Chapter 125 The Battle of Tigerya (1)

Just in case, the 1st Cavalry Regiment sent 500 cavalry to follow the protection.

The group quickly arrived near the city of Taigea. From a distance, they saw thousands of Spartan soldiers in the southwest of Taigea city unfolding in a north-south direction. The scene was noisy and messy. The city head shouted and killed constantly. Obviously, the Spartans were still unwilling to give up the siege like this, and were still making their last efforts.

Seeing that the cavalry led by Clotokatax continued to approach, the Spartan formation also sent a lot of cavalry, intending to drive them away.

In order to prevent an accident, Printols had to let Klotokataxes retreat immediately.

On the way back, Clotokatax saw that Printols had been frowning and lost in thought, and couldn't help but ask, "Is there any problem with the Spartans' formation?"

Plintors came back to his senses and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, have you seen those real Spartan warriors? They are actually on the left wing of the array!"

After being reminded by Prientols, Clotokatax recalled the scene he had seen before: in a battle that lasted for miles, thousands of Spartans in traditional red cloaks were indeed lined up. at the southernmost point.

Clotokatax spent some time on the staff of the Ministry of War and participated in the study of past wars in the Mediterranean. He knew that due to the small population, the Spartans were very difficult in larger battles. Less independent combat, almost all of them command coalition forces to fight, while Spartan's own soldiers are often concentrated on the right flank, relying on Spartan's traditional left-handed tactics to ultimately decide the outcome of the battle, and this time the Spartan warriors actually Concentration on the left wing, indeed unexpected.

He thought for a while and said, "Did it be because of the failure of the battle of Leuctra, uh, that the Spartans thought their traditional tactics were no longer applicable, so they changed the formation? Or...they just randomly placed a formation. , pretending to have a battle with us, just to delay our rescue of Taigea?"

Printoles knew that in the current state of Sparta, it was only their old king Agsilaus who could command and command such a large army. Cunning and changeable, he is very different from the traditional Spartan generals. Of course, this change in the battle formation that is different from the past will certainly attract his attention, but for a while he can't guess the true intention of the other party, and temporarily suppresses his doubts to the bottom of his heart. Said: "His Royal Highness, you are right, we should rescue Taigea first now!"

But when the Dionysian army approached Tygea, the Spartan army had all stopped sieging the city and continued to line up to the east of the Dionysian army. It seemed that they were really preparing to fight Dio here. The Nia army fought to the death.

Clotokatax immediately gathered the commanders of the legions together and informed them of the battle plan that had been negotiated with Plintos.

"His Royal Highness, our First Legion is the strongest in combat, but you have arranged us on the left wing and the Fourth Legion on the right wing to fight against the Spartans. I think this seems a bit unreasonable!" Ctisus objected.

"I think it's very reasonable! The Fourth Legion is fully capable of repelling the frontal Spartans and laying a solid foundation for victory in the entire battle!" Olivers not only retorted loudly, but also showed his seniority: "Ctisus, look No, I just became the army commander, so I don't take us seriously."

"Sir Olivers, how dare I." Ctisus responded while complaining, but not to be outdone: "I just tell a fact for the sake of victory."

Seeing this, Krotokatax quickly stepped forward and persuaded: "You two don't fight! I believe that the fighting strength of the Fourth Army can completely resist or even repel the Spartans' attack, but the whole battle is won. The key lies in our left wing!

Commander of the Ctisus army, you must lead the first army to defeat the enemy in front of you as soon as possible, and then attack the flank of the enemy's middle road, so as to win the entire battle, I hope you can do it! "

Ketisus was refreshed, and immediately said confidently: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, the First Army has never disappointed the commander!"

The conflict seemed to be resolved, but then the commander of the 7th Legion, Tiger Tilos, said dissatisfiedly: "Your Highness, you are too unfair to the 7th Legion! The soldiers of my 7th Legion who stayed behind in Messenia! Stay in the new camp. The soldiers of my Seventh Legion! The battle is about to begin, and I am the soldier of the Seventh Legion as the reserve team! Did the Seventh Legion work so hard to accompany you to the Peloponnese, and it ended up being a battle. If they don't catch it, how will they face their relatives after they go back!"

The more he spoke, the more aggrieved Tiger Delos felt, and his voice became louder and louder, attracting the surrounding soldiers to look at him one after another.

Compared with the Seventh Legion, the other legions have benefited after all. The legion commanders quickly looked at their noses and hearts, with a look that had nothing to do with me.

Although Klotokatax was contradicted like this, he was not annoyed, but persuaded very apologetically: "The commander of the Legion of Tiger Tylos, the commander of the Spartan army is King Agesilaus, who has always been good at Using soldiers, it may not be easy to win this battle, so let the Seventh Army as the reserve team, I hope you can control the whole battle at a critical time and win for us! Even if we defeat Sparta, we are in Greece. The war will not end here, and in future military operations, I assure you that the 7th Legion will be the first to be considered!

After listening to these words, Tiger Delos' expression changed slightly, and he immediately said: The Seventh Legion will perform the duties of the reserve team.

Tiger Delos looks big and three rough, but he is actually very thoughtful. Before he left from Turiyi, Davos had a special talk with him. He felt that King Davos had high expectations for Clotokatax, how could he risk offending the king and not execute the order, only It was just taking the opportunity to splatter, to attract the attention of the prince, and to earn more benefits for the seventh army. After all, compared with the first, fourth, and sixth army, the seventh army did not have any advantages.

"Time is running out. Please rush back to your own legion immediately after each legion commander accepts the task."

Watching the legion commanders leave on horseback, Printols, who had been silent until now, sincerely praised: "Well done, Your Highness!"

Mukru, who was on the side, understood why Printols said that. As the commander of the Dionysian army, facing the doubts of his subordinates, he can solve it with a single sentence - this is an order! After all, according to the "Dionysian Military Law", after the order is issued, the junior officers must strictly implement it. But Clotokatax was still patiently persuading these generals at this time, which shows that the statement about "His Royal Highness is humble" is indeed not a lie.

Under the orders of the commanders of the regiments, and under the command of the officers at all levels, all the soldiers of the Dionysian army moved swiftly.

Although the Dionysian army began to form later than the Spartan army, after half an hour the formation of the Dionysian army was basically completed: the first army was on the left flank, the sixth army was in the middle, and the first army was on the left. The fourth legion is on the right flank, and the array is 15 columns thick and about 4 miles long. The first cavalry corps is divided into 1,000 cavalrymen and located at both ends of the array.

Standing in front of the queue, Agesilaus, who was observing the formation of the Dionian army, saw that the opponent was moving quickly, and soon stopped the clamor, frowned, and looked back at the chaotic array on both sides behind him. He couldn't help but said: "Hurry up and urge the generals to speed up the formation!"

"Father." Archie Damus hesitated: "Didn't you let them slow down the formation on purpose?"

"I think even if they don't need to slow down deliberately, the Dionysians will line up first." Agesilaus said helplessly: "Hurry up and inform, in case the Dionysians suddenly attack, we will The formation is still so chaotic, how to fight!"

"Yes, father!" Archie Dams quickly ran back into the formation.

Agesilaus once again looked at Dionia's army formation. His field of vision was black. After watching for a while, he could not tell where the advantage of Dionia's army formation was. Instead, his eyes were sore, and he was helpless. He gave up his observation of the enemy formation, and with a cane in his hand, under the escort of the guards, he slowly walked back to the rear of the army formation.

The sun had begun to shift toward the western sky, and the warm sunlight shone on the plains of Tygea, with the dazzling, four-mile Spartan formation on the east and pitch black on the west. , The Dionian Army formation, which is also four miles long, is three miles apart, surrounded by green wheat fields, like two yellow and black parallel lines drawn on a piece of green cloth. The midpoint of the northern end of the line is the city of Tegya.

"Father, the formation has been laid out, why haven't we launched an attack yet?!" Archie Dams hurried over and asked.

"Don't worry, just wait a minute." Agesilaos glanced at him and said calmly.

"What are you waiting for, the soldiers have been waiting for half an hour, and the sun will set!" Archie Dams urged anxiously.

Agesilaus immediately sank his face and said sternly: "You should stay with your soldiers, instead of running here to make trouble, hurry back!"

Agesilaus looked at the back of Archie Damus leaving, and subconsciously rubbed his face with his hands. In fact, he was not waiting, but feared.

How can a veteran who has been on the battlefield for decades be afraid?

But that's the truth. Although Agesilaus had gone through countless wars, it was the first time he was commanding a battle that could decide the life and death of Sparta, and his opponent was the mighty Dionia. He had just witnessed the well-trained soldiers of the opponent. , although he had made careful arrangements for this battle in advance, but when the battle came, his heart was inexplicably empty. Sparta's life and death depended on his order, and he could hardly open his mouth.

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