Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 68: The death of Achita

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Timograth can be considered to have shot himself in the foot now. Even if it is only a small part, it is very dangerous to retreat during the war. If you are not careful, it will lead to the defeat of the whole.

Fortunately, the Tarantum soldiers have been in a state of complete defense for a long time. When the enemy in front of them has disappeared, most of them have not fully reacted. Watching the enemy retreat in front of them, revealing a big gap, the already very tired Tarantum soldier couldn't believe his eyes, but was ecstatic.

"The enemy was beaten back by us!!!"

"The enemy ran away! We...we are victorious!!!"

On the battlefield, soldiers who have been shrouded in the shadow of death for more than an hour would think so much, just like a drowning drowning man, even if he sees a straw floating, he must hold on tightly In the same way, they cheered, and joy seemed to replace exhaustion. They desperately rushed out of the gap, and also drove the neighboring soldiers to run out involuntarily.

When Achita discovered that the situation was abnormal, the entire army was like a flood of decisive mentions. Not only did the soldiers rush towards the gap, but the high fighting spirit accumulated was also quickly taken away.

"Stay all for me! Don't mess! Keep a good formation, and then rush out!..." Achita desperately tried to calm the chaotic soldiers, but it was in vain. On the contrary, the Puchetti increased their offensive efforts, forcing the Tarantums to speed up and flee to the gap, and Archita was also pushed into the gap by the crowded crowd.

"General, it's useless, let's run away!" the adjutant eagerly advised.

The soldiers whose morale was shaken were completely powerless to resist the full attack of the Puchetti, and the casualties began to increase. The constant screams passed into Archieta’s ears, making him feel more anxious, and looking at the surrounding guards, he also became panicked. He had to cheer up and yelled, "Kill with me." Follow me to kill!!..."

Achita tried to direct the soldiers to concentrate their forces and charge westward, trying to widen the gap, and even defeat the Igratia, so that more people could escape the encirclement. However, on the one hand, they attacked the victorious enemy, and on the other were unarmed soldiers. Most of them just fled, ignoring his orders.

The civic soldiers of Tarantum still lack training and experience! He sighed deeply in his heart. At this time, he was still thinking: What if Davos led the Dionian army in this situation?

Just as he was distracted, the guards were already crowding around him, rushing out of the gap under the push of the soldiers.

"General, let's run away!" the adjutant urged eagerly.

Escape, where can I escape? In Archie’s vision: in the distance, groups of enemy horses are galloping on the flat field, harvesting the lives of Tarantum soldiers who only want to escape with javelins and spears; while in the vicinity, several groups of enemy horses are riding straight. He rushed to him fiercely, yelling something loudly...

"Unfortunately, the lifting equipment I have not studied yet..." Aceta sighed again. He regrets academically. Politically, he has always admired the Greek city-states in southern Italy that should unite against foreign enemies. And this ideal, Dionia seems to be completing...

At this moment, he put all his sentiments and regrets behind him, drew his saber, took the lead, and rushed towards the enemy...

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The setting sun fell to the west, the tired bird returned to the nest, the dust and fog on the battlefield dispersed, the killing sound went away, only the corpses were all over the field, and the blood was drifting.

Tremoni, accompanied by General Timograss and Puchetti, came to Aceta's body.

This young military general, a Greek mathematics genius who had high hopes from the Tarantum people, fell among several horse corpses with three javelins in his body. The strange thing is that there is no pain or anger on his gray face, on the contrary it is very peaceful...

"I thought it was a great character, but a young man without a beard!" A general Puchetti muttered disdainfully.

Tremoni glared at him until he closed his mouth.

He stared at Achita's body, and said after a moment: "Cut off his head, show it to the Greeks in Brindisi, and bury his body."

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It wasn't until late at night that a small number of soldiers fled back to Tarantum with all their hardships, and the people learned that the 6,000 soldiers were almost annihilated, and the whole city fell into great grief.

Compared with the defeat of the battle, the sacrifice of a large number of citizens, and the unknown whereabouts of Aceta, the Senate was even more shocked by the combination of Puchetti and Mesapi, which doubled the pressure on Tarantum.

The Tarantum Senate held an emergency meeting late at night, and it turned out that the failure of this battle actually reduced the number of the Senate by nearly one twentieth, because at least six people, including Achita, were with the army. There is no news from the elders.

Everyone discussed with grief how to deal with the next difficult situation. After this battle is over, Brindisi is bound to be besieged by the Mesapi-Puchetti coalition forces, and the main force of the Puchetti still surrounds Manduria. With nearly 6,000 casualties among young and strong citizens, coupled with the continuous fighting in the previous months, the Tarantum Citizen Soldiers have lost as many as 10,000 people. There are nearly 6,000 citizen soldiers in the city, so Tarantum still has more than enough strength to defend and insufficient offense.

But just abandoning the territories that the citizens have exchanged for their blood and lives, not only the senators in the Senate cannot accept it, the people will never agree, so the only way is to ask for reinforcements.

But who to ask for help has become the focus of everyone's debate. It now appears that the strength of Heraclea and Metapontum, which are subsidiary allies, is their limit. Tarantum will be able to send three to four thousand people. Tarantum is about to face the attack of 20,000 to 30,000 from the Maple coalition. , This force is far from enough. Asking for help from a powerful city-state is Tarantum's only choice, so Tarantum has not many targets to choose from.

Sparta on the east is Tarantum’s mother state, and the relationship between the two has always been good. During the Peloponnesian War, Tarantum was on Spartan’s side and was even more two-sided. The friendship between the two city-states has added weight. This is the choice of some conservative veterans headed by the consul Diomelas; Dionia in the west, as an ally of Tarantum, quickly It became an alliance with six cities and two affiliated city-states. The battles it participated in were almost unsuccessful. In one case, an army of 20,000 people was dispatched. Its strength is evident. It can deal with the large number of Maple coalition forces. This is The opinion of another consul Umarcus and some elders; some elders mentioned Syracuse to the south. Due to Sparta’s relationship, Tarantum and Syracuse still have some contacts. However, as a city-state of Great Greece, Tarantum is also wary of Syracuse’s involvement in South Italian affairs. What's more, Siracusa is still fighting Carthage at this time. How could there be spare capacity to assist Tarantum, so Not in the scope of consideration.

At the end of the negotiation, most people tend to ask Dionia for help. As Umarcas said: “When Dionian Archon Daves was still the leader of the mercenaries, we Tarantum helped them unselfishly, and Archita led our citizen soldiers to assist them in defeating them. The Lucanians; when they secretly occupied Amendorara, we risked offending other large Greek cities and selflessly helped them, recognized the legality of their occupation of Amendorara, and provided them with Food, protect them from Turri’s attack; when Turri was burned, when Dionia was attacked by Crotone, we still extended our loving hands to them... It is because of our selfless help from Tarantum that there will be today's Dionian City-State Alliance (Of course, Umakas directly ignored the fact that Tarantum did not send reinforcements in accordance with the covenant)! The Tarantums don’t ask for rewards for giving favors to others. But we should also give the Dionians, who enjoy our help and have always been restless in their hearts, a chance to reward us!..."

"That's right, Lord Archon! We should generously give Dionia a chance to reward us!..." In fact, regardless of the distance between the city-states and the current state of strength, Dionia It is the best choice for help. There is a covenant between the two states, and Sparta still has the Persian war. Only in the past Tarantum was ashamed of Dionia for sending troops to aid him several times, and he was reserved as a strong state with a long history in Great Greece, that hesitated. Yomacas's tactful words satisfies the vanity of the elders, and finally reached a consensus on the request for help.

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"Achita is dead?!!!" Daves looked incredulous.

"Yes, Lord Archon. This morning, a few soldiers who fled to Tarantum said that they saw the Mesapi people carrying the body of General Archita on the battlefield..." Tower Polydurus, the envoy of Rantum, said in a deep voice.

"How can a group of soldiers who are busy running for their lives see clearly?!" Davers still doesn't want to believe this fact: "Maybe he was wounded and captured?"

"We also hope that General Archita is still alive, but even if he is still alive and falls into the hands of the Mesapi, he will..." Polytorus said as he said, he couldn't continue.

Daves understands what he means: As the main leader of Tarantum’s army, Achita has almost never won a battle against him, especially this time when he attacked Manduria and Brin. Di Xi, what a blow to the Mesapi, the Mesapi may wish to drink his blood and eat his meat! If it really falls into their hands this time, Achita's fate can be imagined!