Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 3: The Battle of Trionto River (1)

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Not only the soldiers, but at the moment Dionia's army appeared, Miron's mind was also blank. He trembled all over and his face was pale. He knew: He was cheated! Deceived by the cunning Dionians! Thinking that there are too few enemies, but rashly letting one's own army cross the river in front of the enemy's equally large army, for any qualified general, this is an extremely wrong military action! But now it is too late to retreat. Retreating in front of the enemy and having to turn back and cross the river again is a taboo of the city-state citizen soldiers who usually don’t train much. The attack turned the seemingly gentle Trionto River into the grave of Crotone's citizen soldiers.

Milon did not expect that the battle between Crotone and Dionia would be here and now, so suddenly it unfolded, but in the face of this decisive battle concerning the fate of the city-state, he tried to force himself to calm down, Forget the guilt and fear, and focus on the battle before him: "Blow all the bugles! Beat all the drums! Let the soldiers rush up! Cross the river bravely! Hope that we can win!!" He is anxious. Raised his arms and shouted.

The soldiers leaped directly into the river and shouted loudly.

The abruptly intensified sound of bugle drums urged the army to advance. The officers in the formation knew the danger and took the lead.

Crotone’s army began to accelerate, but the formation of the Dionian army reorganized very quickly, and it has been forced to come up, because of the cobblestones on the ground, neither side charged like in the past heavy infantry battles, and Is steadily approaching...

When the distance between the two sides was only more than 20 meters, Kolebus saw the enemy on the opposite side amidst the shouts of the team officer, and suddenly stopped advancing. . The action made by the opponent made him immediately understand what was going to happen. Before he could even spit out the word "Javelin", he squatted hastily.

Just listen to "Swish! Swish! Swish!..." The continuous whistling sound, like a sudden gust of wind, accompanied by the screams one after another, the front row of soldiers in Crotone's entire army formation in the blink of an eye The collapse of a piece not only interrupted the advancement of Crotone's soldiers, but the front line of the army was also somewhat fragmented.

The Dionians didn't stop, and another round of javelin throws followed. At such a close distance, the lethality of the heavy javelin is quite amazing.

Just when the Crotone soldiers were in a mess to avoid the javelin and rescue their companions, so that the formation was chaotic, the Dionians took the opportunity to stride forward and hit the frightened Crotone with their bucklers, two or three. At the same time, the stabbing gun is poking at the enemy who has just survived under the javelin...

If it weren't for the back row to make up in time, Crotone's front line would almost collapse. But because of this, Crotone’s troops were blocked on the river bank. The battle formation with a thickness of more than 20 columns carefully prepared by Miron turned into trouble at the moment. In most of the river sections, half of them were on the river bank and the other half were on the river bank. In the river. Heavy infantry confrontation, in addition to face-to-face fighting, pushing each other in the same way as a tug-of-war match with the thickness of the array to achieve a breakthrough is also another effective attack method, but the current situation of the Crotones is not only unable to form effectively. The unified force, on the contrary, slowly retreated under the strong push of the opponent.

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When the javelin that covered the sky flew into Crotone's array, Miron felt that his heart was about to stop beating.

Dionia’s heavy infantry can actually throw javelins! Milon regrets that he was too careless at the moment and did not go to understand the tactical characteristics of the Dionian army in more detail. Look at their light infantry and heavy infantry. This is obviously a unique tactical and well-trained team. force!

Just as Miron was heartbroken by the soldiers' deaths and injuries, and regretted his own negligence, his men stared at the fight on the other side and shouted anxiously: "The **** Dionia has so many infantry! The reinforcements of their Niutum and Laos must have arrived!"

Actually, according to the return from the left and right wing messengers, the Dionian’s military formations are almost the same length, and they can oppress their own arrays to retreat. Although it takes up the convenience of the terrain, it’s probably not as thick as their own arrays. How thin is it that there are currently about 20,000 Dionians? Hearing the scolding at his hand, it flashed through Miron's mind like a flash of lightning. He was determined to take revenge on the secret report sent by Turri. He always studied carefully, so he knew something about the Dionian League.

He remembers that the secret report said: It takes at least three days for Turii to reach Niutum, and the same time to reach Laos, so even if the cavalry mobilization order reaches Niutum and Laos Si, immediately gather the troops and set off to reach Turri. It takes six days to go back and forth. After all, the Turri-Niutum-Laos Avenue has only been constructed, and it has only been four days since the declaration of war. Time, unless Dionia summons troops in advance. However, the mercenaries had not attacked Crimea three days ago. He tortured several prisoners, including Criano and Tolix. They all admitted that they had concealed Daves and decided to seize them. Of Crimea. Therefore, the reinforcements of Niutum and Laos should still be on their way to Turei, so where did so many Dionian heavy infantry come from?

There are not so many citizens of Turiyi and Amendorara. Miron can be sure of this. He suddenly remembered something:...Freeman? ! It is the so-called registered freedmen of Dionia! !

Milon suddenly remembered that Dionia had frequently organized military training for their freedmen in previous secret reports. Miron still remembers that many people in the Crotone Council laughed at Dionia for not choosing food, turning the vulgar freedmen into city-state citizens, it was a mess! But everything in front of me shows that Dionian’s method is still effective. The armor and shield spears worn by the poor freedmen before are probably all from the Crotone army that was killed or captured last time. Bar!

Despite his resentment, Miron realized more clearly that even these freedmen of Turiyi had been sent to the battlefield, and I am afraid they had also given all of them, so do they still have extra troops! !

Milon looked at the killing battlefield ahead, but his spirit was lifted up: "Utide Moss!"

"General, what's the matter?" the subordinate who was yelling just now responded.

"You immediately led these two thousand soldiers to the east and handed them to Philadefors to lead them."

"What?! Didn't you want this force to step forward to strengthen the middle lane?!" Utidy Moss asked suspiciously.

"Execute the order!" Milon's eyes widened. This friend's son worked hard, but he was too active by nature: "You tell General Philadefors that there won't be too many enemies on the other side, so he will not hesitate. Casualties, cross the river as soon as possible, and after repelling the enemy, rush over to attack Dionia's army! The victory or defeat of this battle depends on his actions!" Miron exhorted very solemnly.

"Understood!" Utid Moss reminded Miron, seeing the chance of victory, excitedly rushed to execute the order.

Milon jumped off his horse, armed with a shield and spear, led the guards to wading down the river, joined the battlefield, shouting constantly, letting the soldiers fight bravely.

Since Dionia's heavy infantry is mostly composed of reserve citizens, he does not believe that these novices who were freedmen six months ago and have never had any heavy infantry combat experience can master the essence of heavy infantry combat in six months. This is where his confidence lies. He firmly believed that even if Crotone soldiers were in deep adversity, they could still persist until the arrival of the army of Philadeforth.

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There is a large flag erected high behind the middle of the Dionian army formation. The top is also inlaid with a statue of Hades, but it is obviously larger than the army army flag and the flag surface is also larger. It only has "Dai" embroidered on it. Firth" big golden letters.

There are currently three armies in the Dionian League. Of course, Daves has to abdicate and return to his original position. According to the old tradition, the consul has also served as the commander of the city-state army. Therefore, Daves is in the alliance army. The highest position in the army is the commander-in-chief of the Dionian Alliance (ie, the highest commander).

At this moment, Daves is also watching the movements of the enemy on the other side.

"Your Excellency, the enemy has troops going downstream!" Aristocrates reminded loudly that as a talent that Daves fancy, Daves had the intention to train him as comprehensively as Asistes, so He was also allowed to follow during the battle, but after all, he was only a freedman, so he could only temporarily be named a clerk.

Daves has been waiting for this moment: "Tormead!"

"Your Excellency Commander, please give the order!" Tommy Mead's answer was a sincere respect.

Originally, Crotone's rapid advance was far beyond the generals' expectations. When the forces of Niutum and Laos were unable to arrive in time, there was a big difference in the strength of the two sides. During the military meeting, many people proposed: abandon the reinforcements of Castellon and stick to Turri, in order to wait for the arrival of reinforcements before proceeding to a decisive battle. But Daves resisted the crowd and insisted on pushing the front to Castellon. Because of the long-established prestige, everyone was finally persuaded by him.

He enlisted all the citizens and registered freedmen who participated in training and can fight in Turriy and Amendorara, and even some freedmen who had just arrived in Turriy. This really took a big risk. Risk, you must know that Dionian’s army was concentrated in Castellon at this time, and Turriy and Amendorara in the rear had almost no defensive force except for a few troops in the port. If Crotone’s fleet landed on the shores of the Subari Plain, Dionia would be irresistible for a while, but Daves would dare to make such a bold move.