Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 327

[Chapter 125 Sadness after the war]

The defeat came so quickly that Pianlon was still reluctant to believe it, because he felt that victory was so close to him: “Attack! Keep attacking! The enemy will be defeated immediately!!…” He shouted shyly, In an attempt to prevent the surrounding soldiers from escaping, they were almost pushed down.

“Let’s go, big chief! If you don’t leave, you won’t be able to leave!!” The guards forcibly pulled him back.

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“Lord Commander, we have already won this battle!” Thormed came to report with joy: “The enemy has all fled!”

This result was expected by Davos. He looked calm and said, “This battle is not over yet. It is not enough to just repel the enemy. It depends on the final result!”

Usually, in a head-to-head battle, the loss of soldiers on the losing side rarely exceeds 10%, and after a rout, if the pursuit is done properly, the casualty rate of the losing side will often increase greatly. This is because the rout soldiers who have no fighting spirit have no intention of resisting. .

So Davos kept the bugle of the attack on.

The Dionian soldiers simply threw away their heavy bronze shields and helmets, held guns in both hands, and continued to chase forward regardless of their tired bodies, and cooperated with the reinforcements rushing from the front to surround and wipe out the enemy.

The Bissinian warriors, the light infantry and freemen led by Epithenes and Tspit, and the mountain reconnaissance brigade of Izam pulled a “big net” from the right flank of the Bruti army to the rear of the center.

Although this “net” is not very strong and the mesh is too large, it is enough to deter the Brutians who just want to escape.

Amid the screams of the Dionians everywhere, some of the defeated soldiers simply threw away their weapons and sat on the ground.

The Ryders cavalry battalion pursued the fleeing enemy in extremely evacuated, wide two-way formations.

The cavalry with full horsepower is like a thick hedge sweeping back and forth to sweep the branches and leaves…

The Dionian cavalry stopped chasing when it was close to dusk. When they came back tired from the Cosenza Plateau, where the mountains and fields were full of rout soldiers, their horses were covered in blood, which was really scary. It was nicknamed “Blood Rider”, which eventually became its official name.

At this time, the battle was all over, and Dionysius won nearly 5,000 casualties and captured more than 5,000 prisoners at the cost of 1,500 casualties.

Ryders excitedly came to see Davos, only to be told: Lord Commander has gone to the crematorium.

Walking on the battlefield full of corpses, Davos’s joy of winning has long disappeared without a trace.

The soldiers neatly placed the dead teammates on the grass, and they couldn’t even see their heads at a glance.

While they carefully put two opals on the eyes of the deceased, they prayed to Hades with tears in their eyes.

Looking at the pale faces that seemed familiar, Davos’ steps were a little heavy.

Finally, he stopped, and a dozen soldiers on the road ahead were crying around a corpse. The leader was the one he happened to know, Ctipps, the company captain of the Second Legion.

With a move in his heart, he stepped forward and asked in a low voice, “Who is the deceased?”

“Lord Commander!” The officers and soldiers hurriedly saluted him when they saw him.

In the gap out of the way, he saw the face of the deceased, a face that was all too familiar.

Alcines, a warm and cheerful young man from Amendolara, hero of the Second Crotone War, flag-bearer in the Triumph.

During the final attack in this battle, Alsinis, as the sub-commander, rushed to the front, only to be stabbed in the chest by a spear thrown by a daring enemy who was not in a hurry to escape…

Listening to Ctipps’s painful words, Davos took two opals from the soldiers and put them on Alsinis’ closed eyelids… A year ago, this brave young man had boldly dared to I tried swimming with him, but now my body is as cold as a stone.

At this moment, how much Davos hopes that Hades really exists in this world, then according to Dionia’s respect for Hades, he will definitely be able to give preferential treatment to these Dionysian soldiers who died in the battle…

out of the troop of soldiers,

Davos walked forward for a while, then stopped and looked at a few crematoriums burning in the distance with a gloomy expression…

After a long time, he said to Thormid, who had been following silently behind him: “Do you think… this time Dionysus launched a war against Bruti…is it right or wrong?”

“Uh…” Thormed didn’t know how to answer for a while.

However, Davos’ expression soon became firm, and he answered with a firm tone: “Of course! In this era, either we destroy others, or others destroy us, except to strengthen ourselves, there is no Another way!”

For Davos’s words, Thormid agreed: in the eastern Mediterranean, he had seen the oppression of the weak races by the Persians, and the rampant domination of the Spartans in Ionia and Asia Minor; After the Mediterranean, I also heard about the power of Carthage and the tyranny of Syracuse.

What he didn’t expect was that what Davos was worried about at the moment was a Latin city-state in central Italy that he had never heard of – Rome.

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“Lord Commander, the brothers of the First Corps, and the soldiers of the reserve… They are taking a break from time to time. They are so tired! They fell asleep almost as soon as they fell to the ground, and they didn’t even have time to take off their breastplates.” Ka Puss said with some heartache.

“This battle… Whether it’s the First Army, Second Army, or other teams, they all put in their best efforts, and the battle was very hard!” Davos said with a sigh, but he still reminded Capps: “However, it’s autumn now, and the nights in the mountains are said to be much colder than Turii. Brothers fall asleep after a fierce battle, sweating all over, be careful of catching a cold! Now our medical camp is overcrowded. , I don’t want any unnecessary increase in injuries!”

Anton Rios, next to Davos, once again served as a military officer in the army during this expedition. He was obviously familiar with this position. At this time, he suggested: “I think the auxiliary soldiers of the baggage battalion can be used. They took out the blankets the soldiers of the First Legion were carrying and covered themselves.”

Davos nodded in agreement, he looked at Drakes again, the second legion commander lowered his head slightly, his hands behind his back, and his left leg shook slightly.

Davos looked at him carefully and asked, “Can our camp be built by night?”

“The brethren of the Second Legion are escorting the prisoners to step up the construction, and there are also the Mountain Brigade, the Vicinian warriors, and the alliance led by Lord Triphias and Lord Gorkis (the general of Castellon). The army is also building the camp under the guidance of the engineer… Before the night comes, it will definitely be built!”

Triphias and Gorkis also nodded after Drax mentioned their names.

Davers thanked them both, then asked, “How are the Bruty captives doing?”

“We severely punished more than a dozen prisoners who dared to resist, and the Bissinians set an example by the side, and their performance was fairly obedient.”

Davos nodded, he took a few steps back and forth, and said in a deep voice: “Don’t abuse them! If you find that there are Brutians who can’t keep working, you must allow them to stop and rest… Oh, the specific situation is up to you. ”

“Yes.”

“What’s the matter with the injury on your right hand?” Drakes was thinking about how to complete the task given by Davos, but he didn’t notice that Davos had walked behind him.

He hurriedly retracted his hand, took two steps back, shook his head and said, “No… nothing, accidentally injured by a soldier’s stab… stab gun…”

He shook his head, and a blood trough under his jaw just caught in Davos’s eyes. Davos, who was regarded as a teacher by Helps, knew that the vital carotid artery was near this wound, and one could imagine the thrill of the scene at that time. Lucky for Drakes.

At this moment, Davos’s face sank: “You rushed to the front again, isn’t it! How many times have I told you that you are the commander of the army commanding more than 7,000 people, not a Ordinary soldier, if you die in battle, how much impact it will have on the entire battle, do you know! The Dionysian military law is just a child’s play for you, isn’t it! If you don’t want to obey it, don’t obey it! …”

Davos cursed, and Drax lowered his head, not daring to make a sound.

In the eyes of outsiders, the scene of a young man berating a strong man in his 30s like a father training a child is a bit funny.

But the surrounding senior generals of Dionia and the important figures of the allies also all looked serious, and tried to hold their breath as much as possible to see the power of Davos.

“Leave the command of the Second Army temporarily to Adrianx, and you immediately go to Stacey Cordas (the director of the medical battalion of the expedition force, one of Helps’ right-hand men), and after bandaging the wound, Go to the military judge yourself to be punished!”

As soon as Davos finished speaking, Drakes replied repeatedly, turning around and running away as if he had been amnesty.

“Lord Commander, in fact… When the last attack, the soldiers were very tired, and Drakes also wanted to use this method to inspire the soldiers…” Antonio Si explained to Drax in a low voice.

“Alsinis, you should all know him. After the second victory against Crotone, he was the flag-bearer in the triumph, now a division captain of the II Corps, a very promising young team officer. !” Davos sighed: “I just handed the river-crossing money to Kaorong for him… What the army commander does, the lower-level officers learn how to do it, I don’t want to see the position of the second army officer again. There are always vacancies. This Drakes, who will die in battle, needs to be beaten and beaten!”

After Davos finished saying this, Capps, Antonios and the others couldn’t say anything else.