Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 4: The Battle of Trionto River (2)

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The army of Crotone crossed the river here, as Daves had expected, so that the Dionian army who had been ambushing here waited for the Dionian army, who had a large number of recruits. The army occupied the ground and used novel tactics to inflict a lot of damage on the Crotone army, which was famous for its bravery in Great Greece, and it took the upper hand for a time.

Daves was known as an expeditionary force when he was in Persia for being good at annihilating the enemy, fighting skillful battles, and having fewer casualties. However, at that time, Tolmeide was responsible for the coordination of the entire mercenary. Daves’ barracks have always been the most rigorously managed, so he often only has a glimpse of his military capabilities. When I arrived at Turey, I heard that Daves led the army to win more with less. In this military operation, Tolmeid participated in the entire process as a generational commander (because he was still a freedman), witnessing Davers's stand alone, conceiving a military plan he had never seen before, and such The arm ambassador directed all the departments of the alliance to work around this plan: let the elderly and women walk around the harbor in armor to confuse the enemy's fleet; the meticulous arrangements in the dark march even let the new recruits who have never had experience and freedom The civilians can also reach Castellon smoothly; the army enforces strict discipline and strictly seals the city of Castellon to prevent the news from being exposed; the mountain reconnaissance team of Izam is sent to cross the river to scout the enemy’s movements and report at any time, at the same time Send cavalry to intercept and kill the enemy’s river-crossing scouts, so that the enemy doesn’t know anything about the situation on the other side of the Trionto River. Before dawn, he led his troops to lurch here quietly and quickly. A decoy (referring to the four thousand soldiers) was set up on the river bank in front, and at the same time, the trail of the army was shielded; and more than a thousand people were deliberately arranged in Trionto and the downstream section of the river, so that the Crotones did not dare to take the risk. There is a high risk of casualties, so I choose to go to the safer middle section of the river...

Daves’ strategy was fully demonstrated throughout the military operation: deception, fast marching, reconnaissance and counter reconnaissance, ambush, lure... They were perfectly combined, and finally successfully mobilized the enemy and achieved the goal. It also opened Tolmeide's eyes. In this era, most wars between city-states involve both parties recruiting soldiers to fight in a place acceptable to both sides, or when one side is strong, the other side will defend tenaciously, until reinforcements arrive and then counterattack, the generals of both sides put their minds on tactics during the battle In application (this is what the Spartans are best at), how can it be like Daves formulating a plan based on the situation from the beginning, and doing a series of complex and delicate actions around this plan to achieve his own goals, it is simply Carving **** battles into art objects that resemble delicate and beautiful Athens vases, just as Daves himself said, "War is related to the survival of the city. You must be cautious, think and think before you take action. ."

This is why Daves became the archon of a powerful alliance, but Timathon died in a small city! Tolmeide was thinking about it.

"Tormid, you rush to the east and inform Zanteparis, Epithenis, Spite, and Leides that the enemy will cross the river soon. Let them be prepared and follow the plan. Act." Davers gave the order.

"Yes!" Tolmead turned on his horse and drove east. Although the tactics adopted by the east would be even more bizarre, he already had confidence in Daves.

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Filadefors was really shocked when he heard from Utidmus that Miron led his army across the river, encountered Dionian's army, and was falling into a bitter battle. The Dionians actually ambushed nearly 20,000 troops on the opposite bank of the Trionto River, which was completely beyond his expectation!

Will there be an ambush here too? He looked at the more than 1,000 Dionian light infantry garrisoned on the opposite bank, and couldn't help thinking: Originally, he was looking forward to Miron crossing the river to help him drive away the enemy on the opposite side, in order to reduce the soldiers' casualties. Instead, he wanted to lead troops to help Miron. The situation is so critical that he can no longer allow him to think about it.

The stepping river section here cannot accommodate more than 6,000 soldiers crossing the river at the same time. He quickly divided the troops into three parts: the front, the middle and the back. At the top are more than 3,000 heavy infantry. Using their strong protection, Under the enemy's arrows and javelins, the casualties were reduced, and the enemy reached the opposite shore smoothly to disperse the enemy. Followed by 500 cavalry, they can chase down the enemy's light infantry and defeat them. Finally, there were nearly 3,000 light armoured soldiers.

After enduring Dionia’s long-range attack and paying some casualties, Crotone’s heavy infantry boarded the river bank. There was no need for them to chase. The Dionia light infantry had long since fled, Phila Deforth led the army to cross the river smoothly.

"Should the general pursue?" Cavalry Captain Ali Sosis asked for instructions.

Philip Foss shook his head and said cautiously: "Now we have to rush to help Miron. Your cavalry can guard the periphery of the column. Don't attack it rashly."

Fillard Forth led his team to turn to the west and marched west for a while, when the loud bugle sounded from the north.

Philip Foss felt tight in his heart: Sure enough, there was an ambush!

At this moment, Ali Sosis also rushed over and said with a slightly strange expression: "General, an enemy army was found to the north, coming towards us. They have about six to seven thousand people, all with bows and arrows. Slingers, slingers, light shields, and hundreds of cavalry."

Philip Fuchs was stunned: "No heavy infantry?"

"No!" Ali Sosis nodded firmly.

Although Philadefors was a little bit puzzled, he was obviously relieved. He decisively issued the order: "The whole army marches north!" Since the incoming Dionian army has no heavy infantry, it lacks a frontal assault. With the ability to fight, then Philadefors doesn't mind to defeat them before marching to reduce harassment.

"Alisosis, how many enemy cavalry are there?"

"More than 400 rides."

"Fortunately, our cavalry is twice as much as theirs." Philadefoss was more relaxed, he said: "Alisosis, fight with light infantry, your cavalry is very important, I need you to lead After the cavalry defeated the enemy cavalry, try not to chase, but attack the flanks of the enemy's midway, understand?!"

"Understood!" Ali Sosis drove away.

Dionia’s army moved quickly. It didn’t take long for them to appear in Philadefors’ vision. When he saw the enemy roughly, he couldn’t help but be surprised: because the opponent’s light infantry was too light, whether it was an archer or a javelin. The soldiers are all thin linen clothes, and even the cavalry is partly armored and partly clothed, which is extremely shabby.

Are these people all temporarily recruited from the port of Turri? Philadefors couldn't help smiling: Miron's guess was right. Dionian citizens were scarce and the source of troops was tense. He could even sweep him away with light armor and cavalry!

Dionia's troops stopped at a distance of more than 500 meters and began to regroup.

"I think the Crotone people will be very surprised to see us. They must think that we are only here to harass them, but they never think that we want to wipe them out here and let them go. Crossing the river." Tolmid said with a sigh.

"This battle will prove to the Greeks that light infantry is just as important as heavy infantry. As long as the strategy is right, light infantry can easily defeat heavy infantry!" Epithenis said confidently.

"The key depends on whether Leides and Zanteparis can annihilate the enemy's cavalry first." Tormid was still a little worried.

"Don't worry, that's the carefully designed plan of our Lord Daves, the Favored of Hades! He is the Favored of Hades!" Zpitt said with admiration on his face: "You and I Unexpectedly, let alone the enemy, they will be fooled!” As he spoke, Epithenis had already jumped off his horse, walked into the team, and ordered the soldiers to widen the gap and make the formation more loose. Convenient for throwing and running.

Spit also rushed to the right wing and gave the same order, while the cavalry formation of the left-wing Ryders was also loose. In this way, the entire left, center, and right army formations of Dionia are like fermented bread, whether it is The horizontal or vertical area has almost doubled.

For Philadefors, this was the first time he encountered this situation. He hesitated for a while, and finally decided to make his formation thinner, but the arrangement of the soldiers was still the same as usual. The same dense, because he feels that although heavy infantry or lightly armored soldiers have no projection ability, as a close combat unit with strong impact and combat effectiveness, the dense formation is their magic weapon for defeating the enemy. At this moment, the traditional inertial thinking imprisoned the brain of Philip Foss. As a result, the length of the entire array in Crotone was only as long as the length of the opposite Dionian road, making Dionian's army faint. It surrounds Crotone's army in a semi-arc shape.

But Philadefors is not worried. He knows that there is not much difference between the numbers of the two sides. As long as Crotone soldiers contact the enemy, then victory will come. His greatest guarantee of confidence comes from more than the enemy. Double the cavalry. Because the opponent's array was too long, in order to facilitate the confrontation, he ordered Ali Sosis's cavalry to break away from the connection with the central road and directly face the enemy's cavalry.

But Crotone’s mid lane is 3,000 light armored soldiers. Their speed is faster than the heavy infantry. When the cavalry defeats the enemy and hits the enemy sideways, the speed of the light armored soldiers can cooperate with them to defeat the enemy in the mid lane. As for the more than 3,000 infantry on the left flank, Philadefors certainly understood that with the awkward speed of heavy infantry, it is impossible to catch up with light infantry. They only need to advance slowly to protect themselves, and at the same time nail the enemy's right flank to prevent them from strengthening. Middle road will do.