syracuse army stretched for more than a dozen miles, occupying all the vacant land from the mountains on the west side to the coast, and cut off the north-south traffic.The camp is actually a tent hurriedly built by soldiers. There are no simple fences and earth barriers on the periphery, and there is no protection at all.Of course, the neighboring hostile city-state Kaurenia and the west of the mountains were already deterred by Siracusa's huge force. It is not enough to protect themselves, and how dare to take the initiative.

At noon, Dionysius woke up from a deep sleep, had just eaten breakfast, and was about to discuss with his relative De Modokas about sending troops, and received an urgent report from the guards: appeared in the territory of Kaurenia About 20,000 coalition forces of the South Italian Alliance!

Dionysius was taken aback: his army had just arrived in Lockley, and the reinforcements of the Confederation of Southern Italians had arrived. How could it be so fast?Unless the enemy has long known that he will leave on that day, so he prepared in advance.But how is this possible?He also decided to go on the basis of when the Samone attacked Potentia and when Dave of Dionysia led the army to leave Turri.It was only two days from the scheduled expedition to the departure of the fleet (although the army had already assembled outside the city of Syracuse, and the fleet had been prepared for a long time, but it has been delayed), so short It was impossible for these city-states in Greece to react so quickly, so he decided to find out for himself.

As the tyrant of Syracuse, Dionysius was not just a manipulator behind the conspiracy. He used to be a hero who fought against the invasion of Carthage, otherwise he would not be panicked during the crisis of Syracuse. The people had high hopes, and they were eventually elected as generals.Even after he has sat firmly on the throne of the Lord and no longer needs to charge himself, he still takes the lead from time to time to set an example.A few years ago, he led an army to attack the important town of Carthage in Sicily, Motia. When he could not attack for a long time, he heard that the surrendering soldier said,'There is a secret road that can directly reach the core area of ​​Motia.' Immediately led 2,000 death squads over the steep backhill trail and attempted to assault the Motiya. Unfortunately, he was found by the enemy and was under siege. Fortunately, he was rescued by his mission, plus the favor of the goddess of fate, he was able to escape. disaster.

At this moment, he soon brought military adviser Fibidas, the important generals of Syracuse, Fasi Pesas and Astarages, as well as the head of the Numisbian mercenary Asirita and 500 Nu The Mbia cavalry went north.

Over 60 miles from Lockley to Cologne, along the narrow and tortuous coast, the warhorse was on a somewhat muddy and undulating muddy road. Two hours later, it entered the territory of Cologne and then Dioni Hughes saw the enemy rider patrolling ahead.

Seeing them in all black costumes, Dionysius, who had long carefully studied the army of the great Greek city-state, immediately judged: "It is the Cavalry of Dionysian!"

Hearing this, Fibydas, who was also surprised by why the South Italian League’s reinforcements came so fast, seemed to have the answer: He has been concerned about this great Greek city-state alliance that has humiliated himself. The army of Dionysian also understands that this alliance that attaches importance to the military like Sparta is indeed very different from other Greek city-states in terms of military aspects, and it is also possible to get there quickly.

The head of the Numibian mercenary, Axi Rita, blew a few whistles, and 30 Numbian cavalry rushed over, and the ten Dionyan scouts turned and ran.

The two sides started chasing, and actually let the Numibian cavalry draw the distance closer and closer, and saw that their legs were tightly clamped to the horse's belly. In such a fast Mercedes-Benz, they did not pull the horse rein by hand, but freed up their hands. , Holding a few javelins in his left hand, and withdrawing one in his right hand, his body leaned back slightly, and then threw it hard.

A dozen javelins staggered in the air, followed by several screams, three Dionysian cavalrymen were javelin thrown, and Malays were planted, and two warhorse horses were pierced by the javelin, screaming and jumping, putting the cavalry on their backs Fell down.

With just one face-to-face, the ten Dionysian scouts were reduced by half, causing the remaining Dionysian cavalry to flee desperately to the camp.

The Numibian captured two cavalry alive and escorted them to Dionysius.

Dionysius sat on the horse, looking down at them, and said coldly, "You tell me, how many soldiers are coming from the Dionysians? Who are the leaders? What is the battle plan in Cologne? Who said Well, the most detailed, I let him go."

The two Dionyan captives glanced at each other and did not speak.

Dionysius did not have the patience to wait for the two unknown pawns to speak, and sneered: "Since you don't say that, let the Numisbians send you to cross the Styx! Axi Rita!"

"Master Dionysius, I'm here!" Axi Rita smiled grimly, showing uneven yellow teeth, and his long hair covered most of his face. He jumped off the horse and pulled out the waist. Short sword, as he approached, one of the captives began to get nervous.

When Axi Rita grabbed his shoulder and pointed his throat at his throat, he shouted in panic: "I said! I said!"

Axi Rita looked back at Dionysius, and Dionysius nodded.

He released the captive and waited for him to speak again.

Then another captive shouted loudly: "Lasibulus, are you crazy! Do you want your family and children to never lift their heads and be spurned in Turui? Do you want to let yourself die after death?" Can't pass the trial of the underworld, the soul is pushed into the terrifying hell of the sword and the fire!......"

"What are you waiting for!" Dionysius hurriedly shouted after the captive heard the companion's cry.

Axi Rita immediately rushed to another prisoner with a sword.

The soldier looked at the Numisbians who rushed in with evil spirits and looked calm, shouting to his teammates: "I am waiting for you in Elysee!"

The sword cut his neck, and blood spewed out like spring water, but he didn't cry out, biting his teeth, and finally fell straight.

Lasibulus looked sad, but his eyes became firm. He closed his eyes, straightened his chest, and shouted, "Come on, give me a sword! There will be my name on the Hall of Heroes!"

Axi Rita looked at Dionysius again.

Dionysius was inexplicably upset, waved his hand hard, and then drove the horse forward.

Fibidas watched the prisoner being executed, and then caught up on horseback, while sighing and said: "Really two warriors! If the Dionysian soldiers are like them, this war will be hard to fight!" To know the war between the Greek city-states, the two sides are mostly ordinary civilian soldiers. Once the war is unfavorable, it is easy to flee, and it is common to be surrendered when caught. In the end, all the battles are rare.Now that in addition to Sparta, there is more Dionysian, how can it not shock Fibidas.

"The Daphus boasted that he was Hades's "beloved", and these stupid Greeks actually believed it!" Dionysius said angrily, and then he emphasized again: "The victory or defeat of a war is determined by its strength, and it is impossible to change the battle situation by impersonating Shenjuan!

Fibidas didn't speak, but he was uneasy.

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"Commander, you see that our army has been marching since yesterday, and we are building camps again tonight. We rushed to Kaurnia early this morning, and we haven't had much rest until now. Can we just build trenches and earth barriers today? Let the brothers take a good night’s sleep and improve the camp tomorrow?" Epitanes asked Felix.

Felix was a little hesitant. Of course the soldiers were tired. He certainly saw it in his eyes, but now he is at the forefront of the battlefield. The army of Syracuse may be pressed at any time. According to the Dionysian Military Law, it must be stepped up. Build a solid camp.So he turned around and asked Draco, the commander of the Fifth Army sitting on the other side, "What do you think?"

Of course, Dracos replied without hesitation: "Even if you are tired, let the soldiers build the camp according to military regulations, and take a good rest at night."

"Your Legion will continue to work, you will do it yourself. Our Legion dug your Legion's camp last night. Of course it is more tired than you!" Epitanius glanced at Dracos with dissatisfaction.

"Okay, okay!" Felix hurried out to round the field: "The brothers are indeed very tired, but..."

Felixius was considering how to use more subtle words to express his decision, but saw that the captain of the cavalry corps, Soberkos, came in a hurry.

While Davis reformed the heavy infantry regiment, he also promoted the original cavalry brigade to a regiment.Cavalry is different from infantry. It is small and expensive, and only citizens with war horses are competent.Daveus set up the headquarters of the Cavalry Corps in Turi, and usually dispatched training officers to various cities. The cavalry was organized and trained according to plan. During the war, they were centralized and assigned to the commanders of each theater according to the needs of the battlefield situation.Up to now, the Cavalry Corps has a total of 2,000 cavalry, the commander of the Ledes, and four subordinate captains. Each captain has a rate of 500 cavalry. (For the military power of the big Greek city-state, the 500 cavalry is already a considerable size. Assault Force).This time, Davis went to Potentia, and took two cavalry from two brigades to a thousand. There were 500 riders sent to the southern front. Under the command of Felius, there were only 500 riders left to stay in Turui, patrolling the coastline, to Prevent enemies from making surprise landings.