Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1183

[Chapter 132 Bad News]

Agesilaus let out a long breath, his face pale, and he said absently: “Quick! Sound the bugle for retreat!” The guard was stunned: “How can we have a

bugle

for retreat?!”

Only then did he come back to his senses, revealing a wordless wry smile. For this battle, he made careful preparations, and even learned some useful practices of the Dionysian army: for

example, the commander did not come to the battle in person. The front line, but the rear, in order to fully understand and control the battle situation, of course, other people as the commander of the Spartan army, if you do this suddenly, you will be despised by the Spartans collectively as cowards, but Agesilaus Being old and frail, it is natural to sit in the rear. For

another example, if you want to control the battle situation and deal with emergencies, you must keep a reserve team like Dionia, but whether it is Spartan warriors or Greek mercenaries. It is impossible to accept the fact that he does not participate in the battle and watches all the time,

so

Agesilaus hit his idea on the Thracian light shields.

The army of the Spartans, including the Spartans, has always been the commander personally participating in the battle. Once the army is formed and the soldiers start to advance, the commander who is also in the battle has lost control of the entire army, as if shooting out The arrows can only last until the end of the battle, how could there be a bugle for retreat.

It was a decades-old tradition of warfare, and it was impossible for Agesilaus to temporarily add a horn, nor for the soldiers to adapt.

Agesilaus thought about withdrawing some from the Thracian team and returning to the left wing for rescue, but remembering the grievances of the Thracians just now, he felt that they would probably refuse to obey this order.

Now, Agathilaus found that he was powerless to the development of the whole battle. He stood for a while, then suddenly bent down and grabbed the crutches beside the wooden chair, and said in a deep voice: “Go! Let’s go to the right wing!”

Agath Silaus finally made up his mind, abandoned the mercenaries in the middle and left, rushed to stay with his soldiers, and tried to guide them, who were about to be defeated, to escape back to Sparta safely.

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Agesilaus’ judgment was correct.

Ever since Olivers knew that the enemy he was facing was not a real Spartan, he felt that he had been fooled, and ordered the trumpeter to keep blowing the bugle of the attack, and personally walked behind the army, shouting to encourage the soldiers to strengthen. Attack, let these fake Spartan enemies know the power of the Fourth Legion.

Inspired by the legion commander, the soldiers of the Fourth Legion attacked more violently. The soldiers at the forefront even threw away their stab guns and held daggers to fight more closely with the enemy.

The left flank of the Spartan army was made up of heavy infantry from the city-states of Ionia and Asia Minor

. Lack of tacit understanding, but it was the first time to fight against the Dionian Legionnaires. The Dionysian Legionnaires’ skillful sword and shield combination made it difficult for these mercenaries to deal with the battle. The casualties continued to increase, and the entire front began. Shaky, just barely supported by the super-thick columns.

Tigertus led the mountain reconnaissance brigade on the flank slamming is the last straw that overwhelms the camel. The traditional Greek heavy infantry has a strong defense in frontal combat, but the most feared is the attack from the rear. Because the infantrymen wore Corinthian helmets, their vision was narrow, and their hearing was weakened, so their nerves became sensitive. Whenever there was trouble, they would make their imaginations run wild. After the panic spread rapidly across the left flank of the entire Spartan army, the initial sporadically fled. It didn’t take long for the entire left to collapse.

“Commander, we are victorious! We took the lead in defeating the enemy!” the staff officer said excitedly.

“There’s nothing to be proud of, we just defeated an army of fake Spartans.” Olivers said modestly, but there was a smile on his face.

The collapse of the Spartan left flank eventually turned into a rout of the entire army.

Although the Allied forces of Thebes won the battle of Leuctra, they did not achieve much, because they quickly returned to the camp after the victory, but the Dionysian army has always had a tradition of expanding the results after the victory of the battle. , and at the suggestion of Printols, Clotokatax also sent messengers to notify the commanders of the legions, asking them to urge the legions to continue their pursuit and eliminate the Spartans as much as possible.

The Macedonian cavalry who had been repelled by the 1st Cavalry Corps had always been very tenacious. As long as the Dionian cavalry stopped chasing, they immediately stopped fleeing and made a gesture of returning to the battlefield, forcing the 1st Cavalry Corps to keep pursuing. state, and cannot escape to support the troops fighting on the battlefield.

Now, the entire battlefield is full of rout soldiers from the Spartan side, and the Macedonian cavalry finally stopped entanglement and really escaped.

The pursuit continued until the routed soldiers finally escaped into the mountains to the east, and the battle between the Dionian army and the Spartan coalition finally came to an end.

At this time, it is already dusk, the sun has exhausted its physical strength, and is slowly falling into the mountains in the west. Its bleak, heatless afterglow shines on the Taigea Plain. The pastoral field is now littered with corpses and blood, and the screams of wounded soldiers on the ground and the crows circling in the sky are intertwined, adding a bit of gloom and desolation.

Clotokatax was in a good mood. The Dionian army he led won the battle, although most of the orders came from the advice of Printoles, so he smiled a little , listened carefully to Staff Officer Mukru’s report on the results of this battle: “The Spartan army left 2,150 corpses on the battlefield, of which 482 corpses were Spartans—”

“How to tell that they are Spartans

Bada warriors?” Crotokatax asked curiously.

“His Royal Highness, it is their tradition for Spartans to wear red robes and have long braids. Although they changed their attire during this battle, the long braids have not been reduced.” Plintors explained on the side.

Clotokatax nodded suddenly.

“5,417 prisoners were also captured, of which 2,900 were injured.” Muklu looked at the statistical board and continued: “Among them, 921 prisoners were Spartans, and there were more than 300 black people. Laus…”

“That means the Spartans lost nearly 1,500 fighters, which is not a small amount, and it will be a lot easier for us to attack the Spartan territory next.” Having said that, he did not stretch his brows, but said with a serious expression: “Tell us about our losses.”

“Uh…” Mukru glanced at the board and said softly: “…Uh, we have a total of 1,560 soldiers were killed and nearly 1,500 wounded, and now medical staff are carrying out emergency medical care—”

“Such casualties?!” Clotokatax exclaimed.

“The casualties were mainly from the First Corps, who were attacked by Spartans and Taiga soldiers in the pursuit of the ‘rout’ -” Mukru was explaining, being attacked by Krotokatak Si suddenly interrupted: “My brother… Adoris, the third captain of the First Army…how is it? Are you okay?!”

After learning that the First Army was facing real Spartan warriors When the front and back attacked, Clotokatax had been worried about the safety of Adoris, but he kept in mind his father’s admonition: “You can’t have favoritism on the battlefield.” Therefore, he could only temporarily suppress this worry in the In the bottom of his heart, now that he learned that the First Army had suffered heavy casualties, he finally couldn’t help but ask.

“His Royal Highness…” Muklu didn’t dare to lift the concerned gaze of Clotokatax, but turned his head to look at Plintos, and whispered with extreme difficulty: “…The heroic battle of Captain Adoris Dead…” As soon as the

voice came out, Clotoka Taxton felt a dizziness in his head, and his whole body fell under the horse.

“Your Highness!” Printols, who was prepared, hurriedly supported him.

“Where is my brother?! I’m going to see him!” Clotokatax said eagerly, with tears in his voice.

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Klotokatax staggered past the neatly arranged remains of Dionian soldiers, feeling The time was extremely long, and he asked eagerly more than once: “Why hasn’t it arrived yet?! Why hasn’t it arrived yet?!…”

Finally, the first army team officer who was leading the way in front of UU Kanshu www.sonicmtl.com stopped. Stepping forward, he said in a heavy tone, “This is the body of Captain Adoris…”

Klotokatax was shocked, and looked intently: a corpse was lying not far away, and the difference was that It was still covered with a white cloth, and Adoris could not be seen. Beside the corpse stood Ctisus and several other officers of the First Legion.

Clotokatax ignored the salutes from Ketisus and the others. He walked over with heavy steps, squatted down slowly, his fingers trembled, and he was about to lift the white cloth.

“His Royal Highness, Adoris has been severely injured and his face is severely damaged… You better not look at it…” Ctisus, who was on the side, urged in a low voice.

Clotokatax’s heart trembled, but he lifted the white cloth more firmly, only to see Adoris’ breastplate shattered, bloodstains from multiple spear stabs, and a blood hole the size of an egg in the center of his face. The

result was unrecognizable and extremely terrifying…

“Ah!” Clotokatax couldn’t help screaming when he saw it suddenly, and immediately closed his eyes in pain, but he quickly opened his hands again without hesitation. stroking the face of the deceased.

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