Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 43: Surprise (3)

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This time I followed Melancios out to fight. I didn’t expect it would be so smooth. I easily captured the city of Turriy. Kolebus also grabbed a lot of spoils. No wonder many people say that Melancios is lucky. The darling of the goddess. Moreover, he also heard that Crotone City Hall was preparing to immigrate to the Subari Plain, so he planned to: After returning to Crotone, first cash in the spoils, save money, first marry a wife, and then join Crotone The land of the Subari Plain is flatter and wider than the Croton Plain in Crotone, and he should be able to get a large piece of land.

This night, Kolebus was having a good dream, but was awakened in pain. He opened his eyes and saw that his comrades in the tent ran out frantically like hornets that had blown up their nests. He was sleeping beside the tent door. Was stepped on several feet.

"Watch a little!" he roared angrily.

"Enemy attack! Come out to fight!" the teammate shouted and rushed out of the tent.

"Enemy attack? Where did the enemy come from?" Kolebus was still a little dazed.

At this moment, one after another screams came into his ears, and he roused his spirit, supported the ground with both hands, and barely stood up. I drank a lot of wine last night without mixing it with water, which gave me great stamina. He was dizzy, his body was a little out of control, and he almost fell. He didn't have time to put on his helmet and armor. He grabbed the lancet from the ground and staggered out of the tent. In his sleepy eyes he saw the neatly dressed heavy infantry lined up tightly. His line quickly approached them, and the two companions rushed up with stabbing guns in their hands. They were quickly stabbed by the enemy. The tacit cooperation and concise and skillful fighting completely frightened Colebus, and his fear instantly occupied him. Whole body, he threw away the lancet, turned and ran.

"Run! Get out of here!" With a strong idea of ​​survival in his heart, Kolebus was running and watching the position of the sun in the sky. He made up his mind to flee east, because the city of Castellon was to the east.

After running for a while, I saw some people coming to face me and shouted in horror: "There are enemies, run!..."

There are also enemies in the east? ! When Colebus heard this, he panicked and had to run along.

Next, he crashed around like a headless fly. There were more and more people around him, and there were even a lot of pack animals running around, hurting many people, but still couldn’t get out. .

By this time, Klebs's brain was panicked again, and he also understood that they were surrounded, and the encircling circle was shrinking...

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Daves’s Legion Command is located behind the Second Battalion, between Camp Kritina and the city of Castellon. Thirty guards were standing in front of them, their attention was mainly on the east, and the captain Martius raised the flag of the legion. Daves was listening carefully to Ryder's report on the latest battles from his cavalry squadrons.

"The first brigade is attacking!"

"The second team is attacking!"

"The third team is attacking!"

"The Seventh Battalion and the Lucania Battalion are starting to attack!"

"The first brigade rushed forward and the enemy did not resist!"

"The second team rushed smoothly!"

"The first brigade crossed the squeeze area and continued to rush forward!"

"So fast?!" Daves was a little surprised and asked: "How did they do it?"

Leides replied from the side: "All the Tury freedmen and slaves who stayed in the yard are all the freemen and slaves who took refuge in Crotone. When they saw us attacking, they all ran away. Capps and the others circumvented this directly. In the area, leave a team to slowly clear out the area, and other troops continue to move forward."

"Well, Capps' choice is correct!" Daves nodded appreciatively.

At this time, another cavalry reported: "The second brigade has become two rows!"

"The first team has become two rows!"

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"Legislative Commander, our offensive is very smooth, and the encirclement is rapidly shrinking!" Assistus looked excited.

"Yes, it exceeded my expectations smoothly!" Davers sighed, relieved the tension in his heart, and asked Leides: "Is there no movement in Castellon?"

"Nothing."

"It seems that the enemy's vigilance and response to danger are very slow. Alpunes won't be able to win the battle this time." Daves was in the mood to joke at this moment: "Wait until the Games champion It must be strange to wake up in sleep,'Where did his army go?'"

The people around laughed.

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In fact, Daves’ judgment is still wrong. Castellon’s sentinel did not notice the strangeness of Crotone Barracks, although Crotone Barracks are about three miles away from Castellon City. Because of the barriers of woods and rivers, even standing on the wall, you can’t see the outline of the barracks, but the huge sound of screams and exclamations of tens of thousands of soldiers can be blurred into the sentry’s ears. .

So, the sentry notified the captain of the abnormal situation, and the captain thought: The camp in Crotone should be safe! The Bruti to the west was blocked by the mountains and couldn't make it through at all. Turri to the north has been burned, not to mention the protection of the Trionto River. Crimea to the south also took refuge in Crotone. We are blocked by Castellon to the northeast. At this moment, Crotone has no enemies at all. Could it be that these arrogant Crotones get up early in the morning and are caring again?

Out of professional habit, he still sent a few cavalry symbolically to see what happened. As a result, when the cavalry passed through the woods, they were fired by the archers of Alpens who were ambushing there. All were annihilated.

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As the encircling circle shrinks further, some companies even have to change into three columns because the attack line is too tight, and the enclosed Crotone army becomes more and more crowded because of the shrinking space.

Melansius and other high-ranking officers were invited to a party in the city and failed to return, but the Centurion Captain was still there, especially the team officers sleeping in the middle of the camp, as soon as they noticed that something was wrong, they began to greet painfully. He put on his armor, took up a weapon (because most of them were drunk), and prepared to fight. It's just that the attack speed of the Amendoras was too fast, and deserters were everywhere, disrupting their hastily organized team. But now that the compression of space prevents the deserters from running around, the centurion captain wearing a bright hat and tasseled helmet has become their backbone.

"We are surrounded. Only by rushing east to survive! rushing east!..." The captains of the centurion shouted in unison, attracting the attention of the people around them, and under their leadership, they began to face the sun. Rushing in the direction of the Amendorara army also ushered in the most severe test since the raid.

Dracos didn't panic at all when he saw the dark and crushing enemies rushing forward. This is not the first time that the Second Brigade has encountered this situation. Last time they blocked the vicious Lucanians’ food attack. After months of training, they were more confident to block these unarmored, incomplete weapons, and even There are naked enemies.

"Pass the order, defend on the spot!" Dracos ordered the drummers (each group is equipped with five drummers, in addition to conveying instructions, you can also use drums to adjust the pace of the soldiers during the march to maintain the same formation. It can also boost morale at the same time).

Rhythmic drums sounded, and each company's flagman waved the flag. In fact, the squad leaders have already ordered the soldiers to stop advancing and defend themselves based on their own judgment.

Crotone’s charge is like a series of big waves, although majestic, but scattered. The defense of the second brigade is like an iron wall, although thin, but strong.

The two armies collided. One has always maintained an offensive posture and consumes a lot of money; the other has been running away from the beginning and is exhausted. One is fully armed, the other is not fully equipped. One is less and one is more. The two sides fought in close quarters, and the outcome was obvious. But the Crotones finally showed their courage at this critical moment: they hit them with their bodies and kicked them with their feet without weapons; when they were struck by a stabbing gun, they held them tightly with both hands...

For a time, the second team was in a tough fight.

Daves got the news at the first time and immediately ordered: "The rest of the brigade speed up the attack speed and can surrender the enemy!"

At the same time, he asked Leides to quickly call Alpunes to lead the light infantry back, assisting the second group to attack, and he led the guards to the front.

When the legionary banner appeared behind the defense line of the Second Battalion, and the bronze statue of Hades aloft in the golden light of the dawn, the soldiers of the Second Battalion who were struggling to support suddenly became morale.

"Dracos, can you still resist it?" Daves deliberately asked loudly, the second captain commanding in the rear.

"Legislative commander, we will be able to beat the enemy back soon!" Dracos gritted his teeth and shouted at the drummers: "The drums of attack! We must attack!"

Under the gaze of the commander-in-chief and the sound of the offensive drums, the soldiers were vigorous. Although there were only three rows of formations that seemed thin to the enemy, they began to counterattack, swinging their bucklers forward and hitting them with powerful spears. The piercing into the exposed gap, if the enemy grabs the stabbing gun, he draws out his saber and slashes it. Originally, the battle between Greek infantry was irritating. The metal muffled sound of the collision between the shield and the shield, the sharp sound of the stabbing gun on the armor, and the ear-piercing screams of the sabers. . But now, with every swing, every stab, every slash, you can hear the snoring of the enemy, the tearing sound of metal piercing into the flesh, and the string of blood beads carried by the saber...

The second group's swift counterattack withstood the enemy's impact, and the courage of the Crotones, who were mostly without armor or even weapons, quickly diminished before the copper wall.

The light infantry who arrived soon threw arrows and flying stones to hit the back of the Crotone's impact line, so that their successors could not keep up, forming a joint force.

The last weight that was put on the balance of war was the fierce attack of the other three brigades. The encircling circle was shrinking sharply. The Crotone army in the center was almost crowded with people, and it became difficult to turn around. Not to mention break through.

Nearly ten thousand people are tightly surrounded in this large circle less than one mile in radius. Arrows and flying rocks from the sky keep falling, shouts of surrender not to kill are constantly sounded around, and people keep screaming. Falling down, panic and fear quickly permeated the enemy......

The freedmen and slaves fell on their knees first.

Followed by the soldiers of Siriting, Crimea, and Castellon.

Finally, the exhausted Crotone lowered his proud head...