Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 74: Rescue Askurum (2)

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At this moment, Hegecitus heard the rapid horn from below the city, and his heart was tense: Are the Samonais going to step up their offensive? !

But just as he reminded the soldiers at the front of the city to defend themselves and prepare for the enemy's next attack, he saw the Samoneites under the city slowly retreating amid dissatisfied shouts...

After all, the Samonais once defeated the Dionians horribly, and once again fought the Dionians, the leaders of all tribes were wary. When Badani was attacking the city, he still sent spies to the southeast and northeast. At this time, he had just received an urgent return from the spies: "In the southeast, there are quite a few Dionian cavalry rushing towards the city of Askurom. March, the striker is not far from here!"

"Dionia’s reinforcements came so fast!" It’s been more than three days since Samona’s declaration of war and raids. With Badani’s experience in previous battles against the Greeks, Dionia’s Turiyi, the central town, may have just received news. Perhaps he is arguing about the war in the Senate, or he is eager to mobilize his citizens to participate in the war. This may take several more days, so he thinks he should have plenty of time to take Asth. Kurum, but he didn't expect the situation to suddenly take a turn for the worse, making him a little at a loss, because at this time, except for more than a hundred guards around him, the other soldiers were all involved in the siege, attempting to take the city in one fell swoop.

"Fortunately, only the cavalry came. The big boss, quickly withdraw some of the fighters from the siege, and organize the defense!" The tribe leader next to him reminded.

"Retreat? How to withdraw?!" Badani looked at the warriors who were squeezing into the city and fighting bravely. Under anxiety, remembering his father's warning to himself before his death, he hesitated for a moment, and finally said : "I am afraid that the Dionians are not only the cavalry...We must retreat! Retreat immediately!!"

Seeing Badani’s resolute attitude, even if the leaders are unwilling to resign, they know that even if victory is in sight, they can’t attack the city anymore, otherwise the Dionian reinforcements will really come and their troops will be attacked. Will be defeated badly.

The retreat horn sounded and the siege army began to retreat...

Seeing several Samoneite fighters jump directly off the city, the leaders still sighed in pain.

"Woo! Woo!..." There was a high-pitched bugle from the south, and Badani shuddered immediately.

Soon, the ground began to tremble, like a giant drum beaten by countless wooden hammers, making a "rumbling" sound, accompanied by dust and fog in the sky.

"The Dionian Cavalry is here!" a Pentney leader beside Badani exclaimed.

I saw countless cavalry wearing black helmets and black armor galloping out of the dust and fog. One of the big flags was raised high, and the flag was fluttering in the wind, with a flying horse pattern on the top and an embroidered one below. The big Greek number "four".

"My lord, the reinforcements are here! Our reinforcements are here!!..." The citizens cheered on the city.

Hegecitus is finally relieved...

The Fourth Cavalry Corps did not directly attack the middle section of the retreating Samone army, but went around under the southern city wall, quickly dispersed its formation, and began to attack the rear of the retreating Samone army. They took advantage of the fact that the Samoneites were busy retreating and lacked effective organization, and were frightened by the sudden attack by the Dionian cavalry and were unable to make a collective counterattack for a while. They ignored the danger of being attacked by the opponent's javelin and boldly approached on horseback. In the distance of ten meters, reinvesting in the short javelin, almost hit a hundred shots, immediately caused a lot of damage, leading to chaos.

Taking advantage of the chaos of the enemy, the cavalry drove their horses and rammed them, which finally led to the defeat of the Samonais.

Then, they were very experienced in driving these routs to attack the Samoneites further ahead.

When the panic spread rapidly in the team, no matter how brave Samona fighters could not help fleeing with their comrades around them.

The retreating team is like the snow falling from the top of the mountain, and it is rolling more and more. Even the team sent by Badani to intercept the Dionian cavalry is trapped in the fleeing crowd.

Badani finally gave up his efforts and led the guards to flee first, guiding the direction of the fleeing troops behind.

The Fourth Cavalry Corps’ pursuit of the defeated Samoneite did not last long, not because the cavalry did not want to achieve greater results, but because the city of Ascurom was located on the southern bank of the upper Karapele River. It was originally located at the foot of the mountain, less than six or seven miles away from the vast mountains, and the terrain along the way was still uneven, and the defeated Samone quickly fled into the high mountains. No matter how brave the Dionian cavalry were, they could not ride their horses and chase the enemy in the mountains, but they could only return in anguish.

This short rescue battle ended here. In the previous siege and the subsequent raid by the Fourth Cavalry Corps of Dionian, the Samoneites suffered more than 2,000 casualties, while the Fourth Cavalry Corps had only more than 100 casualties. The Eastern Theater of Dionian gained The first victory to rescue the Downey area.

It wasn't until the evening that Alexis and the Tenth Army rushed to the city of Ascurom. After all, leading the infantry on the march is different from riding on horseback. The army set off from Puchetti’s barracks and crossed Ofanto. The river, rushed to the Karapele River, along the smooth road on its bank, hurriedly hurried, and walked for a full day before reaching the city of Ascurom. If it were not for the fast marching of the cavalry army, rush to the rescue in time, otherwise, when the 10th army arrives, I am afraid that the city has changed ownership.

Hegecitus opened the city gate to welcome the arrival of reinforcements and expressed his gratitude to Alexis. But that’s all. The Samonaites’ siege caused a lot of casualties to the Askurom people. Hegecitus was busy dealing with the post-war affairs this evening, and he couldn’t have any thoughts. Hold a banquet to entertain their saviors.

Of course, Alexis didn't care about this. On the contrary, he ordered the soldiers of the Tenth Legion to help clean the battlefield, burn the corpses, and even dispatch medical camps to rescue the injured.

On the second day, Alexis will lead his army to continue northward. Because he is worried that after leaving, the Samonais who fled into the mountains will make a comeback. He left a brigade of the Tenth Army, and the defense force is empty. City of Askerum.

What Hegecitus needs to do now is to send the cavalry to the east and quickly recall the large number of Askurom people who had not escaped into the city before to strengthen the defensive force of the town.

Alexis led the army to the city of Vibingrum which was besieged before arriving in the afternoon. The Samona army who had besieged this city had already known the news of the arrival of Dionian reinforcements, and retreated early. Into the mountains.

Two days later, the reinforcements arrived in the central city of the Downy region-Lucenia, the wartime governor of the Downy region and the chief executive of Lucenia Antonios, and the acting commander of the Eleventh Army Capus , As well as the middle and high-ranking officials of Lucenia, and a large number of people out of the city to greet them with great momentum.

"Thanks to Commander Alexis for leading his troops to the rescue in time, we Danny can be considered saved!" Antonios said with a smile, and the appointment of the governor during the war and Daves' trust swept him away. The gloom in his heart in the past, even if the Samoan army was overwhelmed, his mood these few days was still cheerful.

"During the war, you brought so many people to the outside of the city. If you are raided by the Samonais, it doesn't matter if you are captured or arrested. The order in the Dawney area will fall into chaos." Lexis said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

Antonio Osshaha laughed and said: "With you, a prestigious commander, the Samonais will only hide far away, but you have brought us a victory before you get here!"

Alexis said modestly: "On this land, the most famous is your Majesty! You and I are just working hard to fulfill your duties."

"You are right!" Antonios nodded immediately, and then stepped forward to give Alexis a strong hug: "My brother, thank you very much for your timely rescue!"

Alexis froze for a moment, and immediately responded to the warm hug. Some small grievances between the two in the past few years have completely disappeared in this embrace.

At this time, Capus next to him gave a military salute, and said in a rare joke: "Commander Alexis, Captain of the Eleventh Corps is reporting to you!"

"I said Master Capps, don't scare me! The captain is only your part-time job, you are the chief of the military department, we all have to listen to your command, otherwise we will get hungry!" Alek Sith said, punching Capps' chest with his fist, and the embarrassment of commanding and being commanded was eliminated in laughter.

Plegules watched the three high-ranking adults in the Kingdom of Dionia talk, laugh, and be intimate, and couldn't help being happy and envious.

Melisanda met and explained: “The three adults, Antonios, Alexis, and Capus, fought side by side in the mercenaries when they were young, and they also assisted His Majesty in his smooth retreat from Persia. But they did. Decades of friendship!"

Plegules glanced at him and asked in blunt Greek: "I heard that your father is also their comrade-in-arms?"

"It's an adoptive father!" Melisanda solemnly corrected. He didn't want others to think that he was able to get where he is today because of his father's relationship.

At this moment, Alexis's hand was pointed at them: "This is the commander of the 4th Cavalry Regiment, Pregulus."

"You don't need to introduce you, Pregules, I am familiar with it. I drafted his appointment as the captain of the cavalry army!" Antonios said with a smile, after all, he had served as the Minister of Military Affairs. Then, he praised it again: "However, Leides has been praising you Plegules, always saying,'There is a great figure in the cavalry.' I still don't believe it. But now it seems that he doesn't. Lie, you led the 4th Cavalry Regiment and won the battle of Ascurom alone and repelled tens of thousands of Samone’s troops. It’s amazing! It’s amazing!"