Chapter 82 Dionia VS Carthage (6)
Because when building the camp, Leottizides asked the Allied barracks to be built in the style of the Dionian barracks, this added a lot of difficulties to the attack of the Carthaginian army, especially the Numibian army. When they attacked the city of Minoa, they suffered a lot of losses, killed and injured many people, and their morale was not high and they were very cautious in their actions. Therefore, despite the large number of people, the pressure on the southern barracks was not great.
However, for the northern military camp, the situation is not optimistic. The hills are not big and the mountain is shorter, so the area of the barracks is also small and easier to attack. The two thousand soldiers in Carthage were mainly composed of Carthage civilians, and a small number were citizens of the Phoenician allies adjacent to Carthage, such as Utika. Compared with the Numibians, this army had much higher combat enthusiasm and good equipment, and most of them were heavy infantry.
But at this time, most of the defense forces in the northern barracks, Agrigento, were not in the camp, and there was not enough force to send the battalion to harass the Carthaginians who were fully demolishing the traps. They could only ask the Dionian light infantry who had been sent to the hills to attack the Holy Regiment Army to retreat to the battalion to cooperate in combat, but the javelins and arrows they threw were not enough to cover the Carthaginian army that surrounded the camp.
Seeing that the Carthage army was approaching the trench, thousands of Sikel soldiers suddenly rushed out of the mountains to the north, investing a large number of javelins into the Carthage defender. Although the Carthages had expected the appearance of the Sikels and had made some defenses, they did not expect that there would be so many Sikels coming to harass them and were caught off guard...
"What did you say?! Four or five thousand Sikels appeared in the north?!" Monte Adno was startled.
"Yes, sir. The attacks of these Sikels caused considerable casualties and injuries to Lord Reguka's army, making it impossible for them to attack the Diorian camp with all their might." The detective said.
"Damn the savage!" Monteadno cursed angrily, thought for a while, turned his head to the adjutant and said, "I inform those idle Lumibian cavalry to rush to the north immediately, launch an attack on the Sikels, and drive them back to the mountains so that Reguka can attack the enemy camp with all his strength! And... You go to the south yourself and draw 6,000 Lumibians over!"
The adjutant left after he got the order.
Soon, 3,000 Numibian cavalry raised a large fog of dust and galloped northward.
Monte Adno was unwilling to pay attention to these things. He frowned and his eyes were fixed on the front. Although the reconnaissance cavalry could not go deep into the formation to investigate and understand the real situation, judging from the shocking shouts and the endless screams, the battle should be quite tragic. Until now, the battle has lasted for more than half an hour, and the Holy Corps army still cannot advance, which made Monte Adno very uneasy.
He wished he could push the Numibian troops up and replace the Holy Legion, but this was impossible, so he could only transfer the Numibians to thicken the Holy Legion troops and give them more power and support.
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As the small formations of the Eighth Legion of the Dionia gradually approached each other, their strangling speed against the Saint Order soldiers in the battle became faster and faster, because the Saint Order soldiers faced enemies from all directions...
The Eighth Legion's array finally slowly closed, and the sound of fighting in the array gradually disappeared. Even the screams became silent because the Holy Soldiers who fell to the ground were trampled by countless feet...
Although the four teams under the command of Theocasis finally formed a whole, he did not feel relaxed because each team lost some soldiers, especially the two teams that were in the front, the most casualties. Moreover, when the soldiers who fell in such a fierce close combat were either seriously injured or dead when they cleared the battlefield after the war, they rarely recovered. How could he be happy? But it is not a sad thing now, there are enemies fighting ahead.
At the beginning of the battle, the attacks of the Carthaginians in front seemed a little messy because of the lack of effective command. Now it is even more chaotic, because many of the soldiers who were squeezed out did not want to fight anymore, but just wanted to escape. Although they were brave in the formation before, they were for survival. As children of Carthaginian nobles who had been frugal since childhood, although they had undergone rigorous training and had strong bodies, they had never experienced such a fierce battle. Seeing their comrades around them one by one fell to the ground, and then trampled into flesh mud... This tragic phenomenon scared them, making them just want to escape from this hell-like place, and therefore they pushed and even clashed with the soldiers of the Saints who blocked their way...
"Brothers, attack! Attack! Completely defeat the Carthaginians!" Theocassis shouted loudly, encouraging the soldiers to continue fighting.
The shouts of the team officials rang one after another in the array, and Leoticides, who had been paying close attention to the battle situation on the mountainside, would not miss this great opportunity.
"Woo!..." The loud military horn sounded across the battlefield.
When the soldiers of the reserve team heard the trumpet, they immediately strided forward. The entire rear array was attached to the Eighth Legion array in front. The two were combined into one. The powerful propulsion force that was gathered by tens of thousands of people was not able to resist by nearly half of the number of people and the formation was chaotic. They retreated one after another and eventually disintegrated...
Millefio, who was originally behind the Holy Regiment, was blocked by the army of Dionia, and he worked tirelessly on his horse and ran back and forth in the rear, finding his familiar team officer from the chaotic soldiers and encouraging them to reorganize the soldiers. After his long efforts, it seemed that the Holy Regiment army in the battle had some order, but suddenly became more chaotic and soon retreated.
Millefio was ignorantly swept back by the defeated soldiers. When he was hit, his mind was blank on the way to escape. He had never figured out: Why was such an elite Holy Army defeated for no reason?
The soldiers of the Dionian Legion, who had fought fiercely for nearly an hour, continued to pursue despite their fatigue, and did not give the defeated Carthage Saint Army any chance to reorganize.
Leoticides also sent the Fourth Cavalry Legion and the Light Armored Brigade. These two troops, which were already quick and had been raising their strength, rushed out of the passage reserved on both sides of the Dionys Army formation, and soon ran to the front of the heavy infantry and carried out fierce and continuous pursuit of the defeated soldiers of the Holy Regiment.
The 6,000 Numibian troops who were drawn came to the lowlands were surprised to see the Carthaginians who were usually showing off their power and dressed in colorful armor at this moment threw away their beautiful shields and their beautiful helmets, with disheveled hair, and shouted at them in panic: "Help! Help! The Dionians are coming! Hurry! Go and block them! Go quickly!..."
Thousands of people rushed towards them like stray dogs. The Numibians, who were not very morale, made a rare move - turn around and run away...
Tens of thousands of defeated soldiers rushed out of the lowlands, with a frightening momentum.
Monte Adno was stunned when he saw this scene.
The adjutant advised, "Sir, we... are defeated, go back to the camp first-"
Before he could finish his words, Monte Adno turned his horse's head and squeezed the horse with both legs.
The war horses neighed and carried him quickly across the Pretani River...
Although the Numibians were running away, they were not too panicked, because there were still soldiers of the Holy Order running behind them, but when some of the cavalry of the Fourth Cavalry Legion rushed into their rear from the slant, panic quickly spread throughout the entire team, forcing the Numibians to escape first.
The originally shallow and narrow Platani River actually became the biggest obstacle to their escape. Some people were slipped by the mud at the bottom of the river because of panic. They hugged in panic and pulled more people down. This blocked the escape of the Holy Order soldiers behind them. They pushed and angrily, and the defeated soldiers were in chaos in the river...
Then the Dionian cavalry and infantry caught up with each other stabbed and stabbed with spears and spears, screaming in pain, and corpses floated on the surface of the river, and blood stained the Pretani River red.
The defeated soldiers fled across the river and fled straight to the camp. The soldiers of the Dionian chased them reluctantly. Because of the previous battle, Monteadno almost exhausted all the troops in the camp, and there was no defensive force in the camp at all. How could the defeated soldiers dare to stay in the camp for a long time and continue to flee westward.
The sudden defeat of the Holy Legion was beyond the expectations of the two Carthaginian troops who were attacking the coalition camp on both sides. After receiving the news, the Numibian army in the south immediately turned around and ran down the mountain and began to escape. The Numibian cavalry in the north learned of the defeat in the middle and immediately stopped fighting with the Sikels, and fled westward. As a result, they fled in the front.
However, Reguka, the general who commanded the Carthage militia, learned of the defeat in the middle, was shocked and immediately withdrew the troops attacking the barracks and reorganized the formation, trying to lead them to attack the chasing army of Dionia from the side and back, trying to turn the situation around and save the fleeing defeated soldiers.
However, many Carthage soldiers felt guilty when they saw the surging momentum of the Dionian army in the right front and advised: "General, let's retreat quickly! The Holy Corps were defeated, and the Numibian cavalry also fled. It is even more impossible for those Numibians to stay and fight! If we do not escape, we may be surrounded by the Greeks!"
Reguka was a little hesitant.
Chapter completed!