v9 Chapter 126： Battle of Tagya (2)

Suddenly, Agsilaus' body shook and nearly fell, and the servant hurriedly supported him.

In order to boost morale and observe the enemy's situation, he stood for a long time and his aging body was already difficult to support. He could only sit on the wooden chair that had been prepared.

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The commander of the Dionysian army, Croto Kataks, was equally nervous. The first command battle was faced with such a grand battle, and the opponent was the Greek overlord Sparta.

Looking at the dazzling light wall that stretched indefinitely on both sides in the distance in front, Crotocatax felt the invisible pressure. He knew that his order would determine the life and death of thousands of Dionysian soldiers. So he has been hesitating.

"Your Highness, the soldier's door is almost resting, and you can issue an offensive order." Prentals stepped forward and reminded softly.

"Uh... Do you want to wait any longer?" Crotocatax said with a guilty conscience.

Prentals looked up at the sky intentionally, and then said: "Wait any longer, I am afraid today's battle can only be cancelled. I missed this opportunity, and I will seize the Spartan army for the next battle. I don't know if it will When will the situation become more and more unfavorable to us..."

Prentals' words changed Kloto Kataks's complexion. He was silent for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Then attack!"

"Woo!...Woo!..." The majestic horn sounded on the west side of the Tagia Plain.

At the same time as the horn sounded, the military flags at all levels that were originally set high in the array were pointing to the east.

"Go forward!" Like the other team officers, Max gave orders to his soldiers.

The soldiers of the detachment shouted excitedly, pulled out the long shield inserted in the dirt, and carried it on their backs (In order to save the strength of the soldiers and facilitate the march, the weapon merchants were in the long shield according to the requirements of the Ministry of Military Affairs. A long cloth strip was added to the inside, and with it, the soldiers could carry the long shield on their shoulders), armed with bayonet and javelin, and steadily moved forward with the soldiers of other units.

The battle is about to start, Max is a little excited, but the level of excitement is far less than the Greek soldiers under his command. He knows that it is because they are eager to defeat the Spartan warriors who have dominated Greece for decades to prove Dionysia The Greek citizens of the kingdom are the strongest fighters in the Greek world, so Max does not have to worry about the fighting spirit of the soldiers.

"The Dionysians began to attack." Agsilaus heard the trumpet sound from the opposite side, unconsciously relieved in his heart, he was still not afraid of the mercenary general who came to ask for instructions. Said in a hurry: "Don't worry about the offensive bugle, let the Dionysians move forward for a distance, so that when we are in battle, the city of Taglia will be behind them."

As the Dionysian soldiers progressed slowly, rows of wheat seedlings fell one after another, and the originally straight Dionysian formations had gradually become layered: light infantry with light brigades had crossed the checkerboard of heavy infantry Array, walking in front; followed by cavalry at both ends, although they have not let the horses run to save horsepower, but still faster than heavy infantry.

The Dionysian light infantry with their loose formations are located at the forefront of the left, center and right roads. When they were about two miles away from the Spartan formation, the Agsilaus who got the news finally issued the attack. The command.

The left wing is a Spartan warrior wearing a large red cloak. The middle wing is mainly mercenaries. The right wing is a mercenary soldier who was recently withdrawn from the siege. Except for the right wing thickness of 10 columns, the center wing and left wing array thickness have increased to 20. Columns, with Macedonian cavalry at both ends... It seems that Agsilaus has placed the most traditional Greek phalanx, and will have a most regular Greek heavy infantry battle with the Dionysian army. The only difference is that in the past Countless light infantrymen passed through the gaps of the array and also greeted the front in a loose formation.

Agsilaus knew something about the Dionysian army. He knew that the Dionysian army was good at using light infantry to attack first to disrupt the opponent’s array, so he specifically asked to hire mercenary generals. Recruiting some light infantry is to fight against and weaken the Dionysian light infantry during the battle.

"What are you talking about? The opponent has a lot of troopers!" Klotokatax was surprised after listening to the report of the scout.

"Yes, Your Highness. The enemy threw a lot of flying stones at our light infantry in the distance, causing injuries to some soldiers."

"I think the Spartans might have recruited some Rhode Island slingers." Staff Chief Mukru made a conjecture while sighing regretfully: "Unfortunately, the original slingers in our First Army Have been retired!"

"Damn! I should have asked the father to send some Baleares before!" Crotocatax regretted this time.

After the southern part of Iberia merged with the Kingdom of Dionia, the Balearic Islands naturally surrendered to Dionysia. Davers allowed them autonomy, and generously agreed to solve their food shortage problem, but also made a request: Once the fighting needs, Balearic must provide no fewer than 2,000 troopers.

"Your Highness, don't worry." Prentals reassured: "The Spartans' light infantry are all temporary patchwork, not as well-trained as our soldiers, but they took advantage of the distance to take advantage of some of the first, I think Soon our light infantry will make them suffer."

Crotocatax was suspicious and relaxed at least.

Shortly after the light infantry of the two sides engaged, the cavalry of both sides began to accelerate. Although the high wheat seedlings hindered the running of the horses, the cavalry did not have time to consider too much. Charged together.

Both ends of the array are 1000 Dionysian cavalry vs 750 Macedonian cavalry. Although the Dionysian cavalry has an advantage in number, the Macedonian cavalry is the dominant arm in the Greek mainland and the Sassari cavalry. Skills, fighting spirit, and combat effectiveness are not weak.

Although the First Cavalry Corps is "First" in its name, it is different from the Infantry Corps in that its combat effectiveness is not able to win the ranks of other legions, even the new 5th Cavalry Corps, Sixth Cavalry Corps, and Seventh Cavalry, which have been newly built in recent years The Legion is stronger than it, because the Fifth Cavalry Corps is located in Iberia, and the main soldiers are from the conquered Lusitania Cavalry; the Sixth Cavalry Corps is located in the Po River area, and the soldiers are all Gaul cavalry; as for the seventh The Cavalry Corps is located in Hadrummentum, but usually there is no fixed personnel, but when required, the Nunumbia tribes are required to provide 3000-4000 cavalry. It is the only light cavalry regiment in the kingdom. It is also the cavalry regiment with the largest number of personnel.

Therefore, the former Chief of the Army, Kuchius, felt pressure and increased the intensity of training for cavalry (Ledes chose to retire because he was too old and injured and could no longer ride for a long time).

At this time, in a short period of time, the cavalry contest cannot be divided.

The news was sent back to the command center behind the Dionysian Front. In order to prevent Klotokatax from worrying again, Printols said voluntarily: "The reason why Your Majesty did not send too many cavalry was to consider Burrow There are many plains in Benissa, and there is not much room for cavalry. Moreover, the army expeditions across the sea, the original military food consumption is very large, the cavalry consumes more food, and the Greek cavalry is not strong, so only one was sent. Cavalry Corps, it is not our main force for victory."

"The main force for victory is our infantry legion!" Croto Kataks looked forward with expectation. As the entire army continued to move forward, the dust that had stirred up had begun to diffuse, making the sight become A little vague, but the screams kept coming, more and more clear.

After eating some small losses, the Dionysian light infantry speeded up and shortened the distance with the enemy. Then the archer attacked the enemy with superb shooting skills trained for many years. The Cretan archer can only withstand Against it.

The javelinmen took advantage of the opportunity to advance forward, narrowed the distance to within 30 meters, and threw the javelin, but they were counterattacked by a large number of Thracian light shield soldiers.

Compared with the total number of only 3000 Dionysian light infantry (the 7th Legion’s light infantry brigade remained at the camp), the Spartan coalition has more than twice as many light infantry battles, although the single arm The abilities are not weak, but they are patched together temporarily. Not only do they lack cooperation and coordination, and they often block each other from time to time, but they also lack large-scale pre-front light infantry combat experience, so the small number of Dionysian light infantry relies on flexible Mobile and skilled tactical cooperation takes the initiative.

As the two military formations got closer and closer, the Spartan Allied Light Infantry who were worried about being squeezed into the formation hurriedly withdrew from the front. The Dionysian light infantry still had no fear of being in front of the formation, and turned to long-range attacks on the Spartan coalition heavy infantry who were slowly moving forward.

Although the arrows falling from the air did not hurt them much, they were able to delay their advancement and disrupt their array, but the heavy javelins thrown from them posed a threat to their lives.

The mercenary heavy infantry in front of the array was forced to start running before entering the distance of the charge without being able to dodge, making the already crooked front more uneven.

The Dionysian light infantry quickly withdrew from the gap in the rear checkerboard array, and the small squares quickly folded together to form a unified array, and then the team officers shouted: "Javelin preparation!"

At this time, most of the Spartan coalition soldiers have rushed to the distance of 40 meters, not sooner or later, the time is just right, this is the result of the long and hard training of the Dionysian Army.

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