Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Moreover, Leotizides considers that Jera’s soldiers have younger citizens (Jera people can be regarded as coming out of the nest to protect their homes). The enemy easily broke the front.

At the same time, considering the weakness of the Greek heavy infantry-the flanks were attacked and easily defeated, so Leotizides approached the left wing close to the coast, which prevented the Carthaginians from detouring from the left and attacking the friendly side.

In addition, his thickening array also has the purpose of shortening the length of the battle array, because the land on the west side of Gela is flat, but it is not wide. It is only 7-8 miles from the coast to the mountains. Si needs to leave enough space outside the right wing for the cavalry to ride, because he sets the victory of the Dionysian Allied Forces on the right wing, because there is the 8th Army he trusts, and he can go around at any time. 1,300 cavalrymen attacked by the Carthaginian side (1000 cavalrymen of the 4th Cavalry Corps plus 300 cavalrymen of Gerald and Kamanlina).However, he learned from the population of Jera that no cavalry was found in the Carthage army who came to attack the city, and the Dionyan Scout confirmed these news in the past two days.

After thinking carefully, he wanted to understand the reason, so he dared to fight with the Carthaginians so quickly, and the cavalry was his biggest dependency.

Leotizides and Lieutenant Mukru stood on horseback in front of the formation, watching the formation of the Carthaginians on the opposite side, and there were also scouts reporting to him on the entire formation of the Carthaginian army.

Although the Dionysian intelligence department did not collect much information from the Carthage army in the Iberian region (this is because Carthage had previously negotiated a peace agreement with Dionysian in order to protect the source of its precious metal mine China clearly put forward a clause that “Donian merchant ships are not allowed to trade in the Carthage territory of Iberia.” At the same time, Marco also has stricter control over his territory and is very vigilant to outsiders. Dionysian intelligence personnel It is quite difficult to enter southern Iberia to which Carthage belongs), Leotizides knows roughly: wearing a peaked helmet, wearing a white linen breastplate, a chain coat, a spear and a long shield Phoenician and Numbian infantry; Iberian infantry wearing flat-topped helmets, white linings with purple piping, armor coats, long shields and daggers; and those wearing black robes and armor , Soldiers who also hold long shields and short swords may be the rumored Lusitania warriors...

After roughly understanding the situation of the Carthage formation, Leotizides breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Mukru: "It seems that the Carthage people are indeed worried about the attacking power of our legionnaires. Their main force in Iberia was placed on the left wing. In this way... we first arrayed and used the Eighth Army to attract the main force of the other party and reduce the pressure on the friendly soldiers."

The reason why he said this is because Mukruk reminded him before: it is best not to pre-arrange the enemy before the enemy arrives, because it was mentioned in the "Dionysian Military Law" that it is best not to let before the battle The enemy first knows his own array deployment, so as not to have the opportunity to make targeted arrangements.

At this time, Mukruk did not blindly agree. He reminded: "Master Commander, the Carthaginians have placed the Lusitans on their right!"

"It used to be ruthless that the Mesapi people were fierce, the Lucania people were fierce, and the Samonais were fierce...but they didn't pose a great threat to Dionia, and now they are rumored to be fierce. , I think we should not blindly listen to these rumors, first look at the situation of the battle before speaking." Leotizides calmly dismissed, he in turn reminded Mukru: "The largest heavy infantry in Greece The advantage is that their frontal defense is strong and their attack power is not weak. This is exactly what our coalition forces are better than the other than the cavalry, so as long as it is a frontal fight, we will not be disadvantaged."

At this time, the herald soldiers of the Eighth Legion arrived and reported to him: The Legion had been arrayed.

Leotizides immediately looked back to the left, and the noise was still constant, and he was somewhat dissatisfied: "Send someone immediately to urge the Gerald and Kamalina to speed up the array!"

After he finished speaking, he turned his horse's head, walked through the gap of the formation, and returned to the back of the middle road.

"Woo!..." After more than ten minutes, the Dionyan Allied Forces sounded the offensive horn.

The entire formation began to move forward slowly, and the fastest was the light infantry brigade of the Eighth Corps. They passed through the gap of the Eighth Corps’ checkerboard formation and rushed towards the opposite enemy in a loose formation. They wanted Use the bow and arrow and javelin to give the enemy the first wave of blows, disrupt the enemy's formation, and lay the groundwork for the victory of the heavy infantry attack.

Hasdrubal and Kisgow have learned about Dionia’s previous warfare, and naturally know this Dionysia’s heavy infantry tactics. When he sees the Black Helmet and Black Armored Eighth Army When they were on the opposite side of their left wing, they had preparedness, so when the Light Infantry Brigade of the Eighth Army rushed out of the lineup, Kisgo also responded to the army that had been waiting for the left wing.

There are about 1,700 people in this army, of which 500 are black-robed Lusitania javelin throwers. They are armed with a hooked javelin, which is difficult to be pulled out after stabbing the body. Therefore, the Lusitania javelin thrower in Iberia has changed.

The 1200 soldiers behind them were wearing white singles, a heavy cloth bag tied around their waists, a dagger, no helmet, no armor, and even bare feet, just holding in their hands A catapult woven from wool and linen... Yes, they are catapults from the Balearic Islands.

The Balearic Islands are a series of islands in the western Mediterranean near the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula. The residents of the island have always had a tradition of cultivating troopers. Children have been trained as soldiers since childhood, and their mothers even started Don’t give the child bread until he hits a distant target with a catapult for the first time.The Balears, who lack resources and are barren, use a large number of cheap trebuchets to defend the island's security, and residents with superb trebucheting skills often use this skill to obtain meat and improve lives, such as throwing birds to throw birds.

Marco occupies the south of Iberia (mainly southeast), just adjacent to the Balearic Islands. By providing sufficient food for the Balearic people, he gained the loyalty of the Balearic people in the process of fighting Iberia. In China, the Balearic troopers played a large role.This time in Sicily, Marco brought 1,500 Balearic troopers.

After the Balearics walked out of the army, they stopped moving. They put their hands into the cloth bags around their waists. The cloth bags were divided into three compartments, and three types of lead shots were placed. They took out the lightest lead shots. Put it in the cloth pocket of the stone, and then start waving it.

Since the Dionysian coalition had just begun to advance, after the 8th Army Light Infantry Brigade rushed out of the formation, they were still more than 400 meters away from the enemy on the opposite side, so they were advancing fast, and the formation was not completely dispersed. A dark cloud flew in the sky ahead.

"Be careful of flying stones! Pay attention to protecting your head!" the light infantry captain shouted, his face changed a little.

Under the reminder of the team officers, the light infantry who had never been attacked by the slingers all lowered their heads and hugged their necks with their hands.Although the Dionian light infantry wore a single coat, they were all equipped with a leather helmet. After the lead shot fell, a hum sounded, but it did not cause many casualties.

"Accelerate the speed! Approach the enemy!" Under the reminder of the team officers, the light infantry who were beaten by the flying stones speeded up.

In the process, they suffered several rounds of lead shots. Due to the narrowing of the distance, the Balearic stone soldiers have replaced the small lead shots with medium ones and finally large ones.

Since the Lusitania javelin rushed up, and the Dionysian light infantry must of course also start to attack, it is impossible to cover the face with both hands, which caused their injuries to rise straight, especially the archers, Because of their long range, they became the main target of the attack of the Balearic pelmen.

Archery is a delicate exercise that requires physical strength. It requires the muscles of the upper body of the bow and arrow to work together in order to fill the bow string and shoot accurate and powerful arrows. Even if the lead shot does not hit the head, it will hurt other parts of the body. The muscles and tendons will also seriously affect the combat strength of the archer.

Is there a catapult in the Carthaginians opposite?!After listening to the urgent report of the scout ride, Leotizides was slightly shocked.

"Master Commander, this may be the Balearic trooper mentioned in the intelligence!" Mukruk reminded.

The Ministry of Military Affairs had previously mentioned that "Marco's Numbian army has the effectiveness of balconies in the Balearic Islands."But this time after the army led by Marco landed in Sicily, neither in the siege of Serinus, or the sneak attack on the Sikels, nor the siege of Enna and Jera. So Leotizides ignored it for a while.

At this time, he immediately issued an order: "Let the commander blew the horn on the right wing to accelerate the advance, so that the soldiers of the Eighth Legion will engage the enemy as soon as possible, to avoid being disturbed by the slingers!"

"Ooooooo..." The bugle sounded hurriedly in the rear, and the officers of the eighth army corps at all levels immediately instructed the company and brigade flagmen to wave the high military flag forward, and the entire right-wing soldier gradually accelerated. Speed ​​of forward movement.

The light infantry brigade was at a disadvantage in the long-range contest with the opponent, but they were still clenching their teeth. As a member of the entire legion, the light infantry officers knew that they must win time for the heavy infantry comrades in the rear, and they cannot let the opponent Of the slingmen can free their hands to attack the phalanx of the legion indiscriminately.