Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 141: Spartan Landing Battle (3)

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Yesterday afternoon to dusk, under the cover of the 1st Fleet’s feint, nearly 400 infantrymen of the fleet quietly boarded the eastern cape of the Gulf of Laconia. They lurked in the mountains and prepared to rest on the spot for a night. After that, in the early morning of the second day, he went northward over the mountains and rushed to the beach where the main infantry force of the fleet was about to land.

Unfortunately, in the mountains, they ran into a shepherd who was grazing sheep on the mountain. In order to prevent leakage of his whereabouts, they detained him.

Who knows that this shepherd came from Minoa, a small town facing the sea on the east side of the cape , The residents are mainly Piriasi) are not far from the mountain where the fleet infantry hides. At the request of the missing shepherd’s family, the Minoan residents went up the mountain to look for it early on the second day. The fleet infantry was to prevent early detection. , Had to avoid the Minoan people and detour some long distances. When they hurried to the vicinity of the battlefield, the two sides were fighting fiercely.

Although the infantry of the fleet was anxious, the commander who temporarily served as the surprise attack did not blindly direct the troops into battle immediately. He stood high in the mountains and carefully observed the situation on the battlefield, and quickly formulated an action plan: Fifty soldiers armed with torches were separated and rushed to the camp at the back of the battlefield; and he led more than 300 soldiers to the left flank of the Spartan army and attacked its side and rear.

This move of his quickly received results: The Black Rollers, who were already struggling to support, were attacked from the rear and began to retreat; and the retreated Black Rollers saw the rear camp burning up. The fire was even more panic and yelling, and the panic spread quickly in the Spartan army...

Black Laoshi and Piriasi fled in all directions, only the Spartans continued to fight.

Xenophon saw that the defeat was irreversible, and he sighed and joined the ranks of fleeing. He must hurry back to Spartan City, perhaps he can give some advice to the Spartan elders who are in panic.

When Sekelion boarded the boat on the coast, the battle on the coast was not completely over: more than 360 Spartans (including some veterans) formed a circle, in the fleet of infantry and 7th legionnaires. Surrounded by, still insisting on fighting.

After understanding the situation, Secorian thought that the Spartans were completely surrounded, and of course they would resist, so he ordered: give up the access to the north.

The order was quickly implemented. He thought that the Spartans would retreat soon so that the soldiers could pursue them. But the Spartans were still fighting, and could not see any intention to retreat.

Secrian thought for a while, and simply told the soldiers to retreat and distanced themselves from the Spartans.

He was not worried that the Spartans would take the opportunity to counterattack, because the Dionian soldiers besieged here not only occupied the absolute advantage in numbers, but also in physical strength. After all, the infantry of the fleet is a light A soldier, and the 7th Army soldiers joined the battle later. The Spartan fighters who have been fighting all the way to the present still have much stamina remaining, but rely on the dense circle defense to support them. Once they want to switch from defense to offense, it is naturally difficult to maintain the formation.

The Dionia soldiers stepped back cautiously, and the Spartan soldiers with rich combat experience remained motionless. They stood close to each other, side by side, all of them in the outermost row of soldiers straddling horses, holding a buckler in one hand, and a lancet in the other. Most of their bodies are hidden behind the buckler, with only half of their head. The part was exposed from the upper edge of the buckler, his indifferent gaze passed through the narrow helmet eyelet, and he looked outside vigilantly.

The comrades behind them not only used their shields to support their backs and gave them support, at the same time the lancet in their hands also protruded from above their right shoulders to assist them against the enemy... the entire Spartan formation was just It's like a hedgehog who has to put his body together in danger.

But when both sides left the battle and the sound of fighting disappeared, they could clearly hear their rapid breathing, and see that the copper shield they were holding was trembling slightly because of their weakness. And around the circle lay the corpses of Spartan warriors, and the few wounded soldiers who were trampled repeatedly in the battle. The injuries were so severe that they could not move at all. They could only let out a deep, similar sigh. The same wailing.

Seeing this, Sekelian was more confident in his heart. He stepped out of the array of Dionian soldiers and said proudly, "I am the commander of this Dionian army. Spartans, you have failed! Surrender, I can spare you not to die!"

The entire circle formation remained motionless, and the Spartan warriors seemed unheard of.

For a long while, Udamidas in the center of the formation said loudly and unevenly: "We...we can surrender...or allow you to occupy Port Ision and Port Heales...but you must swear to God , Can’t lead the army into Sparta City!"

Secrian laughed and said mockingly: "Spartans, you are still dreaming! Now is not the time for you to dominate Greece and show off! We Dionia has already captured Messenia, Sparta will soon be conquered, and maybe soon, your family will become slaves, and the black slaves who were once slaves will become their masters!

I just see that you are all warriors, and I can't bear your corpse in the wilderness, and become food for wild wolves and seabirds, so that I will let you surrender with compassion. Of course I can understand why you choose to die, because after you die, you don’t have to face the reality that Sparta no longer exists in pain—"

Secrian was speaking when he suddenly saw the Spartan warrior in front of him roaring and threw the lancet in his hand at him.

Secrian was taken aback, and stepped back in a hurry. The distance between him and the Spartan circle was about 40 meters, and the opponent was heavy infantry. He thought that this distance would be safer, but he did not expect that the opponent would suddenly make such a move.

The soldiers on both sides rushed forward quickly, shielding him with leather shields.

According to the truth, the range of the trained Spartan fighters to throw the javelin fully exceeds 40 meters, and the leather shields used by the fleet infantry can't do a good defense. However, the Spartans who have fought so hard to the present still have plenty of physical strength. The javelin thrown cannot penetrate the leather shield and is easily blocked. It is just a false alarm.

But Secrian was irritated, and he withdrew from the array with a gloomy expression, but he did not give an offensive order.

The two sides held each other weirdly.

After a while, the Spartans saw the Dionian soldiers retreating around again, and even made a big opening in the direction toward the sea.

Then, they saw six wooden shelves as high as one person placed side by side less than a hundred meters away. Some Dionian soldiers were manipulating something in the back, although the Spartans did not see it with their own eyes. I passed the detailed appearance of the ballista, but felt uneasy in my heart.

"Launch!" The ballista commander gave an order, the hook string was loosened, the spring arm violently contracted, and the stone bullets whizzed out, smashing into the circle of the Spartan warrior with a small arc. middle.

I saw bucklers flying horizontally, blood splattering, broken limbs, broken legs, broken chests and broken heads...The perfect formation of the original solid defense instantly turned into a terrible **** scene. The extremely dense array of Spartans made The power of the ballista can be brought into full play.

Udamidas, the commander of the Spartan army, fell into a pool of blood before he even made a scream.

The living Spartan warriors immediately realized that they can only wait to die if they continue to hold on: "Fight with the Dionians!!"

They roared and rushed towards the ballista unit.

The Dionian army, who has long been expecting the Spartan fighters to do this, will quickly close...

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The battle was over, and no Spartan soldiers surrendered, all of them were killed.

The landing battle of the 1st Fleet won the final victory, but Sekerian was not too excited, because he had seen many fleet infantry corpses since he went ashore.

"Hurry up and cremate the remains of the soldiers, but keep their remains and the ashes in place, and hand them over to their families in the future...Use a small boat to quickly transport the medical staff ashore to treat the injured soldiers as soon as possible. "

Secrian said in a low tone, looked up at the sky, and then turned to look at the tide: "The tide will start to ebb soon. Order all the crew of the fleet to remove these wooden stakes in the sea and open up first. Get out of a channel, let our rations be transported in and unloaded at the Port of Hilles, otherwise the infantry in the fleet will have nothing to eat tonight, so they can only grab the Spartans."

"Understood, sir! I'll execute it right away." The subordinates walked away.

Secrian looked forward and shouted vigorously: "Follow me and go to Sparta City!"

In the first battle of the Spartan Coastal Landing, the Dionian army suffered more than 1,500 casualties, most of which were injured. The casualties mainly came from the attacks of the left-wing Spartan fighters and the long-range shooting of the archers from the coastal outposts; the Spartan army casualties There were about 2,000 people, of which the entire Spartan army was annihilated, and most of the Spartan veterans died in the battle, resulting in the loss of the main combat force in the Spartan territory today.

Due to the resistance of the Spartans, Sekelian was delayed on the coast for a long time. He led 300 Seventh Army soldiers and 1,200 Fleet Infantrymen to the north. He saw neither his troops nor his troops along the way. I saw the fleeing enemy soldiers, but from time to time I saw the corpses being pecked by crows and the wounded and howling soldiers lying on the ground...

After traveling for almost three hours, I saw the outline of the dense houses in front of me from a distance. Secrian also saw the resting fleet of infantry units in a field of wheat, and quickly saw it. Its commander Sephiroth.

Seeing Sephiroth’s right arm wrapped in a cloth band and stained with blood, Sekelian asked with concern: "Are you injured, are you serious?"