Seeing his doubts, Davers explained: "Capps has completed the plan, our left wing is safe, and victory is only a matter of time." But I didn't expect that the legions of Matonis and Oliver would do such a good job and push the right flank so much, it can be seen that the enemy's left flank is quite weak, and now I want to put more pressure on the left flank of Syracuse, do you think it will collapse?!

"I'll go inform Izzam now, I'm afraid he can't wait." Knowing what Davers was intending, Tolmid rode to the reserve behind the flank.

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At this time, Dionysius, who learned that "the cavalry had been repulsed and the right flank was attacked", was in a hurry, but he did not expect that he was eagerly waiting for the news of the great victory of the right flank, but he was waiting for such a result.

"Go find Astaras at once, ask him to reorganize the cavalry for me, and attack the Dionians at once, or he and his family will go to Hell to meet together!" Dionysius roared tyrannyly.

The heralds hurried to the rear on horseback and went in search of Astargas.

"My lord, the messenger of Siriting has come to report urgently!" The attendant officer rushed over and said with a nervous expression.

"I'll talk about it after the battle, I don't have time right now!" Dionysius glared at him irritably, and the attendant shut his mouth in fear.

At this moment, another scout arrived: "My lord, there are several thousand Dionian soldiers crossing the Tachinadi River and are going around the flank of the left flank!" ”

What the?! Hearing this, Dionysius was already completely panicked.

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"You're saying you're seeing an empty camp!" Shilos asked again with some uncertainty after listening to the scout's report

"Yes, General. I and a few of my men had approached the wooden fence of the Syracuse camp, and there was no movement inside. After listening to the words of the captain of the reconnaissance team, Shilos fell into thought: According to the previous battle report, Syracuse has an army of 70,000 or 80,000 people, and so many soldiers are not in the camp, where will they be? The answer is clear, His Majesty Davers must have rushed to Crotone with reinforcements! It is impossible for the Syracuse to abandon the camp and retreat to the Silitin, otherwise his scouts will be able to see the army led by His Majesty Davers at this moment, so the greatest possibility is that the Syracuse is engaged in a battle with Dionia!

With this astonishing answer, Shilos's heart jumped wildly, he took a deep breath, calmed himself, pondered for a moment, and resolutely ordered: "Order the whole army to immediately stop building camps, put on armor, take up shields and spears, form a column, and march towards Crotone!" ”

When the adjutant Hegesitus heard this order, he immediately said "ah": "You mean...... March to Crotone now?! No wonder he was nervous, there was a large army of Syracuse stationed in the direction of Crotone, and this little force led by Shiroth dared to go deep alone, once the army of Syracuse pressed from the north, and the defenders of Siriting blocked from the south, this army would be dead and dead.

"I'm sure Your Majesty is in a battle with the Syracuse at this time, and we must rush immediately to help Your Majesty win this battle that will decide the life and death of Dionia!" Shilos said categorically.

Although Hegesitus had only worked with Shiros for a few months in Cosenza, the two of them worked well together in political affairs, and he knew that Shiros was steady and not a reckless person.

This time, Shilos stepped down as the governor of Cosenza, and Sedorum took over, and he also served as the wartime governor of the Buruti region, with Sedorum's understanding of the Bruti region, he didn't need the assistance of Hegesitus at all, maybe he was in the way in Cosenza, you must know that the source of Dionia's conquest war against the Bruti region was the riot of their Silen tribe, who knows if Sedorum will have a mustard in his heart. Therefore, Hegesitus asked Shiros to recruit soldiers and manage the Bruti warriors for Shiros, and eventually became the adjutant of this temporary army.

Now that Shilos has made a rational judgment, all Hegesitus can do is obey and appease the Bruti warriors.

Not long after the order was delivered, Brommaras, the general of Trina's army, who had already joined the army, hurried in, and was then persuaded by Shiros's words: "If this battle is won, the city of Trina will not need to be stormed, and it will easily return to our hands." And if the battle fails, even if we recapture Trina today, we will be recaptured by the army of Syracuse tomorrow, and the whole of Greater Greece will be in danger! ”

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After the battle lasted for two hours, the Syracuse side was in a predicament on both the left and right flanks, except for the fact that the middle lane could basically maintain a balance of power: the right flank of the right flank was under the flanking attack of the spear brigade and the Kett reinforcements, and suffered heavy losses, if it were not for the lack of cooperation between the spear brigade and the Kert coalition soldiers, they were mixed together for a while and could not be carried out smoothly, while the right flank of Syracuse was thick enough, and some experienced soldiers took the initiative to separate from the rear of its middle and left ends to block the further attack of the spear brigade to the west, I am afraid that the right flank would have been defeated;

But on the left flank, its soldiers are far less elite than the right flank, and they can maintain morale in the event of being attacked on the flank, although the attack of the light armor is far less powerful than the spear phalanx, but the military reform of Dionysius has just begun, and the disadvantages of the large phalanx have not been fully taken seriously, once the battle begins, not only the middle and low-level officers, and even the senior generals have lost control of the troops, not to mention the complex composition of the left flank, once the flank and rear are attacked, it is impossible to conduct effective command in time, The soldiers in the rear column were uniformly turned backwards to intercept the enemy, so the array began to become chaotic.

Originally, Dionysius, who had a large number of soldiers, could have prevented this situation from happening, but unfortunately he was still bound by the Greek military tradition, did not retain the consciousness of reserves, and thought that he wanted to defeat Dionysia in one fell swoop and win the battle, so he pressed all the troops in his hands at the beginning, and now he wanted to transfer troops in the large camp to resist the Dionian army attacking the left flank.

The chaos that appeared in the rear of the left flank of the left flank soon infected the soldiers fighting in the front, these soldiers of Great Greece were already not very combative, and their ears shrouded by almost airtight helmets at first faintly heard the shouts of killing from the rear, but later this sound became louder and louder, and when the support force from the rear weakened or even disappeared, their hearts began to panic, coupled with the ferocious attack of the enemy on the opposite side, fear instantly occupied the whole body, prompting them to turn around and flee backwards desperately, even at the expense of pushing down their teammates in the rear, When one, two, or three soldiers fled, panic spread like a plague...... Soon, the entire left wing could not hold on and began to retreat.

When the news was urgently transmitted back to Dionysius, he was already disillusioned: there was nothing he could do about this battle, and even the escort around him had already been sent to the aid of the left flank, but ...... He had already lost the gamble, to the new king of Dionia, whom he valued and despised......

Despite his reluctance, Dionysius knew he had to admit it, and he had to make a quick decision.

“…… Retreat......" he breathed the word out of his mouth with difficulty, and then immediately pulled his horse and walked back.

Fortunately, the attendant was right next to him, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to hear what he was saying.

"My lord, this ......" The attendant officer was also unwilling, and still had some expectations, so he instinctively wanted to persuade him.

If it was before, if someone dared to question his decision, Dionysius either reprimanded or secretly remembered it and settled the account after the autumn, but at this time he did not have this mind, and what he was thinking about was how to minimize the losses of the Syracuse army after the defeat of the battle, because the rout of the left flank might cause the Dioonians to blockade the Thachinadi River and cut off the return route of the Syracuse army, and the army must be withdrawn to the camp on the west bank of the Thachinadi River as soon as possible (in order to lure the Dionian army across the river, he had ordered the east bank of the Thacinadei River, Demolition of the camp in the core area of Crotone).

When dozens of trumpeters blew the trumpets of retreat, Dionysius said to the attendant again: "Send back to the camp and inform Artemis (the commander of the camp defenders) to divide his troops and meet us back to the camp to the east of the camp!" ”

"Yes, sir!" The attendant suddenly remembered something and reminded him: "Earlier, Sirittin sent a messenger to report that five or six thousand soldiers of Dioonia had landed on the plain of Opimia, ready to attack Trina. ”

When Dionysius heard this, he was furious: "Why didn't you say such an important thing earlier?!! ”

The attendant officer was aggrieved, but he did not dare to argue.

Originally, Dionysius had planned to retreat to the camp for defense first, but now it seems that it is safest to retreat to Cilitin......

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Phoebidas, who was at the forefront of the center of Syracuse's right flank, was a little tired, even though he had undergone rigorous military training since he was a child, and now after two hours of non-stop fighting. But the enemies in front of him, even after he stabbed several times, there were still new enemies rushing up and bravely fighting him, forcing him to use all his strength and deal with it carefully.

In fact, he already felt that something was wrong with his offensive plan, because looking around, the Dionian left flank array in front of him so far not only did not rout, but the attack became more and more ferocious, while the thrust behind him became weaker and weaker. He could faintly hear the shouts of killing coming from behind, and although he was extremely anxious in his heart, he didn't dare to have the slightest distraction in his hands.