Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 76: The first battle in Syracuse (2)

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As for the rumors that "Dionia also owns a ballista", he didn't quite believe it. Lockey, who was founded for hundreds of years, was unable to produce such a powerful siege weapon, and that was just the beginning. How could it be possible to have the Dionian League in less than six years! (The Fourth Army of Dionia attacked Knapetia with a ballista. Because of its remoteness, not many people are known. The Trinas knew it, but at the request of the Dionia, they I tried my best to keep this secret)

"Closer! Closer!..." Diopantos excitedly urged the Syracuses to move the ballista forward, for which the whole army also moved forward. He wants to make the bombardment of the ballista more accurate, and smash the wall built by the Dionians so hard that they have nowhere to hide! He wanted to watch them hide in panic under the blow of stone bullets, or were forced to leave the camp and come out to fight.

Although Dionysius gave Fascipesus and his order to contain Corenia’s Dionian army, if there is a good chance, Diopantos certainly doesn’t mind defeating them. , To break the record that the Dionian army has not lost in Great Greece so far, and gain greater honor for itself.

Looking at the Syracuse gunner ahead put the heavy stone bullet into the barrel again, Diopantos looked expectantly at Dionia’s camp, and then he was surprised to see ten small black spots. Flew out from the enemy’s camp, whistling and falling into the Rocky array in an instant......

"Ballista!!" Diopantos's spirit went out, and with his exclaim, there were countless screams in the team.

Because the stone bullet falls in a large arc, it is actually not very lethal, but the effect is too amazing, the hands are broken, the legs are broken, the head is flat, if you use a round shield to block it, The shield was broken. With such a tragic situation, how can we prevent the surrounding Lorrie soldiers who have never experienced a ballista strike from being terrified, and their morale plummeted by half.

And when the team was panicking, Dionia's second wave of stone bombing came again, and the Rocky soldiers dodged in panic, and the entire formation became chaotic.

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!!" The stone bullets kept falling, and one fell near Diopantos, scared him to ignore the Syracuse ballista in front of him, and hurriedly gave orders.

But when the retreating bugle sounded, the east, west, and south gates of Camp Dionysian suddenly opened at the same time, and the soldiers who had been prepared for it rushed out quickly and in an orderly manner. The cavalry charge first, followed by light infantry, light armor, and heavy infantry. Although they are destined to be unable to catch up with the fleeing enemy, they can press the front forces to prevent the opponent from counterattacking.

Lorry’s army, which has been bombarded by falling stone bullets to low morale and a fragmented array, is retreating in a mess. Seeing the entire army of Dionia exhausted, it was crushed (because of the color of the weapons and equipment). Pounced on them fiercely, even if Diopantos tried to fight back, he had already lost control of the army, and the soldiers did not have the courage to fight and ran back.

Sauberkos led the cavalry, with the belief in revenge for his comrades, to catch up with the enemy from the outside.

The Dionian cavalry didn't use spears, but drove their horses directly, making the already scattered soldiers even more scattered, making it impossible to regroup. After the thousand cavalry crushed for a while, the horse itself instinctively slowed down, and Sauberkos saw that the soldiers in the front were gradually sparse, and decisively raised his spear, continuously drawing circles in the air.

"Drive them east!" Sauberkos shouted. Under his command, the cavalry began to separate to the left and right, drawn an arc, and began to drive the broken soldiers eastward. The light infantry and light armor also coordinated with the actions of the cavalry.

Most of Lockey's defeated soldiers are like headless flies. Under the intentional drive of the Dionian soldiers, they can't distinguish the north, south, east, and west, and only flee in the direction of least pressure.

At this time, the Siracusa troops outside Dongying were also unpreparedly bombarded by Dionian ballistas, but the experienced Syracuses did not panic and quickly stabilized their positions. After retreating for a certain distance, they began to fight back with ballistas. The two sides were in a state of confrontation. Lokri's collapsed troops flooded like a tide, and immediately smashed the Syracuse's left wing.

How could Dracos in the camp let go of this great opportunity and immediately ordered: the whole army to attack!

The soldiers of the Fifth Legion quickly rushed out of the camp gate.

Fasipezas saw that the situation was not good, and decisively ordered: retreat.

The Syracuse army quickly retreated, while trying to maintain a fairly overall formation, rudely squeezing the scattered Lokri soldiers behind.

The Dionian cavalry and the fourth soldiers continued to chase for five or six miles, until the enemy cavalry of the brigade came up, and Epithenis ordered the resumption of troops back to the camp, because he was fierce to Syracuse. The cavalry was impressed and worried that the tired and scattered soldiers would suffer. In fact, the Syracuse cavalry and mercenary cavalry had already followed Dionysius to Hibernian, and the only ones that appeared here were the Lokri cavalry.

Without the help of the cavalry, the Fifth Army, under the supervision of Dracos, chased after the best light armoured soldiers with weak legs and then blew the trumpet for the retreat.

Deopantos, who lost his helmet and unloaded his armor, was on his way back to the city when he met Facipesas, who was in a bad mood because of a defeat in the first battle, and he was scolded by him...

This is the first time that the Dionian Ballista has been used in a field battle, and the unknowing Silo Allied forces were caught off guard. The ballista itself killed only a few dozen people, but it caused panic in the Lorraine army and created conditions for the raid of the Fourth Army of Dionian. The Great Retreat of the Silo Allied Forces.

In this battle, the Silo Allied Forces suffered more than 1,000 casualties, including more than 500 captured, mainly Lokri soldiers, which is not small for the Dionia Southern Front. Victory.

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Assistus was taken aback when he received Trina’s urgent request for help late at night.

Asistes can become the acting chief executive of Knapetia, in fact, it is because Daveus Easistes has rich administrative experience in the Lucania Mountains and rich military Experience, suitable for the role of Knapetia, which is based on the majority of Bruti and the manager of the southern border city of Dionian. He can serve as the acting chief executive, but with the experience of serving as the city chief executive, he has laid the foundation for Asistes to be elected to the Senate next year.

After taking office, Asistes used the experience learned in the Lucania area to effectively alleviate the racial conflicts between the Bruti and the new Greeks in Knapetia, using Knape The geographical location of Tia has vigorously developed trade with Trina and other southern Italian allies, which has improved the living conditions of the originally poor Knapetia people, making Knapetia’s political stability in recent years and has not disappointed Dai. Firth's expectations.

At this time, the news that "the Syracuse people have approached Trina in such a short time" made his heart very uneasy. He is quite familiar with the battle plan of the SAARC: Trina, Crotone, and Siritin have joined forces to defend the West Coast Passage, preventing the Syracuse army from invading the SAARC territory, and is the main force of Dionia. Try your best to get back to win time.

Originally, Asistes estimated that there were more than 30,000 citizen soldiers in the three city states of Crotone, Siritin and Trina, plus the river surface was wide and the river bottom was deep. The natural barrier of the Ramato River in China should not be a big problem for ten to twenty days. Moreover, once the use of troops is tense in the later stage, the reserve soldiers in the entire Bruti area can also provide timely help.

But he did not expect that the Syracuse would come so fast, far beyond the speed of mobilization, assembly and march of most Greek city-state troops. Of course, the Siracusa army has already been mobilized and assembled, but the ability to allow such a large army to complete from landing to marching towards Trina within three days is enough to show that the Sicilian dictator Dionysius is preparing for this war. The fullness and determination!

Can’t send troops to help? Asistes hesitated because Daves personally wrote him a few days ago, in which he repeatedly reminded him: to strengthen the city defense and strengthen the defense, once the Syracuse breaks through the line of defense, he must Do everything possible to hold Knapetia and not let the Syracuses step into Bruti territory!

But Trina has a close relationship with Dionia! Not to mention their firm support for Dionia in the Southern Italian League, and the two cities of Knapetia and Trina are close to each other and have frequent trade exchanges, and they get along very well. If you fail to save it, it will destroy the good impression of the Trina people of Dionian, and it will also destroy the good business that the Dionian League has established in Great Greece through hard work in the past few years!

After thinking about it, Asistus finally made up his mind.

He made a promise to Trina’s messenger: Hades is here, he will personally lead Knapetia reinforcements to Trina early tomorrow morning!

After sending away the grateful messenger, Asistes decided to write a letter to Hiros, who had just become the chief executive of Cosenza, telling him about the new trends of the Siracusa army and his concerns, and to He asked for help. He believes that the former captain of Daves will make the right choice!

After finishing writing, he asked his confidants to immediately set off with letters, and Starry Night rushed to Cosenza. Then, he called the patrol captain who had just fallen asleep and asked him to inform the reserve soldiers of the Fifth Army to gather in the square early tomorrow morning.

After doing these things, Asistes returned to his bedroom exhausted physically and mentally.

His wife Tina was not asleep yet, and seeing that her husband was worried, she asked in Greek with concern: "What happened?"