ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 1049 The Battle of Addis ([-])
"No, Printols, you are not only a good staff officer, you are also an excellent commander! The reason why I say so much is that I hope to get your approval and help me win this battle! Alexis said sincerely.

Printors was stunned for a moment, then looked forward, and said after a moment: "Commander, you see... the Carthaginians seem to be lengthening the array, so that their wings may exceed the bottom of the valley and get closer. This limits the power of the Numibian cavalry. Since the Carthaginians are eager to engage in a decisive battle with us, can we directly ask them to line up forward and stay away from the mountains?"

Alexis's eyes lit up and he smiled: "This is a good idea. Let's also try to command the Carthage army."

As soon as he said it, he immediately selected a soldier who could speak Carthage from the guards and asked him to act as an envoy to meet the commander of the Carthaginian army and make this request to him.

Ten minutes later, the soldiers returned safely and conveyed the words of the Carthaginian commander Samors: He agreed to move the army forward.

In fact, Samors did not feel angry after hearing the request made by the Dionian envoy, but was a little happy, because he led his army out of the city to form an array to attract the Dionian army and conduct a battle. The Onian army ignored this at all, and everything he did was in vain. Now that the Dionians have made a request, it shows that they are willing to fight. In order to achieve this goal, even if they can only temporarily give up a little bit of tactics The advantages are also acceptable.

When Samos ordered the entire array to move eastward, Alexis had already returned to the camp. He called Amyntas, Matonis, and Lizaro, and gave them instructions to fight with the Carthaginian army. The three army commanders were very excited after hearing the order for the battle.

Alexis then said seriously: "Amintas, Martonis, Lizaro, please tell the legionnaires that this may be the last battle in this long war. In order to defend themselves, the Carthaginians Our homeland will definitely fight to the death! If the kingdom wins in the end, they will win supreme honor! If they fail, we will all have no way to retreat! The outcome of the battle will ultimately depend on whether they have tried their best!"

Amyntas immediately said confidently: Don't worry, the soldiers of the First Legion have experienced hundreds of battles and don't need us to mobilize. They know what to do when.

Matonis and Lizaru echoed those sentiments.

Before landing in Africa, all three legions had experienced battles and suffered casualties, especially the first legion's defense of Selinus. The number of casualties was close to a quarter of the total number of legions. Without supplements, it would be difficult to perform again. However, it would undoubtedly take too much time to draw reserve soldiers from Thurii, so Davers specifically allowed these three legions to draw soldiers from other legions to supplement the establishment.

Taking this order from Davos, the three legion commanders excitedly mobilized elite soldiers and generals from each legion. Except for the fourth legion, the other legion commanders actively cooperated. After all, most of the team officers and soldiers under their command I am eager to go to Africa to make new achievements and win honors again.Therefore, the three legions that were nearly full at this time were much stronger in terms of experience and combat effectiveness than at the beginning of the war, which gave Amyntas and the others enough confidence.

On February 378, 16 BC (the 2th year of the Kingdom of Dionia), the weather was sunny in the areas of Addis and Hadrumantum. Although it was still winter, the wind was refreshing at noon in this seaside area. , suitable for travel, but the armies of Dionia and Carthage set up a battlefield here.

迦太基军队中有6000名迦太基重步兵、4000名迦太基神圣军团步兵、2500名迦太基轻甲兵、1500名迦太基轻步兵、六百名神圣兵团骑兵，还有3000名新增加的、由迦太基老人和少年组成的援军，再加上6200名腓尼基援军（其中有重步兵3000名、轻甲兵1000名、轻步兵2000名、还有骑兵200名），总共兵力是23，800名士兵。

The Dionian army that faced it consisted of three legions and West Numibian cavalry, including 18000 Dionian heavy infantry, 3000 light infantry, 3000 light armored soldiers, and 2500 West Numibian cavalry. Biya cavalry, a total of 26500 soldiers.

The Carthaginian army had formed their formation early on. Later, after observing the formation of the Dionia army, Samos made some adjustments. The final formation arrangement was as follows: 4000 Holy Corps soldiers were in the front row in the middle. 3000 new reinforcements composed of old and young people are arranged in the rear; the left wing is 6000 Carthaginian heavy infantry, and the left wing is surrounded by 600 Holy Legion cavalry; There are 3000 Phoenician cavalry on the periphery of the right wing.In addition, Sammers placed 2500 light infantry evenly in the rear of the array.

If Carthage's formation has a relatively balanced strength on the left, center, and right, and a relatively strong left wing, the strength of the left, center, and right of the Dionia array is exactly the same: the first legion is in the center. , the Second Army was on the left, and the Third Army was on the right. 2500 West Numibian cavalry were evenly distributed on the periphery of the two wings. Alexis only left 3000 light armored soldiers as reserves.

There is nothing surprising about the formations of both sides. It was the most common formation for heavy infantry battles in Greek city-states in the early years. It is becoming increasingly rare even in mainland Greece where wars are frequent today, but such a mediocre formation battle will Determine the rise and fall of a city-state that once had a glorious history.

The soldiers from both sides who had completed the formation seemed to realize the importance of this battle. They stopped all the noise and stood quietly. The dust and fog that had been stirred up gradually dispersed, and the soldiers could clearly see several hundred meters away. The face of the opponent outside.

On this broad and flat brown land, the several-mile-long array formed by the Carthaginian and Dionian armies is like two parallel lines, one black and one white. The contrast between black and white is so sharp, as if Day and night are destined to not coexist.

"Woo!!!..." The bugle sounded, and the Dionysian army launched the attack first. The slingers, javelinmen, and archers quickly passed through the checkerboard formation like running water and rushed towards the Carthaginian army.

The Carthaginian army then blew the attack bugle, but they did not let the light infantry move forward to fight against the Dionysian light infantry. Instead, the entire formation accelerated.

When the Dionian light infantry just broke out of the array, the East Numibian cavalry on both wings had already approached the array on both wings of Carthage.

However, the cavalry in the Carthaginian array did not attack, but retreated further back. After all, the Carthaginians had had too many encounters with the West Numibian cavalry and knew its characteristics well.

When the Western Numibian cavalry continued to approach and began to draw their bows and arrows, the light infantry archers at the rear of the Carthaginian array, relying on the long range of their infantry bows, began to attack the Western Numibian cavalry on both wings. A hail of arrows was fired.

At the same time, the lead pellets thrown by the slingers of the First Dionysian Legion had already flown over the Carthage military formation...

Arrows, javelins, and lead pellets continued to fly into the Carthaginian formation, and the screams continued, but the Carthaginian soldiers were not moved at all. They charged forward resolutely, and soon met Dionysus. The Asian soldiers fought together.

Spears were broken, shields were shattered, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the sound of killing was loud...

On one side is a new force rising in the Western Mediterranean. The soldiers are all well-trained elites, with passion and pride, vowing to win more glorious glory; on the other side is an established power with hundreds of years of history, proud and proud. Although glory has become a thing of the past, now that powerful enemies are invading, the soldiers only have one thought in mind: "defend their homeland and drive away the enemies", and for this they are not afraid of sacrifice.

Therefore, although the Dionian army has an advantage in terms of strength, the quality of the soldiers is stronger than the opponent, the army organization is more efficient than the opponent, and the cooperation of the soldiers is also better than the opponent... However, after two battles, More than an hour later, Carthage's entire front retreated somewhat from before, but the two sides basically maintained a balance of power.

The Carthaginians even had the upper hand in cavalry.Samors used light infantry to fight against the West Numibian cavalry, which was running like the wind. After a long battle, the West Numibian cavalry were tired of their horses and ran out of arrows. In addition, they never It is a direct confrontation with the enemy, so it can basically be said that it has lost its combat effectiveness.

At this time, Samors sent out the Holy Corps cavalry and Phoenician cavalry, which had been recuperating in the rear, and asked them to join forces and attack the flank of Dionia's left wing.

Alexis had to send three thousand light armored troops in reserve to the left flank to eliminate the threat.

Hearing that the cavalry attack had been contained by the enemy, seeing that the soldiers who had been fighting for a long time were sweating and exhausted, and that the entire front was slowly retreating... Samors' worry gradually increased.

Before this, he had never fought against the Dionian army. He spent most of his military command career conquering and suppressing the Numibians, and he always had smooth sailing and no defeat.Although he heard a lot about the powerful and terrifying Dionysian army, he didn't take it too seriously. Based on what he learned about the battle, he believed: In this war, the reason why Carthage faced its current predicament was because Mainly due to the strength of the Dionian navy, the Carthage navy suffered consecutive defeats, and in terms of the army, the strength of the two sides should not be much different.

Because in Summers' view, the real test of the army's combat effectiveness is to conduct battles, and there are not many battles in this war.

　The Spring Festival is coming soon. I took two weeks off to go home to visit relatives. I will leave tomorrow and return on February 2st. In the meantime, I will take my children to other cities to play. Therefore, updates cannot be guaranteed during this period, so I will only Some of the saved manuscripts will be posted at once, I hope you can understand!I’ll continue updating when my vacation is over!

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