Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Report... Report the regiment commander, the 7th Brigade... have all arrived, waiting for your order!" The 7th Brigade Commander Satiros gasped to Amintas breathlessly.

The Light Infantry Brigade of the First Corps arrived first, which was expected.After all, they don’t have armor and no heavy weapons, so they move quickly.In fact, when they received the "urgent march" order, there were only about seven miles away from Amintas, and they ran out of seven miles over an hour. The speed was not too fast, mainly to maintain the integrity and retention of personnel and formation A certain amount of physical strength so that you can immediately enter the battle when you arrive.

Amintas glanced at the soldiers, all sweating, but his spirits were still shaking, he nodded in satisfaction, and said loudly: "Brothers, you came just right! The enemy is in front, just waiting for us to go Eat them up and play the reputation of the First Army of Dionysia here! Do you have this confidence?"

"Yes!!!" The soldiers shouted in unison.

"Staff officer, you will arrange it." Amintas said immediately.

Pringles did not refuse to say anything, glanced at the marked board, and then pointed to the southwest, said to the seventh captain Satiros: "Four miles away, there are more than 300 Roman heavy infantry, With more than 700 cavalry and nearly 2,000 Roman light infantry, the First Cavalry Corps was under tremendous pressure to prevent their retreat. You immediately rushed with the Seventh Brigade to help the First Cavalry Corps drag the enemy and wait until the successor troops Arrived and wiped out!"

"Yes!" Satiros shouted back: "Brothers, follow me to continue running!"

Under the guidance of the scout ride, the soldiers of the seventh brigade ran southwest.

"Printols, your previous suggestion was right. As long as I caught this bunch of enemies, I would not believe that the Romans would dare to come out and rescue them!" The seventh brigade rushed to let Amintas feel a little bit Relaxed and began to praise Printols, knowing that Prutus suggested to him at the time that "abandon the interception of all the Roman food-raising forces, and the concentrated cavalry obstruction was closest to them, and in fact also to the First Army. "These Roman Squadrons" at the time, Amintas hesitated for a while, and now not only stopped more than 300 Roman heavy infantry, but also led Rome's light infantry and cavalry to be lured, these more than 3000 Romans If he could be nailed, he would not worry that the main force of Rome would not be out of the camp.

Pringles smiled, not saying much.

At this time, the lieutenant Aristonos shouted again: "Head of the Legion, another team arrived!"

I saw the dust blowing in the south, this time it was the eighth brigade (that is, the light armor brigade)...

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Initially, the companies of the Cavalry Corps successfully blocked the Roman squadrons of food and gave them some kills. It can be said that they have won a lot of results, but the arrival of Roman light infantry and cavalry has reversed the passiveness of Roman soldiers. Beaten situation.

The Roman Light Infantry consisted of archers and javelins. Not only did they have a longer range than the Dionysian Javelin, but they also had a more stable and accurate shooting.The speed of the Dionysian cavalry was limited by the Roman cavalry. Even though the Dionysian cavalry wanted to drive down to drive the horse, the Roman team was mixed with heavy infantry, making this adventure impossible. On the contrary, it is easy to fall into the encirclement of the enemy.

The combination of Roman heavy infantry, cavalry and light infantry led to the death and injury of the Dionysian cavalry with more elite riding.Although now, in the Kingdom of Dionysia, cavalry is not as precious as before. The cavalry of the First Army is mainly from the Bruti region. The people there are already good at raising horses and riding horses, so the preparation of the First Army The number of cavalry is enough to form another legion, but how can Lydes, as the head of the legion, not distress the loss of the cavalry, these are the soldiers he cultivated hard!Moreover, in this strange place, it is difficult to replenish the cavalry after the loss.

Faced with the current bad situation, the head of the First Cavalry Regiment, Ledes, hesitated whether to cancel the "intercept Roman soldiers to return to the camp" order.

Fortunately, Amintas’ orders were delivered in time, allowing Ledes to concentrate all his cavalry on the three Roman squadrons in the southwest.

To this end, Ledes also allowed the cavalry to deliberately drive and persecute the three Roman food-raising forces together, which is more conducive to his unified command of the first cavalry regiment to intercept the enemy.

Faced with nearly 2,000 Dionysian cavalry galloping around, Roman soldiers did not dare to act rashly.

But it didn't take long for the combination of a large number of Roman light infantry and cavalry to change this stalemate.

The Romans were centered with heavy infantry, light infantry on the periphery, and cavalry on both sides, ready to intercept the dashed Diorian cavalry.With such a formation, the Romans began to advance slowly towards the camp.

Under the attack of the Roman Light Infantry Javelin and bow, the Dionysian cavalry blocked in front could not throw the javelin, and entered the range of the Roman Light Infantry bow and arrow. The flying arrows made the Dionysian cavalry in the horse. At the same time as the arrows, the Roman cavalry would rush over, cover up for a while, and then return quickly to avoid falling into the encirclement of the Dionysian cavalry.

The Romans repeatedly used this tactic many times, causing considerable losses to the Dionysian First Cavalry Corps.

Lades no longer dared to allow the cavalry to block in front, but instead harassed on the side.But Rome's formation was so tight that the Dionysian cavalry dared not get too close under the threat of bows and arrows.

Looking at the dusty front of the battlefield, the horses continued to hiss, Ledes was once again in a hesitant dilemma, and Yu Guang glanced at a war horse carrying a wounded man, under the traction of another cavalry, toward his place Walk behind.

The wounded face made him feel familiar. He urged him to take a closer look, and it turned out to be Pebarius, the captain of the 1st Cavalry Corps. His full name was Saubercos Pebarius, and he was Ledes. The oldest man of the kingdom, the eldest son of the kingdom hero Saubercos (Since Daphes named his son Daveus Crotocatax, his practice gradually became popular in the kingdom. Most citizens abandoned the tradition of Greeks having only first names and no last names, and began to use their own names as the surnames of future generations).

At this moment, the young man's eyes were closed, unconscious.

"The captain of the regiment, the captain's horse, was shot by a bow and arrow. He fell into a coma after falling off the horse," said the cavalry who brought him back.

"Take care of him!" Ledes screamed and looked forward again, finally determined in his heart, he took a deep breath: "Order, cancel the interception of the Romans—"

"Woo!!!!!!" Suddenly, a high-pitched trumpet came.

"Leader of the Legion, the First Legion! They arrived in the First Legion!!" the cavalry next to them shouted excitedly.

Hearing the familiar sound of the bugle, Ledes looked forward, and through the diffuse dust, he faintly saw the golden light flashing on the Dionysian flag.

And at this moment, the herding soldier of Amintas also arrived: "Report the head of the Ledes Army, the 7th Brigade of the First Army has arrived, is on the way back to the enemy, and is approaching the enemy."

"Only the seventh team?" Lades was slightly disappointed.

The herald soldier said again: "Other brigades are coming one after another!"

Lades pondered a little, then ordered: "Let the brigades immediately stop the harassment of the enemy, increase the distance from the enemy, slow down the horse speed, only need to monitor the enemy's actions, and at the same time let Kaidong Encircle the circle to avoid being accidentally injured by a long-range attack by the First Army."

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The soldiers of the 7th Brigade saw the frontal cavalry in a dusty battlefield. Although they were exhausted, their spirits were extremely excited, and their pace was also accelerating.

When approaching the battlefield, Captain Satilus gave the order to "stop moving".

"Geese formation!" He then gave orders again.

Hearing the waving of the bugle and the flag, the soldiers immediately pulled away from each other, and the entire team stretched and stretched toward the sides, and soon the entire formation formed a concave arc.

At this time, the cavalry of the First Cavalry Corps came: "Brothers of the First Corps, we have given way to the front."

The light infantry commander immediately ordered again: "The first company is ready!"

The formation of the light infantry brigade of each legion is somewhat special. It has only four companies, the first and second companies are archers, and the third and fourth companies are javelins. Each company has 250 men and consists of five teams.But the Light Infantry Brigade of the First Corps is very special. It has only three companies, the second company is the archer, the third company is the javelin, and the first company is the slingman. This is the only unique arm of Dionysia. A total of 350 people, all of whom are Rhode Island-born citizens who are good at throwing stones.

The soldiers of the first company detached the slings that were tied around their waists, and advanced to the front of the team in a loose formation.

Satirus has been looking ahead, judging the distance between his brigade and the enemy. This is a basic skill necessary for the commander of the Dionysian light infantry, and had expedition to Persia and was born in the Thracian light shield. He is more experienced and outstanding in combat, so he will take the position of captain of the first light infantry brigade of the First Army of Dionysian.

Although the Romans saw that the Dionysian cavalry ahead had opened the road, they still did not speed up, because the Dionysian cavalry was still watching around, which forced them to maintain a tight formation.

Seeing that the Romans were only about 300 meters away from his team, Satiros raised his right hand: "The first company attacked!"

The troopers took an egg-sized lead shot from a leather bag around their waist. Compared with the trooper that used the pebbles ten years ago, they are now shotguns for guns. Not only can round shots travel farther, And more lethal.