Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 126: The Battle of Tagaiya (2)

lnmao.org, the fastest update to the latest chapter of the Mediterranean Overlord of Ancient Greece!

Suddenly, Agsilous's body shook a few times and nearly fell. The servant hurriedly supported him.

In order to boost morale and observe the enemy's situation, he stood for a long time, and his aging body was already difficult to support, so he had no choice but to sit on the wooden chair that had been prepared.

……………………………………………………

The commander of the Dionian army, Cloto Kataks, was also nervous. The first command battle faced a battle of such a scale, and the opponent was the Greek hegemony Sparta.

Looking at the dazzling wall of light that stretches infinitely on both sides in the distance, Cloto Kataks felt the invisible pressure. He knew that his order would determine thousands of Dionian soldiers. Life and death, so I have been hesitating.

"His Royal Highness, the soldier's gate has almost rested, and it is time to issue an offensive order." Plintors stepped forward and reminded softly.

"Uh...Would you like to wait?" Croto Kataks said with a guilty conscience.

Plintors deliberately looked up at the sky, and then said: "Wait, I am afraid that today's battle can only be cancelled. I missed this opportunity, and next time I can seize the Spartan army for a battle. I don’t know when it will be, but the situation will become more and more unfavorable to us..."

Plintors' words made Cloto Kataks' face changed, he was silent for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said: "Then attack!"

"Woo!...Woo!..." The vigorous and high-pitched bugle echoed on the west side of the Taigeya Plain.

The flags of all levels that were originally erected high in the array pointed to the east at the same time as the bugles sounded.

"Go forward!" Like the other team officers, Max gave orders to the soldiers of his unit.

The soldiers yelled in excitement, pulled out the long shields inserted in the soil, and put them on their backs. A long cloth strip was added to the inner side of the long shield. With it, the soldiers can carry the long shield on their shoulders), holding the stabbing gun and javelin, and moving forward steadily with the soldiers of other units.

The battle is about to begin. Max is a little excited, but the level of excitement is far less than those of the Greek soldiers. He knows that it is because they are eager to defeat the Spartans who have dominated Greece for decades to prove Dai The Greek citizens of the Kingdom of Onia are the strongest fighters in the Greek world, so Max does not have to worry about the fighting spirit of the soldiers.

"The Dionians have begun to attack." Agcilius heard the bugle sound from the opposite side, unconsciously heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, facing the mercenary general who came to ask for instructions, he Still calmly said: "Don't rush to sound the offensive bugle, let the Dionians advance a little longer, so that when we engage in battle, the city of Tygea will be behind them. "

As the Dionian soldiers advance slowly, rows of wheat seedlings fall down one after another. The Dionian army, which was originally a straight line, has gradually become hierarchical: the brisk light infantry has passed through the heavy infantry. The checkerboard array of the soldiers walked ahead; followed by the cavalry at both ends. Although they had not allowed the horses to run in order to save horsepower, they still walked faster than the heavy infantry.

The loose formations of the Dionian light infantry were spread across the forefront of the left, center, and right three lanes. When they were about two miles away from the Spartan army, Agcilius finally got the news. The order to attack was given.

The left wing is a Spartan warrior wearing a red cloak. The center is mainly mercenaries. The right wing is a mercenary soldier who has just withdrawn from the siege. Except that the right wing has a thickness of 10 columns, the center and left wing arrays are both thick. It has increased to 20 columns, with Macedonian cavalry at both ends... It seems that Agsilius has placed a most traditional Greek phalanx, and he wants to have the most regular Greek heavy infantry battle with the Dionian army, the only difference is In the past, countless light infantry passed through the gaps in the array, and also faced forward in a loose formation.

Agsilius knows something about the Dionian army. He knows that the Dionian army is good at attacking with light infantry to disrupt the opponent's array in battle, so he specifically asked him to recruit and hire. The generals of the soldiers recruited more light infantry in order to fight against and weaken the Dionian light infantry during the battle.

"What did you say? The other party has a lot of slingers!" Cloto Kataks was surprised after listening to the scout's report.

"Yes, Your Highness. The enemy threw a large number of flying rocks at our light infantry in the distance, causing some soldiers to be injured."

"I think the Spartans may have recruited some Rhode Island slingers." While making speculations, Staff Officer Mukru sighed regretfully: "It's a pity that the original ones in our First Army The slingers are all retired!"

"Damn it! I should have asked my father to send some Bariari people before!" Croto Kataks regretted at this time.

After the southern region of Iberia was incorporated into the Kingdom of Dionia, the Balearic Islands naturally surrendered to Dionia. Daves allowed them to autonomy, and at the same time generously promised to solve their food shortage problem, but also made a request: once the war needs, Bariari must provide no less than 2,000 slingers.

"His Royal Highness, don't worry." Plintors said relievedly: "The light infantry of the Spartans are improvised, not as well-trained as our soldiers, but they have taken advantage of the advantage of distance. , I think soon our light infantry will make them suffer."

Klotokes was skeptical, and at least relaxed a little.

As soon as the light infantry on both sides engaged in the battle, the cavalry on both sides also began to accelerate. Although the high wheat seedlings hindered the running of the horse, the cavalry did not have time to think too much at this time. Soon the two sides The cavalry rushed together.

The two sides of the array are 1000 Dionian Cavalry vs. 750 Macedonian Cavalry. Although the Dionian Cavalry has an advantage in number, the Macedonian Cavalry is the dominant force on the same level as the Thessari Cavalry in Greece. Whether it is riding skills, fighting spirit, or combat effectiveness, they are not weak.

Although the First Cavalry Regiment is "first" in its name, it is different from the Infantry Regiment. Its combat effectiveness is not superior to other regiments, even the newly built Fifth Cavalry Regiment, the Sixth Cavalry Regiment and the Infantry Regiment. The 7th Cavalry Regiment is stronger than it, because the 5th Cavalry Regiment is located in Iberia, and the main soldiers are from the conquered Lusitania cavalry; the 6th Cavalry Regiment is located in the Po area, and all the soldiers are Gallic cavalry; As for the 7th Cavalry Corps, it is located in Hadrumentum, but it does not usually have fixed personnel. Instead, it requires the Sinumibian tribes to provide 3000-4000 cavalry when needed. It is the only light in the kingdom. The Cavalry Corps is also the largest cavalry regiment.

Therefore, the commander of the army, Kuchius, who took office the previous year, felt the pressure and increased the training intensity of the cavalry.

At this time, in a short period of time, the cavalry contest cannot tell the winner.

The news came back to the command center behind the Dionian army. In order to prevent Cloto Kataks from worrying again, Plintors took the initiative to say: "The reason why your Majesty did not send too many cavalry at the beginning was to consider In the Peloponnese, there are many plains and few cavalry, and there is not much room for the cavalry to play. Moreover, the army will exped A cavalry corps was sent, it is not our main force for victory."

"The main force for victory is our infantry corps!" Croto Kataks looked forward with expectation. As the entire army continued to move forward, the dust and fog that had been stirred up began to diffuse, letting His vision became a bit blurred, but screams kept coming, becoming clearer and clearer.

The Dionian light infantry who had suffered some small losses accelerated their speed and shortened the distance with the enemy, and then the archers used the superb archery skills acquired through years of hard training to attack the enemy. The Cretan archers only Can be worthy of the enemy.

The javelinmen took the opportunity to rush forward, narrowed the distance to within 30 meters, and threw the javelin, but they were counterattacked by a large number of Thracian shield soldiers.

Compared with the total number of only 3,000 Dionian light infantry (the light infantry brigade of the 7th Army stayed in the camp), the Spartan coalition has more than twice the number of light infantry combatants, although The capabilities of a single unit are not weak, but when they are put together temporarily, they not only lack the tacit understanding of cooperation and cause mutual obstacles from time to time, but they also lack large-scale front light infantry combat experience, so the small number of Dionian light infantry relies on With flexible movement and skillful tactical coordination, he takes the initiative.

As the two armies are getting closer and closer, the light infantry of the Spartan Allied Forces, who are worried about being squeezed in the formation, hurriedly withdrew from the front. The Dionian light infantry remained in front of the formation without fear, and instead conducted long-range attacks on the Spartan coalition heavy infantry who were slowly moving forward.

Although the arrows that fell from the air did not hurt them much, they could slow their forward speed and disrupt their array, but the heavy javelin thrown threatened their lives.

The hired heavy infantry in front of the array were forced to start running before reaching the distance of the charge when they could not evade, making the originally crooked front line even more uneven.

The Dionian light infantry quickly withdrew from the gap of the rear checkerboard array, and the small squares quickly closed to form a unified array, and then the team officers shouted: "Javelin ready!"

At this time, most of the Spartan soldiers had rushed within 40 meters, not too soon, and the time was just right. This is the result of the long-term and arduous training of the Dionian Army.