Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Suddenly, Agsilous's body shook a few times and nearly fell, and the servant hurriedly supported him.

In order to boost morale and observe the enemy's situation, he stood for a long time, and his aging body was already difficult to support, so he could only sit helplessly on the wooden chair that had been prepared.

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The commander of the Dionian army, Cloto Kataks, was also nervous. The first command battle faced a battle of such a grand scale, and the opponent was the Greek overlord Sparta.

Looking at the dazzling wall of light extending infinitely to both sides in the distance, Cloto Kataks felt the invisible pressure. He knew that his order would determine the life and death of thousands of Dionian soldiers. So I have been hesitating.

"His Royal Highness, the soldier's door has almost rested and can issue an offensive order." Plintors stepped forward and reminded softly.

"Uh...Would you like to wait?" Croto Kataks said with some guilty conscience.

Plintors deliberately looked up at the sky, and then said: "Wait any longer, I'm afraid today's battle can only be cancelled. I missed this opportunity and I can seize the Spartan army for a battle next time. When is it, the situation will become more and more unfavorable to us..."

Plintors' words made Cloto Kataks's expression change. He was silent for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Then attack!"

"Woo!...Woo!..." The vigorous and high-pitched bugle echoed on the west side of the Taigeya Plain.

The flags of all levels that were originally erected in the array pointed to the east together as the bugles sounded.

"Go ahead!" Like other team officers, Max gave orders to the soldiers of his unit.

The soldiers of the detachment shouted a few times in excitement, pulled out the long shields inserted in the soil, and put them on their backs. (In order to save the soldiers' strength and facilitate the march, the weapon merchants used the long shields in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Military Affairs. A long cloth strip is added on the inside, with it, soldiers can carry a long shield on their shoulders), holding a lancet and a javelin, and move forward steadily with the soldiers of other units.

The battle is about to begin. Max is a little excited, but the level of excitement is far less than that of the Greek soldiers. He knows that it is because they are eager to defeat the Spartan warriors who have dominated Greece for decades to prove Dionian. The Greek citizens of the kingdom are the strongest fighters in the Greek world, so Max does not have to worry about the fighting spirit of the soldiers.

"The Dionians have begun to attack." Agcilius heard the bugle from the opposite side, unconsciously heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, facing the mercenary general who came to ask for instructions, he still didn't panic. He said in a hurry: "Don't rush to sound the offensive bugle, let the Dionians advance a little longer, so that when we meet, the city of Tygea will be behind them."

As the Dionian soldiers advance slowly, rows of wheat seedlings fall down one after another. The Dionian army, which was originally a straight line, has gradually become layered: the brisk light infantry has passed through the heavy infantry checkerboard. The array is walking forward; followed by the cavalry at both ends. Although they have not allowed the horses to run to save horsepower, they still walk faster than the heavy infantry.

The Dionian light infantry were scattered all over the forefront of the left, center, and right three lanes with their loose formation. When they were about two miles away from the Spartan army, Agsilius, who was informed, finally launched an attack. The command.

The left wing is a Spartan warrior wearing a red cloak, the middle is mainly mercenaries, and the right wing is a mercenary soldier who has just withdrawn from the siege not long ago. Except that the thickness of the right wing is 10 columns, the thickness of the middle and left wing arrays has both increased to 20. Column, with Macedonian cavalry at both ends... It seems that Agsilius is putting up the most traditional Greek phalanx. He wants to have the most regular Greek heavy infantry battle with the Dionian army. The only difference is that Countless light infantry passed through the gaps in the array, and also faced forward in a loose formation.

Agsilius knows something about the Dionian army. He knows that the Dionian army is good at attacking with light infantry in battle to disrupt the opponent's array, so he specifically asked him to recruit generals of mercenaries. Recruiting more light infantry is to fight against and weaken the Dionian light infantry during the battle.

"What are you talking about? The other party has a lot of slingers!" Cloto Kataks was surprised after listening to the scout's report.

"Yes, Your Highness. The enemy threw a large number of flying stones at our light infantry in the distance, causing some soldiers to be injured."

"I think the Spartans may have recruited some Rhode Island slingers." While the staff officer Mukru made speculations, he also sighed regretfully: "It's a pity that the original slingers in our First Army They are all retired!"

"Damn it! I should have asked my father to send some Bariari people before!" Croto Kataks regretted at this time.

After the southern region of Iberia was merged into the Kingdom of Dionia, the Balearic Islands naturally surrendered to Dionia.Davos allowed them to autonomy, and at the same time generously promised to solve their food shortage problem, but also made a request: Once the war needs, Bariari must provide no less than 2,000 slingers.

"His Royal Highness, don't worry." Plintors said relievedly: "The light infantry of the Spartans are improvised. They are not as well-trained as our soldiers, but they have taken advantage of the advantage of distance. I think Soon our light infantry will make them suffer."

Croto Kataks was skeptical and at least relaxed a little.

Soon after the light infantry of the two sides engaged in the battle, the cavalry of the two sides also began to accelerate. Although the high wheat seedlings hindered the running of the horses, the cavalry at this time did not have time to think too much. Rushed together.

At both ends of the array are 1,000 Dionian Cavalry vs. 750 Macedonian Cavalry. Although the Dionian Cavalry has an advantage in number, the Macedonian Cavalry is the dominant force on the same level as the Thessari Cavalry in Greece, whether it is cavalry. Skills, fighting spirit, and combat effectiveness are not weak.

Although the First Cavalry Regiment is "first" in its name, it is different from the Infantry Regiment. Its combat effectiveness is not superior to other regiments. Even the newly built Fifth Cavalry Regiment, the Sixth Cavalry Regiment and the Seventh Cavalry Regiment in recent years The regiment is stronger than it, because the Fifth Cavalry Regiment is located in Iberia, and the main soldiers come from the conquered Lusitania cavalry; the Sixth Cavalry Regiment is located in the Po area, and all its soldiers are Gallic cavalry; as for the seventh The cavalry regiment is based in Hadrumentum, but there is no fixed personnel at ordinary times. Instead, the Sinumibian tribes are required to provide 3000-4000 cavalry when needed. It is the only light cavalry regiment in the kingdom. It is also the largest cavalry regiment.

Therefore, the regiment commander Kuchius, who took office the previous year, felt the pressure and increased the training intensity of the cavalry (Leides chose to retire because he was too old and injured to ride a horse for a long time).

At this time, in a short period of time, the cavalry's contest could not tell the winner.

The news came back to the command center behind the Dionian Army. In order to prevent Cloto Catacs from worrying again, Plintors took the initiative to say: "The reason why your Majesty did not send too many cavalry at the time There are many mountains in Pennesia and there are few plains, and there is not much room for the cavalry to play. Moreover, the army has expeditions across the sea. Originally, the consumption of rations was huge, and the cavalry consumed more food. The Greek cavalry was not strong, so only one was sent. The Cavalry Corps is not our main force for victory."

"The main force for victory is our infantry corps!" Croto Kataks looked forward with expectation. As the entire army continued to move forward, the dust and fog that had been stirred up began to diffuse, making the line of sight become It was a little fuzzy, but the screams kept coming, becoming clearer and clearer.

The Dionian light infantry who had suffered some small losses accelerated their speed and shortened the distance between them. Then the archers used the superb shooting skills acquired through years of hard training to attack the enemy, and the Cretan archers could only stand up to it. Against it.

The javelinmen took the opportunity to rush forward, narrowed the distance to within 30 meters, and threw the javelin, but they were counterattacked by a large number of Thracian shield soldiers.

Compared with the total number of only 3,000 Dionian light infantry (the light infantry brigade of the 7th Army stayed in the camp), the Spartan coalition had more than twice the number of light infantry combatants. The ability is not weak, but improvised together, not only lacks the tacit understanding of cooperation, from time to time to cause mutual obstacles, and they lack large-scale front light infantry combat experience, so the small number of Dionian light infantry rely on flexible Movement and skillful tactical coordination take the initiative.

As the two armies became closer and closer, the light infantry of the Spartan Allied Forces, who were worried about being squeezed in the formation, hurriedly withdrew from the front.The Dionian light infantry still stayed in front of the formation without fear, and instead conducted long-range attacks on the Spartan coalition heavy infantry who were slowly moving forward.

Although the arrows falling from the air didn't hurt them much, they could slow their forward speed and disrupt their array, but the heavy javelin thrown threatened their lives.

The hired heavy infantry in front of the array was forced to start running before reaching the distance of the charge when they could not evade, making the originally crooked front line even more uneven.

The Dionian light infantry quickly withdrew from the gap in the rear checkerboard array, and the small squares quickly closed to form a unified array. Then the team officers shouted: "Javelin ready!"

At this time, most of the soldiers of the Spartan coalition had rushed to a distance of 40 meters, not too soon, and the time was just right. This was the result of the long and arduous training of the Dionian Army.