Chapter 82 Dionia VS Carthage (6)

Because when building the camp, Leotidides asked the Allied army to follow the style of Dionysian's camp, which made the attack of the Carthaginian army a lot more difficult, especially Numibi. The sub-troop, when they attacked Minoa City before, suffered a lot of losses. Many people were killed and wounded. Their morale was not high, and their actions were very cautious. Therefore, despite the large number of people, they did not put much pressure on the military camp in the south. .

But for the northern barracks, the situation is not optimistic. Its hills are not large and the hills are relatively short, so the area of ​​its military camp is also small and it is easier to attack. The 12,000 soldiers that Carthage was responsible for attacking the northern camp were mainly composed of Carthaginian civilians, with a small number of citizens from the Phoenician allies adjacent to Carthage, such as Utica. Compared with the Numibians, this army is much more enthusiastic and well equipped, most of which are heavy infantry.

However, at this time, the main defense force in the northern barracks, the Agrigentos, were mostly not in the camp, and they did not have enough troops to send the camp to harass the Carthaginians who were trying their best to dismantle the traps. The Dionian light infantry, who were about to attack the Holy Legion, retreated to the camp to fight together, but the javelins and arrows they threw were not enough to cover the Carthaginian army that surrounded the camp.

Seeing that the Carthaginian army was approaching the ditch, thousands of Sikel warriors suddenly rushed out of the mountains to the north, and invested a lot of javelins in the Carthaginian rearguard, although the Carthaginians were very concerned about it. The appearance of the Sikelians had long been expected, and some precautions were taken, but they did not expect that there would be so many Sikelians who came to harass them, and they were caught off guard...

"What did you say?! Four or five thousand Sikelians appeared in the north?!" Monte Ardeno was taken aback.

"Yes, my lord. The attacks of these Sikelians caused a lot of casualties to Lord Reguka's army, preventing them from attacking the Diorian army camp with all their strength," said the scout.

"Damn barbarians!" Monte Adeno scolded angrily, thought for a while, then turned to the adjutant and said, "Inform those Lumibian cavalry who are idle and do nothing to rush to the north immediately and launch an attack on the Sikelians. Attack, drive them back into the mountains, so that Reguca can attack the enemy camp with all his strength! And... you go to the south yourself and send 6,000 Lumibians over here!"

The adjutant was ordered to go.

Soon, 3,000 Numibian cavalry set off a large cloud of dust and galloped north.

Monte Ardeno had no intention of paying attention to these, he frowned, and his eyes kept staring straight ahead. Although the reconnaissance cavalry could not go deep into the formation to investigate, and could not understand the real situation, but judging from the thunderous shouts and screams that never stopped, the battle should be quite tragic. Up to now, the battle has lasted for more than half an hour, and the Holy Order army is still unable to advance an inch, which makes Monte Adeno very uneasy.

He can't wait to put the Numibian troops on top,

Replacing the Holy Legion, but this is impossible, so he can only transfer the Numibians to thicken the formation of the Holy Legion and give them more strength support.

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As the small phalanxes of the detachments of the Dionysian Eighth Legion gradually approached each other, the speed of strangulation of the Holy Order soldiers in their confrontation became faster and faster, because the Holy Order soldiers faced enemies from all directions...

The formation of the Eighth Legion finally closed slowly, the sound of fighting in the formation gradually disappeared, and even the screams became silent because the soldiers of the Holy Order who had fallen to the ground were trampled by countless feet...

Although the four divisions under Diocassis finally merged into a whole, he did not feel relieved, because each division lost some soldiers, especially the top two divisions at the top suffered the most casualties, and in When a soldier who fell in such a tragic close-quarters battle cleans up the battlefield after the war, he is either seriously injured or died. Few of them can recover. How can he be happy, but now it is not a sad thing, there are still enemies ahead fighting.

At the beginning of the battle, the attack of the Carthaginians in front was a little messy due to the lack of effective command, and now it is even more messy, because many of the Holy Legion soldiers who were squeezed out did not want to fight anymore. They just wanted to run away. Although they had been heroic in the battle before, it was for survival. As the children of Carthaginian nobles who have been dressed in fine clothes and food since childhood, although they usually have undergone rigorous training and have strong bodies, but I have never experienced such a tragic battle before, seeing my comrades beside me fall to the ground injured one by one, and then trampled into mud... This horrific sight frightened them, making them just want to escape from this hell-like place , so they pushed and even clashed with the Holy Order soldiers who were blocking their way...

"Brothers, attack! Attack! Destroy the Carthaginians completely!" Theocassis shouted loudly, encouraging the soldiers to continue fighting.

The shouts of the team officers rang out one after another in the array, and Leoticides, who had been closely watching the battle on the mountainside, would not miss this great opportunity.

"Woo!..." The high-pitched bugle sounded throughout the battlefield.

The soldiers of the reserve team immediately strode forward when they heard the sound of the trumpet, and the entire rear array was attached to the eighth legion array in front. It was not at all what the Holy Order troops, whose number of people had lost nearly half of their number and their formation was chaotic, could resist. They retreated again and again, and finally collapsed...

When the army was blocked by the Dionysian army, Milefio, who was in the rear of the Holy Legion, tirelessly rode his horse and ran back and forth in the rear, finding a team officer he was familiar with from the chaotic soldiers and encouraged him. They reorganized the soldiers, and after his long effort, it seemed that there was some order in the fighting Holy Order, but suddenly it became more chaotic, and then quickly retreated.

Milfio was ignorantly wrapped in the rout soldiers and fled back. He was hit with a blank mind on the way to escape. He never wanted to understand: How could such an elite Holy Order army be defeated inexplicably?

The Dionian Legionnaires, who had been fighting for nearly an hour, continued to pursue despite their fatigue, not giving the defeated Carthaginian Holy Order any chance to regroup.

Leoticides also dispatched the 4th Cavalry Corps and the Light Armor Battalion. These two fast-moving, but always recharged troops were killed from the passages reserved on both sides of the Dionysian formation. Going out, he quickly ran to the front of the heavy infantry, and carried out a fierce and continuous pursuit of the rout of the Holy Order.

The 6,000 Numibian troops who were recruited, just entered the lowlands, were surprised to see that the Carthaginians, who usually show off their power and wear colorful armor, threw away their beautiful shields and beautiful helmets, and their hair was disheveled. , shouted at them in panic: "Help! Help! The Dionysians are coming! Quick! Go and stop them! Go!..."

Thousands of people rushed towards them like bereaved dogs, and the Numibians with low morale made a rare unanimous move - turn around, run away...

Tens of thousands of rout soldiers rushed out of the lowland, with a terrifying momentum.

Monte Ardeno was stunned for a moment when he saw such a scene.

The adjutant also persuaded: "Sir, we... lost, we will return to the camp first-"

Before the words were finished, Monte Ardeno turned the horse's head and squeezed the war horse with both legs.

The warhorse neighed, carrying him quickly across the Pletani River...

Originally, although the Numibians were running away, they were not too panicked, because there were still Holy Regiment soldiers running behind them, but when some cavalrymen of the Fourth Cavalry Corps rushed into their rear from the slashes, they panicked quickly. It spread throughout the group, forcing the Numidians to scramble to escape.

The Platani River, which was originally very shallow and narrow, turned out to be the biggest obstacle to their escape. Some people slipped down by the silt at the bottom of the river because of their panic. This blocked the escape of the soldiers of the Holy Regiment at the back. They pushed and shoved angrily, and the routed soldiers became a mess in the river...

The Dionian cavalry and infantry who followed after stabbed and stabbed with spears and thorns, screaming again and again, and corpses were floating on the river, and the Pletani River was stained with blood.

The routed soldiers fled across the river and went straight to the main camp. The Dionian soldiers were in hot pursuit. Because of the previous battle, Monte Ardeno had almost evacuated all the troops in the camp, and there was no defensive force in the camp at all. How dare the defeated soldiers stay in the camp for a long time and continue to flee westward.

The sudden rout of the Holy Legion was unexpected by the two Carthaginian armies that were attacking the Allied camp on both sides. After receiving the news, the Numibian army in the south immediately turned around and ran down the mountain and began to escape. When the Numibian cavalry in the north heard the news of the defeat in the middle, they immediately stopped fighting with the Sikers and fled westward, but they fled at the front.

On the other hand, Reguca, the general who commanded the Carthaginian civic army, learned of the defeat in the middle. He was shocked and immediately withdrew the troops that were attacking the barracks, reorganized the formation, and wanted to lead them from the side to attack the chasing ones. The Dionian army, trying to turn the tide of the battle and save the fleeing soldiers.

However, many Carthaginian soldiers saw the turbulent momentum of the pursuit of the Dionysian army in the front right, and they felt guilty, and they persuaded: "General, let's retreat! The Holy Legion has been defeated, and the Numibian cavalry has also been defeated. If we escape, those Numibians are even less likely to stay and fight! If we don’t escape, we may be surrounded by the Greeks!”

Reguga was still a little hesitant.

There was a bugle sound in the barracks on the mountain. The Dionysian heavy infantry reserve group sent to the barracks by Leotizides and the Agrigento soldiers who had been reorganized and rushed back to the camp, a total of more than 3,000. The people rushed out of the camp together and rushed towards the Carthaginian army at the foot of the mountain, and the thousands of Sikel warriors also rushed towards the Carthaginian army from the north.