Chapter 174 Two Heroes Fighting Wisdom

The messenger did not answer, but only emphasized once again: This is the order of King Davos!

When Mattoniston was speechless, he ordered angrily and loudly: "Tell the captains, lead the brothers to retreat, and retreat very slowly!  …"

For the experienced legionnaires, Davos didn't need more detailed instructions. They all knew how to deal with the incoming cavalry and sent the Legion's Seventh Brigade to the front of the team.

When the Numibian and Celtic cavalry pursued the Dionysian cavalry and came to the front of the Dionysian formation, they saw a long line of infantry retreating, and the light guards behind the heavy infantry were The skirmish line formed by the infantry, who fired arrows at the enemy cavalry, prevented the Numibian cavalry from getting close to the formation and throwing javelins.

Although these aliens were fierce, they would not foolishly attack such a huge army. They stopped their pursuit and kept a safe distance from the Dionysian army...

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"What did you say?! The Dionysians are retreating!" Dionysius, who had just crossed the east bank of the Tachinadi River, heard the report of Achillita, and became even more anxious. He was afraid of Dionysus. When people found that they had been fooled, they quickly retreated and retreated to the north bank of the Neto River before he led the army to arrive. Then the efforts made in the past two days were in vain.

"Order the troops to speed up, don't let the enemy run away!"

"Yes!"

"Wait a minute!" Phoebe Das suddenly shouted.

Although Dionysius was unhappy that he interrupted his order, he also knew that there must be some reason for the quiet Spartan to speak out at this critical moment.

"You just said that Dionia's 'array' is on the back side, you used the word 'array', why?" Phoebe Das asked Akirita directly.

Akirita hated Phoebedas' rude tone, but he knew that the Spartans were not easy to mess with, and said impatiently: "Yes, I said 'Array', because the Dionysians were originally Formed to retreat."

When Dionysius heard this, his heart skipped a beat.

"What kind of array?" Phoebe Das asked.

Axi Lita thought about it for a while, then she simply used her toes to draw a 'horizontal' on the mud floor: "It's very long, long like this..."

Phoebe Das bent down, looked at the ground, and asked, "Which direction are we?"

"here.

"Axi Lita tapped the front of the "one horizontal" with her toes.

Phoebe Das's guess was confirmed, he raised his head, looked at Dionysius, and said in a deep voice: "I am afraid that the new king of Dionysus has already prepared for our plan. He is arranging a plan. Zhang Dawang, wait for us to rush into it. By then, your soldiers will be exhausted, and they will not have a complete formation. They are not opponents of the Dionians at all. What awaits you can only be failure."

Dionysius looked down at the ground that had just been smeared by Achillita's feet, and fell into deep thought. Although he did not want to believe that the seduction plan he had worked so hard to implement had been seen through by the young man in Dionysus , but was seduced by the other party, but Phoebe Das's words were like a slap in the face, making his face hot, but fortunately this war relationship survived, he did not have the heart to care about these, just coughed a few times and said : "So what do you think we should do now?"

"Stop advancing immediately, arrange the formation, and press up at a normal speed!" Phoebe Das used his foot to draw another "one horizontal" in front of the "one horizontal".

"If it takes too long, the Dionysians may escape." Dionysius said worriedly.

As a bystander, Phoebe Das can maintain a calm attitude: "It is better to let them escape than to be defeated by them."

Dionysius was silent after hearing this. He was really worried about gains and losses, and he was extremely contradictory.

He turned his head to look back at the dust and mist that was stirred up by the huge, hurriedly marching team...

He saw the densely packed soldiers passing by quickly in front of his escort team. Although the armor and spear were still on his shoulders, the lining was soaked with sweat, and the rapid breathing sounded together, even a little deafening...

Looking ahead again, except for the occasional mercenary cavalry galloping on the vast Croton Plain, everything is unusually quiet, but Dionysian's army may be waiting in places where he can't see it...

Dionysius hesitated for a while, and finally made up his mind: "Phoebe Das, just do as you said, I decided to let you arrange the formation."

Phoebe Das didn't delay, and looked excited, just what he had hoped for.

"Do I need to withdraw all my subordinates?" Akirita asked.

"You and Gaba's cavalry continue to expel the enemy's cavalry to prevent them from spying on our formation. At the same time, you must keep an eye on the enemy's movements." Phoebe Das began to give orders: "And... you come and tell me, Details of the arrays laid by the Dionians..."

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It was past noon, and there was no sign of the Syracuse army, Davos was puzzled. Fortunately, although the Dionysian cavalry was suppressed and unable to observe the enemy, the Dionysian fleet roamed the sea, and they had circled the coast of the southern plains of Croton, because they did not find Syracuse, which should have been retreating. With the army, Midorades, who was puzzled, decisively dispatched a clipper to land quietly on a secluded beach, and sent sailors ashore to investigate. It didn't take long for them to discover the secrets of the Syracuses.

It turned out that the Syracuses were in formation! After receiving the news from the Clippers, Davos's mood was a little complicated. It was not regret, but expectation.

He whispered to himself: "It seems that you, Dionysius, are still cautious. Since you are not coming, then I will go over and let us decide the outcome in an upright manner!"

"Order, the whole army turns around and marches south!" Davers burst out with pride and gave the order loudly.

"Why are you heading south again?!" Many soldiers were puzzled and dissatisfied with the back and forth orders.

But the legion commanders and senior officers had already sensed the approaching of the battle, and militants such as Amyntas and Matonis were already excited.

"Report, Your Majesty, that 5,000 reinforcements from Crotone and Trina have arrived!"

Davos heard the words, and his spirit was lifted: "Great! Who is the leading general?"

"Trina is Cypros, Crotone is Miron."

Davos was stunned: "Miron? Miron who was expelled by Crotone?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. I have confirmed it, it is him! After the outbreak of this war, he was recalled by Crotone, and after the fall of Crotone, he was urgently elected by the people of the Acropolis as a general. "Tormide knew that Davos would have doubts, so he did some research in advance.

These two generals are old acquaintances! After the Second Crotone War, Davos had an understanding of Miron's command ability. And he has frequent contact with Cypros, and Davos even thinks that "he is a political figure with an open mind, a flexible mind, and the best ability to see the general trend in the center of the South-Italian alliance city-state."

Both of them were not weak, and Davos was relieved. He asked again, "Are the reinforcements they lead all heavy infantry?"

"There are only 300 light infantry, the rest are all heavy infantry," Tormed replied.

"Since this is the case..." Davers thought for a while and said, "Let them line up at the left end of the First Army and advance with the army."

"Arrange at the far left?" Tormid, who knew about Davos's battle plan, asked worriedly, "Your Majesty, that may be the focus of the enemy's attack. Can they stop the enemy's attack?"

"The Syracuses took their city and slaughtered their relatives. They hated the Syracuses far more than us, and their fighting spirit was stronger than our soldiers! I believe they will never fight even to the last person. I won't back down!" Davos said slowly and firmly.

"I understand." Thormid didn't hesitate any longer, turned around and was about to rush to the messengers, but was stopped by Davos: "Go and tell Miron and Cypros in person, because the military situation is urgent, I can't rush there. Meet them. The war is coming, and I hope they will be fully prepared and work together to avenge the Syracuses who violated our homeland and mutilated our people!"

"Yes." Thormed gave a military salute excitedly.

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Crotone and Trina's army descended the hill and went around the north gate of the city to exit the city. All they saw along the way were broken eaves, broken walls and devastated eyes, which only increased the anger in the soldiers' hearts. Cypnos managed to control the small number of Numibian cavalry that they were only dispersing instead of chasing to harass, and finally caught up with the Dionysian army marching south. Miron and Cypros were both relieved.

Because their troops came from the east, just at the far left of the entire Dionysian army array, they only need to expand the team and connect with the first Dionysian army, without spending more energy, You must know that all the way, the soldiers are a little out of breath.

Seeing that the spirit of the two commanding generals was somewhat relaxed, Tormide couldn't help but reminded: "Two adults, according to Your Majesty's analysis before the battle, our left flank will be the focus of the enemy's attack, you must be vigilant!"

"Why?" Miron and Cypros asked in unison.

Before each battle, Davos will explain his combat intentions to the legion commander and senior officers in detail to ensure that they can execute it smoothly. What's more, the war was about to start, and there was no need for Thormid to hide it, and he said sternly: "Because the number of soldiers in Syracuse is more than ours, so after His Majesty led the army to cross the Neto River, let the Seventh Legion. Going along the east bank of the Tachinadi River. That way, if the Syracuses want to take advantage of the crowd, attacking our left flank is their best option."