Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Seeing his doubts, Davers specifically explained: "Capps completed the plan in advance, our left wing is already safe, and victory is only a matter of time. But I did not expect that the Legion of Matonis and Olivers would do It was so good, pushing the right wing so much, it can be seen that the enemy’s left wing is quite weak. Now I want to put more pressure on Syracuse’s left wing, will you say it will retreat?!

"I'm going to inform Izam now, I'm afraid he can't wait too long." Understand that Daphus intends to ride Tolmed to the side and rear reserve.

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At this time, Dionysius, who learned that "the cavalry was repulsed and attacked on the right flank" was in a hurry. He did not expect that he was eagerly waiting for the news of the right wing's victory, but it was such a result. .

"Go to Astagras immediately, let him reorganize the cavalry for me, and immediately attack the Dionysians, otherwise he and his family will go to hell to meet!" Dionysius The tyrannical roar.

The herald hurried to ride a horse, hurried to the rear, to find Astarage.

"Sir, the Siricant Courier is here to report urgently!" The attendant rushed over and said nervously.

"Something to say after the battle is over, I don't have time now!" Dionysius glared irritably at him, terrifying the attendant's mouth and shut his mouth in fear.

Unexpectedly, another scout came at this time: "Adult, there are thousands of Dionysian soldiers crossing the Tachnadi River, and they are winding back to the left side!"

what?!Hearing this news, Dionysius was completely panicked.

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"You mean what you saw was an empty camp!" Hilos asked after being unsure of the scout ride, and asked with some uncertainty.

"Yes, General. Several other men and I have approached Mucha in the Siracusa camp, and have not seen any movement in it." After hearing the captain of the Scout Rider, Hilos fell into thought: According to In the previous battle report, Syracuse has a large army of 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers. So many soldiers are not in the camp, where will they be?The answer is obvious. His Majesty Davis must have led the reinforcements to Crotone!It is impossible for the Syracuse to abandon the camp and return to Siliting, otherwise his scout can now see the army led by His Majesty Daveus, so the greatest possibility is that the Syracuse is working with Dior Nea fights!

With this astonishing answer, Hilos jumped inwardly, he took a deep breath, calmed himself, pondered for a moment, and resolutely ordered: "Order the whole army to stop building the camp immediately, wear armor, pick up the shield spear, and line up Column, march towards Crotone!"

The adjutant Hegecitus immediately heard the order and said, "Ah": "You mean... march to Crotone now?!" No wonder he was nervous, Crotone was stationed in Thira's direction The army of Kuzha, the force led by Silos, dared to go alone. Once the army of Syracuse came over from the north, and the Siriting defenders blocked from the south, this unit would be dead.

"I'm sure His Majesty is at a battle with the Syracuse people at this time. We must rush to help His Majesty win this battle that will determine the life and death of Dionia!" Hilos said decisively.

Although Hegsitus had only worked with Silos for a few months in Cosenza, and the cooperation between the two in political affairs was relatively harmonious, he knew that Silos did a solid job and was not a reckless person.

This time, Hilos stepped down as the chief executive of Cosenza, and Sedorum took over, while also serving as the wartime governor of the Bruti region. With the understanding of the Bruti region by Esdorum, there is no need for Hegsitu. The assistance of Sri Lanka might be suspected of obstructing him in Cosenza. You must know that the source of the conquest of Dionysia against the Bruti region was the riots of their Silun tribe. Who knows whether Sedorum will have the heart There are mustards.Therefore, Hegsitus asked Silos for the reason of recruiting soldiers and managing the Bruti fighters for Silos, and eventually became the deputy officer of this temporary force.

Now that Silos has made a sensible judgment, all Hegecitus can do is obey and appease the Bruti warriors.

Not long after the order was passed, the general of the Trina general, Bromaras, who had joined the force, hurriedly came, and then was persuaded by Hilos: "If this battle is won, the city of Trina will Without a strong attack, we will easily return to our hands. If the battle fails, even if we recaptured Trina today, we will be recaptured by the army of Syracuse tomorrow, and the whole of Greece will be in danger. in!"

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After the battle continued for two hours, the Syracuse side was basically in balance except for the middle road. Both the left and right wings were in trouble: the right end of the right wing was under the impact of the spear brigade and the Kurt reinforcements. The loss was heavy, if not The spear brigade and the Kot’s coalition soldiers lacked coordination, and were temporarily unable to unfold smoothly. The right wing of Syracuse was thick enough. Some experienced soldiers took the initiative to separate from the middle and the rear of the left end to block the spear. The further attack of the brigade west, I am afraid that the right wing has been defeated;

But on the left, the soldiers are far less elite than the right, and they can maintain morale when they are attacked by the flank. Although the light armor’s attack is far less powerful than the spear phalanx, Dionysius’ military reform At the beginning, the disadvantages of the large phalanx have not been fully paid attention to. Once the battle begins, not only low-level team officers and even senior generals have lost control of the troops, not to mention the complexity of the left-wing forces. Once the side and rear are attacked It was impossible to carry out effective command in time, so that the soldiers in the back row turned back uniformly to block the enemy, so the array began to appear chaotic.

Dionysius, who had many soldiers, could not let this happen. Unfortunately, he was still bound by the Greek military tradition. He did not retain the consciousness of the reserve team, and he wanted to defeat Dionysia and win the battle in one fell swoop. Victory, at the beginning, all the forces in his hands were pressed up. Now he wants to go to the camp to mobilize troops to resist the Dionysian army attacking the left wing. It is too late in time.

The chaos in the rear of the left side of the left wing soon infected the soldiers fighting in the front row. These soldiers of the big Greeks were not very fighting spirit. The ears shrouded by the almost closed helmets at the beginning still vaguely heard the shouting from the rear. Later, when this voice became louder and the support strength from the rear weakened or even disappeared, the heart began to panic, coupled with the fierce attack of the enemy, the fear instantly occupied the whole body, prompting them to ignore everything. , Turned around and fled back, and even pushed down the teammates behind, and when one, two, or three soldiers fled in succession, panic would spread quickly around like a plague... Soon, the entire left wing could not support it, and began to retreat Too.

When this news was urgently passed back to Dionysius, he was already disappointed: for this battle, he was helpless, even the guards around him had already sent out to assist the left, but... this He gambled that he had lost, and lost to the new King of Dionysia that he valued and despised...

Despite how reluctant, Dionysius knew that he had to admit this fact, and he had to make a decision quickly.

"...Retreat..." He spit out the word from his mouth with difficulty, and immediately pulled the horse back.

Fortunately, the attendant was beside him, otherwise I might not hear what he was saying.

"Sir, this..." The attendant was also unwilling, and he had some expectations, so he instinctively persuaded him.

If it was in the past, someone dared to question his decision. Dionysius either reprimanded or remembered it in his mind. Afterwards he settled his accounts. At this time, he did not have this thought. What he was thinking was how to minimize the Syracuse army after the battle failed. Loss, because the defeat of the left may cause the Dionysians to block the Tachnadi River and cut off the return of the Siracusa army. The army must be withdrawn to the camp on the west bank of the Tachnadi River as soon as possible (in order to lure Dai The army of Onia crossed the river, and he had ordered the demolition of the camp on the eastern bank of the Tachnadi River in the core area of ​​Crotone.)

When dozens of commander trumpets sounded the retreating bugle, Dionysius said to the attendant again: "Send someone back to the camp and notify Artemis (camp guard commander) to separate the troops and go to the camp. East meets us back to camp!"

"Yes, sir!" The attendant suddenly remembered something, reminding him: "The Siriting sent a messenger to report that Dionysia had five or six thousand soldiers landing on the Plain of Ophelia, ready to attack Trina."

After hearing this, Dionysius was furious: "Why didn't you say such an important thing early?!!!"

The servant officer felt wronged, but he dared not argue.

Originally Dionysius also planned to return to the camp to defend first. Now it seems that returning to Siliting is the safest...

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Fibidas, who was at the forefront of Syracuse's right wing, even though he had undergone rigorous military training since childhood, has now experienced two hours of non-stop fighting, and he is a little tired.But the enemies in the face, even after being stabbed several times by him, still had new enemies rushing up, fighting bravely with him, forcing him to take out all the means and deal with it carefully.

In fact, he already felt that his offensive plan had problems, because looking around, the Dionysia left-wing array facing him not only failed, but the attack became more and more fierce, and the thrust behind him became more and more weak.He could vaguely hear the shouting from behind, although he was extremely anxious in his heart, but he did not dare to be distracted in the slightest.