The free people of Dionia are different. They come from all over the place, and they run for their livelihood, and develop the habit of self-interest. Even before becoming a preparatory citizen of Dionia, most people have not received heavy infantry training and have never been on the battlefield since childhood. More than half a year of intensive training cannot completely eliminate the habits that have been developed for a long time. When the enemy's spear pierced to his right chest, he should have left the teammates to defend, and use the spear to fight back, forcing the opponent to return to defense, reducing the pressure on his own, but out of instinctive reaction, he retracted the shield and blocked it, which exposes half of his teammates beside him to the enemy's spear pierced... Such a vicious cycle has caused everyone to take care of themselves, thus making the front no longer close. Not only can they not effectively promote it, but also allowed the Crotones to squeeze in from the gap and use their personal abilities to further disrupt Dionia's line.

The First Legion of Dionia was originally the corps with the most veterans and the strongest combat effectiveness. It originally had four brigades of veterans, but a large number of veterans were drawn as officers of all levels of the three legions. In addition, Davers transferred 300 veterans as reserve teams, which had to replenish a large number of new recruits, resulting in a sharp decline in combat. While occupying the favorable terrain and taking the lead as soon as the war started, not only did no one take the opportunity to drive all the enemies on the opposite side down the river, but after a long stalemate, he actually began to slowly retreat under the crazy counterattack of the Crotones...

Alsinis's team was located in the second row of the front line. Several soldiers in the front line had fallen down. He shouted loudly and directed his soldiers to work together to drive out the rushing enemies and fill the gap again. The long-term battle made his arms sore and uncomfortable, and commanding these ignorant new recruits made him even more exhausted, but the fierce gaze shot out from the helmet of the enemy opposite always reminded him: Fight! Continue to fight! Otherwise, he will only be defeated and death!

"It is the responsibility of the captain to lead your soldiers to fight bravely and win bravely!" This is his former team leader, and now the team leader, Ketipus, who congratulated him on becoming the team leader, and he always remembered it in his heart. He shouted the names of each soldier loudly, and set an example with brave but flexible combat to remind and teach his men how to apply the skills learned on the training ground to the life-and-death battle.

During the most difficult moments of the battle, these low-level team officials in Dionia played an important role as a mainstay.

Dionia was at a disadvantage in heavy infantry battles; Dionia was at a disadvantage in light infantry battles. Not only was the number of light infantry more than 1,000, but more than half were veterans from Asia Minor. The three light infantry troops they owned: stone throwers, archers, and light shield soldiers all came from Rhode Island, Crete, and Thrace, the famous light infantry in the Mediterranean. How could Crotone not pay attention to the use of light infantry? Even with heavy infantry between the two sides, Crotone's light infantry was accurately shot by arrows, and the stones killed many, and were forced to retreat.

Once the protection of the light infantry weakens, the back of the Crotone heavy infantry phalanx was attacked by the Dionian light infantry. It is said that these soldiers located in the back of the phalanx have not participated in the battle and should be full of energy. But on the contrary, most of them have been soaked in the river for a long time. The river water in early spring is cold and biting, which has taken away a lot of heat from their bodies, making them hungry and exhausted. Therefore, in the face of the enemy's long-range strike, their reaction has become a little slow. If the heavy infantry is not protected by the good protection, their casualties will definitely be heavy.

Because both sides have their own difficulties and their own advantages, they have been stalemate and fallen into a hard battle.

Miron was not in a hurry to face this situation. He was able to hold on and achieved his goal. The key to Crotone's victory came from the more than 7,000 people detoured in the lower reaches of the Triwento River. He firmly believed that the final victory must belong to Crotone.

The same idea was Daves, the consul of the Dionia, but he had received the good news from the Rides cavalry: the troops in Crotone in the lower reaches of the Trivento River were either annihilated or surrendered, and no longer existed. Rides, Epiternis and others would lead their troops to rest and cross the Trivento River and take the detour behind Crotone's army to attack.

Davers felt completely relieved and looked at Martores next to him scratching his head with a frustrated expression. He couldn't help but joke: "Matonis, are your scalp itchy?"

"Master Commander!" Matonis complained loudly: "The last time we captured Niutum, our first legion failed to fight and missed the triumphal ceremony! This time I was captured by you again as the reserve captain, and I will win soon. I am still idle here, which is too unfair!"

Davers smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's time for you to play."

As he said that, he issued an order: "Blow the order for formation change, let the soldiers on the front line retreat, and the soldiers on the second line take over!"

"Mr. Commander, we are about to win, why do we have to make a very difficult formation change? Most of them are recruits. If something goes wrong, it will cause the entire square formation-" Although Martonis is eager to fight, he does not want to see the alliance fail.

"The formation we have trained for so long has never been used in actual combat. Now we are about to win. If we don't accumulate experience, what time will we have to wait!" Davers said seriously: "What's more, we retreated and lured all the enemies to the river bank. It will be even more difficult for them to escape. Matonis, you have been a recruit instructor, and you must be confident in the results of the soldiers' long-term training and the command of the team officer!"

"You are the commander, you have the final say! Next, is it our turn to go to the battlefield?!" Martonis no longer worried about this issue, but took the initiative to ask for battle.

"Lead your men to the right wing of the square formation, and be at the junction of the Second Legion and the three reserve brigades. In case the enemy's advancement makes them confused, you need to pounce on them in time to block the enemy's attack and win time for the soldiers to reorganize their formation!"

"I understand, I'll go now! Brothers!" Martonis was excited and began to shout.

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Alsinis led his soldiers to fight hard with the enemy.

At this time, the sound of the military horn in the rear sounded, which made him feel refreshed. When the second time sounded, he heard it was the sound of the "formation transformation".

"Brothers, hold on! We will be able to rest soon!" The front-line officers, like Alsinis, loudly reminded the soldiers.

At this time, the array of the second line quickly took the company as a unit, and one company remained motionless, and its adjacent companies had to retreat... After a long time, the entire square formation changed from the original dense long snake formation to a staggered "chessboard" formation (i.e., fish scale formation) formed by small companies. Since some front-line soldiers in the entire square formation had no support from the soldiers' power, under the pressure of the enemy, they also began to retreat under the command of the company's drums and military flags... Finally, they quickly retreated to the rear in the gap between the "chessboard" in the rear.

The drums of the company where Alsinis was located did not sound, and he realized that the company he belonged to was not very lucky, and the company behind did not retreat first, so they could not retreat for the time being.

At this time, the team leader Ktipps shouted loudly: "Brothers, protect our wings!"

As the neighboring company retreated, the enemy took advantage of the situation to influx. Since the front of the Dionian phalanx did not retreat as a whole, Crotone's offensive array became uneven, and the lines of both sides formed a staggering momentum. The company where Alsinis was located was under the pressure of being surrounded on three sides, but the enemy who poured into the gap was also in this situation. However, the Dionian troops were prepared to retreat, and every small phalanx connected with the enemy was under the strong control of the company captain. On the contrary, Crotone was unprepared and disorderly. As a result, although Dionia was retreating, Crotone did not seize such an opportunity, causing greater damage and chaos to Dionia.

At this time, the drums of the company sounded, and the 20×10 square formation formed by the four teams began to wave rhythmically to the rear as the central military flag began to retreat slowly... While using shield spears to defend against the enemy's attack, the company they belonged to also began to retreat in an orderly manner as the rear company retreated. When the rear company stopped moving, the Alsinis and the others were able to withdraw from the gap between the staggered company phalanx... After several retractions, the soldiers on the front line successfully retreated to the rear, and the soldiers on the second line were rearranged into dense formations and became the forefront of the entire square formation.

The reason why the formation was changed so smoothly did not appear, which made Davers' worry not become a reality, mainly because the Crotones had never seen an army dare to conduct such a bold and strange array conversion in a fierce battle, and failed to take effective countermeasures in a timely manner; secondly, when fighting in a dense formation, the Crotone army was stronger than the Dionia, which was mostly recruited, but once the array conversion was changed, the two sides' secrets were

When the formations were all split into small pieces and small square formations, Dionia had long played a role in targeted training conducted by the teams and companies as tactical units. Their command was more efficient and their actions were more flexible. On the other hand, Crotone's combat and training were mainly large square formations, and the command system was originally rough. After the soldiers poured into gaps, they lost their effective command and fell into chaos. They could only fight on their own and were at a disadvantage.

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Miron, who was soaked in the river, first heard the sound of the enemy's trumpets and drums, and was still wondering in his heart, and then the array that had been stalemate for a long time began to move forward...

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