Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

In battle, there is victory, there is pain, and there is joy. While the coalition soldiers tasted the bitter fruit of defeat, the Syracuses were enjoying the joy of victory.

In Dionysius' tent, the candles were brightly lit.

You all stop fighting! The most important contributor to our victory today should be Phoebe Das! Dionysius sat at the top, looked around, pointed at Phoebe Das, and said loudly: I really didn't expect that Dionia's general had so many soldiers on their left flank. If it wasn't for Phoebe Das's correct response, I'm afraid we wouldn't have waited for our reinforcements to arrive. Our right flank will be attacked by the enemy!

Your Excellency is right! Fasipesas immediately echoed: When I led the army to attack the enemy's flank, I was very surprised, because the thickness of the enemy's array... some even reached more than 50 columns, I've never seen it before... the length of the stack is enough... it's enough-- Fasipesas couldn't find a suitable adjective for a while, gestured with his hand, and said, It's longer than this big tent. But such a powerful force squeezed our right wing, not only did not destroy the right wing, but exhausted the enemy! So I led the soldiers in a small charge, and the enemy was easily defeated!  …”

The crowd couldn't help but exclaimed in admiration.

Although Phoebe Das was a little complacent in his heart, he did not brag about himself in public. This superficial approach, the Spartans will not do. Besides, he was only fighting for the Syracuses, and it didn't matter much whether he was honored or not. He was just enjoying this kind of battle, and being at the forefront of the battlefield, he was too tired to talk much now.

Leputines, this time your performance is beyond my expectations! Dionysius looked at his brother and said in a loud voice: The attack of the mercenary army led by Endymenas was blocked. At that time, you did not escape, but bravely assumed the responsibility, repelled the enemy who came to intercept it, and ensured that our attack on the enemy's right flank and rear went smoothly. We were able to win this battle, thanks to you! In addition, your fleet made a bold attack and obtained the first result after our victory in the battle - Trina!

Dionysius praised Leputines generously, not only for his brother's performance, but also to show those who criticized him for his cronyism that he was right in Dionysius' tactics.

My lord, thanks to General Leputines' help this time! Endimenas took the opportunity to tout Leptinius, and at the same time wanted to justify his mistake: I didn't expect that the At such a time of intense intensity, the Greeks retained a force, and instead of throwing it into battle, they made a surprise attack on us...

So it's not easy for us to win this battle, and that general Dionysius is not easy! Dionysius sighed a little, knowing that he saw his elite troops being killed by Dio in the rear of the middle array. The Nia Legion fought back step by step.

Moreover, according to the statistics after the war, there were more than 1,000 casualties among the soldiers in the middle route, which really surprised him and made him brood: It's a pity that we couldn't keep more Dionysian soldiers...

As soon as these words came out, the two mercenary cavalry leaders were a little ashamed, and the more straightforward Celtic leader, Gaba, defended in a strange Greek pronunciation: We tried our best, but those Dionian soldiers were not at all. Instead of running away, we lined up to fight with us, we lost...a lot of people...

Those Dionians stretched their formations, guarded the river bank, and forced us to fight them head-on. It's very difficult for cavalry to fight heavy infantry head-on... Akirita was also defending.

Dionysius glanced at the two of them, he just wanted to beat and beat these two rebellious alien leaders, and didn't want to tear their face with them: Anyway, you dragged more than a thousand Dionysian leaders. Soldiers, and eventually destroyed and captured them, including a legion commander, I think this is probably the biggest military loss of the Dionysian Alliance since its establishment!

My lord, that's because Dionia was not as old as my youngest son! Astagras, another general of Syracuse, sneered: We will give them more next time. Fail until this alliance is completely destroyed!

Astagras' words caused everyone to laugh.

Amidst the laughter, a cold voice sounded from the seat to the left of Dionysius: I looked at the weapons left on the battlefield among the Dionysians. To be honest, I think even with Dionysius again You won't be able to take advantage of the Nia's legionary infantry fighting.

This aroused the dissatisfaction of the people in the tent.

Spartans, you think too highly of the Dionysians! Astagras shouted impolitely.

What I said is the truth. Phoebe Das said unceremoniously, ignoring everyone's dissatisfaction.

At the same time, he strode to the seat, ignoring the strange eyes of others, posing a posture of attacking heavy infantry, and said earnestly: According to the traditional habit of fighting heavy infantry, the round shield in the left hand can be used both for defense and for defense. ram; and the lance in my right hand, which I can hold high over the round shield to stab my opponent; if the lance is broken, I draw out the curved saber and chop... But the way the Dionian Legionnaires fight is not the same. We are different, I brought the long shield and short sword used by the soldiers of the Dionian Legion, but unfortunately they were forcibly left outside the tent by the guards.

Speaking of which, Phoebe Das did not forget to satirize Dionysius secretly, because Dionysius was good at assassination, and at the same time he was also wary of being assassinated by others. He had been assassinated many times in the past, so in this regard He was very cautious and stipulated that anyone who wanted to meet him or discuss with him must be searched by the guards, and weapons were not allowed.

Once, another brother of his (who was sent by him to serve as a tyrant of a neighboring state) came to the palace to meet him. When talking about an important matter, he asked the guard for a spear and was about to draw a map on the ground. Onysius was furious and immediately executed the guard.

At this time, Dionysius didn't care about Phoebedas' irony, he was more interested in what he was going to say next, and ordered generously: Go and bring in Dionysian's short sword and long shield.

When the short sword and the long shield were placed in front of Phoebe Das, he picked up the long shield in his left hand and put it on his chest, explaining: Dionia's long shield is long enough to better protect the soldier's body. , so soldiers don't have to worry about defense and can focus on how to kill the enemy.

While speaking, Phoebe Das used the dagger to stab. After stabbing a few times, he inserted the dagger into the wooden table and heard a chi sound, and the entire tip of the sword was completely plunged into it.

What a sharp dagger! Leptines, who was sitting next to Phoebe Das, exclaimed, and out of curiosity, he pulled out the dagger and looked carefully: the blade of the dagger had some small gaps. The tip of the sword is also a little curved, and it can be seen that it has been hit by weapons many times, but it still makes people feel cold.

This dagger is too short! Before the Dionians stabbed my soldiers with it, we stabbed each other to death with the lance! Astagras forcefully retorted.

Yes, it is relatively short. But the Dionysian soldier has the protection of this long shield, and the lance cannot necessarily hurt him, and once the two sides are pushing, the lance can no longer be used, and this short The sword can easily stab the opponent... Phoebe Das held the long shield and looked at the short sword in Leptines's hand, and his mood was very uneasy: the round shield of the Greek phalanx is equipped with the stab gun, this The heavy infantry tactics have been passed down for hundreds of years and have proved so effective that it is difficult to match in other countries in the Mediterranean region. And a city-state alliance that has not been established for a few years can develop another new set of heavy infantry equipment and tactics in such a short period of time, and can fight against the traditional ones, which cannot but make him feel terrible!

It turned out to be because of the weaponry! Dionysius was a little excited. He thought that his most elite army was inferior to Dionysian's newly built army, and his heart was really hit. Now, after listening to Phoebedas' analysis, he suddenly realized: as long as it is not the quality of soldiers Problems can be rectified.

Phoebedas, what do you think we should do if we encounter Dionysian's legionnaires next time? Dionysius humbly asked the Spartan for advice.

Judging from the weapons and equipment of the Dionian soldiers, there is no advantage in the situation of holding up with our heavy infantry at medium distances. But once the two sides are close to each other for close combat, the short sword and long shield can be used. To play the greatest role. This requires us not to adopt the tactics of pushing and pushing, but to leave a certain distance for the soldiers in the forefront, and use the dense gun array to make the infantry of the Dionian Legion. Don't dare to get too close, so that the Syracuse soldiers can use the skilled stabbing technique to gain the upper hand in the jabs of both sides... After carefully referring to the battlefield, Phoebe Das has been thinking about how to deal with this new type of Heavy infantry onslaught. After all, he has never really fought against the Dionian Legion face to face, it is just a speculation based on his years of combat experience.

But this was enough for Dionysius to breathe a sigh of relief, and he said to his generals: Have you all heard! The next time we fight the Dionysian soldiers, we will follow the method of Phoebedas. Deal with them!

Syracuse, such as Faci Pesas and Astagras, will take the lead and say yes. Of course, this is mostly a reluctance to deal with.