Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 174: Two heroes fighting wits

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The messenger did not answer, but emphasized once again: This is the order of King Davos!

Matoniston had nothing to say, he angrily ordered: "Tell the captains to lead the brothers to retreat, and retreat very slowly!..."

For the experienced legion commanders, there is no need for Daves to give more detailed instructions. They all know how to deal with the incoming cavalry, and the seventh brigade of the legion is sent to the front of the team one after another.

When the Numibian cavalry and Celtic cavalry chased the Dionian cavalry and came to the Dionian formation, they saw that the long infantry array was retreating, and the guard was behind the heavy infantry. It was a line of skirmishers formed by light infantry. They fired arrows at the enemy's cavalry, preventing the Numibian cavalry from getting close to the array and throwing javelins.

Although these aliens are fierce, they will not be stupid to attack such a huge army. They stopped chasing and kept a safe distance from the Dionian army...

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"What are you talking about?! The Dionians are retreating!" Dionysius, who had just crossed the east bank of the Tacinadi River, heard Axirita's report, and his heart became more anxious, so he was afraid of wearing it. The Onia quickly retreated after being deceived, and before he led his army to the north bank of the Neto River, the efforts made in these two days were in vain.

"Order the troops to speed up, don't let the enemy run away!"

"Yes!"

"Wait a minute!" Phoebedas shouted suddenly.

Although Dionysius was unhappy that he interrupted him to give orders, he also knew that this quiet Spartan was making a sound at this critical moment. There must be some reason.

"You just said that Dionia's'array' is on the back. You used the word'array', why?" Phoebe Das asked Axirita directly.

Axirita hated Phoebe’s rude tone, but he knew that Spartans were not easy to provoke, and said impatiently, “Yes, I’m talking about arrays, because Dionia People are retreating in arrays."

Dionysius' heart jumped when he heard this.

"What kind of array?" Phoebe Das asked.

Axirita thought for a while, and simply drew a horizontal line on the mud with his toes: "It's very long, very long like this..."

Phoebidas bent over, looked at the ground, and asked, "Which direction are we in?"

"Here." Axirita tapped the front of "Yi Heng" with his toes.

The speculation in Phoebe Das's heart was confirmed. He raised his head, looked at Dionysius, and said in a deep voice: "I am afraid that the new king of Dionia has long been prepared for our plan. There is a big net set up, waiting for us to crash into it in a hurry. By then your soldiers are exhausted, without a complete formation, and they are not the opponents of the Dionians at all. What awaits you is failure."

Dionysius looked down at the ground that had just been wiped by Axirita’s feet, lost in thought, although he didn’t want to believe that the seduction plan he had worked so hard to implement had been the one of Dionia The young man saw it through, but was tempted by the other party, but Phoebedas’ words were like a slap in the face, making his face hot. Fortunately, this war relationship survived and he didn’t have the mind to care about it, just a dry cough. And said: "Then what do you think we should do now?"

"Stop advancing immediately, arrange the formation, and press it up at a normal speed!" Phoebe Das drew a "one horizontal" in front of the "one horizontal" with his foot.

"If you do this, it takes too long, and the Dionians may escape." Dionysius said worriedly.

As a bystander, Phoebe Das can instead maintain a calm mind: "It is better to let them escape than to be defeated by them."

Dionysius remained silent after listening, and his heart was indeed suffering from gains and losses, and contradictions were abnormal.

He turned his head and looked back at the dusty fog that was stirred up by the huge, hurried marching team...

Looking at the densely packed soldiers quickly passing in front of his guards, although the armor and shield and spear were only carried on the shoulders, the sweat had soaked through the lining, and the rapid breathing gathered together, even a little shocked. Ear...

Looking ahead, apart from the occasional mercenary cavalry galloping across the vast Croton Plains, everything is very quiet, but Dionia’s army may be at ease where he can’t see...

Dionysius hesitated for a while, and finally made up his mind: "Phoebe Das, just do as you say, I decide you will arrange the formation."

Phoebe Das did not postpone, and looked excited, which was exactly what he wanted.

"Do I need to withdraw all my hands back?" Axirita asked.

"You and Gaba's cavalry continue to drive away the enemy's cavalry to prevent them from spying on our formations, and at the same time, you must keep an eye on the enemy's movements." Phoebedas began to give orders: "Also...you come. Tell me, the details of the array deployed by the Dionians..."

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It's past noon, and there is no sign of Siracusa's army yet, Davers is puzzled. Fortunately, although the Dionian cavalry was suppressed and unable to observe the enemy, the Dionian fleet was running rampant at sea. They had circled the coast of the southern plains of Croton, as they did not find Syracuse, which was supposed to be retreating. The army of Zha, who was puzzled, dispatched the Clippers to land quietly on the secluded beach and sent sailors to investigate. It didn't take long for them to discover the secrets of the Syracuse.

It turns out that the Syracuse people are in line! After receiving the news from the Clippers, Daves felt a little complicated. It was not regrettable, but still looking forward to it.

He whispered to himself: "It seems that you Dionysius is quite cautious. Since you are not coming, then I will go over and let us decide the victory or defeat dignifiedly!"

"Order, the whole army turn around and march south!" Daves made a sudden passion and gave the order loudly.

"Why are you heading south again?!" Many soldiers were puzzled and dissatisfied with the back and forth orders.

However, the commanders and high-ranking team officers have foreseen that the pace of battle is approaching, and militants such as Amintas and Matonis are already excited.

"Report to Your Majesty, 5000 reinforcements from Crotone and Trina have arrived!"

Davers lifted up when he heard the words: "Great! Who is the leading general?"

"Trina is Cipros and Crotone is Miron."

Davers froze: "Milon? Milon who was expelled by Crotone?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. I have confirmed that it is him! This time after the outbreak of the war, he was recalled by Crotone, and after the fall of Crotone, he was urgently elected by the people of the Acropolis. General." Tolmeide knew that Daves would have questions, so he investigated in advance.

These two generals are old acquaintances! After the second Crotone War, Daves had an understanding of Miron's command ability. And he has frequent contact with Cipros. Davers even believes that "he is a political figure with a broad mind, agile mind, and the best able to see the general trend in the center of the city-state of the Southern Italy League."

Both of them are not weak, Daves felt relieved, he asked again: "Are the reinforcements they led are heavy infantry?"

"There are only 300 light infantry, and the rest are heavy infantry." Tolmeide replied.

"In this case..." Daves thought a little, and said: "Let them line up at the left end of the First Army and march with the army."

"Lined up at the far left?" Tolmead, who understood Daves’ combat plan, asked with some worry: "Your Majesty, there may be the focus of the enemy’s attack. Can they block the enemy’s attack? ?"

"The Syracuses captured their cities and massacred their relatives. Their hatred of the Syracuses is far greater than that of us, and their fighting spirit is stronger than our soldiers! I believe they will fight to the last one. , And will never back down!" Daves said slowly and firmly.

"I understand." Tolmid did not hesitate anymore, turned around and prepared to gallop towards the messengers, but was stopped by Daves: "You personally tell Milon and Cipros, because the military situation is urgent, I I can’t rush to meet them. The war is coming. I hope they will make every effort to prepare and work together to avenge the Syracuses who invaded our homes and harmed our people!"

"Yes." Tolmeide gave a military salute excitedly.

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The army of Crotone and Trina went down the hill and walked around to the north gate of the city to leave the city. What they saw along the way were all ruined and devastated, which increased the anger of the soldiers. Milon and Sipnos managed to control the small number of Numibian cavalry that they only dispersed instead of chasing and harassing. They finally caught up with the Dionian army marching south and received a message from Tolmeide. Miron and Cipros breathed a sigh of relief.

Because their troops came from the east, they are located at the far left end of the entire Dionian army array. Just expand the team and connect with the first Dionian army, no more cost. You must know that all the way, the soldiers are a little panting.

Seeing that the spirits of the two commanding generals were somewhat relaxed, Tolmeide could not help but reminded: "Two adults, according to your Majesty’s pre-war analysis, our left wing will be the focus of the enemy’s offensive. You must improve. Watch out!"

"Why?" Milon and Cipros asked in unison.

Before each battle, Daves will explain his combat intentions to the captain and senior team officers in detail to ensure that they can execute it smoothly. What's more, the war is about to begin. Tolmid has no need to hide. He said sternly: "Because there are more soldiers in Syracuse than us, so your Majesty led the army to let the Seventh Army after crossing the Neto River. Traveling along the east bank of the Tacinadi River. In this way, if the Syracuse wants to take advantage of the large number of people, it is their best choice to focus on attacking our left wing."