Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Because Leotizides received Minoa’s urgent request for assistance again, the Carthaginian army stormed day after day, and the siege equipment they made caused a lot of casualties to the Minoa garrison, and Minoa was almost unable to withstand .At the same time, he also received news from Serinus that he led the army to leave the port of Serinus by boat, but he did not conceal the sentinels of Carthage patrolling the seaside. Sicheng launched an attack.

All these made Leotizides eager to resolve the Carthage army under the city of Jera as soon as possible, so after discussing with the Jera and Kamanlina reinforcements, they decided to have a meeting with the Carthage Battle.

In the early morning, Leotizides led 8,000 soldiers of the 8th Army, 1,000 cavalry of the 4th Cavalry Corps, 5000 soldiers of Gela, and 3000 reinforcements of Kamalina, a total of 17,000 people, out of the city of Gela After traveling four miles to the west, facing the Carthage Barracks, he set off.

The entry of the huge troop-carrying fleet into the port of Gela cannot conceal the Carthage army near the seaside construction camp, so the Carthage army did not attack the city in these two days. Instead, under the repeated persuasion of Kisgow, Hasdrew Ba called about 2,000 soldiers stationed in Echnom, but only a few hundred were kept.In addition, he issued an order to the Carthage army under his command to participate in the siege of Enna, which caused 1,500 soldiers to travel in the mountains and travel together on a starry night.

Kisgo's words moved Hasdrubal: "...According to what the sentry observed, there were no fewer than 200 Dionysian troop carriers, so at least 10,000 Dionysian soldiers entered Jay In this way, the number of defenders in the city is similar to that of our soldiers, so the Dionysians can never just defend the city, but want to defeat us, because of the huge army led by Master Marco Compared to our small number, but closest to the Dionysian territory, it is a great threat to them. As long as we can defeat the Dionysian army, we can quickly complete the goal promised by Marco in the Senate-will The Dionysians drove out of Sicily, and Hasdruba you can also be praised by the people of Carthage!..."

So when he learned that the Dionysian army had left the city of Jera, Hasdruba could not wait to gather troops in the camp.

When the Dionysian coalition was in formation, Hasdruba also led the army to leave the camp and came across from the Dionysian coalition and began to form an array.

Hasdruba’s army consists of 10,000 Phoenician-Numibian mixed forces, 4,000 Iberian soldiers, 2500 Lusitan fighters, 600 Celtic fighters, and more than 1,000 Special soldiers are about 18,500 soldiers in total.

Since the place where the two sides are about to battle is flat grassland, which can be seen in a few miles, the Dionysian coalition first started to form an array, so Hasdruba and Kisgo were given an opportunity to observe.

The battle array that the Dionysian Allied Forces are arranging is about three miles long, and they are all heavy infantry. They overlap and overlap like a long iron wall.

Due to the unique black helmet and black armor of the Dionysian Legion in the formation, it was particularly conspicuous, which first attracted the attention of Hasdrubal. He found that the Dionysian army was mainly concentrated on the right side of the battle array (Dio The left of the Allied Coalition Forces), therefore, after a brief discussion with Gisgow, they began to form a formation: 7000 Phoenician and Numibian mixed forces were on the left, facing the Legion of Dionysian soldiers .

This army was specially formed after the Margonide family prepared to go to Iberia for development. For various reasons, the Carthaginians were not recruited at that time, but in the Philippine region of Numibia and the coast of North Africa. The Nikki allies recruited a lot of poor and displaced people, starting with 20,000 people and reaching 40,000 at the peak. They were the main force of the Magonid family to establish a foothold in Iberia and expand their territory. Over the past decade, under the leadership of Marco and Hasdrubal, he has fought countless times against the fierce natives of Iberia, and is the most reliant force of the Margonides.This time attacking Sicily, Marco brought 20,000 people, and 10,000 soldiers remained in southern Iberia.

In the middle, Hasdrubal was preparing for the remaining 3,000 Phoenician and Numbian soldiers to guard with the 2,000 Iberian infantry.

The Iberian infantry is composed of indigenous people living in southern Iberia. Although they are not as fierce as their distant relatives, the Lusitans, they have a large population and are more united. They once gave the Magonid family in Iberia. The conquests in the south created a lot of trouble, and it took about 6 or 7 years to make most of the tribes submit to Marco.

Therefore, Marco did not dare to enslave the southern Iberian race like Carthage enslaved the Numbians, but listened to the nephew Haka: as long as they surrendered, they would not deprive them of their territory and allow them to be in the jurisdiction Living free in the country, not taxing them, not interfering in the internal affairs of the tribes, and trading daily necessities with these tribes at a lower price...

But these races also have obligations that must be observed: do not violate the laws of the colony (this law is not Carthage’s law, but Haká’s law based on the situation in southern Iberia), when the Magonid family waged wars abroad , They need to provide a source of troops, of course, after winning, they will also receive a generous reward of loot; in addition, no war between the tribes, once there are conflicts and conflicts, let the Magonid family coordinate the settlement, which is equivalent to let The Margonide family became the chiefs of the tribes in southern Iberia. The interests of the tribes were not harmed. Instead, they gained a lot of benefits, and naturally the resistance to Marco was greatly reduced.

So far, Marco’s territory in southern Iberia has not only remained generally stable, but also has a large number of free soldiers, which has greatly reduced the military costs of maintaining the security of the territory and also reduced the number of soldiers hired (mainly Phoenician and Numbian forces), Marco brought 15,000 Iberian infantry during this landing.

The right wing is composed of 2,500 Lusitan fighters and 2,000 Libyan soldiers.The right wing has the fewest soldiers, but Hasdrubal pinned the hope of victory on the right wing because of the presence of Lusitania warriors.

The Lusitans are actually a branch of the Celtics. They are tall and strong, and they run fast and powerful. They are good at using the large shield and the Fakata short sword, and they use their weapons to use their relatives-Iberia. The infantry are similar, except that the Iberian infantry is stable, but when they fight, they are more violent and more suitable for attacking, so Hasdruba ranked them at the far right, hoping to use them to open the road to victory.

As for the 600 Celtic fighters, Hasdrubba left them behind the middle lane, not because he had the habit of retaining the reserve team, but because he had just vaguely observed Dionia There are many cavalry in the coalition.

Hasdrubal is not like Monte Adnor. He and his uncle Marco have carefully studied the previous wars of the Dionysians and found that the cavalry plays a very important role in it. They even applied it to In the war to conquer southern Iberia, the cavalry was used to defeat the enemy many times and reverse the situation. After all, Carthage’s cavalry resources are very rich. Carthage cavalry, Numbian cavalry, Mauritanian Confederate cavalry, and even the Lusitans There are also a lot of cavalry. This time, there are more than 7,000 cavalry in the army led by Marco.

But because Hasdrubal wanted to lead the army across the mountains, assault the Sikels, and then attack the rear of the Dionysian army, the cavalry became cumbersome, making the current army without cavalry, so he had to stay Use the Celtics to protect another unit and defend against the flanks of the Dionysian cavalry.

Of course, the Celtics are reckless and difficult to cooperate with other troops in the battle. Instead, they will hinder the attack, which is why they are carried out separately. For this reason, Hasdruba also let Kisgo sit in the town. Behind the middle road, one of the tasks is to restrain this Celtic force.

After completing these deployments, Hasdrubal ran to the right. He wanted to personally attack the enemy with the Lusitans. The head of a Carthage army actually lined up with a group of indigenous people. And it is still at the forefront of the lineup. This is indeed unique for the Carthaginian nobles, even Marco can’t do it, but Hasdrubal won the Iberians, Lusitans, Even the Celtics respect, everyone is willing to obey his command.

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Leotizides received the return of the reconnaissance ride and learned that the Carthaginian army had been out of the camp, his heart was settled: today's battle will definitely continue.

He began a more detailed formation: the 6000 heavy infantry of the Eighth Corps lined up from the right to the middle, with only 8 courses, so that the Eighth Corps occupied half of the entire lineup; it was connected to the Eighth Corps. It was Gerald’s heavy infantry, and they increased the ranks to 14; the left side of the Gerald was the Kamalina heavy infantry, which was also 14 transverses...

The formation of the Dionysian Allied Forces is like a hatchet, with a thin wooden handle on the right and a thick blade on the left. The reason why Leotizides arranged this way is also forced: The Dionysian Army and the South Coast The friendly forces of the United States have been fighting together for several months. He has a deeper understanding of these Greek city-state troops. Most of them have more skilled heavy infantry combat skills. They are also brave in combat, but the discipline is relatively loose, and the battle cannot be sustained. Frustrated, it is easier to collapse, out of fear for them, so they thickened their array.In this way, the front soldiers wearing heavy Greek heavy infantry armor and having difficulty in movement, even if they are timid and want to retreat, but under the push of the soldiers in the rear, they have to struggle forward, otherwise he will die more easily from the enemy Attack and trampling by your own comrades.