Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 251: The Battle of Gela (1)

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Because Leotizides received Minoah’s urgent request for help again, the Carthaginian army stormed for days and the siege equipment they made caused heavy casualties to the Minoan defenders, and Minoah was already close to the top Can't help it. At the same time, he also received news from Selinnus. The fact that he led the army to leave the port of Selinnus could not be concealed from the sentinels patrolling the sea by Carthage. Sicheng launched an attack.

All these make Leotizides eagerly want to solve the Carthaginian army under Gela as soon as possible, so after discussing with the Gela and Kamenlina reinforcements, he decided to go with the Carthaginians. Have a battle.

In the early morning, Leotizides led 8,000 soldiers from the Eighth Regiment, 1,000 cavalry from the 4th Cavalry Regiment, 5,000 soldiers from Gela, and 3,000 reinforcements from Kamenlina, totaling 17,000. Gela City, after traveling four miles westward, faced the Carthage barracks and opened its position.

The fact that the huge troop carrier entered the port of Gela cannot be concealed from the Carthage army building a camp near the sea, so the Carthage army did not attack the city in the past two days. Instead, under Kisgor’s repeated persuasion, ha Struba summoned about 2,000 soldiers stationed in Echinom, and only a few hundred remained. In addition, he also issued an order to the Carthage army under his control who participated in the siege of Enna, which caused 1,500 soldiers to trek in the mountains and rush to the stars and nights.

Kithgo’s words impressed Hasdruba: "...According to the sentinel’s observations, there are no less than 200 Dionian troop carriers, so there are at least 10,000 Dionian soldiers. Entered Gela. In this way, the number of defenders in the city is about the same as our soldiers. Therefore, the Dionians can never just defend the city, but want to defeat us, because they were led by Margot. Compared to the huge army of, we are small in number and nearest to the Dionian territory, which poses a great threat to them. As long as we can defeat the Dionian army, we will be able to accomplish the goal promised by Lord Margo in the Senate as soon as possible. -Drive the Dionians out of Sicily, and Hasdruba, you can also be praised by the people of Carthage!..."

So after learning that the Dionian army had left the city of Gela, Hasdruba couldn't wait to start gathering troops in the camp.

While the Dionian coalition forces were in formation, Hasdruba also led the army to leave the camp and came to the opposite side of the Dionian coalition forces and began to line up.

Has Drupa’s army has 10,000 Phoenician and Numibian mixed forces, 4,000 Iberian soldiers, 2,500 Lusitania fighters, 600 Celtic fighters, and More than 1,000 special soldiers, a total of about 18,500 soldiers.

Since the place where the two sides are about to fight is a flat grass, a few miles around can be seen, the Dionian coalition is the first to start lineup, so it gave Hasdruba and Kisgo an opportunity to observe.

The battlefield that the Dionian coalition forces are lining up is about three miles long. They are all heavy infantry. They overlap each other like a long iron wall.

Because the unique black helmets and black armors of the Dionian Legion are very conspicuous in the army, it first attracted the attention of Hasdruba. He found that the Dionian army was mainly concentrated on the right side of the battlefield. (Left flank of the Allied Forces of Dionian), therefore, after a brief discussion with Gisgo, he began to line up: 7,000 Phoenician and Numibian mixed forces were on the left flank, facing Dionian Legionnaires.

This army was specially formed after the Magonis family prepared to go to Iberia for development. Out of various considerations, the Carthaginians were not recruited at the time, but in Numibia and North Africa. The Phoenician allies along the coast recruited a lot of poor and refugees. At the beginning, it was 20,000 people. At the peak, it reached 40,000. They were the Magonis family who established a foothold in Iberia and expanded their territory. The main force, led by Margo and Hasdruba, has fought countless times with the fierce Iberian natives for more than ten years, and is the force that the Magonis family relies on most. This time he attacked Sicily, Margot brought 20,000 people, and 10,000 soldiers remained in southern Iberia.

In the middle, Hasdruba prepared to have the remaining 3,000 Phoenician and Numibian soldiers guarded by the 2,000 Iberian infantry.

The Iberian infantry is composed of indigenous people living in southern Iberia. Although they are not as fierce as their distant relatives, the Lusitania, they have a large population and are more united. The conquest of southern Iberia caused a lot of trouble, and it took about 6 or 7 years before most of the tribes surrendered to Margo.

So, Margot did not dare to enslave the southern Iberian race like Carthage enslaved the Numibians. Instead, he obeyed the advice of his nephew Haka: As long as they surrender, they will not deprive them of their territory and allow They live freely in their jurisdiction, do not levy taxes on them, do not interfere in the internal affairs of the tribes, and trade daily necessities with these tribes at lower prices...

But these races also have obligations that must be observed: not to violate the laws of the colony (this law is not the law of Carthage, but the law made by Haka based on the situation in southern Iberia), when the Magonis family When starting a war, they need to provide a source of troops. Of course, after winning, they will also be rewarded with generous spoils. In addition, wars must not occur between the tribes. Once conflicts arise, they are handed over to the Magonis family to coordinate and resolve. It is equivalent to making the Magonyd family the chief leaders of the tribes in southern Iberia. The interests of the tribes are not harmed, but they have gained a lot of benefits. Naturally, the resistance to Marco has been greatly reduced.

So far, Margo’s territory in southern Iberia has not only remained generally stable, but also has a large number of free troops, which has greatly reduced the military expenses for maintaining the security of the territory, and also reduced the number of hired soldiers (mainly referring to the Philippine Nikki and Numibian troops), in this landing Margo brought 15,000 Iberian infantry.

The right wing consists of 2500 Lusitania fighters and 2000 Libyan soldiers. The right wing has the least number of soldiers, but Hasdruba puts his hope of victory on the right wing because of the existence of Lusitania fighters.

The Lusitanias are actually a branch of the Celts. They are tall and strong, run fast and powerful, and are good at using large shields and Wakata daggers, and their relatives in the use of weapons—— The Iberian infantry are similar, except that the Iberian infantry is stable, but they are more violent when fighting and are more suitable for attacking, so Hasdruba ranks them at the far right, hoping to use them to open the way to victory.

As for the 600 Celtic fighters, Hasdruba left them behind in the middle, not because he had the habit of retaining the reserve team, but because he had just vaguely observed Dai There are many cavalry in the Allied Forces of Onia.

Unlike Monte Arderno, Hasdruber and his uncle Margo have carefully studied the past battles of the Dionians and found that the cavalry played a very important role in them. This was used in the war to conquer southern Iberia and used cavalry to defeat the enemy many times and reverse the situation. After all, Carthage’s cavalry resources are very rich, including Carthage cavalry, Numibian cavalry, Mauritanian cavalry, and even Lusita. The Niya also had many cavalry, this time there were more than 7,000 cavalry in the army led by Margo.

However, because Hasdruba wanted to lead an army over the mountains, raid the West Kells, and then rush to the rear of the Dionian army, the cavalry became a burden, and there was no cavalry in the current army, so he The Celtics must be left to protect another army and jointly defend against the attacks of the Dionian cavalry on the flanks of the army.

Of course, the Celtics are unruly and difficult to cooperate with other troops in the battlefield. On the contrary, they will hinder the offensive. This is the reason why they were taken out separately. For this reason, Hasdruba also asked Ji Sigo sits at the rear of the middle road, and one of his tasks is to restrain the Celtic force.

After completing these deployments, Hasdruba ran to the right flank. He wanted to personally attack the enemy with the Lusitania. The head of a Carthage army was actually with a group of indigenous people. The formation, and still at the forefront of the military formation, is indeed unique to the Carthage nobles. Even Margo could not do it. However, Hasdruba won the Iberians and Lusitani on this basis. The respect of the Asians and even the Celtics, everyone is willing to obey his command.

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Leotizides was rewarded by the scout. After learning that the Carthaginian army had left the camp, his heart settled: Today's battle will definitely go on.

He began a more detailed formation: the 6,000 heavy infantry of the Eighth Army lined up from the right flank to the center, with only 8 ranks, so that the Eighth Army occupies half the length of the army; and the Eighth Army The legion joined the heavy infantry of Jera, and they increased the rank to 14; to the left of the Jera was the heavy infantry of Camanlina, which was also 14 horizontal...

The formation of the Dionian Allied Forces is like a hatchet, with a thin wooden handle on the right and a thick blade on the left. The reason why Leotizides is arranged in this way is also compelling: The Dionian Army He has been fighting with the friendly forces on the South Coast for several months. He has a deeper understanding of these Greek city-state troops. Most of them have relatively skilled heavy infantry combat skills and are considered brave in battle, but the discipline is looser and the battle cannot be sustained. In case of frustration, it is easier to collapse. Out of worry for them, they thickened their array. In this way, even if the front-line soldier wearing thick Greek heavy infantry armor and inconvenient mobility is timid and wants to retreat, he has to push forward under the push of soldiers from the rear, otherwise he will be more likely to die from the enemy. Attack and trampling by one's comrades.