Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 696

[Chapter 41 Dionia vs Rome (10)]

It didn’t take long for the soldiers under his command to be killed or wounded, making the rear team where Comuss was already in the front, but when he looked at the enemy opposite him, he was stunned, and he was struck with a spear. The captain with the white tassel.

At this time, the enemy’s right shoulder had a large hole in the breastplate, and blood was still oozing out. He lowered his right hand and held a shield in his left, glaring at Commus.

Without the spear, Comus took out the saber on his waist to fight. The one-meter-long sword is good for slashing, but the narrow space and the opponent’s well-defended long shield are not conducive to the power of his saber. He is experienced. Instead, he took advantage of the difference in strength and kept hitting the opponent’s long shield.

The enemy, who was already seriously injured, obviously couldn’t bear the blow of such a force, and with a painful expression on his face, he finally fell to his knees because he couldn’t support it.

Comus stepped forward again, stood tall and slashed down with his sword, but suddenly felt severe pain in his left leg, and saw that a short sword was stabbing his calf.

It turned out that although the right shoulder was seriously injured, the enemy still held the dagger in his right hand, but he hid it behind the shield and pretended to be powerless to hold the weapon.

Then, he yanked it out, and the razor-sharp blade severed the tendon in no time.

Commus screamed, his body leaning forward was unstable, and the whole person fell forward, crushing the enemy with the shield to the ground.

The enemy grinned in pain, but the dagger in his right hand was still swinging, slashing the ankles of the advancing teammates beside Commus, until the soldier behind Comus pierced the enemy’s chest with a spear, he did not know how to do it. Blood spurted out, called “Hades”, and died with a relieved expression…

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Although the Third Brigade of the First Army fought bravely, the number of young Roman soldiers in front of him

However, it was more than twice as large. Under their crazy attack, there were many gaps in the array of the third brigade. The light armored soldiers in the rear did not hesitate to make up in time, and bravely resisted the heavy armor and heavy armor of the Roman heavy infantry. Offensive…

The battle has been going on fiercely, and the scouts are constantly passing messages back and forth.

“Report the commander of the regiment, the captain of the second company of the fourth brigade is injured!”

“Report the commander of the regiment, the captain of the third company of the first brigade died in battle!”

“Report, the captain of the first company of the third brigade was injured! … The captain of the third company fought Die!… The fifth company captain died

in battle!…” According to the practice of the Dionysian Legion, the company captain rarely fights in person, but when the company captain does, it only means that the soldiers of this company suffered heavy casualties.

Listening to the reports of the scouts, Amintas’ face was as terrifyingly gloomy as the cloudy sky.

At this time, another reconnaissance cavalry galloped: “Report to the commander of the corps, the commander of the third brigade Heitbarus asked you for reinforcements! The third brigade suffered heavy casualties, and the brigade captain has already gone into battle!

” Heitbarus, I have no reinforcements, and I don’t want to hear his casualty figures, but he must stand there for me and block the Romans’ attack! He is dead, and I will go on!” Aminta Si Tieqing frowned and shouted sharply.

The detective galloped away.

Amyntas

glanced at the guards behind him and said loudly, “Let’s go to the rear of the Eighth Brigade!

” .

At this time, Ryders

said: “I will send the cavalry over to flank the enemy and reduce the pressure on the third brigade.”

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The movement of the Dionysian cavalry was of course not hidden from the eyes of the Roman scouts. Now the flank of the right flank of Dionysus is the area where the Romans attacked the fastest. Dionysus Where the cavalry of Ya will go, of course, you can understand it when you think about it.

Camillous immediately said to Lucius: “You immediately lead all cavalry and three heavy infantry squadrons to the enemy’s right flank, and after repelling the enemy’s cavalry, lead them to continue to strengthen the attack on the enemy’s flank! Completely rout enemy!”

Lucius hesitated for a moment: “But father, your safety—”

“The more violent your attack, the safer I will be! Go! Go!” Under the urging of Camelus, Lucius brought Soldiers leave.

There were only more than 1,400 light infantry left by the old military and political officer. He recruited several allied generals and said sincerely: “Then the life of this old man will be handed over to you.”

Camilo Scot was not only prestige in Rome, but also famous throughout the Latin Confederation. People respected him very much, because it was he who led the army to repel the Celts that ravaged the Latinum region.

Several Roman allied generals immediately made a promise: “Lord Camillous, don’t worry, if the enemy wants to hurt you, he has to step over our corpse!

” The soldier’s lead shot smashed over.

After seeing the cavalry and heavy infantry leaving behind the enemy, the Seventh Brigade of the First Army also began to attack the position where the Roman flag was erected, in an attempt to sack the commander of the enemy and turn the tide of the battle in one fell swoop.

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Heavy infantry and light armour were fighting on the front and flanks of both sides, and cavalry and light infantry were fighting on the periphery… Rome and the Dionian army were at full-scale engagement.

After the battle lasted for nearly two hours, it has entered the final contest.

The Romans have had a clear upper hand, and Dionia’s entire front has been compressed into a semicircle, especially the defense line on the far right is crumbling. The enemy, the legion flag was erected behind them, the third brigade and the light armoured soldiers may have retreated, but now they are just trying their last breath to support it.

Ryders’ 1st Cavalry Corps was also struggling to hold back reinforcements from enemy cavalry and heavy infantry.

Although the Roman cavalry was heroic, it was small in number and weak in lethality.

But their heavy infantry cost the Dionian cavalry a lot of casualties.

Although Ryders was heartbroken, he knew that the First Cavalry Corps could not be avoided. Otherwise, although there were not many new forces, but with their participation, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Just when Ryders was so anxious that he could not stop the advance of the Roman heavy infantry, a cavalryman shouted: “Legion Commander, look!”

In the permeating dust mist, Ryders turned his head and looked south, only to see a distant A large black shadow is rapidly approaching here.

Wolsey!

Leidston was in high spirits and shouted loudly: “Brothers, hold on for a while! Our reinforcements are here! Our reinforcements are here

!!

”

Arriving at the battlefield, more than a thousand Volsi warriors led by Colonus, the former consul of Antium City, followed closely by a thousand Volsi warriors of Setia.

The Antium warriors who departed from Polyphonum actually arrived earlier than the Volsi warriors who departed from Setia, which shows how strong their desire to seek revenge from the Romans is.

They rushed to the battlefield, barely stopping, and launched a fierce attack on the red Roman soldiers.

The Roman cavalry was first routed.

Then, the three Roman heavy infantry squadrons who were being stopped by the Dionian cavalry were also attacked, and just as they turned to resist, the soldiers of Setia also arrived and surrounded them.

The equipment of the Roman heavy infantry was not comparable to that of the Volsci warriors with only spears, shields, helmets and no breastplates, but their numbers were too small and their physical strength was exhausted after fighting so long against the Dionians It was so huge that it was quickly overwhelmed by Wolsey’s crowd.

Just as the Volsi troops rushed to the battlefield one after another, the Antium warriors and Setian warriors in the front continued to rush towards the young Roman soldiers who were fighting with the Dionysian Third Brigade and the light armoured soldiers. The rear of the Roman army sounded. A hasty retreat bugle

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When the soldiers of Antium attacked the three Roman squadrons, Camillous received an urgent report from the scout, and the news of “a large number of Volsci warriors on the field” made him such a heavy blow that it took him a moment to Take it easy.

At this time, regret and self-blame were intertwined in his heart. He thought that relying on the army’s large number of soldiers and good physical strength, he wanted to defeat the Dionysians first and then retreat. Tough!

The battle went on for so long, not only did the Dionysians not repel, but also welcomed the Worcissies…

“Blow the trumpet of retreat!” Camelus suppressed the remorse in his heart, UU reading www.sonicmtl .

com gave the order without hesitation.

“Camilus military officer, wait a minute! We’ll be able to defeat the Dionians in no time!” the adjutant urged urgently: “The Volsci just arrived, maybe they’re not many, we The soldiers were completely able to stop them—”

“Blow the trumpet to retreat!” Camelus said loudly, still firmly: “Blow the horn to retreat!” The

battle-hardened Camelus never took chances in the war and was defeated. , we must try to save the lives of the soldiers as much as possible.

The retreating bugles sounded continuously, and the first reaction of all the Roman squadron captains who heard the trumpet sound was a little unbelievable, because what they saw was that the troops under their command were now taking the upper hand, and some squadron captains had the upper hand. They already felt that the enemy on the opposite side was a little difficult to support, but out of absolute trust in the commander Camillous, they still issued orders to their soldiers to retreat.

The old and middle-aged soldiers in the frontal attack formation on the left, center, and right flanks quickly began to retreat, distanced themselves from the enemy on the opposite side, and then turned and retreated quickly and orderly.

Patroclus, who had already picked up his shield and spear and fought side by side with the soldiers, of course knew what was the ultimate purpose of the army commander, Amyntas, who had them rush here from the place where the camp was built, so the enemy in front suddenly retreated, making the The defensive pressure of his brigade was suddenly relieved, he let out a long breath, and immediately realized: the enemy is going to flee!

Did the Wolsey come?

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