Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 42: Dionia vs Rome (November)

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Not only him, the fourth and fifth captains and other company captains also quickly made a decision: let the soldiers rush up quickly, entangle the enemy, and prevent them from escaping!

But the Dionian Legionnaires who had exhausted their energy were chasing after him staggeringly, only to make the distance between them and the Roman soldiers farther and farther.

As for the young Roman soldiers on the two flanks, because the previous attack was too fierce, the arrays on both sides were already criss-crossed, and they were stuck too tightly, making it difficult to withdraw for a while. Especially in the rear of the right wing of the Dionian army, nearly half of the more than 2,000 young Roman soldiers who came to attack last have already got red eyes. They just attacked and ignored the sound of bugles and shouts from the outside world. Unheard.

At this moment, more than 2,000 Volsi people from Antiium and Setia were quickly killed. Together with the 3rd Battalion and Light Armored Corps of the First Army, they flanked these young Roman soldiers back and forth, and they were even among them. Most of the people were surrounded.

But for a while, these Roman soldiers did not panic. The squadron behind turned around to resist the attacks of the Wolsi, while the soldiers in the front lined up even more desperately, almost disintegrating the third squadron and the array of light armoured soldiers in front of them. Fortunately, they knew the news of the arrival of reinforcements, which strengthened their confidence to stick to it.

At the same time, Amintas urgently transferred the soldiers of the Second Battalion next to the Third Battalion to strengthen the line of defense.

When Wolsey’s other reinforcements rushed to the battlefield, they saw that the entire Roman army had been retreating, so they immediately began the pursuit.

The Dionian heavy infantry were exhausted, and it was difficult to continue after running for a while, only the light infantry and cavalry were still chasing after.

The Seventh Battalion, which was full of light infantry, was the strongest in the First Battalion. They ran desperately, trying to go around and intercept the six Roman youth squadrons that had attacked the left flank.

Who knows that these Roman squadrons did not know the news of the arrival of Wolsey's reinforcements when they were on the left wing, so they only retreated in response to military orders, not retreated, and their morale was good. And it is similar to the way the Dionian army retreats. They retreat as a whole squadron, instead of running around as if they are completely scattered, they can immediately organize a counterattack.

After the Seventh Battalion suffered some losses, they no longer dared to stand in front, but ran with them, attacking with javelins and bows at the same time, thus achieving some results.

The chase of the Dionian cavalry is more direct. They directly drove the horses from the rear to disperse the enemy squadrons, and then stabbed the lone enemies one by one. However, this method targets the tired horses. In terms of damage, the cavalry only used it a few times at the beginning of the pursuit, and then only attacked a few scattered enemies that fell behind.

The battlefield was only four or five miles away from the Roman camp. Camelus took most of the squadrons of middle-aged soldiers and veterans and light infantry, and retreated to the north gate of the camp unimpeded.

Frius has received the news and has opened the camp a long time ago, ready to meet Camilos.

Camillos did not enter the camp immediately. Instead, he reminded Frius to guard the camp to prevent the enemy from taking the opportunity to attack the camp. He also asked the light infantry to quickly stand on the wooden wall and climb the guard tower, against anyone who dared to approach the camp. The enemy attacked, and at the same time, he led the more than 3,000 middle-aged soldiers and elderly soldiers. They lined up an array 100 meters away from the camp, and launched a swift attack on the Wolsi who had been chased after a short while.

Because the Wolsi were only concerned about chasing and destroying soldiers, the formation had long been disorganized and lost their organization, and they were quickly defeated by Camilos' troops.

Camillos defeated several Wolsi chasing troops in a row. After ensuring the safety of the Roman defeat, he did not carry out counter-pursuing, but led the troops to retreat steadily, at a distance of 50% from the north gate of the camp. Standing still at the meter, under the protection of the arrow javelin of the light infantry behind him, guarding the escape route of the ripped soldiers.

When the Wolssi had to gather all the fighters they were pursuing and re-formed an army to approach the Roman camp, Camilos had already led his troops into the camp.

Looking at the Roman soldiers on the wooden wall, the Wolsi finally dispelled the idea of ​​attacking the Roman camp.

Until now, this hard battle finally ended.

Although the battle was victorious, Amintas looked at the wounded soldiers on the ground, but was not happy. The rough casualty statistics have come out: the First Corps has more than 2,400 casualties, which is already 1 of the entire army. /4, especially the third battalion and the light infantry battalion lost more than half, although some wounded soldiers are only skin and flesh wounds, after bandaging, treatment and recuperation, they can recover soon, but this has already caused the first corps to be injured. NS.

Leides next to him was also sighing: The 1st Cavalry Regiment blocked the retreat of the Roman food troops at the beginning, and finally blocked the reinforcements of the Roman heavy infantry and cavalry. As a result, they paid a great price, and the number of casualties was as high as There are more than 700 people, which is close to half the number of the legion. Especially the horses are worn out very seriously. The horses may need a period of recovery before they can go to the battlefield again.

"This battle is a big loss!" Leides lamented from the side, his voice loud enough for Amintas to hear, although he tried his best to assist Amintas in the battle, but this did not hinder him. He vented his grievances after the war.

Amintas did not refute, in fact he has no intention to refute now. He called the messenger to rush to inform the medical camp to treat the wounded soldiers, and at the same time let the soldiers of the guards of good physical strength go to help the wounded soldiers bandage the wounds and conduct preliminary treatments (in normal military training, the soldiers are all accepted After training in this area).

At this time, the soldiers of the First Legion were so tired that they could not take off their helmets and breastplates. They lay down on the ground and fell asleep. They didn't even respond when they were stepped on their bodies. They were repeatedly beaten by the guards. They were so tired by mistakenly identifying them as corpses.

Amintas walked among the soldiers, walking cautiously, for fear of awakening them, but his heart was heavy: He has been the commander of the First Corps for nine years, all the soldiers and officers in the army, he They are all very familiar. Now that he sees the soldiers and team officers who he often gets along with and kills the enemy side by side under his command in wartime fall into a pool of blood one by one, how can he not feel distressed!

At the same time, he blamed himself in his heart: Although King Daves told him to attach importance to the Roman army several times before leaving, he still underestimated the Romans, otherwise he would not let the Legionnaires go through a long distance. After the march, they attacked more enemies than them. He treated the Romans as the Mesapi, the Puchetti, and the Dauni with whom the Dionian Legion had fought in the past. But the facts have proved that King Davos’s concerns are correct. This soldier’s organization and tactics are somewhat similar to that of Dionia. Indeed, the combat effectiveness of this army is better than that of Dionia’s previous enemies! ...If the First Army had more physical strength and had more numbers, it would never be so passive! Rome... Rome...

Amintas thought as he walked, Heterbalus stood up swayingly in front of him, his right arm was tied with a bandage, and there was a long blood mark on his forehead, so he could barely move one with his left hand. Military salute: "Army... Legion commander..."

"Lie down, Heterbarus!" Amintas said hurriedly, facing the captain of the third team, he rarely showed a gentle and concerned smile.

"Legion commander, brothers of the third team..." Heitbarus looked sad, and tears were already in his eyes before he finished speaking.

Amintas's smile froze on his face, and he could only say in a deep voice: "Thanks to your Third and Eighth Group's tenacious blocking of the enemy's attack, we won this victory! Medical Camp I will try my best to treat the soldiers under your command! You must also receive treatment and recover as soon as possible. You are indispensable for the First Army!"

After speaking, Amintas hurriedly left.

At this moment, the adjutant Aristonos approached and whispered: "Legislative Commander, Stefros has received some minor injuries. It is not a major problem." The children of these old Dionian veterans talked to each other. The time is relatively familiar.

"His injury is too minor!" Amintas sighed and Aristonos was stunned.

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In the camp in Rome, Camillos briefed Frius on the battle.

After listening, Frius couldn't help taking a breath: "Camillos, you mean... Dionian's army marched from Selshe to the south of our camp without stopping. , Launched an attack on our levy troops, and then... also withstood the continuous offensive of our more than 9,000 infantrymen, and finally waited for the arrival of the Wolsey reinforcements?!..."

"Yes!" Camilos sighed, and said solemnly: "The key is that we have a lot more people than them. There are more than 9,000 heavy infantry plus 2,000 light infantry and 700 cavalry. I The army led by nearly 12,000 people, and the Dionians...After repeated reports from the scouts, they have about 10,000 people, but the heavy infantry may only have 6,000 or 7,000, but such a force is worse than ours. , An army with fewer numbers than ours. Our Roman soldiers fought fiercely for more than two hours, but they still failed to defeat the opponent!"

In recent years, the Roman army has been invincible in the Latham and Etruscan regions. Frius, who has become accustomed to victory, has difficulty accepting the fact that the Roman army is inferior to the Dionian army. Of course, he knew Camilos and didn’t think that the respected veteran had misrepresented the facts in order to get rid of the charge of defeating the war, so he couldn’t help asking again: “The combat effectiveness of the Dionian army is so strong. ?!"

"Dionia’s cavalry will not be mentioned. You already know the previous situation. As for the light infantry, we don’t pay much attention to it. We only let the allies provide it. Therefore, they are loosely disciplined and lack training. And cooperation, but Dionia’s light infantry has slingers who can invest in long-distance lead shots, archers and javelins. They cooperate with each other and are well-trained. So before I led the army, they all Only about 1,000 light infantry can suppress our 2,000 light infantry and 700 cavalry..."