Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

When building the camp, Leotizides asked the Allied barracks to be built according to the Dionysian barracks, which added a lot of difficulties to the attack of the Carthage army, especially Numibi The sub-forces suffered a lot of losses when they attacked the city of Minoa, many people were killed and injured, the morale was not high, and the actions were very cautious. Therefore, despite the large number of people, the pressure on the southern barracks is not great .

But for the northern barracks, the situation is not optimistic.The hills are small and the mountain is relatively short, so the area of ​​the barracks is also small, making it easier to attack.The 12,000 soldiers Carthage was responsible for attacking the North Battalion were mainly composed of Carthage civilians, and a small number came from citizens of the Phoenician confederacy adjacent to Carthage, such as Utica.Compared to the Numisbians, this army has much higher enthusiasm for combat, and its equipment is also very good. Most of them are heavy infantry.

But at this time, the main defensive force in the north barracks-most of the Agrigento people were not in the camp. There was not enough troops to send the camp to attack the Carthaginians who were trying to remove the traps. They could only be sent to the hills before. The Dionysian light infantry who were preparing to attack the army of the Regiment retreated to the camp to cooperate, but the javelins and arrows they threw were simply not enough to cover the Carthage army that surrounded the camp.

Seeing that the Carthage army was almost approaching the trenches, thousands of Sikel warriors suddenly rushed out of the mountains to the north, investing a large amount of javelin into the guard of the Carthage, although the Carthage was right The appearance of the Sikel people had been expected, and some precautions were taken, but they did not expect that so many Sikel people who came to harass will be caught by surprise...

"What are you talking about?! Four or five thousand Sikels appeared in the north?!" Monte Adnor was startled.

"Yes, sir. These Sikel attacks have caused considerable damage to Lord Reguca's army, preventing them from attacking the Diorian barracks with all their strength," said the scout.

"Damn the barbarian!" Monte Adnor yelled, thinking, and turned to the adjutant: "Informed the idle Rumibian cavalry to rush me to the north immediately, and launched to the Sikels Attack, drive them back into the mountains, so that Reguca can attack the enemy camp with all his strength! And... you go to the south in person and squad 6,000 Lumibians!"

The lieutenant was ordered to leave.

Soon, 3,000 Numbian cavalry set off a large dust cloud and galloped north.

Monte Ador didn't pay attention to this, his brow furrowed, his eyes fixed on the front.Although the scout could not go deep into the battlefield to investigate, and could not understand the real situation, but judging by the screaming shouts and the screams that never stopped, the battle should be quite tragic.Up to now, the battle has continued for more than half an hour, and the army of the Holy Order is still unable to enter, which makes Monte Adno very uneasy.

He wished he could push up the Numbian forces and replace the Holy Legion, but this is impossible, so he can only call the Numbians to thicken the array of the Holy Army and give them more Power support.

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As the small phalanx of the divisions of the 8th Legion of Dionynia gradually approached each other, their strangling speed against the soldiers of the sacred regiment in the battle became faster and faster, because the soldiers of the squadron faced enemies in all directions...

The array of the Eighth Legion finally closed slowly, and the sound of fighting in the formation gradually disappeared. Even the screams became silent after the soldiers of the Holy Corps fell to the ground after trampled by countless feet...

Although the four teams under Dioccas finally integrated, he did not feel relaxed, because each team lost some soldiers, especially the top two teams suffered the most casualties, and in A soldier who fell in such a tragic melee battle was either seriously injured or died when he cleaned the battlefield after the war, and there were very few who could heal. How could he be happy, but it is not a sad thing now, there are enemies ahead fighting.

At the beginning of the battle, the previous Carthaginian attacks were a bit messy due to the lack of effective command, but now they are even more chaotic, because many of the crowded out soldiers of the Holy Order do not want to fight anymore. They just wanted to escape. Although they were brave in the battle before, they were for survival. As the children of the Carthage nobles who had grown up since childhood, although they usually undergo strict training and have strong bodies, they I have never experienced such a fierce battle. I saw the comrades around me who were injured and fell to the ground one by one, and then trampled into mud. This kind of terrible elephant terrified them, making them just want to escape this place like hell. , So they also shoved and even clashed with the soldiers of the Regiment who blocked their way...

"Brothers, attack! Attack! Completely destroy the Carthage!" Diocassis shouted loudly, encouraging the soldiers to continue fighting.

The shouts of the team officers rang out one after another in the array, and Leotichides, who had been closely watching the situation on the mountainside, would not let this great opportunity pass.

"Woo!..." The high-pitched bugle sounded through the battlefield.

The soldiers of the reserve team immediately strode forward when they heard the trumpet. The entire rear array was attached to the array of the eighth legion in front. The two became one, and the forward and powerful propulsion forces gathered by tens of thousands of people It was not at all able to resist the holy troop troops whose number had been damaged by nearly half, and the formation was chaotic. They backed off again and again, and eventually broke up...

Millefio, who was originally behind the holy regiment troops, while the army was blocked by the Dionysian army, he rode a horse on the tirelessly and ran back and forth from the rear to find his familiar team officer from the chaotic soldiers. They reorganized the soldiers. After his long efforts, it seemed that the army of the Holy Order in battle had some order, but suddenly it became more chaotic and then quickly retreated.

Millefio was ignorant and fleeing back with his defeated soldiers. He was hit by this blow. There was a blank in his brain during the escape. He had never wanted to understand: How could such a elite army be defeated somehow?

After a fierce battle for nearly an hour, the soldiers of the Dionysian Legion continued to pursue despite the fatigue, and did not give the ragged Carthage Legion army any breathing opportunity to reorganize.

Leotichides also sent the 4th Cavalry Regiment and the Light Armored Brigade. These two operations were fast and had been intensively accumulating troops from the passages reserved on both sides of the Dionysian Front. When he went out, he quickly ran to the front of the heavy infantry and carried out a fierce and continuous pursuit of the collapse of the holy regiment.

The 6,000 Numbian troops who had been transferred had just entered the lowlands, and they were surprised to see that the Carthaginians, who were usually flamboyant and dressed in colorful armor, threw beautiful shields, beautiful helmets and disheveled hair. , Panicking and shouting at them: "Help! Help! The Dionysians are coming! Quick! Go and block them! Go!..."

Thousands of people rushed towards them like black dogs, and the Numibians, whose morale was not high, rarely made the same moves-turn around, escape...

Tens of thousands of soldiers rushed out of the lowland, intimidating.

Seeing such a scene, Monte Adnor was stunned for a moment.

The adjutant also persuaded: "Adult, we... lost, first return to the camp--"

Before he had finished speaking, he saw Monte Adnor turned his horse's head and clamped the horse with his legs.

The warhorse hissed, carrying him across the Plettany River...

Although the original Numbians were running away, they were not too panic, because there were soldiers of the Regiment running behind them, but when some cavalry of the Fourth Cavalry Corps rushed into their rear from the diagonal stabbing, panic quickly Spread across the entire team, forcing the Numisbians to scramble to escape.

The originally very shallow and narrow Platani River became the biggest obstacle to their escape. Some people were slipped by the mud at the bottom of the river because of panic. They panicked in the river and pulled more people down. This again blocked the escape of the soldiers of the Holy Order behind them, and they pushed back in anger, and the defeated soldiers were in a mess in the river...

The Dionysian cavalry and infantry who chased afterwards stabbed with spears and bayonets, screaming again and again.

The defeated soldiers fled across the river and fled straight to the big camp. The Dionysian soldiers were hotly pursued. Because of the previous battle, Monte Adnor almost evacuated the troops in the camp, and there was no defensive force in the big camp. Dare to stay in the camp for a long time, and continue to flee west.

The sudden defeat of the Holy Legion was beyond the expectation of the two Carthage troops on both sides who were attacking the coalition camp.When the Numbian army in the south received the news, they immediately turned and ran down the mountain, and began to run away.The Numbian cavalry in the north heard the news of the defeat of the middle road, and immediately stopped the struggle with the Sikels. They fled the horse and fled west.

Instead, the leader of the Carthage Civilian General, Reguka, heard the news of the defeat of the middle road. After being shocked, he immediately withdrew the troops who were attacking the barracks and reorganized the formation. The Dionysian army attempted to reverse the situation and rescue the fleeing soldiers.

However, many Carthage soldiers saw the violent momentum pursued by the Dionysian army in front of the right, and they all felt guilty, and they persuaded: "General, let’s withdraw quickly! Fleeing, those Numbians are less likely to stay and fight! If we do not escape, we may be surrounded by the Greeks!"

Reguca was hesitant.

But the trumpet sounded in the barracks on the mountain. The Dionian heavy infantry reserve brigade sent by Leotizides to the barracks and the Agrigento soldiers who rushed back to the camp after the reorganization, a total of more than 3,000 People, rushed out of the camp together, and killed the Carthage army towards the foot of the mountain, and the thousands of Sikel fighters also rushed toward the Carthage army from the north.