Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Chapter 515: Battle of Crotone (8)

However, regardless of the danger, Lydes immediately drove the horse with the enemy riding from the south and screamed: "Brothers of the Cavalry Legion, hold on! Never let the enemy escape from us! "

Leders is a pioneer, making the Dionian cavalry even if they are hit by two sides, they will not fight, and they will resist.

The Sicilian Confederate cavalry, the Numisbian cavalry, and the Dionysian cavalry strangled together, and the fighting was fierce.

Kapus had expected this to happen before the battle, and had already made arrangements, so he did not hesitate to send the 500 light armor reserve team beside him.

The light armor of the leather shield and leather armor hurried to the left of the spear phalanx, and immediately launched a fierce attack on the Siracusa cavalry. In the next round, the Siracusa cavalry was hit by two sides.

Astaglas was also unwilling to show his weakness, calling on the cavalry to fight bravely.

The four teams are intertwined with each other, and the bloody battles have become more and more the most terrible area on this battlefield.

In the end, the Numibians on the inside could not bear it first, and they saw the battlefield in the rear became less crowded due to the successive withdrawal of the Numibian companions in the rear of the center, while the lance formation soldiers continued Stabbing the tribes in front of him, he began to subdue the war and turned to escape.

The difficult Sicilian Confederate cavalry situation became more difficult. Astaglas saw a bad situation and wanted to withdraw, but the Dionysian cavalry and light armoured soldiers were entangled. In the end, only more than 300 Sicilian Confederate cavalry escaped.

The Celtic cavalry was almost completely destroyed, and the leader Gaba was also killed. Their resistance won more time for the Numibians.

Nearly a thousand Numbian cavalry were able to escape contact with the Spear phalanx. These races from the Afrikaan desert were usually arrogant. This time, they were obviously frightened, even if there were only more than 600 on the right side of the Spear phalanx. In the pursuit of the Cavalry, they did not dare to go back to fight, or throw javelins, but panicked to escape south, including its leader Axi Rita, he fled to the front.

As soon as the battle on the left ended, Lydes fell from the battle horse and was so shocked that he rushed to rescue him. He was spotted with blood on his body, and he was wounded all over the body, especially the spear on the outside of his left leg. A date-sized wound came out, and the blood could not stop the flow.

The guards were busy bandaging his wounds, but he shouted weakly: "Quick...Quickly call Kuchius...Call Kuchius."

The young captain of the young cavalry squadron, who is now the experienced cavalry squadron captain Cuccius, heard the call of the regiment and hurried to Ledes.

"I order... I order you to lead the remaining cavalry (that is, the Dionysian cavalry fighting on the left side of the spear phalanx) to continue chasing... chasing the enemy, do not give...they have any chance to breathe."

"Yes!" Kuchius vigorously performed a military salute, turned around, and stopped again. He said with concern: "Leader, good care, wait for my good news!"

Lades waved his hands impatiently: "Go!...Go..."

Kuchius turned his horse and shouted, "Brothers, follow me to kill the enemy!"

Although the remaining more than 400 cavalry were exhausted, the victory infused them with new power. They shouted in unison and followed Kuchius to pursue the fleeing Syracuse cavalry.

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"Captain Company, we won! We repelled the enemy's cavalry!" Cheers of the soldiers sounded beside his ears. Tapirus looked at the vague figure of the enemy in front of him and fled in embarrassment. His arms swelled, his sweat drenched his clothes, the dirt was sticky, and the sweat stains were very uncomfortable, but he knew it was not a time to relax, and according to the pre-war deployment, there was still a battle to fight.

"Regroup! Let me regroup!..." Just as he greeted his soldiers loudly, the loud sound of the bugle sounded, stopping some excited spearmen who wanted to pursue.

Before and after the phalanx, the subordinate soldiers called for senior team officers to let them regroup.

At this time, Capps had rushed to Ledes and paid attention to his injury.

"Reassure...I can't die." Ledes tried to squeeze a smile, and the shock of the guard lifting him on the stretcher still made him frown, showing a painful expression.

"Lighter! Lighter!" Capps shouted dissatisfiedly.

"Capps." Ledes was pale, and he did not call the position of the old comrade in front of him at the moment. He said softly: "Our cavalry...have completed our task...you can rest assured, Syracuse. 'S cavalry will not come again... it's up to you..."

Capps nodded solemnly, turned his horse, and saluted him: "Repair well, and the victory belongs to Dionia!"

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The spear brigade finally re-arranged. At this time, the front was not directly facing the south, but directly facing the rear of the right wing of Syracuse, 100 meters away.

Capps let all the soldiers with broken spears withdraw from the battle, so there were only nearly 4,000 soldiers in the entire phalanx.At this time, there were only more than 170 players left in the organization of Tapirus's 200-member company, and 112 players remained intact.

"Woo!!!!!!" The attacking bugle sounded quickly, and the flag was waving, pointing forward.

Tapirus and other team officials shouted, "Go forward!"

The soldiers moved forward steadily and the victory gave them enough confidence that this time their opponents would be heavy infantry.

On the left side of the Spear phalanx are two thousand light armoured soldiers. They will do their utmost to protect the Spear phalanx's biggest weakness-the flank.

As the fighting continued and the number of wounded people increased, Kurt's reinforcements were no longer able to hold on to the enemy as they initially did.The thick array of Syracuse people began to show their might. Their force of pushing forward made the Kurt reinforcements feel more and more difficult, forcing them to retreat to ease the pressure.However, they were forced to retreat. They could not control the rhythm of the entire army as divinely as the first and second legions of Dionysia. As a result, they were under increasing pressure.

Under the loud shouting of Milon and Cypros, the soldiers bravely supported with bloody courage...

At this moment, in front of them-the right side of Syracuse's right flank suddenly sounded a loud bugle.

Milon and Cipros were not sure about asking each other: "Is it Dionys' bugle sound?"

Antonios, a few hundred meters away from them, had accurately judged the sound of Dionysia’s charge. Knowing Davis’s battle plan, he knew that the Lance Brigade must have repelled the Siracusa cavalry. He was about to flank the rear of Syracuse's right wing, and he was suddenly refreshed.

Immediately afterwards, the bugle of the First Army's attack sounded.

Immediately afterwards, the head of the Second Legion, Amintas, even drove the horse close to the back of his legion and shouted loudly: "Brothers, attack! Attack! It is time for the Syracuse people to know how powerful we are!..."

In fact, the Lance’s attack did not cover the entire rear of Syracuse’s right wing, and could only directly help the Ket’s reinforcements, but the first and second legion’s attacks could contain the enemies in front of them and let them Dare to transfer too many rear soldiers to block the spear phalanx.

"The enemy! The enemy is coming from behind!..." The soldiers behind the far right of Syracuse's right wing heard the trumpet sound, and then heard the roar in unison from behind, looking back and panic. The team officials hurriedly organized them to turn around and fight.

At a time when the organization at the right end of Syracuse’s right wing was somewhat chaotic, the soldiers of the Dionysian Spear Brigade began to increase their pace, and the spears that had been erected began to lay down in order: the first row, The second column, the third column, the fourth column, the fifth column... form a dense spear wall in front of the square.

"Apollo is on, and the spear is too long!" The soldiers of Syracuse watched in horror as the approaching enemy stopped moving three meters away from them, and countless jittering spears had pierced theirs. In their bodies, their spears could not reach the enemy at all, and the Syracuses who encountered this situation for the first time were in a panic.

"Shield wall! Raise the shield wall!..." Some Syracuse team officers shouted in panic. Under such a chaotic situation, the Syracuse Phalanx lacked a unified and effective command and emergency measures.

The pressure on Kurt’s reinforcements suddenly eased.

How did Milon and Cipros let go of this opportunity, and immediately issued orders for the charge.The soldiers, with anger of revenge, rushed again to the enemies burning their homes.

The Syracuse soldiers at the forefront of the Phalanx heard the noisy shouts of their comrades behind them, and at the same time did not feel the power support they gave, they couldn't help but wonder: What happened?Are you surrounded?Are they running away?...

Their fighting spirit is declining, and they can no longer fight with all their heart.

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"Your Majesty, the spear brigade led by Capus has repelled the Syracuse cavalry and is now attacking Syracuse's right wing!" Tolmed reported excitedly to Daveus.

Daveus breathed out, his nervousness was relieved, he calmed down a little bit, and immediately issued the order again: "Tormid, you should immediately notify Lizam, let him lead the reconnaissance team and the two The Thousand Light Armoured Soldiers crossed the Tachnadi River and attacked the left flank of Syracuse roundabout!"

Tolmid heard this command, and he was surprised for a moment. He knew that in Davers’ original plan, this reserve of 3,000 soldiers was intended to protect the heavy soldiers who could not withstand the enemy from the left side of Daionia. Attack, put it into the left wing to enhance its defense; or wait for the spear phalanx to attack the enemy's side, and simultaneously put the reserve team into the left wing to accelerate the defeat of the enemy's right wing, but now this force is taken away Attacking Syracuse's left wing?!