Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 125: The Battle of Taga (1)

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Just in case, the 1st Cavalry Corps sent 500 cavalry to follow to protect it.

The group quickly rushed to the vicinity of Taga City, and from a distance they saw thousands of Spartan soldiers spreading north-south to the southwest of Taga City. The scene was noisy and chaotic. The head of Taigeya kept shouting and killing, and it was obvious that the Spartans were still unwilling to give up the siege, and were still making their final efforts.

Seeing that the cavalry led by Cloto Kataks continued to approach, the Spartan array also sent a lot of cavalry to drive away.

In order to prevent accidents, Plintors had to let Cloto Kataks retreat immediately.

On the way back, Cloto Kataks saw that Plintors was frowning and lost in thought, and couldn't help asking: "Is there anything wrong with the Spartans' formation? "

Plintors came back to his senses and said in a deep voice, "His Royal Highness, have you seen the real Spartan fighters? They are on the left wing of the array!"

At the reminder of Plintors, Cloto Kataks recalled the scene he saw before: thousands of Spartan warriors dressed in traditional red cloaks on the battlefield for many miles. It is indeed arranged at the southernmost end.

Clotokatax spent a period of time in the staff of the Ministry of Military Affairs and participated in the study of previous battles in the Mediterranean. He knew that due to the small population, the Spartans were In the battle, it rarely fights independently, almost always commanding coalition operations, and Spartan’s own fighters tend to concentrate on the right wing, relying on Spartan’s traditional left-handed tactics to finally determine the victory or defeat of the battle. This time, Spartan Daring fighters are actually concentrated on the left wing, which is indeed unexpected.

He thought for a while and said, "Is it because of the failure of the Battle of Leuktra, uh, the Spartans thought that their traditional tactics were no longer applicable, so they changed the lineup? Or... they just arbitrarily set up Formed a formation, pretending to fight with us, just to delay our rescue of Taigeya?"

Plintors knows the current situation in Sparta, and can command and command such a large army can only be their old king Agsilius, he has known the past battles of this veteran. His style is cunning and changeable, which is very different from the traditional Spartan generals. Of course, this different battle formation change will arouse his attention, but for a time he can't guess the real intention of the opponent, and temporarily suppresses doubts. To the bottom of my heart, he said: "His Royal Highness, you are right, we should first rescue Taigeya now!"

But when the Dionian army approached Taigea, the Spartan army had all stopped their siege and continued to line up east of the Dionian army. It seemed that they were really ready to be here. Fight to the death with the Dionian army.

Klotokatax immediately gathered the commanders of the various legions together and informed them of the battle plan that had been negotiated with Plintors.

"His Royal Highness, our First Army has the strongest combat effectiveness, but you have arranged us on the left wing and the Fourth Army on the right to fight against the Spartans. I think this seems a bit unreasonable!" Raise objections.

"I think it's reasonable! The Fourth Army is fully capable of repelling the frontal Spartans and lay the victory for the entire battle!" Olivers not only retorted loudly, but also assumed a veteran qualification: "Ktisu Si, I can’t see it. I just became the commander of the army, so I don’t put us in my eyes."

"Sir Oliver, how dare I." Cettisus screamed, but unwillingly replied: "I just want to tell the truth for the sake of victory."

Klotokatax saw this, and hurried forward to persuade: "You two should stop fighting! I believe that the fighting power of the Fourth Army can completely resist or even repel the attack of the Spartans, but the whole The key to victory in the battle is on our left!

Captain Ktisus, you must lead the first legion to defeat the enemy in front of you as soon as possible, and then attack the flanks of the enemy's midway to win the entire battle. I hope you can do it! "

Ketisus was refreshed, and immediately said confidently: "Your Highness, please rest assured, the First Legion has never disappointed the commander!"

The contradiction seemed to be resolved, but then the seventh legion commander Tiger Tilos said dissatisfied: "His Royal Highness, you are too unfair to the seventh legion! The soldiers who stayed behind in Messenia are the soldiers of my seventh legion! The soldiers who stayed at the new camp are the soldiers of my 7th Legion! Now the battle is about to begin, and the soldiers of the 7th Legion as the reserve team! Is the 7th Army so hard to accompany you to the Peloponnese Peninsula, the result is one They haven't been caught in the battle, how will they face their relatives after they go back!"

The more he talked about it, the more he felt wronged, and his voice grew louder, attracting the soldiers around him to look over.

Compared with the 7th Legion, the other Legions have benefited after all. The commanders of the Legion hurriedly looked at their noses and hearts, with an expression that had nothing to do with me.

Although Cloto Kataks was confronted in this way, he was not angry, but very apologetically persuaded: "The commander of the Tiger Tilos Legion, the commander of the Spartan army is King Agsilius, He has always been good at using troops. It may not be easy to win this battle. Therefore, letting the 7th Army as a reserve team hope that you can control the whole battle at a critical time and win the victory for us! Even if we defeat Sparta, Our war in Greece will not end there. In future military operations, I assure you that the Seventh Army will be the first to be considered!

After listening to these words, Tiger Tilos looked a little awkward, and immediately said: The 7th Army will perform the duties of the reserve team.

Tiger Tilos looks big and rough, but he is actually very thoughtful. Before Turriy left, Daves had talked to him specifically. He felt that King Daves's ardent expectation of Cloto Kataks, how could he risk offending the king and not execute the order, it's just that It was the opportunity to stray and attract the attention of the prince and earn more benefits for the Seventh Army. After all, the Seventh Army really had no advantage compared with the First, Fourth, and Sixth Army.

"Time is running out, please rush back to your army immediately after receiving the task."

Looking at the legionnaires leaving on horseback, Plintors, who had been silent before, said sincerely, "Good job, Your Highness!"

Mukru on the side understood why Plintors said that. As the commander of the Dionian army, facing the suspicion of his subordinates, he can solve it in one sentence-this is an order! After all, in accordance with the "Dionian Military Law", after the order is issued, lower-level officers must strictly enforce it. However, Cloto Kataks was still patiently persuading these generals at this time. It can be seen that the statement that "His Royal Highness is humble" is indeed not a mere talk.

Under the orders of the commanders of the corps, and under the command of the officers at all levels, all the soldiers of the Dionian army moved quickly.

Although the formation of the Dionian army was later than the Spartan army, the formation of the Dionian army was basically completed after half an hour: the First Army was on the left flank, and the Sixth Army was on the left. In the middle road, the Fourth Army is on the right flank, and the array is 15 columns thick and about 4 li in length. The First Cavalry Army is divided into 1000 cavalry each, located at both ends of the array.

Standing at the front of the line and observing the formation of the Dionian Army, Agsilius saw that his opponent was moving quickly, and soon stopped the clamor, frowned, and looked back at the sides behind him. The array, could not help saying: "Hurry up and urge the generals to speed up the array!"

"Father." Archidamus hesitated: "Didn't you let them slow down the array on purpose?"

"I think even if they don’t have to slow down deliberately, the Dionians will be the first." Agcilius said helplessly, "Hurry up and inform, in case the Dionians suddenly initiate Offensive, our formation is still so chaotic, how do we fight!"

"Yes, father!" Archidamus quickly ran back into the formation.

Agsilius looked at Dionia's army again, his vision was black. After looking at it for a long time, he couldn't tell where the advantage of Dionia's army was, but his eyes were sour. , He reluctantly gave up the observation of the enemy formation, holding a cane, and under the protection of the guards, slowly walked back to the rear of the formation.

The sun has begun to shift to the west sky, and the warm sunlight is shining on the Taga Plain. On the east side is the four-mile-long Spartan formation with dazzling light, and on the west side is The dark as ink, the same four-mile-long Dionian army formation, the two armies are separated by three miles, surrounded by green wheat fields, like two yellow and black parallel lines drawn on a piece of green cloth, and here The midpoint of the northern end of the two parallel lines is Taigeya City.

"Father, the formation is already lined up, why don't you attack yet?!" Archidamus hurried over and asked.

"Don't worry, wait a minute." Agcilius glanced at him and said calmly.

"What are you waiting for? The soldiers have been waiting for half an hour, and then the sun will set!" Archidamus urged anxiously.

Agsilius immediately lowered his face and said in a stern tone: "You should stay with your soldiers instead of running here to mess around, go back!"

Agsilius looked at Archidamus's leaving back, and subconsciously rubbed his face with his hands. In fact, he was not waiting, but in fear.

A veteran who has been on the battlefield for decades is actually scared?

But this is the truth. Although Agassilaus has gone through countless wars, it is the first time he has commanded a battle that can determine the life and death of Sparta, and his opponent is the powerful Dionia. He has just seen the well-trained soldiers of the opponent. Even though he had made elaborate arrangements for this battle beforehand, when the war came, he was inexplicably guilty. The life and death of Sparta were tied to his order, and he could hardly open his mouth.