Not only the soldiers, but at the moment when the army of Dionian appeared, Miron's mind was also blank. He was trembling and his face was pale. He knew: He was deceived! He was deceived by the cunning Dionians! He thought there were too few enemies, but he rashly let his army cross the river in front of the same large army of the enemy. This was an extremely wrong military action for any qualified general! But it was too late to retreat now. Retreat in front of the enemy and had to turn back to cross the river again. This was a taboo for the city-state militia that had not been trained much. It meant a great defeat without fighting, and the Dionians could easily attack, turning the seemingly gentle Trionto River into the tomb of the Crotone civilians.

Miron did not expect that the battle between Crotone and Dionia would suddenly begin at this time and here, but in the face of the decisive battle that was related to the fate of the city-state, he tried hard to force himself to calm down, throw his guilt and fear behind his head, and focus on the battle in front of him: "Blow all the war trumpets! Beat all the war drums! Let the soldiers rush up! Bravely cross the river! We can win the hope!!" He raised his arms anxiously.

The messengers jumped into the river directly and shouted loudly.

The sudden increase in the military horns and drums urged the army to advance. The officers in the formation also knew that the situation was dangerous and led the way forward.

Crotone's army began to accelerate, but the formation of the Dionian army reorganized very quickly and had already been forced up. Because of the pebbles all over the ground, neither side did not charge like the heavy infantry fighting in the past, but was steadily approaching...

When the two sides were only more than twenty meters apart, Kolebs saw the enemy on the opposite side suddenly stop advancing amid the shouts of the team officers. The enemies in the front row squatted slightly, and countless cold lights appeared in the enemy formation in the back row. The actions made him immediately understand what was going to happen. He didn't even have time to spit out the word "javelin" and squatted down hastily.

The continuous whistling sounds of "Swoosh! Swosh! Swosh!..." seemed to suddenly blow a strong wind. Accompanied by screams one after another, the front row of soldiers in the entire army formation of Crotone fell down in the blink of an eye, not only interrupting the progress of the Crotone soldiers, but also a little fragmented in the formation of the front row of their army formation.

The Dionians did not give up, and then another round of javelin throwing. At such a close distance, the lethality of the heavy javelin is quite amazing.

Just when the Crotone soldiers were in a hurry to avoid the javelin and rescue their companions, the formation was chaotic, the Dionians took the opportunity to move forward, holding round shields to hit the terrified Crotones, and two or three spears were stabbed at the enemy who had just survived the javelin at the same time...

If the back row had not been filled in time, Crotone's front line would have almost collapsed. However, Crotone's troops were blocked by the river bank. Miron carefully prepared a battle formation of more than 20 rows, which had become a problem at this moment. On most river sections, they were half on the river bank and half in the river. In addition to fighting face to face, pushing the opponent in the same way as a tug of war with the thickness of the array to achieve a breakthrough, is also another effective way of attack. However, the current situation of the Crotone's people is not only unable to effectively form a unified force, but also slowly retreated under the strong push of the opponent.

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When the javelin that covered the sky and the sun flew into Crotone's inner formation, Miron felt that his heart was about to stop beating.

Dionia's heavy infantry can actually throw javelins! Miron regrets that he is too careless at this moment and does not understand the tactical characteristics of Dionia's army in more detail. Look at their light infantry and heavy infantry. This is obviously a unit with unique tactics and well-trained!

Just as Miron was heartbroken by the soldiers' casualties and regretted his negligence, his subordinates stared at the battle on the other side and shouted anxiously: "The damn Dionians actually have so many infantry! It must be that their reinforcements from Niutum and Laus have arrived!"

Indeed, according to the rewards of the left and right wing commanders, the Dionian army formations were almost the same length and could suppress the arrays of their own side to retreat. Although they occupied the convenience of the terrain, they were probably not much thinner than their own arrays. Could it be that the current Dionians also had about 20,000 people? Listening to the scolding of his subordinates, they passed through Miron's mind like a flash of lightning. He was determined to take revenge and always carefully studied the secret retribution sent back by Turiyi, so he also had some understanding of the Dionian League.

He remembered that the secret newspaper said: It takes at least three days to get to Niutum, and it takes the same time to get to Laus. So even if the cavalry mobilization order is sent to Niutum and Laus, it will take six days to get to Turium. After all, the construction of the Turium-Niutum-Laus Avenue has only begun, and it only takes four days to start from the declaration of war. Unless Dionia summoned the troops in advance. However, three days ago, the mercenaries had not yet attacked Crimesa, and he tortured several prisoners, including Crieno and Tolicos. They all unanimously admitted that they had concealed Davers and decided to seize Crimesa. Therefore, Niutum and Laus' reinforcements should still be on their way to Turium. So where did so many Dionian heavy infantry come from?

There are not so many citizens of Turiyi and Amendorara. Miron can be sure of this. He suddenly remembered something:...Free people?! They are the so-called registered free people of Dionia!!

Miron suddenly remembered that in the previous secret report, Dionia also mentioned that Dionia frequently organized their free people for military training. Miron still remembered that many people from the Crotone Council had ridiculed Dionia for being hungry and turning vulgar free people into city-state citizens. It was a mess! But everything in front of him showed that Dionia's method was still effective. The armor worn by poor free people and the shields and spears held by the last time they died or were captured!

Although Miron was angry, he realized more clearly that even these free people were sent to the battlefield, and he probably had all his money. So do they still have extra troops?

Miron looked at the battlefield ahead with a shocking sound of killing sounds, but his spirit was excited: "Yutimos!"

"General, what's the matter?" the subordinate who had just shouted responded.

"You immediately lead these two thousand soldiers to the east and give them to Philip Defous."

"What?! Didn't you want this army to step forward to strengthen the middle lane before?!" Yutiedmos asked in confusion.

"Execute the order!" Miron glared at his eyes. The friend's son worked hard, but he was too active by nature: "Tell General Philipdefos that there will not be too many enemies on the other side. He will not hesitate to suffer casualties and cross the river as soon as possible. After repelling the enemy, he will come and attack the army of Dionia! The victory or defeat of this battle depends on his actions!" Miron reminded him solemnly.

"I understand!" Utidmos reminded me of Miron, and saw the opportunity to win, so he rushed to execute the order excitedly.

Miron jumped off his horse, held a shield spear, led his guards to the river and waded in the water, joined the battle formation, and kept shouting, allowing the soldiers to fight bravely.

Since the Dionian heavy infantry was mostly composed of reserve citizens, he did not believe that these novices who were still free people six months ago and who had never had any experience in heavy infantry combat could master the combat essence of heavy infantry within six months. This is his confidence. He firmly believed that even if the Crotone soldiers were in deep adversity, they could still persevere until the arrival of the Philippa Fox army.

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A large flag was erected high behind the middle road of the Dionys Army. The top was also inlaid with the statue of Hades, but it was obviously larger than the legion flag and the flag was also larger, with only the golden letters "Davs" embroidered on it.

There are three legions of the Dionysian Union, so Davers must of course abdicate and return to his original position. According to the old tradition, the consul had always served as the commander of the city-state army. Therefore, Davers' highest position in the Union army was the commander-in-chief of the Dionysian Union army (i.e. the supreme commander).

At this moment, Davers was also paying attention to the movements of the enemy on the other side.

"Mr. Commander, the enemy has troops going downstream!" Aristocrates loudly reminded that as a talent that Daphs valued, Daphs was willing to train him in full like Asisters, so he also asked him to follow him during the battle, but after all, he was just a free citizen, so he could only temporarily be named clerk.

Davers had been waiting for this moment: "Tormid!"

"Mr. Commander, please give an order!" Tommymede's answer was respect from the heart.

Originally, Crotone's rapid advance was far beyond the expectations of the generals. When the army of Niutum and Laus was unable to arrive in time, the forces of the two sides were somewhat different. During the military discussion, many people proposed: give up reinforcements of Castellon, hold on to Turiyi, wait for the reinforcements to arrive before a decisive battle. But Davers opposed the opposition and insisted on pushing the front to Castellon. Out of his long-standing prestige, everyone was finally convinced by him.

He recruited all the citizens who participated in the training and were able to fight and registered free people, and even some of the free people who had just arrived in Turi, which did take a great risk. It is important to know that at this time the army of Dionys was concentrated in Castron, and Turis and Amendolar in the rear had almost no defensive power except for a few troops at the port. If the fleet of Crotone landed on the coast of the Sobari Plain, then Dionys would be unable to resist for a while, but Davers would dare to take such a bold action.

Thanks to Mr. Weishan and book friend 16081522538396 for the reward!
Chapter completed!