Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

From yesterday afternoon to dusk, under the cover of the feint of the 1st Fleet, nearly 400 infantrymen of the fleet quietly landed on the eastern promontory of Laconia Bay. On the second day early in the morning, we went north over the mountains and mountains, and rushed to the beach where the main force of the infantry of the fleet was going to land.

But unfortunately, in the mountains, they ran into a shepherd who was herding sheep on the mountain. In order to prevent leakage of whereabouts, they detained him.

Unexpectedly, this shepherd came from Minoa, a small town facing the sea to the east of the cape (not Minoa on Sicily, the Kingdom of Dionia, but a small town on the edge of the Spartan territory, with residents mainly It was a Periasis) not far from the mountains where the fleet infantry was hiding. At the request of the family of the missing shepherd, the Minoan residents went up the mountain to look for it early on the second day. In order to prevent the fleet infantry from being discovered early, they had to Avoiding the Minoan people, they took a long detour, and when they hurried to the vicinity of the battlefield, the two sides were fighting fiercely.

Although the infantrymen of the fleet were anxious, the commander who temporarily served as the surprise attack did not blindly direct the troops to fight immediately. He stood high in the mountains and forests, carefully observed the situation on the battlefield, and quickly formulated an action plan: split 50 A soldier with torches rushed to the camp at the rear of the battlefield; while he led more than 300 soldiers to the left flank of the Spartan army, attacking its rear.

His move quickly paid off: the Helots, who were already struggling to support, were attacked from the rear again and began to retreat; and the retreating Helots saw the fire in the rear camp, It was even more terrified and shouted, and panic quickly spread in the Spartan army...

The Heros and Piriasi fled in all directions, and only the Spartans continued to fight.

Seeing that the defeat was irreversible, Xenophon sighed and joined the fugitive. He had to hurry back to Sparta City, perhaps giving some advice to the panic-stricken Spartan elders.

The battle on the coast wasn't quite over by the time Cykrian came aboard in a small boat: more than 360 Spartans (including some veterans) formed a circle, surrounded by fleet infantry and soldiers of the 7th Legion. , is still fighting.

After learning about the situation, Sekorian thought that the Spartans were completely surrounded, and of course they would resist stubbornly, so he ordered: give up the north road.

The order was quickly carried out, and he had expected the Spartans to retreat soon so that the soldiers could pursue them. But the Spartans were still fighting, and they didn't seem to have any intention of retreating.

After thinking about it for a while, Sekelian simply asked the soldiers to retreat to distance themselves from the Spartans.

He was not worried at all that the Spartans would take the opportunity to counterattack, because the Dionian soldiers besieging here not only had an absolute advantage in numbers, but also had an advantage in physical strength.

After all, the Fleet Infantry belonged to light armour, and the soldiers of the Seventh Legion joined the battle later. And how much stamina the Spartans who have been fighting all the time until now, just rely on the support of the dense circle defense. Once they want to switch from defense to attack, the formation will naturally be difficult to maintain.

The Dionysian soldiers slowly retreated cautiously, and the Spartan warriors with rich combat experience remained in place. They stood close to each other, side by side, and the soldiers in the outermost row were all straddling their horses, holding a round shield in one hand and a stab gun in the other. Most of their bodies were hidden behind the round shield, with only half their heads. The head appeared from the upper edge of the round shield, and the indifferent eyes looked out vigilantly through the narrow helmet eyelet.

The comrades behind them not only held their backs with shields to support them, but at the same time, the thorns in their hands also protruded from above their right shoulders to assist them in fighting the enemy... The entire formation of the Spartans seemed to meet the enemy. Hedgehogs who had to clump their bodies together in danger.

But when both sides left the battle and the sound of fighting disappeared, they could clearly hear their rapid breathing, and saw that the copper shields they were holding were trembling slightly from fatigue. And around the circle lay the corpses of the Spartan warriors, as well as the few wounded soldiers because they were repeatedly trampled in the battle. The same howl.

Seeing this, Sekerian felt more confident, he stepped out of the array of Dionian soldiers, and said loudly complacently: I am Sekerian, the commander of this Dionian army! Sba Daren, you have failed! Surrender, I can spare you from dying!

The entire circle did not move at all, and the Spartan warriors seemed to have not heard of it.

After a long while, Udamidas in the center of the formation said loudly, We...we can surrender...we can also allow you to occupy Port Ision and Port Hilles...but you must swear to God that you will not lead the way. The army enters the city of Sparta!

After hearing this, Cykrian laughed and said sarcastically: Spartans, you are still dreaming! Now is not the time for you to dominate Greece and show off your might! We Dionia have already captured Meseni. Ya, Sparta is about to be conquered, and maybe it won't be long before your families will be slaves, and the Helots who were slaves will be their masters!

I just see that you are all warriors, and I can't bear you to smash into the wilderness and become food for wild wolves and seabirds, so I let you surrender with pity. Of course I can understand why you choose to die, because after you die, you don't have to face the reality that Sparta no longer exists—

As Sekelian was talking, he suddenly saw the Spartan warrior in front of him roared and threw the stab in his hand at him.

Sekelian was taken aback and hurriedly stepped back. He was about 40 meters away from the Spartan circle, and the other party was heavy infantry. He thought this distance would be safer, but he didn't expect the other party to suddenly make such a move.

The soldiers on both sides rushed forward quickly and protected him with leather shields.

It stands to reason that the range of a well-trained Spartan throwing a javelin at full force exceeds 40 meters, and the leather shields used by the fleet infantry are not very good defense. However, the Spartan warriors in the fierce battle still have plenty of physical strength. The thrown javelin cannot penetrate the leather shield, and it is easily blocked, but it is a false alarm.

But Secorian was provoked, and he withdrew from the array with a gloomy face, but he did not issue an order to attack.

The two sides held each other strangely.

After a while, the Spartans saw the Dionian soldiers retreating all around again, even making a large opening in the direction of the sea.

Then, less than a hundred meters away, they saw six wooden shelves with a height of more than one person placed side by side, and some Dionian soldiers were operating something behind, although the Spartans had not seen the ballista with their own eyes. detailed appearance, but felt uneasy in his heart.

Shoot! The ballista commander gave an order, the hooks loosened, the spring arms contracted violently, and the stone bullets roared out, smashing into the Spartan warrior's circle with a small arc with precision.

I saw the round shield flying horizontally, the blood splashing, the stump of the leg, the broken chest and the head... The perfect formation with a solid defense turned into a bloody scene in an instant. The extremely dense array of the Spartans made the ballista's The power can be fully exerted.

Udamidas, the commander of the Spartan army, fell in a pool of blood before he could even let out a scream.

The surviving Spartans immediately realized that they could only wait to die if they continued to hold on: Fight with the Dionysians!!

They roared and rushed towards the ballista troops.

The Dionysian army, who had long expected the Spartans to do so, quickly closed...

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At the end of the battle, none of the surrounded Spartans surrendered and all died.

The landing battle of the 1st Fleet was the final victory, but Secorian was not too excited because he had seen many corpses of the fleet's infantry since he went ashore.

Hurry up and cremate the remains of the soldiers, but keep their relics and urns well, and hand them over to their families in the future...Using small boats to transport medical staff ashore as soon as possible to treat the injured soldiers as soon as possible.

Sekelian said in a low tone, looked up at the sky, then turned to look at the tide: The tide will start to ebb soon, order all the crew members of the fleet to remove these wooden stakes in the sea and open a passage first. , let our rations be brought in and unloaded at Hillers Harbor, otherwise the infantry of the fleet will have nothing to eat tonight and will have to rob the Spartans.

Understood, my lord! I will execute it immediately. The subordinate took the order and left.

Only then did Sekelian look forward, and shouted in high spirits: Follow me, go to Sparta City!

In the first battle of the landing on the coast of Sparta, the Dionysian army suffered more than 1,500 casualties, and most of them were injured. The casualties were mainly from the attack of the left-wing Spartan soldiers and the long-range shooting of the archers on the coast. The Spartan army suffered about 2,000 casualties. Among them, the Spartans were completely wiped out, and most of the old Spartans were killed, resulting in the loss of the main combat force in the Spartan territory today.

The Spartan resistance caused Secorian to spend a long time on the coast, leading 300 7th Legionnaires and 1,200 Fleet infantry north, seeing neither his own troops nor fleeing The enemy soldiers, but every now and then see the corpses eaten by the crows and the fallen soldiers lying on the ground, wounded and mourning...

After walking for almost three hours, he saw the outline of the dense houses in front of him from a distance. Sekelian also saw the resting fleet of infantry troops in a field of wheat, and soon saw its commander. Sephiroth.

Seeing Sephiroth's right arm wrapped in a cloth band and stained red with blood, Cykrian asked with concern, Are you injured, seriously?

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