Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 79: The choice of the Southern Front Legion


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There are warships in the bay making a landing posture, and there are warships in the river going upstream...Sipoulos is in a dilemma. He only hates that Xiliting is a small city. There are too few citizens. If you want Gu Dong, you can’t take care of the west. . But he finally made the decision: send 2,000 people to fast track the enemy ship on the north shore and prevent it from landing on the north shore.

But when the sent troops moved forward to the confluence of the two rivers, they had to detour, because the Ramato River here is from north to south, just in front of them, and they can’t walk across the river. They can only detour north.

Taking this opportunity, Siracusa’s warship approached the east bank of the Corta River, which flows into the Ramato River from the south. In fact, at this time, the sailors were exhausted because they had been rowing desperately. The soldiers on board rushed ashore.

At this time, Dionysius had been dissatisfied that the army formation had not finished for nearly an hour. The main reason was that there were continuous follow-up troops arriving. He immediately ordered: No need to wait, the whole army attacked!

The exhausted Syracuse soldiers stepped into the cold Corta River and slammed on the line of defense laid by the Silitians on the opposite bank.

Although the Xiliting people are small in number and weak in defense, they are recharged and have an absolute advantage in physical strength. For a while, the army of Syracuse was soaked in the river.

On this four-mile-long winding river, the Silitian people fought desperately to defend their homeland, fighting with the Siracusa army, which was nearly four times as many as theirs, for more than half an hour. Are all dyed blood red...

Until the landing Syracuse soldiers came from the west and attacked the flanks of the Siriting array. The Siriting talents began to waver and finally defeated...

Dionysius let out a sigh: He finally led his army to break through the defenses of the southern Italian coalition forces and entered the flat and wide edge of the Eufemia Plain...

But at this time, the Syracuse soldiers were already exhausted, unable to pursue the routs anymore.

Dionysius ordered the army to rest on the spot after occupying the temporary camp abandoned by the Silitians.

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The Knapetia army, which had already arrived at Trina, received the news that the Syracuse army had crossed the Corta River. At the same time, someone was sent to explain to Trina why.

In the afternoon, Crotone's reinforcements hurried to Siriting.

The chief general of Siritin Pretinis and the senior council members did not welcome the arrival of the former mother state and the original allied army, but instead accused them of being late, causing the Syracuse to occupy Kosovo. The north bank of the Erta River put Xiliting City into a dangerous situation.

Ascamas and the other Crotone generals faced the accusations and did not excuse them, because the situation had indeed reached a dangerous situation.

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In the evening. The flying cavalry from the north stepped through the silence of the Dionian barracks, and Epithenis and Dracos hurried to the big tent after receiving urgent news from the messenger.

"Two army commanders, I just received an urgent report from Siriting that the Syracuses broke through the Corta River defense line and entered Siriting's territory." Felicius said with a grim expression.

"I said long ago that the city-state troops of the Southern Italy League are unreliable!" Epithenis angrily spit on the ground: "We won the battle here in vain!"

"How many people in Siracusa's army are in Siritian?" Dracos asked urgently.

"According to the letter from Siriting, there are more than 50,000 people." Phillips picked up the letter on the table, Dracos snatched it, and opened it to read. You must know that when he was a mercenary leader, he was still illiterate. In recent years, in order to be able to command the army and understand the "Military Law" and military orders, he has specially participated in the adult study class of Turiyi School. He studied very hard and made rapid progress. Understanding the letter is no longer a problem.

"More than 50,000 people?!" Epithenis exclaimed, and immediately thought: "This shows that the focus of Syracuse's attack is on the west coast. The army here is just holding us back. Of."

"It looks like this is the case..." Felicius nodded his head with a calm expression. He was also slightly depressed because he could not judge Dionysius' intentions in time.

"The Siritian people asked us in the letter to immediately withdraw to Siritian, join forces with them, and fight against the Siracusa army." Dracos looked at the two.

"In fact, Master Ansitanos also wrote to suggest that we retreat back to Sirion." Felicius took out another letter.

"Apart from retreating to Sirion, do we have any other options?" Epithenis shrugged: "If we continue to defend here, let the Syracuse be defeated on the plain of Ofemia. If the armies of other Confederate city-states let them seize Xiliting City, our 20,000 people will really become fish in the net."

Philipsius sighed: "Just by doing this, Corenia may be in trouble..."

Be aware that in order to make the Dionians’ defense at ease, the Corenians provide them with ample food every day. After repelling the enemy’s attack during the day, Corenia goes to the council and the next Until the civilians came out of the city, thanked them, and also held a banquet for the commander and commander of the Dionian army, and brought wine to the soldiers...etc. For the sake of the regulations, the kindness of Corenia was declined, but every Dionian soldier felt Corenia's gratitude and hospitality to them.

The three of them were silent for a while, and Dracos said helplessly: "If the situation is like this, we have nothing to do. We only hope that Hades will help Corenia defend his homeland, and wait until we concentrate our forces to repel the tin. For the Rakuza people, the siege of Corenia will naturally be resolved."

"Repulse?" Epithenis keenly grasped what Dracos had said, and asked: "Do you think we can repel the army of Dionysius in the Plain of Ephemia?"

"Why not!" Pointing to the letter, Dracos asked, "It says that the Syracuse people are only more than 50,000 people there, and our two legions plus Crotone, There are probably more than 50,000 soldiers in Siriting and Trina. Don’t you have confidence in our Legion?! You know, the soldiers of Dionia are the best soldiers in the Mediterranean!" Drax stared angrily. Looking at Epithenis.

"Who said I don't have confidence in our army! Don't slander people here!" Epithenis was angry when he heard this: If this word spreads, how can he lead the army!

"Okay, don't talk about you two!" Phillips yelled, "When is it now? You are still in the mood to fight! If Master Daves knows your current performance, he will be very I regret letting you two be the commanders of the army!"

At the mention of Daves, Epithenis and Dracos quieted down.

"I didn't hear what I said just now, and you forget it too! I don't want to hear any rumors about these words among the soldiers, you know!" Felicius looked at the two men directly.

Epidenis curled his lips at Dracos, and Dracos nodded reluctantly.

Philipsius secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Well, now let us discuss how to retreat tomorrow morning..."

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In the morning of this day, the leader of Samona, who had been stationed in Poseidonia for the whole night, Piscini did not expect a miracle.

Dionia's army still appeared outside the city. They were divided into two parts: one was building camps, and the other was lined up outside the city.

"Only more than 4,000 people want to take my Poseidonia!" Pichini felt that he was humiliated.

At this moment, he saw what was being pushed to the front of the enemy line by soldiers, his eyes widened in amazement, he couldn't help holding the battlements with his hands, leaning forward, wanting to see more clearly.

Immediately afterwards, he saw seven or eight small black dots flying from the enemy's formation and hitting the city wall, "Boom! Boom! Boom!..." The loud noise dispelled Pisini's fluke: The Dionians also have guns!

In the following time, the Samonais stared at the flying stone bullet in the air with fear, lest it hit themselves, and the original broken wall, which had only been simply repaired, was continuously attacked by uninterrupted artillery. , Becomes more broken...

Pichini only hopes that reinforcements will come as soon as possible.

The day was spent amidst the busyness of the Dionian soldiers and the anxiety of the Samoneite garrison.

In the early morning of the next morning, the bugle of the Dionian camp was sounded, and the awakened soldiers in the tent turned over and sat up, urging each other to quickly put on their armor, regardless of their sleepy eyes.

"Report to the legion commander that a large number of enemies appeared to the north of the camp, estimated to be more than 20,000, and they are marching toward the camp!" Scout Captain Krigru reported to Alexis

"More than 20,000 people!" Not only was Alexis not surprised, but rather pleased. With the help of the guards, he dressed neatly, walked two steps in high spirits, and said loudly: "It seems that the Samonais are very ambitious and want to eat us in one bite! Haha, but I don't know who it will be in the end. Who to eat!"

He was about to leave the account and the tent was opened. As soon as the First Battalion Captain Lizaru came in, he exclaimed excitedly: "Legion Commander, the enemy has taken the bait, and more than 20,000 people have come!"

"This is enough for you!" Alexis said jokingly.

Lizaru laughed. Some time ago, after Alexis took the initiative to retreat in Potentia facing the attacking Samona army, he was not satisfied with this and has been sulking. Now the anger is gone, all there is is a strong desire to fight.

"Don’t worry, let the brothers have enough food. Today’s battle may last longer! Because Lord Daves gave us the order of the Third Army map to stick to the enemy and exhaust the enemy as much as possible. Let them put all their troops into the camp that captured us!" Alexis reminded again.

"I understand." Lizaru replied, turning around and about to go out, then stopped again, facing Alexis, solemnly bowed a military salute, which included his apology.


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