Chapter 95 Battle of Lamato River (4)

Effieart quickly withdrew the dagger and hid his body under the long shield, avoiding the jabs and saber slashes of the enemies in the front and rear. The teammates on the right also grabbed the enemy when he fell to the ground. He squeezed forward to his side, and while fighting side by side with him, it also shattered the shield wall in front of the enemy.

Just at the moment when the rabbit was rising and falling, Effieart injured two people in a row.

In close combat, the danger created by the combination of the long shield and the short sword of the Dionian Legion infantry is obviously stronger than the combination of the Syracuse heavy infantry round shield and the saber. After all, the Greek saber has a certain degree of bending, more Great for slashing, not stabbing, and round shields don't protect the entire body as well as long shields. The Syracuses had to be more attentive, because from time to time the sharp point of the sword would stab through the gap between the shield and the shield, and it would be injured if not careful.

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On the left flank of the coalition, the Crotone militiamen from all over Greece, known for their wrestling and boxing, continued to unleash their fury.

Although Phoebe Das thickened the array on the right flank of Syracuse, he could not increase the number of soldiers he led. Therefore, under the pressure of the Crotones, the right flank of Syracuse slowly retreated as a whole, making the The arc of the formation is getting more and more curved.

But Fei Bida is in accordance with the tradition of the Sbi Spartans. He is standing in the front of the phalanx to fight with the enemy. Even if he feels that the situation is a little bad, he can't leave the array and make some arrangements to change the situation on the field. I can hope that the mercenary cavalry can faithfully implement the plan before the battle. In fact, the mercenaries of Syracuse, the mercenary cavalry, have already begun to act.

Faced with such an exciting battle, the more bellicose Numibian and Celtic cavalry have long been eager to try.

With a whistling sound from Akhilita, about 2,000 Numibian cavalrymen followed him and rushed out.

They gradually formed a slender column in the gallop, passed quickly from the outside of the coalition cavalry, made a strange roar, and threw javelins at the coalition cavalry.

Allied light infantry immediately fired arrows at the enemy cavalry.

Because the Numibian cavalry rushed forward in a single column, and the formation was loose, and in the fast movement, there were not many people who were hit by arrows and fell off their horses, while many coalition cavalrymen were stabbed by javelins at the same time.

The coalition cavalry began to agitate, and Sobokos repeatedly called them to remain calm.

When Akirita led the Numibian cavalry in a big circle, turned back from the dust and fog, and prepared to throw another round of javelin, many of the coalition cavalry finally couldn't bear it any longer and rushed forward.

They take the lead,

The other cavalrymen followed suit.

Sobokos could not stop him at all. Although he was the temporary commander of the coalition cavalry, the Dionysian cavalry did not occupy the majority of the entire coalition cavalry, only 500 cavalry. Moreover, in the eyes of the Greeks, the cavalry was the privilege of the nobility and a stage for personal bravery. Its organization had always been loose, so how could they obey the orders of Sobisox.

Soon Sobokos discovered that only the Dionian cavalry and nearly 4,000 light infantry of the coalition remained standing.

Seeing the coalition cavalry rushing towards him, Akilita had a smile on his face.

He flexibly manipulated the reins, turning the rushing warhorse into a slanted gallop, and then turned east to speed up the evacuation. Because he was at the head of the team, the Numibian cavalry behind him could see his movements clearly, and immediately followed suit. The entire Numibian cavalry turned around and ran east.

The coalition cavalry thought the enemy was fleeing, and urged their horses to pursue them.

Sobox is in a dilemma: is it catching up? Or stay?

There seemed to be enemy cavalry on the opposite side several hundred meters away from the dusty fog, but as the commander of the coalition cavalry, if Sobokos did not act together with other city-state cavalry, he would be ashamed of Dionia as the leader of the South Italian Alliance. He had a lot of energy, and there was a suspicion that the coalition cavalry would fail and not go to the rescue.

Sobokos thought and thought, and finally made a painful decision. He first explained to the light infantry commander, telling them to pay attention to the remaining cavalry on the opposite side. Then he led 500 Dionysian cavalry toward the pursuit of the coalition cavalry.

Shortly after the Dionian cavalry left, the allied light infantry heard the rumbling of horses’ hooves, accompanied by a breathtaking roar, as if thousands of drum hammers were beating the drum, and the whole ground trembled. .

"Release the arrows! Release the arrows!!..." The commander of the Allied Light Infantry Commander shouted anxiously.

The light infantry had never seen cavalry charge at them on such uneven ground with such a high speed, a denser frontal, and a desperate burrow of dust. That kind of pursuit of the ultimate speed, not afraid of life and death, scared them sore hands and feet, hurriedly shot arrows, turned around and fled.

The Celtic cavalry active in the Po River Valley in northern Italy cut straight into the loose coalition light infantry ranks like a sharp knife.

I heard a neigh, and many Celts fell from the halted warhorses, while the light infantrymen of the coalition army were either stabbed by spears or knocked away by warhorses, and more often fled in all directions.

How could the bloodthirsty Celts easily let them go, chased after them with their horses, stabbed the fleeing enemies one by one, then jumped off their horses, and stabbed the dead soldiers one by one according to the Celtic fighting customs Cut off, hang on horseback...

Sobokos never imagined that the 4,000 coalition light infantry he had high hopes for would be defeated by the Celtic cavalry with only 800 cavalry so quickly. But at this moment, he had no intention to consider the situation of these left-behind light infantry soldiers.

Felixius originally chose to fight here to limit the performance of Syracuse's cavalry. Now, due to the rash attack of the coalition cavalry, the terrain has become their shackles. It is not a big problem that the speed is slowed down and someone falls off the horse. The danger is that the Numibian cavalry is much more agile than them in handling their horses on this terrain. They even choose to ride in rough areas like children, and occasionally turn their heads to throw javelins at the coalition cavalry who drove them away. .

Teammates who were shot and fell from time to time thinned the pursuit queue of the coalition cavalry and began to make them cringe.

However, after the Numibian cavalry saw that the coalition cavalry was not chasing, they took the initiative to post it.

And Sobokos, who was rushing in behind, used his calmer mind to find that there was dust and mist on both sides of the chaotic pursuit formation of the coalition cavalry, and suddenly felt nervous: the enemy tried to outflank the coalition cavalry!

"Let them retreat! Hurry and let them retreat!!" Sobokos immediately urged the messenger beside him.

Before the messengers could speed up, the coalition cavalry had already started to retreat in panic.

They finally realized that compared with these mercenary cavalry in Syracuse, their riding skills were far worse, and if they chased further, they would be in danger of being wiped out.

But how could the Numibians let the prey that was about to fall into the trap run away easily? Although the big net was not fully opened, Akilita still sounded the horn.

The Numibian cavalry with shaggy hair, wearing only simple cloth robes, and the back of the war horse so smooth that there is no seat cushion, immediately flanked from three directions at a faster riding speed than the coalition cavalry.

The coalition cavalrymen ran back in panic like captured birds, and some even fell off their horses because they were too scared, and were trampled into mud by the running horses.

This time, the Dionian cavalry ran at the forefront of the entire retreating and chasing team.

When Sobokos led them back to where they were originally stationed, hoping that the 4,000 coalition light infantry who stayed there could stop the enemy's pursuit, but the sight that fell into their eyes surprised the Dionian cavalry: the geese were originally arranged in a geese. The coalition light infantry no longer exists, only the corpses of people, horses, and groaning wounded soldiers are everywhere, and some topless indigenous people (ie Celts) are pulling something in the corpse, and they are still alive from time to time. The coalition wounded soldiers were stabbed in the bucket, and even cut off their heads...

Seeing such a tragic scene, the Dionian cavalry, who is considered to be experienced in combat, also felt heart palpitations.

When the Celts saw the cavalry coming, they got on their horses one after another, ready to go forward to intercept them.

At such a critical moment, Sobox didn't have time to think too much.

"Go north! Go north!..." Soboks waved his spear and pointed forward. There was only one thought in his mind: to divert these terrifying alien cavalry away, lest they bring trouble to the whole battle .

Sobokos took the lead, and the Dionian cavalry led the terrified Allied cavalry to retreat towards the Colache River.

The upper reaches of the Colache River is neither wide nor deep, but when Sobokos urged his horse to run down the sloping embankment, the front hooves of the horse under his crotch suddenly slipped. He was tired and could not hold the horse's neck tightly, and was frightened. The horse fell to the ground.

"Bang!" Sobokos fell heavily to the ground. He immediately felt a sharp pain in his leg. The pain made him almost faint, and he was already old.

He put his hands on the ground and tried to get himself up, but it was all in vain, and it made the pain worse.

"Captain! Captain!..." The Dionian cavalry rushed towards Sobokos anxiously when he saw Sobokos fall from his horse.

Their change of direction immediately hindered the advance of the rear cavalry. The Dionian cavalry and the coalition cavalry were entangled and crowded together on the river bank, making the retreat of the cavalry in this area almost stagnant. The enemy is rapidly approaching...

Sobokos endured the pain and shouted: "Don't mind me! Go! Go! Don't let the flag... the flag fall into the hands of the enemy! This is an order!!"

While shouting, he sat on the ground and solemnly placed his right fist on his left chest.

Most of the Dionian cavalry, with tears in their eyes, returned the military salute, then turned their horses and rushed into the Corache River.

A small number of cavalry still insisted on rushing over, and at this moment, the javelins of the Numibian cavalry had been flying, and the leading cavalry immediately fell off their horses.