Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece: Volume One Before the Battle

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The next morning, the reinforcements from Siriting and Trina arrived, and Crotone also received information from Turri: About four thousand reinforcements from Amendorara arrived at Turri, Xu Dionian citizens from the Bari Plain entered the square one after another. It is reported that there were about 8,000 people. They then moved to the military camp in the northern part of the city of Turiy. No further action was seen. Dionian seemed to be waiting to come from Niutum. And the reinforcements of Laos.

This news prompted Miron to decide to take immediate action. Under his active promotion, the council passed a resolution to attack Turei. The chief general Miron served as the army commander, and another Philippine with commander talent General Radforth served as an adjutant and led about 27,000 soldiers, including 20,000 heavy infantry and 6,500 light infantry. Of these 6,500 light infantry, 4,000 were wearing leather. A light armored soldier with a leather shield and spear does not have the ability to project, and there are also 800 cavalry. In addition to the regular troops, there were also a large number of slaves and freedmen transporting luggage, making the actual number of the entire force as high as 40,000.

For this reason, Crotone organized a large fleet in the port. It took nearly three hours to load supplies and get soldiers on board. It was not until noon that the troop carrier sailed northward under the **** of the Crotone fleet. When passing by Crimea, another 500 soldiers joined, bringing the number of combat troops up to 27,500.

Because the whole process was cumbersome and protracted when boarding the boat at Crotone Harbor, and the scene was quite chaotic, Miron worried that the situation might be worse when he landed on the beach. He and Philadefors were very concerned about the previous Tratus intelligence said that "the coastline of Dionia is monitored by cavalry." For the sake of safety, they did not dare to land on the coast north of Castellon. After passing the swamp, he immediately docked and stopped the boat. The place where the boat stopped was the beach where the Masong mercenaries landed a few days ago.

Milon let the cavalry disembark first, expanded the guard range to two miles, and made sure that there was no enemy before starting a large-scale landing. Countless soldiers carried weapons and equipment, and some even led their horses, jumped off the cargo ship, wade through the sea, and reached the shore. Because there is no dock, slaves and freedmen have to carry food, tents and other materials to the shore...

At a glance, the entire beach is full of black and crushed heads, a mess, people shouting horses, and the team officers broke their heads; and the piles and piles are placed randomly, which affects the whole group of soldiers. , Philadefors beat and scolded the slaves... It took a long time to rectify the entire landing troops and straighten out the affairs. But after this tossing, people were sleepy and horses were exhausted, and it was dusk.

After confirming the campsite nearby, Miron issued an order, strictly requesting: Each team builds a strong campsite and arranges outposts without any negligence!

The defeat of Melanius is a lesson for the past. This time Crotone has an absolute advantage and has the first opportunity. All he needs to do is to move forward steadily, and victory is just around the corner.

Tomorrow, take Castellon first and make it a forward base for Crotone's army and fleet...Milon conceived the next military action plan in his mind, and gradually fell asleep.

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In the big tent of the Turiyi Barracks, Daves, military officer Felicius, Captain Capps of the First Army, Commander Drax of the Second Army, and Captain Leides of the Cavalry are conducting an analysis of the enemy.

On the central wooden table is placed a two-meter-square smooth wooden plank. On it is a detailed map of Great Greece. Felicius holds a wooden stick and points to the map on the wooden plank and says: "Everyone, just Upon receiving information from the front, Crotone dispatched about 30,000 soldiers. They have already landed on the coast south of Castellon. It is estimated that they will be able to attack Castellon tomorrow!"

"Thirty thousand?!" Cavalry captain Leides took a breath: "In order to deal with us, Crotone may send all the citizens of the city-state!"

"What are 30,000 people!" Drax yelled unconvincedly: "If the Third Army map can arrive in time, plus the freedmen who are enlisted, our strength will exceed 30,000! And even if there are not 30,000 people, Crotone is not our opponent!"

"But Crotone's soldiers are all citizen soldiers!" Capus looked at Daves with a little worry: "My lord, we really don't wait for the Third Army to arrive, so we just rushed to Castells. Long?!"

Davos said calmly: "There is no time. Crotone is determined to eliminate Dionia this time, so he is ready to advance so fast! If we wait, then It means giving up Castellon, which not only damages the prestige established by Dionia, but also allows the enemy to enter the Subari Plain, and also violates our previous promise! On the plain, with the citizen soldiers of Crotone In the battle, we are not sure to win, and relying on the defense of the city wall, it takes too long, which is not good for our new alliance!" Daves took the stick from Felicius and pointed to the map marked Trionto. The curve of the river, said in a deep voice: "So we must make full use of this river!"

A few of you here are very clear about Davers’s plan. Felicius opened his mouth and finally asked questions: "Master Davers, the Crotones will rush through Terry. Ontohe?! I heard that their coach Miron is an experienced general."

Daves smiled and said seriously: "No plan can be guaranteed to be fully realized, but Miron was confused by the false news I released. Seeing him so eagerly assembling the army, he wanted to take advantage of the fact that we did not finish the assembly. , The soldier is near the city, it is very likely to be caught. Of course, if he is not fooled, we can also withdraw to Turri, and fight a long defensive battle with the Crotones!"

"He will be fooled!" Drax expressed the expectations of the generals present, and they also did not want the Crotones to set foot on the land of Dionia.

"How many cavalry do they have?" Leides asked an important question.

"There are about eight hundred people." Felicius replied.

Leides clenched his fists, no matter whether it was the number or the experience, his cavalry did not have the upper hand. It only depends on whether the wonderful tactics of Lord Davos can work.

"Brothers!" Daves looked at these generals who were born and died together and were eager to try at this moment, knowing that there is no need to mobilize at all, and their fighting spirit must be high, so he calmly said: "The time is late. You immediately return to your respective teams and act according to the previous plan! Hades will bless us, and everything will go well tomorrow!"

"Yes!"

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This night, the Crotone camp was safe.

In the early morning of the second day, the sky was clear and rainless. Miron woke up, consciously relaxed, and Turiyi’s intelligence was delivered in time: the reinforcements of Laos and Niutum had not arrived yet. , Three thousand people rushed to Castellon in Turri in the afternoon.

This secret letter should have been sent last night. At the same time, the Croto Civil War ship cruising the Turri coast in the morning did not find Turri-there was a large-scale troop operation on Castellon Avenue. Trace...Milon thought: The Dionians should have known the arrival of Crotone's army, but they were still in the process of war mobilization and they only sent three thousand reinforcements, but only these three thousand people wanted to defend. Castellon? ! According to his understanding, even with the addition of Castellon’s soldiers, there were no more than four thousand soldiers, and the small town of Castellon was less than four meters high, and it was impossible to prevent Crotone’s army from crossing Trion. Tohe and the capture of Castellon, even Milon hoped that Castellon would send all his troops to stop him from crossing the river, so that he could give them the greatest damage in the wild, and would be able to capture Castellon more easily. The weather and the enemy's situation are favorable to Crotone, this is Apollo's blessing! Crotone must seize this opportunity when the Dionian Alliance has not yet completed the war mobilization, and the army has not yet assembled and arrived, quickly cross the Trionto River, take down Castellon as soon as possible, and then meet with Diony Ya's army is in a decisive battle!

Milon immediately negotiated with Philadefors and worked out a plan for crossing the river.

Under Miron’s repeated urging, the army quickly assembled. Among them, 22,000 soldiers were led by Miron and marched northwest. The other 4,500 soldiers and 500 cavalry were led by Filade Forth. Lead and march north.

There are two wading locations for the Trionto River: one is located in the middle reaches, not only is the water shallow, the beach is flat, and the river section that can be waded is more than two miles long. Daves crossed the river from here. Melantheus in the sneak attack; the other one is located downstream, west of Castellon, the river is short and deep.

The Crotone’s plan to cross the river was: Five thousand people led by Philadefors contained and attracted the enemy, but they did not cross the river immediately. Instead, Miron’s army crossed the wide river section in the middle reaches with all their strength.

The Crotone army led by Miron formed an eight-way column and formed a long dragon, which was four or five miles long.

Riding in Miron’s ears in the middle of the team, he was full of noisy footsteps and clashing armor... But he found it very pleasant. The huge force gave him enough confidence, and he even thought about it leisurely. : Castellon and Crimea were both built on the north bank of the river. This is because they were both sub-states of Sybaris at the beginning, pro-Sybaris, and guard against Crotone. After this war, they must be forced to move the city to the South Bank! As for Turiyi... if all goes well, he doesn't mind destroying it for the fourth time!

"Report to the general that the scouts crossing the river were besieged by enemy cavalry. Four died and two fled back."

"Anything to find?"

"They saw thousands of enemies marching along the north shore."

How many thousands of people? Are you following us? Miron thought for a while, and said, "Has Phillips arrived at the destination?"