Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The experienced Syracuse soldiers stared coldly ahead through their narrow helmet eyes. Although they had not yet fought the Dionians head-on, they knew that a bigger attack was coming, so their footsteps were keep accelerating.

The Dionysian light infantry quickly retreated from the passage between the small phalanxes, and the small phalanxes of the infantry in the rear moved forward quickly, quickly connecting Dionia's entire array into one.

At this time, the enemy has already entered a distance of 50 meters, and there is no need for the team officers to order.

Tens of thousands of javelins flew out from the two-mile-long front of the coalition army's middle road, and attacked the Syracuse phalanx. Stacked up, forming a long copper wall, and the whirlwind of death blown by the javelin rain made the screams of the Syracuses can no longer be concealed, so the Syracuse soldiers began to speed up and run.

Effieart and his comrades who were at the forefront of the front line had not had enough time to throw the javelin, so they threw away the other javelin without hesitation, put the long shield in front of the left hand, and clenched the stab gun with the right hand, accelerating together. Dash forward. They had to be the fastest in the 30-meter distance.

On one side is a huge golden wall and on the other a black wave.

Apollo!!!...

Hades!!!...

In the deafening cries, the two sides slammed into each other, and even the earth trembled at this moment.

At that moment, Effieart felt a huge force hitting the shield, almost breaking his shield-holding hand, causing his body to lean back involuntarily. The strength pushed him back again, and the long spear he stabbed was blocked by the enemy on the opposite side with a round shield, and his long shield also blocked the stab spear of the other side, because the force of the two sides was too strong, so that both stab spears were made. break.

Effieart resisted the pain in his right hand and drew the dagger from his waist.

The soldiers on both sides were densely packed together, and the space for each soldier to move was very small. The Dionian soldier in the forefront threw away the stab gun in his hand, regardless of whether it was broken or not, and replaced it with a short sword. Many of the Syracuse people on the opposite side also picked up bent sabres, and the close-quarters battle began...

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In front of the middle lane formed by the Dionian Legion, the light infantry was dominated by the Dionians, but on other fronts, the Syracuse light infantry took the advantage.

Because Crotone, Cilitin, and Trina did not have the habit of harassing the light infantry ahead when the heavy infantry phalanx was advancing.

So eat a lot of losses. Their solution to this was to speed up the advance and fight head-on with the Syracuse heavy infantry as soon as possible.

The light infantry of the coalition army, except Dionia's, were all concentrated on the left end of the left flank of the entire army formation, behind the cavalry. When both sides fought together, only here remained calm.

Felixius knew that in terms of cavalry, the cavalry of the coalition was far inferior to the cavalry of Syracuse not only in number but also in ability. Therefore, he brought together the 500 cavalry led by Sobokos and the cavalry of other city-states to form a team of 1500 cavalry, to hold the flank of the coalition left flank and prevent the enemy cavalry from detouring to the flank (because the outside of the coalition right flank was the Lamato River, Felixius thought that the Syracuse cavalry could not be arranged on this side at all), and warned them: don't move out easily, once the enemy cavalry attacked, let the nearly 4,000 light infantry behind him use long-range fire to disperse them , and then supplemented by cavalry assault, it should be able to fight against the fierce Syracuse cavalry.

Felixius' real killing move was on the left flank, and his formation was similar to the strategy that Davos used to defeat the Brutes on the Cosenza Plateau, that is, the weaker troops were placed on the right flank, relying on the river. In order to rely on, to ensure the safety of the flank, and use the enhanced left wing to win the chance. However, unlike the Battle of Punat, the left flank of the coalition was weak in cavalry and strong in infantry. 17,000 Crotone infantry and tens of thousands of Silitine infantry (a small number of Silitine infantry were close to the middle) formed the left wing. , the thickness of the array alone is enough to have more than 40 columns.

After Phoebe Das reached the right flank of Syracuse, although he did not know the detailed arrangement of the enemy on the opposite side, he stood in front of the queue and stopped to watch, just looking at the densely erected stab guns on the opposite side, he was experienced immediately. Realize: Once the bugle blows, the onslaught of the enemy will be amazing!

He made a quick decision: also thicken his own array!

But in this way, the array length of the right flank with fewer troops than the opponent's must be shorter than the opponent's, and it is easy to be bypassed by the opponent's flank.

Phoebe Das also made an astonishing decision, ordering the soldiers on the right flank to line up immediately in a curved line, convex outwards. In this way, when fighting, the Syracuse soldiers are located in the inner circle, which naturally makes up for the lack of array length.

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When the bugle blew, nearly 30,000 infantrymen on the right flank of the South-Italian Allied Forces strode forward, marching mightily towards the enemy.

Among the Crotone soldiers, there are many citizens who were twice captured by Dionia like Colebus. They bear the guilt of defeat and have experienced Crotone from glory to decline. Onia is on the rise rapidly, and her heart has always been intertwined with loss and confusion.

Therefore, today they want to prove themselves with a victory just like their commander General Askamas, and prove that Crotone was once brilliant! Although it is not what it used to be, Crotone's strength is far behind that of the Dionysian City-State Alliance, but this is the pride of Crotones and the disposition of citizens of the state of movement!

Therefore, even if the arrows in the air fell like raindrops, they could not slow down their progress. While trying to maintain the formation as much as possible, they are gradually picking up the pace...

There was a terrible roar from the huge procession, and the Crotone soldiers began to charge...

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the approaching enemy, with tension and excitement on their faces, just looking forward to the terrifying and maddening moment to come!

Apollo!!!... They roared wantonly, and suddenly collided with the Syracuse.

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Generally speaking, when the heavy infantry corners of the two sides touch each other, the entire array will start to advance from the back row to the front. In the rout, the rear infantrymen of both sides not only kept close to their comrades in front, but pushed their stab guns forward as much as possible, hoping to help the front row soldiers to increase the threat to the enemy. The space occupied by soldiers is getting smaller and smaller.

Effieart is not worried. He lunges forward as usual, squatting and leaning forward. The half-length shield covers almost his entire leg, torso and neck. The long shield is suddenly pushed forward, and the force is concentrated and transmitted to the copper semi-circular horn in the center of the arc-shaped long shield. Shooting on the enemy's round shield can also cause pits to appear on the hard copper shield.

On the contrary, the round shield of the Syracuse soldier collided with the long shield. First of all, the round angle of the long shield easily caused the round shield to slip off and the top was not right. Moreover, the powerful force transmitted by the round shield spreads to the entire arc-shaped shield through the circular impingement angle, and when it is transmitted to Effieart, the power is much smaller, which gives Efiart enough time to take a breath. .

While Effieart tried to disrupt the opponent's defense with his long shield, the half-meter-long, double-edged and thick-backed dagger clenched in his right hand was looking for opportunities, and from time to time, he quickly pierced through the gap between himself and the opponent, and again. draw out. It is a pity that the two Syracuse soldiers next to him, who seem to be experienced, have been avoided by them many times.

The thickness of the Dionian Legion and Syracuse's middle lane is similar, and when the strength is almost equal, the squeeze in the middle is more serious.

Effieart and the enemy on the opposite side were getting closer and closer, and he could even feel the heat from the other side's small slit under the central turbinate of the Corinthian helmet.

When he saw that pair of cold eyes suddenly brightened, he instinctively lowered his head and lifted his long shield up.

Bang! The dog-leg saber swung out by the opponent was slashing on the shield. But when he lowered his head, he suddenly saw something, and his heart suddenly became excited.

That's the enemy's feet! Although the Greek round shield is large, it is not as long as the long shield after all. The feet of the enemy wearing leather sandals are exposed under the round shield. If it hadn't been for Effieart to lift the long shield, it would be impossible to find this flaw through the gap below.

He immediately used his long shield to hold the opponent's round shield with great effort, lowered his head again, and bent his waist down again (if he was wearing a Corinthian helmet, he would not be able to make such a large bending and bowing motion), and a short sword in his right hand He stabbed diagonally forward and downward, and the sharp point of the sword directly pierced the instep of the opponent's right foot without any hindrance.

Hearing a shrill scream from the enemy on the opposite side, Effieart quickly drew back his dagger regardless of the outcome of the battle. While the long shield slammed forward, he took a step forward with his left foot. At the moment when the enemy screamed and fell to the ground and the enemy behind him was about to make up for it, he squeezed forward into a small gap in the opponent's shield wall.

Said it was too late, but then soon, his blood-stained dagger stabbed to the right again like lightning, and the enemy next to him was colliding with the shield of Affiart's teammates, and he hadn't fallen because of his comrade. Taking corresponding precautions, he was immediately pierced by a sword in his right arm, which was not covered by armor.