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Chapter 183 The Battle of Crotone (9)

Davers saw his doubts and explained: "Caps completed the plan in advance. Our left wing is safe, and victory is only a matter of time. But I didn't expect that Matonis, Oliver's legion would do so well and push the right wing so much. It can be seen that the enemy's left wing is quite weak. Now I want to add more pressure to the left wing of Syracuse. Do you think it will retreat?!

"I'll inform Izam now, I'm afraid he can't wait." After understanding Davers's plan, Thormid was riding to the reserve team behind the side.

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At this time, Dionysius, who learned that "the cavalry was repelled and the right wing was attacked", was in a hurry. He did not expect that he was eagerly waiting for the news of a victory in the right wing, but what he had come was like this.

"You go find Astaglas immediately, let him reorganize the cavalry for me, and attack the Dionians immediately, otherwise he and his family will go to the underworld to reunite!" Dionysius roared violently.

The messenger quickly rode his horse and rushed to the rear to find Astargras.

"Sir, the messenger of Xiliting came to report urgently!" The attendant rushed over and said nervously.

"If there is something to say after the battle is over, I don't have time now!" Dionysius glared at him irritably, and the attendant was so scared that he closed his mouth in fear.

Unexpectedly, another scout came: "Sir, thousands of Deonian soldiers crossed the Tachinadi River and were circling the left wing!"

What?!Dionis was completely panicked when he heard this news.

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"You mean you saw the empty camp!" Hilos asked again with uncertainty after hearing the reconnaissance's reward.

"Yes, general. I and several other subordinates have approached the wooden fence of the Syracuse camp, and I have not seen any movement inside." After hearing the words of the Scout Captain, Hilos fell into thinking: According to the previous battle report, Syracuse has an army of 70,000 to 80,000 people. So many soldiers are not in the camp, where will they be? The answer is obvious. His Majesty Davers must have led reinforcements to Crotone! The Syracuse people cannot give up the camp and retreat to Silit, otherwise his Scout will be able to see the army led by His Majesty Davers at this moment. Therefore, the biggest possibility is that the Syracuse people are fighting against Dionya!

With this amazing answer, Hilos' heart beat wildly. He took a deep breath, calmed himself down, pondered for a moment, and resolutely ordered: "Order the entire army to stop building the camp immediately, wear armor, pick up the shield and spear, line up, and march towards Crotone!"

When the adjutant Hegesitus heard this order, he immediately said "Ah": "You mean... march towards Crotone now?!" No wonder he was nervous. The army stationed in Crotone was stationed in Syracuse. The troops led by Hilos dared to go deep alone. Once the Syracuse army came from the north and the Silitung defenders blocked from the south, this army would be dead and alive.

"I'm sure that your Majesty is fighting against the Syracuse people at this time. We must immediately help your Majesty win this battle that determines the life and death of Dionia!" Hilos said firmly.

Although Hegesitus only worked with Hilos for a few months in Cosenza, the two cooperated well in politics. He knew that Hilos was steady in doing things and was not a reckless person.

This time, Hilos stepped down as Chief Executive of Kosenza, and Sedorum took over, and also served as the wartime governor of the Bruti region. Based on Sedorum's understanding of the Bruti region, he did not need the assistance of Hegesitus. Maybe he was in trouble in Kosenza. You must know that the source of the conquest war against the Bruti region was the riot of their Silen tribe. Who knows whether Sedorum would have a grudge in his heart? So Hegesitus asked Hilos on the grounds of recruiting troops and managing the Bruti soldiers for Hilos, and eventually became the adjutant of this temporary force.

Now that Hilos has made a rational judgment, all Hegesitus can do is to obey and appease the Bruti warriors.

Not long after the order was conveyed, General Bromaras, the general of the Trina Army who had already met with this army rushed over and was convinced by Hilos's words: "If this battle is won, Trina will not need to be attacked and will easily return to our hands. And if the battle fails, even if we take Trina back today, we will be taken back by Syracuse's army tomorrow, and the entire Great Greece will be in danger!"

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After the battle lasted for two hours, Syracuse's side was able to maintain a basic balance of power, and both the left and right wings were in trouble: the right end of the right wing suffered heavy losses under the attack of the Spear Brigade and the Keter reinforcements. If it weren't for the lack of cooperation between the Spear Brigade and the Keter coalition soldiers, they would not have been able to unfold smoothly. The right wing of Syracuse was thick enough, and some experienced soldiers took the initiative to separate out from the middle and the rear of the left end to block the Spear Brigade's further attack to the west, I'm afraid the right wing would have been defeated;

However, on the left wing, its soldiers are far less than the elite of the right wing, and can maintain morale when they are attacked on the flank. Although the attack of light armored soldiers is far less powerful than that of the spear phalanx, Dionysius' military reform has just begun, and the disadvantages of the large phalanx have not been fully taken seriously. Once the battle begins, not only the middle and lower-level team officials, but even the senior generals have lost control of the troops, not to mention the complexity of the left wing. Once the side and rear are attacked, effective command cannot be carried out in time, so that the soldiers in the rear row will turn backwards uniformly to block the enemy, so the array begins to be confused.

Originally, Dionysius, who had a lot of soldiers, could not allow this situation to happen. Unfortunately, he was still bound by Greek military traditions and did not retain the awareness of the reserve team. He also wanted to defeat Dionys in one fell swoop and win the battle. He suppressed all the troops in his hands from the beginning. Now he wanted to go to the camp to mobilize troops to resist the Dionys army attacking the left wing. It was too late in time.

The chaos that appeared on the left side of the left wing quickly infected the soldiers fighting in the forefront. These large Greek soldiers were not very motivated. The ears covered by almost sealed helmets could vaguely hear the shouts from the rear. Later, the sound became louder and louder, and the support from the rear weakened, and even disappeared, and when they disappeared, they began to panic. Coupled with the fierce attack of the enemy on the opposite side, fear occupied the whole body in an instant, prompting them to turn around and flee back regardless of everything, and even push down their teammates in the rear. When one, two, and three soldiers fled one after another, panic would spread rapidly to the surroundings like a plague... Soon, the entire left wing could not support it and began to retreat.

When the news was urgently transmitted to Dionysius, he was already decisive: he was powerless to do anything about this battle, and even the guards around him had sent out to assist the left wing before, but... he had lost this bet, to the new king of Dionyya who he valued and despised...

Despite his reluctance, Dionysius knew that he had to admit this fact and had to make a quick decision.

"…retreat..." He spitted out the word from his mouth with difficulty, and immediately pulled out his horse and walked back.

Fortunately, the attendant was by his side, otherwise he would not be able to hear what he was saying.

"Sir, this..." The attendant was also unwilling to accept it, and still had some expectations, so he instinctively wanted to persuade him.

If it was before, someone dared to question his decision, Dionysius either scolded him or kept it secretly and settled the accounts after the fall. At this time, he did not have this idea. He was thinking about how to minimize the losses of the Syracuse army after the defeat of the battle, because the defeat of the left wing may lead to the Dionys blocking the Tachinadi River and cutting off the return of the Syracuse army. The army must be withdrawn as soon as possible (in order to lure the Dionys army across the river, he had ordered the camps on the east bank of the Tachinadi River to be demolished in the core area of ​​Crotone).

When dozens of trumpet soldiers blew the retreating trumpet, Dionysius said to the attendant again: "Send people back to the camp and inform Artemis (the commander of the camp guard) to divide the troops and pick us up to the east of the camp to answer our return to the camp!"

"Yes, sir!" The attendant suddenly remembered something and reminded him: "Previously, Silit sent a messenger to report that five or six thousand soldiers from Dionia landed on the Ophemian plains and were preparing to attack Trina."

After hearing this, Dionysius was furious: "Why didn't you say such an important thing earlier?!!"

The attendant felt wronged but dared not argue.

Originally Dionysius planned to return to the camp defense first, but now it seems that the safest thing to return to the Silitun...

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Phoebidas, who was in the front of the right middle wing of Syracuse, had been undergoing rigorous military training since he was a child, and now he has experienced two hours of constant fighting, and he is a little tired. However, even after several of the enemies in front of him, new enemies still rushed up and fought bravely with him, forcing him to do everything he could and deal with it with.

In fact, he felt that something was wrong with his offensive plan, because looking at the surroundings, the left wing array in front of him was not only not defeated, but the attack was becoming more and more fierce, while the thrust behind him was getting weaker and weaker. He could vaguely hear the shouts of killing from behind. Although he was extremely anxious, he did not dare to be distracted at all.
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