Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 10: The soldiers approach the city

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"Although we failed in the battle in Crotone, we can at least organize another 10,000 to 20,000 citizen soldiers. If Dionia wants to attack the city, we will definitely inflict heavy losses on them! At that time, Dioni Ajou couldn’t attack, so he could only request peace talks, and then we would take the initiative. Maybe during the defense of Crimea, we might find some offensive opportunities and defeat the Dionians!"

After Miron finished speaking, everyone was lost in thought.

Euri Kupps said: "So, Crimea will become a battlefield again."

This sentence awakened the top of Crimea, but Miron quickly answered: "Yes, Castellon is the key to the next war, but Crotone will defend it. Soldiers, if the people of Castellon feel that it is dangerous here, they can take a boat to Crotone and take shelter. We will provide them with a good life guarantee and return until the end of the war. If there is damage to the houses and property in the city , Crotone will also make compensation..."

Milon’s thoughts were very thoughtful, leaving everyone speechless, and in his words, he reminded these people in a vague way: Castellon is full of Crotone soldiers, even if they want to talk privately In the Dionia peace talks, you have to ask whether the shield and spear in the hands of Crotone's soldiers agree with it. Crotone is angered, and the situation will only get worse!

"General Miron, Crimea will fully support you in fighting Dionia here!" Anta Oris quickly made a clear statement on behalf of the council.

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In the early morning of the second day, the Daves plane and the two legions and two reserve battalions totaled about 16,000 people (this refers to the number of combat soldiers, excluding engineering battalions, medical battalions, heavy battalions, cavalry, Trumpeters, drummers, etc.) marched towards the city of Crimea.

In the morning, the Dionian army arrived in the swamp area.

Daves left an engineering battalion of the Legion to investigate the geography of the marshes, fill the marshes as soon as possible, build roads, and build bridges on the Lacoeli River to facilitate the smooth passage of future transport convoys. At the same time, Consider the construction of the Castellon-Crimissa Avenue in the future. In order to prevent being attacked by the Crotones, he also left two reserve brigades to build camps here. In addition to protecting the engineering camp and the Castellon people who participated in the construction, he also had to protect the transportation line.

Next, Daves took the lead and walked through the swamp with the soldiers.

In the afternoon, the Dionian army entered the territory of Crimea.

At this time, more than 5,000 soldiers in Crotone on the wall of Crimea were already standing by.

Daves rode up to the town of Crimea, and after observing for a while, he gave up the idea of ​​an immediate attack and ordered a camp.

The captain of the Legion Siege Battalion immediately came to inquire about Daves' requirements for the camp. Daves pointed to the city of Crimea and said: "Enclose it from the north first."

The captain of the engineering battalion understood, and immediately led the engineering technicians to inspect the terrain, water sources, and calculate the area of ​​the camp based on the number of troops, etc., to select a site for the camp. Before long, he took his men 400 meters away from the city, and began to insert a thin wooden pole every 20 meters...

The captains of Capps and Drax gave an order. Except for the two brigades responsible for guarding and the Cavalry of Ryders, the rest of the soldiers immediately became construction workers, some were responsible for logging, some Responsible for digging trenches, and some for building soil walls... The whole army is running in an orderly manner, even Daves picks up a pick to participate in digging...

Milon noticed on the city wall that the Dionian army did not immediately attack the city, which made him a little bit grateful in his disappointment. But then, the scene of the Dionian army building the camp was so lively and spectacular and the camp was so close to the city that it was beyond his expectation. He couldn't help but think about it: a sneak attack out of the city.

However, Dionia’s two heavily armed, ready-to-work heavy infantry and cavalry cruising under the city dispelled him. He did not think that the Crotone soldiers who had just experienced the defeat had the courage to go out of the city. , Engage in field battles with a large number of Dionians.

He could see that the Dionians wanted to besiege Castellon, but as long as he could delay, he raised his hands in favor of the other party's approach.

The Dionians are very efficient in building camps. By dusk, they had dug a three-mile trench and built an earthen wall to wrap around the east, west and north of Castellon. Now, some soldiers set up deer villages in front of the trenches, and some set up camp tents in the earthen walls... The original engineering battalion’s pack wagons have wood that can be quickly disassembled and assembled, and they can quickly build camp gates, outposts and fences (this is Dave The "modularization" proposal that Sixiang proposed to the engineering camp was the result of repeated trials by engineers and carpenters), because the pack wagons in the swamp area were very easy to fall into silt, and they could not be transported to Crimea in time.

Even so, Miron was amazed. Of course, he would not have known that there was a special "building camp" item in Dionia's military training program. Seeing the more nervous and uneasy expressions of the soldiers, he finally made up his mind.

In the middle of the night, he decided to take advantage of the exhaustion of the Dionians marching for a long time and building the camp and falling asleep, and send 500 soldiers to attack the camp and cause chaos, even if it is only a small setback of the enemy, he can also help. Boost the sluggish morale.

According to the observations made by warships at sea during the day, trenches were also dug in the north of Camp Dionia. Milon was afraid of landing attacks from the coast north of Camp Dionia. Once discovered, he might not be able to return, so he chose it. The south side of the camp is on the sea side.

500 Crotone soldiers approached the Dionia camp quietly. When they were cautiously passing through the Luzhai area, they were discovered by the light of the torch inserted in the dirt wall by the secret whistle hiding behind the dirt wall. Quickly touched back the camp, quietly woke up the team leader, and awakened the others in the camp one by one.

"Laris, you did a great job! Now, you take my nameplate and rush to the rear camp and inform the cavalry that there is an enemy attack here!" Squad leader Ketips praised this recruit who is still a prepared citizen , And at the same time gave him an egg-sized three-headed dog iron statue engraved with the army, company, and unit numbers.

"Yes!" Larrys turned and ran out.

Ktips asked his subordinates to continue to inform other units and company captain Trotiras, and he took a few soldiers to the wall to check the situation, and found that the number of enemies was not too large, so he had an idea.

The soldiers of Crotone passed through the Luzhai area one after another, climbed over the trenches, over the earth barriers, and couldn't help but get excited when they saw that the enemy camp was still quiet. They began to light the firelighter they carried with them. There was still a distance between the enemy's camp and the wall. They cautiously continued to speed up.

Suddenly, the soles of the soldiers walking ahead suddenly sank, and the sunken soles were immediately pierced by sharp objects, and they couldn't help screaming. It turned out that after the soil barrier, the Dionians also set up a barrier belt. When the enemy breaks through the camp wall, it can block the speed of the enemy's breakthrough in order to rearrange the defense and counterattack.

While the enemy was in a panic, the Dionian soldiers ran out from behind the camp and threw dense javelins at Crotone soldiers. Many people screamed and fell down. Where is the courage of the rest of the soldiers? Fighting, they turned around in horror and fled...

The Dionians continued their pursuit through the safe passage of the barrier belt.

In the silent night, the sound of the fight was particularly clear. Daves was awakened and quickly dressed and went out. It happened that the captain of the guard Martinius came to report: "Report, Lord Commander, Crotone The sneak attack was repelled by the Third Battalion of the Second Army. The Ryders cavalry had already attacked. I believe the enemy will not be able to escape."

Daves nodded, and the distribution map of the corps, battalions, and companies in the camp immediately appeared in his mind: "The third battalion of the 2nd corps is Geogris’s battalion... I remember his battalion is for placement. It’s on the east side of the camp, close to the exit to the sea."

"Yes, Lord Commander."

"Gioglis's brigade performed very well and strictly implemented the guard duty system of the Military Law. After discovering the enemy, it responded quickly and should be rewarded! The sentry who discovered the enemy in time should be rewarded!" Daves Turned around and said to the clerk Aristocrates who had just arrived.

Aristocrates is busy taking notes and will report to the military judge tomorrow.

"How is the situation with the other brigade?" Davers asked again.

"Each brigade was notified in time, and there was no major movement." Martius replied.

Daves is satisfied with the smooth and orderly communication of the troops in the dark. The strict training on weekdays has played a role. He laughed and said: "Crotone wants to learn from us in carrying out a sneak attack, but unfortunately we are not Rotone. Let’s go to sleep, keep your spirits up, and you will have to be busy tomorrow.” After speaking, he turned to enter the tent and soon fell asleep.

Martius spoke a few words with the guards guarding the big tent, and then left.

Only Aristocrates, who was on the battlefield for the first time, couldn't calm down. He stared at the blazing brazier in front of the big tent for a while. When night comes, it is necessary to set up a brazier in front of the camp’s top commander’s tent. It is stipulated in the "Dionian Military Law". According to Davers’s explanation: firstly for the convenience of night reporting, and secondly for the night attack. When accidents such as, Ying Xiao, etc. occur, the soldiers in chaos can find the commander's location at a glance, which is convenient for stabilizing their morale and reorganizing the troops. All in all, the commander is the link between the morale and hope of the whole army. In the dark, the soldiers can see the commander's account anytime and anywhere, which helps to eliminate their fear of darkness.

Listening to the soft snoring sound of Daves from the big tent, the body feels the heat from the brazier, and the tension in Aristocrates's heart is quickly dissipating...

Out of 500 people out of the city, only a few dozen escaped the interception of the Dionian cavalry and fled back to the city.

Milon stood there for a long time after learning about it. The seemingly crude and unfinished camp of the Dionians was so tightly guarded, beyond his expectation. This lesson made him finally throw away the last trace of fluke, and admitted from the bottom of his heart: This branch of Dionian The army is a well-trained army!

He decided to stop taking risks and defend Crimea with all his strength.