Although the light armor soldier is "light armor", after all, he has "armor", and he still has a leather shield and spear in his hand, how can he catch up with an enemy dressed in a single coat. But as soon as they stop, the enemy's ranged attack begins.

What is even more worrying is that the enemy in the middle gradually splits into three parts when the light armor advances: one part pulls the light armor in the formation, and the other two parts go around the sides of the light armor.

While the light armoured men advanced, the flanks were attacked by the enemy. If you look ahead, you can't take care of the left and right, and if you look at the left and right, you can't protect the front. The light armor of Crotone rampage recklessly like a wild boar, and as a result, not only did not hurt a single hair of the enemy, but his own casualties increased little by little......

"What about the cavalry?! Why haven't the cavalry come yet! What is Alisosis doing!! Watching the soldiers fall one by one, Philadfus's mood became impatient, and he could not help but curse, for he could be regarded as the first time to realize how uncomfortable it was to fight with an enemy who was all light infantry with simple infantry. You can't hit it, you can't catch up, you can't catch up, but you become a live target for the enemy.

"Backwards to the left! Backwards to the left!! He shouted, and the convoys followed suit, and if it had been in the previous pursuit, the soldiers who had been in high spirits would not have heard what he was shouting, but now everyone was gathered together, carefully dodging arrows and stones, and had begun to be a little frightened and tired, and Philadvos's order was exactly what they could not ask for, and the light armoured soldiers hurried back.

Who knew that the light infantry of Dionya were in hot pursuit like maggots attached to the bones.

Philadvosus's original meaning was to retreat to the left and join up with the heavy infantry on the left flank, so that with their presence, they could protect the flanks of the light armoured and reduce casualties before the cavalry returned victoriously. At this moment, Philadelfoss was still convinced that the cavalry of Crotone would be victorious.

However, he was in the middle of the formation, unaware that the heavy infantry on the left flank that he had thought would be behind him had been diverted by the light infantry on the enemy's right flank, and they deliberately retreated to the northwest little by little, so that the slow heavy infantry unconsciously changed from facing north to northwest, and as a result, the distance between the center and the left flank of Crotone was getting wider and wider.

The light armoured men quickly retreated for a while, not only did they not join up with the left flank, but because they could not achieve better protection during the retreat, the casualties increased rapidly. Now they were forced to turn around again, shield themselves with leather shields, and slowly retreat, dodging the incoming arrows, watching the increasing number of wounded and fallen comrades on the ground in front of them being cut by the enemy's swords, and the morale of the lightly armored soldiers was shaking.

At this time, they heard the sound of horses' hooves behind them, and they could not look back because they had to dodge the arrows, but they all sighed: "Cavalry! Our cavalry is finally here!! ”

Philadelphius wondered: How did the cavalry of Arisosis run to the back?! Didn't you tell him that after crushing the enemy's left flank, let him lead the cavalry to flank the enemy on the opposite side! I don't have any ability at all!! When he was angry, someone shouted: "Javelin! Watch out for the javelin! They are the enemy!! ”

With this exclamation, hundreds of javelins whistled from behind.

Philadelfoss was at the rear of the array, and wearing a brightly colored general's helmet, and of course became the target of the attack, and immediately hit three javelins. When Philadelfoss fell, he did not understand until his death: why did the superior cavalry of Crotone fail?

The cavalry with high hopes turned out to be the enemy's! This became the last straw that crushed the light armor soldiers, who lost their fighting spirit and fled in all directions, and the light infantry and cavalry of Dioonia took advantage of the situation to pursue, and the light armor could not outrun these poorly equipped light infantry, let alone the speed of the cavalry, and after being overtaken, most of the soldiers chose to surrender.

After taking out the cavalry on the right flank and the light armoured men in the middle of Crotone, the Dionians concentrated on the most difficult heavy infantry.

When more than 3,000 Crotone heavy infantry were surrounded by more than 7,000 Dionian light infantry and cavalry, these heavy infantry understood that their center and left flank were probably unlucky, especially the cavalry of Ledes, holding high the head of Philadfus, around the heavy infantry formation, shouting for them to surrender, the blow to the hearts of these Crotone people can be imagined.

The commander of this heavy infantry was Philos the Crotone, and the lieutenant was Paulusalius, the general of Siritin, and the two had a dispute over such a terrible situation.

Philos believed that the light infantry did not do much damage to them, and as long as they could persist in advancing to the crossing of the river with the main force in front and assist the large army to defeat the Dionian army, the final victory would still belong to Crotone.

Pausareus, on the other hand, believed that the morale of the soldiers was already low in the case of a total encirclement and attack, and that the destination to be reached was at least six or seven miles, and that it was almost impossible for the soldiers to hold on to the section of the river to the west in their present condition.

Neither side could convince anyone, and finally parted ways. Pausareus, with 1,700 soldiers of Siritin, and some of the Trina soldiers, began to retreat, preparing to return to the south bank of the Tricoto River; Filos led 1,400 Crotone heavy infantry and began to accelerate westward.

Crotone's abrupt division of forces caused problems for several of Dionia's generals.

Ryders and Zpitt believed that the heavy infantry advancing westward should be surrounded with heavy troops, and the retreating enemy should be driven away with a small number of troops.

Epitenis objected, arguing that since the enemy had retreated, it meant that the fighting spirit was not strong, and as long as we continued to pursue and attack, they would inevitably surrender, and then re-encircle the remaining heavy infantry in order to completely annihilate the enemy, and the next step would be easier to implement. His opinion was supported by Zantiparis.

The situation is urgent, and there is no time to argue. Dionia's forces were also split in two, with Epitenes and Zantiparis leading their forces in pursuit of the retreating heavy infantry.

It is true that Sirittin and the Trina are not very combative, they are not Crotone, and they do not have much of a conflict of interest with Dionia. Although the citizens of Cilitin suffered many casualties in the raid on Dionya half a year ago, they participated in the war mainly because of the alliance, and by the way, to gain some benefits, and revenge for the dead citizens was only secondary. But when the battle is bad and threatens their lives, of course they will not fight hard. Division, they welcomed, they thought that the attention of the Dionian light infantry would be on the Crotone who were advancing westward, but they did not expect that the Dionians were still in hot pursuit of them, and there were many of them. Panicked, they had just arrived at the lower reaches of the Tricoto River, and remembered that they had paid a great price when they crossed the river before, and now that there were more enemies, the attack would be more violent, and their hearts were cold.

The Trina surrendered first, and then Pausareyus led the Cilitins to surrender.

The Crotone hoplites said they were going to speed up, but they weren't much faster than before. Although the hoplites were well protected, it did not mean that they were not afraid of long-range strikes from bows, javelins, and stones, which would make them dizzy, and their thighs, toes, and hands were exposed, and the linen cuirass could not completely block the javelin's close-range blows. Of course, the large round shield with a diameter of one meter and covered with copper skin in their hands can completely resist frontal attacks, but the enemy is not only in the front, but there are enemies everywhere on the side and rear, how to defend against it?

It was only six miles from where Crotone's army was, and it would normally take an hour to march normally, but now half an hour had passed, and it had only gone less than a mile...... Constantly people were shot and fell, they were like a giant beast, constantly bitten and bled by the nimble wolves, getting weaker and weaker, more and more tired, and there was no hope in sight, while the enemy's arrows and javelins were always so abundant (Davers asked the Castrons to sacrifice all the arrows and javelins that had been stored in the arsenal for many years, and transported them to the rear of the battlefield with pack beasts), so when Epitenis and Zantiparis led the army back, they threw the captured flags of Siriting and Trina in front of the Crotone heavy infantry to surrenderThe crumbling morale of the Crotonens, who had been under siege and always defending against long-range attacks, was finally shattered. At the time of their surrender, less than a thousand soldiers remained intact.

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Arcinis, who was a recruit half a year ago, is now a squad leader in the First Legion, with nine soldiers under his command, six of whom are reserve citizens and are recruits.

The rapid expansion of the Dionian army in the past six months can be imagined, and of course it has brought many problems, especially in this tragic battle, the quality of the heavy infantry on both sides gradually became apparent over time. Heavy infantry is not only a qualified heavy infantry when wearing armor, can use shields, and can stab with guns, but the most important thing for heavy infantry in a battle is trust and tacit understanding. In a tightly arranged line, a heavy infantry he holds a shield in his left hand and a gun in his right hand, the heavy copper round shield will make him lean to the left with his body, the round shield naturally protects his left chest and the right chest of his comrade on the left, and his right chest is protected by his comrade on the right side with a shield, so that the shield is connected into a line to defend against the enemy's stab, he needs to move the round shield back and forth, such an action not only consumes physical strength, but also easily disrupts the array, he only needs to focus on two actions, the right hand keeps poking and pushing forward, so trust his teammates, Trust him to protect you, that's the key to the success of the heavy infantry phalanx.

The citizens of a city-state are at least a few thousand, and at most tens of thousands, either neighbors or close relatives, play together from an early age, receive heavy infantry training from their elders in their youth, participate in competitions and study together, and work together and attend parties together when they are adults...... Although there is not much public collective military training in the city-states every year, trust comes from their early cultivation, and as long as they stand on the battlefield, they will naturally stand together and twist into a rope.