Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

From yesterday afternoon to dusk, under the cover of the 1st Fleet’s feint attack, nearly 400 infantrymen of the fleet quietly boarded the eastern cape of the Gulf of Laconia. They lurked in the mountains and prepared to rest on the spot for a night. Early in the morning on the 2nd day, we headed north over the mountains and rushed to the beach where the main infantry of the fleet was about to land.

Unfortunately, in the mountains, they ran into a shepherd who was grazing sheep on the mountain. In order to prevent leakage of his whereabouts, they detained him.

Who knows that this shepherd came from Minoa, a small town facing the sea on the east of the cape (not Minoa on the island of Sicily in the Kingdom of Dionian, but a small town on the edge of the Spartan territory. The residents mainly It was Piriasi) not far from the mountain where the fleet infantry was hiding. At the request of the missing shepherd’s family, the Minoan residents went up the mountain to look for it early on the second day. The fleet infantry had to prevent early detection. Avoiding the Minoan people and detouring some long distances, when they hurried to the vicinity of the battlefield, the two sides were fighting fiercely.

Although the infantry of the fleet was anxious, the commander who temporarily served as the surprise attack did not blindly direct the troops into the battle. Standing high in the mountains and forests, he carefully observed the situation on the battlefield and quickly formulated an action plan: divide 50. A soldier was holding a torch and rushed to the camp behind the battlefield; and he led more than 300 soldiers to the left flank of the Spartan army and attacked its side.

His move quickly took effect: the Black Rollers, who were already struggling to support, were attacked from the rear and began to retreat; and the retreated Black Rollers saw the fire in the rear camp. It was even more panic and yelling, panic spread rapidly in the Spartan army...

The Black Laos and Piriasi fled in all directions, and only the Spartans continued to fight.

Seeing that the defeat was irreversible, Xenophon sighed and joined the ranks of fleeing. He had to hurry back to Spartan City, perhaps he could give some advice to the Spartan elders who were panicking.

When Sekerian boarded the boat on the coast, the battle on the coast was not completely over: more than 360 Spartans (including some veterans) formed a circle, surrounded by fleet infantry and 7th Army soldiers. , Still insisting on fighting.

After understanding the situation, Secorian thought that the Spartans were completely surrounded, and of course they would resist, so he ordered: give up the access to the north.

The order was quickly implemented. He thought that the Spartans would retreat soon so that the soldiers could pursue them.But the Spartans were still fighting, and could not see any intention to retreat.

Sekerian thought for a while, and simply let the soldiers retreat and distanced themselves from the Spartans.

He did not worry that the Spartans would take the opportunity to counterattack, because the Dionian soldiers besieged here not only occupied the absolute advantage in numbers, but also in physical strength. After all, the fleet infantry is a light armour. The Seventh Army soldiers joined the battle later.The Spartan fighters who have been fighting all the way up to the present still have much physical strength left, but rely on the dense circle defense to support them. Once they want to switch from defense to offense, the formation is naturally difficult to maintain.

The Dionia soldiers stepped back cautiously, and the Spartan soldiers with rich combat experience remained motionless.They stood close to each other, shoulder to shoulder, each of them in the outermost row of soldiers straddling horses, holding a buckler in one hand, and a lancet in the other. Most of their bodies were hidden behind the buckler, only half of their head. The part was exposed from the upper edge of the buckler, his indifferent gaze passed through the narrow helmet eyelet, and he looked outside warily.

The comrades behind them not only supported their backs with their shields, but at the same time the stabbing gun in their hands protruded from the top of their right shoulders to assist them against the enemy... The entire Spartan formation was like a encounter The hedgehog who had to put his body together in danger.

But when both sides left the battle and the sound of fighting disappeared, they could clearly hear their rapid breathing and see the copper shield they were holding trembling slightly because of their weakness.And around the circle lay the corpses of Spartan warriors, and a few wounded soldiers were trampled repeatedly in the battle. The injuries were so severe that they could not move at all, and they could only utter a low, similar sigh. The same wailing.

Seeing this, Sekelian felt more confident in his heart. He stepped out of the array of Dionian soldiers and said proudly, "I am the commander of this Dionian army, Sekelian! Daren, you have failed! Surrender, I can spare you not to die!"

The entire circular formation remained motionless, and the Spartan warriors hadn't heard of it.

After a while, Udamidas in the center of the formation said loudly and unevenly: "We...we can surrender...or allow you to occupy Port Ision and Port Heales...but you must swear to God and not lead. The army enters the city of Sparta!"

After listening to Sekerian, he laughed and said mockingly: "Spartans, you are still dreaming! Now is not the time for you to dominate Greece and show off! We Dionia has already captured Messene Ya, Sparta will be conquered soon. Maybe soon, your family will become slaves, and the black ladies who were once slaves will become their masters!

I just think that you are all warriors, and I can't bear your corpses in the wilderness and become food for wild wolves and seabirds, so that you can surrender with compassion.Of course I can understand why you chose to die, because after you die, you don’t have to face the reality that Sparta no longer exists in pain—"

As Sekelian was talking, he suddenly saw the Spartan warrior in front of him roaring and threw the lancet in his hand at him.

Sekelion was taken aback, and stepped back in a hurry.He and the Spartan circle were about 40 meters apart, and the opponent was heavy infantry. He thought this distance would be safer, but he didn't expect the opponent to suddenly make such a move.

Soldiers on both sides quickly rushed forward and shielded him with leather shields.

It stands to reason that the well-trained Spartan fighters can throw javelins at a full range of more than 40 meters, and the leather shields used by the fleet's infantry cannot provide good defense.However, the Spartans who have fought so hard to the present still have plenty of physical strength. The javelin thrown cannot penetrate the leather shield and is easily blocked. It is just a false alarm.

But Sekerian was irritated, and he withdrew from the array with a gloomy expression, but he did not give an order to attack.

The two sides held each other strangely.

After a while, the Spartan soldiers saw the Dionian soldiers retreating around again, and even made a big opening toward the sea.

Then, they saw six wooden shelves as high as one person placed side by side less than a hundred meters away. Some Dionian soldiers were operating something in the back, although the Spartans had not seen the ballista. In detail, but felt uneasy.

"Launch!" The ballista commander gave an order, and the hook was loosened, the spring arm violently contracted, and the stone bullets whizzed out, smashing into the circle of the Spartans in a small arc with precision.

I saw the bucklers flying horizontally, blood splattering, stumps and broken legs, broken chests and broken heads... the perfect formation of the original solid defense instantly turned into a terrible bloody scene. The extremely dense array of Spartans made the ballista The power can be fully utilized.

Udamidas, the commander of the Spartan army, fell into a pool of blood before he could even make a scream.

The living Spartan warrior immediately realized that if he continued to hold on, he could only wait and die: "Fight with the Dionians!!"

They roared and rushed towards the ballista unit.

The Dionian army, who had long been expecting the Spartan fighters to do this, quickly closed...

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At the end of the battle, no one surrendered the encircled Spartans, and all died.

The landing battle of the 1st Fleet won the final victory, but Sekelian was not too excited, because he saw the bodies of many fleet infantry since he went ashore.

"Hurry up and cremate the remains of the soldiers, but keep their remains and the ashes in a safe place and hand them over to their families in the future... Use the boat to quickly transport the medical staff ashore to treat the injured soldiers as soon as possible."

Sekelian said in a low tone, looked up at the sky, and then turned to look at the tide: "The tide will start to ebb soon. Order all the crew of the fleet to pull out these wooden stakes in the sea and open a channel first. , First let our rations be brought in and unloaded at the Port of Hilles, otherwise the infantry in the fleet will have nothing to eat tonight, so they can only grab the Spartans."

"Understood, my lord! I will execute it right away." The subordinates led away.

Sekelian looked forward and shouted vigorously: "Follow me, to Sparta City!"

In the first battle of the Spartan Coastal Landing, the Dionian army suffered more than 1,500 casualties, most of which were injured. The casualties were mainly from the attacks of left-wing Spartan fighters and the long-range shooting of archers from coastal outposts; the Spartan army casualties approximately 2,000 Among them, the entire army of Spartans was annihilated, and most of the veterans of Spartans died in battle, resulting in the loss of the main combat force in the Spartan territory today.

Due to the stubborn resistance of the Spartans, Sekerian was delayed on the coast for a long time. He led 300 Seventh Legion soldiers and 1,200 Fleet Infantrymen northward. He did not see his own troops or escape along the way. The enemy soldiers, but from time to time saw the corpses being pecked by crows and the wounded and wailing soldiers lying on the ground...

After traveling for almost three hours, I could see the outline of the dense houses in the distance. Sekrian also saw the resting infantry unit in a wheat field, and soon saw its commander. Sephiroth.

Seeing Sephiroth's right arm wrapped in a cloth band and stained with blood, Sekelian asked with concern: "Are you injured, serious?"