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Chapter 206 The Battle of Trionto River ([-])
Crotone's army also crossed the river here as Daves expected, allowing the Dionian army that had been ambushing here to wait, and the Dionian army with a large number of recruits occupied a favorable location. , and using novel tactics, they actually caused a lot of damage to the Crotone army in Magna Graecia, which was famous for its bravery, and gained the upper hand for a while.

When Davos was in Persia, he was well-known in the expeditionary force for being good at annihilating enemies, fighting skillfully, and having few casualties. However, at that time, Tormid, as the herald of the entire army, was also responsible for the coordination of the entire mercenary army, and Davos His military camp has always been the most strictly managed, so he can often only get a glimpse of its military capabilities.When I arrived at Thurii, I heard that Davos had repeatedly led his army to defeat more with less, and I was already itching.Tormid participated in this military operation as acting herald (because he was still a free citizen). He witnessed with his own eyes that Davos stood alone and conceived military plans that he had never seen before. With his hands and fingers, all departments of the alliance started to act around this plan: letting old men and women wear armor to walk around the port to confuse the enemy fleet; careful arrangements during the night march, even allowing new recruits who had never experienced it and freedom The people can also reach Castellon City smoothly; the army enforces strict discipline and seals off Castellon City tightly to prevent the news from being exposed; it sends Yizam's mountain reconnaissance team across the river to detect the enemy's movements and report at any time. The cavalry was sent to intercept and kill the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry across the river, leaving the enemy ignorant of the situation on the other side of the Trionto River. Before dawn, he led his troops to rush here quickly and quietly, lurking there. Bait (referring to the 1000 soldiers) was set up on the river bank in front to block the traces of the army; more than [-] people were deliberately deployed in Trionto and the Bushe River downstream, so that the Crotones did not dare to risk casualties. Big risk, so choose to take the safer middle section of the river...

Throughout the military operation, Davos's strategy was fully demonstrated: deception, fast marching, reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance, ambush, seduction... were perfectly combined, and finally successfully mobilized the enemy, achieved the goal, and allowed Thomas to Ermid was eye-opening.In this era, most of the wars between city-states involved both sides recruiting soldiers to fight in a place acceptable to both sides. Or when one side was strong, the other side would defend tenaciously until reinforcements arrived and then counterattack. The generals of both sides focused on the tactics of the battle. In terms of application (this is what the Spartans are best at), how can it be like Davos formulating a plan based on the situation from the beginning, and doing a series of complex and delicate actions around this plan to achieve his own goals? Carving bloody battles into works of art similar to exquisite and beautiful Athenian pottery bottles, just as Davos himself said, "War is related to the survival of the city-state, and we must be cautious, cautious, and think again before taking action." .”

This is why Davos can become the governor of a powerful alliance, but Timasong died in a small town!Tormid was imagining things.

"Tormid, rush to the east and inform Zantiparis, Epithenes, Zipit, and Ledes that the enemy will cross the river soon. Let them prepare and act according to the plan." Davos gave the order.

"Yes!" Tormid got on his horse and galloped eastward. Although the tactics adopted in the east would be more bizarre, he already had confidence in Davos.

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Philadephos was really shocked when he learned from Euthydemus that Milon led his army across the river, encountered the Dionian army, and was in a bitter battle.The Dionians actually ambushed nearly [-] troops on the other side of the upper reaches of the Trionto River, which was completely beyond his expectation!
So is there an ambush here?He looked at the more than 1000 Dionian light infantry stationed on the other side, and couldn't help but think: Originally, he was hoping that after Milon crossed the river, he would come to help him drive away the enemies on the opposite side to reduce the casualties of the soldiers. Now, Instead, he wanted to lead troops to help Milon.The situation was so critical that he could no longer think too much.

The Bushe River section here could not accommodate more than 6000 soldiers crossing the river at the same time. He quickly divided the troops into three parts: front, middle and rear. At the front were more than 3000 heavy infantry. Using their solid protection, they could defeat enemy arrows. Under the heavy fire of arrows and javelins, casualties were reduced, and the enemy was successfully reached the other side and dispersed.Followed by 500 cavalry, they were able to pursue the enemy's light infantry and defeat them.Finally there were nearly 3000 light armored soldiers.

After withstanding Dionia's long-range attack and suffering some casualties, the Crotone heavy infantry boarded the river bank. Without their pursuit, the Dionia light infantry had long since fled away. Philadephos The entire army successfully crossed the river.

"Does the general want to pursue it?" Cavalry captain Alizosis asked for instructions.

Philadefos shook his head and said cautiously: "Now we have to rush to help Myron immediately. Your cavalry only needs to guard the perimeter of the column. Don't attack rashly."

Not long after Frederick led his troops to turn around and march westward, a loud bugle sounded from the due north.

Philadephos' heart tightened: There is indeed an ambush!
At this time, Alithosis also rushed over and said with a slightly strange expression: "General, an enemy force was found in the north and is rushing towards us. They have about 7000 people, all of whom are archers and slingers. and peltasts, and several hundred cavalry.”

Philadephos was stunned: "No heavy infantry?"

"No!" Alithosis nodded firmly.

Although Philadfoss was a little puzzled, he was obviously relieved, and he decisively issued an order: "The whole army arrays to the north!" Since the incoming Dionia army did not have heavy infantry and lacked frontal assault and killing capabilities, Then Philadephos didn't mind marching after defeating them to reduce harassment.

"Arisosis, how many cavalry does the enemy have?"

"More than 400 rides."

"Fortunately, our cavalry is twice as many as theirs." Philadephos looked even more relaxed. He said, "Arisosis, your cavalry is particularly important when fighting light infantry. I need you to lead the cavalry to defeat the enemy. After the cavalry, try not to pursue, but attack the flanks of the enemy's center, do you understand?!"

"Understood!" Alithosis rode away.

Dionia's army marched very fast.Not long after, their figures appeared in Philadephus's field of vision. When he roughly saw the appearance of the enemy, he couldn't help but be surprised: because the opponent's light infantry was too light, whether it was archers or javelins, The soldiers were all wearing thin linen clothes, and even the cavalry were partly in armor and partly in single clothes. They were extremely shabby.

Are these people all freedmen temporarily recruited from the port of Turui?Frederic Foss couldn't help but smile: Milon's guess was indeed correct. There were few citizens in Dionia and the number of soldiers was tight. He could even sweep it with only light armor and cavalry!
Dionia's troops stopped more than 500 meters away and began to reorganize their formation.

"I think the Crotone people will be very surprised when they see us. They must think that we are just here to harass them, but they have no idea that we let them cross the river with the purpose of wiping them all out here. "Tormid said with a sigh.

"This battle will prove to the Greeks that light infantry is as important as heavy infantry. As long as the strategy is right, light infantry can easily defeat heavy infantry!" Epithenes said confidently.

"The key depends on whether Ledes and Zantiparis can annihilate the enemy's cavalry first." Tormid was still a little worried.

"Don't worry, that is a carefully designed plan by our Lord Davos, the God's Favorite of Hades! He is the God's Favorite of Hades!" Zipit said with admiration on his face: "You and I didn't expect that. , not to mention the enemy, they will definitely be fooled!" Just as he was speaking, Epithenes had jumped off his horse, walked into the team, and ordered the soldiers to widen the distance between them, making the formation more loose, easier for throwing and run.

Zipit also rushed to the right wing and issued the same order, and the cavalry formation of Ledes on the left wing was also loose. In this way, the entire left, center, and right army formations of Dionia were like leavened bread, whether horizontally or vertically. The area occupied has almost doubled.

For Philadephus, this was the first time he encountered this situation. He hesitated for a while and finally decided to make his formation thinner, but the arrangement of the soldiers was still as dense as usual. Because he felt that although both heavy infantry and light armor had no projection ability, as close combat units with strong impact and fierce combat effectiveness, dense formations were their magic weapon to defeat the enemy.At this moment, traditional inertial thinking imprisoned Philadefoss's brain. The result was that the length of Crotone's entire array was only equal to the length of the opposite Dionia center, making Dionia's military formation faintly visible. Surrounding Crotone's army in a semi-arc.

But Philadephos was not worried. He knew that there was actually not much difference in the numbers of both sides. As long as the Crotone soldiers came into contact with the enemy, victory would come. His greatest confidence came from having twice as many soldiers as the enemy. of cavalry.Because the opponent's array was too long, in order to facilitate the confrontation, he ordered Alithosis's cavalry to break away from the center and face the enemy's cavalry directly.

There are 3000 light armored soldiers in the middle of Crotone. Their speed is faster than the heavy infantry. When the cavalry defeats the enemy and flanks the middle, the speed of the light armored soldiers can cooperate with them to defeat the enemy in the middle.As for the 3000-strong infantry on the left wing, Philadephus certainly understood that the heavy infantry's clumsy speed could not catch up with the light infantry. They only had to advance slowly, protect themselves, and at the same time pin the enemy's right wing to prevent reinforcements. Just the middle road.

　In this chapter, I would like to thank the leader of this book for bringing down my great Qin Dynasty! ! !
　　
　
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