This time, he followed Melancius to fight, but he didn't expect it to be so smooth. He easily captured the city of Turiyi, and Colebs also grabbed a lot of spoils. No wonder many people say that Melancius is the darling of the goddess of luck. Moreover, he also heard that the Crotone City Hall was preparing to immigrate to the Eubari Plain, so he planned: After returning to Crotone, he would first cash in on the spoils, save money and marry a wife, and then join Crotone's immigration team. The land in the Eubari Plain is flatter and wider than the Croton Plain in Crotone, and he should be able to get a large piece of land.

That night, Kolebs was having a dream, but was awakened by pain. He opened his eyes and saw his comrades in the tent running out like hornets that exploded. He had been trampled several times while sleeping by the tent.

"Look at it!" he shouted angrily.

"Enemy attack! Come out and fight!" Teammates shouted and rushed out of the tent.

"Enemy attack? Where did the enemy come from?" Kolebs was still a little confused.

At this time, one after another, screams came into his ears. He shuddered, supported the ground with both hands, and barely stood up. He drank a lot of wine last night, but it was not mixed with water, and had great momentum. He was dizzy and his body was a little uncontrollable. He almost fell down. He had no time to wear a helmet and armor. He grabbed the sting gun from the ground and staggered out of the tent. In his sleepy eyes, he saw the well-dressed heavy infantry lined up in close lines and quickly approaching them. The two companions rushed forward with their guns in their hands and were soon stabbed by the enemy. The tacit cooperation and concise and skillful fighting completely scared Kolebs. Fear instantly occupied his whole body. He threw away the sting gun, turned around and ran.

"Escape! Get out of here!" Kolebs had a strong idea of ​​survival in his heart, and while running, he looked at the direction of the sun in the sky, he made up his mind to escape east, because to the east was Castellon City.

After running for a while, some people came to me, shouting in horror: "If you have an enemy, run away quickly!"

There are enemies in the east too?! When Kolebs heard this, he panicked and had to run with him.

Next, he ran around like a headless fly, with more and more people around him, and even many pack beasts were running around, hurting many people, but he could not run out.

At this time, no matter how flustered Kolebs' mind was, he understood that they were surrounded, and the encirclement was shrinking...

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Davers's legion command was located behind the Second Battalion, between Kreitina Camp and Castellon City. 30 guards were on high alert, and their attention was mainly on the east side. Captain Martius raised the legion flag. Davers was listening carefully to Rides' report on the latest battle situations of his subordinate cavalry team.

"The first team started attacking!"

"The second team started attacking!"

"The Third Battalion starts attacking!"

"The Seventh Battalion and Lucania Battalion start attacking!"

"The first team made a breakthrough and won the victory, but the enemy did not resist!"

"The second team made a smooth progress!"

"The first battalion crossed the baggage area and continued to advance!"

"So fast?" Davers asked in surprise, "How did they do it?"

Ledes replied on the side: "The people who stayed in the baggage area were Turiyi freeminants and slaves who surrendered to Crotone. When they saw us attacking, they all ran away. Cappus and the others went around directly to get around this area, leaving a team to slowly clear them out, and the other troops continued to advance."

"Well, Capps' choice is right!" Davers nodded in appreciation.

At this time, another cavalry came to report: "The second battalion has become two horizontal lines!"

"The first team turned into two horizontal lines!"

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"Legislative Commander, our offense is very smooth, and the encirclement is shrinking rapidly!" Yasserz looked excited.

"Yes, it exceeded my expectations smoothly!" Davers breathed a sigh of relief from his nervousness, and asked Ryders again: "Is there no movement in Castron City yet?"

"No."

"It seems that the enemy is very slow to be alert and respond to danger. Alpunes can't get a fight this time." Davers was in the mood to joke: "When the sports champion woke up from his sleep, it must be strange, 'Where has his army gone?'"

People around him burst into laughter.

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In fact, Davers' judgment was still wrong. Castellon's sentinels did not fail to notice the strangeness of the Crotone Barracks. Although the Crotone Barracks were about three miles away from Castellon, because of the barriers of woods and rivers, even if they stood on the wall, the outline of the barracks could not be seen, but the screams and screams of tens of thousands of soldiers could be mixed into the ears of the sentinels.

So, the sentry informed the captain of this abnormal situation. The captain thought: Crotone's camp should be very safe! The Brutes in the west were blocked by mountains and could not pass at all. Turiyi in the north had been burned, not to mention the protection of the Trionto River. Crimesa in the south also surrendered to Crotone. Our Castro in the northeast was blocked. At this moment, there would be no enemies at all. Could it be that these arrogant Crotone people were getting up early in the morning and were reveling again?

Out of professional habits, he symbolically sent a few cavalry to see what happened. As a result, when the cavalry passed through the woods, they were fire-catching by the archers of Alpuenz who were ambushing there, and all were annihilated.

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As the encirclement further narrowed, some companies even had to change into three columns because of the tight attack line, and the surrounded Crotone army became increasingly crowded due to the shrinking space.

Senior officers such as Melancius were invited to the city for a banquet and were unable to return, but the captain of the hundred men was still there, especially the team officers sleeping in the center of the camp, and began to rush to greet their men in armour and pick up weapons (because most of them were drunk) and ready to fight. However, the attack speed of the Amendolars was too fast, and there were deserters running everywhere, chasing the team they had organized hastily. But now the compression of space caused the deserters to be unable to run around, the captain of the hundred men with bright hats and tassels helmets became their backbone.

"We are surrounded. Only by rushing eastward can we survive! rushing eastward!..." The captains of the hundred people shouted in unison, attracting the attention of people around them, and under their leadership, they began to rush towards the sun one after another. The Amendolar army also ushered in the most severe test since the raid.

Dracos was not panicked at all when he saw the black enemies rushing in. This was not the first time the Second Battalion encountered this situation. Last time they blocked the vicious Lucanian food attack. After several months of training, they were more confident that they would block these unarmored, incomplete weapons, and even naked enemies.

"Transfer orders, defend on the spot!" Dracos ordered the drummers (each brigade is equipped with five drummers. In addition to conveying instructions, you can also use the sound of drums to adjust the soldiers' pace during the march to maintain the consistency of formations, and at the same time boost morale).

The rhythmic drum sounded, and the flag bearers of each company swayed the team's flags. In fact, the team leaders had already begun to instruct the soldiers to stop advancing and make good defense based on their own judgment.

Crotone's charge was like rows of waves, although majestic, but its power was scattered. The defense of the second team was like an iron wall, although thin, but very strong.

The two armies collided. One maintained an offensive posture, which consumed a lot; the other fled from the beginning, exhausted. The other was fully armed, the other was incomplete. One was few and one was more. The two sides fought in close combat, and the outcome was obvious. But the Crotones finally showed their courage at this critical moment: if they had no weapons, they would use their bodies and kick them with their feet; if they were stabbed by a spear, they would hold them tightly with their hands...

For a moment, the Second Battalion fell into a tough battle.

Davers received the news immediately and immediately ordered: "The rest of the brigades can speed up the attack speed and can subdue the enemy!"

At the same time, he asked Rides to quickly ask Alpuenz to lead the light infantry back to assist the Second Battalion in attack, and he led the guards to the front.

When the legion flag appeared behind the Second Battalion's defense line, and the bronze statue of Pluto shone golden light under the dawn light, the morale of the second battalion who was struggling to support it suddenly increased.

"Dracos, can you still hold on?" Davers deliberately asked the second captain who was commanding in the rear.

"Legislative Commander, we will be able to beat the enemy back soon!" Dracos gritted his teeth and turned around and shouted at the drummers: "The sound of the attacking drums! We must attack!"

Under the gaze of the commander, the soldiers cheered up their spirits in the sound of the attacking drums. Although the formation of only three rows seemed thin to the enemy, they began to counterattack, waving the round shield forward and hitting the gun forcefully. The spear pierced into the exposed gap. If the enemy grabbed the spear, they would draw out the sabre to slash. Originally, the battle between the Greek infantry was irritating. The metal sound of the shield and the shield collided, the crisp sound of the spear pierced on the armor, the sabre twitching of the sabre and the sabre twitching each other. Fighting for a long time is not necessarily possible to defeat the opponent. But now, every time you swing, every time you poke, every time you slash, you can hear the enemy's pain, the tearing sound of the metal piercing into the flesh, and the string of blood beads brought by the sabre...

The rapid counterattack of the Second Battalion resisted the enemy's impact, causing the courage of these Crotones, who were mostly unarmored or even weapons, to quickly declined before the iron walls of the bronze walls.

The light infantry who arrived soon shot archers and flying stones to hit the rear of the Crotones' impact line, making their successors unable to keep up and form a joint force.

The last weight was put into the war balance by the fierce attacks of the other three brigades, and the encirclement was shrinking sharply. The Crotone army in the center was almost crowded with people, and it became difficult to turn around, let alone break through.

Nearly 10,000 people were tightly surrounded by a large circle less than one mile. Arrows and flying stones kept falling from the sky, shouts of surrender and not killing were heard around them, and people kept screaming and falling down, fear quickly spread among the enemy...

The free people and slaves first knelt down.

Next were the soldiers of Silitine, Crimesa, and Castellon.

Finally, the exhausted Crotone lowered her proud head...
Chapter completed!