Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

But the adjutant had been sent for almost two months. He usually gets along with him day and night, and he didn't even remember the name of the adjutant.Fortunately, through this period of contact, the lieutenant had already understood Leotizides' character. He didn't care, but answered seriously: "My lord, my name is Mukru!"

"Are you Brutus?" Leotizides asked, looking at his different appearance from the Greeks.

"Yes, I come from Cosenza in Bruti."

"Hmm." Leotizides nodded and waved his hand: "Go and order."

"Yes." The adjutant hurriedly turned to leave the account, but there was a smile on his face. Based on his understanding of the commander, he knew that he had been recognized by the military department colleagues as "the harshest commander of the army". .

In fact, the identity of the adjutant Mukru was not simple. He had joined Hironimos in the Crotone Battle at the age of eighteen, and was wounded. After the war, he was comforted by King Davis.Later, he formally joined the Fifth Army Corps and participated in the wars of the Kingdom for more than ten years. He has repeatedly achieved meritorious service, and he has been promoted to the rank of captain. However, he requested to go to the General Staff Office of the Military Department for further study.For Dionia’s senior team officers, few have asked for further study, which is very rare, so even though he is over 30 years old, Felixius made an exception and transferred him to the staff.

After being transferred to the staff office, Mukeru won the praise of his colleagues with his diligent efforts.This time, in view of the importance of this war, Felix reluctantly dispatched this capable and steady capable man.Now it seems that finally it is to meet the requirements of the difficult Leotizides.

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The 15,000 soldiers led by Leotizides included 8,000 regular soldiers of the 8th Legion, 5000 heavy infantry of the reserve, nearly 1,000 light infantry of the reserve, and 1,000 of the 4th Cavalry. Cavalry (Fourth Cavalry Regiment has always been short due to Sicilian territory population and warhorse).

The soldiers of the 8th Legion heard all the battles and were all very excited.Two years ago, the war to pacify the Sikels gave soldiers a lot of rewards. They have been eager to make new achievements, and now the opportunity is coming!

The soldiers of the reserve team are looking forward to performing well in the upcoming battles, adding a highlight to their military resumes, so that they can be smoothly converted into official legionnaires.

Under the leadership of the team officers, the soldiers ran to the foot of the mountain in an orderly and rapid manner, and began to arrange a chessboard formation.

Just after the formation was completed, the soldiers heard a huge noise coming from the front.

The cluttered and thunderous footsteps are getting louder...

Soon, they saw the black crushed soldiers in front of them like a torrent of rain torrentially pouring down to the lowland, roaring and rushing towards them.

Some Dionysian recruits swallowed nervously.

"Order the various teams to quickly form a shield!" Dioccass, who was the Naxos inspector two years ago, is now the company captain of the first company of the first brigade of the Eighth Army. He calmly took orders. .

Other team officers have issued similar orders one after another.

This time, Dionysia’s shield formation was different from the past. The soldiers of each unit not only erected the shield on the outer periphery of the front, back, left, and right of the small square, but also the bayonet towards the front, back, left, and right. Flat in all directions, like a hedgehog with thorns erected.

At the same time, the soldiers continued to shout: "Go from the gap!!! Go from the gap!!!"

In order to facilitate the retreat of the defeated soldiers, the distance between the small square formations of the eighth army detachment was much larger than usual during training.

Seeing the densely laid flat bayonet, as long as it is not a fool, it will not take the initiative to hit up, not to mention the sound to remind the broken soldiers, there are light armor soldiers in the front to guide, the broken soldiers are natural Dionysia split into a stream before the array, and ran to the rear along the gap between the small squares.

Of course, there were also broken soldiers who hit the shield wall due to thrust and panic, were stabbed by the stab guns, and issued a terrible scream, but the Dionysian soldiers will not withdraw the stab guns to rescue the wounded soldiers. ,like a statue.The companion's screams will also warn others to stop in front of the shield and avoid slamming.

"Catch up! Don't let them run away!..." Millefio, who was riding on the horse, followed the troops of the regiment and rushed forward. He shouted excitedly, regardless of whether the soldiers running around could hear it.

He sat high on the horse and was able to see that the soldiers of the Order were well-trained. Even after the victory, they still maintained a relatively complete formation, pushing forward like a red tide, of course This is also related to the fact that most of the enemies directly fled backwards without running around.

Whether it is Monte Adno or Millefio, they only know that the Dionysian forces build camps on the hills on the east bank of the Pletara River, but what is the specific arrangement?What kind of terrain is here?They are not very clear.On the one hand, because they do not have a strong sense of proactively obtaining information about the environment and enemies around the battlefield, on the other hand, Leotizides has the ability to protect his army under the long-term influence of the Dionysian Military Law. The initiative of military secrets not being leaked, so while constructing the camp, he sent all the reconnaissance riding and mountain reconnaissance teams, and even some light armoured soldiers patrolled around the camp to expel Carthage’s spies and shield the area around the camp. Information.

Therefore, when Millefio, who was in the middle of the battlefield, was eagerly chasing the enemy, he was not very clear that there was a hill on the left and right sides of it, and there were enemy barracks on it, and he did not know There was a larger hill three miles ahead, blocking their way forward, and the real enemy of Carthage, the army of Dionynia, was stationed on this hill.Now, the three hills are like giant crabs with double claws open, waiting for the defeated soldiers to introduce the unsuspecting Carthage into its hungry mouth.

The company led by Theocassis was divided into four small squares, two at the forefront and two at the rear. Dioccass stood in the center of the rear square, through the gap between the front squares , Attention to the situation of the collapsed soldiers.

Suddenly, his eyes narrowed, and through the gap between the Allied soldiers who lost their helmets and disarmed, he saw the Carthaginians in gorgeous armor.

According to the usual tactical principles of the Dionysian Legion, the small square phalanx of the rear row should move forward quickly, filling the gaps in the front row, forming a complete dense large square phalanx, but in this way, running at the end These broken soldiers will be intercepted before the rapidly forming square of the Dionysian army, sandwiched between the Dionysian and Carthage forces, and become the victims of the confrontation between the two armies.

However, the small phalanx of the eighth legion's detachment did not move. The soldiers pressed the long shield closer and dragged the bayonet tighter, but they remained firmly in place and remained motionless.

This was not because they had to take care of these poor Allied soldiers, but because it was originally the tactics of Commander Leotichides.

Some of the soldiers of the Holy Order who were chasing saw the dense bayonet phalanx in front, stopped the progress of surprise, but were pushed by the comrades in the back and greeted involuntarily, so they could only protect themselves with a round shield , Stab spears at newly emerged enemies; some soldiers of the Regiment followed the defeated soldiers into the gap between the small squares, and then were blocked by the next small square, some of the soldiers of the Regiment Blindly following the defeated soldier again, turning to the next gap...

"There are enemies in front!!"

"It's Dionysians!!"

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The slightly panicked shouts of soldiers reached Millefio’s ears, and he rode to see more clearly: Dionysian soldiers in black armor gathered in a dense small phalanx. Under the impact of the soldiers of the Holy Order, it is like an island in the torrent, and there is a danger of drowning at any time...

Even if he knew that he had lost control of the army of the Holy Order, Millefio still brandished his spear and hissed, "The warriors of Carthage, kill me and crush the Dionysians!"

But in the eyes of Leotizides, who was halfway up the hillside and overlooking the entire battlefield: the checkerboard array arranged by the Eighth Army has divided the chasing Carthage's army into countless trickles, Without the organization and command, the Carthaginians who cannot form a joint force cannot shake the Dionysia phalanx that is as solid as a rock in the torrent!

"Let the reserve team close!" Leotizides gave the order.

The adjutant Mukeru hesitated a little: "Would you like to wait a little longer? After letting all the Confederate soldiers escape--"

Leotizides looked indifferent: "Now the Allied soldiers have escaped, and some of the Carthaginians will run to the rear of the array, adding unnecessary trouble to our soldiers in the next battle. I have given They blamed them for not running fast enough!"

"Yes!" Mukru said no more and immediately accepted the order.

"In addition, notify the generals of the allies, seize the time to gather the broken soldiers, and quickly lead them back to their camps to resist the upcoming attack of the enemy."

"Woo!..." The high-pitched trumpet sounded across the mountainside.

The reserve team officers, who had been repeatedly instructed by the head of the regiment in advance, began to command the small phalanx of the units located behind the entire array, and they slowly moved forward and inwards with each other.

The torrent composed of broken soldiers and chasing soldiers passed through the turning of multiple gaps and flowed to the rear. The impact on the small phalanx has weakened. There are bayonet openings and long shield defenses, accompanied by the screams of the enemy and friendly soldiers. The last legionary soldiers of the formation relied on the dense 50-person array, and they entered the gap in the front smoothly with little obstruction. Together with the small square phalanx in the front, they formed a four-column thick but about two long The dam in here completely cut off the torrent.