Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 182: The Battle of Crotone (8)
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However, Ryders, who reacted, ignored the danger and immediately drove his spear with the enemy from the south. At the same time, he shouted: "Brothers of the Cavalry Corps, hold on! Never let the enemy follow us. Escape here!"
Leides took the lead, so that even if the Dionian cavalry were attacked from two sides, their morale remained strong and they rose to resist.
The Confederate Sicilian cavalry, the Numibian cavalry, and the Dionian cavalry strangled together, and the fighting was fierce.
Kapus had anticipated this situation before the battle, and had arranged for it, so he did not hesitate to send out the 500 light armor reserve team that remained beside him.
The light armored soldiers with leather shields and leather armor quickly rushed to the left side of the spear phalanx and immediately launched a fierce attack on Syracuse's cavalry. Now it was the Syracuse's cavalry's turn to be attacked on both sides.
Astagrass also not to be outdone, called on the cavalry to fight bravely.
The four teams are staggered and the **** battle is endless, becoming the most tragic area of this battlefield.
In the end, the Numibians on the inner side could not bear it first, and they saw that the battlefield in the rear became less crowded and speared due to the continuous withdrawal of the Numibian companions in the rear of the center. The soldiers continued to stab the clansmen in front of them, so their fighting spirit faded, and they all turned to flee.
The situation of the Cavalry of the League of Sicily, who was unable to support a single tree, became more difficult. Astagras saw that the situation was not good and wanted to withdraw, but the Dionian cavalry and light armour were stuck together. In the end, there were only more than 300 Sicilian Leagues. The cavalry escaped.
Almost the entire Celtic cavalry was annihilated, and the leader Gaba also died. Their resistance bought some time for the Numibians.
Nearly a thousand Numibian cavalry were able to escape contact with the spear phalanx. These races from the African desert are usually arrogant and abnormal. This time they were obviously frightened, even though there is only the right side of the spear phalanx behind them. In pursuit of the 600 Dionian cavalry, they did not dare to turn around or throw javelins, but flee south in a panic, including its leader Axirita, who fled in the forefront.
As soon as the battle on the left was over, Leides fell off the horse and was so shocked that his men rushed to rescue him. He was covered in blood and suffered multiple injuries up and down, especially the outer side of his left leg. The spear pierced a wound the size of a date palm, and the blood couldn't stop flowing.
The guards were busy dressing up his wounds, but he cried weakly: "Hurry up...hurry up and call Kutchius...Call Kutchius here."
The former young and vigorous cavalry captain, now an experienced cavalry captain Kutchius, heard the commander's call and rushed to Leides.
"I order...I order you to lead the remaining cavalry (that is, the Dionian cavalry fighting on the left side of the spear phalanx) to continue chasing... chasing the enemy, don't give... them any chance to breathe."
"Yes!" Kutchius gave a forceful military salute, turned around to leave, stopped, and said with concern: "League commander, take care of your wounds and wait for my good news!"
Leides waved impatiently: "Go...Go..."
Kuchius turned on his horse and shouted: "Brothers, let me kill the enemy!"
Although the remaining 400 cavalry were exhausted, victory gave them new strength. They shouted in unison and followed Kutchius to chase the fled Syracuse cavalry.
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"Company Captain, we won! We repelled the enemy's cavalry!" The soldiers cheered in his ears. Tapirus looked at the vague figure of the enemy fleeing in embarrassment. He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. The arms of the spear were sore and swollen, the sweat drenched all over his clothes, dust and sweat stained, and it was very uncomfortable, but he knew that this was not the time to relax. According to the deployment before the war, there was still a battle to be fought.
"Assemble again! Assemble all for me!..." Just as he greeted his soldiers loudly, the high-pitched bugle sounded, stopping the excited spearmen who wanted to pursue them.
The messengers galloped around the phalanx, calling the senior team officers to regroup.
At this moment, Capps has rushed to Ryder's side, paying attention to his injury.
"Don't worry...I can't die." Leides tried to squeeze out a smile. The shock when the guard lifted him onto the stretcher still made him frown, showing an expression of pain.
"Lighter! Lighter!" Capps yelled dissatisfiedly.
"Capus." Leides was pale, and at the moment he stopped calling the position of the old comrade in front of him. He whispered: "We cavalry...have completed our mission...you can rest assured, Tin Rakuza’s cavalry will not come again... it's up to you next..."
Caps nodded solemnly, turned on his horse, and gave him a military salute: "Recover well, victory belongs to Dionia!"
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The Spear Brigade finally finished its formation again. At this time, the line was not directly facing the south, but directly facing Siracusa's right-wing rear a hundred meters away.
Kapus let the soldiers with broken spears withdraw from the battle, so there are only nearly 4000 soldiers left in the entire phalanx. At this time, there were only more than 170 people left in the 200-man company of Tapirus, and 112 people were still intact with the spear.
"Woo!!!..." The offensive bugle sounded quickly, and the flag waved and pointed forward.
Tapirus and the other team officials yelled: "Go!"
The soldiers moved forward steadily, and victory gave them enough confidence that this time their opponents would be heavy infantry.
On the left side of the spear phalanx are two thousand light armoured soldiers. They will do their best to protect the biggest weakness of the spear phalanx-the flanks.
As the battle continues and the number of wounded increases, the Kurt reinforcements have been unable to stalemate with the enemy as they did at the beginning. The thick array of Syracuses began to show their power, and their pushing forward and squeezing force made the Kurt reinforcements feel more and more difficult, forcing them to retreat to relieve the pressure. But when they were forced to retreat, they could not control the pace of the advance and retreat of the whole army like the Dionian First and Second Corps. As a result, they were under more and more pressure.
Under the loud screams of Miron and Cipros, the soldiers supported themselves with the courage of blood...
At this moment, a loud bugle suddenly sounded in front of them, behind the right end of Siracusa's right wing.
Milon and Cipros are still not sure about asking each other: "Is Dionia's bugle?"
Antonius, a few hundred meters away from them, has accurately determined that it was Dionia’s charging horn. Knowing Daves’s battle plan, he knew that the Spear Group must have repelled Syracuse. The cavalry was about to flanks the rear of Siracusa’s right wing, and he was suddenly energetic.
Immediately, the attacking bugle of the First Army blew.
Immediately afterwards, the commander of the Second Legion, Amintas even drove his horse close to the back of his legion, shouting loudly: "Brothers, attack! Attack! It's time to let the Syracuses know that we are great!" ..."
In fact, the attack of the spear phalanx cannot cover the entire right-wing rear of Syracuse, and can only directly help the Kurt reinforcements, but the attacks of the First and Second Army can contain the enemy in front of you. , So that they did not dare to deploy too many soldiers from the rear to block the phalanx of spears.
"Enemy! The enemy is coming from behind!..." The soldiers behind the far right end of Siracusa's right wing heard the sound of bugles, and then heard the roars coming from behind them in unison, looking back, and then All panicked, and the team officials hurriedly organized them to turn around to challenge.
Just as the organization at the right end of Siracusa’s right-wing phalanx was a little chaotic, the soldiers of the Dionian Spear Brigade began to step up and speed up, and the spears that had been erected began to level down one by one: The first column, the second column, the third column, the fourth column, the fifth column...a dense spear wall is formed in front of the square array.
"Apollo is on, this spear is too long!" The Syracuse soldiers watched in horror as the approaching enemy stopped advancing three meters away from them, and countless trembling spear tips had already pierced. When they reached them, their lances couldn't reach the enemy at all. The Syracuses who encountered this situation for the first time were in a panic.
"Shield wall! Put up the shield wall!..." Some Siracusa team officers yelled in a little panic. In such a chaotic situation, the Syracuse phalanx lacked a unified and effective command and lacked emergency response. s method.
The pressure on Kurt's reinforcements suddenly eased.
How did Miron and Cipros let go of this good opportunity, and immediately gave the order to charge. With vengeful anger, the soldiers rushed again to the enemy who burned their homes.
The Syracuse soldiers at the forefront of the phalanx heard the noisy shouts of their comrades behind them, but at the same time they could not feel the strength and support they gave, so they couldn't stop thinking: What happened? Are you surrounded? Are they going to run away? ...
Their fighting spirit is declining, and they can no longer fight wholeheartedly.
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"Your Majesty, the spear brigade led by Capus has repelled the cavalry in Syracuse, and is now launching an attack on the right wing of Syracuse!" Tormid reported to Daves excitedly .
Davers let out a sigh of relief, his nervousness was relieved, he calmed down a bit, and immediately issued an order: "Tormid, you immediately notify Lizam and let him lead the reconnaissance team. With the two thousand light armoured soldiers, cross the Tachnadi River and attack the left side of Syracuse in a roundabout way!"
Tolmeid was taken aback when he heard this order. He knew: In Daves’ original plan, this 3,000-soldier reserve was intended in case Dionia’s left wing could not resist. When the enemy’s heavy attack, it will be thrown into the left wing to enhance its defense; or when the spear phalanx attacks the enemy’s side, the reserve team will be thrown into the left wing at the same time to accelerate the enemy’s right wing. Power to attack Syracuse’s left wing? !