Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 72: Dionian Warriors
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"My lord, do you already have a plan?" Antonios asked hurriedly.
Daves looked at the two commanders with piercing gazes: "Judging from the Samonais’s treatment of the Third Army, their commander is a decisive and actionable man. In addition, the Samonais are more arrogant, so..."
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The army in Syracuse was tired all night and accidents happened frequently. Therefore, on the second day, almost all the soldiers were resting.
The camp of the Syracuse army stretches for more than ten miles, covering all the open space from the mountains on the west side to the coast of Lokri, and also blocking traffic from the north to the south. The camp is actually a tent set up hastily by the soldiers. There are no simple fences and earth barriers on the outside, and there is no protection at all. Of course, the neighboring hostile city-states of Corenia and Taurena in the west of the mountain range have long been deterred by Syracuse's huge forces. Self-protection is not enough, so how can they dare to take the initiative to attack.
At noon, Dionysius woke up from his deep sleep. He had just eaten breakfast, and was about to discuss with his relative, Demodocus, about sending troops. He received an urgent report from the guard: Corenney. Approximately 20,000 coalition forces of the Southern Italy Alliance appeared in Asia!
Dionysius was taken aback: his army had just arrived in Lockley, and the reinforcements of the Southern Italian League came, how could it be so fast? Unless the enemy already knows that he will set off on that day, so be prepared in advance. But how is this possible? He also decided to go on the expedition based on when the Samoneites attacked Potentia and when Davos of Dionian led his army to leave Turri. It was only two days from the arrangement of the expedition to the departure of the fleet (although the army had already assembled outside Syracuse, the fleet had been prepared for a long time, but it has not moved), so short It was impossible for these city-states in Great Greece to react so quickly at the time, so he decided to find out for himself.
As the tyrant of Syracuse, Dionysius is not a manipulator who can only play with conspiracies. He was once a hero who fought against the invasion of Carthage, otherwise he would not be in danger in Syracuse. The panicked people had high hopes, and they were eventually elected as the plenipotentiary general. Even though he is firmly seated on the throne of the tyrant and does not need to charge himself, he still takes the lead from time to time to set an example. A few years ago, he led an army to attack the important town of Carthage in Sicily, Motia. When he was unable to attack for a long time, he heard the surrendering soldiers say, "There is a secret road that can directly reach the core area of Motia." Immediately led the 2000 death squads to climb the steep trails in the back mountain, attempting to assault the Moteas, but unfortunately they were discovered by the enemy and were besieged. Fortunately, he was rescued by the mission and the goddess of fate, so he was able to escape. disaster.
At this moment, he soon took the military adviser Phoebe Das, the important generals of Syracuse, Fascipesas and Astagras, and the leader of the Numibian mercenary Asirita and 500 Numibian cavalry marched north.
More than 60 miles from Lokri to Corenia, along the narrow and winding coast, the horses walked on a somewhat bad and undulating muddy road. Two hours later, they entered Corenia’s territory, and then Dionysius saw the enemy rider patrolling ahead.
Seeing their all-black attire, Dionysius, who had already carefully studied the forces of the Great Greek city-states, immediately had a judgment: "It is the cavalry of Dionia!"
Hearing this, Phoebe Das, who was also surprised at why the reinforcements of the Southern Italian League came so quickly, seemed to have an answer: He has been paying attention to this great Greek city-state alliance that once humiliated himself. , I also know something about Dionia's army. This alliance that attaches importance to the military like Sparta is indeed very different from other Greek city-states in terms of military affairs, and it is possible to arrive quickly.
Axirita, the leader of the Numibian mercenaries, blew a few whistles, 30 Numibian cavalry rushed over, and the ten Dionian scouts turned and ran.
The two sides started chasing, and they actually let the Numibian cavalry draw closer and closer, and saw that their legs were tightly clamped to the belly of the horse. In such a fast gallop, they did not use their hands to pull the reins, but With both hands free, holding a few javelins in his left hand, pulling out one in his right hand, leaning back slightly, and then struggling to throw it out.
A dozen javelins staggered in the air, followed by a few screams, three Dionian cavalry javelins hit the javelin and they planted their horses, and two horses were hit by javelins and jumped wildly. The mounted cavalry fell off.
In just one face, the ten Dionian scouts were reduced by half, making the remaining Dionian cavalry flee desperately to the camp.
The Numibians captured two cavalry alive and escorted them to Dionysius.
Dionysius sat on a high horse, looked down at them, and said coldly: "You tell me, how many soldiers came from the Dionians? Who is leading the army? What is the battle plan in Corenia Who said it well and the most detailed, I will let him go."
The two Dionia captives glanced at each other and did not speak.
Dionysius didn’t have the patience to wait for the two unknown men to speak, and snorted coldly: “Since you don’t say anything, let the Numibians send you across the Styx! Axirita!”
"Master Dionysius, I'm here!" Axirita smiled grimly, showing jagged yellow teeth, and his shaggy hair covered most of his face. He jumped off his horse and pulled out With the dagger around his waist, as he approached, one of the prisoners became nervous.
When Axirita grabbed his shoulders and used the sharp point of the sword to aim at his throat, he yelled in panic: "I said! I said!"
Axirita looked back at Dionysius, and Dionysius nodded.
He released the captive and waited for him to speak again.
At this time, another captive shouted: "Lassibless, are you crazy! Do you want your family and children to never lift their heads and be spurned by people in Turei! Do you want After I die, I cannot pass the trial of the underworld, and my soul is pushed into the terrifying **** of the sword and the sea of flames!..."
"What are you waiting for!" Dionysius hurriedly shouted when the hesitation on his face was dissipating when the captive heard the call from his companion.
Axirita immediately rushed towards another prisoner with a sword.
The soldier looked at the Numibian who was rushing in with a vicious look, calmly, and shouted to his teammates: "I'm waiting for you in the Elysee!"
The sharp sword cut through his neck, and the blood spewed out like spring water, but he gritted his teeth without a cry of pain, and finally fell straight.
Lassiebles looked sad, but his eyes became firm. He closed his eyes, straightened his chest, and shouted: "Come on, give me a sword! There will be my name in the Hall of Heroes!"
Axirita looked at Dionysius again.
Dionysius became inexplicably irritable, waved his hand vigorously, and rode forward.
Phoebedas watched the prisoner being put to death, and then he rode up to catch up. At the same time, he sighed and said, "They are really two warriors! If the Dionian soldiers were like them, this war would be difficult to fight. It’s up!” In the war between the Greek city-states, most of the two sides are ordinary civilian soldiers. Once the war is unfavorable, it is easy to rout, and it is common for them to surrender when caught. It is rare that all of them are killed in the hot spring pass. In addition to Sparta, there is more Dionia now, how can it not shock Phoebe.
"The Daves boasted that he was Hades's "favorite", these stupid Greeks actually believed it!" Dionysius said grimly, and then he emphasized again. One sentence: "The victory or defeat of a war is determined by strength. Pretending to be a **** cannot change the situation of the war!"
Phoebe Das didn't speak, but there was anxiety in his heart.
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"Commander, you see our corps has been marching since yesterday, and we are building camps in the evening. We rushed to Corenia this morning and haven’t had much rest. Can we just put the trenches and soil on the ground? Build the base, let the brothers have a good night's sleep, and complete the camp tomorrow?" Epithenis asked Felicius.
Filisius hesitated. Of course he saw the fatigue of the soldiers, but now he is at the forefront of the battlefield. The army of Syracuse may be overwhelmed at any time. According to the "Dionian Military Law", it is The construction of strong camps must be stepped up. So he turned his head and asked Dracos, the commander of the Fifth Army, who was sitting on the other side: "What do you think?"
Dracos certainly did not hesitate to answer: "Even if you are tired, let the soldiers build camps in accordance with the military law, and rest well in the evening."
"Your legion should continue to do it, you do it yourself, our legion dug your legion a night camp last night, of course it is much more tired than you!" Epithenis glanced at Dracos, dissatisfied Said.
"Okay, okay!" Felicius hurriedly came out to make a round: "Brothers are really tired, but..."
Felicius was considering how to express his decision in more tactful terms, but saw Sobokos, the captain of the cavalry regiment, hurried over.
Daves reformed the heavy infantry corps and at the same time promoted the original cavalry brigade to a corps. Unlike infantry, cavalry is small in number and expensive, and only citizens with war horses can do the job. Daves set up the cavalry corps headquarters in Turri, and usually sent training officers to various cities, organized the cavalry for training according to the plan, and gathered them in wartime, and assigned them to the commanders of each theater according to the needs of the battlefield. Up to now, the Cavalry Corps has a total of 2,000 cavalry. The regimental commander Leides and four subordinate captains each have 500 cavalry. Assault force). This time Daves went to Potentia and took away 1,000 cavalry from two brigades. 500 of them were sent to the southern front under the command of Felicius. Only 500 remained at Turíy and patrolled the coastline. Prevent the enemy from making a surprise landing.