Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 183: The Battle of Crotone (9)

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Davos saw his doubts and explained specifically: "Capus has completed the previous plan, our left wing is safe, and victory is only a matter of time. But I did not expect Matonis and Oliver's The Legion has done so well and pushed the right wing so much. It can be seen that the left wing of the enemy is quite weak. Now I want to put more pressure on the left wing of Syracuse. Do you think it will retreat?!

"I'm going to inform Izam now, I'm afraid he can't wait a long time." Tolmead, who understood Davers's plan, rushed to the reserve team behind him on horseback.

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At this moment, Dionysius, who learned that "the cavalry was repulsed and the right wing was attacked" was going around in a hurry. He didn't expect that he was eagerly waiting for news of the right wing victory, but what was waiting was like this. A result of.

"You immediately find Astagras, let him reorganize the cavalry for me, and immediately attack the Dionians, otherwise he and his family will go to **** to meet!" Dior Nisius roared tyrannically.

The messenger hurried to ride a horse, rushed to the rear, and searched for Astagras.

"My lord, Courier Xiliting is here to report urgently!" The attendant rushed over and said nervously.

"What's the matter after the battle is over, I don't have time now!" Dionysius glared at him irritably, and the attendant closed his mouth in fear.

Who knows at this time another scout came: "My lord, thousands of Dionian soldiers have crossed the Tacinadi River and are going behind the left wing!"

What? ! Hearing this news, Dionysius was completely panicked.

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"You mean what you saw was an empty camp!" After listening to the scout's return, Shiros asked again with some uncertainty.

"Yes, General. I and a few other men have approached the Mucha of Siracusa Camp, and have not seen any movement inside." After hearing the words of the scout team leader, Hiros fell into Thinking: According to previous battle reports, Syracuse has an army of seventy to eighty thousand people. So many soldiers are not in the camp, where will they be? The answer is obvious. His Majesty Daves must have led the reinforcements to Crotone! It is impossible for the Syracuse to abandon the camp and retreat to Siritim, otherwise his scout will be able to see the army led by His Majesty Daves at this moment. Therefore, the greatest possibility is that the Syracuse is fighting with Dio. Battle in Nia!

With this amazing answer, Silos’ heart beats wildly. He took a deep breath, calmed himself down, meditated for a moment, and resolutely ordered: "Order the whole army to immediately stop building the camp, wear armor, and pick up the shield and spear. , Line up and march towards Crotone!"

The adjutant Hegecitus heard this order and immediately "Ah" said: "You mean... marching towards Crotone now?!" No wonder he was nervous, but Crotone was stationed in the direction. With the army of Syracuse, the strength of the troops led by Hiros dared to go deep alone. Once the army of Syracuse came under pressure from the north, the defenders of Siracusa blocked from the south, and this army would be dead. NS.

"I'm sure your Majesty is in a battle with the Syracuses at this time, and we must rush to help your Majesty win this battle that determines the life and death of Dionia!" Silos said decisively.

Although Hegecitus has only worked with Hiros for a few months in Cosenza, the two have a relatively harmonious cooperation on political affairs. He knows that Hiros is steady and not a reckless person.

This time, Hiros stepped down as the chief executive of Cosenza, and Sedorum took over, and also served as the governor of the Bruti region during the war. With Sedorum’s knowledge of the Bruti region, he did not need to be Gesitus’s assistance might even think that he was getting in the way in Cosenza. You must know that the source of the war of conquest of Dionia against the Bruti area was the riots of their Siren tribe. Who knows in Sedorum’s heart? Will there be grudges? So Hegecitus asked Hiros to recruit soldiers and manage Bruti fighters, and eventually became the adjutant of this temporary force.

Now that Silos has made a sensible judgment, what Hegecitus can do is to obey and appease the Bruti warriors.

Not long after the order was passed on, Trina’s Commander General Bromaras, who had already joined this unit, hurried over, and was subsequently persuaded by Hiros’ words: "If this battle is won, Terry The city of Naia will not need to be attacked and will easily return to our hands. And if the battle fails, even if we recapture Trina today, we will be retaken by the army of Syracuse tomorrow, and the entire Great Greece will be In danger!"

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After the battle lasted for two hours, the Syracuse side was able to maintain a balance of power in the center, and both the left and right wings were in a dilemma: the right wing and the right end were under the attack of the Spear Brigade and the Kurt reinforcements, and suffered heavy losses. If it were not for the lack of cooperation between the Lance Brigade and the Kurt coalition soldiers, they were mixed together for a while and could not unfold smoothly. However, the right wing of Syracuse was thick enough, and some experienced soldiers took the initiative to separate from the middle and the rear of the left end. To stop the Spear Brigade’s further westward attack, I am afraid that the right wing has already been defeated;

But on the left wing, its soldiers are nowhere near as elite as the right wing. They can maintain morale even when the flanks are attacked. Although the attack of light armor is far less powerful than the spear phalanx, Dionysius’s The military reform has just begun, and the shortcomings of the large phalanx have not received full attention. Once the battle begins, not only the middle and low-level team officers, but even the high-level generals have lost control of the troops, not to mention the complex composition of the left wing. After being attacked and unable to conduct effective command in time, the soldiers in the rear row turned backwards in a unified manner to intercept the enemy, so the array began to appear chaotic.

Dionysius, who had a lot of soldiers, could completely prevent this from happening, but unfortunately he was still bound by the Greek military tradition, did not retain the consciousness of the reserve team, and wanted to defeat Dionia in one fell swoop. After winning the battle, he had all the troops in his hands pressed up from the beginning, and now it is too late to go to the camp to deploy troops to resist the Dionian army that attacked the left wing.

The chaos that appeared behind the left side of the left wing soon infected the soldiers fighting in the front line. These soldiers of Great Greece were not high in fighting spirit. At first, the ears covered by the almost closed helmets still vaguely heard the shouts from the rear. When the sound of killing became louder and louder, and the support from the rear weakened or even disappeared, my heart began to panic. Coupled with the fierce attack of the opposite enemy, fear instantly occupied the whole body, prompting They desperately turned around and fled, even at the expense of their teammates in the rear. When one, two, or three soldiers fled one after another, the panic would spread around like a plague... Soon, the entire left wing couldn't support it. , Began to retreat.

When the news came back to Dionysius urgently, he was already defeated: He was powerless for this battle, even the guards around him had been sent out to assist the left wing before, but... …He has already lost this gamble, lost to the new King of Dionia, who he both values ​​and despises......

Despite how unwillingly, Dionysius knew that he had to admit this fact, and he had to make a decision quickly.

"...Retreat..." He spit out the word from his mouth with difficulty, then immediately pulled the horse and walked back.

Fortunately, the attendant is by his side, otherwise I might not be able to hear what he is talking about.

"My lord, this..." The attendant was also unwilling, and still had some expectations, so he instinctively wanted to persuade him.

If in the past, someone dared to question his decision, Dionysius would either be reprimanded or he would keep it in his heart. After the fall, he did not have this mind. What he was thinking about was how to reduce Silas as much as possible after the battle failed. The loss of the Kuza army, because the defeat of the left wing may cause the Dionians to block the Tacinadi River and cut off the return of the Syracuse army. The army must be withdrawn to the camp on the west bank of the Tacinadi River as soon as possible (previously In order to lure the Dionian army to cross the river, he has ordered the demolition of the camp on the east bank of the Tacinadi River in the core area of ​​Crotone).

When dozens of trumpeters sounded the retreating bugles, Dionysius once again said to the attendant: "Send people back to the camp and inform Artemis (the commander of the camp garrison) to separate the troops. , Go to the east of the camp to meet us back to the camp!"

"Yes, sir!" The attendant suddenly remembered something and reminded him: "Sirritin sent a messenger to report that there were five or six thousand soldiers in Dionia landed on the plains of Ophimia, preparing to attack Trina. ."

After listening to Dionysius, he was furious: "Why didn't you say such an important thing earlier?!!!"

The attendant felt wronged in his heart, but did not dare to argue.

Originally, Dionysius planned to retreat to the camp for defense first. Now it seems that returning to Siritim is the safest...

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Phoebe Das, who is at the forefront of the right-wing center in Syracuse, has undergone rigorous military training since he was a child. Now he has experienced two hours of non-stop fighting, and he is already a bit tired. But the enemies in front of him, even after being stabbed several times by him, still have new enemies rushing up and fighting with him bravely, forcing him to do his best and deal with it carefully.

In fact, he already felt that there was a problem with his offensive plan, because looking around, not only did the Dionian left-wing array in front of him have not been defeated, but the offensive was getting more and more fierce, while the thrust behind him was Getting weaker and weaker. He could faintly hear the sound of killing from behind, although he was extremely anxious, he did not dare to get the slightest distraction in his hands.