ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 1023 The decisive battle with Selinus ([-])

"Woo!..." When Hasdrubal heard the high-pitched bugles of the Dionian defenders coming from behind, he was asking his generals to gather his troops as soon as possible to achieve better order. Retreating, because he had fought many battles with the Dionian army, he knew that the sound of the bugle represented an attack, so he felt a little surprised: Are the Dionians crazy?If it weren't for the city wall, they would have been killed long ago. How dare they attack us? !

"General, if the Dionians really come out to fight back, that would be a good thing! As long as we defeat them, we can seize the opportunity and successfully attack the port!" An Iberian army general reminded first.

This statement was immediately recognized by others, and Hasdrubal had this intention. He immediately changed his order: "Go back immediately and let your soldiers retreat slowly to lure the Dionia defenders out. Then, launch a counterattack.”

As soon as the generals took the order and left, Hasdrubal received Mago's order.

"The Numibians launched a rebellion in the camp?!" Hasdrubal was startled, looking at the few black smoke that suddenly rose in the northwest. He now understood why the Dionian defenders suddenly attacked Okay, so it turns out that I want to take advantage of the situation!

He thought the same as Mago, believing that the Numibian rebellion would soon be put down, so he did not really want to obey Mago's order and lead the army to withdraw to the camp, because due to the "stupidity" of the Dionia defenders ", a great opportunity to capture the port is right in front of us.

While he was hesitating, he received another order from Mago.

The army of Dionia is approaching the camp? ! ...Hasdrubal was shocked again. Now he finally understood the reason why the defenders of Selinus took the initiative: they wanted to try their best to hold back the siege army led by me and prevent me from returning to the reinforcement camp!

Of course, Hasdrubal could clearly distinguish the importance of the camp and the city of Selinus. Just because the camp contained the food, fodder and baggage that the army relied on for survival, this was enough for him to make up his mind: "Go and inform everyone. Leading general, lead the troops back to the camp immediately!"

Not long after, the messengers returned one after another and told Hasdrubal a shocking news: the number of Dionian defenders who attacked was very large, and they were launching a fierce attack on various Carthaginian troops.

Do the Dionia defenders want to hold us back?Or is it really launching an attack? ...Hasdrubal was dizzy by this series of news. Finally he couldn't sit still and decided to go to the front line to see what was going on?
Before attacking the inner city wall, Mago not only appointed Hasdrubal to command all the attacking troops, but considering the high risk of attacking the city, he also specifically emphasized that Hasdrubal could not charge forward and witness the battle as before.

Hasdrubal, who was commanding such a large army for the first time, complied and stayed at the rear. When the battle was going well, he did not feel anything was wrong. However, once the battle situation became complicated, he was unable to understand the front in time. battle situation.

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After the attack bugle sounded, the three gates on the left, center, and right of the city wall were opened wide. The Dionian legionnaires lined up in columns and rushed out quickly. The Carthaginian army deliberately retreated, giving them a relatively comfortable space. Time and space allowed the Dionia offensive troops to boldly form a formation in front of the city wall.

As a result, the soldiers of the Carthaginian army were surprised to see the enemies rushing out of the city gate in a steady stream, and then moving left and right under the city in an orderly manner, and soon formed a continuous array.

The Carthaginian generals felt uneasy, and they began to prepare to issue orders to attack.Just at this moment, Hasdrubal's messengers arrived and asked their respective troops to return to the camp immediately.

The generals were dumbfounded. It was taboo to retreat in front of the enemy, but Hasdroba's order was firm and severe. It seemed that something more important was happening.

Some generals carried out the order, while others refused to carry it out on the grounds that "Hasdrubal was completely out of his mind to issue two completely opposite orders in such a short period of time", such as Lusitania and Caius. Walter leaders.

The inconsistent execution of orders by the Carthaginian army caused some troops to retreat and others to attack. Before the battle began, the entire army was in chaos.

The various legion commanders of Dionia seized this favorable opportunity and immediately launched an attack. The legionnaires shouted the name of Hades and rushed towards the enemy like a tide.

Although the line of sight was blocked by the soldiers, the thunderous shouts shocked Hasdrubal who caught up. He immediately realized that what the messenger said was true. The attacking Dionians were not only large in number, And the morale is high, but at this moment the two sides have already fought together, and it is too late to change the order.

At the forefront of the three-way charge battle on the left, center, and right are the Dionian legions that have not fought in Sicily, such as the Third Army, the Fourth Army, the Sixth Army, the Lucaria Reserve Army, etc. , after they landed in Sicily, they stayed in the military camp. In addition to training, they heard the news of victory one after another. They were envious of the friendly forces fighting on the front line, so when the order to attack was given, they recharged their batteries. The legionnaires who had been fighting for many months roared like thunder, ran like the wind, and charged like tigers. After the crash, their shields were broken and their spears were broken. The Carthaginian soldiers were either stabbed or knocked down, most of them because of The constant changes in orders caused the Carthaginian troops to be in chaos, and only the Lusitanian warriors and Celtic warriors could barely withstand the charge of the Dionian legionnaires.

Under the city wall in front of the port area, for a distance of nearly one mile from east to west, there was no place where the Carthaginian army was not under attack. There was surging black everywhere, and deafening sounds of fighting everywhere.

"Quick!... Go and notify Kisgow! We need support here, ask him to come with the army immediately!..." Hasdrubal shouted anxiously towards the messenger.

After saying that, he rode his horse and galloped back and forth in the rear of the battle formation. Together with his men, he loudly encouraged the morale of the soldiers and encouraged them to keep fighting. Reinforcements would arrive soon.

Correspondingly, many Dionian soldiers in the rear also shouted in Carthaginian as planned: "The Numibians are rioting! They are burning your camp, run away! Otherwise You are about to be surrounded!..."

When the soldiers of the Carthaginian army heard the enemy's shouts clearly, they became more and more panicked, because they had indeed seen black smoke rising from behind before, and they had wondered what was going on. In addition, they had been fighting for most of the day because of their physical strength. Almost exhausted, even the Phenin infantry, known for their tenacious fighting spirit, had no intention of fighting anymore. Their morale dropped sharply and the soldiers began to retreat.

Only the Lusitania and Celtic warriors were still fighting tenaciously, but when the adjacent friendly forces began to flee and the enemy began to attack their flanks and prepared to surround them, these fierce natives of Iberia had to put down their Pride, turn around and run away.

This large-scale assault battle lasted less than 20 minutes, and the winner was decided.The Iberian army was completely defeated, and the Dionian army was in hot pursuit.

There were more than 4 soldiers of the Carthaginian army, more than 5 soldiers of the Dionysian army, and nearly 10 soldiers were chasing and fighting in the city of Selinus. The whole city was like a boiling water jar that was about to explode, filled with dust and mist. The noise shook the sky.

The screams that kept coming from behind made the Carthaginian soldiers run away desperately, and even pushed each other. The numerous ruins of houses in the city and the sight blocked by dust and fog made them more and more panicked. People kept coming. Fall, and be trampled on...

When Mago went to the camp, he left some soldiers on the outer wall of Selinus. When the earth shook, the sound waves came, and thousands of soldiers approached, they were all stunned when they stood on the city. , even at this time, there are black figures shaking everywhere under the city. Throwing a javelin or shooting an arrow will not miss the target. It is an absolute opportunity to kill the enemy, but no one chooses to do this. They just Feeling that they were like a small boat facing a huge storm that was about to hit. If they hesitated for a moment, the boat would be destroyed and everyone would be killed. Therefore, the soldiers in the city chose to flee almost without hesitation.

At this point, Mago spent nearly two months, exhausted countless manpower, and made a lot of sacrifices to capture the city of Selinus. The Dionian army took all of it in just over half an hour. After retaking it, they did not stop there, but continued to pursue forward.

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Mago returned to the camp and immediately climbed onto the wall outside the camp to inspect the Dionian army approaching the camp. He saw the two Dionian Kingdom flags shining in the sun and immediately realized The King of Dionysia is most likely in this army, and as the Dionysia army gets closer and closer to the camp, Mago, who is experienced in war, senses that something is wrong with this army. At least half of the Dionysia army The soldier did not behave like an elite, which suddenly gave him a strong idea: Why not go out of camp to meet the enemy?This may be a great opportunity to defeat King Dionia and reverse the entire situation of the war!
At this moment, he received the news that "Dionia's garrison at the port of Selinus attacked and Hasdrubal's army could not return soon."

At the same time, the Numibian cavalry who rebelled in the northwest of the camp discovered that the army led by Stikamo was rushing in. They did not dare to fight with them and quickly fled the camp.Stickamo did not pursue, but led the soldiers to put out the spreading fire.

Kisgo led the army to the Numibian camp in the southeast of the camp and was quelling the riots there. The entire Carthage camp had basically restored stability.

(End of this chapter)