Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 177: The Battle of Crotone (3)

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Looking at the tumbling dust and mist ahead, listening to the sound of horseshoes approaching like thunder, Capus' heart was also beating violently, because he knew that the key to victory or defeat in this battle is the key to the victory of both parties. Lance Brigade. Victory defeats the Syracuse’s greatest advantage and opens the door to victory for the whole army’s offensive; defeat may make the enemy’s already powerful right wing even more powerful with the help of the cavalry, and the whole army will fall into Dilemma.

Caps deeply felt the heavy responsibility, but there was no time for him to be nervous and uneasy anymore. His cavalry had already broken into his field of vision...

"Raise the spear!" He roared to vent the fear in his heart.

"Raise the spear!" The team officials also quaked and shouted.

"If you move forward, you will live, if you move backward, you will die!!!! If you move forward, you will live, and you will die if you retreat!!!..." The soldiers knew that it was the 2,000 light armoured soldiers who lined up behind the spear brigade and transferred to each legion. They not only prevented the enemy cavalry from insulting the spear brigade and played the role of the last line of defense, but also cut down. The power to kill the spearmen who fled, in the exercises these days, King Davos has reminded all the soldiers of the spear brigade very seriously.

But even though there are threats and reminders of light armor behind him, the hands of Tapirus and his teammates holding the spears are still trembling, although the Dionian cavalry has been asked to act as the enemy's charge on many occasions in advance. The recruits adapted, but that was an exercise after all, and there were very few deaths. Now it is a real battlefield. The huge momentum created by thousands of enemy riders is far more terrifying than during training.

The body of each spearman trembles with the tremors of the earth, causing the long spears held diagonally to sway and collide with each other to make a "crash crap" sound...

At this moment, a neat shout came from behind again: "For citizenship!!! For the land!!! Become the hero who saves Dionia!!!..."

The cry of that cry passed through the noisy battlefield, penetrated into the heart of every spearman, and aroused the greatest desire in their hearts. The power of this desire gradually made their teeth stop fighting and their tongues no longer trembling. , Can follow the light armoured soldiers to shout together. Each time they shouted, their volume increased by a few points, and the hands holding the spear became stronger. When their shouts turned into a roar, almost overwhelming the sound of horseshoes, the spears had been firmly pointed in the direction of the incoming enemy.

At this time, Capps was in a preliminary mood. While secretly praising what spiritual victory method taught by His Majesty Daves was really useful, he paid close attention to the situation ahead.

It takes time for nearly two thousand Dionian cavalry to withdraw completely from both sides to make room for the spear brigade one mile in front of the battlefield, but Capus knew he didn’t have the time to wait. The enemy is likely to retreat or bypass the front after discovering something abnormal in the front, so he can't wait for his cavalry to completely withdraw before taking action.

"Offensive!" He waved his arm resolutely.

The entire spear brigade has to greet them and carry the galloping enemy frontally, instead of staying in place like the Battle of Trionto River. This is what Capps is most worried about.

This is also what Riders is worried about. He is afraid that his cavalry will directly hit his spear formation due to tension or not moving fast enough, causing unnecessary losses.

"Go ahead!" As the company captain, Tapirus, like other team officers, reminded his soldiers, his voice still trembling slightly.

While the soldiers were still shouting slogans that made them excited, they started to move forward steadily with small steps. The soldiers in the back row were close to the backs of the soldiers in the front row, one by one, spears protruding from the right shoulder of the soldiers in front. Viewed from the side, the spears of the 15 soldiers in the column formed a continuous "spear wall" with a slight **** from front to back.

This gleaming, palpitating "spear wall", even though it began to bend and twist due to the acceleration of its forward movement, remained tight. And this closeness makes every soldier in the formation feel more and more calm because of the collective strength; at the same time, this closeness makes each soldier unable to escape the battlefield even if he is afraid of fear, he can't even turn around. Now, the only thing you can do is move forward! Keep moving forward! Until the enemy is stabbed!

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Riding forward quickly, the human spirit is easy to enter a state of excitement, especially these sturdy Celtic cavalry, they are already ready to have some exciting fight with the enemy about to rush, but Unexpectedly, the enemy turned around and fled. Many people were so angry that they screamed. They repeatedly urged the horses, vowing to catch up with these deadly enemies, cut them under the horses, strip off their good-looking armor, and take away their horses. , Cut off their heads hung on the horse. Even the mercenary cavalry running on the far left staggered with Crotone-Trina reinforcements, and a few overly aggressive alien cavalry went forward to attack and throw javelins, and the Dionia light infantry rushed to it later. repel.

The front Celtic cavalry is getting closer and closer to the enemy, and many Celtics have already drawn their long swords. At this moment, the faint and tidy shouts from the dust-filled front made them suddenly startled: Is there an enemy in ambush ahead? !

Just as they began to feel a little surprised, the enemy cavalry in front suddenly turned to the side, making some cavalry choose to continue pursuing, while others began to slow down the galloping horse. The cavalry in the rear was enveloped by the excitement of their companions and the sound of horseshoes.

Tapilus, located in the center of the spear phalanx, can already see the enemy riders ahead: some with disheveled heads, some with pointed leather helmets, dark striped cloths, and large swords in their hands. , With a strange cry of "Woo...", one by one drove the tall horses to come straight towards them...

"Hades for help!" Tapirus couldn't help praying to Hades, which caused the surrounding soldiers to yell as well. Some soldiers even closed their eyes in fear, but instinctively pulled their spears tighter with their hands. , This is a weapon that can protect him and give him psychological comfort on this terrible and inescapable battlefield.

They are afraid, and the enemy is equally afraid.

When the enemy cavalry was found to be turning, some Celtic cavalry kept up in time, and some were still trying to slow down the horse. On the battlefield vacated in front, a shadowy "human wall" suddenly appeared in the diffuse dust. The forward war horse made them quickly see: it is not a "human wall", but a "spear wall"!

Those long pointed spears stretched out densely to them, not only made them feel creepy, the horses under the hips kept screaming, but the inertia still caused the Celtics to hit them with their horses...

Suddenly, people screamed, horses hissed, blood spattered, spears broke...

For the spearmen, fortunately, the dense spear wall formed by the four-meter-long spears made the enemy cavalry unable to sprint in front of the soldier and was stabbed. And because they heard the cry of the spear brigade in advance, most of the Celtic cavalry had already consciously slowed down, and the length of the spear also reduced the power transmitted to the soldiers after the cavalry collided, so most of the front ranks The soldiers relied on the strength of the soldiers at the rear to counteract the impulse, and only a few of them staggered back together with the soldiers at the rear. Therefore, one Celtic cavalry hit the spear phalanx. Although it caused some confusion in the array, it did not break the formation.

Of course, if the subsequent cavalry continue to attack, Dionia's spear phalanx will inevitably be broken through the gap and cause the soldiers to retreat. However, this era has not been specially trained for heavy cavalry to rush into the dense infantry phalanx. Even the fierce Celtic cavalry only dare to attack the side and rear of the infantry phalanx or rely on horsepower and speed to attack loose. The light infantry team will not be so stupid as to use their lives to force the front of the heavy infantry phalanx, let alone the terrifying spear phalanx. Cover it, otherwise it will jump and scream, throw the cavalry off, and then turn around and run away.

After the Celtics discovered the strangeness ahead, they hurriedly strangled the running horse, and the reins suddenly tightened, making the horse feel extremely uncomfortable. Some of them fell into a mania and threw their owner off the horse; a few of them fell forward because their necks were suddenly compressed and lacked oxygen. The riders were thrown into the approaching spear wall due to inertia, and were pierced by the sharp spear tip. ...

The leader Gaba and many Celtics in the rear finally stopped the forward warhorse. At this moment, Gaba couldn't care about the tragic death of his men and was angry, looking at the dense spear wall approaching. He shouted in panic: "Retreat! Retreat!..."

He didn't need to shout at all. Every surviving Celtic cavalry wanted to grow wings under his ribs and immediately flew away from the horrible spear array that was approaching quickly. But just as they pulled their horses back, the second wave of offensive ——Numibian cavalry galloped, and they found the Celtic cavalry turning around in the dust and fog, and they wanted to immediately stop nearly two thousand horses running. How can it be so easy to make evasive tactical maneuvers.

For a time, the cavalry exclaimed, the horses neighed, and the two sides collided together...

Some riders fell off their horses, before they had time to get up, they were stepped on by countless horses, and died violently without even screaming. Some riders and horses were slammed back to the front and hit directly. The spear wall pushed forward...

More than two thousand Numibian cavalry and Celtic cavalry were entangled together, and the horses stopped as if they were trapped in a quagmire. The riders who were aware of the danger wanted to immediately escape this completely chaotic battlefield, but the cavalry entangled and squeezed each other, and there was no extra space for the horses to start. Obviously, it was impossible to rectify the order in a short period of time. The cavalry retreated smoothly.