Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 184: The Battle of Crotone (10)

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Finally, the bugle of the retreat came.

The soldiers on the right wing of Syracuse, who were struggling to resist the Spear Brigade and the Kurt reinforcements, turned around and fled as if they were amnesty. The original thick array collapsed in an instant, and the escaping soldiers were like floods that broke the bank. The same, quickly venting outward...

When he saw the soldiers running away, Phoebe Das was not panicked. He threw the lancet in his hand at the enemy for the first time, and then slammed the buckler at the opponent to open up a little space. Turning around and fleeing immediately, he also threw away the helmet. Although he has suffered many defeats in battles before, Phoebe Das was still frustrated by the defeat of the battle during his fast escape...

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"Your Majesty, the enemy has retreated! We have won! We have won this battle! Dionia has won!" Tolmeide looked at the soldiers in the middle of Syracuse, who was in the rout. Excited.

Daves listened to the cheers of the guards beside him, and finally showed a smile on his face: "Order the troops to chase the enemy at all costs!"

"Yes!" Tolmead responded loudly.

"Your Majesty--" A shout came from behind, Davers looked back and saw Rodom looked excited, and immediately understood his thoughts, and smiled: "The guards can also participate in the pursuit."

There was cheers around him immediately, and only Martius and a few other guards remained unmoved, still guarding Davers.

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"Chief Axirita, Lord Dionysius ordered you to lead your men and kill them with me!" Astagras finally found A who had fled to the east bank of the Tacinadi River. Xili Tower.

Axirita's face was covered by tousled hair, and he evasively said: "My men have already run away. It is difficult to gather them in a short time."

"Axirita." Astagras sneered: "You are a smart man. If we lose in Syracuse this time, based on what you did in the land of Dionia Matter, do you think the Dionians can spare you aliens! There is a Mediterranean between Great Greece and Numibia. You can ride back to Numibia on horseback?!"

Axirita's face changed drastically, he just fled, and didn't think about it for a while.

At this moment, the subordinate exclaimed: "The leader, the enemy is chasing again!"

At this moment, Axirita has made a decision in her heart: "General Astagras, let's repel these cavalry first."

Astarkras was pleased to see the change of Axirita's attitude, and immediately led more than 300 cavalry to join the only two hundred horses around Axirita to return to meet the enemy.

At this moment, there was the sound of "rumble" footsteps from the front left, Astagras and Axirita subconsciously looked to the north, and the louder and louder noise made them feel uneasy.

Soon, when countless Syracuse soldiers appeared in the field of vision, they were flooded like a tide, and everyone changed their colors.

"Retreat!" Axirita quickly turned the horse's head, and hurriedly fled with the Numibian cavalry, and many Sicilian cavalry followed.

We are defeated? ! …Astagrass couldn’t believe this fact, and the chased Dionian cavalry stabbed under the horse in a trance…

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"Dionia has won! We have won! Crotone has won!!..." The spies sent by Lucias rushed all the way to the ruins of Crotone's north gate, excited. Yelled incoherently.

The people of Crotone watching the battle in the city have already cried. Although far away from the battlefield, I can't really see it, but all the soldiers are running south. Could it be that Syracuse could not win the victory! At this time, countless people shed tears of excitement: Crotone was finally saved! ! !

Lysias had been standing nervously in front of the battlements and watching the battle before. Just after he relaxed, he realized that his legs were sore and unable to stand. He sat down on the aisle, facing the same place. The ecstasy of surviving near-death in the rubble and barren city suddenly turned into deep sorrow: Although the people of Crotone were saved, the city of Crotone no longer exists...

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When deciding to retreat, Dionysius also planned to prepare the defenders of the camp to respond, and block the chase behind, so that the rout of Syracuse soldiers could enter the camp smoothly. Facts have proved that this is simply impossible to achieve.

Because the movement of the garrison of the camp was discovered by the Dionian troops in Asprostum who were closely following the movement of the camp. At the same time, the news of "Dionia Victory" brought by the mountain scouts made Agarcia even more excited. Although he is the chief executive, he is also a mercenary and has rich combat experience. He took decisive action. Personally led 3,000 defenders out of the nest and attacked the Syracuse camp that blocked the road south of Asprostum.

Syracuse’s defenders were disturbed by the news of the defeat of the battle, and were divided out of the camp. Faced with the full attacking Asprostum army, there were still minds to fight and barely resisted. If yes, the energetic Dionian soldiers could easily break into the camp.

And Dionysius wanted to reorganize the army while fleeing, but the Dionian army, which was in hot pursuit, made his efforts in vain. The attendants sent were either trapped or knocked down by the rout. , Snatch the war horse.

Sixty-seven thousand people continued to flood into the Tacinadi River. The entire river was almost cut off. The slippery silt and the subsequent chase of the Dionian soldiers made the terrified Syracuse soldiers cross it. A piece of floating corpse was left behind the river.

The defenders of the camp were terrified by the flood of routs, where there was any idea of ​​responding, they turned around and fled first.

The raging wave of routs squeezed the narrow camp gate, and some routs simply knocked down the Mucha and poured into the camp. However, the chaser also entered the camp.

At the same time, from the north side of the camp, the shouts of the Dionian soldiers also sounded. It was the Asprostum army that rushed into the camp to chase the retreating defenders.

The soldiers in Syracuse were afraid of being cut off to return. How could they dare to stay in the camp longer, so they continued to flee south...

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"General Shiros, the Syracuses have been defeated by us! They are escaping towards Siriting! They have too many people!..." The scout galloped over, saying excitedly and nervously.

At this time, Shiros led his team across the Tacinadi River and entered Siriting Territory, marching to the northeast, preparing to reach the camp in Syracuse.

Receiving the return from the scout, Shiros was delighted and immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to wipe out the enemy. He immediately asked: "How far are the Syracuses from us?"

"When I came back, they had already ran into the'corridor'."

Silos served as the chief executive of Asprostum. During his tenure, he has surveyed the terrain of this area many times, and he is familiar with it. Of course he knows that the "corridor" mentioned by the scout actually refers to the southern plains of Croton on the west bank of the Tacinadi River and the Siriting Territory. The narrow strip of coastline in between has rolling mountains to the north and the ocean to the south. This seaside corridor is about 36 miles long and its narrowest width is ten miles. My army is at least 15 miles away from entering this corridor. It seems that they rushed there before Syracuse broke out of the corridor and intercepted them. They are not difficult. But you have to know that your army is walking on the undulating hills, while the Syracuse people are running on the flat sea, not to mention that they are defeated, and their speed is quite fast.

Silos thought for a while and immediately ordered: "The whole army marches quickly, let me run!"

This run caused the soldiers to complain endlessly. You must know that at least half of the Dionian-Trina coalition forces are heavy infantry. Fortunately, these soldiers from Bruti have developed the habit of observing discipline and strictly following orders after several years of training, while the Trina are supported by the flames of revenge. More importantly, they were greatly encouraged by the news of "Victory at the Battle of Dionia".

When they rushed to the corridor, there were four or five miles stretched between the head and the tail of the team. Many soldiers directly slumped on the ground, gasping for breath, and they were all sweaty and shouted for water. For the next half an hour, Silos, who was equally exhausted, tried his best to reorganize the team while trying to get the soldiers who arrived to rest and restore some strength as soon as possible.

Most of the soldiers have arrived, but there are still soldiers who have left the team coming in one after another, in twos and threes.

At this moment, the scout reported: Syracuse's defeated troops were only two miles away from the troops.

The sensible Hiros did not allow the soldiers with limited physical strength to block the routs frontally. He knew well: The tens of thousands of routs who wanted to escape back to the Xiliting would not only be blocked by his thousands, but it was also very possible. Let these tired and inexperienced soldiers fall into the torrent of escape.

So he immediately made the troops line up with their backs against the mountains and diagonally to the coast, leaving a gap of several miles long enough for the broken soldiers to pass, so that even if their offensive was fierce, the Syracuses would flee for their lives. There will not be much resistance.

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Dionia's pursuit continued until dusk, before the buzzer of the retreat was sounded.

According to post-war statistics, in this battle that determined the fate of Great Greece, nearly 20,000 people were killed or injured in Syracuse. Most of them were injured or killed while fleeing. More than 10,000 people were captured. This is more of the credit of Hiros. He first allowed the soldiers to continue to kill the routs that fled on the edge of the "coastal corridor", and then decisively ordered the attack, immediately intercepting the tail of the routs, and finally Syracuse. More than 30,000 soldiers fled into Xiliting.

Dionia’s side suffered nearly 7,000 casualties, especially the Kurt reinforcements who suffered the most casualties, almost half of them lost. Followed by the Spear Brigade and the Cavalry Corps, as the key to turning the tide of the entire battle, they also paid the price of more than two thousand people.

The result of the battle: Dionia defeated 65,500 soldiers in Syracuse with 58,000 men, and finally won a complete victory.