The sound of a bugle sounded.

"Bal Harmon blessed!!" The soldiers shouted the name of Carthage's protector.

This elite Carthage army, known as the "Bar's Hammer", stepped into the Platara River in a dense formation and rushed towards the Greeks on the other side...

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"What did you say?! The Holy Army has already fought against the Greeks?!" Monteadno was shocked. He immediately slapped the table and said angrily: "This Milefio, don't obey my orders! I told him a long time ago not to fight with the Greeks at this time!..."

"Sir, this battle was initiated by the Greeks. At that time, General Millefio was still discussing matters in your tent. By the time he arrived at the Pletala River, the battle had expanded..." the messenger defended.

"No matter what the situation is now, you can hurry up and tell him immediately and let him withdraw the troops immediately!" Monteadno snapped.

"I can't convince him!" The reason why this messenger dared to speak to a commander of the Carthage army was because he was Millefio's cousin, and was also born in a prominent family in Carthage.

In a fit of anger, Monteadno decided to call Millefio back in person, but before setting off, he carefully sent people to notify other generals, recruited the soldiers back to the camp, gathered together, and waited for orders.

Monte Adno had heard a deafening shout of killing on his way to the upper section of the lower reaches of the Pletala River.

When he arrived at his destination and stood on the west bank and looked east, he saw that the Holy Regiment troops had all rushed across the east coast and the speed of forward advance was gradually accelerating. After all, after discovering the attempt of the Carthaginians to attack, the Greeks hurriedly gathered soldiers and organized a force to stop the Carthaginians' attack. However, they lacked unified command, and the soldiers came from different city-states and lacked tacit cooperation. In addition, the number of people was less than that of the other party, so under the fierce attack of the Holy Regiment soldiers, they gradually could not resist it.

Just as Monte Adno was hesitating about "whether to recall the Holy Regiment troops under such a favorable fighter", a more noisy sound suddenly broke out in the battlefield ahead.

The Greeks were defeated!

They fled east in a hurry, and then a louder voice rang behind them: "Feed here with us!!Feed here with us!..."

The Holy Regiment troops began to take big steps and pursue. The right-wing cavalry unit that had been hiding behind the phalanx rushed out at this time and stabbed the fleeing defeated soldiers with their super long cavalry spears. The tall Iberian war horses trampled on the fallen Greeks with their powerful four hooves...

Looking at the Holy Regiment troops ahead, Monteadno finally stopped hesitating. He immediately asked the messengers to inform the Phoenician troops waiting in the camp, the Lumibian troops and the Lumibian cavalry rushed here and cooperated with the Holy Regiment troops to completely defeat the Dionian coalition forces on the other side of the river.

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Where are the soldiers of Dionia in this critical moment? This starts with the Dionia coalition when it built a camp beside Minoa City.

The eastern bank of the lower reaches of the Pletala River does not have flat land like the west bank, but undulating hills. The Dionian coalition chose to build the camp in the north of Minoa City, where there are three larger hills, all above 100 meters above sea level, and each one is about one mile apart, facing the river bank in a "inverted shape". Considering that the Carthaginian army is far more than the coalition forces, in order to defend against the enemy's attack, Leotizides and the Allied generals decided after discussion: to build the camp on these three hills.

Because the number of soldiers in Dionia was the most numerous and combat-capable, their barracks were set at the largest hill in the middle, while the hills to the north were stationed by soldiers of Agrithento and Economus, and the hills to the south were stationed by soldiers of Gera, Camanlina and Pachinus.

At the foot of the hill north of the hill where the Dionian army was stationed, there is a relatively large, almost rectangular lake - Gorgo Lake. When the soldiers of the Alliance ran to the Pletara River to find coolness, the Diongo soldiers of course had the same needs. For safety reasons, Leotizides allowed the soldiers to cool off in Lake Gorgo, which was closer to the camp.

Leotizides is not Monte Adno. Although he is also in charge of the camp, his mountain reconnaissance team and reconnaissance cavalry are always monitoring the surrounding areas and reporting abnormal movements to him at all times.

When Agrigento's soldiers clashed with the Carthaginians on the Pletala River, he soon received the news. He felt keenly that something was wrong and immediately sent a messenger to the foot of the mountain to order the soldiers of the Dionians to return to the camp quickly.

At the same time, he also sent messengers to other camps, asking the Allied generals to immediately withdraw their soldiers on the bank of the river, especially the Agligent.

But the situation developed very quickly. After the soldiers of the Allied Army, which lacked discipline, were fired out of real fire, how could they be restrained by the Allied Generals who had no authority.

The conflict expanded and the appearance of Carthage's fully armed soldiers meant that this had turned into a battle.

When Leotizides learned through the reconnaissance that "the army of Carthage's Holy Regiment had all taken action and was rushing to the river bank", he was very anxious.

While notifying the troops to prepare for rescue, he stared at the map around the camp that had been drawn and conceived a rescue plan.

At this time, the adjutant beside him said: "Commander, we don't have to rescue them at all. If they are defeated, they can escape directly into the military camp. Anyway, the camp is only two miles away from them."

Leotizides shook his head and said, "The Carthaginians will pursue, so that they may even throw away the camp!"

The adjutant thought for a while and said, "Then don't let them escape into the camp and guide them to escape from here." He said, and pointed his fingers on the map a few times.

Leotizides looked at the place where the adjutant had hand-paved, which was the lowland between the two camps in the south and north!

The three camps of the Dionian coalition were in the shape of "inverted style". The two camps in the south and north were closer to the river bank, while the camp in the middle was closer to the east. There was a low ground between the three camps. The length of this low ground was about two miles close to the river bank, which happened to be opposite the river bank where the conflicting river bank. The coalition soldiers turned around and fled directly, and could quickly pass the low ground, and then bypass the hills where the Dionian military camp was located and run into the mountains. The Carthaginians probably dared not chase after it. This was only three or four miles apart, but most of the defeated soldiers would instinctively escape to their military camp first, so the adjutant would say that they needed guidance.

But the adjutant's words flashed through Leothiedes' mind like a ray of light. He suddenly leaned down and stared at the arrangement of the three camps on the map and the river section ahead, and asked at the same time: "How many people are there in Carthage's Holy Regiment?"

"According to information, it is about 10,000 people."

"Have this army been dispatched?"

"That's what the news of the scout reward said."

"How many coalition soldiers are fighting against the Carthaginians on the river now?"

"The scene there was too noisy and chaotic, and the detectives could not give detailed numbers. Their rough judgment was that there were no less than two thousand people, and the number of people was still increasing..."

Leotizides pondered for a moment, knocked hard on the map with his hand, and said loudly: "Order! The six heavy infantry brigades of the Eighth Legion and the first, second, third and fourth infantry brigades of the reserves immediately went to the foot of the mountain in front of the barracks and lined up against the river bank! Let the Eighth Brigade (i.e. the Light Armored Army Brigade) rush to the river bank and disperse to the rear of the array formed by the coalition soldiers. Once they are defeated, immediately guide them and escape in the direction where our main force is!

Let the fifth infantry brigade in the reserve team immediately rush to the camp in the north to assist them in defending the enemy's attack. (This is because the camp in the north was garrigento and Economs. More than half of the battle on the river bank are Agrigento, so Leotizides was worried that the defense of the North Battalion was insufficient). Let the seventh battalion (i.e. the Light Infantry brigade) also go to the North Battalion. The light infantry in the reserve team went to the South Battalion, facing the low ground and facing high ground. When discovering the enemy, do not attack first, let them go, wait until the heavy infantry starts to fight, and then attack their side.

Also, you send someone to inform the Allied generals in the two camps, saying that I, the Dionian army, are ready to fight against the Carthaginians, and that they must guard their camps no matter what!"

The rigorously trained adjutant in the General Staff picked up the wooden board that had just been recorded, and quickly and accurately repeated the orders of Leotizides, and then asked curiously: "Mr. Commander, are you going to lure the Holy Corps troops of Carthage into our camp, and then completely defeat them with ease?"

Leotizides nodded slightly and said, "Go and notify now."

The adjutant was about to go out excitedly, when Leotiziedes remembered something again and called him: "Wait a minute! There is another thing. You send someone to inform the Sikels in the mountains immediately, so that they can harass the rear of the Carthage army after the battle, and relieve the pressure on our defense!"

"yes!"
Chapter completed!