ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 212
"Although we failed in the battle of Crotone, we can at least organize another [-] to [-] citizen soldiers. If Dionia wants to attack the city, we will definitely inflict heavy losses on them! By then, Dionia will attack for a long time No less, we can only ask for peace talks, and then we will take the initiative. Maybe we can also find some opportunities to attack and defeat the Dionians during the defense of Crimesa City! "

After Myron finished speaking, everyone fell into deep thought.

Eurippus said: "So, the city of Crimesa will become a battlefield again."

This sentence awakened the Crimea executives, but Myron quickly answered: "Yes, Crimea City is the key to the next war, but it will be defended by Crotone soldiers. If the people of Rimisa feel that it is dangerous here, they can go to Crotone to take refuge first by boat. We will provide them with a good living guarantee until the end of the war before returning. If there is any loss of houses and property in the city, Crotone Tone will also make compensation..."

Myron was very thoughtful, leaving everyone speechless, and his words also vaguely reminded these people: Crimea is full of Crotone soldiers, even if they secretly want to fight with Dionys If you want to negotiate peace, you have to ask the Crotone soldiers whether they agree with the shields and spears in their hands. If you anger Crotone, the situation will only get worse!
"General Milon, Crimesa will fully support you in fighting Dionia here!" Antaoris quickly made a clear statement on behalf of the council.

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In the early morning of the next day, Davers gathered two legions and two reserve brigades, totaling about 16000 people (this refers to the number of combat soldiers, excluding engineering battalions, medical battalions, supply battalions, cavalry, trumpeter drummers, etc. ) marched towards the city of Crimesa.

In the morning, the Dionian army arrived in the swamp area.

Davers asked a legion engineering battalion to stay, inspect the geographical conditions of the swamp, fill the swamp as soon as possible, build roads, and erect bridges across the Lacoeli River to facilitate the smooth passage of future transport convoys, and at the same time, future construction Consider the Castellon-Crimisa avenue.In order to prevent being attacked by the Crotones, he also left two reserve brigades to build a camp here. In addition to protecting the engineering battalion and the people of Castellon who participated in the construction, he also needed to protect this transportation line.

Then, Davos took the lead and waded through the swamp area with the soldiers.

In the afternoon, the Dionian army entered Crimesa.

At this time, more than 5000 soldiers in Crotone on the Crimea wall were already in full battle.

Davers rode close to the city of Crimesa. After observing for a while, he gave up the idea of ​​attacking immediately and ordered to set up camp.

The captain of the legion's siege camp immediately came to ask Daves about his requirements for the camp. Daves pointed at the city of Crimesa and said: "Surround it from the north first."

The captain of the engineering battalion knew it, and immediately led the engineering technicians to inspect the topography, the water source, calculate the camp area according to the number of troops...etc., and choose the site for the camp.Not long after, he led his men 400 meters away from the city and started inserting thin wooden poles every 20 meters...

Capps and Drax gave an order, except for the two brigades in charge of security and Lades cavalry, the rest of the soldiers immediately became construction workers, some were in charge of logging, and some were in charge of digging trenches , some were responsible for building earth walls... The entire army started operating in an orderly manner, and even Davers picked up a pickaxe to participate in digging...

Milon noticed on the city wall that the Dionian army did not attack the city immediately, which made him a little lucky in his disappointment.But then, the scene of the Dionian army building the camp was so lively and spectacular, and the camp was so close to the city, which was beyond his expectation. He couldn't help but have an idea in his mind: sneak attack out of the city.

However, the two teams of Dionia's heavily armed heavy infantry and the cavalry cruising around the city dissuaded him. He also didn't think that the Crotone soldiers who had just experienced defeat had the courage to go out of the city. Many Dionians engaged in field battles.

He could see that the Dionians wanted to besiege Castellon, but as long as they could delay time, he raised his hands in favor of the other party's approach.

The Dionysian camp building efficiency is very high.By dusk, they had dug a three-mile trench and built an earth wall to surround the city of Castellon on the east, west, and north sides.Now, some soldiers set up deer camps in front of trenches, and some set up camps inside earth walls... Originally, the pack trucks of the engineering battalions had wood that could be quickly disassembled and assembled, and camp gates, watchtowers and fences could be quickly built (this is the story of Diver The "modular" proposal put forward by Si to the engineering battalion, the result of repeated trials by engineers and carpenters), because the pack truck could easily get stuck in the mud in the swamp area, it could not be transported to Crimesa in time.

Even so, Myron was amazed. Of course, he would not know that there is a special item of "building a camp" in Dionia's military training program.Seeing the more nervous expressions of the soldiers, he finally made up his mind.

Late at night, he decided to send 500 soldiers to attack the camp while the Dionysians fell into a deep sleep from the exhaustion of long-term marching and building camps to create chaos. Even if it was just a small defeat for the enemy, it could boost the depressed people. morale.

According to observations from warships at sea during the day, trenches were also dug to the north of the Dionia camp. Milon was afraid of landing and attacking from the coast north of the Dionia camp. Once discovered, he might not be able to return, so he chose the south side of his camp. This side of the sea.

500 Crotone soldiers quietly approached the Dionia camp, and when they were carefully passing through the Luzhai area, they were discovered by the secret sentry hiding behind the earth wall by the light of the torch inserted in the earth wall. He quickly reached back. In the tent, he quietly woke up the squad leader, and then woke up other people in the tent one by one.

"Laris, you did a great job! Now, take my nameplate and rush to the rear camp to inform the cavalry that there is an enemy attack here!" Squadron leader Christips praised this recruit who was still a reserve citizen, and at the same time An egg-sized iron statue of a three-headed dog engraved with regiment, company, and unit numbers was handed to him.

"Yes!" Laris turned and ran out.

Ctipus asked his subordinates to continue to inform the other units and company captain Trotilas, while he took a few soldiers to the wall to check the situation, and found that the number of enemies was not too many, so he had an idea.

The Crotone soldiers passed through the Luzhai area one after another, climbed over the trenches, and climbed over the earthen barriers. When they saw that there was still no movement in the enemy camp, they couldn't help but get excited.They began to light the kindling they carried with them. There was still a distance between the enemy's tent and the wall, so they cautiously continued to move forward at a faster pace.

Suddenly, the soles of the soldiers walking in front suddenly sank. The sunken soles of their feet were immediately pierced by sharp objects, and they couldn't help but scream.It turns out that after the earth barrier, the Dionians also set up an obstacle zone. When the enemy breaks through the camp wall, it can block the speed of the enemy's breakthrough in order to rearrange the defense and counterattack.

While the enemy was in panic, the Dionian soldiers ran out from behind the camp and threw dense javelins at the Crotone soldiers. Many people screamed and fell down. How could the remaining soldiers have the courage to fight? Turn around and run away in fear...

The Dionians continued their pursuit through the safe passage of the obstacle course.

In the silent night, the sound of fighting was very clear. Davos was woken up and quickly dressed and left the tent. Just as the captain of the guard, Martius, came to report: "Report, Commander, the Crotones made a sneak attack and were attacked by The third group of the Second Army was repulsed, Ledes’ cavalry has already attacked, and I believe the enemy will not be able to escape.”

Davos nodded, and a map of the distribution of various legions, brigades, and companies in the camp immediately appeared in his mind: "The third battalion of the Second Legion is probably Geogris's battalion... I remember that his battalion was the largest one in the camp. To the east, near the seaport."

"Yes, Commander."

"Giogris' brigade performed very well. It strictly implemented the sentry duty system of the "Military Law", and after discovering the enemy, it reacted quickly, so it should be rewarded! The sentry who discovered the enemy's situation in time should be rewarded!" Davers turned to just now. said Aristocrates, the scribe who arrived.

Aristocrates hurriedly wrote it down and reported it to the military judge tomorrow.

"What's the situation like in other brigades?" Davos asked again.

"Each brigade was notified in time, and no big noise was caused." Martius replied.

Davers was very satisfied with the smooth communication and order that the troops still maintained in the dark night. The strict training on weekdays played its role. He smiled and said: "Crotone wants to learn from us in conducting sneak attacks, but it's a pity that we are not Crotone." . Everyone, go to sleep and recharge yourself. You will be busy tomorrow." After saying that, he turned around and entered the tent, and soon fell asleep.

Martius said a few words to the guards guarding the big tent, and then left.

Only Aristocrates, who had just entered the battlefield, was still unable to calm down. He stared at the blazing brazier in front of the big tent, and stared blankly for a while.When night comes, it is stipulated in the "Dionia Military Law" that a brazier should be erected in front of the camp's supreme commander's tent. According to Davers' explanation: firstly, it is for convenience when reporting the situation at night, and secondly, when the night attack When accidents such as turmoil, battalion screams and other accidents occur, soldiers in chaos can find the location of the commander at a glance, which is convenient for stabilizing their morale and reorganizing the troops.All in all, the commander is the source of morale and hope for the entire army. Allowing soldiers to see the commander's tent anytime and anywhere in the dark will help eliminate their fear of the dark.

Hearing the gentle snoring of Davos coming from the big tent, and feeling the heat radiating from the brazier, Aristocrates' nervousness quickly dissipated...

Of the 500 people who left the city, only a few dozen escaped the interception of the Dionian cavalry and fled back to the city.

After Milon found out, he stood still for a long time.The seemingly crude and unfinished camp of the Dionia people was so heavily guarded, which was beyond his expectation. This lesson made him finally throw away the last sliver of luck, and admit from the bottom of his heart: this team of Dionia The army is a well-trained army!

He decided not to take any more risks and defended the city of Crimesa with all his strength.

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