Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

If the battle is defeated, there is victory, and if there is pain, there is naturally joy.While the coalition soldiers tasted the bitter fruits of defeat, the Syracuse people were enjoying the joy of victory.

In Dionysius's tent, the candles were brightly lit, and the generals gathered together, while dining, and talking about today's conference battle...

"Don't fight anymore! The most important hero for our victory today is Filipidas!" Dionysius was at the top, looking around and pointing at Filipidas, saying aloud: " I really did not expect that the Dionysian general actually placed so many soldiers on their left wing. If it was not Fibidas that took the correct response, I am afraid that we could not wait for our reinforcements to arrive, our right wing Will be defeated by the enemy!"

"Adult is right!" Fasi Pesas immediately echoed: "When I led the army to attack the enemy's flanks, I was very surprised at the time, because the enemy's array thickness... some even reached more than 50 columns, I have never seen it before...the length of the stack is enough...there is--" Fasi Pesas could not find a suitable adjective for a while, and he gestured with his hand and said, "Longer than this big account But such a powerful force squeezed our right wing, instead of crushing the right wing, but exhausting the enemy! So I led the soldiers with only a small charge, and the enemy was easily defeated!..."

Everyone couldn't help but sigh.

Although Fibidas felt complacent, he did not boast about himself in public.This superficial approach will not be done by the Spartans.What's more, he only fought for the Syracuse, and it didn't make much sense to be glorious or not.He just enjoys the fun of this kind of war, and at the forefront of the battlefield, he is now too tired to talk much.

"Leptinis, this time your performance was beyond my expectation!" Dionysius watched his brother and said aloud in relief: "The mercenary attack led by Endi Dimenas was blocked At that time, you did not evade, but bravely assumed the responsibility, repelled the enemy who came to intercept, and ensured that our attack on the enemy’s right flank was smooth. We can win the battle, and you have contributed! In addition, your fleet also made a bold attack and won the first victory after our victory-Trina!"

Dionysius's generous praise of Leputinis, not only because of his brother's performance, but also to show those who criticized him as cronyism to show his right strategy of Dionysius's employment.

"Sir, this time thanks to the help of General Leptinis!" Endimenas took the opportunity to tout Leptinis, and at the same time wanted to justify his mistakes: "I did not expect to go to the battle At such a fierce time, the Greeks retained a unit and did not put it into battle, but carried out a sudden attack on us..."

"So it's not easy for us to win in this battle, that Dionysian general is not easy!" Dionysius sighed a little, knowing that he saw his elite troops in the rear of the middle road array was seen by Dior. The Niah Legion stepped back.In addition, after the war, there were more than 1,000 casualties among the soldiers in the middle road, which surprised him and made him cherish: "Unfortunately we failed to retain more Dionysian soldiers..."

As soon as these words came out, the two mercenary cavalry leaders were a little ashamed, and the more straightforward Celtic leader Gaba used a strange Greek pronunciation to explain: "We tried our best, but those Dionysian soldiers Instead of running away, we lined up to fight against us, we lost... a lot of people..."

"Those Dionysians elongated the array, guarded the river bank, and forced us to fight them head-on. It was difficult for the cavalry to fight head-on with heavy infantry..." Axi Rita also defended on the side.

Dionysius glanced at them. He just wanted to beat these two recalcitrant alien leaders, and did not want to tear their faces with them: "Anyway, you dragged more than a thousand of Dionysian Soldiers, and eventually wiped out and captured them, including a regiment commander, I think this is probably the biggest military loss since the establishment of the Dionysian Alliance!"

"Sir, that's because Dionysia wasn't as old as my youngest son!" Siguza's general Astagras sneered, "We will give them more Fail until the alliance is completely destroyed!"

Astarage's words caused laughter.

In the laughter, a cold voice sounded in the seat on the left side of Dionysius: "I saw the weapons left on the battlefield by the Dionysians. To be honest, I think even if I talk to Dior again You can’t take advantage of the Ninja’s legionary infantry.”

This remark aroused the dissatisfaction of everyone in the tent.

"Spartans, you are too high on Dionysians!" Astarage shouted politely.

"I'm talking about facts." Fibidas ignored the dissatisfaction of everyone and said unkindly.

At the same time, he strode to the presence, disregarding the strange eyes of others, and put on a heavy infantry offensive posture, seriously said: "According to the traditional heavy infantry fighting habit, the left hand shield is used for defense and can also be used for Impact; and the right-handed bayonet, I can lift it up and cross the shield to poke the opponent; once the bayonet is broken, pull out the curved saber to chop... However, the soldiers of the Dionysian Army fight in the same way We are different. I brought the long shields and short swords used by the soldiers of the Dionysian Legion. Unfortunately, they were forcibly left behind by the guards."

Speaking of which, Fibidas has not forgotten to secretly satire about Dionysius, because Dionysius is good at assassination, and at the same time beware of being assassinated by others. In the past, he has been assassinated many times. He was very cautious and had stipulated that anyone who wants to meet him and discuss with him must be searched by the guards, and weapons are not allowed.

On one occasion, another of his brothers (who was sent by him to serve as an arrogant of the neighbouring neighbour) came to the palace to meet him. Onusius was furious and immediately executed the guard.

At this time, Dionysius did not care about the irony of Fibidas, he was more interested in what he was going to say next, and generously ordered: "Go and bring in Dionysia's dagger and long shield. "

When the dagger and long shield were placed in front of Fibidas, he took the long shield in his left hand and protected it in front of his chest. The commentary said: "Dionia’s long shield is long enough to better protect the soldier’s body. , So soldiers don’t have to devote their energy to worry about defense, but can focus on how to kill the enemy."

Piddas said while using his dagger to make a stabbing action. After thrusting a few times, he inserted the dagger on the wooden table and listened to the sound of "chirping", and the entire sword tip was completely penetrated.

"Good sharp dagger!" Leptinis, who was sitting next to Fibidas, exclaimed, curiously pulled out the dagger, and carefully looked at it: the dagger's blade had some small gaps, The tip of the sword is also a little curved, and it can be seen that after many weapon impacts, it still makes people feel chilly.

"This dagger is too short! Before the Dionysian used it to stab my soldiers, we would have used a bayonet to stab each other to death!" Astagras retorted forcefully.

"Yes, it is relatively short. But the Dionysian soldier has this long shield to protect, the bayonet may not hurt him, and once the two sides are pushing, the bayonet can not be opened, and this short The sword can easily stab each other..." Pididas, holding a long shield, looked at the short sword in the hands of Leptinis, and his mood was very calm: the shield of the Greek phalanx was equipped with a lance, this After several hundred years of inheritance, heavy infantry tactics have proved to be so effective that it is difficult to match other countries in the Mediterranean region.And a city-state alliance that has just been established for a few years can develop another set of new heavy infantry equipment and tactics in such a short period of time, and can fight against the traditional, which makes him feel terrible!

It turned out to be because of weapons and equipment!Dionysius was a little excited. He thought that his most elite army was not as good as the new army of Dionysia. He was really hit in his heart. Now after listening to the analysis of Fibidas, he suddenly realized that as long as he is not of soldier quality The problems can be made up.

"Fibidas, do you think that if we meet Dionia's Legion Infantry again, how should we deal with it?" Dionysius humbly asked the Spartan.

"From the point of view of the weapons and equipment of the Dionysian soldiers, there is no advantage in the case of holding our heavy infantry in the middle distance. But once the two sides are close to the close fight, the short sword and the long shield can Play the biggest role. This requires that we do not use push tactics during the battle of the phalanx, but leave a certain distance to the soldiers at the forefront, and use the dense gun array to make the Dionysian Infantry Don’t dare to be too close, so that Syracuse soldiers can use their skillful bayonet technology to prevail in the stabbing of both sides..." Fibidas has been thinking about how to deal with this new type after carefully referring to the battlefield. Heavy infantry shock.After all, he didn't really face the Dionysian Army face-to-face, but he made a guess based on his many years of fighting experience.

But it was enough to make Dionysius relieved. He said to his generals: "Have you all heard! The next time we will fight with the Dionysian soldiers, we will follow the method of Fibidas Deal with them!"

Syracuse, such as Fasipesas and Astagras, will take the lead and say yes, of course, this is mostly reluctant to deal with.