Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 736

[Chapter 82 Dionia VS Carthage (6)]

Because when building the camp, Leotidides asked the Allied army to follow the style of Dionysian’s camp, which made the attack of the Carthaginian army a lot more difficult, especially Numibi. The sub-troop, when they attacked Minoa City before, suffered a lot of losses. Many people were killed and wounded. Their morale was not high, and their actions were very cautious. Therefore, despite the large number of people, they did not put much pressure on the military camp in the south. .

But for the northern barracks, the situation is not optimistic.

Its hills are not large and the hills are relatively short, so the area of its military camp is also small and it is easier to attack.

The 12,000 soldiers that Carthage was responsible for attacking the northern camp were mainly composed of Carthaginian civilians, with a small number of citizens from the Phoenician allies adjacent to Carthage, such as Utica.

Compared with the Numibians, this army is much more enthusiastic and well equipped, most of which are heavy infantry.

However, at this time, the main defense force in the northern barracks, the Agrigentos, were mostly not in the camp, and they did not have enough troops to send the camp to harass the Carthaginians who were trying their best to dismantle the traps. The Dionian light infantry, who were about to attack the Holy Legion, retreated to the camp to fight together, but the javelins and arrows they threw were not enough to cover the Carthaginian army that surrounded the camp.

Seeing that the Carthaginian army was approaching the ditch, thousands of Sikel warriors suddenly rushed out of the mountains to the north, and invested a lot of javelins in the Carthaginian rearguard, although the Carthaginians were very concerned about it. The appearance of the Sikelians was expected, and some precautions were taken, but they did not expect that there would be so many Sikelians who came to harass them, and were caught off guard…

“What did you say?! Appeared from the north. Four or five thousand Sikeles?!” Monte Ardeno was taken aback.

“Yes, my lord. The attacks of these Sikelians caused a lot of casualties to Lord Reguka’s army, preventing them from attacking the Diorian army camp with all their strength,” the scout said.

“Damn barbarians!” Monte Adeno scolded angrily, thought for a while, then turned to the adjutant and said, “Inform those Lumibian cavalry who are idle and do nothing to rush to the north immediately and launch an attack on the Sikelians. Attack, drive them back to the mountains, so that Reguka can attack the enemy camp with all his strength! And… you go to the south and send 6,000 Lumibians over!” The

adjutant was ordered to leave.

Soon, 3,000 Numibian cavalry set off a large cloud of dust and galloped north.

Monte Ardeno had no intention of paying attention to these, he frowned, and his eyes kept staring straight ahead.

Although the reconnaissance cavalry couldn’t go deep into the formation to investigate, and couldn’t understand the real situation, but judging from the thunderous shouts and screams that never stopped, the battle should be quite tragic.

Up to now, the battle has lasted for more than half an hour, and the Holy Order army is still unable to advance an inch, which makes Monte Adeno very uneasy.

He wished he could top the Numibian troops and

replace the Holy Legion, but this was impossible, so he could only call in the Numibians to thicken the formation of the Holy Legion and give them more Power support.

……….

_ The soldiers of the regiment were facing enemies from all directions…

The formation of the Eighth Legion finally closed slowly, the sound of fighting in the formation gradually disappeared, and even the screams were caused by the soldiers of the Holy Regiment who fell to the ground after countless pairs. After the trampling of his feet, he became silent…

Although the four divisions under Diocassis finally merged into a whole, he did not feel relieved, because each division lost some soldiers, especially the top ones. The two detachments of the fighters were the heaviest casualties, and the soldiers who fell in such tragic close combat were either seriously injured or died when they cleaned up the battlefield after the war. Few of them were able to recover. How could he be happy, but Now is not a sad thing, there are still enemies fighting ahead.

At the beginning of the battle, the attack of the Carthaginians in front was a little messy due to the lack of effective command, and now it is even more messy, because many of the Holy Legion soldiers who were squeezed out did not want to fight anymore. They just wanted to run away. Although they had been heroic in the battle before, it was for survival. As the children of Carthaginian nobles who have been dressed in fine clothes and food since childhood, although they usually have undergone rigorous training and have strong bodies, but I have never experienced such a tragic battle before, seeing my comrades beside me fall to the ground injured one by one, and then trampled into mud… This horrific sight frightened them, making them just want to escape from this hell-like place , so they pushed and even clashed with the Holy Legion soldiers who blocked their way…

“Brothers, attack! Attack! Completely crush the Carthaginians!” Dio Cassis shouted loudly, encouraging the soldiers Continue fighting.

The shouts of the team officers rang out one after another in the array, and Leoticides, who had been closely watching the battle on the mountainside, would not miss this great opportunity.

“Woo!…” The high-pitched bugle sounded throughout the battlefield.

The soldiers of the reserve team immediately strode forward when they heard the sound of the trumpet, and the entire rear array was attached to the eighth legion array in front. It was not at all what the Holy Order troops, whose number was nearly half lost and their formations were chaotic, could resist. They retreated again and again, and finally broke up…

Milefio, who was originally at the rear of the Holy Order, was attacked by Dionysus in the army. When the army blocked, he rode his horse and ran back and forth in the rear, finding his familiar team officers from the chaotic soldiers, and encouraging them to reorganize the soldiers. There was some order in the Guild army, but suddenly it became more chaotic, and then quickly retreated.

Milfio was ignorantly wrapped in the rout soldiers and fled back. He was hit with a blank mind on the way to escape. He never wanted to understand: How could such an elite Holy Order army be defeated inexplicably?

The Dionian Legionnaires, who had been fighting for nearly an hour, continued to pursue despite their fatigue, not giving the defeated Carthaginian Holy Order any chance to regroup.

Leoticides also dispatched the 4th Cavalry Corps and the Light Armor Battalion. These two fast-moving, but always recharged troops were killed from the passages reserved on both sides of the Dionysian formation. Going out, he quickly ran to the front of the heavy infantry, and carried out a fierce and continuous pursuit of the rout of the Holy Order.

The 6,000 Numibian troops who were recruited, just entered the lowlands, were surprised to see that the Carthaginians, who usually show off their power and wear colorful armor, threw away their beautiful shields and beautiful helmets, and their hair was disheveled. , shouted at them in panic: “Help! Help! The Dionysians are coming! Quick! Quickly stop them! Quickly!…”

Thousands of people rushed towards them like bereaved dogs.

It was rare for the Numibians who were not tall to make a consistent movement—turn around, escape…

The tens of thousands of rout soldiers rushed out of the lowland, with a terrifying momentum.

Monte Ardeno was stunned for a moment when he saw such a scene.

The adjutant also persuaded: “Sir, we… lost, we will return to the camp first—”

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Monte Ardeno turn the horse’s head and squeeze the war horse with both legs.

The warhorse neighed and carried him across the Pletani River quickly…

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 the fourth When some of the cavalry regiment rushed into their rear from the slash, panic quickly spread through the entire team, forcing the Numidians to scramble to flee.

The Platani River, which was originally very shallow and narrow, turned out to be the biggest obstacle to their escape. Some people slipped down by the silt at the bottom of the river because of their panic. This blocked the escape of the soldiers of the Holy Regiment behind them. They pushed and shoved angrily, and the defeated soldiers formed a mess in the river…

Then the Dionian cavalry and infantry who caught up with them stabbed them with their spears and thorns. There were repeated cries, corpses floated on the river, and the Platani River was stained with blood.

The routed soldiers fled across the river and went straight to the main camp. The Dionian soldiers were in hot pursuit. Because of the previous battle, Monte Ardeno had almost evacuated all the troops in the camp, and there was no defensive force in the camp at all. How dare the defeated soldiers stay in the camp for a long time and continue to flee westward.

The sudden defeat of the Holy Legion was unexpected by the two Carthaginian armies that were attacking the Allied camp on both sides.

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After receiving the news, the Numibian army south of the com immediately turned around and ran down the mountain and began to escape.

When the Numibian cavalry in the north heard the news of the defeat in the middle, they immediately stopped fighting with the Sikers and fled westward, but they fled at the front.

On the other hand, Reguca, the general who commanded the Carthaginian civic army, learned the news of the defeat in the middle. After being shocked, he immediately withdrew the troops that were attacking the barracks, reorganized the formation, and wanted to lead them from the side to attack the chasing ones. The Dionian army, trying to turn the tide of the battle and save the fleeing soldiers.

However, many Carthaginian soldiers saw the turbulent momentum of the pursuit of the Dionysian army in the front right, and they felt guilty, and they persuaded: “General, let’s retreat! The Holy Legion has been defeated, and the Numibian cavalry has also been defeated. If we escape, those Numibians are even less likely to stay and fight! If we don’t escape, we may be surrounded by the Greeks!”

Reguka was still a little hesitant.

There was a bugle sound in the barracks on the mountain. The Dionysian heavy infantry reserve group sent to the barracks by Leotizides and the Agrigento soldiers who had been reorganized and rushed back to the camp, a total of more than 3,000. The people rushed out of the camp together and rushed towards the Carthaginian army at the foot of the mountain, and the thousands of Sikel warriors also rushed towards the Carthaginian army from the north.