Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Finally, the sound of the retreating bugle came.

The soldiers on the right side of Syracuse's right wing, who were struggling to resist the spear brigade and the Ket reinforcements, turned around and fled. vent out...

Seeing the soldiers beside him flee, Phoebe Das did not panic. He immediately threw the stab gun at the enemy, and then smashed the round shield at the opponent. After forcing a little space, he immediately turned and ran away. At the same time, throw away the helmet. Although he had suffered many defeats in battle before, Phoebe Das was still frustrated by the defeat of the battle on the way to flee quickly...

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Your Majesty, the enemy has retreated! We won! We won this battle! Dionia won!! Tormide looked at the soldiers in the middle of Syracuse, who were retreating like a tide, and was extremely excited.

Davos listened to the cheers of the guards beside him, and finally showed a smile on his face: Order all troops to pursue the enemy with all their strength and strength!

Yes! Thormed responded loudly.

Your Majesty— A shout came from behind, and Davos looked back to see Rodom's excited face, and immediately understood what he was thinking, and said with a smile, The escort can also participate in the pursuit.

Immediately, there was cheers around him, and only a few guards such as Martius remained unmoved, still guarding Davos.

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Leader of Achillita, Lord Dionysius ordered you to lead your men and fight back with me! Astagras finally found Akirita, who had fled to the east bank of the Tachinadi River. .

Akilita's face covered by unkempt hair was uncertain, he said evasively: My men have all run away, and it is difficult to gather them in a short period of time.

Achillita. Astagras sneered: You are a wise man, if this time we are defeated in Syracuse, with what you have done in the land of Dionia, you will Do you think the Dionysians can spare you aliens! There is a Mediterranean Sea between Great Greece and Numibia, and you can go back to Numibia on horses?!

Axi Lita's face changed greatly, he just ran away, and didn't think about it for a while.

At this time, his subordinates exclaimed: Boss, the enemy is chasing again!

Akirita has made a decision in her heart at this moment: General Astagras,

Let's fight off these cavalry first.

Astaclas was pleased to see the change in Akilita's attitude, and immediately led more than 300 cavalry to unite with the only 200 cavalry left by Akilita and turned back to meet the enemy.

At this moment, the sound of rumbling footsteps came from the front left. Astagras and Akirita looked north subconsciously. The louder and louder noise made them feel uneasy.

Soon, when countless Syracuse soldiers rushed towards them like a tide, everyone changed color.

Quickly retreat! Akilita quickly turned the horse's head and fled in a hurry with the Numibian cavalry, and many Sicilian cavalry followed.

Are we defeated? ! ...Astagras couldn't believe the fact that the Dionian cavalry, who was being pursued in a trance, was stabbed under the horse...

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Dionia won! We won! Crotone won!!... The spies sent by Lycias and the others rushed all the way to the ruins of the north gate of Crotone, excited and incoherent. shouted loudly.

The people of Crotone who were watching the battle in the city were already crying. Although it is far away from the battlefield, it is impossible to see it, but all the soldiers are running south. Could it be that Syracuse won the victory! At this time, countless people shed tears of excitement: Crotone is finally saved! ! !

Lycias had been nervously standing in front of the battlements and focused on the battle. Just as he relaxed, he realized that his legs were numb and he couldn't stand up. In the urban area of ​​Cangyi, the ecstasy of near-death suddenly turned into deep sorrow: although the people of Crotone were saved, the city of Crotone no longer existed...

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When deciding to retreat, Dionysius also planned to prepare the defenders of the main camp to respond, and to block the pursuers behind, so that the fleeing Syracuse soldiers could enter the camp smoothly. As it turns out, this is simply not possible.

Because of the movement of the garrison of the main camp, the Dionian troops of Asproustum, who were closely watching the movement of the camp, discovered it. At the same time, the news of the Victory of the Battle of Dionia brought by the mountain scout team made Agarcia even more excited. Although he was the chief executive, he was also a mercenary with rich combat experience. He took decisive action. He personally led 3,000 defenders out of the nest to attack the Syracuse camp that blocked the southward road of Aspurustum.

The Syracuse defenders were disturbed by the news of the failure of the battle, and they were separated from the camp. In the face of the full-strength attacking Asporustum army, there was still the mind to fight, and they barely resisted for a while. Easily the excited Dionian soldiers stormed into the camp.

And Dionysius still wanted to reorganize the army on the way to escape, but the Dionysian army, who was in hot pursuit, made his efforts in vain. snatch.

Sixty or seventy thousand people continued to pour into the Tachinadi River, and the entire river was almost cut off. The slippery silt and the subsequent pursuit of Dionysian soldiers made the terrified Syracuse soldiers cross the river. Leaving a corpse.

The defenders of the camp were frightened by the flood of rout soldiers, and where there was any idea of ​​​​coupling, they turned around and fled first.

The surging tide of defeated soldiers crushed the narrow camp gate, and some of the defeated soldiers simply pushed down the wooden fence and poured into the camp. However, the pursuers also entered the camp.

At the same time, the screams of Dionian soldiers also sounded on the north side of the camp, and it was the Aspirustum army that rushed into the camp, chasing the retreating defenders.

Syracuse's defeated soldiers were afraid of being cut off from their way back, so they dared to stay in the camp, so they continued to flee south...

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General Hiros, the Syracuses were defeated by us! They are escaping to Sirius! There are too many of them!... The scout galloped over and said excitedly and nervously.

At this time, Hiros had led his team to cross the Tachnadi River, entered the territory of Sirius, and was marching to the northeast, preparing to reach the camp in Syracuse.

Upon receiving the report from the scout, Hiros was happy and immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to annihilate the enemy. He immediately asked, How far are the Syracuses from us?

When I came back, they had already run into the 'corridor'.

Hiros served as administrator of Asporustum. During his tenure, he has surveyed the terrain in this area many times, and he is familiar with it. Of course, he knows: the corridor mentioned by the scout actually refers to the southern plain of Croton on the west bank of the Tachnadi River and the territory of Siridin. This narrow strip of coastline in between is surrounded by mountains to the north and the ocean to the south. This seaside corridor is about 36 miles long, and the narrowest width is ten miles, and his army is at least 15 miles away from entering this corridor. They are not difficult. But you must know that your army is walking on the undulating hills, while the Syracuses are running on the flat seaside, not to mention that they are routed, and their speed is quite fast.

Shiros pondered for a while, and immediately ordered: The entire army marches quickly, let me run!

This run made the soldiers complain, knowing that at least half of the Dionysian-Trina coalition were heavy infantry. Fortunately, these soldiers from Bruti had been trained for several years to develop a habit of discipline and strict execution of orders, and the Trina were supported by the flame of vengeance. More importantly, the news of the Victory at the Battle of Dionia gave them great encouragement.

When they arrived in the corridor, the distance between the head and tail of the team stretched four or five miles. Many soldiers slumped on the ground, gasping for breath. They were sweating all over and shouting for water. In the next half an hour, Hiros, who was also exhausted, tried his best to rectify the team, and at the same time tried his best to let the soldiers who arrived to rest and regain some physical strength as soon as possible.

Most of the soldiers have arrived, but there are still soldiers who have fallen behind, one after another, in twos and threes.

At this moment, the reconnaissance cavalry reported that the rout of Syracuse was only two miles away from the troops.

The rational Hiros did not allow the soldiers with limited physical strength to block the routed troops head on. He knew very well that not only would the tens of thousands of routed soldiers who wanted to escape back to the Sirius Court not only would not be blocked by his thousands of soldiers, but it would also make them exhausted. And inexperienced soldiers are caught in a torrent of escape.

So he immediately put his troops back against the mountains and lined up diagonally to the coast, leaving a gap several miles long enough for them to pass through, so that even if their attack was fierce, the Syracuses would not flee for their lives. There is too much resistance.

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Dionia's pursuit continued until dusk, when the trumpet to withdraw troops was sounded.

According to statistics after the war, in this battle that decided the fate of Great Greece, nearly 20,000 people were killed and wounded in Syracuse, most of whom were injured or killed while fleeing, and more than 10,000 people were captured. It was Hiros's credit. He first let the soldiers continue to kill and wound the rout soldiers fleeing on the edge of the coastal corridor, and then decisively ordered an attack, instantly intercepting the tail of the rout army, and finally Syracuse soldiers had 3 Thousands of people fled into the Siri Court.

The Dionysian side suffered nearly 7,000 casualties, especially the Kurt reinforcements who suffered the most casualties, almost half of which were lost. Followed by the spear brigade and the cavalry regiment, as the key to turning the tide of the entire battle, they also paid a price of more than 2,000 people.

The result of the battle: Dionysus defeated Syracuse's 65,500 soldiers with 58,000 men.