Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

After the light infantry retreated, the Dionysian phalanx soldiers on the right and in the middle quickly shot two rounds of javelins. While the opposing formation in Syracuse was a little confused, they held long shields and bayonets and shouted, "Ha The name "Dis" rushed towards the enemy...

At this point, the two armies of Dionia and Syracuse fully engaged.

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The news of the battle between the two armies was sent back to the Acropolis by Crotone's spies, which aroused the attention of all the people in the city. After all, the victory or defeat of this conference battle was not only related to the thousands of Crotone civilian soldiers who went to battle. Life and death are even more related to the survival of all the people in Crotone. Therefore, many people with uneasy feelings want to go to the battlefield to watch the battle, including many members of the council.

After deliberation, the remaining hundreds of civic soldiers in the Acropolis continued to stay behind to protect the women, children, and elderly people inaccessible in the city, while tens of thousands of Crotone citizens in Lucias, Cespro Led by members of the General Executive Committee such as Tis, they panicked down the hill to the ruins of Crotone City, which was already a rubble.

They were sentimental before they walked to the North City Wall. The deafening sounds overwhelmed them. Many people listened. Their faces were pale and their legs were fighting. They needed help from others to move forward.

Due to the burning of the fire and the wanton destruction of the Siracusa people, the collapsed section of the northern city wall is like the teeth of the old man. There are gaps everywhere. Only the section connecting the gate is still more complete...

Lucias, they stepped on the stone steps in a heavy mood, climbed to the top of the city, supported the battlements, and looked out anxiously: very far away, the dense soldiers were fighting together, filling the vast fields of the Croton Plains, they The loud horror sounded as if the earth was roaring, stirring the dust, and even the sky and earth changed color...

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In the southern part of the city of Crotone, more than 80 crow warships led by Midolades are confronting nearly 40 remnant warships of Syracuse led by Leputinis.

What gave Midolades a headache was that once his fleet approached the Syracuse warship, the Syracuse fleet quickly retreated, and the special structure of the crow warship prevented them from catching up with Syracuse in speed. Ordinary battleship of Kuza; but once the Midolades fleet approached the coast, the Syracuse fleet forced it again...

Just as Midolades was hesitant, the troops at Siracusa’s camp camp sent hundreds of soldiers. They took the usual thousands of Sicilian freemen carrying weapons and drove to the seaside to let Midola Des wanted to send a sailor to land to disrupt the rear of the Siracusa army.

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Since Trina was captured by Syracuse, there are a thousand Syracuse soldiers, more than a thousand Hebrian soldiers, and a thousand Coronian soldiers, totaling more than 3,000.Because of being far away from the front line, Trina’s garrison life was still very leisurely, until the two days from the Crotone camp came the order of Dionysius: let them strengthen their defense and pay close attention to the north. The movement of Napetia City!

The defending general immediately rallied and strengthened the reconnaissance to the north.

Amazing news came from the scout ride this afternoon: A fleet of ships docked on the beach of the Ophelia Plains. About five or six thousand Dionysian soldiers landed. After the landing, the Dionysian forces were heading towards Terry. March in Nacheng!

Then came the news: more than a thousand Dionysian soldiers came out of the city of Knapitia and have entered the plain of Ophelia!

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A piece of news disturbed General Trina’s Syracuse. Although he was eager to make achievements, the enemies of the six or seven thousand people were obviously not able to overcome this force in his hand. He immediately ordered: close the city The door, pull the suspension bridge, the soldiers of all troops are on the defense of the city wall according to the deployment of the previous drill, and at the same time immediately prepare enough arrows, javelins, stones, asphalt...

In addition, he also sent two couriers to urgently report to Siriting and Crotone camp.

Hilos led the troops to Trina, and after carefully observing the city defenses of the Syracuse, he did not immediately launch a siege, and in fact time did not allow it.

He ordered: the army began to build camps in the northwest direction one mile away from the city, waiting for the reinforcements of Knapetia to come to meet.

At the same time, in order to prevent the main force of Syracuse in the east from sending troops, he sent out a small number of cavalry squads and mountain reconnaissance squads to investigate the Silitian and the large Syracuse of Crotone. Camp trends.

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"Offensive! Offensive!!......" Matonis, who was standing behind the phalanx, wished he could fight in person, happily fighting, but unfortunately he was already the head of the legion, and was limited by the "Dionysian Military Law", he could only order The drummer's non-stop beating urged the soldiers to step up.

Although the Seventh Army was newly built and most of the soldiers were recruits, the victory of Heraclea gave them victory and honor, and also gave them more confidence. They launched a fierce attack on the enemy without fear.

Craigness was still a freeman who had just arrived in Turri four years ago, but he was fortunate to become one of the 5,000 freemen in the battle of the Trionto River, to defeat the partial division of Crotone Contributed, and finally participated in the triumph, which gave him the goal of struggle.

At the beginning of this year, he has become a full citizen.In recent years, the Dionyan army has been expanding, but when the instructors of the Ministry of Military Affairs in the selection of legionaries were always eliminated, the reason was that they were thin and not suitable for melee infantry. The instructor suggested that he be a light infantry.However, he always dreamed of becoming a heavy infantry, so he was always a legionary reserve, but he was not discouraged by his toughness. He continued to exercise his body and hone his combat skills, and finally waited for the outbreak of war and the establishment of a new legion.

Originally based on his identity and seniority (official citizen, three-year legionary reserve), the head of the army, Matonis, was going to make him the captain of the company, but he refused because he felt that he had never been a team officer and was suddenly promoted. As an intermediate and senior team officer, he had no experience, and he could not fight on the front line. He could not show the results of his hard training. Eventually, he became a squad leader of the Seventh Army.

Now, he is fighting at the forefront, with a long shield in his left hand to protect his body firmly, and a spear in his right hand hanging over his head, almost staying still, but once the enemy exposes a flaw, it pierces like lightning, every time you poke They were fierce and accurate, and they all posed a great threat to the enemy. He stabbed several people in a short period of time.

He seldom shouted and issued orders like some team officers, but his pioneering spirit encouraged the soldiers under his leadership, and his morale was greatly boosted...

Oliver, who has always been unconvinced by Matonis and always wants to compete with him, certainly will not let the Seventh Army be special.Under his strict order, the Sixth Legion also attacked more than once...

More than half of the new Dionysian teams are against Sicilian city-state soldiers, such as Katanai, Leotini, Gera, Kamalina... These city-states are said to be allies of Syracuse In fact, it is a vassal. The rulers of its city-states are all tyrants appointed and supported directly by Dionysius. Therefore, it is not the will of these soldiers to attack Great Greece, but this time they have won successively and captured many loot. Therefore, the morale is not bad, and because of the incentive to "come home", their fighting spirit is second only to the soldiers of Syracuse.

But Syracuse’s left-wing team also included Syracuse’s soldiers in the Great Greek Confederacy, the Lokis, Medemas, Hebrews, and Coronians.Especially the Coronians, who surrendered to Syracuse due to the situation, were reluctant in their hearts.Of course, Dionysius was also very clear, so he left a thousand Coronians in Trina and a thousand people in the Silitium to replace his troops, and two thousand Coronian soldiers, He dispersed them in the forefront of the left wing, forcing him to fight in order to survive, but his fighting spirit can be imagined.

Originally Dionysius saw that the right wing of Dionysia was basically a soldier wearing a Corinthian helmet, holding a round shield and a spear, and thought that it was not the main force of Dionysia, so he dared to make such an arrangement.

Unexpectedly, these two new legions of newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. A total of 14,000 soldiers attacked bravely. Even though there are 20,000 people, the complex and unrelenting Syracuse left wing was forced to slowly retreat...

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Syracuse's left wing is retreating, as is the center.

The soldiers of the 4th and 5th Legion of Dionynia experienced the fiasco of Siriting and witnessed the tragic death of the head of the army and their comrades-in-arms. They are fighting the enemy today with the purpose of washing the shame and revenge. Brave, but a little mad, all with a stern expression, desperately trying to get close to the enemy and fighting close.

The Bruti soldiers who fought side by side were also infected by them, exerting the fierceness of the mountain people.The turmoil in the Bruti area a while ago greatly affected other Dionysian people's perception of the Bruti people. Today they need to use their performance to show their loyalty to the league.

At the forefront of Syracuse’s middle road are Campania mercenaries. These experienced mercenaries learned the strength of the close combat of Dionia’s heavy infantry after the last battle, so they tried to work with Dionia as much as possible. The soldiers pulled away some distance and used a bayonet to block the enemy's approach.At the same time, they knew that the heavy infantry's desperate offensive was very physical. They waited patiently for Dionys's exhaustion, and then counterattacked.This result led to the Campania mercenaries and another 10,000 Syracuse civilian soldiers being forced and retreating intentionally.