Chapter 192: The Great Victory of Hibernian
However, Dionysius was interested in the security behind him and ordered the Locres to strictly prevent the Lijim people, prohibiting the occurrence of Medema being attacked again. At the same time, the Locres army also helped Trina defend the defense of Dionysius to appear on the Ophemea Plain through Knapetia. Therefore, Locres' main force was forcibly pressed by Dionysius in the city of Medema.
Diopantos felt very frustrated. But when the news came that "Syracuse Navy defeated Dioonia twice" came, Diopantos had to be vigilant: because Dioonia, who had a maritime advantage, might send his army to the rear of the battlefield through the fleet - Silitine, Hibernian, Trina, Kaurenia, and even in Locre. You should know that most of the soldiers in Locre were in Medema, and a small number of soldiers followed the Syracuse army, and the city was very empty.
At this time, he had no intention of going to the front line to fight. In addition to hoping that the powerful army of Syracuse would defeat the Dionians and oppress them and unable to divide their troops to raid the rear, he also closely monitored the enemy situation around him.
Soon, the Secrean fleet entered Taoruina.
Diopantus, who knew the news, was even more nervous, but because the port of Medmar was blocked by the warships of the Dionia, he could only send spies to reconnaise the movements of the enemy on the other side of the Maro River.
On the morning of that day, Diopantus received a reward from the spy: there was something unusual about the port of Taoruina.
He had a bad premonition in his heart.
Sure enough, a few hours later, Hebernian's messenger came from the north and told him anxiously: Lijim's army was preparing to attack Hebernian, hoping that Locre's army could immediately go to rescue!
Diopantus had already been prepared. The whereabouts of the Lijim and the Deonian fleet had been revealed, but he felt relieved and immediately left 5,000 soldiers to defend against Medema, and led 10,000 soldiers to quickly head north.
At noon, his army had entered the territory of Hebernian.
After knowing that the Locre army was attacking, Feidun was not panicked. It turned out that after landing on the Hibernian coast, he sent cavalry to inform the Dionys army that had landed on the Ophemian plains yesterday afternoon. He never thought that he happened to meet the Trina people who were about to enter the empty city of Trina. Only then did he know that the Dionys army defeated the Syracuse army in the battle and had already arrived at the city of Siliting.
Lijim's scout immediately rushed to Silitung and contacted the army of Dionys, which led to the operation of Davers sending Hilos, Antonios, Hironimus and Ledes to lead his troops to support him.
After receiving the good news brought back by the scout, Fei Dun was overjoyed in surprise. Therefore, when the reinforcements were about to arrive, he was not panicked in the face of the reinforcements from the Rocky people, but secretly rejoiced.
While sending a scout cavalry to inform the reinforcements of the Dionian on the way, he set up a formation outside the city of Hibernian.
An hour later, Locred's troops rushed outside the city of Hebernian.
Seeing that the Lijim people were ready, Diopantus was of course not afraid of his own troops. After making the formation, he immediately launched an attack.
Feidun originally considered using the tactic of luring the enemy, but it was difficult for the Lijim army, who had not conducted military training several times a year, to play such difficult tactics. He was serious and dared to fight desperately, so he simply chose to fight with real swords and guns, and was at the forefront of the battle formation.
The Lijim people, whose troops were only half of the enemy, were naturally not the opponent. After a while of fighting, they were finally defeated because their wings were attacked by the enemy. The soldiers threw away their armor and fled north.
Diopantos did not intend to let these Lijim defeated soldiers just now. In fact, during this period, he was troubled by the Lijim army led by Feidun, because the always-sexy Lijim militia was quite resilient under the leadership of Feidun. Even after experiencing the crushing defeat of being attacked by the Lokris when siege of Medema, and after retreating to Taorena, the Lijim still crossed the river from time to time to harass him.
This time it was a rare opportunity. The Lijim people were trapped in the land between the Hebernian and the Ramato River and had nowhere to escape. Diopantus was able to wipe out this big trouble in one fell swoop, obtain a brilliant record, and win reputation for himself.
Therefore, he led the soldiers to pursue them relentlessly, not giving the Lijim any time to avoid taking the opportunity to run to the warships by the sea and fleeing Hibernian.
Diopantus's idea was beautiful, but unfortunately the information he and Feidun knew were not equal.
After learning that his side had suffered a crushing defeat in the battle last night, the defending general of the Syracuse did not send anyone to inform Hibernian that night. He wanted to send someone to inform Hibernian the next day, but the team was split again. The defending general simply did not send a messenger because he believed that the troops returning to Hibernian would tell his mother country the news.
Unexpectedly, the returning troops encountered Lijim's landing troops in the north of Hebernian City not far after crossing the Ramato River, and were quickly defeated. Feidun sent a small number of soldiers to pursue the defeated troops, most of which quickly advanced southward and surrounded the city of Hebernian. However, before that, the Hebernians who learned that the Lijim landed had sent messengers to Medema to ask for help. By chance, Diopantos did not know the very important news of "Dionia defeated the Syracuse army", or even if he knew, he would step up his attack, hoping to solve the big trouble of Lijim before the Dionys headed south, because with his previous experience in the battlefield, he would never believe that the Dionys who had ended the battle last night would arrive in such a short time.
But this is how the "miracle" happened. After accepting Davers' order, Dionia's reinforcements quickly set off. Halfway through the journey, they received the couriers sent by Feidun, including Hilos, Antonios, Hironimus, and Rides, and made a combat plan. They sent a scout to Trina first, informed Sipoulos, and urged the troops to speed up the marching.
From the morning, the soldiers of the Dionians who had been marching most of the time were already a little tired at this time, but the veterans of the First Legion set an example and took the lead in earnestly in the front of the team to execute military orders. I also heard that after arriving at Hibernian, there was a victory waiting for them. The nearly 10,000 new recruits of Bruti immediately took great strides.
By the time the Dionian reinforcements marching through the Corta River, the tributary of the Ramato River, and entered the Hibernian territory from the east, the Locres had already pursued the Lijim people and drove them to a small area between the coast and the Ramato River.
Although the fleet of Dionia was anchored here, the panicked Lijim defeated soldiers had no time to get on the ship. Seeing that they were about to be driven into the sea by the enemy who was pressing step by step, the thousand Trina soldiers led by Siprous crossed the Ramato River and launched an attack from the front.
The Locreds were shocked. They thought that the city of Trina on the other side of the Ramato River were the defenders of Syracuse, but they were unexpectedly caught off guard by the Trina.
Although the troops were far less than the reinforcements of Locre, the Locres had already run away after a long period of pursuit. The soldiers could not find the generals and could not manage the troops. Not only did they have no formation, but they also had no organization. They were easily exposed to the front by the attack of Terry. Just as Diopantos gathered the scattered soldiers urgently and prepared to deal with this new threat, the deafening shouts of "Hades" sounded from the side and rear of the Locres army.
The Bruti army led by Hilos, the Bruti army led by Hironimus, the First Legion led by Antonios, and the cavalry army led by Rides, had a total of more than 15,000 people. With the rumbling footsteps, they crushed the side and rear of the Locre people with a wide front.
The Rockies, whose formations were scattered, saw such a terrible scene and their morale was extremely low. Before they could get involved, they fled in all directions. The only task left for Hilos was left to pursue the defeated soldiers. For the army of Dionia, they were the most experienced in pursuing the defeated soldiers.
To the north is the Ramato River, to the west is the sea, to the northeast is the Trina people, to the southeast is the army of Dionia, and to the southeast are the sailors of the Secrean fleet also disembarked and participated in the pursuit from the southwest. In addition, they had more than a thousand cavalry, and the Locres were almost surrounded... In the end, more than 9,000 people were captured, and less than a thousand people were left to escape from the pursuit of Dionia, not including Diopantos. Although he had already thrown away his helmet, the dazzling breastplate he specially made to show his differences from ordinary citizens became the target of attention and pursuit of the Dionian cavalry, and therefore failed to escape from the pursuit of the cavalry.
When Hilos, Antonios and his group met Feidun, he was focusing on cleaning up the battle wounds for Lijim's wounded soldiers.
Hilos and Antonios looked at each other.
Antonios stepped forward and shouted with a little respect: "General Feidun!"
This made Fei Dun raise his head from his busy schedule. Seeing the soldiers wearing purple and red crowns in front of him, he quickly wiped his blood-stained hands on the breastplate of Yama, told the soldiers beside him to continue processing, and then quickly stood up and praised loudly: "Generals of Dionia, you came too timely! In this battle, you completely defeated the main force of the Locre people!"
"No, General Feidun, you said it wrong." Antonios's words stunned Feidun, and then he heard him say: "This is a victory achieved by the joint efforts of Dionia, Lijim and Trina! It is a brilliant victory for our Nanyi League!"
Fei Dun smiled: "You are right!" This victory suddenly reduced the pressure Tao Rui's face, and his mood became happy.
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