v5 Chapter 6： Trionto River Battle (4)

Although the light armor is "light armor", after all, there is a "A", and with a leather shield and a spear in his hand, how can he catch up with a single enemy. But once they stop, the enemy's long-range attack begins.

What is even more worrying is that the enemies in the middle of the road gradually split into three parts when they rushed into the light armor: part of the light armor was pulled in the array, and the other two parts were wounded on both sides of the light armor.

When the light armor advanced, the flank was attacked by the enemy. Gu Qian can't take care of the left and right, and he can't protect the front. Crotone's light armor like a wild boar is generally rampant, and the result is not only not hurting the enemy's hair, but his own casualties are increasing little by little...

"How about the cavalry?! How can the cavalry not come! What is Ali Sossis doing!!" Watching the soldiers fall down one by one, the mood of Ladfoss became impatient, and he couldn’t help but yell, he was the first time. I realized how hard it was to fight with simple infantry and all light infantry enemies. It can't be beaten, and chasing can't catch up. Instead, it becomes the enemy's live target.

"Retreat to the left! Back to the left!!" He shouted, and the guards shouted. If the previous chase, the exuberant soldiers couldn't hear what he was yelling. Now everyone is getting together. The regiment, carefully avoiding arrows and stones, has begun to be somewhat fearful and exhausted. The command of Ladfoss is exactly what they want, and the light armor has hurriedly withdrawn.

Who knows that the light infantry of Dionia is as fast as the bones of the bones.

The original meaning of Ladfoss is to retreat to the left and join the heavy infantry of the left wing. With their presence, they can protect the flank of the light armor and reduce casualties before the cavalry wins. At this moment, Ladfoss is also convinced that the Crotone Cavalry will win.

However, he was in the middle of the line, but he did not know that the left-wing heavy infantry that he thought would be in his left rear had actually been deflected by the light infantry of the enemy’s right wing. They deliberately moved back to the northwest, making the action slow. The heavy infantry unconsciously moved from the north to the northwest, resulting in a larger distance between Crotone's middle and left wing.

The light armor quickly withdrew for a while, not only did not meet with the left wing, but because of the inability to achieve better protection in the withdrawal, the casualties increased rapidly. Now they are forced to turn around again, protect themselves with a leather shield, slowly retreat, avoid the arrows that are intensively shot, and watch the continually increased injured comrades on the ground in front of them being cut by the enemy. The morale of the light armor is shaking.

At this time, they heard the intensive hooves behind them, because they could not look back, but they all breathed a sigh: "The cavalry! Our cavalry is finally here!!"

In the heart of Ladfoss doubts: How did the aristocratic cavalry run to the back? ! Didn't tell him, after defeating the enemy's left wing, let him lead the cavalry to attack the enemy opposite! There is no such ability! ! When you are angry, someone yells: "Javelin! Be careful with the javelin! They are enemies!!"

Along with this exclamation, hundreds of javelins roared from behind.

Ladfoss was behind the array and wearing a colorful general-purpose helmet. Of course, he became the target of the hit, and he immediately had three javelins. When Ladfoss fell, he did not understand until he died: Why did the Crotonian cavalry, whose superior strength, fail?

The cavalry that had high hopes was originally an enemy! This became the last straw of the crushed light armor. They lost their fighting spirit, fled, and the light infantry and cavalry of Dionia were chasing. The light armor could not run through these simple light infantry, let alone the cavalry. After the speed was caught, most soldiers chose to surrender.

After solving the right-wing cavalry of Crotone and the light armor of the middle road, the Diaonians concentrated on the most difficult heavy infantry.

When more than 3,000 Rotorne heavy infantry were surrounded by more than 7,000 Dionian light infantry and cavalry, these heavy infants knew that their middle and left wings were probably fierce, especially the Rydes cavalry held high. At the head of Ladfoss, around the army of heavy infantry, they shouted for them to surrender, and the impact of these Crotones was imaginable.

The general commander of the heavy infantry was Crotone, Philos, and the deputy general was the general of the West Chamber, Paula Leus, and the two faced a dispute over such a terrible situation.

Filos believes that the light infantry did not cause much damage to them. As long as they can continue to reach, the main force in front of the river, assisting the big forces to defeat the army of Dionia, the final victory is still Crotone.

Paula Leeus believes that the soldiers’ morale is already low in the case of a full-blown attack, and that the destination to be reached is at least sixty-seven miles, and it is almost impossible for the soldiers to reach the west. The step of the road involves the river section.

No one else can convince anyone, and finally part ways. With a total of 1,700 soldiers and some Trina soldiers, Paula Leeus began to retreat and was ready to return to the south bank of the Trioto River; Philos led 1,400 Crotone inner infantry to accelerate westward.

Crotone's sudden division of troops dealt with several of the generals of Dionia.

Ledes and Chipert believe that heavy infantry, who should be heavily surrounded by the West, will use a small force to drive away the retreating enemies.

Epiphanis expressed his opposition. He believes that since the enemy retreats, it means that the fighting spirit is not strong. As long as we continue to pursue and attack, they will surrender, and then re-enclose the remaining heavy infantry to fully enem the enemy. The next step is to implement the plan. It will be easier to get up. His opinion was supported by Zantiparis.

The situation is urgent and there is no time to argue. The strength of Dionynia was also divided into two, and Epiphanis and Zantitipis led the heavy infantry responsible for the pursuit of retreat.

The West Riding and the Trina people are not fighting hard. They are not Crotones and there is not much conflict of interest with Dionia. Although the citizens of Xiliting suffered a lot of casualties in the Dionya raid six months ago, the main reason for participating in the war was because of the covenant, and by the way, the interests of the citizens were only second to the revenge of the dead citizens. But when the war is bad and threatens their lives, they certainly won’t fight hard. They are welcome, they think that the attention of the Diaonian light infantry will be placed on the Crotons of the west, but they did not expect the Diaonians to still pursue them, and the number is numerous. . They panicked and they just arrived at the lower reaches of the Tritone River. They remembered that they had paid a lot of money when crossing the river. Now the enemy is more, the attack will be more fierce, and their hearts will cool to the bottom of their hearts.

The Trina people surrendered first, and then Paula Leus surrendered to the Silitese.

Crotone's heavy infantry said that it is going to speed up. In fact, the speed is not much faster than before. Although the heavy infantry is very protective, it does not mean that they are not afraid of long-range strikes of bows, javelins and stones. The impact of stones on the helmet will make them dizzy. Their thighs, toes and hands should be careful when they are exposed. The linen breastplate does not completely block the close-range blow of the javelin. Of course, the one-meter-diameter and large-circle shield with copper skin in their hands is completely resistant to the frontal attack, but the enemy is not only on the front side, but also on the side and rear. How to prevent it?

It is only six miles away from the army of Crotone. Usually, it can be an hour of normal marching. Now half an hour has passed, and it is less than a mile... There are people who are constantly throwing arrows and shot down. They are like a The behemoth, being bitten by the flexible wolves, is bleeding, getting weaker and weaker, getting tired, not seeing a little hope in front, and the enemy's arrows and javelins are always so abundant (Davers Jean) The Castellon people dedicated all the arrows and javelins that had been accumulated in the equipment store for many years, and they were transported to the back of the battlefield with the beast. So when Epitynes ​​and Zantitipis returned, they would seize the West Ritual, When Trina’s flag was thrown into the Croton’s heavy infantry front, it was in the midst of encirclement, and the Crotones who were in the defense against long-range strikes maintained for so long, and the crumbling morale finally broken. At the time of their surrender, there were fewer than a thousand soldiers in good condition.

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Alsini, who was a recruit half a year ago, is now a small captain of the First Army. He is under the control of nine soldiers, six of whom are preparatory citizens and recruits.

The rapid expansion of the Dionysian army in the past six months can certainly be imagined. Of course, in this fierce battle, the quality of the heavy infantry on both sides gradually emerged with the passage of time. Heavy infantry is not just wearing armor, it will be shielded, it will be a qualified heavy infantry with a gun. The most important point of heavy infantry in the battle is trust and understanding. On the tightly lined front, a heavy infantryman with his left hand holding a shield and a right hand holding a gun, the heavy copper leather shield will cause him to lean left with his body, and the round shield naturally protects his left chest and left. The right chest of the side comrade, and his right chest is protected by the shield of the right comrade, so that the shield is connected in a line, defending the enemy's puncture, he needs to move the round shield back and forth, this action consumes physical strength, and It is easy to disturb the array. He only needs to focus on two actions, the right hand keeps punctuating and pushing forward, so trusting teammates and trusting him will protect you. This is the key to the successful operation of the heavy infantry.

A city-state citizen has at least a few thousand people and a maximum of tens of thousands of people. It is not a neighbor, but is a family member. He plays with him when he is young. He accepts the heavy infantry training of his elders, participates in sports, learns together, and works together in adulthood. Joining the party together... Although there are not many collective military trainings open every year in the city, the trust stems from their small training. As long as they stand on the battlefield, they will naturally stand together and twist into a rope.