So, the clumsy-moving Ket reinforcements heavy infantry clamped and clamored, and the array became quite chaotic.

However, at this moment, Miron and Cypoulos were determined to complete the steering of the array, because as the enemy approached, they had already seen the direction of the enemy's attack clearly. If the Keter reinforcements could not be consistent with the array of the first and second legions, then the flanks of the Keter reinforcements, which were prominent in front of the array, would be completely exposed to the enemy's frontal attack, and the only thing waiting for them was destruction.

So the two of them took the brigade's guards and quickly rode around the formation, punching the spears one by one, shouting loudly, and keeping forward, forcing the soldiers to retreat and turn...

Phoebidas suddenly discovered that the Dionian army ahead had stopped moving forward. When he was confused, the Dionian left wing array that was originally diagonally facing him gradually began to face him...

Phoebedas was shocked: the enemy was making an array steering?! The enemy dared to make an array steering during battle!!

Phoebidas was so surprised that: Once the Greek heavy infantry battle in this era began, the enemy and us would move towards each other according to the prior plan, and it would be difficult to make major tactical changes. This is because, first, the heavy infantry with heavy helmets and armor were clumsy and it was difficult to make more flexible maneuvers; secondly, the lack of training characteristics of city-state civilians also made them afraid to do complex tactical maneuvers, so as to avoid chaos in the array and be vulnerable to attack.

This is also one of the reasons why Spartans have the advantage in the battle. It can be regarded as professional soldiers Spartans can do tactical maneuvers that other city-state troops cannot do in the battle. But even the Spartans only used the characteristics of heavy infantry marching in major battles to interpret left-hand tactics to the extreme. They rarely make temporary tactical changes after the battle begins, just like the Dionians on the opposite side do now. This is because Sparta, like most Greek city-states, commanded the Spartan officers and generals of each army, commanded the roots of the Spartan troops, like the majority of Greek city-states.

According to Spartan's city-state tradition, we must be in the formation with the soldiers and fight with the enemy (the King of Sparta does not need it, he can take charge of the command, but his generals are all in the formation, and the command effectiveness he plays is greatly weakened). The democratic city-state even requires the general to be in the forefront of the military formation and to lead by example so that he will not be criticized in the citizen assembly. Therefore, when the horn of the offensive in the battle sounded and the army marched, the generals almost lost command of the entire army, and the military formation would fight according to the tactics formulated in advance.

The temporary formation change of the left wing of Dionia's obvious attack on the right wing of Syracuse did shock Phoebidas. Of course, he also saw the chaos in the Dionia's army (mainly Keter reinforcements), which somewhat compensated for the loss he had caused by his possible inability to attack the enemy's flanks.

"Hurry up! Faster!!" Phoebidas shouted loudly while speeding up his pace. Unfortunately, his shouting could only drive a small group of soldiers around him. For a huge square of 25,000 people, it was like a stone thrown into a rushing river, and it would not work.

Syracuse's right wing was still moving as planned, but as the soldiers advanced, the distance between it and the left wing of Dionia was quickly getting closer...

The Syracuse light infantry fighting in the middle had begun to evacuate, while the Seventh Battalion of the First Legion led by Spitt and the Seventh Battalion of the Second Legion of Alpuens were still in front of the square, not only because the chessboard plaque of Dionia left them with enough retreat channels, but also because they wanted to prevent the advancement speed of the right wing of Syracuse as much as possible, and to gain time for the reinforcements to complete the array turn.

The Syracuse army, which was so close, made the reinforcements of the Kets nervous, and forced them to speed up the formation change.

First, the efforts of the Second Legion's light infantry could not stop the Syracuses from advancing. They only threw one more round of javelins and shot one round of arrows, and had to gradually retreat to the rear under the pressure of the Syracuse array.

At this time, the two armies were only about 60 meters apart, and the array of Ket reinforcements barely completed the turn. When Miron and Cyporus rushed back to the rear of the formation, they were already sweating profusely, but they felt much more relaxed.

Miron said with a sigh: "Now I know how far the difference between Crotone's army and the Dionian Legion!"

Siphorus said with lingering fear: "Fortunately, Lord Davers repeatedly asked us to break out of the square formation and stand behind the queue to facilitate command. Otherwise, even if we see the cunning actions of the Syracuse people, we will not be able to change it, and we will definitely suffer a great loss!"

"Yes! Without the persistence of the Dionians, we would not dare to change the formation because we feared difficulties!" Miron sighed again.

At this time, Dionia's left wing and Syracuse's right wing array were almost two parallel lines, but it was almost perpendicular to the Dionia's central troops that were still moving southward.

The Syracuse right-wing army was getting closer and closer to the left wing of Dionia, but the Syracuse soldiers began to hold the round shield in their hands. After fighting with the Dionians once, the Dionians' unique tactical style made them deeply remember.

When the Dionian soldiers on the opposite side raised the javelin in their hands, they squatted slightly and protected the round shield above their heads. The rain of javelins covering the sky and sun hit the Syracuse army, splashing flowers of death. The screams one after another did not affect their determination to move forward, but instead made them speed up their pace of progress, forcing the Dionian soldiers to rush to throw the second round of javelin, which was much worse.

Now the two armies are less than 20 meters apart, and even Phoebedas is a little breathing. He can hear the rapid breathing of soldiers around him. This is not only because of the physical exhaustion caused by the transition from retreat to attack, the hasty array and the rapid running of hundreds of meters, but also the upcoming moment of killing that makes the body extremely excited.

Through the narrow eye holes of the helmet, Phoebidas could see the densely packed shields of the army opposite, with spears and armor shining. The dark black unique to the Dionysian army was like a cold night even in the daytime. He knew that the opposite was the main force of the Dionysian army, but he was not afraid, but excited. He also firmly believed that the soldiers of Syracuse would not be afraid either, not only because they were also the elite of the Syracuse army, but before the war Dionysius had told every Sicilian soldier, 'They could only return to their hometown smoothly, otherwise they would have to be buried in a foreign land!'

Without the urging of the war horn, the soldiers of Syracuse shouted "Apollo!!" and took big steps, speeding up and started charging. The entire Syracuse right wing formation seemed to be a golden mountain crushing towards the enemy.

At the same time, the neat roar of the Dionian soldiers in the opposite army also sounded from the roar of "Hadness!!!", and they also began to charge. They were like the surging black tides in the sea storm, one wave after another, and finally gathered into a huge wave peak, rushing towards the Syracuse people like a sea of ​​storms.

The soldiers of the Ket reinforcements roared with national hatred and family hatred, wanting to turn their anger into infinite power and vow to kill all the enemies of life and death.

Tens of thousands of people stepped onto the ground forcefully, rumbling like thunder, and the earth was trembling.

With a loud bang, the battle between heavy infantry began...

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"Your Majesty, the left wing has fully accepted the enemy!" Thormid loudly replied to the news of the reconnaissance.

Davers nodded, but his eyes were always staring ahead. At this time, he pointed to the enemy's army formation in the distance, sneered a few times, and said, "The Syracuse people are moving very slowly. It seems that Dionysius wants to wait for his right wing to win first!"

Thormid smiled funnyly and said, "But he never expected that the cavalry he was looking forward to was trapped by the wonderful tactics you have formulated!"

Davers had no intention of mocking the enemy at this time. He said with a serious expression: "Dionis cannot make it too easy! Order the troops to accelerate and take the enemy as soon as possible!"

Thormid did not immediately receive the order, but reminded: "Your Majesty, if our right wing advances too fast, we may reach the section where the Tachinadi River can traverse, and the enemy may send troops across the Tachinadi River and attack the back of our right wing!"

Davers had already considered this issue, and he immediately replied: "From the current situation, Dionysius has invested enough strength in the right wing of Syracuse, which shows that his offense is focused on our left wing. I don't think Dionysius can draw enough troops to attack my right wing, not to mention that I have enough reserves to deal with his detours." Indeed, behind Davers there are 2,000 light armored soldiers from various legions and 1,000 mountain reconnaissance brigade led by Izam, totaling 3,000 people as reserves, which have not been used yet.

"I understand, your majesty." Thormeed turned around and wanted to leave.

"Wait!" Davers called him again: "Go and tell the commanders of the legion that the spear brigade, under Cappus' leadership, has gained an advantage over the Syracuse cavalry, and it depends on them next!"

Thormid smiled. He understood Davers' intention: the spear brigade, which had just been formed for less than ten days, has achieved impressive results, so how could other legions fall behind him?

Sure enough, after Davers' order was conveyed to various troops, the speed of the phalanx's advance suddenly increased. Whether it was the right wing composed of the Sixth, Seventh Legion, the Fourth, Fifth Legion and the middle lane composed of the Bruty Warriors, they accelerated forward under the encouragement and urging of the Legion Commander and the team officers.

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