Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

As a result, the space for the Fifth Legion's retreat north should be relatively spacious.However, it was not long before the Fifth Legion began to retreat and was targeted by the mercenary cavalry of Syracuse.

After being reprimanded by Dionysius, the Numisbians and Celtics had to fight their spirits and came from east to west to chase down those with black armor. They rode, and then they saw the retreating Dioria Fifth Army.

The soldiers of the Fifth Legion were still relatively concentrated and orderly during the retreat, which was obviously not conducive to the impact of the cavalry. Even the fierce Celtic cavalry was not stupid enough to directly hit the thick heavy infantry array.But the cunning mercenary cavalry had their own way. They once again formed a column, drove the horse close to the Dionysian soldiers, shouted loudly, quickly passed the array of the Fifth Legion, and threw the javelin in their hands... …

The rapid hooves of horseshoes, the screams of sultry heart palpitations, and the screams of teammates... made the low morale soldiers of the Fifth Legion more panicked. The enemy's ride, ... The retreating team of the Fifth Army began to appear chaotic.

Seeing this scene in front of Dracos, he made a decisive decision. He was right behind the first brigade. He turned his horse and shouted, "Brim, take your first brigade with me, and block those damn people. Cavalry! Let the other brothers retreat safely!"

Bloom, who was once the leader of Bisinia, the tough guy among the Brutus, and now the captain of the first brigade of the Fifth Legion, replied without hesitation: "Observe, Lord Captain!"

The attacking trumpet did not sound, because it was afraid that it would affect the retreat of other soldiers, but the flag of the 1st brigade pointed in the opposite direction of the retreat, and then the company flag and the flag of the squadron successively pointed to the places where the enemy was riding. Under the shout, the soldiers of the first brigade turned around...

When the other soldiers fled in panic, the first brigade of the Fifth Army hurried up!

At the forefront is the fully armed, horse-riding army commander Drakos, followed by the first captain Brim.

Dracos looked back at the soldiers of the first brigade who were still following him in a panic but satisfied. The satisfaction was overwhelming: "It is a boy of Bisinha! My best soldier! My best brigade ( Because the soldiers of the first brigade are all from Bisinia City!"

"It's the glory of our first brigade to fight with adults!" Bream straightened his chest.

Dracos nodded and issued a command loudly: "Two lines! Keep in formation and slowly back away! Never let an enemy pass!"

At this moment, Dracos did not think about life and death at all, only the mercenary cavalry roaring ahead.

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Dionysius, who has been studying Dionysia's past battles, has learned from Dionysia this time.He used the high cavalry power of the hired cavalry and the two support troops who had just entered the battlefield and had sufficient physical strength to continue the pursuit of the collapse of the Southern Italian Coalition Army. It continued until dusk, before finally retreating to the camp.

The road where Trina's soldiers fled back to the city was blocked by the Ramato River, and the warships in the river were waiting for them. Most of the soldiers were forced by the double pursuit of the Campania mercenaries and the Syracuse sailors Follow the Dionysian army on the middle road and retreat northward.

The scouts sent by Trina City panicked and fled back to the city, reporting the defeat of the battle to the defenders stationed in the city, and everyone was in great panic.

General Bromalas, in view of the inability of the main army to return, and the city of Trina alone, unable to cope with the upcoming army of Syracuse, he had to make a painful decision: to give up the city of Trina, the soldiers withdrew To the city of Knapitia in the Dionysian Union.

The Siracusa warship watcher cruising in the harbour discovered the unusual movement of the Trina garrison. When the Trina people walked away, they sent sailors to the shore to test, and they easily occupied an empty city.

In this way, at the end of the Battle of the Ramato River, the Syracuse people captured Trina and obtained an excellent foothold for their troops in the middle of Greater Greece. The required materials can be transferred into the port of Trina by sea for transit, which is convenient and safe.

But Dionysius was not satisfied, and his greedy eyes were fixed on Silitine not far from the battlefield.

The situation of the soldiers who participated in the war was quite tragic. They fled to the east and squashed with Crotone's soldiers, which cost precious time. The return route was separated by the reinforcements of Fasi Pesas, and Fibida was behind him. Si led some of the Syracuse soldiers to continue their pursuit regardless of fatigue. As a result, some of the soldiers died in Siriting, some surrendered, some were wrapped in Crotone, and fled northward. Only more than 3,000 people fled back to Siri Tingcheng.

The 4th and 5th Legions of Dioria in the middle road were relatively smooth because they were far away from the reinforcements of the enemy's wings and blocked by the friendly forces (involuntarily), except for some setbacks when crossing the Kolache River. There is no great loss.

However, the hire of cavalry in Syracuse caused them the greatest loss.Although most of the cavalry was stopped by the first brigade of the Fifth Army led by Drakos, it also dragged the retreat of Drax and this brigade, causing it to eventually fall into the heavy encirclement of the Syracuse pursuit force, but did not Can escape...

Dionysia’s greatest luck is that although the cautious Philius has promised to fight with the coalition, he and Ansitanos still have a mind after discussing it: he considered the possibility of failure, so he waited for the army to form an array. , Let Anci Talos lead the two corps’ battalion battalion, engineering battalion, medical battalion...and other corps auxiliary personnel out of the camp, march north, and retreat to the place between Asprostum and the battlefield.

Philius’ plan was: if the battle was won, the Syracuse would be expelled from the Overfamian Plain, and the auxiliary battalions such as the battalion would not return too late; but if they failed, they could no longer withdraw to the camp, Instead, you should retreat to Asprostoum in accordance with the instructions of Davos before leaving, and make a new defense arrangement.

Therefore, when the Syracuse army pursued the defeated soldiers, the slow-moving Dionysian auxiliary forces were already retreating to the city of Asprostum, thus avoiding becoming a Syracuse because there were no soldiers to defend the camp. The encounter with captives.

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Perhaps Apollo could not bear to witness such a fierce battle between the Greeks. After the sun fell into the mountain early, darkness quickly occupied the entire world.

But Apollo's sister, Artemis, the goddess of hunting and the moon, was lazy and did not let the moon hang high in the sky, so Hades took control of the night.

It stands to reason that the coalition should be fortunate that Hades, who was believed by the Dionysians, was at least arrogant to hire a cavalry in Syracuse to dare to chase them out in the dark night, but the night also made for the withdrawal of the coalition. A lot of difficulties.

In the dark, the defeated soldiers could not see the flag and the captains of the team officers, so they could not reorganize. Except for the Dionysian Army, the other soldiers were completely scattered.In fact, this area is the edge of the hills. The ground is undulating, potholes, fatigue, hunger, panic, and black eyes. The broken soldiers are easy to fall. If they can’t stand up in time, they will be trampled by the soldiers behind them. Therefore, there are not many injured soldiers.

Thousands of broken soldiers sorrowed their teammates in the dark while screaming the names of their teammates, while worrying about their own safety...

After trekking in the dark, they felt for the first time that the distance between Asprostum and Tarantum was so long...

Until late at night, Asgar Sturm Chief Executive Agassia, who was informed of the defeat of the battle, urgently sent cavalry and citizens armed with torches to illuminate the defeated soldiers along the way.Later, Tarantum also made corresponding measures, and the soldiers finally got rid of the dark panic.

All night long, both cities were busy to accept the defeated soldiers...

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This evening, for the Silitians, was also a sleepless night.

Since the Siliting was not far from the battlefield, news of the defeat of the battle spread throughout the city as soon as possible, and the people immediately fell into panic.

At dusk, a total of more than 3,000 civilian soldiers fled back to the city, after which only sporadic collapsed soldiers returned to the city.In the morning, a large army of 14,000 people left the city. Even one third of the people who came back in the evening did not reach it. The people of the whole city were in grief.

Chief General Pretinis even regretted it: I knew that I shouldn't force the Dionysians to rush into battle!

But now the crisis at Silitian has just begun.In the Confederation of Southern Italians, the Siliting City is also considered to be a big city. It used to make the Siliting people proud, but now it has become a trouble for the Silitings because of the serious lack of defense.According to the description of the defeated soldiers, they were defeated by the Siracusa reinforcements that suddenly appeared on the battlefield.Well, the military strength of Syracuse on the battlefield is probably more than 50,000.Such a Syracuse army with a large number of Hitlers, with the momentum of victory in the battle, who will be the next target of Dionysius?

Pretinis and the members of the Council have always believed that it must be Silitin!Because the distance is too close.Now Dionysia and Crotone have just suffered a fiasco. They must not be able to send troops to rescue Siri in a short period of time. Siri Ting can only rely on himself if he wants to escape from the subsequent Syracuse attack.

So the Citizen Assembly was urgently held in the city of Silitine.Citizens who are in the dust and frightened will make an important choice for the life and death of the city-state...