Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

As for the rumor that “Dionia also possesses ballistas”, he was not convinced about this. Lockley, who had been established for hundreds of years, could not create such a powerful siege weapon. How could the Dionysian League of 1949 have it!(The Fourth Army of Dionynia attacked Knapitija with a ballista. Because of its remoteness, not many people knew it. The Trina knew, but at the request of the Dionyans, they Try to keep this secret)

"Closer! Closer!..." Diopantos excitedly urged the Syracuse to move the ballista forward, for which the whole army was also moving forward.He wanted to make the ballista bombardment more precise, and smash the walls built by the Dionysians to make them nowhere to hide!He wanted to watch them hide in panic under the impact of stone bombs, or be forced to leave the camp and come out to meet.

Although Dionysius gave Facie Pesas and his order to contain the Dionysian army in Colenia, but if there is a good chance, Diopantos certainly does not mind defeating them and breaking Dai The Onia army has no record of defeat in Greater Greece so far, earning greater honor for itself.

Looking at the Syracuse gunner in the front, he put a heavy stone shell into the cannon. Diopantos looked at Dionynia's camp with anticipation, and then he was surprised to see ten small black spots from the enemy camp. Fly out, whistling and falling into the Lockley array...

"Ballista!!" Diopantos screamed, and with his exclamation, countless screams occurred in the team.

Because the stone bomb is hit by a large arc, the lethality is actually not great, but the effect is too amazing, the hands are broken, the legs are folded, the head is flat, if the shield is used to block, the shield will break. Die.Such a terrible phenomenon, how can we not let the surrounding Lockey soldiers who have never experienced the ballistic artillery strike feel terrified, the morale suddenly dropped by half.

When the team was panicking and disturbed, Dionysia's second wave of stone bomb strikes came again, and the Lockley soldiers panicked around to avoid the whole formation.

"Retreat! Quickly retreat!!!" The stone bomb continued to fall, and one fell near Diopantos, scaring him to ignore the Syracuse ballista in front, and hurriedly gave orders.

But when the retreating trumpet sounded, the east, west, and south gates of the Dionysian battalion suddenly opened at the same time, and the soldiers who had already been prepared quickly poured out in order.The cavalry charged ahead, followed by light infantry, light armor, and finally heavy infantry. Although they were destined to be unable to catch up with the running enemy, they could hold the line for the troops in front to prevent the opponent from counterattack.

Rockets that have been hit by falling bombs have low morale and the fragmented army of the array is retreating in a mess. Seeing Dionyssia’s entire army exhausted, a black piece (because of the color of the weapons and equipment), toward the menacing They rushed, even if Diopantos had a heart to fight back, he had lost control of the army, and the soldiers lacked the courage to fight, and ran back after each other.

Saubercos led the cavalry, chasing the enemy from the outside with the faith of revenge for his comrades.

Instead of using spears, the Dionysian cavalry drove horses and slammed them, making the scattered squadrons more scattered, making it impossible to reform.After the thousand cavalrymen were crushed for a while, the horse itself instinctively slowed down. Saubercos saw the collapse of the soldiers in front of him gradually sparse, decisively raised his spear, and continued to draw circles in the air.

"Get them east!" Sorberkos shouted loudly.Under his command, the cavalry began to separate to the left and right, drawing an arc, and began to drive the broken soldiers to the east. The light infantry and light armor also cooperated with the cavalry.

Most of the Lockley soldiers were like headless flies. Under the deliberate drive of the Dionysian soldiers, they could not tell the difference between southeast and northwest, and only escaped in the direction of least pressure.

At this time, the Siracusa forces outside Dongying were also bombarded by Dionysian ballistas without defense, but the experienced Syracuses did not panic and quickly stabilized their positions and withdrew. After a certain distance, they began to fight back with ballistas. The two sides were in a state of confrontation. The cracked soldiers of Lockley rushed into the tide and immediately disrupted the left wing of the Syracuse.

How could Dracos in the camp let this great opportunity happen and immediately ordered: The whole army attacked!

The soldiers of the Fifth Legion quickly rushed out of the camp.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Fasi Pesas decisively ordered: retreat.

The Syracuse army quickly withdrew, and at the same time tried its best to maintain a fairly uniform queue, squeezing the scattered Lokeri soldiers behind.

The Dionysian cavalry and the fourth soldiers continued to chase the five or six miles, and until the enemy’s brigade came up, Epitanes ordered the troops to return to the camp, because he was impressed by the fierce cavalry of Syracuse. , Worried that the soldiers who were tired and scattered would suffer.In fact, the Siracusa cavalry and the mercenary cavalry had already gone to Hebronian with Dionysius, and it was only the Lockley cavalry that appeared here.

Under the supervision of Drakos, the Fifth Legion without the help of cavalry continued to chase until the lightest armor of the best runners had weakened their legs and legs, before the trumpet sounded.

On the way back to the city, Diopantos, who lost his helmet and unloaded his armor, met Fasi Pesas, who was in a bad mood in the first battle and was in a bad mood.

This was the first time the Dionysian ballista was used in the field, and it hit the uninformed Silo coalition by surprise.The ballista itself killed only dozens of people, but it caused panic in the Lockley army, creating conditions for the raid of the 4th Legion of Dionysia, and the 4th Legion’s raid and subsequent expulsion of the defeated soldiers caused Greek hope. The collapse of the Silo Allied Forces.

In this battle, the Silo Allied Forces suffered more than 1,000 casualties, including more than 500 captives, mainly Lockley soldiers. It was also a big victory for the Dionysian Southern Front troops.

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Late at night receiving an urgent request for help from Trina, Asistes was taken aback.

Yasisters can become the acting chief executive of Knapetia. In fact, Daves and Yasisters had rich administrative experience in the mountains of Lucania and rich military experience. Served as Knapetia-this is the majority of the Bruti people and the manager of the southern border city of Dionia. He fought for the Senate, because he is not a veteran, so he can only be an agent. The Chief Executive has assumed the role, but the experience of serving as the Chief Executive of the City has laid the foundation for Yasistus to be elected to the Senate next year.

After Assis took office, he used the experience learned in the Lucania region to effectively alleviate the ethnic conflicts between the Brutus and the new Greeks in Knapetiya, and used Knapetiya’s The geographical location and the vigorous development of trade relations with Trina and other South Italian alliances have improved the living conditions of the originally poor Knapetiya people, making Knapetiya politically stable in recent years and not disappointing Davis’s Expect.

At this time, the news that "the Syracuse people approached Trina in such a short time" made him very uneasy.He understands the battle plan of the Southern Italian League: Trina, Crotone, and Siriting jointly defend the West Coast Passage, preventing the Syracuse army from invading the Southern Italian League territory, and serving as the main force of Dionysia. Hurry up and win back time.

Originally, Yasisters estimated that the total number of civic soldiers in the three city states of Crotone, Silitine, and Trina combined was more than 30,000, plus the Rama with a wide river surface and a deep river bottom. The natural barrier of the Tuo River should not be a big problem for ten or twenty days.Moreover, once the use of troops is late, the reserve soldiers throughout the Bruti region can also provide timely help.

But he did not expect that the Syracuse would come so fast, far beyond the speed of mobilization, assembly, and marching of most Greek city-state troops.Of course, the Siracusa army was already mobilized and assembled, but it was enough to allow such a large army to complete the approach from the landing to the march to Trina in three days, which is enough to show that the Sicilian dictator Dionysius is preparing for this war. The fullness and determination is great!

Can you send troops to help?Yasisters hesitated because Daveus wrote to him personally a few days ago, in which he reminded him repeatedly: To strengthen the city defense and strengthen the defense, once the Syracuse broke through the line of defense, he must Do everything possible to keep Knapetia, and not allow the Syracuse to step into the territory of Bruti!

But Trina has a close relationship with Dionia!Not to mention their firm support for Dionia in the Confederation of Southern Italy, and because of the close distance between Knapetiya and Trina, the trade is frequent and the relationship is very good.If you don’t save your life once you die, you’re afraid that it will destroy the Trina’s good impression of Dionysia and the good business that the Dionyan Union has established in Great Greece after years of hard work!

After thinking about it, Yasisters finally made up his mind.

He made a commitment to Trina's messenger: Hades is on, and he will lead Knapetia's reinforcements to Trina early tomorrow morning!

After sending away the grateful messenger, Yasistes decided to write a letter to the newly appointed Chief Executive of Cosenza, Silos, telling him of the new developments of the Syracuse army and his own concerns, and asking him for help.He believes that the former captain of Davers will make the right choice!

After writing, he asked his men to set off immediately with a letter, and rushed to Cosenza in the night.Then he called the patrol captain who had just fallen asleep and asked him to notify the reserve soldiers of the Fifth Legion to gather in the square tomorrow morning.

After doing these things, Yasisters returned to his bedroom, exhausted physically and mentally.

His wife Tina was still asleep, and she saw that her husband was very worried and asked with concern in Greek: "What happened?"