Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

In the end, the Taigeya soldiers couldn't even swing their spears, but the soldiers of the First Legion who hid behind the shield walls of the squadrons were able to pierce their short swords freely and continuously, with constant screams. The Taigeya soldiers panicked even more. When the back road was cut off, they began to desperately rush to the Spartans in front of the allies.

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The soldiers kept using their long shields to resist the impact of external forces, and constantly piercing them with their short swords, their shoulders and arms were already sore.

Max kept yelling and cheering, his voice was almost hoarse... I don't know how long the enemy's attack on the tortoise shell suddenly weakened.

Could it be that our reinforcements really came?...Max saw hope and was overjoyed.

The soldiers peered out through the seam of the shield, vaguely seeing the Spartans retreating.They also breathed a sigh of relief temporarily and moved their sore arms slightly.

At this moment, there were two loud noises from the top of the head, "Peng! Peng!" The soldiers in the back row holding the long shield above their heads felt like a boulder hit the shield surface, and the entire shield arm was about to break. It was broken, and they couldn't help screaming in pain.

At this time, two figures fell from above, and while the soldiers of the Dionian Legion hadn't reacted, they pushed the soldiers beside them out.

The Dionian soldiers were defending against attacks from the enemy outside. They did not expect the Tortoiseshell Formation to be breached from the inside, and several soldiers were pushed out of the array unsuspectingly.

Max's eyes were torn apart, he shouted: "Tighten the formation!", he rushed to the enemy closest to him, the short sword pierced the enemy's throat, but the enemy's hideous smile before his death made his heart cold.

What had been prepared was that the Spartan soldiers swarmed from all sides, so that Max's squad soldiers had no time to regroup. They were shocked and had to fight separately.

It turned out that after the Spartans rushed into the formation that Dionians had dispersed, they found that the Dionians were not scattered. They gathered into a strange small phalanx and were fighting stubbornly.The Spartan warriors continued to attack, still unable to break through the opponent's defense, but also caused many injuries.

The Spartans with strong tactical ability had to find another way to break the enemy. Soon they thought: The defense around these small Dionian phalanxes is very strong, but they may be a breakthrough above them.

So two volunteering fighters jumped to the top of the tortoiseshell formation under the entrustment of several comrades in arms, and broke the whole formation.

Facing the crowded Spartan warriors, the resistance of the detachment soldiers was quickly shattered. Max, who was pierced by his thigh and fell to the ground, did not stop fighting. He shielded his upper body with a long shield and cut the enemy with a short sword. His feet finally slipped from his hand until a lancet pierced his right hand, the short sword that had been chopped full of gaps...

The Spartans used the same method to destroy several small Dionian phalanxes at the forefront. Just as they were preparing to continue their efforts, the first fighters at the forefront were frightened and pushed desperately by the Targea. , Not only could not continue to attack the Dionian phalanx, but they were also in danger. After unable to rebuke the frightened Taigeya, they jabbed at their former allies and the situation began to become chaotic.

Then, before long, there was a commotion in the rear of the Spartan army.The force marching speed of the Dionian light armour was naturally faster than the heavy infantry. After the three legion light armour battalions quickly bypassed the left flank of the entire army formation, without any modification, they immediately launched an attack on the flank of the Spartan army. The fierce attack hit the weakness of the Spartan army.

Of the 7,000 soldiers sent from the Spartan territory this time, there are only about 1,500 true Spartan fighters, more than 1,000 elderly Spartan citizens, and nearly 2,000 Piriasis, more than 2,000. Black Rolls.In order to ensure the smooth execution of Agsilius’ plan, Archidamus ranked the Spartans at the forefront, followed by the Piriasi, and again the old Spartans and the Black Rolls the mix of.

At the beginning of the battle, the mixed forces of the old Spartans and the Black Rolls did not go into the battle, but set a distance from the warring forces, because Agsilius was worried that these had never accepted fraudulent defeat. The black Rolex of tactical training will become an obstacle instead.Only after the Spartan fighters came back, the old Spartan fighters led the Black Rolls to rush to increase the intensity and thickness of the attack, thus defeating Dionia's left wing in one fell swoop.

But the reality is that Dionia's left wing has not been defeated, and the Black Rollers are still behind the entire Spartan team, which happens to be the target of the attack by the Dionia Light Armored Brigade.

Although the Council of the Elders has made a promise to the Black Rollers who participated in the war: after the victory of the war, they will become the free people of Sparta.

But the Black Laoss, who vaguely know that the Spartans are now in a difficult situation, are actually not too enthusiastic about this, but out of fear of the Spartans, they pretend to be more obedient and hardworking, but face Dioni The sub-soldiers fiercely attacked. These black soldiers who had no armor protection, only dressed in single clothes and held a simple spear, began to retreat within a short time after fighting, and by the way they engulfed some of the old Spartans who were still fighting. .

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Agsilius looked forward to news of victory from the right wing, but the guards sent out several times received the news that the Spartans on the right were still fighting.

Agcilius realized that he already knew Dionian’s army well, but he never expected that the Dionian soldiers would be affected by Spartan’s fraudulent defeat tactics and then be attacked by both sides. Can fight for so long!

While astounded by the tenacity of the Dionian soldiers, he also regretted that what he had collected only through oral rumors was the information he had not fully understood the Dionian army.

Now he has begun to stand uneasy, because he knows that if the left wing of Dionia cannot be defeated quickly, the weaknesses of the Spartan coalition forces will be exposed over time, mainly the Taigeian army, because the Dionia army is in In combat, there is always a reserve team, and they will inevitably send a reserve team to attack the Taigeya to achieve the purpose of rescuing the left wing.

Therefore, Agsilius quickly sent a messenger to stop the Thracians who were rushing to the south, preparing to send them to the north, bypassing the Spartan army, and strengthening the Taigeya.

However, just as these thousands of Thracian light shield soldiers ran past his back, the guards who were listening to the news hurried back and shouted: "King Agsilius, it’s not good! Our flanks were hit. Attack of the Dionians!!"

Agsilius was taken aback. He always thought that Commander Dionia would definitely send a reserve team to attack the nearest Taigeians at this time, so as to achieve the goal of rescuing the left wing, but at this time Dionia The army actually bypassed the left flank and attacked the flank of the Spartan army. If the Dionian commander is not dizzy, it can only explain one problem. The Dionian has a considerable number of reserves, which can attack both sides at the same time. Launch an offense.

Agsilius was still laughing at the inexperienced young commander of Dionia before, and was easily caught in the trap. Now he has to marvel at the boldness of the opponent.

However, the situation was very critical and he did not allow him to think about it. He immediately issued an order: "Hurry up and inform the Thracians, let them rush to the right flank quickly, repel the attack by the Dionians, and protect the flank of the Spartan army. !"

The Thracian team was not far from Agsilius, and the order was quickly conveyed.However, these Thracians, who came from the north of the Macedonian territory and didn’t know the reputation of Agsilius, have always been known for being brave and grumpy. They were ordered to march south in a hurry and were almost reaching their destination. , As a result, he was urgently called back to execute another order.Bai ran back and forth so that they were suffocated. Now the order was changed. Although it was still in the same direction and closer, the Thracians finally couldn't help cursing, complaining, and even their curses. The sound reached Agsilius' ears: "Will the lame old Spartan command, give orders indiscriminately, and be dizzy!"

"I don't think the Spartans are good enough. They sent an old man who was about to die as a commander!"

"Let's just finish this battle, get a commission and leave, I don't want to be angry anymore!"

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If Agcilius heard these words that specifically violated his taboos, he would have been furious, but now he can only bear it, and hopes that these Thracians will speed up after they are relieved. speed.

Finally seeing the Thracian disappear into his vision, the worry in his heart not only has not been eliminated, but has increased.

At this time, he no longer has any hope of winning this battle. He only hopes to draw with the Dionian army, and the casualties of the Spartans are not large. He has decided to change his next battle. Plan: When the battle is over, he will immediately disband the mercenaries, bring the Spartan fighters back to the territory as soon as possible, defend the attack of the Dionians for as long as possible, protect the security of the Spartan territory, and wait for the situation. The change.

However, at this moment, a guard rushed from the south: "Nearly a thousand Dionian soldiers appeared behind the right flank. They attacked the mercenary flank!"

Hearing this, Agsilius was hit hard and his whole body instantly became cold.

The guard next to him saw Agsilius standing blankly like a clay sculpture, and immediately asked with concern, "King Agsilius, are you okay?!"