Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 86: The Battle of Anlein Hills (End)
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Puchetti’s messenger for help has already gone to the battlefield to ambush Tarantum, but he could not see the consuls of the Mesapi city-states headed by Pasimerus, because everyone was committed to the tower. The encirclement and annihilation of Rantum’s army...
The defense of the Greek heavy infantry is stronger and stronger in close combat, while the heavy infantry who concentrates on defensive but not offensive is simply a hard tortoise shell. It takes time and energy to break it open.
The initial ambush of the Mesapis cut Tarantum's serpentine marching column into more than a dozen segments. When surrounding each segment of the enemy, the number of Mesapi soldiers seemed insufficient. However, as the battle progressed, the casualties of the Tarantum increased, making each encirclement smaller and smaller.
If it hadn't been for the sound of Dionia's bugle, the Tarantums might have given up fighting, and now the only thing that supports them is the belief in living. But as the small encircling circles were gradually eliminated one by one, the shackles around the necks of the remaining soldiers began to twist tighter and tighter...
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Heterbalus had heard that Proseus performed extremely well in the boot camp, but he did not expect that on the real battlefield, Proseus was not soft at killing people, it was not like the first battle at all ( Originally not), his buckler defense, top attack and stabbing are very skillful and ingenious. The stabbing gun will not be swayed indiscriminately, but as long as the shot is taken, it can cause the enemy to scream, which is really ruthless. And accurate. The fierceness of Proseus actually made the fierce Puchetti fearful, and they subconsciously avoided his assault.
Under the leadership of Prosous, the teammates are vying for the first place, and the Puchetti’s defense is at stake...
Martonis, who was overseeing the battle in the center of the brigade, saw this scene below. He couldn't help but be overjoyed, and asked excitedly: "Who is the warrior in the front?!"
Squad leader Parmanius quickly answered in the front small phalanx: "Prossous!"
"It's Prosous!!" The teammates also rushed to answer.
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"Your Commander-in-Chief, Matonis's Third Battalion has broken through the enemy's defenses!"
"Amintas' fourth team also broke through!"
"The light infantry brigade of Epithenis and Spite defeated the enemy's flank!"
"Izam's Mountain Range Reconnaissance Brigade merged with Heraklia and Metapontum's troops also defeated the enemy's flank!"
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One good news came one after another, and when Tolmeide reported it to Davers, Umarcus on the side could not help but exclaimed in excitement: "Great! We finally won!"
Davers also showed a relieved smile: "Order, sound the offensive horn again, and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!"
"...Retreat—retreat—Let’s..." Tremoni looked sad, but still calm. After all, he hadn't experienced defeat. The last time he fought against the Daunis, he lost a lot. He also survived the land.
Actually, there is no need for him to order, the whole army has collapsed, and the Puchetti fighters are vying for their lives...
When Tremoni left, he didn't forget to look at the top of the opposite mountain again, as if he wanted to keep the dazzling flag in his heart.
"My lord, do you want to tell the Mesapi?" Pullow reminded him.
Tremoni was in a low mood and didn't want to say more. But look at the broken soldiers all over the mountains. How come the Mesapi people don’t know. It’s better to be a good favor. He sighed: "Send someone to tell them, Dai The Onians attacked fiercely. We... did not stop it. Let them make their own decision whether to retreat or continue fighting..."
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The soldiers next to him fell one by one, and Diomilas was also injured in many places. He felt that he might return to the underworld this time, but the Mesapi people who surrounded them suddenly became agitated.
He heard the enemy yelling something, but unfortunately he did not understand Mesapi’s language, but some of the soldiers already shouted excitedly in a tired voice: "The Mesapi said the Puchetti were defeated Now! The Dionians have won! We are saved!!!"
When the desperate soldiers heard these words, they immediately cheered up and shouted the news of victory, and finally turned into the same voice: "Hold! Hold on! The Dionia reinforcements will be here soon!!! ……"
The time passed through hard every minute, the Mesapi's attack gradually weakened, and finally retreated.
Faced with the Mesapi’s retreat, Diomilas had no intention of pursuing him. In fact, he could not command any soldier at this moment. Like him, all the Tarantum soldiers resisted continuously for more than two hours. And energy has been exhausted to the limit.
He slumped on the ground and didn't want to stand up. The joy of the rest of his life was seeing the dead soldiers on the ground and the wounded soldiers who fell to the ground and moaned. Everyone couldn't be happy...
In this battle, the Messapi casualties were 1,200 people. The main casualties came from the reinforcements of the cavalry being almost wiped out, as well as the casualties of Igratia's heavy infantry.
The Puchetti suffered less than 600 casualties. The reason for their few casualties was that during infantry battles, the casualties were often low in frontal combat, and the main losses were after the rout. Like the second battle between Dionia and Crotone, it relied on light infantry and cavalry to chase down most of Crotone's heavy infantry who fled. Such a good opportunity did not appear in this mountain battle. , Because the Puchetti are familiar with mountains and the equipment is simple, it is these characteristics that make it impossible for them to let Dionian's light and heavy infantry catch up when they flee, and Dionian's cavalry did not play in the battle. Even if he appeared on the battlefield, there was no way to defeat Puchetti in the mountains.
On the other side of the war, Tarantum suffered more than 4,000 casualties, close to one-third of its army’s strength, and most of them died in the war; Dionia suffered 600 casualties, but most of them were injured, most of them from the hillside Injuries from the ups and downs; Heraclea and Metapontum suffered more than 800 casualties. Therefore, although the Maple coalition forces withdrew in the end, the Greek coalition forces suffered even more losses. Only Mesapi and Puchetti lost a large number of cavalry, and Dionia gained nearly 400 high-quality horses.
When Daves saw Diomilas, he did not pose as a savior. He still faced him with a normal attitude. At the same time, he enthusiastically commanded the medical team to rescue Tarantum’s wounded soldiers and made Dai Omilas was ashamed.
Mep's coalition forces withdrew from the Anleen hills, entered Tarantum territory, and quickly retreated north.
The Greek coalition forces were exhausted and too many wounded to catch up. They were stationed in several nearby villages and temporarily rested. At the same time, they sent people to report the battle to Tarantum and escorted the wounded back to the camp.
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On this day, the Dionian Senate received a person.
His name is Mitrobats, and he is here to ask Dionian for help, but he is not from any of the allied city-states of Dionian, but from the Xilu tribe in Bruti.
It turns out that in the process of uniting and uniting the Bruti Tribal Alliance of Cosenza, it began to speed up the collection and merger of large and small tribes within its territory. In the face of the general trend and the use of force, most of the tribes chose to obey. However, a small number of tribes headed by the Xilu tribe refused to integrate.
According to the words of Mitrobats: They are Greeks, and most of them were forced to flee into the mountains after the destruction of Sybaris. They have the pride of the Greeks. How could they be barbarians? Incorporated, and truly lived a savage life.
The messengers from the city of Brutikosenza made several missions to the Xilu tribe. After the persuasion was unsuccessful, there was no movement. The people of the Xilu tribe thought that the matter was over. However, a few months later, after Cosenza completed the control of most of the Bruti tribes and effectively managed them, he once again sent an envoy to Silon.
This time the messenger made a direct and strong request: the Xilu tribe immediately surrendered and completely accepted the governance of the tribal alliance, otherwise it would send a large army to destroy it!
The Xilu tribe panicked, and hurriedly sent Mitrobats to ask Trina for help.
Trina admitted that he was incapable of intervening in this matter, but fortunately, Cipros and Dionian Archon Daves had already passed the air, so he asked Mitrobats to turn to Dionian for help.
On this day, the rotating chairman of the Senate was Cornellus. He looked at this messenger who claimed to be Greek but looked completely different from the Greek, and he was puzzled.
Mitlobates saw the doubts of the elders and defended: "I inherited the appearance from Bruti’s mother. It is precisely because my appearance is not like the Greeks that the leader of Siru chose me, because Only in this way will it not arouse the suspicion of the surrounding Bruti people."
Cornerus whispered in his heart: Daves raised Bruti's question once before leaving for the expedition, but he hadn't discussed in depth because of Tarantum's request for help and was interrupted.
At this moment, Pollux stood up and said, "What can we Dionia do now? Protest to the Bruti so that they don’t want to annex this little tribe?! I’m afraid none of the adults here I believe that just a word of ours can make the Brutis stop the actions they have prepared for a long time. Once the Brutis reject us, what should we do?! If we give up, we will only lose Dioni Ya's prestige as the most powerful alliance of Daves! But if we want to take further action, then apart from war, I can't think of any other measures that can be adopted.
However, Dionian citizens have experienced enough wars this year! Now our consul also leads our civic soldiers to fight the mighty Mesapi and Puchetti in Tarantum! "Polyxis fingered Mitrobats, with a compassionate look, and said in a deep tone: "And look at this messenger from Siru. He said that because they are Greeks, they are better off kicking people. , But who knows if it's true! Are we willing to send our citizens to a strange and **** battlefield again for a race that does not look like our Greeks at all to fight against the fierce Bruti? ! "