v6 Chapter 97： Battle of the Ramatu River (6)

Trina's commander was riding fast, because the river in the Lamato River in front of him was too deep to walk, and he had to make a big circle north.

Crossing the Ramatu River, when he rushed to the battlefield of this killing, he had already worn the inner skin of his legs, and he dyed the horse's belly with blood red. The whole person was crumbling immediately and saw Daionia. The detective rides up, and he screams: "I am... I am the messenger of Trina! The fleet of the Syracuse people carried tens of thousands of soldiers from the Lamato River to reinforce... fast! Go report your commander!..."

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Felicius is in a good mood now, although the former coalition cavalry suffered a fiasco, which made him worry for a while, but the Syracuse hired cavalry was busy chasing the defeat, instead of helping their infantry to pull back their right wing. Therefore, while he was feeling lucky, he still laughed at his heart: although the Syracuse's cavalry was strong, it was too lacking in the discipline and overall situation of the battlefield.

Now the left wing of Dionya is advancing, the middle road is advancing, and even the right wing is advancing...

Felicius has ordered the flag hand to move the erected flag forward, and now it seems to move again.

almost! almost! ... Felicius calculated in his mind how long the Syracuse can resist. At this moment, he has already determined that victory is like an apple that is almost ripe, and it is already at your fingertips.

But at this time, the detective rides the electric rush from the west: "Reporting commander! The Syracuse reinforcements are landing on the banks of the Lamato, there may be tens of thousands!" They are getting the Trina commander After the notice, they rushed to the river bank to confirm, and they saw the sight of them.

"What do you say?! Enemy reinforcements for tens of thousands of people!!" Felicius, who was on the head of the Xingtou, was poured out of the cold water and cooled from the skin to the heart.

"Yes, the commander is an adult, the Syracuse reinforcements of tens of thousands of people! They are landing on the bank of the river behind us from the right wing!" The detective anxiously shouted: "We must stop them!"

This amazing news made Felicius unprepared. His slightly panicked eyes swept over the people around him. The people around him were watching him nervously. He was the commander of the coalition. Everyone was waiting for his instructions.

Filipinos realized this. He coughed twice and slowed down the feeling of panic: "Command! Two light armored brigades and two light infantry brigades immediately rushed to the bank where the enemy landed, blocking them at all costs. Don't let them attack our rear!"

"Yes!"

"Fighting the military again, urging the 4th and 5th regiments to step up their attacks! Immediately rushed to tell the two regiments and the three generals of Cipros, Assisis and Ascamas, our current dangerous situation, Let them not have reservations and attack the enemy with all their strength!"

The people immediately followed the orders to execute.

After all the arrangements have been made, Felicius has only time to think about it at this moment: Where did the enemy come from? Is it the force of Medma? But the Trina people said that Medma is just a small town. How can it be possible to send tens of thousands of citizens? ......

At this time, Felicius did not go to the Syracuse troops who were besieging the city of Cologne, because the coalition trekking was always in return: more than 40,000 Siluo coalition forces have been preparing for the siege.

Of course, he couldn't possibly know that at this time, in order to help the South Italian coalition forces, Lijim General General Fiendum even ventured to attack Medema, hoping to force the Syracuse army to return to help the Syracuse. plan of.

But from this moment on, the uneasiness in Filipius’s heart began to expand...

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From the middle of the formation to the coast where Syracuse landed, there are six miles. The speed of the Diaonian light armor and light infantry is fast, but it will take some time. When they arrived at the river bank, the Campania mercenaries had already landed a lot and started the entire team.

Although the number of enemies is large, the black pressure is one, occupying the entire river beach. Guided by the high-ranking flag of the team officers, the Dionian soldiers bravely rushed in accordance with the inertia of normal training.

2,000 light infantry plunged arrows and javelins at the enemy, and 2,000 light armored soldiers armed with leather shields and short swords, struck directly into the formation of loose mercenaries.

The surprise of the Dionysian army was beyond the expectation of Leptinies. According to the habit of fighting in the Greek city-states in the past, he thought that the battle would be carried out at this time. Both sides should have invested all their troops to win. I did not expect the South Italian coalition. Actually, a force can be drawn to block the reinforcements in Syracuse.

Of course, he did not know that it was not that Felicius had already known Dionysius’s plan in advance, but that the Dionysian Military Law stipulated that “as a commander, he should keep a reserve team in combat so that In the battle to the critical moment to enter the battlefield to change the battle." Filipinos is doing this, 2,000 light armor is his reserve team, and 2000 light infantry completed the initial harassment, retreat to the array The rear has also become part of the reserve team.

The sudden impact of the 4000 Dionian soldiers caused the newly arrived Campania mercenaries to fall into chaos.

In a critical moment, Leptinies was busy commanding the remaining ships to land quickly. As the commander of the Syracuse Navy, his original mission was to transport the reinforcements to land, and to lead the reinforcements to attack the enemy is the task of mercenary leader Enmanus, but now Enamenas is in a chaotic soldier, life is dead. Know that Leptinies had to shoulder the heavy responsibility of rescue.

He jumped off the boat and directed the remaining mercenaries to land immediately.

The mercenaries had seen their companions on board, and they were very anxious. Some did not wait for the ship to stop and jumped directly to the beach.

After rushing the whole team, Leptinies led them to bypass the former mercenary team that was forced to retreat and collapse, and braved the arrow rain of the Dionysian light infantry and attacked the Diaonian light armor. flank.

The violent offensive of the light armor was forced to stop. In fact, the long-distance rapid march and the previous rapid attack have consumed a lot of their physical strength.

The chaotic former mercenary team finally slowed down and began to play the advantage of their many people and heavy armor. The casualties of the Diavian Light Armor increased sharply. If it is the light armor of the first and second legions of the Dionynia, the time of persistence should be longer, but the vast majority of the light armor of the 4th and 5th legions are from Bruce and Lucania, and the mountain people are born. The fighting education they received from childhood was to understand how to avoid the enemy rather than face the battle when they were weak. Although they accepted the military training and discipline of Dionia in the alliance for several years, they saved their lives in adversity. Take the upper hand...

The Diaonian light armor retreats, and the light infantry without the barrier certainly follows the retreat...

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At this point, it has lasted for nearly an hour. The soldiers were already weakened by physical exertion, whether it was fighting or howling, but suddenly the two sides blew almost at the same time, and the drums made a big noise, prompting to promote the attack.

Soldiers on both sides had to fight for the last force to speed up the offense and defense.

For Dionysius, he has only one idea at the moment: to stand up to the enemy's offense before the arrival of the reinforcements!

For Felicius, he also has only one conviction: before the enemy reinforcements arrive, break the enemy line and lay the victory!

Both sides have reached a critical moment in determining the outcome.

Aifei Alte, who had several stab wounds in his arms and thighs, was so tired that he couldn’t lift his long shield. The hand with a short sword shook slightly because of excessive force for a long time. He snorted and gasped. Like a critically ill patient. The enemy on the opposite side is even worse than him, because the armor is too heavy, he has thrown away the round shield, holding both spears, and the whole person is shaking.

Aifei Alte did not despise them in the heart. The Daoniya Legion had never made any of its formation characteristics in the previous battles (that is, the back-and-forth and front-line exchanges). He believed that it was because of the oppression given by the other side. Too strong, too tightly attached, so that the head of the army did not dare to easily convert the array.

In fact, the other main reason for not implementing this change is that the 4th and 5th Corps are the first to participate in the battle, facing a strong enemy, but both sides are both coalition forces, and also the first time to fight together, Felicius is afraid In a rush, the soldiers made mistakes under strong pressure, and the alliance army did not understand and did not cooperate with After all, the replacement of the front array requires the gradual retreat of the entire formation, which may lead to The whole army is in chaos.

Gao Song’s military squad is not only urging the soldiers to fight against each other, but also urging other troops, such as chasing the coalition cavalry, hiring cavalry in Syracuse, who is returning leisurely, and of course, two more Syracuses who rushed to the battlefield. Zha reinforcements.

According to the past habits of Croton's General Ascalus, he will be in front of the array and face-to-face with the enemy, but before the battle, Felicius asked the federal commanders to sit behind the town, not to Participating in the war to facilitate contact, Ascamas also ridiculed the Diaonians for fear of death, and now he should thank Felicius for this request, because he heard the sound of the military number from the opposite.

The sound of the army came from the outside of the Crotone army, and the sorghum was harsh and close.... Then in his field of vision, there were countless soldiers with bright helmets...

Syracuse's reinforcements? ! Ascamas panicked and fell from the horse immediately, watching them rushing to the back of the Crotone soldiers like the tide.

In that terrible moment, there was only one thought in Askarmas’s brain: did Felicius not say that the enemy’s reinforcements were on the right bank? ! ......