Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 129: The Battle of Tagya (5)

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When Mukru rushed to the neighborhood, what he saw was such a sight, and his heart suddenly sank to the bottom: Oops, the Taigeya really rebelled!

The Mandinian guide Carrizenos next to him was also dumbfounded: "This...this...the Tagaians have betrayed the Arcadian Alliance?!...General Mukru, I can ask Zeus swears that we, Mandinia, have no knowledge of this!"

Mukru's complexion was gloomy, and he had no mind to excuse Callisenos. He immediately turned his horse's head, pinched the horse's belly, and galloped toward the military command center. He must quickly inform the command of this terrible change. official.

Karizenos glanced angrily in the direction of Taga City, and followed Muklulu.

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As a squad leader, when the fifty soldiers under his hand are all excitedly pursuing the enemy, he must try his best to control the squad and not let the soldiers run away.

This is the requirement of the "Dionian Military Law". As one of the most effective regiments in the Dionian army, the First Corps is not only because of the strong combat skills of the soldiers, but also because of their understanding of the military law. The execution is strong, but today, it is more difficult to control the formation of the unit in the pursuit. This is because even if the enemies in front are wearing armor and holding a shield gun, the speed of escape is not slow, except for the first rout. At that time, the soldiers took some advantage. Soon after the distance between the two sides was widened, the soldiers never caught up with the defeated soldiers. This made the arrogant First Corps soldiers very unconvinced: in the annual Dionian Army In the competition, the First Army has never fallen to the top three in the armed race, and now it can't beat a group of mercenaries!

The soldiers tried their best to catch up. Naturally, they couldn't listen to the orders of the team officers. Max's throat was almost hoarse, and he could only watch the entire squad run away completely. At this moment, he heard the bugle from behind.

He looked back instinctively, and in the dust and fog, he saw the colorful flags flying high and beginning to wave quickly from front to back.

He didn't think too much, and immediately shouted: "Stop advancing, this is the order of the legion! Stop advancing!..."

The soldiers next to him also yelled with him, passing one by one. It didn't take long for the soldiers in front of Max to stop pursuing them. Although all of them were panting, they were unwilling to look at the rout enemy ahead.

"Gather! Gather!..." Max hissed loudly.

In fact, there is no need for him to work so hard, the surrounding soldiers also automatically move closer to him, some are not even soldiers in his unit, but the white cap on the top of Max’s helmet gives them a choice. This is after countless trainings. instinct.

Just as the soldiers of the First Army drew closer to the squad leader and company leader, the rout soldiers in front also stopped escaping one after another, then roared, returned and killed.

"Damn! They are a bluff!..." Max, who was at the forefront of the legion, was shocked when he saw the scene in front of him. Once again, regardless of the sting of his throat, he yelled, "Assemble!!" The gun was held in the air and waved continuously.

Dolios, a former member of the Spartan King’s Guard and the former military commander of Messiania, because of the attack by the Dionian army, he abandoned Messiania without a fight, and was almost monitored by the Council of Elders. The officials expelled him from the mother state. Although he was finally allowed to commit crimes and meritorious service, his life was not easy during his time in Sparta. The Spartan people who had lost the land of Messenia saw him glaringly, even loudly. Insulting, and he can only swallow his anger. He has always been regarded as a glory by his parents, wife and children. He has never been subjected to such insults. He didn't know how he got here in those days, but all his patience was for today.

As an ordinary warrior, he is almost 50 years old today. He is fighting on the first line. In the previous battle, he has been defensive and tried to save his energy. However, he was wearing heavy helmet and heavy armor in the following fast run. He was a little out of breath. After all, the years are not forgiving, and the Dionian soldiers are still chasing closely. This is the first time he has met in the battle he has experienced in the past. He finally decided to give up running and stopped. , I wanted to kill one by one while still having some physical strength, but saw that the chasing soldiers stopped one after another.

This is another situation that Dolios has never seen in previous battles. When they used this tactic before, the enemy was chasing and chasing more and more scattered, and in the end it was completely scattered, and many people even threw it away. Lost the helmet and shield, so once they counterattack, they can easily defeat the enemy.

And what he sees through the eyes of the Corinthian helmet is: All the Dionian soldiers are in good condition and well-armed, and they are still actively retracting in an attempt to reorganize the formation...

Dolios was anxious. He must not allow the soldiers' hard work to be in vain, so he slammed the surrounding soldiers with a copper shield, shouting: "Attack!" Then he held the shield gun and rushed back quickly.

Never let the enemy regroup! ...With this faith, he jumped up, swung the lancet in his hand, and stab the Dionia soldier closest to him.

The soldier quickly lifted the long shield up, "Dang!" with a crisp sound, and the spear head stuck to the hitting corner of the long shield.

Dolios followed the inertia of the forward thrust, and slammed forward with a copper shield. The two shields collided with a "bang!" tremor, and the Dionian soldier was hit by the strong force and leaned back. .

Dolios poked the spear again, and the spear was attached to the upper edge of the opponent's long shield, and it pierced the enemy's exposed throat like lightning.

The soldier quickly tilted his head, stabbed his helmet off his helmet, and drew a terrible blood mark on his face, causing him to scream in pain.

Dolios did not swing the stabbing spear again, he used a side top of the buckler, and carried away the wounded Dionian soldier, and continued to rush forward. He believed that his comrades would completely eliminate the one. enemy.

Just a few steps after running, a force of strength slammed into the back, followed by severe pain. Under the severe pain, the strength that had originally accumulated was quickly lost. He staggered a few steps, looking back in amazement, but saw the wounded Dionia looking at him resolutely. The hand that was holding the stinging gun was empty, and was immediately overwhelmed by the swarming Spartans.

Dolios slowly fell to the ground, and he still had a strong unwillingness to die: failing to kill a Dionian soldier in order to wash him away.

When the Spartan fighters who fell behind in the fraudulent escape turn into the offensive, the fighters in front will also turn into the offensive immediately. The time required for the entire army to turn from a rout to offensive is very short, and there is no need to use troops. It is the tacit understanding that they have cultivated through long-term training since childhood.

The soldiers at the forefront of the Dionian First Army have dispersed. Facing the surging Spartans, they could not return to the team in time, but even if they knew they were outnumbered, they did not turn around and flee. Instead, he bravely blocked the enemy on the spot and bought some time for the comrades in the back. This is the result of long-term training by the soldiers of the Dionian Army in accordance with military laws.

Max’s team is less than 50 people, but the situation is crisis, he can no longer wait, and immediately ordered loudly: "Tortoiseshell formation!"

The entire squadron quickly formed a column of 5 horizontally facing the attacking Spartans. Soldiers on the outermost periphery raised their long shields to their chests to form a shield wall, and the soldiers inside would have long shields. They buckled their heads, and then everyone threw away the stabbing guns and drew out the short swords, because in the narrow space enclosed by the long shield, the stabbing guns could no longer be used.

Almost all the team officers gave the same order, because the phalanx formed hastily separated far away, and the tortoise shell formation is undoubtedly the strongest defense force when facing siege without the support of friendly forces for the time being. of.

As soon as Max’s temporary unit was formed, the Spartans rushed to the front. Although the formation of the Dionians was weird to them, they did not stop their attacks: shield tops, gun jabs.

The two most commonly used attack methods obviously have no effect on Dionian’s strange formation. Some Spartans simply use their bodies to hit them. As a result, the short swords of Dionian soldiers are sewn from the shield like a poisonous snake. Leaped out and stabbed it.

The Spartan warriors who charged at the front were unable to take the tortoise formation for a while, and the soldiers from behind forced them to stop and continue to rush forward.

It didn’t take long for the entire Max squadron to be surrounded by Spartans. The Dionian soldiers in the small and crowded space could not see the outside clearly, but they could hear the ears of the enemy. With the roaring sound, they fought the impact from the long shield with all their strength one by one, and at the same time carefully avoided the spear that was late from the gap, and the short swords in their hands were constantly piercing out to stab those who were too close. The enemy of the shield...

These small Dionian phalanxes at the forefront are like small boats in turbulent waves, shaking left and right, and may capsize at any time, facing the Dionian soldiers in the tortoise shell array every minute and every second. In all, it seems so long.

For the team officers in each array center, the only thing they can do is to encourage the soldiers with a hoarse voice: "Brothers, hold on! Our reinforcements will be coming soon. !......"

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Ever since the right wing of the Spartan army began to defeat, Agsilius has been in a state of tension. From time to time, he sent guards to the front to carefully investigate the battle situation in the middle. When he learned that the mercenaries at the right end of the middle began. When he retreated and there was some confusion, he was so angry that he even rushed over to boost his morale and was dissuaded by the guards.

It didn’t take long for him to learn that the Spartan fighters had stopped retreating and began to counterattack, and they had disrupted the news of the Dionian array, he looked excited again, tightened his right fist, and waved vigorously. Writing: "Good job!"