Vol 5 Chapter 4: Trionto River Battle (2)

Crotone’s army, as Davos expected, crossed the river here, so that the Dionya army, which had been ambushed here, was waiting, and the Dionyrian army with a large number of recruits occupied the area. Moreover, using novel tactics, he gave the Crotone inner army, which is famous for its brave martial arts, a small killing, and took the upper hand for a time.
When Davis was in Persia, he was called the Expeditionary Force to be good at defeating the enemy, he was arrogant, and the casualties were few. However, at that time, Tormid was the commander of the whole army, and he was responsible for the coordination of the entire mercenary. The military barracks have always been the most strict management, so he often only has a glimpse of his military ability. When I arrived in Turui, I heard that Devers had led the army many times to win more and more. This time, the military action Tormide participated as a passer-by (because he was still a freelancer), witnessed Davis’s arbitrariness, and conceived a military plan he had never seen before. The arm makes all the departments of the Alliance act around this plan: let the old man and the woman wear armor to walk around the port, confuse the enemy's fleet; make detailed arrangements in the night march, and even let the recruits and freedoms who have never had experience The people can also smoothly reach the city of Castellón; the army enforces strict discipline and seals the city of Castellón to prevent the news from being exposed; the mountain reconnaissance team sent to Izam crosses the river to detect the enemy's movements and report at any time. Sending cavalry to intercept the enemy crossing the river, let the enemy know nothing about the situation on the other side of the Trionto River; if the day is not bright, the army will quickly come here to lurk here, and In front of the river bank, the bait was set up (referring to the four thousand soldiers), and at the same time the trail of the army was intercepted. In the Trionto and the downstream section of the river, the deliberately arranged more than a thousand people, so that the Crotones did not dare to take the risk. casualties Risks and thus choose to take the safer middle of the river ......
Throughout the military operations, Davers’s strategy was fully demonstrated: deception, rapid marching, reconnaissance and anti-reconnaissance, ambush, temptation... perfectly combined to finally successfully mobilize the enemy, achieve the goal, and let Ermed opened his eyes. In this era, most of the wars between city-states were between the two sides recruiting soldiers to fight in a place acceptable to both sides, or when one party was strong, the other side was tenacious and defensive until the reinforcements arrived and counterattacked. Both sides took their minds into the tactics of the wartime. In terms of application (this is what Spartans are best at), how can Daves start a plan according to the situation from the beginning, and do a series of complicated and detailed actions around the plan to achieve their goals? Carving the battle into a beautiful and beautiful Artifact like the pottery of Athens, as Daves himself said, "War is related to the survival of the city, must be careful, think and think before you can take action. ""
That's why Davers can become a strong league governor, and Timason is killed in a small town! Tolmid thinks about it.
"Tormid, you rush to the east, inform Zantei Parris, Epiphanis, Zipert, and Ledes. They will soon cross the river and prepare them to act according to the plan." Davers issued an order.
"Yes!" Tolmide turned to the horse and headed east. Although the tactics in the east would be even more ridiculous, he already had confidence in Davers.
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From the mouth of Uttar Moss, Ladfoss was shocked to learn that Milon led the army to cross the river, encountered the army of Dionia, and was in a state of hard work. The Dionyans ambushed nearly 20,000 troops across the upper reaches of the Trionto River, completely beyond his expectations!
Then will there be ambushes here too? He looked at the more than a thousand light infantry of Diaonia stationed on the other side, and couldn't help but think: he had hoped that after Milon crossed the river, he would come to help him to retreat the enemy opposite to reduce the casualties of the soldiers. Instead, he wants to bring troops to help Milon. The situation is critical and he is not allowed to think more.
Here, the steps involved in the river section can not accommodate more than 6,000 soldiers at the same time crossing the river. He quickly divided the troops into front, middle and rear parts. The top is more than 3,000 heavy infantry. With their strong protection, they can The scorpion and javelin shot down, reducing casualties, and successfully reaching the other side to dispel the enemy. Followed by 500 cavalry, they can chase the enemy's light infantry and defeat them. Finally, there are nearly 3,000 light armor.
After suffering a long-range attack from Dionia, after paying some casualties, Crotone's heavy infantry boarded the river bank without them chasing, the Diaonian light infantry had long since fled, and Ladfoss All the troops went smoothly across the river.
"Does the generals pursue?" Cavalry captain Ali Sossis asked.
Ladfoss shook his head and said cautiously: "Now we have to rush to help Milon, and your cavalry guards the outer perimeter of the column. Don't rush."
腓拉得福斯 just led the team to turn to the west for a while, and the loud military sound came from the north.
腓Ladfuss has a tight heart: there is an ambush!
At this time, Ali Sousse also quickly came, and looked a little strangely: "General, found an enemy unit in the north, is coming to us, they have about six or seven thousand people, all archers, throwing stones Hand and light shield, and hundreds of cavalry."
Rathfords stunned: "There is no heavy infantry?"
"No!" Ali Sossis nodded.
Although Ladfoss had some doubts, he was obviously relieved. He decisively issued an order: "All the troops are going north!" Since the incoming Dionia army did not have heavy infantry, it lacked a positive assault ability. Then Ladfoss did not mind defeating them and then marching to reduce harassment.
"Arisosis, how many enemy cavalry are there?"
"More than four hundred rides."
"Fortunately, our cavalry is twice as much as they are." Hey Ladfus is more relaxed. He said: "Arisothis, fighting with light infantry, your cavalry is especially important, I need you to lead the cavalry to defeat the enemy. After the cavalry, try not to chase, but to attack the flank of the enemy's middle road, understand?!"
"Understand!" Alisos went to the horse.
The army of Dionia is moving very fast. It didn't take long for them to appear in Ladforth's field of vision. When he saw the enemy's appearance roughly, he couldn't help but be surprised: because the other light infantry is too light, whether it is an archer or a javelin. Soldiers, all of them are thin linens, even the cavalry is part of the armor, part of the single, extremely shabby.
Are these people all free people who are temporarily recruited from the port of Turui? Ladfoss couldn't help but smile: Milon's guess is true, the Diaonian citizens are scarce, the soldiers are nervous, and they can even swipe them with light armor and cavalry!
The troops of Dionia stopped at a distance of more than 500 meters and began to reshape the formation.
"I think the Crotones will be very surprised to see us. They must think that we are only harassing them, but we never think that we are holding the goal of squatting them all here before letting them cross the river. "Tormid said with exclamation.
"This will prove to the Greeks that light infantry is as important as heavy infantry. As long as the strategy is right, light infantry can easily defeat heavy infantry!" Epiphanis said confidently.
"The key is to see Ledes and Zandiparis whether they can annihilate the enemy cavalry first." Tolmid is still worried.
"Do not worry, that is the well-designed plan of our Hades's Deavers! He is the of Hades!" Chipett's face admired: "You and I didn't expect , not to mention the enemy, they will be fooled!" Just as he spoke, Epiphanis had jumped off the horse and walked into the team ~EbookFREE.me~ ordered the soldiers to widen the interval and make the formation More loose, easy to throw and run.
Chipert also rushed to the right wing and issued the same order, while the left-wing Ledes's cavalry formation was also loose, so that the entire Dionya's left, middle and right military arrays were like fermented bread, whether horizontal or vertical. The area occupied has almost doubled.
For Ladfoss, he was the first to encounter this situation. He hesitated for a while and finally decided to thin the thickness of his formation, but the arrangement between the soldiers was still as dense as usual. Because he feels that although no heavy infantry or light armor, there is no projection ability, but as a melee unit with strong impact and fierce combat, the intensive formation is the magic weapon for them to defeat the enemy. At this moment, the traditional inertial thinking impeded the brain of Ladfoss, resulting in the entire array length of Crotone is only comparable to the length of the opposite Dionysian road, making the Dionysian army faint It is a semi-arc-shaped army that surrounds Crotone.
But Ladfoss is not worried. He knows that the number of the two sides is actually not much different. As long as the Crotone soldiers are in contact with the enemy, the victory will come. His greatest confidence is guaranteed to double the enemy. Cavalry. Because the array of the other side is too long, in order to facilitate the match, he ordered the cavalry of Ali Sossis to be disconnected from the middle road and directly face the enemy cavalry.
The middle road of Crotone is 3000 light armor. Their speed is faster than that of the infantry. When the cavalry defeats the enemy and the side hits the middle road, the speed of the light armor can cooperate with it, and the enemy will be defeated. As for the 3,000-plus infantry on the left wing, Ladfoss certainly understands that it is impossible to catch up with the light infantry at the speed of the heavy infantry. They only need to move slowly, protect themselves, and pin the enemy’s right wing, not allowing them to reinforce. The middle road will do.