Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 181: The Battle of Crotone (7)

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If before, Dionysius would not care too much about such a retreat, because the key to Syracuse’s victory in this battle is on the right wing. As long as the center and left wing can contain the enemy on the opposite side, the enemy Maintain the balance of power when attacking, and all that is left is to wait for the news of the right wing victory.

But when Dionysius learned from the scouts that "Syracuse’s greatest advantage-the cavalry was ambushed by the Dionians and temporarily blocked", he was very relaxed. He was about to become anxious, and became worried about the retreat of the left wing and the center. Not only did he let the trumpeters sound the charge to charge behind the phalanx, but also let the trumpeters shout loudly when they arrived, warning: the officers and soldiers must not retreat, they must attack!

After this action, the Siracusa civic soldiers behind the center no longer retreat, but forced the Campania mercenaries in the front to have to fight fiercely with the adversary. As for the left wing The soldiers only retreated slightly slower, and it seemed that they were really at a disadvantage in the confrontation.

Dionysius was a little angry: Before setting up his formation, he had learned about Dionian’s right wing through scouts. It was obviously not Dionian’s main force, and the number should only be more than his own left wing. Less, but why is the result like this? Didn’t those great Greeks fight hard at all? Or collude with the enemy? ...

Dionysius’ suspicion is guilty again, and he even began to suspect his ally, Lokri, but he also knows: It’s not time to worry about this, and the cunning Daves put his cavalry in trouble. Now he can only expect that the right wing led by Phoebe Das can quickly defeat the enemy in front of him and establish a victory for the entire battle!

The reason why Dionysius still has confidence in the battle is because, compared with the other poor performances, the right wing's current performance is in line with his pre-war expectations.

The huge and thick square formed by 25,000 people pressed against Dionian’s left flank. Out of vigilance against the close combat of Dionian, the elite soldiers of Syracuse lined up closer, forming guns. The formation is also denser, making the Dionian left-wing soldiers who are fighting at the forefront not only to avoid the attacks of the front Syracuse soldiers, but also to be wary of the stabbing shots of the soldiers behind them, not to mention that they have to resist with great effort. The great pushing force of the Syracuses forward, so the power of the close fighting of the Dionian heavy infantry was greatly weakened.

However, the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Corps have experienced many battles. Although they feel a little nervous because of the tremendous pressure given by the enemy in front of them, they have a general understanding of them before the battle. The tactical arrangement of King Daves, so they understand that in such a situation, the first thing they have to do is to ensure that the array will not be destroyed by the enemy, drag the enemy, and wait for the arrival of reinforcements.

For this reason, the Dionian soldiers used the flexibility of the unit-based formation to ease the huge pressure of the enemy’s attack by retreating in an orderly manner. The short sword stabbed the enemy.

Phoebe Das was almost seriously injured twice: the first time was after the charge, when he collided with the enemy, the shields and shields struck each other, and people were stuck together through the shields. In his eyes, The long shield completely shielded the enemy on the opposite side, so he fully resisted the buckler and pushed forward, trying to break the enemy's defense and let the lancet exert its power. Unexpectedly, the right hand of the enemy whose head was buried in the long shield suddenly protruded from the top of the long shield, and the short sword pierced like lightning and was pierced on his Corinthian helmet. It was retracted as soon as it touched, and he suddenly felt dizzy.

The second time after he stabbed the enemy in front of him, he instinctively squeezed into the gap of the opponent's array according to his previous combat habits. Before he could take the next move, he had two handles on the left and one on the right. The dagger pierced his two ribs at the same time. Although he reacted quickly, the sharp dagger cut through his linen breastplate and cut a hole in his right waist.

This time the injury made him finally realize the strength of his opponent, and he no longer takes risks easily, but maintains a consistent formation with the surrounding Syracuse soldiers.

Compared with the defensive counterattacks of the First and Second Dionia Corps, the Kurt reinforcements at the far left were much tougher. Although their phalanx is not as thick as the Syracuses, they are hard to withstand the squeeze of the Syracuses, and they are easy to retreat. Their hatred gives them great courage and strength, even if they are seriously injured, as long as they can Standing, their lances will not stop poking. Even if they fall, as long as they have a little strength, they will hold the foot of the enemy who straddles them, let it fall, or bite with their teeth. Such a tragic scene was staged many times in front of the Kurt reinforcements, which made the heavily armed Syracuses feel a little panic. They felt that the fallen opponent was more terrible than the standing opponent. They had to repeatedly confirm the death of the opponent before daring to move forward. Makes their advancement speed not much faster than their counterparts.

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Behind this battlefield is another battlefield. After Dionian’s light infantry withdrew from the main battlefield, under the leadership of Zpit and Alpunes, they hurried to the left flank, wanting to participate in the battle. The enemy cavalry encircled and suppressed, but encountered the Siracusa light infantry with the same purpose, and had to continue the battle with the light infantry in front of the big formation to the end.

The arms on both sides are mainly archers and javelinmen. In addition, Dionia has more slingers. Both sides adopt a loose formation, with the javelinmen in front and the archers in the back, carrying out long-range attacks. Although the battle was not as powerful as heavy infantry fighting, its tragic degree was not low, because its own protection was far less than that of heavy infantry. On the battlefield filled with arrows and javelins, soldiers on both sides continued to be injured and fell to the ground.

The Dionian light infantry is well-trained, and the tactical coordination is more tacit; the Syracuse light infantry has a larger number, and has been stern by Dionysius, and the two armies are difficult to distinguish for a time.

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Of course, the most terrible battle is the easternmost battlefield.

The Celtic cavalry, caught in the middle and unable to escape, saw the horses and people stabbed down one by one, listening to the screams of the horses and the screams of their companions, facing the constant persecution of the long spear array. Most of them did not dare to ride on horses to wait for death, and were forced to jump off their horses, holding large swords, and stopping to fight.

But this is undoubtedly a maniac block car. Not to mention that when their big sword confronts the spear phalanx, it is difficult to get close to the enemy, and under the hasty challenge, they often fight alone, and soon die under the thrust of the spear.

Like the strong Celtic warrior in front of Tapirus, he roared while constantly wielding a large sword. Although he cut off the heads of two spears one after another, he was still packed with spears. Forced back again and again, and accidentally slipped under his feet, revealing a trace of flaws, and the spear pierced in and hurt his thigh. At the moment he instinctively bent over, three more spears pierced his head and chest at the same time, and he couldn't die anymore.

The continuous killing and wounding of the enemy also made the soldiers of the Spear Brigade continuously increase their confidence and advance faster.

The company led by Tapirus at the forefront did not encounter major obstacles, rushed faster, and staggered a large distance from the neighboring company.

At this moment, a Celtic soldier on the messy battlefield suddenly rushed into the formation from the side. The whole company was caught off guard, and he was cut and wounded several soldiers in a row.

The following light armored soldiers stepped forward to block him in time, and the Celtic warrior, regardless of being trapped in a heavy siege, strenuously slaughtered the light armored leather shield in half with four or five light shield soldiers surrounded by it. He only solved him, and for this he also paid the price of severely wounding two light armored soldiers.

This was a wake-up call for Tapirus. He had to shout loudly to tell the company's soldiers not to move too fast and wait for the adjacent company.

Although the Celtic cavalry are fierce, there is no chance of winning in this crowded battlefield against the dense phalanx of spears. In addition, the number of them was small. At the beginning, many cavalry directly slammed into the spear wall, so it didn’t take long for them to continue forward in Tapirus, and they realized that the enemy blocking the front was no longer in shape. The tall and strong Celtics, wearing thick striped clothes, peaked helmets, and holding large swords, are the Numibians with disheveled, dark skin, slender build, single clothes, and javelins and spears. They fight The courage is much worse than the Celtics. Except for a few people throwing javelins at them, most of them quickly jumped off their bare horsebacks, turned around and dived into the chaotic battlefield, and fled...

Capus doesn't need to send spies to detect, he can know that his spear team is progressing well, because he is sitting in the back, following the phalanx and is constantly advancing.

At this time, a cavalry rushed in: "General Capus, the cavalry led by the Ryder Commander was flanked back and forth by the enemy cavalry, I hope to get reinforcements!"

It turned out that the 1,000 Sicilian Confederate cavalry led by Astagras were not advancing very fast and were at the end of the formation. Most of them quickly broke away from the congested and chaotic battlefield.

Accordingly, this battlefield at this time is no longer suitable for cavalry to fight here, but Astagras knows that these alien mercenary cavalry are important to this battle, and he cannot leave them alone, otherwise Dionysius Si can't spare him. Therefore, he tried his best to regroup the Sicilian Greek cavalry who had fled, and led the hurriedly assembled more than 800 cavalry to the left side of the battlefield.

On the left, Ryders is leading half of the cavalry corps to stop the enemy's escape, and desperately squeezes it to the center.

In the beginning, the mercenary cavalry's offensive was relatively fierce, especially the Celtics caused some casualties to the Dionian cavalry, but as the spear phalanx advanced, the Celtics were seriously injured. The Mibia cavalry is superb in riding and throwing javelins, but once they lose these two advantages, they just ride on horses to fight with their opponents at close range, without any protection, and their horsebacks are smooth. They don’t wear them at all. Opponent of the Onian Cavalry.

The Numibians could no longer resist, some cavalry began to flee, trying to squeeze into the chaotic center, and then retreat from the rear.

The cavalry of Astagras came suddenly, and their main direction of attack was where Ryder was, because his towering, purple and red crown helmet was too eye-catching, if not for the guards desperately resisted , Leides will be seriously injured the first time.