Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 97: The Battle of Ramato River (6)

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Trina's messenger rushed on a fast horse, because the Ramato River section in front of him was too deep to walk, so he had to make a big circle northward.

Across the Ramatuo River, when he arrived at this horrifying battlefield, the skin on the inner side of his legs had been worn away, and the horse’s belly was stained blood red. The whole person was shaking immediately when he saw Dai Onia’s scout greeted him, and he hissed and shouted: "I am...I am Trina’s messenger! The Syracuse fleet carrying tens of thousands of soldiers came from the Ramato River for reinforcements... …Hurry up! Report to your commander!..."

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Philipsius is now in a good mood. Although the Allied cavalry suffered a fiasco before, which made him really worried for a while, the Syracuse mercenary cavalry was busy chasing the ruined soldiers instead of assisting their infantry to regain their right flank. Downturn. Therefore, while feeling lucky, he still laughed in his heart: Although the cavalry of the Syracuse was strong, they lacked the discipline and overall view of the battlefield.

Now Dionia is advancing on the left wing, the middle road is advancing, and even the right wing is advancing...

Felisius has ordered the flag bearer to move the erected flag forward, and now it seems to be moving forward again.

Almost! Soon! ... Felicius wondered how long the Syracuse could resist. At this moment, he had already decided that victory was like an apple that was about to ripen. It was already within reach.

But at this moment, the scout came from the west with a speeding switch: "Report to the commander! Syracuse reinforcements are landing on the banks of the Ramato River, and there may be tens of thousands!" They are getting Terry. After Na Chuan Lingbing's notice, he rushed to the river bank to make a confirmation, and what they saw shocked them.

"What did you say?! Enemy reinforcements of tens of thousands of people!!" Felicius, who was on his head, seemed to be poured cold water from his skin to his heart.

"Yes, Commander, tens of thousands of Syracuse reinforcements! They are landing on the bank of the river one mile away from our right wing!" The scout yelled anxiously, "We must stop them!" /

This shocking news caught Felicius by surprise. He glanced over the people around him with a slightly panicked look, and the people around were also watching it nervously. He is the commander of the coalition army, and everyone is waiting for him. Instructions.

Feirichus realized this, he coughed dryly, and eased his panic: "Order! Two light armoured brigade and two light infantry brigade immediately rushed to the bank of the enemy's landing, at any cost Block them and prevent them from attacking our rear!"

"Yes!"

"Blow the bugle again and urge the Fourth and Fifth Legions to step up their offensive! I immediately rushed to tell the two commanders and the three generals of Cipros, Athesias, and Askamas that we are now Dangerous situation, let them not have reservations and attack the enemy with all their strength!"

Everyone immediately followed the order.

After everything is set up, Felicius didn't have time to think about it until this moment: Where did the enemy come from for tens of thousands of reinforcements? Could it be Medema's troops? But Trina people said that Medema is just a small city, how could it be possible to send tens of thousands of citizen soldiers? ...

Philipsius did not think about the Syracuse forces that were besieging Corennia at this time, because the coalition scouts had been paying back: more than 40,000 Silo coalition forces had been preparing to attack the city.

Of course, he couldn’t know. At this time, in order to help the Allied Forces of Southern Italy, General Feidun of Lijim even risked an attack on Medema, hoping to force Syracuse’s army back to help, thereby disrupting Sila. Kuzha's plan.

But from this moment on, the anxiety in Felicius's heart began to expand...

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From the center of the formation to the coast where Syracuse landed, it was six miles away. Although the speed of the Dionian light armour and light infantry was fast, it took some time. By the time they arrived at the river bank, most of the Campania mercenaries had already landed and began to form a team.

Although there are a large number of enemies, the entire river beach is occupied by a black one. Guided by the flag held high by the team officers, the Dionian soldiers rushed forward bravely in accordance with the usual training inertia.

2000 light infantry pour arrows and javelins at the enemy, 2000 light armored soldiers armed with leather shields and short swords, swiftly and directly hit the loose formation of mercenaries.

The attack by the Dionian army went beyond Leputinius’s expectations. According to the habit of fighting in the Greek city-states in the past, he thought that by this time the battle was going on, both sides should put all their forces in to win, but he did not expect The South Italian Allied Forces can actually draw out a troop to block the reinforcements in Syracuse.

Of course he didn’t know. It was not that Felicius had known Dionysius’ plan in advance, but the Dionian Military Code stipulated that “As a commander, you should keep a reserve In order to put the battle on the battlefield at a critical moment in the battle, to change the situation.” Felicius did exactly this. The 2000 light armored soldiers were his reserve team, and the 2000 light infantry completed the initial harassment. Retreating to the rear of the array also became part of the reserve team.

The sudden impact of the 4000 Dionian soldiers caused the Campania mercenaries who had just landed into chaos for a while.

In a critical moment, Leptinius was busy commanding the remaining ships to dock quickly. As the naval commander of Syracuse, his original mission was only to transport reinforcements to land, and to lead reinforcements to attack the enemy was the task of the mercenary leader En Amenas, but now En Amenas is in chaos among the soldiers, whether life or death is still indispensable Knowing that Leptinius had to shoulder the heavy responsibility of rescue.

He jumped off the ship and commanded the remaining mercenaries to land immediately.

The mercenaries have already seen what happened to their comrades on the boat. They are very anxious. Some of them jumped onto the beach before the boat docked.

After hurriedly forming the team, Leptinius led them to bypass the mercenary front team that was forced to retreat and nearly collapsed, braving the arrows of the Dionian light infantry, and attacking Dionian. The flanks of light armoured soldiers.

The fierce offensive of the light armour was forced to stop. In fact, the long-distance rapid march and the previous swift attack have consumed a lot of their physical strength.

The chaotic front mercenary team finally eased up and began to take advantage of their large numbers and heavy armor. The casualties of the Dionian light armor increased sharply. If the light armoured soldiers of the Dionian 1st and 2nd Army are here, the time should be longer. However, the light armoured soldiers of the 4th and 5th Army are mostly from Bruti and Lucania, who are born in the mountains. The combat education they received from an early age is to know how to avoid the enemy instead of fighting head-on when they are weak. Although they have accepted the military training and discipline of Dionia in the alliance for a few years, they have the idea of ​​saving their lives in the face of adversity. Has the upper hand...

The Dionian light armour retreats, and the light infantry without a barrier also retreats...

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At this time, the battle has been going on for nearly an hour. The soldiers had already weakened both fighting and roaring due to physical exhaustion, but suddenly both sides blew their bugles almost at the same time, and the drums were loud, urging the attack. .

The soldiers on both sides had to put together the last force to speed up the offense and defense.

For Dionysius, he has only one idea at the moment: to withstand the enemy's attack before reinforcements arrive!

For Felicius, he has only one belief: to break through the enemy's formation before the enemy's reinforcements arrive, and to establish the victory!

Both sides have reached the critical moment to decide the outcome.

Effiart, who has several stab wounds on his arms and thighs, is so tired that he can’t even lift the long shield. The hand holding the dagger trembles slightly because of excessive force for a long time. He whispers and gasps. The sound is like a critically ill patient. The enemy on the opposite side is even more unbearable than him, because the armor is too heavy, he has thrown away the buckler, holding spears in both hands, and the whole person is shaking.

Effiart did not despise them in his heart. In the previous battles, no one in the Dionian regiment used the unique characteristics of its formation (that is, the exchange of the back line and the front line). He believed that it was because of the other side. The oppression given was too strong and the attachment was too tight, making the legionnaire dare not easily switch the array.

Actually, the other main reason for not implementing this change is that the Fourth and Fifth Army Corps participated in the battle for the first time and faced strong enemies. Both the left and right sides were all Alliance troops. It was also the first time to fight together. Hughes was afraid of changing the formation rashly. The soldiers made mistakes under strong pressure, coupled with the ignorance and non-cooperation of the Alliance army. After all, changing the rear formation to the front requires the entire formation to gradually retreat, which may cause the whole army to fall into the trap. Confused.

The high-pitched bugle is not only urging the soldiers on both sides to fight, but also urging other troops, such as the Syracuse cavalry who are returning leisurely after pursuing the coalition cavalry, and of course there are two more rushing to the battlefield. Syracuse reinforcements.

According to the past habits of Crotone’s commander general Ascamas, he would definitely line up in front of the array and fight face-to-face with the enemy, but before the battle, Felicius asked the Federation generals to sit down. In the rear, don’t go to the war to facilitate contact. At that time, Ascamas laughed at the Dionians for being greedy for life and fear of death. Now he should thank Phillips for this request, because he heard something different from the army coming from the opposite side. Trumpet.

The sound of the bugle came from the outside of Crotone’s army, loud and harsh, and getting closer... Then in his field of vision, countless soldiers with bright armor appeared suddenly...

Syracuse’s reinforcements? ! Askamas was panicked and fell off his horse, watching them roaring like a tide toward the back of Crotone's soldiers.

At that terrible moment, there was only one thought in Askamas's mind: Didn’t Felicius say that the enemy’s reinforcements were on the right bank of the river? ! ...