Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

As a result, the clumsy Kent's reinforcement infantry clashed with each other, clamoring, and the array became quite chaotic.

However, at the moment, Milon and Cipros have firmly determined to complete the steering of the array, because as the enemy approaches, the two of them riding on the horse have clearly seen the direction of the enemy’s attack. The array of the Second Army remained the same, so the flank of the Kurt reinforcements protruding in front of the array was completely exposed to the frontal attack of the enemy, and only waiting for them to perish.

So the two took the guards of the brigade, and quickly rode around to the front. They shot the javelins one by one, shouted loudly, and kept approaching, forcing the soldiers to turn back...

On the way forward, Fibidas suddenly found that the Dionysian army in front stopped stopping. When he was puzzled, the Dionysian left wing array that was diagonally facing him gradually began to face him...

Fibidas was taken aback: the enemy is turning in an array?!The enemy dare to perform array steering during the battle!!

There is a reason why Phibidas was so surprised: Once the heavy infantry battle in Greece of this era started, the enemy and the enemy would proceed in accordance with the plan in advance, and it would be difficult to make major tactical changes.This is because first the heavy infantry with heavy helmets and heavy armors are clumsy, and it is difficult to make flexible maneuvers themselves. Second, the lack of training characteristics of city-state civic soldiers also prevents them from marching in dense phalanxes. Tactical maneuver to avoid chaos in the array, but vulnerable to attack.

This is also one of the reasons why Spartan soldiers have an advantage in the battle. It can be counted as professional soldiers. Spartan soldiers can achieve tactical maneuvers that other city-state troops cannot do in the battle.But even the Spartans only used the characteristics of heavy infantry marching in the big battles to deduct the left-handed tactics to the extreme. They rarely made temporary tactical changes after the battle started, just like now. What the Dionyans did, this is because Spartans, like most Greek city-states, command Spartan officers and generals of the various armies according to the tradition of the Spartan city-state and stay with the soldiers. In the formation, fight with the enemy (King Sparta does not need to, he can sit in the town to command, but the generals under him are all in the formation, and the effectiveness of his command has been greatly reduced).The democratic city-state even requires the general to be at the forefront of the lineup and act as a leader, so that he will not be blamed in the citizen assembly.Therefore, when the offensive horn of the battle sounded and the army marched, the generals almost lost the command of the whole army, and the formation would conduct the battle according to the tactics set in advance.

The temporary change of Dionysia’s left wing clearly against the attack on Syracuse’s right wing really shocked Fibidas. Of course, he also saw the chaos in the Dionysian formation (mainly Kurt reinforcements) , Which more than compensated for his loss due to the inability to attack the enemy flank.

"Hurry up! Hurry up again!..." Fibidas shouted loudly, speeding up his pace.It is a pity that his cry can only drive a handful of soldiers around him. For the huge square of 25,000 people, it is like a stone thrown into the rushing river, and it has no effect.

Syracuse's right wing is still going according to the previous plan, but as the soldiers made great strides, the distance between it and Dionysia's left wing was rapidly narrowing...

The Siracusa Light Infantry fighting in the middle has begun to evacuate, while the 7th Brigade of the 1st Army Corps led by Zpitt and the 7th Brigade of the 2nd Army Corps of Alpence are still in front of the square, not only because of Dionys Their checkerboard squares left them with enough retreat channels, because they wanted to prevent the speed of Syracuse’s right wing as much as possible to gain time for the Kurt reinforcements to complete the array turn.

The close proximity of the Siracusa army made the Kurt reinforcements nervous while also forcing them to speed up the change.

The efforts of the light infantry of the first and second legions could not stop the advancement of the Syracuse people. They only throw a round of javelins and shoot a round of arrows, and they have to be gradually forced by the Syracuse array. Retreat to the rear.

At this time, the distance between the two armies was only about 60 meters. The array of Kurt's reinforcements barely completed the turn. When Milon and Cipros drove back to the rear of the square, they were already sweating, but they were relieved a lot.

Milon said with a sigh: "Now I know how far Crotone's army is from the Dionysian Army!"

Ciplos said with a lingering fear: "Fortunately, Lord Davos has repeatedly asked us to be separated from the phalanx and stood behind the queue to facilitate the command. Otherwise, even if we saw the cunning actions of the Syracuses, There is no way to change, it must be a big loss!"

"Yes! Without the persistence of the Dionysians, we would not dare to change the formation because of fear of difficulties!" Milon sighed again.

At this time, Dionia’s left wing and Syracuse’s right wing array almost became two parallel lines, but they were almost perpendicular to the Dionysian troops who were still going south.

The right-wing army of Syracuse is getting closer and closer to the left wing of Dionia, but the soldiers of Syracuse began to tighten the shield in their hands. After fighting with the Dionysians once, the Dionysians were unique. Their tactical play made them remember deeply.

When the Dionysian soldiers on the opposite side raised their javelins, they squatted slightly and protected the round shield over their heads. The javelin rain that covered the sky hit the Siracusa formation, splashing flowers. The flower of death, the screams that followed one after another did not affect their determination to move forward, but instead allowed them to accelerate their pace of progress, forcing the Dionysian soldiers to hurriedly throw a second round of javelin, its killing effect is much worse .

Now that the two armies are less than 20 meters apart, even Fibidas has a little breathlessness. He can hear the breathing of the soldiers around him, not only because of the previous transition from retreat to offensive, hasty array, and swift. The physical exertion caused by running for hundreds of meters, and there is also a moment of killing that makes the body extremely excited.

Through the narrow eyes of the helmet, Fibidas could see the dense long shields, spears and armor of the opposing military array shining. The dark black unique to the Dionysian army made people feel cold even during the day. Night.He knows that the opposite is the main force of the Dionysian army, but he is not afraid, but excited, and he is convinced that the soldiers of Syracuse will not be afraid, not only because they are also the elite of the Syracuse army, And before the war Dionysius had told every Sicilian soldier,'They can only return home successfully if they win, otherwise they can only be buried in a foreign land!'

Without the urging of the trumpet sound, the soldiers of Syracuse shouted "Apollo!!", took a big step, accelerated the speed and began to charge, the entire right flank of Syracuse seemed to be a golden mountain rolling towards the enemy Press away.

At the same time, the neat roar of the Dionysian soldiers "Hadis!!!" also sounded in the opposing army, and they also began to charge, they were like the Kuroshio in the sea storm, one wave, another wave, Eventually they converged into a huge wave, and they rushed towards the Syracuse.

The Kurt reinforcement soldiers screamed with national hatred and hatred at home, and turned their anger into infinite strength, vowing to kill the life and death enemies.

The feet of tens of thousands of people stepped on the ground vigorously, rumbling like thunder, and the earth was shaking.

With a loud noise, the heavy infantry battle began...

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"Your Majesty, the left wing has fully engaged the enemy!" Tolmed loudly relayed the news of the scout's return.

Daveus nodded, but his eyes kept staring forward.At this time, his finger was far away from the enemy lineup, sneered a few times, and said: "The Syracuse people are moving very slowly. It seems that Dionysius wanted to wait for his right wing to win first!"

Tolmed laughed in amusement: "But he never imagined that the cavalry he was expecting had been trapped by the wonderful tactics made by your majesty!"

Davies had no intention to mock the enemy at this time. He said solemnly: "Don't let Dionysius be too easy! Order the troops to speed up and catch the enemy as soon as possible!"

Tolmed did not immediately take orders, but reminded: "Your Majesty, if our right wing advances too fast, I am afraid that we will reach the section where the Tachnadi River can walk, and the enemy may send troops to cross. Tachnadi River, after attacking our right flank!"

Daveus has considered this question, and he immediately answered: "From the current situation, Dionysius has invested enough power on the right wing of Syracuse, showing that his offensive focus is on our left wing. I don’t think Dionysius can draw enough troops to attack my right wing, let alone I have enough reserves to deal with his detours.” Indeed, there is still behind Davis The 2,000 light armoured soldiers from various legions and the 1,000-member Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade led by Izam, a total of 3,000 as reserve teams, have not yet come in handy.

"I see, Your Majesty." Tolmed turned to go.

"Wait a minute!" Daveus called him again: "Go and tell the heads of the various regiments that the spear brigade has gained an advantage over the Syracuse cavalry under Capps, and then it's up to them !"

Tolmed smiled, he understood the purpose of Daveus: the spear brigade that had just been formed less than ten days had achieved remarkable results, how could other legions fall behind him?

Sure enough, after the orders of Daveus were communicated to the various troops, the speed of the phalanx suddenly increased, whether it was the right wing composed of the sixth and seventh legions, or the middle road composed of the fourth, fifth legions, and the Bruti fighters. Encouraged and urged by the team leaders, the team accelerated to move forward.