Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 99: The Battle of Ramato River (End)

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As a result, the space for the Fifth Army to retreat to the north should be relatively spacious. However, not long after the Fifth Army began to retreat, it was spotted by the mercenary cavalry in Syracuse.

After being reprimanded by Dionysius, the Numibians and Celtics had to cheer up and rushed from east to west to chase the black armored men. There were fewer soldiers on this route. It also facilitated their riding, and then they saw the retreating Diorian Fifth Army.

The soldiers of the Fifth Army were still more concentrated and more orderly in the retreat. This was obviously not conducive to the impact of the cavalry. Even the fierce Celtic cavalry were not stupid enough to directly collide with the thick and heavy infantry array. But the cunning mercenary cavalry had their own way. They lined up again, drove their horses close to the Dionian soldiers, shouted loudly, quickly passed the 5th Army's array, and continuously threw their javelins... …

The rapid sound of horseshoes, the screaming screams of palpitations, and the screams of teammates...the soldiers of the Fifth Legion, who were already demoralized, were even more panicked. They rushed forward and wanted to escape earlier. The terrible enemy horse behind...the retreating team of the Fifth Army began to appear in chaos.

Dracos in front of him saw this situation and made a decisive decision. He happened to be the first team behind him. He turned his horse's head and shouted: "Brem, take your first team up with me and block Those **** cavalry! Let the other brothers retreat safely!"

Bloom, who was once the leader of Bisignia, the tough guy among the Brutis, and now the captain of the First Battalion of the Fifth Army, answered without hesitation: "Yes, Lord Legion!"

The offensive bugle was not sounded because it was afraid of affecting the retreat of other soldiers, but the first brigade flag pointed to the opposite direction of the retreat, and then the company flag and the unit flag pointed to the place where the enemy rides horizontally and horizontally. Under the shouts of the officials, the soldiers of the first brigade turned around one after another...

When the other soldiers flee in panic, the First Brigade of the Fifth Army rises to the challenge!

In the forefront is the fully armed, horse-riding legion commander Dracos, followed by the first commander Bream.

Dracos looked back at the soldiers of the First Battalion who followed him, although panicked, but still determined to follow him. His satisfaction was overwhelming: "As expected of the man from Bisignia! My best soldier! I am the best. (Because the soldiers of the first brigade are from Bisignia)!"

"It is the glory of our No. 1 team to fight with adults!" Bream straightened his chest.

Dracos nodded and gave a loud command: "Two lines! Keep the formation and retreat slowly! Never let an enemy leak through!"

At this moment, Dracos didn't think about life and death at all, only the mercenary cavalry whizzing in front of him.

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Dionysius, who has been studying Dionian’s previous battles, has learned from Dionian this time. He used the high mobility of the mercenary cavalry and the two support armies that had just entered the battlefield to pursue the defeated troops of the Southern Italian Allied Forces, which lasted until dusk, and finally returned to the camp.

The way for Trina’s army to escape back to the city was blocked by the Ramato River. In addition to the warships waiting in the river, most of the soldiers were pursued by both the Campania mercenaries and the Syracuse fleet sailors. , Was forced to follow the Dionian army in the middle to retreat north.

The scouts sent by Trina City fled back to the city in a panic, reporting the news of the defeat to the defenders stationed in the city, and everyone was in great panic.

General Bromaras, in view of the fact that the main army could not return and the city of Trina was alone and unable to cope with the upcoming army of Syracuse, he had to make a painful decision: abandon the city of Trina, The soldiers evacuated to the city of Knapetia in the Dionian League.

The Siracusa warship watchman cruising in the harbour discovered the unusual movement of the Trina’s defenders. After the Trina were far away, they sent sailors ashore to try and easily occupy an empty city.

In this way, in the twilight when the Battle of Ramato ended, the Syracuse occupied Trina and obtained an excellent foothold for their army in the central part of Greece, Syracuse. The materials needed by the army can be transferred by sea into Trina Port, which is convenient and safe.

But Dionysius was not satisfied, his greedy eyes fixed on Siriting, not far from the battlefield.

The situation of the soldiers in Siriting was more miserable. They fled east and crowded with Crotone’s collapsed soldiers, consuming precious time, and the route to the east was cut off by the reinforcements of Fasi Pesas, behind them Phoebedas led some Syracuse soldiers despite fatigue and insisted on pursuing them. As a result, the Siritian rout was partly killed, partly surrendered, and partly wrapped up by the Crotone rout, and fled northward. There were only more than 3,000 soldiers. Flee back to Xiliting City.

The fourth and fifth armies of Dioria in the middle road were far away from the enemy’s reinforcements on both sides, and because friendly forces helped to block (involuntarily), the retreat was relatively smooth, except for the fact that they suffered when crossing the Kolache River. These setbacks did not suffer a great loss.

However, the Syracuse mercenary cavalry caused them the greatest loss. Although most of the cavalry were stopped by the First Battalion of the Fifth Army led by Dracos, it also delayed the retreat of Drax and the Battalion, resulting in them being surrounded by the Siracusa chasing troops. Can escape...

Dionia’s greatest fortune is that although the cautious Felicius agreed to the battle with the coalition forces, he and Ansitanos still kept an eye on him after discussing: he considered the possibility of failure, so he waited for the army. After the formation, let Ancitalus lead the two legions’ main camps, engineering battalions, medical battalions... and other legion auxiliary personnel out of the camp, marching north, and retreating between Asprostum and the battlefield. The place.

The plan of Felicius is: if the battle is victorious, the Syracuses will be driven out of the Eufemia Plain, and it will not be too late for the auxiliary troops such as the heavy camp to return; but if they fail, they cannot withdraw. The camp is now, but according to Davers's instructions before leaving, he should retreat to Asprostum and make new defensive arrangements.

So when the Syracuse army was chasing the routs, the slow-moving Dionian auxiliary units were already on the way to Asprostum, thus avoiding the fact that the camp had no soldiers to defend. What happened to the captives of the Syracuse.

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Perhaps Apollo could not bear to witness such a fierce battle between the Greeks. After the sun fell into the mountain early, darkness quickly occupied the whole world.

It happened that Apollo's sister, Artenis, goddess of hunting and moon, was lazy and didn't let the moon hang high in the sky, so Hades took control of the night.

Accordingly, the coalition forces should feel fortunate. With the blessing of Hades whom the Dionians believe in, at least the arrogant Syracuse mercenary cavalry dare not chase them in the dark night, but the night is also for the coalition forces. The retreat created a lot of difficulties.

In the dark, the defeated soldiers could not see the flag and the caps of the officers, so they could not reorganize. Except for the Dionian Army, the other soldiers were completely scattered. In fact, this area is the edge of the hills. The ground is undulating, pitted, tired, hungry, panic, and black-eyed. It is easy for the broken soldiers to fall. If they can’t stand up in time, they will be trampled by the soldiers following behind. Therefore, there are many wounded soldiers.

Thousands of soldiers broke out in the dark while sorrowing the death of their teammates, shouting the names of the team officers, and worrying about their own safety...

Walking forward in the dark, they felt for the first time that the distance between Asprostum and Tarantum was so long...

In the middle of the night, Agarcia, the chief executive of Asprostum, who learned of the defeat of the battle, dispatched cavalry and citizens with torches to illuminate the collapsed soldiers along the way. Then Tarantum also made corresponding measures, and the defeated soldiers finally escaped from the dark panic.

For the whole night, both cities were busy accepting the defeated soldiers...

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And this night, for the Xiliting people, is also a sleepless night.

Because Xiliting was not far from the battlefield, news of the defeat of the battle spread throughout the city immediately, and the people immediately fell into panic.

At dusk, more than 3,000 citizen soldiers fled back to the city, after which only sporadic soldiers returned to the city. In the morning, a huge army of 14,000 people came out of the city, and even one-third of those who came back in the evening were less than one-third of the number, and the whole city was in grief.

The Chief General Pretinis regretted it even more: I knew I shouldn't have forced the Dionians to rush into battle!

But now the crisis in Xiliting has just begun. In the Southern Italian League, Xiliting City is also considered a big city. It used to be proud of the Xiliting people, but now it has become a trouble for the Xiliting people because of the serious lack of defense. According to the description of the defeated soldiers, they were defeated by the Syracuse reinforcements that suddenly appeared on the battlefield. Then the military strength of Syracuse on the battlefield is definitely more than 50,000. With such a number of Hittite Syracuse army, with the momentum of victory in the battle, who will Dionysius’ next attack target?

Pretinis and the members of the council dare to always think: It must be Siricin! Because the distance is too close. Now that Dionia and Crotone have just suffered a crushing defeat, they will certainly not be able to send troops to rescue Cili in a short time. Cilitin can only rely on himself if he wants to escape from the next Syracuse attack.

So a citizens' assembly was urgently convened in Xiliting City. Citizens who have not yet washed the dust and are in fear and fear will make an important choice for the city-state’s life and death...