Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 78: Dionia VS Carthage (2)
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In the beginning, both parties were still in peace, each enjoying the coolness and comfort brought by the river.
But in the upper part of the lower reaches of the Plettara River, where the river surface is narrow, the widest is just over ten meters, but the soldiers from Agrigento draw water on the east bank (their camp is nearby ), on the other side are the soldiers of the Holy Order of Carthage (because the upper end of the Plettara River is already close to the mountain, the West Kaiers often harass the Carthage camp from the north, and they were originally stationed in Numi on the north. Biya's troops were once attacked and caused chaos, and in the end Monte Adeno had to station his most assured Holy Corps troops here).
The full name of the holy regiment is "Carthage Sacred Corps", which is called "Baal's Hammer" by the Carthage people. Most of its soldiers are elites selected from the oldest and prominent families in the Carthage city-state. The equipment and the training they received are outstanding. These noble births and wealthy patriarchs wiped their sturdy bodies with clean white cloth, allowing their accompanying Numibian slaves to go further upstream. Drinking the pure river water, while watching the Greek soldiers on the other side of the river soak in the river water, some lie directly on the riverside drinking water, they suddenly looked contemptuous, and laughed at each other with their companions: the Greeks on the other side did not Talking about hygiene, they are all poor ghosts! ...
But what they didn't know was that the Greek soldiers on the other side of the river were citizens from Agrigento.
Agrigento was once the second largest Greek power on Sicily after Syracuse, and their history is even older than that of Syracuse. A few decades ago, Syracuse was able to develop and grow because of Agrigento’s support and immigration. Even Dillon, who made great contributions to the prosperity of Syracuse, was also a native of Agrigento. He With the help of Agrigento, he sat on the throne of the Tyrant Lord of Syracuse.
However, nearly 20 years ago, the Sicilian expedition in Athens weakened the power of the Greek city-states on the island. The Carthaginians took the opportunity to let Hannibal, the chief of the Magonis family, as the commander in command, and launched an offensive to eastern Sicily. Nibal bloodbathed Himera and avenged her ancestors, but Dionysius’ father-in-law, Syracuse’s general Hermokrates led the Sicilian Greek city-state coalition forces and repelled the Carthaginian army. But it didn't take long for him to be incited by the Syracuse Democrats to kill the people on the grounds of his dictatorship.
It didn't take long for the Carthaginians to attack again. This time, the newly appointed patriarch of the Magonis family and Hannibal’s cousin Similko served as commander-in-chief. This is the first time he has served as the commander-in-chief of the Carthage army. First, he aimed the offensive target at Sicily. Great Greek city-state Agrigento.
Agrigento faces the attack of the Similko army. Although the number of soldiers is far fewer than the opponents, they are not afraid, because the Agrigento people have always respected Sparta and their citizens’ military The training is also much stricter than that of ordinary Greek city-state citizens, and a Spartan army is also employed in the city.
The Siege of Carthage lasted for more than eight months, during which Agrigento also won several small victories, but the Carthaginians had too much advantage, and Similco used money to buy and threaten , Causing Agrigento’s reinforcements and mercenaries to give up rescue or turn around, including Syracuse and Sparta.
The people of Agrigento were finally desperate. The vast majority of the people fled to Gela in the dark. The Carthaginians invaded the city, killed all those who remained in the city, and looted the entire city. , And burned down the temple, and even decided to completely destroy it and rebuild a Carthaginian city, but the failure of the war later made Shimirko fail to do so.
When Dionysius led an army to attack western Sicily, these Agrigento exiles finally returned to their hometowns. In 20 years, the former generation of fleeing children grew into the pillars of the city state, and there was not only no hatred It disappeared because of time, but it became stronger and stronger. Although they could not understand the Carthage spoken on the other side, from the other party’s wanton laughter and contemptuous eyes, they could not understand that the other party was humiliating themselves, so they were angry in their hearts. combustion.
When an Agrigento soldier picked up the pebbles in the river and threw it at the Carthaginian soldiers on the opposite bank, the surrounding Agrigento also followed suit.
The Carthaginians who were attacked immediately fought back with stones.
Although the stone does not cause fatal injuries, it still hurts when it hits the body, and most people wear only the inner lining or are naked. The severe pain more motivates these young and energetic soldiers. Anger, so some people simply rushed across the river without throwing stones, clenched their fists, and slammed each other... the conflict between the two sides quickly changed from throwing stones to physical combat, and the scope of the conflict was rapidly expanding, approaching Soldiers on both sides of the river were also affected by it and joined the fight one after another.
At this time, the clever Numibian slaves ran back to the camp one after another, asking other holy soldiers for help, and even brought the weapons and equipment left by their masters in the tent to the river.
The joining of the heavily armed Carthage soldiers will cause the ever-expanding conflict to a new stage.
The few soldiers of Agrigento who were watching by the river and not joining the battle group saw the arrival of heavily armed enemies. Although their chests were burning with anger, they would not be stupid enough to resist the heavily armed cana. Taiji people, so they yelled loudly and told their comrades to retreat quickly, but the scene was too chaotic, and no one listened to them for a while.
However, the conflict was provoked by the soldiers of Agrigento, and it was not so easy to end the conflict.
The arrogant soldiers of the Carthaginian holy regiment refused to give up, and they have sharp weapons in their hands, but the enemy is like a lamb to be slaughtered not far away. This is simply fat in their hands. How could they not? eat! They waved their shields and spears and stepped into the Plettara River.
The fighting comrades who had fought before took the initiative to make room for them, but they squeezed to the front and stabbed their spears at the Agrigento soldiers who wanted to escape...
At this time, on the upper part of the lower reaches of the Plettara River, nearly a thousand soldiers from both sides piled up in order to fight in groups. The soldier in Agrigento at the front saw that the situation was not good and wanted to escape. The people behind didn't know what was going on. They didn't get away in time, and the Carthage soldier's spear easily pierced the almost naked Agrigento soldier's body.
When the screams continued to sound, the blood stained the surface of the Plaitara river, and the panic overwhelmed the anger in the heart, the soldiers of Agrigento began to flee back in panic. While pushing each other, some When a person stumbles and falls, he is either stabbed to death or drowned.
At this time, Millefio had just been in the Chinese Army's account and reported to Monte Adeno what he had learned in the past two days about "why the Carthage fleet failed to appear escort", and he was returning to his camp. On the way, he learned of what happened on the Plettara River from the adjutant who rushed over.
He immediately rode towards the Plaitara River, just in time to see the heavily armed Holy Corps soldiers rushing to the opposite bank, killing the Greeks who were fleeing along the river bank.
The young and passionate Millefio did not sound the clarion call to retreat, and ordered these soldiers who violated the military order and provoked the battle to immediately retreat to the West Bank. Instead, they sent a messenger to notify the remaining Holy Corps soldiers in the camp and The cavalry of the holy regiment rushed to the Plettara River immediately, and at the same time ordered the naked soldiers on the bank of the river to immediately wear armor, take up weapons, and line up.
After all this was deployed, Millefio said to the messenger next to him: "You go to the Chinese army camp and inform Master Monte Adeno that the Greeks took the initiative to provoke the soldiers of my holy regiment. As a result, there was a battle, and now the entire Holy Corps army and cavalry have fully engaged the Greeks!"
The messenger turned around and wanted to go, but was stopped by him again, and emphasized: "Slow down, don't go too fast!"
The messenger immediately expressed his understanding, and then proceeded slowly towards the camp.
The reason why the young and energetic Millefio lied to the military was because he was dissatisfied with the conservative and cowardly of Monte Arderno. He became the leader of Carthage’s most elite sacred army at such an age. He didn't want others to think that this was the credit of his father-in-law Hanno. He needed to use his brilliant military service to prove his ability, and now he thought it was a good fighter.
The soldiers of the Holy Regiment who had crossed the river wanted to chase and kill the Agrigento soldiers who were fleeing along the river bank.
The Agrigento people who discovered that the situation was not good before ran back to the camp to call for reinforcements. Not long after, the heavily armed Agrigento soldiers arrived, along with some soldiers from other city states.
The killing action of the soldiers of the Carthage Holy Regiment was stopped, and even with the arrival of more Greek soldiers, the Carthaginians fighting on the east bank soon changed from offensive to defensive due to the lack of people. Began to retreat gradually.
Although the soldiers of the Carthage Holy Regiment are proud of their origins, they are indeed well-trained. Not long after Millefio issued the order, they have been listed in the West Bank for about one mile, A square array of seven or eight columns thick.
They wear an open helmet similar to the Dionian heavy infantry, no faceplate, only cheeks. The crown is a bunch of long red or white caps, and they wear thick Originally they could wear a fine chain armor on the outside, but these soldiers would rather wear a layer of leather armor with gorgeous colors and beautiful patterns on the linen breastplate, rather than wear dark chain armor. Destroy the beauty. The polished golden bronze diameter armor is set on the calf, the feet are wearing fine leather sandals, the right hand is holding a sharp spear that is more than two meters long, and the left hand is carrying a large copper buckler with a diameter of more than one meter. Exquisite laces and patterns are drawn on the shields, which soldiers often use to boast or compare beauty. Coupled with the fact that these soldiers have enough possessions to provide rich nutrition to fight the body, all of them are tall and strong, and the listed phalanx is both majestic and colorful.
On the right flank of the infantry phalanx are a thousand holy cavalrymen. Their real name is the Carthage noble cavalry. They are also made up of the children of the famous Carthage family. These cavalry also wear the best armor. , Holding a three-meter long lance, a high-quality short sword on the waist, and a hip mount selected from the toughest horses in Iberia.
"Offensive!" Millefio couldn't wait to give the order.