v8 Chapter 251： Gera Battle (1)

Because Leo Zidids once again received an urgent request from Minoa, the Carthage army stormed in the past few days, and the siege equipment they created caused great casualties to the Minoa garrison. Minoa could not stand up. . At the same time, he also received news from Serinus, who led the army to leave the port of Serinus by boat, but the sentinel patrolled by Carthage at the seaside, the next day the Carthaginians were against Serinu. Sicheng launched an offensive.

These made Leo Tizides eager to resolve the Carthaginian army under the city of Gera as soon as possible, so after deliberating with the Gera and Kamanina reinforcements, they decided to conduct a battle with the Carthaginians. Fight.

In the early morning, Leo Tizides led 8,000 soldiers of the Eighth Army, 1,000 cavalry of the 4th Cavalry Corps, 5,000 Jerah soldiers, 3,000 Camerina reinforcements, a total of 17,000, and the city of Jela After four miles to the west, facing the Carthage military camp, the battle was opened.

The huge fleet of troops entered the port of Jela, but it was close to the Carthage army built on the beach. So the two days of the Carthage army did not attack the city. Instead, in the repeated persuasion of Kisgo, Hasdru Pakistan has summoned some 2,000 soldiers stationed in Echinom, leaving only a few hundred people. In addition, he also issued a command to the Carthage army, who was in charge of the siege of Enna, to make 1,500 soldiers rush in the mountains and starry nights.

Kisgo’s words impressed Hasdrupa: “... According to the situation observed by the sentinel, there are no fewer than 200 Dani’s troop carriers, so at least 10,000 Dionysian soldiers entered Jay. In this way, the number of defenders in the city is similar to the number of our soldiers, so the Diaonians can never just defend the city, but want to beat us, because of the huge army with the Ma Ge adults. Compared to our small number, but the closest to the territory of Dionia, they are very threatening to them. As long as we can defeat the Dionysian army, we will be able to complete the goal promised by Ma Ge in the Senate as soon as possible. The Nea people are driven out of Sicily, and you can be praised by the people of Carthage in Hasdruba!..."

So after learning that the Daonian army had already left the city of Gera, Hasdruba could not wait to start assembling troops in the camp.

When the Dionysian coalition was in the process of being in the lineup, Hasdruba also led the army to leave the camp and came to the opposite side of the Dionyrian coalition.

Hasdruba’s army has 10,000 mixed troops of Phoenician and Numidia, 4,000 Iberian soldiers, 2,500 Lusitania fighters, 600 Celtic fighters, and more than 1,000 Special soldiers, a total of about 18,500 soldiers.

Since the place where the two sides are about to fight is a flat grassland, the area can be seen in a few miles, and the Dionyrian coalition is the first to start the array, thus giving Hasdruba and Kisgo an opportunity to observe.

The Dionysian coalition is lining up for more than three miles, all of them are heavy infantry, they overlap, like a long iron wall.

Due to the unique black helmet and black armor of the Daiyan Army in the military array, it first attracted the attention of Hasbrodaba. He found that the Dionyrian army was mainly concentrated on the right side of the battlefield (Dae The left wing of the Nigerian coalition), therefore, after a brief deliberation with Giesgo, he began to arrange formation: 7,000 Phoenician and Numidian mixed forces on the left wing, facing the soldiers of the Dionia .

This army was specially formed after the Magoniide family was ready to go to Iberia for development. For various reasons, there was no recruitment of Carthage, but in the Numisia and the North African coast. The Niki allies recruited a large number of poor and displaced people, starting with 20,000 people and reaching 40,000 people during the peak period. They are the main force of the Magoniide family to stand firm in Iberia and expand their territory. For more than a decade, under the leadership of Margot and Hasdrup, numerous battles have been fought with the fierce Aborigines of Iberia, which is the most important force of the Magonid family. This time attacking Sicily, Ma Ge brought 20,000 people, and 10,000 soldiers stayed in southern Iberia.

In the middle, Hasdruba is preparing to keep the remaining 3,000 Phoenician and Numidian soldiers guarded by 2,000 Iberian infantry.

The Iberian infantry is made up of indigenous people living in southern Iberia. Although they are not as fierce as their distant relatives, the Lusitanias are rich, but they are more populous and more united. They once gave the Magonid family in Iberia. The conquest in the south created a lot of trouble, and it took about six or seven years for most of the tribes to surrender to Marco.

Therefore, Ma Ge did not dare to enslave the southern Iberian race like the Carthage slaves, but obeyed the advice of the nephew Hakka: as long as they surrender, they will not deprive them of their territory and allow them to be in the jurisdiction. Living freely within the country, not taxing them, not interfering with the internal affairs of the tribe, and trading with daily necessities with these tribes at a lower price...

But these races also have obligations that must be observed: they do not violate the laws of the colonies (this law is not Carthage law, but the law of Haka according to the situation in southern Iberia), when the Magonid family launched a war They need to provide the source of the soldiers. Of course, after winning, they will also get rich returns on the spoils. In addition, there should be no war between the tribes. Once there is a conflict, they will be coordinated by the Magoniide family. This is tantamount to letting The Magonid family became the great leader of the tribes in southern Iberia. The interests of the tribes were not harmed. Instead, they received many benefits, and the resistance to Marco was naturally reduced.

At this point, Margo’s territory in southern Iberia has remained largely stable, and there are also a large number of free military sources, greatly reducing the military costs of maintaining territorial security and reducing the number of employed soldiers (mainly Phoenician and Numibia troops), in this landing, Ma Ge brought 15,000 Iberian infantry.

The right wing is made up of 2,500 Lusitania fighters and 2,000 Libyan soldiers. The right-wing soldiers have the fewest numbers, but Hasbrodaba has pinned his hopes of winning on the right wing because of the presence of Lusitania fighters.

The Lusitanias are actually a branch of the Celtics. They are tall and strong, running fast and powerful, making the Great Shield and the Fakata Sword, similar to their relatives Iberian Infantry in the use of weapons. Only the Iberian infantry is stable, and they are more violent and more suitable for attack when they are killed, so Hasdruba puts them at the far right and hopes to use them to open the road to victory.

As for the 600 Celtic fighters, Hasdruba left them behind the middle road, not because he already had the habit of retaining the reserve team, but because he had already vaguely observed Dionya. The coalition forces have many cavalry.

Haddruba is not like Monte Adeno. He and his uncle Maggio have carefully studied the past convictions of the Dionyns and found that cavalry plays a very important role in them, even they apply this to In the war of conquering southern Iberia, the cavalry was repeatedly used to defeat the enemy and reverse the battle. After all, Carthage’s cavalry resources were very rich, Carthage cavalry, Numidian cavalry, Mauritanian allied cavalry, and even Lusitania. There are also many cavalry, this time there are more than 7,000 cavalry in the army led by Ma Ge.

However, because Hasdruba wants to lead the army over the mountains, raiding the West Kel, and then attacking the rear of the Dionysian army, the cavalry has become cumbersome, so that there is no cavalry in this army, so he must stay. The Lower Celtic came to protect another force and jointly defended the attack of the Dairian cavalry on the wing of the army.

Of course, the Celtics are unruly, and it is more difficult to cooperate with other units in the battle, but it will hinder the attack. This is also the reason for separating them separately. For this reason, Hasdruba also let Kisgo sit down. At the rear of the middle road, one of the tasks is to restrain the Celtic troops.

After completing these deployments, Hasdruba ran to the right wing. He wanted to attack the enemy with the Lusitania himself. The head of a Carthage army was actually in the same group of indigenous people. Www.novelhall.com~ and still in the forefront of the military squad, this is absolutely unique for the Carthage nobles, that is, Ma Ge can not do, but Hass Drub has won the Iberians, The respect of the Lusitanias and even the Celts, everyone is willing to follow his command.

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Leo Tizides got the reward of the detective ride. After learning that the Carthage army had been out of the camp, his heart was set: today's battle will definitely go on.

He began a more detailed arrangement: the 6,000 heavy infantry of the Eighth Army lined from the right wing to the middle, only eight rows, so that the Eighth Army occupied half of the length of the entire army; It was Gera’s heavy infantry, and they increased the ranks to 14; the left side of the Gera was the Camanlin heavy infantry, which was also 14 horizontal...

The formation of the Deonian coalition is like a hatchet, the right side is a thin wooden handle, and the left side is a thick blade. The reason why Leotizides arranged this way is also a last resort: the Dionyrian Army and the South Coast. The AIA army has been fighting for several months. He has a deep understanding of these Greek city-state troops. Most of them have more skilled heavy infantry combat skills. They are brave in the battle, but the discipline is more frivolous and the battle cannot last. Frustrated, easier to break, and because of their concerns, they thickened their array. In this way, the soldiers wearing the thick Greek heavy infantry armor and the inconvenient movement, even if they are timid and want to retreat, but under the push of the rear soldiers, they have to struggle forward, otherwise he is more likely to die in the enemy. The attack and the trampling of his comrades.