There is victory in battle, and there is pain and joy. While the allied soldiers were tasting the bitter fruits of defeat, the Syracuse people were enjoying the joy of victory.

In the tent of Dionysius, the candles were lit, and all the generals gathered together to eat and talk about today's general battle......

"Don't fight! The most important reason why we were able to win today should be Phoebedas! Dionysius sat at the top, looked around, pointed to Phoebedas, and said loudly: "I really didn't expect that the Dionian general actually placed so many soldiers on their left flank, if it wasn't for Phoebitas to take the right response, I'm afraid that our right flank would have been broken by the enemy before our reinforcements arrived!" ”

"Your Excellency is right!" Fasipesas immediately echoed and said: "When I led my army to attack the enemy's flank, I was very surprised at that time, because the thickness of the enemy's array was ...... Some of them reached more than 50 columns, which I had never seen before...... The length of the stack is ...... Enough—" Unable to find a suitable adjective for a moment, Fasipesas gestured with his hand and said, "Longer than this big tent!" But such a powerful force squeezed our right flank, not only did not crush the right flank, but tired the enemy! So I led the soldiers with just a small charge, and the enemy was easily defeated! ……”

The crowd couldn't help but let out a sigh of admiration.

Although Phoebidas was a little complacent, he did not boast about himself in public. This kind of superficial approach is not something that the Spartans will do. What's more, he is only fighting for the people of Syracuse, and whether he is glorious or not means much at all. He was just enjoying the fun of this kind of big battle, and he was at the forefront of the battlefield and was too tired to talk anymore.

"Reptines, this time yours surprised me!" Dionysius looked at his brother and said loudly with relief: "When the mercenary attack led by Endidemenas was blocked, you did not run away, but bravely took up your responsibilities and repelled the enemy who rushed to intercept it, ensuring the smooth operation of our attack on the enemy's right flank and rear. We were able to win this battle, and you are indebted! In addition, your fleet has made a bold attack and won the first result after our victory in the battle - Trina! ”

Dionysius did not hesitate to praise Reptines, not only for his brother's performance, but also to show those who criticized him for his cronyism that he was correct in his strategy of employing people.

"My lord, this time thanks to the help of General Reptines!" Endymenas took the opportunity to praise Lyptinius, and at the same time wanted to justify his mistake: "I did not expect that when the battle was so fierce, the Greeks kept a force and did not throw it into battle, but made a surprise attack on us......"

"So it's not easy for us to win this battle, and that Dionian general is not easy!" Dionysius sighed a little, knowing that he had seen his elite troops in the rear of the mid-lane array being beaten back by the Dionian legion. Moreover, after the war, the casualties of the soldiers in the middle lane were more than 1,000, which really surprised him and made him angry: "It's a pity that we couldn't keep more Dionian soldiers......"

As soon as these words came out, the two mercenary leaders were a little ashamed, and the more outspoken Celtic leader Gaba defended himself in a strange Greek pronunciation: "We tried our best, but the Dionian soldiers did not run away at all, but fought us in arrays, and we lost our ...... Quite a few people ......"

"The Dioonians stretched out their arrays, held the banks of the river, and forced us to fight them head-on, and it would be difficult for the cavalry to fight the heavy infantry head-on......" Archirita argued as she spoke.

Dionysius glanced at the two of them, he only wanted to knock and knock these two unruly alien leaders, and he didn't want to tear his face with them: "Anyway, you dragged down more than a thousand Dionian soldiers, and finally eliminated and captured them, including a legion commander, I think this is probably the biggest military loss since the establishment of the Dionian Alliance!" ”

"My lord, that's because Dionya was founded before my youngest son was older!" Another general of Syracuse, Astargras, sneered: "Next we will give them more defeats until this alliance is completely destroyed!" ”

Astargas's words caused laughter from the crowd.

In the midst of laughter, a cold voice rang out from the seat to the left of Dionysius: "I looked at the weapons left on the battlefield among the Dionians. To be honest, I don't think you will have much advantage of fighting the Ionian legionary infantry again. ”

This stirred up the discontent of the people in the tent.

"Spartans, you also think too highly of the Dionians!" Astargrass shouted unceremoniously.

"I'm telling the truth." Phoebidas ignored everyone's dissatisfaction and said unceremoniously.

At the same time, he strode out of his seat, ignoring the strange eyes of others, put on a posture of heavy infantry attack, and said seriously: "According to the traditional habit of heavy infantry combat, the round shield in the left hand is used both for defense and for impact; And the bayonet in my right hand, I can hold it high and stab my opponent over the round shield; Once the bayonet is broken, the curved saber is drawn and slashed...... However, the Ionian Legionnaires fought differently than we did, and I brought with me the long shields and short swords used by the Dionian Legionnaires, but unfortunately the guards forced them to stay out of their tents. ”

Speaking of which, Phoebidas did not forget to secretly satirize Dionysius, because Dionysius was good at assassination, and at the same time he was on guard against being assassinated by others, and he had been assassinated many times in the past, so he was very cautious in this regard, and once stipulated: Anyone who wanted to meet him and discuss with him must be searched by the guards, and weapons were not allowed to be carried.

On one occasion another of his brothers, whom he had sent to be the tyrant of a vassal neighbor, came to see him in the palace and, when he was talking about an important matter, asked the guards for a spear and prepared to carve a map on the ground, but Dionysius was furious and immediately put them to death.

At this time, Dionysius did not care about Phoebitas's sarcasm, he was more interested in what he was going to say next, and generously ordered: "Go and bring in the short sword and long shield of Dionia." ”

When the short sword and long shield were placed in front of Phoebidas, he took the long shield in his left hand, protected it on his chest, and explained: "Dionia's long shield is long enough to better protect the soldier's body, so the soldier does not have to worry about defense, but can focus on how to kill the enemy. ”

Phoebe Das said as he stabbed with his short sword, and after a few stabs, he thrust the short sword into the wooden table, and heard a "snort", and the entire tip of the sword was completely pierced.

"What a sharp dagger!" Reptines, who was sitting next to Phoebitas, exclaimed, and pulled out the short sword curiously, and looked carefully: the blade of the short sword had some small gaps, and the tip of the sword was also a little curved, which showed that after many weapon strikes, it still made people feel cold.

"This dagger is too short! Before the Dioyans stabbed my soldiers with it, we stabbed each other to death with their spears! Astargras retorted forcefully.

"Yes, it is relatively short. But the Dionian soldier has this long shield protection, and the bayonet may not be able to hurt him, and once the two sides are pushing, the bayonet can no longer be used, and this short sword can easily stab the other party...... "Phoebidas carried the long shield and looked at the short sword in the hand of Reptines, and his mood was very uneasy: the round shield of the Greek phalanx with the bayonet spear, this set of heavy infantry tactics has been passed down for hundreds of years, and it has been proven to be so effective that it is difficult to match other countries in the Mediterranean region. And the fact that a coalition of city-states that had just been established for a few years was able to develop another new set of heavy infantry equipment and tactics in such a short period of time, and was able to confront the traditional ones, could not but make him feel terrible!

It turned out to be because of weapons and equipment! Dionysius was a little excited, he thought that his most elite army was inferior to the new legion of Dionia, and his heart was really hit, but now after listening to Phoebidas's analysis, he suddenly realized: as long as it is not a problem of the quality of the soldiers, it can be remedied.

"Phoebeidas, what do you think we should do next time we encounter the Legionnaires of Dionia?" Dionysius humbly asked the Spartan for advice.

"Judging by these weapons and equipment of the Ionian soldiers, there is no advantage in the case of holding our heavy infantry at medium distances. But once the two sides are close to each other for a close fight, the short sword and long shield can play the greatest role. This requires us not to adopt the tactics of pushing and shoving when fighting in the phalanx, but to leave a certain distance for the soldiers in the forefront, and use the dense gun array so that the infantry of the Dionian Legion dare not get too close, so that the soldiers of Syracuse can use their skillful bayonet skills to gain the upper hand in the stabbing of both sides......" Phoebidas has been thinking about how to deal with the impact of this new type of heavy infantry after carefully referring to the battlefield. After all, he had not actually fought the Dionian Legion face-to-face, but only a speculation based on his years of combat experience.

But it was enough to make Dionysius breathe a sigh of relief, and he said to his generals: "Did you all hear that! The next time we fight the Dionian soldiers, we'll deal with them the same way Phoebidas did! ”

Fasipesas, Astagras and other syracuse will take the lead and say yes, of course, this is mostly a reluctant coping.