Have you broken through? Philip Defos and the others arrived?! Miron, who was eager to get ashore with the soldiers, felt excited. But after a while, the troops stopped moving forward and were forced to retreat little by little...

"Stand on, soldiers! If you work harder, the enemy will be almost out of reach!" Miron, who was not sure, thought that the troops were weak in attack. He knew that his shouting would not play a big role, but he still couldn't help but shout loudly, trying to arouse their fighting spirit.

However, the Crotone army could no longer go further. The front line of the Dionian army, who completed the array conversion, were the newly replaced soldiers from the second line. They were quite physically strong, making up for their lack of experience in heavy infantry. However, after fighting against the Crotone soldiers against them for more than three hours, they were exhausted and had difficulty protecting themselves, so they were naturally powerless to attack.

Just as they were struggling to hold on, behind them, the light infantry of Crotone retreated to the other side of the Trionto River suddenly heard a panic cry: "Enem! The enemy is coming!..."

Although Miron, who was in the middle of the meter, could not hear clearly what they were calling, the horrified voice made him subconsciously turn his head and look back. He was shocked: hundreds of cavalrymen appeared on the river beach behind him, pounced on the panic-flying Crotone light infantry, and followed behind the cavalry were countless unarmored soldiers. They quickly dispersed their formation, placing arrows, holding javelins, and targeted them in their own direction. Where did so many enemies come from?! Where did Philip Defoss his troops?!... At this moment, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and finally, they stayed in his heart: We were defeated!!!

In fact, not only did he see the scene on the river bank behind him, but many Crotone soldiers also saw it, and the Dionian scout standing on the high point of the other side of the shore also saw it. Just when Miron was panicked and the morale of the Crotone soldiers was floating, Davers gave an order with great enthusiasm: "The whole army attacks!!!"

The attacking trumpet sounded, and then the same trumpet sounded on the other side. Just as the Dionian heavy infantry began to attack bravely, nearly 6,000 Dionian light infantry composed of free people shot the first round of arrows, the first round of flying stones, and the first round of javelins...

The front was heavy infantry that was still fierce after a long battle, with cold river water under their feet, and the rear was different arrows that took away their lives and javelins. The exhausted Crotone soldiers could no longer hold on. First, the right wing retreated, then the middle wing, and then the left wing. Crotone was more than two miles long and more than a dozen lines of lines were quickly defeated like an avalanche. The soldiers rushed to the south bank, and the unstoppable long-range fire strikes of the free people accelerated their retreat. The charge launched by the Dionian heavy infantry made this large-scale defeat more chaotic. Nearly 20,000 people were attacked on both sides. What kind of tragic was it like to cross the river and retreat?

Zantiparis, who witnessed the whole thing on the south bank, talked about Crotone's defeat to Ansitanos, who wrote the Great Greek History, and couldn't bear to look back. He recalled: "... Crotone all shouted in horror, "Escape quickly! We are defeated!..." The volume even overshadowed our warlock. They ran to the south bank desperately, pushing each other, and even landed behind. In order to escape, the Crotones, who were chased by our soldiers, frantically knocked down the people in front with shields and stabbed them with guns... Alas... The water in the Trionto River was not deep, but almost no one could get up again, because once they fell down, not only did no one support them, but instead,

Because of the heavy equipment on his body and the constant squeezing of others, he would only drown in the river... In fact, no matter the pursuit of heavy infantry or the long-range attack of our light infantry, it could not make up for the damage caused by the river to the Crotones... That must be Poseidon's anger! It made me think of the scene when the Expeditionary Force fought with the Persians on the Kentrit River... Alas, after the battle ended, when I returned, I saw the Trivento River full of Crotones' corpses, as if even the river water was blocked, which made me feel numb! It is said that there were about 3,500 corpses that were fished out later, which was not considered floating into the sea..."

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The Crotone soldiers who fled back to the south bank had no time to breathe. Although the Dionian heavy infantry was tired, they were still attacking under the urging of Davers and continued to put psychological pressure on the defeated soldiers; while the large number of free civilian light infantry did not have the burden of heavy armor, they were the main force of pursuit. They rushed up from the flanks and almost made dumplings on the entire Crotone right wing. The Crotones who lost their fighting spirit were intercepted in the front and pursued soldiers behind them.

After the light infantry handed over these prisoners to the heavy infantry, they continued to pursue them.

At this time, the cavalry became the main force of pursuit. Nearly 300 cavalry spread out under the leadership of Rydes, crushing the defeated soldiers back and forth. The Crotones were either knocked down by the running war horse and could not afford to be injured, or were forced to change their escape routes, and were eventually captured by the light infantry who were caught up.

The escaped Crotone soldiers were in a panic all the way, and eventually fell to the road exhausted because of exhaustion. Or like Tratus, who had been captured once, saw that there was no hope of escaping, they simply squatted down and surrendered... In the end, all the Dionian light infantry had done the work of escorting the prisoners.

In the end, the Crotones fled into the swamp area, and many people rushed into the dangerous area in a panic. The Dionian cavalry also followed into the swamp, but because the terrain was not familiar, some horses fell into the mud many times. Because the sky was getting darker, they had to give up the pursuit.

The battle that determines the fate of Dionia and Crotone is declared to end.

Crotone's side invested about 27,000 people, and eventually 7,000 casualties (because it was defeated, it was almost impossible for the injured soldiers to escape), about 12,000 were captured, and 8,000 people fled from the battlefield. Only less than 5,000 people actually fled back to Crimesa, and more than 3,000 people were lost in the forest and swamp. Some were able to escape after a few days, while others never came out again. Miron was lucky to escape back to Crimesa under the desperate protection of his guards.

Dionia also invested about 24,000 people, and in the end only more than 4,000 casualties, achieving a brilliant victory.

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On this day, Amicles, the chief general of Castrone City, was always nervous and closely watching the development of the entire battle situation. In order to ensure the sufficient firepower of the Dionys light infantry, Davers had asked Castrone City to provide enough arrows and javelins. Therefore, Amicles was also responsible for organizing and transporting military materials to the battlefield. When the Croto internal team walking downstream was annihilated, he received even earlier than Davers. At that time, he excitedly told the members of the Castrone Council that Dionys had decided.

Everyone was skeptical. After all, Crotone's Great Greece has been strong for many years, and the city-states have become deeply afraid of it. In addition, its main force has not been damaged, who knows whether it will make efforts to win a game back.

Until an hour later, countless bodies floated down the upper reaches of the Trionto River, attracting people from all over the city to watch in the port. After the guards checked one by one, they determined that they were all Crotone. The news came out, and the Castro people's uneasy heart finally fell: It is certain that the Dionian League has won! Our Dionian League has won!!

When the cheers echoed throughout the city, the shadow caused by Crotone's threat in the Castrone's heart was finally eliminated. The general and the members of the council looked at each other and smiled with relief: they endured the threat of Crotone and took the risk of choosing to support Dionia's decision to do so!

When Davers led his army back to Castellon, the whole city was already illuminated by candles. Amicles led the members of the council and the people out of the city to greet him. The momentum was so great that it was somewhat beyond Davers' expectations, and he hurriedly dismounted and walked.

"Wansheng, Dionian League!!!" A tsunami-like cheer erupted from the crowd, deafening.

"Congratulations, Lord Davers! It's incredible that you have achieved a brilliant victory!!" Amicles sincerely congratulated Davers.

"This is all thanks to Hades' blessing! And you - the Castrons' full help!" Davers replied modestly.

"Crotone may no longer be able to attack after the failure of this battle." Amicles tactfully wanted to know Davers' next plan.

Of course, Davers heard what he meant and smiled slightly: "If the injured lion doesn't take the opportunity to hunt, will he take revenge after it recovers! We will attack Crimesa tomorrow, take it down, and then head straight to Crotone!"

Amicles breathed a sigh of relief and reminded him, "I think Crotone may ask for peace talks like last time to release these prisoners."

"Peace talk?" Davers sneered a few times, looking at the escorted captives passing by. He initially wanted to force these captives as vanguards tomorrow to attack Crimesa, and even attack Crotone. It was thought that the Crotones would inevitably shrink their hands and feet in the face of the attack of their compatriots, so that Dionia could easily capture these two cities. This was one of the common tactics used by the Mongols and Jurchens to seize the world.

However, Davers, who had been living in this era for a year and a half, then thought about it and chose to give up. Because he knew that the Greeks of this era still retained some characteristics of the ancient era, respecting heroes, advocating power, and loving frontal fighting. Killing enemies in battle is nothing wrong, but using prisoners to attack cities and win is undoubtedly cold and contempt. Therefore, no one has ever done it in the past city-state wars.

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