ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 432 Battle of Ramato River (End)

As a result, the space for the Fifth Army to retreat north should be said to be relatively spacious.However, not long after the Fifth Army began to retreat, it was targeted by Syracuse's mercenary cavalry.

After being reprimanded by Dionysius, the Numibians and Celts had to cheer up and rush from east to west to pursue the men in black armor. It was also convenient to have fewer defeated troops along the way. As they rode, they then sighted the retreating Diorian Fifth Legion.

The soldiers of the Fifth Legion were still relatively concentrated and orderly during their retreat, which was obviously not conducive to the impact of the cavalry. Even the fierce Celtic cavalry was not stupid enough to directly collide with the thick heavy infantry array.But the cunning mercenary cavalry had their own way. They lined up in columns again, drove their horses close to the Dionian soldiers, shouted loudly, quickly passed by the Fifth Legion's array, and continuously threw the javelins in their hands... …

The rapid sound of horse hooves, the heart-stirring strange screams, and the screams of teammates... made the already low-morale soldiers of the Fifth Army even more panicked. They accelerated and ran forward, hoping to escape the terrifying thing behind them as soon as possible. The enemy cavalry...the retreating team of the Fifth Army began to appear in chaos.

Dracos, who was in the front, saw this scene and made a decisive decision. Behind him was the First Brigade. He turned his horse's head and shouted: "Brim, take your First Brigade up with me and stop those damned troops." Cavalry! Let the other brothers retreat safely!"

Broome, who was once the leader of Bithynia, a tough guy among the Bruti people, and now the captain of the first battalion of the Fifth Legion, replied without hesitation: "As you command, Lord Legion!"

The attack bugle was not sounded for fear of affecting the retreat of other soldiers, but the flag of the first brigade pointed in the opposite direction of the retreat, and then the company flag and the detachment flag pointed to the place where the enemy cavalry was. With the shout, the soldiers of the first brigade turned around one after another...

While other soldiers fled in panic, the First Brigade of the Fifth Army stepped up to the challenge!

At the front was the heavily armed legion commander Dracos, who was on horseback and on foot, followed by the first battalion captain Bream.

Dracos looked back at the soldiers of the first group who were panicking but still following him firmly. His satisfaction was palpable: "As expected of a man of Bithynia! My best soldiers! My best group ( Because the soldiers of the first brigade are all from the city of Bissinia)!"

"It is the honor of our first team to fight with the adults!" Brim straightened his chest.

Dracos nodded and gave an order loudly: "Two lines in parallel! Maintain the formation and retreat slowly! Never let an enemy slip through!"

At this moment, Dracos didn't think about the issues of life and death at all. He only saw the mercenary cavalry whizzing past in front of him.

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Dionysius, who has been studying the past battles of Dionia, learned from Dionia this time.He used the high mobility of the mercenary cavalry and the two supporting armies that had just entered the battlefield and were full of physical strength to continuously pursue the defeated troops of the South Italian coalition until dusk, before finally withdrawing the troops and returning to the camp.

Trina's route back to the city was blocked by the Ramato River. Coupled with the warships waiting in the river, most of the soldiers were forced to retreat under the dual pursuit of Campania mercenaries and Syracuse fleet sailors. Follow the Dionian army in the middle and retreat northward.

The scouts sent by the city of Trina fled back to the city in panic and reported the news of the failure of the battle to the garrison stationed in the city. Everyone fell into great panic.

Seeing that the main army could not return and that the city of Trina was alone and unable to cope with the incoming Syracuse army, General Bromaras had to make a painful decision: abandon the city of Trina and the soldiers withdrew. Go to Knapetia City in the Dionysian Alliance.

The lookouts of the Syracuse warships cruising in the harbor discovered the unusual movements of the Trina defenders. After the Trina people left, they sent sailors ashore to test the waters, and easily captured an empty city.

In this way, at dusk after the Battle of the Ramato River, the Syracuseans occupied Trina, gaining an excellent foothold for their army in the center of Magna Graecia. Required supplies can be transported by sea to Trina Port for transit, which is convenient and safe.

But Dionysius was not satisfied, and his greedy eyes were fixed on Xiliting, which was not far from the battlefield.

The situation of the soldiers participating in the battle in Silitium was relatively miserable. They fled eastward and crowded with the defeated troops in Crotone, which wasted precious time. Their return route to the east was cut off by the reinforcements of Fasipessas, and behind them was Phebida. Si led some Syracuse soldiers to persist in pursuit regardless of fatigue. As a result, some of the defeated soldiers in Xiliting died in battle, some surrendered, and some were coerced by the defeated soldiers in Crotone and fled north. Only more than 3000 people fled back to Xiliting. Tingcheng.

The fourth and fifth armies of Deolia in the middle were far away from the reinforcements on the enemy's flanks, and friendly forces helped to block them (involuntarily). The retreat was relatively smooth, except for some setbacks when crossing the Colache River. No big losses were suffered.

However, the Syracuse mercenary cavalry caused them the greatest losses.Although most of the cavalry were stopped by the first brigade of the Fifth Legion led by Drax, it also delayed the retreat of Drax and this brigade, causing them to eventually be surrounded by the Syracuse pursuing troops and failed. Can escape...

The greatest luck of Dionysia is that although the cautious Felicius agreed to the coalition battle, he and Ansitanos still had an idea after discussion: he considered the possibility of failure, so after the army was arrayed, , let Ancitalos lead the baggage camp, engineering camp, medical battalion of the two legions... and other legion auxiliary personnel out of the camp, march north, and retreat to the place between Asprostum and the battlefield.

Felicius's plan was: if the battle was successful, the Syracusans would be driven out of the Euphemia plain, and it would not be too late for the auxiliary troops such as the baggage camp to return; but if they failed, they would no longer be able to withdraw to the camp. Instead, they should follow Davos' instructions before leaving and retreat to Asprostum City to make new defensive arrangements.

Therefore, when the Syracuse army was chasing the defeated troops, the slow-moving Dionian auxiliary troops were already on their way back to the city of Asprostum, thus avoiding the Syracuse crisis because the camp had no soldiers to defend it. The experience of stabbing prisoners.

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Perhaps Apollo couldn't bear to witness such a tragic battle between the Greeks, so he let the sun fall behind the mountains early, and darkness quickly occupied the entire world.

But Apollo's sister, Arthenes, the goddess of hunting and the moon, was lazy and did not let the moon hang high in the sky, so Hades took control of the night.

Logically speaking, the coalition forces should feel lucky that with the blessing of Hades, whom the Dionysians believe in, at least the arrogant Syracuse mercenary cavalry did not dare to come out to pursue them in the dark night, but the night also created conditions for the coalition's retreat. A lot of difficulties.

In the darkness, the defeated soldiers could not see the military flags and the captain's hats, so they could not reorganize. Except for the Dionian Army, which was in slightly better condition, the other defeated soldiers were completely in disarray.In fact, this area is the edge of the hills. The ground is undulating and full of potholes. The tired, hungry, frightened soldiers with dark eyes can easily fall. If they cannot stand up in time, they will be trampled by the soldiers following them. Therefore, there were many injured soldiers.

Thousands of defeated soldiers were saddened by the death of their teammates in the dark, shouting the names of their officers, and worried about their own safety...

As they trudged forward in the darkness, they felt for the first time that the distance between Asprostum and Tarantum and Silitium was so long...

Until late at night, the administrator of Asprostum, Agcia, who learned of the failure of the battle, urgently sent cavalry and citizens holding torches to illuminate the defeated troops along the way.Then Tarantum also took corresponding measures, and the defeated soldiers finally escaped from the dark panic.

Throughout the night, the two cities were busy preparing to receive the defeated troops...

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And this night is also a sleepless night for the people of Xiliting.

Since Xiliting was not far from the battlefield, the news of the failure of the battle spread throughout the city immediately, and the people immediately fell into panic.

By dusk, more than 3000 citizen soldiers fled back to the city. After that, only sporadic defeated troops returned to the city.A huge force of 14000 people left the city in the morning, but less than one-third of the troops returned in the evening. The whole city was in mourning.

The chief general Pletinis regretted it even more: If he had known earlier, he should not have forced the Dionians to have a hasty battle!
But now the crisis in Xiliting has just begun.In the Southern Italy Alliance, Xiliting City is also a big city. In the past, this made the Xiliting people proud, but now it has become a trouble for the Xiliting people because of the serious lack of defense power.According to the descriptions of the defeated soldiers, they were defeated by the sudden appearance of Syracuse reinforcements on the battlefield.Then the military strength of Syracuse on the battlefield is probably more than 5 people.Such a Syracuse army with the number of Hittites is holding the victorious momentum of the battle, who will be the next target of Dionysius' attack?

Pletinis and the council members dared to keep thinking: It must be Xiliting!Because the distance is too close.Now that Dionia and Crotone have just suffered a disastrous defeat, they will definitely not be able to send troops to rescue Sili in a short time. If Sili Ting wants to escape from the next Syracuse attack, it can only rely on itself.

So an emergency citizens' meeting was held in Xiliting City.The citizens, who are still dusty and frightened, will make an important choice for the life and death of the city-state...

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