Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Amintas paused, and Prentals reminded him in time: "Don't forget the Roman soldiers who just retreated!"

The adjutant Aristonos said disdainfully: "Do those defeated soldiers still have the courage to fight?"

"Don't underestimate the enemy." That is to say, Amintas didn't quite think that the defeated Roman soldiers could be reorganized so quickly, but he still kept a little cautious: "Let the third brigade center and respond!"

After giving orders, he looked back at the eighth brigade soldiers who rested not far behind.

It would be nice if they were also heavy infantry!At this time, Amintas had such thoughts in his heart, and it also showed that the Romans' offensive put pressure on his psychology.

"Send someone immediately to urge the Walseys to speed up their progress!" Amintas was no longer relaxed.

After Stevelos led the company back from the front line, they basically maintained their original formation, but most of the soldiers sat on the ground, gasping for breath.

The soldiers had just eased a little bit, and the commander of the captain Ketisus came to order: "Brothers of the first brigade, according to the current formation order, immediately turned to the left to meet the incoming enemy!"

The soldiers scolded their sore legs with their spears, picked up their long heavy shields, and under the command of company captain Stiflos and the squad leader, followed the other company soldiers and placed the entire first The square formation of the brigade rotates to the left and then marches forward.

Just after reaching the edge of the left wing, the soldiers saw that the Romans were not far from them.

And these fast-arriving Roman soldiers saw that the enemy’s reinforcements had arrived in front of them, and they did not stop the whole team, arranged in a large phalanx to meet, but instead directed a small phalanx formed by squadrons to Dioni The first Asian team had just set up an array to charge.

This type of offensive method often seen in the training of the Dionysian Army appeared on the other party, and Stiflos felt both ridiculous and nervous.

"Shield defense!" He could not give this order. The soldiers were exhausted and unable to launch a charge to offset the other's charge.

At the forefront of the Dionysian soldiers, the entire left arm was used to hang a long shield and sideways to stabilize the horse. At the same time, the captains also reminded them loudly: "Replace the dagger! Replace the dagger!... "

When the soldiers are tired and the muscles are sore, using the bayonet will not only reduce the accuracy of the jab, but also cause the bayonet to slip back when the opponent violently hits, thus scratching the palm and affecting the weapon. usage of.The short sword is more conducive to control, especially when the enemy wants to use power to close to the crush, it is even more useful.This is the experience summed up in countless battles, and was compiled into the "Military Law" by the Dionysia Military Department, so the team officers can use it in a timely manner.

The six squadrons from Rome were all composed of young soldiers, who ran powerfully and roared with thunder.

In fact, the soldiers of the First Legion are mostly at the age of 25 or 6 years old, which is also the peak period of life. It's just that they set off from Selsche in the morning and haven't had much rest until now. Too much physical strength is naturally unable to compare with the other party.

The Roman squadrons successively collided with Dionysia's shield formation, just like a large stone bombarded the city wall, causing the shield formation to appear one after another.

The Roman soldiers used the strong charge of kinetic energy to break through the opponent's shield and stab the staggering enemy with a spear in their hands.

Dionysian soldiers exhausted all their strength, first resisted the enemy's charge, then followed the soldiers in the back slowly back to ease the strong offensive of the other side, while protecting the whole body with a long shield, the short sword of the right hand from time to time Stabbed in the gap, killing enemies who dare to be close to the fierce attack.

The Romans attacked violently, the front soldiers were stabbed, and the rear soldiers crossed the wounded and continued to attack.

The Dionysians also defended stubbornly, stepping forward to fill the gaps that were opened, and striving to maintain the integrity of the front line of defense.

From the beginning, the battle became fierce.

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At this time, Amintas once again received bad news from the reconnaissance mouth: "Report the head of the army, there are more than 2,000 Roman heavy infantry moving fast to our right wing!"

Hearing this news, Amintas's face was very ugly: the Romans still have so many troops?!Did they reorganize their previous defeat so quickly?!

Time no longer allowed him to think more, he looked back at the light armoured soldiers who were still resting, and issued the order: "Let the third brigade quickly rush to the right wing to organize defense, and after receiving the enemy, let the eighth brigade quickly bypass the enemy's flank behind Make a pinch!"

"Leader of the Legion." Printols reminded aside: "Since the Romans' tactics are similar to ours, I'm afraid they will not be afraid of flanks being attacked. On the contrary, when the enemy's popularity is strong, let the light armor and heavy infantry Fighting, I am afraid they will not be their opponents... Well, we are not going to defeat the enemy, but to defend, delaying time...

Printors’ reminder made Amintas ponder for a while: indeed, since the Romans were fighting based on a squadron of more than 100 people, when the light armor moved to the side and rear of its array, its rear squadron only You need to turn around flexibly to form a face-to-face battle...

Soon, he changed the order: "Let the third brigade reduce the thickness of the array, extend the length of the formation, and completely block the enemy's attack! Let the eighth brigade rush to the rear of the third brigade, increase the thickness of the entire array, and resist the impact of the enemy! "

"Yes!"

At this time, Amintas was not as calm as before, as was Prentals, and the atmosphere became a little dignified.

Lades hesitated and said, "Well, would I let my cavalry attack the enemies coming from the flanks to reinforce the enemy and relieve the first legion a little bit?"

Amintas's eyes lit up, and he shook his head again: "Ledes, thank you! My first legion can resist the attack of the enemy and let your cavalry take a rest. I don't want to wait for the cavalry when the enemy retreats Unable to pursue because of exhausting horsepower."

"Okay." Although Lades' expression looked regretful, in fact, Amintas' words made him relieved.

"Send a herald again to urge the Walseys!!" Then Amintas' impatient words made everyone around him understand that the commander-in-chief was not as confident as he said.

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In fact, Camillus did not send all the heavy infantry. He left three new squadrons behind to protect the light infantry and cavalry from being attacked by the opposing cavalry.

Although the light infantry of the Roman Allies was larger than the Dionysian light infantry, they did not dare to attack the Dionysian light infantry because of the fear of slingers.

As a matter of fact, the number of lead shots carried by the Dionysian troopers is not much, but they show a posture that they always want to attack, making the two sides maintain a stalemate.

Camillus followed closely the progress of the battle ahead.

The new front formed by the old soldiers and the young soldiers not only blocked the enemy’s attack, but also began to oppress the enemy to retreat, but their progress was very slow, and it did not satisfy Camillus, because he knew clearly: Dioni The number of heavy infantry in Asia is less than them, and after a long march, they are not as good as they are. They can still maintain the same position as the second column of soldiers with stronger combat strength after defeating his first front. Don't surprise him.

Therefore, in order to defeat the enemy as quickly as possible, Camillus did not keep the reserve team on the third line, and almost all of them were invested in the attack on the enemy's flanks. Now all available measures have been exhausted, and all available troops Pressed up, and all he had left was anxiously waiting and praying to the god.

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Patrol Rose, the captain behind the sixth team array, was also surprised. This was the first time he had encountered such a difficult enemy since he served.

These Roman soldiers used constant shield strikes and thrusts to consume the physical strength of the Dionysian soldiers, but seldom used brute force to hit the shield formation, to avoid too deep into the front, so they can basically maintain a more continuous attack line.

Under such circumstances, it is difficult for the Dionysian soldiers to exert the power of the dagger, because actively approaching the enemy will undoubtedly consume more of their tired physical strength.

Therefore, under the steady and continuous attack of the Romans, the front that forced Dionysia slowly retreated.

However, on the flanks of the formation, the Roman youth soldiers attacked more violently, especially the more than 2,000 Roman youth soldiers who were finally sent on the field. In order to wash away the shame of their previous defeat, they did not need physical attacks at all, and even killed some red eyes. The soldiers also engaged in life-and-death fighting, which put tremendous pressure on the third brigade of the Dionysian First Army to resist their attack.

Camus was one of the 2,000 people. His squadron was attacked by the Dionysian cavalry before, and then was defeated by the javelin attack of the Dionysian heavy infantry. The soldiers had already held their breath for a long time. After reorganizing the team, they were sent to attack the enemy's flanks and rushed to the front.

In the back of the squadron, Camus watched several soldiers stabbed in the chest by the enemy with short swords, but did not immediately fall down, but used his last effort to hold the opponent’s short swords firmly, providing a blow for the teammates behind him. Opportunity to kill each other.

The heroic performance of the soldiers also made Camus, a veteran of many years, bloody, and tall, he saw a general with a white hat tassel behind the enemy array shouting constantly, he did not think about it. , Threw the spear in his hand hard, and then he saw that the general fell down, but the enemy’s array was not in disorder, as if nothing had happened, the Dionysians were still tenacious Defend the soldiers from attacking.