Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 203

[Volume 1 Before the Battle]

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The next morning, reinforcements from Siritin and Trina arrived, and Crotone also received information from Turii: about 4,000 reinforcements from Amendolara arrived in Turii, and in the plains of Subari The citizens of Dionia entered the square one after another to gather. It is reported that there were about 8,000 people, and then they entered the army camp in the north of Turii City. There was no progress. Dionia seems to be still waiting for the arrival of Niutum and Lao reinforcements.

This news prompted Miron to take immediate action. Under his active promotion, the council passed a resolution to attack Turii, with the chief general Miron as the army commander, and the other general Philadelphus, who had the ability to lead the army. As an adjutant, he led about 27,000 soldiers, including 20,000 heavy infantry and 6,500 light infantry. Of these 6,500 light infantry, 4,000 were wearing leather armor and holding leather shields. The light armored soldiers with spears did not have the ability to project, and there were also 800 cavalry.

In addition to the regular troops, there are also a large number of slaves and free people transporting baggage, making the actual number of the entire army as high as 40,000.

To this end, Crotone organized a huge fleet at the port, and it took nearly three hours to load the supplies and get the soldiers on board.

It was not until noon that the troop convoy sailed north, escorted by the Crotone fleet.

Passing through Crimea, another 500 soldiers joined, bringing the fighting force to 27,500.

Because of the cumbersome and chaotic process of boarding at the port of Crotone, Miron feared that the situation would be worse when he landed on the beach.

He and Philadelphus were very concerned about what the Tratus intelligence had said before, “the coastline of Dionia is under cavalry surveillance”. For the sake of safety, they did not dare to land on the coast north of Castellon, and After crossing the swamp, he immediately docked and stopped the boat. The place where the boat stopped was the beach where the mercenaries of Ma Song landed a few days ago.

Miron first let the cavalry disembark, and expanded the alert range to a radius of two miles. After confirming that there was no enemy situation, he began to land on a large scale.

Countless soldiers carried weapons and equipment, and some led war horses, jumped off the cargo ship, waded through the sea, and reached the shore.

Because there is no wharf, slaves and free people have to carry food, tents and other materials to transfer them to the shore…

The entire beach was full of black heads, messy, people shouting horses neighing, and the officers broke their heads in a hurry; and the piles and piles of baggage were placed randomly, which also affected the whole team of the soldiers. Philip was blessed. Sis beat and scolded the slaves… It took a long time to reorganize the entire landing force and straighten out the affairs.

After all this tossing, people were tired and horses were exhausted, and the sky reached dusk.

After determining the nearby campsite, Miron issued an order, strictly requiring: each team should build a strong camp and set up sentries, and there must be no negligence!

The defeat of Melantheus is a lesson from the past. This time, Crotone has an absolute advantage and has the first opportunity. He only needs to move forward steadily, and victory is just around the corner.

To capture Castellon first and make it the forward base for Crotone’s army and fleet… Miron thought about the next military action plan in his mind, and

gradually fell asleep.

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In the large tent of the Tuurii army camp, Davos, the military officer Felixius, the commander of the 1st corps Kapus, the commander of the 2nd corps Drax, and the captain of the cavalry Ryders are Conduct enemy analysis.

On the wooden table in the center is a two-meter-square smooth wooden board, on which is drawn a detailed map of Great Greece. Holding a wooden stick, Felixus pointed to the map on the wooden board and said: “Everyone, I just received the front. According to the information, about 30,000 soldiers from Crotone have landed here—the coast south of Castellon, and it is estimated that they will be able to attack Castellon tomorrow!”

“Thirty thousand?!” The cavalry captain Ryders took a breath and said, “I’m afraid Crotone sent all the citizens of the city-state to deal with us!”

“What are 30,000 people!” Drax shouted in disbelief, “If the Third Army Tu was able to arrive in time, and together with the freedmen who were recruited, our force exceeded 30,000! And even if there were not 30,000, Crotone would not be our opponent!”

“But Crotone’s Soldiers are all civic soldiers!” Capps looked at Davos slightly worriedly: “Sir, we really didn’t wait for the arrival of the Third Legion, and went straight to Castellon?!”

Davos said calmly: “There’s no time, Crotone is determined to destroy Dionia this time, so he was prepared early, and the march is so fast! If we wait, it means Abandoning Castellon would not only damage the prestige that Dionysus had built up, but also let the enemy enter the plains of Sybari and break our promises! To fight the citizens of Crotone on the plains, we There is no certainty of victory, and the defense of the city wall will take too long, which is not good for our nascent alliance!” Davos took the stick from Felixius and pointed to the curve of the Trionto River marked on the map. , Shen Sheng said: “So we must make full use of this river!”

As for Davos’ plan, several people present were very clear, Felixius opened his mouth, and finally asked a question: “Lord Davos, Will the Crotones lead the army to cross the Trionto River rashly?! I heard that their coach Miron is a general with rich combat experience.”

Davos smiled and said seriously: “Any plan will There is no guarantee that it will be fully realized, but Miron was confused by the fake news I released. Seeing that he is so eager to assemble the army, he wants to get the troops under the city before we complete the assembly, and it is very likely that he will be tricked. Of course, if he is not fooled, we will also You can withdraw Turii and play a long defensive battle with the Crotones!”

“He will be fooled!” Drax expressed the expectations of the generals present, and they also did not want the Crotones to set foot on the ground.

The land of Dionia.

“How many are their cavalry?” Ryders asked an important question.

“About eight hundred,” replied Felixius.

Ryders clenched his fists. No matter the number or experience, his cavalry did not have the upper hand. It just depends on whether the wonderful tactics of Lord Davos can work.

“Brothers!” Davos looked at these generals who were desperate and eager to try at the moment, knowing that they didn’t need to be mobilized at all, their fighting spirit would definitely be high, so he calmly said: “It’s getting late, you all go back immediately. Go to your respective team and act according to the previous plan! Hades will bless us, tomorrow will be smooth!”

“Yes!”

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Camp Crotone was safe that night.

Early the next morning, the sky was clear and rainless. Miron woke up, feeling light-hearted, and Turiyi’s information was also delivered in time: the reinforcements from Laos and Niutum had not arrived yet. Three thousand of Lie rushed to Castellon.

This secret letter should have been sent last night. At the same time, the Crotonian warships cruising the coast of Turii in the morning did not find any trace of large-scale troop movements on the Turii-Castron Avenue… Mi Long thought: The Dionians should have known about the arrival of the Crotone army, but they were still in the mobilization of war. They only sent 3,000 reinforcements, but these 3,000 people wanted to defend Castellon. ?

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As far as he knows, even if you add Castellon’s soldiers, there are no more than 4,000 people, and Castellon’s small city is less than four meters high, and it can’t stop Crotone’s army from crossing Trion. To the river and to capture Castellon, and even Miron hoped that Castellon would send all the troops to stop him from crossing the river, so that he could give them the greatest damage in the field and capture Castellon city more easily.

The weather, the enemy situation are all in favor of Crotone, this is the blessing of Apollo!

Crotone must seize the opportunity when the Dionysian Alliance has not yet completed the mobilization of the war and the army has not yet assembled and arrived, quickly cross the Trionto River, take Castellon as soon as possible, and then join forces with Dionia. Army decisive battle!

Miron immediately consulted with Philadelphus and formulated a plan for crossing the river.

At Miron’s further urging, the army was quickly assembled. Among them, 22,000 soldiers, led by Miron, marched to the northwest; another 4,500 soldiers and 500 cavalry, led by Philadelphus, marched toward the northwest. Proceed north.

The Trionto River has two ideal walking places: it is located in the middle reaches, not only is the water shallow, the river beach is flat, and the reach of the river that can be walked is more than two miles long. Hughes; the other is downstream, west of Castellon, the river is short and the water is deeper.

The Crotone people’s plan for crossing the river was: Philadelphus led 5,000 men to contain and attract the enemy, but they did not cross the river immediately, and the army of Miron crossed the broad river in the middle reaches with all their strength.

The Crotone army led by Miron formed an eight-way column, and the long queue was four or five miles long.

Miron, who was riding in the middle of the team, heard the noise of footsteps and the collision of armor… But he felt very pleasant. The huge force gave him enough confidence, and he even had time to think about it: Cass The city of Tron and the city of Crimea were built on the north bank of the river, because they were all sub-states of Sybaris at the beginning, pro-Sybaris and guarded against Crotone.

And after this war, they must be forced to move the city to the south bank!

As for Turii…if all goes well, he doesn’t mind destroying it for the fourth time!

“Report to the general, the reconnaissance cavalry crossing the river was besieged by the enemy cavalry. Four died and two escaped.”

“Did you find anything?”

“They saw several thousand of the enemy marching along the north bank.”

How many thousands?

Is it following us?

Miron thought for a while and said, “Has Philadelphius reached his destination?”.

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