v5 Chapter 1： Volume 1 Before the battle

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The next morning, the support of the West Riding and Trina arrived, and Crotone also received information from Turui: Amendo Lara had about four thousand reinforcements rushed to Turui, in the plains of Sobari. The Diaonian citizens have gradually entered the square assembly. It is reported that there are about 8,000 people. Later, they entered the military camp in the north of the city of Turui. No progress has been made. Diaonia seems to be waiting for Niutum and Rao. Sri Lanka’s reinforcements.

The news prompted Milon to decide to take immediate action. Under his active promotion, the council passed a resolution to attack Turui. The chief general Milong served as the military commander, and the other general commander General Ladfoss As an adjutant, he led some 27,000 soldiers, including 20,000 heavy infantry and 6,500 light infantry. Four thousand of the 6,500 light infantrymen were wearing leather armor and holding leather shields. The light armor of the spear does not have the ability to project, and there are also 800 cavalry. In addition to the regular troops, there are a large number of slaves and free transporters, making the actual number of troops as high as 40,000.

To this end, Crotone organized a huge fleet at the port, and it took nearly three hours to load the goods and get the soldiers on board. Until noon, the troop fleet sailed north under the guard of the Crotone fleet. When the Crimea was passed, another 500 soldiers joined, bringing the number of combat troops to 27,500.

Because the whole process was cumbersome and dragged when the ship was in the port of Crotone, the scene was quite confusing, so Milon worried that the situation would be worse when landing on the beach. He and Ladfoss were quite concerned about the Trathus intelligence that "the coast of Dionia has cavalry surveillance", in order to be safe, they did not dare to land on the coast north of Castellon, and After the swamp, it was immediately docked and stopped. The place where the ship was parked was just a few days before the Ma Song mercenary landed on the beach.

Milon first let the cavalry disembark, and expanded the scope of the warning to two miles. After confirming that there was no enemy, the large-scale landing began. Countless soldiers carry weapons and equipment, and some also carry horses, jump off cargo ships, step into the sea, and reach the shore. Because there is no dock, slaves and free people have to carry food, tents and other materials to transfer them to the shore...

Looking at the whole beach, all the black-pressed heads, messy pieces, people shouting the horses, the team officers rushed to the head; and the heavy piles, the piles of random placement, and affect the soldiers of the whole team, pull the blessing Sri Lanka played and slandered the slaves... It took a long time to reorganize the entire landing force and straighten out the matter. After this toss, people are sleepy and the sky is at dusk.

After confirming the campsite nearby, Milon issued an order, strict requirements: each team built a strong camp, arranged the guard post, there must be no negligence!

The defeat of Melanthus is a lesson of the past. This time, Crotone has an absolute advantage. He has the opportunity to advance and only needs to move forward steadily. Victory is just around the corner.

Tomorrow's attack on Castellon will make it the base for the army and fleet of Crotone... Milon conceived his next military action plan in his mind and gradually fell asleep.

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In the big account of the Turai military camp, Davers, the military officer Felicius, the head of the army, Capus, the second army leader, Drax, and the cavalry captain, Ledes, are conducting an analysis of the enemy.

On the central wooden table, there is a two-meter square of bright wooden board. The top is a detailed map of Great Greece. Felicius holds a wooden stick and points to the map on the board. He said: "You just received the front. According to the information, Crotone sent about 30,000 soldiers, who have already landed here on the south coast of Castellón, and it is estimated that he will attack Castron tomorrow!"

"Three thousand people?!" Cavalry captain Leddes took a breath: "Crottone is going to deal with us, I am afraid to send out the citizens of the city-state!"

"What is 30,000 people!" Drax was not convinced: "If the Third Army map can arrive in time, plus the free people recruited, our strength is more than 30,000! And even if there is no 30,000 people, Crotone is not our opponent!"

"But the soldiers of Crotone are all civic soldiers!" Capps looked worriedly at Daves: "Adult, we really don't wait for the arrival of the Third Corps, and rushed to Castellon directly!! ”

Davers said calmly: "There is no time, Crotone is determined to destroy Diaonia this time, so he is ready early, and the speed of entering is so fast! If we wait, it means Abandoning Castellon not only undermines the reputation established by Dionya, but also allows the enemy to enter the plains of Sobari, and also against the promises we made before! Fighting with the citizens of Crotone on the plains, we Unsure of winning, and relying on the wall defense, it takes too long, which is not good for our new alliance!" Daphus took the stick from Felicius and pointed to the curve marking the Trionto River on the map. Shen Sheng said: "So we must make full use of this river!"

For Daves's plan, some of you are very clear. Felicius opened his mouth and finally asked: "Duffus, the Crotones will rush to cross the Trionto River. ?? I heard that their coach Milon is a battle-experienced general."

Davers smiled and said seriously: "No plan can guarantee full realization, but Milon is confused by the fake news that I released. Seeing that he is so eager to assemble the army, I want to see that before we finish the assembly, the soldiers are under the city. It is very likely that it will be counted. Of course, if he is not fooled, we can also withdraw Turui and play a long defensive battle with the Crotones!"

"He will be fooled!" Drax said the expectations of the generals in the room. They also did not want the Crotones to set foot on the land of Dionia.

"How many of their cavalry?" Ledes asked an important question.

"There are about eight hundred people." Filipius answered.

Ledes clenched his fists, no matter the number or experience, his cavalry did not prevail, just watching the wonderful tactics of Deavers can work.

"Brothers!" Davers looked at the generals who were born and died, and now eager to try. They knew that they didn't need to be mobilized. Their fighting spirit must be high. So he calmly said: "Time is not early, you will return immediately. Go to the respective teams and follow the previous plan! Hades will bless us and cut tomorrow!"

"Yes!"

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This night, the Crotone camp was safe.

Early the next morning, the sky was clear and rainless, and Milon woke up, consciously ignorant, and the information of Turui was also sent in time: The reinforcements of Raos and Niutum have not yet arrived, the afternoon map There were 3,000 people in Lie rushing to Castron.

The secret letter should have been sent out last night, and the Crotonene warship cruising on the coast of Turui in the morning did not find traces of large-scale operations on the road to Turai-Castellon... Long thought: The Dionyns should have already known the arrival of Crotone's army, but they are still in the process of war mobilization. They only sent three thousand reinforcements, but these three thousand people want to hold Castellon. ? ! According to him, even if there are no more than 4,000 soldiers in Castron, and the small town of Castellon is less than four meters high, it is impossible to stop the army of Crotone from crossing Trion. Toto and the capture of Castron, even Milon also hopes that Castellon will send all the troops to stop themselves from crossing the river, so that they can give them the biggest kill in the wild, and more easily capture the city of Castellón. The weather and the enemy are all good for Crotone, this is Apollo bless! Crotone must seize the opportunity that the Dionysian Alliance has not completed the mobilization of the war, the army has not yet assembled and arrived, and quickly passed the Trionto River, as soon as possible to win Castron, and then with Diony The army is decisive!

After discussing with Ladfoss, Miron immediately formulated a river crossing plan.

Under the urging of Milon, the army quickly assembled, with 22,000 soldiers led by Milon and heading northwest; another 4,500 soldiers and 500 cavalry led by Ladfoss Travel north.

The Trionto River has two locations to deal with: the middle reaches, not only shallow water, flat rivers, but also the length of the river that can be walked for more than two miles. Davers was the one that sneaked from here. Xiusi; the other is located downstream, west of Castellon City, the river is short and the water is deep.

The Crotone's plan to cross the river is: 5,000 people led by Radfords contain and attract the enemy, but do not immediately cross the river, and the army of Milon is able to spend the wide river from the middle reaches.

The team of Crotone, led by Milon, is an eight-way column It has a long queue of four to five miles.

Riding in the middle of the team's Milong's ears, filled with noisy footsteps, armor collision... He felt very sweet, the huge force gave him enough confidence, he even had the leisure to think: Kas The city of Tron and the city of Crimea were built on the north bank of the river. This was because they were all sub-Sharris's neighbors, and they were acquainted with Barris and guarded against Crotone. After this war, they must be forced to move the city to the South Bank! As for Turui... If it goes well, he doesn't mind destroying it for the fourth time!

"Reporting the general, the detective crossing the river was surrounded by enemy cavalry, four dead, and two escaped."

"What did you find?"

"They saw thousands of people marching along the North Shore."

Thousands of people? Is it following us? Milon thought for a moment and said, "Is Ladforth arriving at the destination?" () "Greek Hegemony of Ancient Greece" only represents the author's point of view. If it finds that its content is inconsistent with the laws of the country, please delete it. The position is only devoted to providing a healthy and green reading platform. 【】,thank you all!