Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

428 Battle of the Ramato River (4)

Effie Alter quickly drew back his short sword, hiding his body under a long shield, avoiding the stab guns and sabers of the front and back enemies, and the teammates on the right also grabbed the enemy and fell to the ground. Squeezed forward beside him, fighting alongside him, it also made the shield wall in front of the enemy more broken.

At the moment when the rabbit fell, Effie Alter wounded two people.

In close-fitting melee combat, the combination of the Dionysian Infantry Long Shield and the Short Sword created a greater danger than the combination of the Siracusa heavy infantry round shield and the saber. After all, the Greek saber has a certain degree of bending. It is suitable for slashing, rather than stab directly, and the round shield is not as comprehensive as the long shield.The Syracuse people had to be more focused, because the sharp blade pointed from time to time pierced through the gap between the shield and the shield, and accidentally injured.

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On the left of the coalition forces, the Crotonian civics, known for wrestling and boxing all over Greece, continued to release their violent amount.

Although Fibidas thickened the array of Syracuse's right wing, he could not increase the number of soldiers under his leadership. Therefore, under the pressure of the Crotonians, Syracuse's right wing slowly retreated, making The arc of the formation is increasingly curved.

But Fibidas is standing in front of the square phalanx and fighting with the enemy according to the tradition of the Spysbada. Even if he feels that the situation is a bit bad, he can’t leave the array to make some arrangements to change the situation on the field. He only I can hope that the mercenary cavalry can faithfully implement the plan before the war. In fact, the mercenaries of Syracuse, the mercenary cavalry, have already begun operations.

Faced with such an exciting war, the more militant Numbia and Celtic cavalry had already eagerly tried.

Axi Rita roared, and about 2,000 Numisbian cavalry followed him galloping out.

They gradually discharged a slender column in the Mercedes-Benz, quickly passing from the outside of the coalition cavalry, making a weird roar and throwing a javelin at the coalition cavalry.

The Allied Light Infantry immediately fired arrows at the enemy.

Because the Numbian cavalry is a single-row oblique forward, and the formation is loose, and in rapid movement, there are not many arrows and horses, and there are many coalition cavalry stabbed by javelins.

The cavalry of the Allied Forces began to become restless, and Sorbocos repeatedly greeted them to remain calm.

When Axi Rita led the Numisbian cavalry in a big circle, and then turned back from the dust, preparing for another round of javelin throwing, many coalition cavalry finally rushed up head-on.

With their lead, the other cavalry rushed forward.

Sobercos could not stop it at all. Although he was a temporary coalition cavalry commander, the Dionysian cavalry did not occupy the majority in the entire coalition cavalry, only 500.And in the minds of the Greeks, cavalry is a privilege of the nobles, a stage that reflects personal bravery. Its organization has always been loose, and how can it obey Sobisox's orders.

Sobercos soon discovered that only 4,000 light infantry of the Dionysian cavalry and allied forces were still standing.

Axi Rita saw a smile from the coalition cavalry.

He manipulated the horse bridle flexibly, quickly changed the forward horse to gallop forward, and then turned east to accelerate the evacuation.Because he was at the head of the team, the Numbian cavalry in the back could clearly see his movements, and immediately learned something. The entire Numbian cavalry turned around and ran east.

The coalition cavalry thought the enemy was fleeing and urged the horse to chase it.

Sorboks is in a dilemma: is he catching up?Still staying behind?

A few hundred meters away from the dusty fog, it seems that there are enemy riders watching, but Saubercos, as a coalition cavalry commander, if he does not act with other city-state cavalry, then he is ashamed of Dionynia as the leader of the Southern Italy. Vastness, there is a suspicion of sitting and watching the failure of the cavalry of the coalition forces and not going to rescue.

Sobercos thought and thought, and finally made a painful decision.He first explained to the light infantry commander and told them to pay attention to the remaining cavalry.Then led 500 Dionysian cavalry to chase in the direction of the coalition cavalry.

Soon after the Dionysian cavalry left, the coalition light infantry heard the rumbling horseshoe, accompanied by a thrilling roar, as if thousands of drum hammers were hitting the bass drum violently, and the whole ground was shaking .

"Let the arrow! Quickly release the arrow!!..." The commander of the coalition light infantry screamed anxiously.

The light infantry had never seen the cavalry rushing towards them with such high speed, dense and wide front, desperately drilling out dust and dust on such uneven ground.The kind of pursuit of the ultimate speed, the fear of life and death, frightened them sore feet, hurriedly shot arrows, turned and fled.

The Celtic cavalry, active in the Po river basin in northern Italy, cut straight into the loose coalition of light infantry like a sharp sword.

I heard a horse scream, many Celtics fell from the emergency stop immediately, and the coalition light infantry were either stabbed by spears, or hit by flying horses, and more scattered.

How did the bloodthirsty Celtics easily let them go, chased the horse, stabbed the fleeing enemies one by one, and then jumped out of the horse, according to the Celtic fighting customs, the heads of the soldiers stabbed to death Cut it off and hang it on horseback...

Saubercos could never have imagined that the 4000 coalition light infantry he had high hopes would be defeated by the Celtic cavalry with only 800 horses so fast.But at this moment, he had no intention to consider the situation of these left behind light infantry.

Philius chose to fight here to limit the play of the Siracusa cavalry. Now, due to the hasty attacks of the cavalry of the coalition forces, the terrain has become their shackles. Slowing down and losing people are not major problems. The danger is that the Numbian cavalry riders on this terrain are much more flexible than they are. They even play like children, picking on bumpy areas and riding, throwing javelins at the coalition cavalry who drive them .

The teammates who were shot down from time to time made the chasing queue of the coalition cavalry sparse and began to make them cringe.

But after seeing the coalition cavalry not chasing, the Numibian cavalry posted it actively.

Sobercos, who was hurrying in the rear, used his calmer mind to find that dust and dust had risen on both sides of the chaotic chase formation of the coalition cavalry, and suddenly felt nervous: the enemy tried to outflank the cavalry!

"Let them retreat quickly! Hurry to let them retreat!!!" Saubercos immediately urged the herald beside him.

The cavalry had begun to retreat in panic, before waiting for the soldiers to accelerate.

They finally realized that, compared with these mercenary cavalry in Syracuse, their riding skills were far worse, and if they chased them down again, the whole army would be destroyed.

But how could the Numibian make the prey that fell into the trap easily run away, although the big net has not been fully opened, Axi Rita still sounded the horn.

The Numbian cavalry, with their shaggy heads, only wearing simple robes, and a smooth horseback with no cushions, immediately outwrapped from three directions at a faster speed than the coalition cavalry.

The coalition cavalry ran back in panic like a bird caught on the net, and some even fell directly off the horse because of too much fear. They were trampled by the running horse and turned into mud.

This time the Dionysian cavalry ran at the forefront of the entire retreat and pursuit team.

When Sobercos led them back to the place where they were originally stationed, hoping that the 4000 coalition light infantry who stayed there could stop the enemy’s pursuit, but the sight of the sight surprised the Dionysian cavalry: they were originally arranged in the shape of a goose Of the Allied Light Infantry no longer exist, only human corpses, horse corpses, and groaning wounded soldiers. Some topless indigenous people (ie Celtics) are picking up something in the corpse, and they are still alive from time to time. The wounded soldiers of the Allied Forces took a knife and even cut off their first level...

Seeing such a tragic scene, the Dionysian cavalry with rich combat experience also felt palpitations.

When the Celtics saw a cavalry coming, they turned their horses and prepared to step forward to intercept.

At such a critical moment, Soboks couldn't even think too much.

"Go north! Go north!..." Sorboks waved his spear forward, and he had only one idea in his mind: he wanted to lead these terrible alien cavalry away so as not to cause trouble for the entire battle. .

Saubercos took the lead, and the Dionysian cavalry led the frightened coalition cavalry to retreat to the Kolache River.

The upper surface of the Kolache River is neither wide nor deep. It is just that when Sorbocos urged the horse to run down the sloped embankment, the crotch of the warhorse suddenly slipped, and he was tired. He was unable to hold the horse's neck and was shocked. The war horse dropped to the ground.

"Boom!" Sobercos fell heavily on the ground. He immediately felt a sharp pain in his leg, and he almost fainted from the pain. He screamed at the elderly: bad, broken leg!

He propped his hands on the ground, trying to get himself up, but all in vain, but made the pain worse.

"Captain! Captain!..." The Dionysian cavalry saw Sorbocos fall, and immediately rushed toward him anxiously.

Their change of direction immediately hindered the advance of the rear cavalry. The Dionysian cavalry and the coalition cavalry were entangled and crowded on the river bank, making the area's cavalry retreat almost stagnate. The enemy is fast approaching...

Saubercos endured the pain and shouted: "Don't care about me! Go away! Go away!!! Don't let the military flag...the military flag falls in the hands of the enemy! This is the order!!!"

He shouted while sitting on the ground, solemnly placing his right fist on his left chest.

Most of the Dionysian cavalry had tears in their eyes, returned to the Israeli military salute, and then turned their horse heads and rushed into the Kolache River.

There were still a small number of cavalrymen who insisted on rushing over, and at this moment, the javelins of the Numibian cavalry had already fired, and the first few cavalrymen immediately fell off the horse.