Chapter 126 The Battle of Tigerya (2)

Suddenly, Agesilaus' body swayed a few times, almost falling, and the servants quickly supported him.

In order to boost his morale and observe the enemy's situation, he stood for a long time, and his aging body could no longer support him, so he could only helplessly sit on the wooden chair that had been prepared.

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The commander of the Dionian army, Clotokatax, was equally nervous. The first command battle faced such a grand battle, and the opponent was the Greek overlord Sparta.

Looking at the wall of dazzling light that stretched infinitely to both sides in the distance, Clotokatax felt an invisible pressure. He knew that his order would determine the life and death of thousands of Dionysian soldiers. So have been hesitant.

"His Royal Highness, the soldier's door has almost rested, and the attack order can be issued." Printols stepped forward and reminded softly.

"Uh... do you want to wait any longer?" Clotokatax said with some guilty conscience.

Printols looked up at the sky intentionally, and then said: "Wait, I'm afraid today's battle can only be cancelled. I missed this opportunity, next time I can seize the Spartan army for a battle, I don't know what it will be. When will the situation become more and more unfavorable for us..."

Clotokatax's expression changed after Printols' words. He was silent for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Then attack!"

"Woo!...Woo!..." The majestic and high-pitched bugle sound echoed on the west side of the Taigea Plain.

The military flags of all levels, which were originally erected high in the array, pointed to the east at the same time as the bugle sounded.

"Go forward!" Like other team officers, Max gave an order to the soldiers of his detachment.

The soldiers of the detachment shouted excitedly a few times, pulled out the long shield inserted in the soil, and carried it on their backs (in order to save the soldiers' strength and facilitate the march, the weapons merchants, according to the requirements of the Ministry of Military Affairs, placed the long shield on the back. A long strip of cloth was added on the inside, with it, the soldiers could slung their long shields on their shoulders), armed with lances and javelins, and marched steadily with the soldiers of other detachments.

The battle is about to start, and Max is a little excited, but his excitement is far less than the Greek soldiers under his command. He knows that it is because they are eager to defeat the Spartans who have dominated Greece for decades to prove Dionia. The Greek citizens of the kingdom are the strongest warriors in the Greek world, so Max does not have to worry about the fighting spirit of the soldiers.

"The Dionians are attacking." Agesilaus heard the sound of bugles coming from the opposite side,

Unconsciously, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Facing the mercenary general who came to ask for instructions, he still said calmly: "Don't rush to sound the attack bugle, let the Dionians advance a little longer. , so that when we engage, Tigera City will be behind them."

As the Dionysian soldiers advanced slowly, rows of wheat seedlings fell one after another, and the Dionysian army formation, which was originally a straight line, has gradually become distinct: the brisk light infantry has passed through the checkerboard of the heavy infantry. Array, walking in the front; followed by the cavalry at both ends, although they have not let the horses run in order to save horsepower, but they are still faster than the infantry.

The Dionysian light infantry spread out in loose formation at the front of the left, center, and right three lanes. When they were about two miles away from the Spartan formation, Agsilaus, who got the news, finally ordered an attack. The command.

The left wing is a Spartan warrior wearing a red cloak, the middle is mainly mercenaries, and the right wing is a mercenary soldier who has just withdrawn from the siege not long ago. Except for the thickness of the right wing, which is 10 columns, the thickness of the middle and left wing arrays has been increased to 20. Columns, Macedonian cavalry at both ends... It seems that Agesilaus is setting up a most traditional Greek phalanx, and he is going to have a most regular Greek heavy infantry battle with the Dionysian army. The only difference is that Numerous light infantry passed through the gaps in the array, also facing forward in a loose formation.

Agesilaus knew something about the Dionysian army. He knew that the Dionysian army was good at using light infantry to preemptively attack the enemy's formation in battles, so he had specially instructed the generals to recruit mercenaries before. Recruiting more light infantry is to fight against and weaken the Dionia light infantry during the battle.

"What did you say? There are a lot of slingers on the other side!" Clotokatax was surprised after listening to the report of the scout.

"Yes, Your Highness. The enemy threw a large number of flying stones at our light infantry in the distance, injuring some soldiers."

"I think the Spartans may have recruited some Rhode Island slingers." While making speculations, Staff Officer Mukru sighed regretfully: "It's a pity that the original slingers in our First Army Corps They're all retired!"

"Damn it! I should have asked my father to send some Balearic people!" Clotokatax regretted it at this time.

After the southern part of Iberia was incorporated into the Kingdom of Dionia, the Balearic Islands naturally surrendered to Dionia. Davos allowed them self-government, and generously agreed to solve their food shortages, but also demanded: Bari Ali must provide no less than 2,000 slingers if the war required it.

"Don't worry, Your Highness." Plintors reassured: "The light infantry of the Spartans are all made up temporarily, not as well-trained as our soldiers, but they took advantage of the distance to take some advantages first, I think Soon our light infantry will make them suffer."

Clotokatax was skeptical, and at least relaxed a little.

Soon after the light infantry of the two sides fought, the cavalry of both sides also began to speed up. Although the high wheat seedlings hindered the running of the horses, the cavalry at this time did not have time to think too much. punched together.

Both sides of the array are 1000 Dionysian cavalry vs 750 Macedonian cavalry. Although the Dionysian cavalry has an advantage in number, the Macedonian cavalry is the dominant arm of the Thessaly cavalry in mainland Greece, whether it is cavalry Skills, fighting spirit, or fighting power are not weak.

Although the first cavalry regiment is "first" in name, it is different from the infantry regiment in that its combat effectiveness cannot surpass other regiments, and even the new fifth, sixth and seventh cavalry regiments in recent years. The legion was even stronger, for the 5th cavalry corps was based in Iberia and consisted mainly of conquered Lusitania cavalry; the 6th cavalry corps was based in the Po region and consisted entirely of Gallic cavalry; as for the seventh The cavalry corps is located in Hadrummentum, but there is no fixed personnel at ordinary times, but when needed, the tribes of Western Numibia are required to provide 3000-4000 cavalry. It is the only light cavalry corps in the kingdom. It is also the largest cavalry regiment.

Therefore, the regiment commander Kuchius, who took office the previous year, felt the pressure and increased the training intensity of the cavalry (Lydes chose to retire because of his age and injuries, and he could no longer ride for a long time).

At this time, in a short period of time, the battle of the cavalry cannot be determined.

The news was sent back to the command center at the rear of the Dionysian army. In order to prevent Clotokatax from worrying again, Printols took the initiative to say: "The reason why Your Majesty did not send too many cavalry at the beginning was because of the consideration of Burrow. The Pennesas had many mountains and few plains, so the cavalry did not have much room to play. Moreover, the army used a large amount of food for an expedition across the sea. The cavalry consumed more food, and the Greek cavalry was not strong, so only one The cavalry regiment is not the main force for our victory."

"The main force for victory is our infantry corps!" Clotokatax looked forward with anticipation. As the entire army continued to move forward, the dust and fog that had stirred up had begun to permeate, making the line of sight become It was a little vague, but the screams kept coming, and it became clearer and clearer.

The Dionysian light infantry, who had suffered some small losses, accelerated their speed and shortened the distance between them and the enemy, and then the archers attacked the enemy with their superb archery skills that had been trained for many years. The Cretan archers could only handle it. against it.

The javelinmen took the opportunity to charge forward, shortened the distance to within 30 meters, and threw javelins, but they were counterattacked by a large number of Thracian light shields.

Compared to a total of 3,000 Dionian light infantry (the 7th Legion's light infantry battalion remained in camp), the Spartan coalition engaged more than twice as many light infantry in combat, although the single-armed force The abilities are not weak, but they are temporarily put together. Not only do they lack the tacit understanding of cooperation and cause mutual obstacles from time to time, but they also lack the experience of large-scale front-line light infantry battles. Therefore, the small number of Dionysian light infantry relies on flexible Movement and skilled tactical coordination take the initiative.

As the distance between the two armies was getting closer and closer, the Spartan coalition light infantry, who were worried that they would be squeezed in the formation, hurriedly evacuated from the front of the formation. The Dionysian light infantry still stayed in front of the line without fear, and turned to long-range attacks on the Spartan coalition heavy infantry who were slowly advancing.

Although the arrows that fell from the air did not do them much damage, they could slow down their progress and disrupt their formation, but the heavy javelins that flew in threatened their lives.

The hired heavy infantry in front of the array were forced to start running before entering the charging distance when they could not dodge, making the originally curved front even more uneven.

The Dionysian light infantry quickly withdrew from the gap in the rear checkerboard array, and the small squares quickly closed to form a unified array, and then the team officers shouted: "Javelin preparation!"

At this time, most of the soldiers of the Spartan coalition had rushed to within 40 meters. It was not too soon or too late, and the time was just right. This was the result of the long and hard training of the Dionysian Army.

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