Vol 6 Chapter 99: Battle of the Ramatu River (end)

As a result, the space for the Fifth Army to retreat north should be said to be relatively spacious. However, it was not long before the Fifth Corps began to retreat, and it was targeted by the mercenary cavalry in Syracuse.
After being reprimanded by Dionysius, the Numidians and the Celts had to fight and chase the black armor from the east to the west. This is a convenient way to defeat the soldiers. They rode, and then they saw the fifth legion of the Dioria in the retreat.
The soldiers of the Fifth Legion are still relatively concentrated and relatively orderly in the retreat. This is obviously not conducive to the impact of the cavalry. Even the fierce Celtic cavalry is not stupid enough to directly collide with the thick heavy infantry array. However, the mercenary cavalry had their own methods. They were again arranged in a column, driving the horses close to the Dionia soldiers, shouting loudly, swiftly passing by the array of the Fifth Legion, and throwing the javelin in their hands without interruption... ...
The rush of horseshoes, the grotesque screams, and the screams of teammates... let the 5th Legionnaires with low morale become more flustered, they speed up and flee, wanting to escape early and scary The enemy's ride, ... the retreat of the Fifth Corps began to appear chaotic.
In front of Dracos see this scene, decisive decision, behind him is the first big team, he turned the horse's head, shouted: "Brem, take your first big team with me, block those Cavalry! Let other brothers safely retreat!"
Bloom, who used to be the leader of Bisinia, the tough guy in the Bruty, and now the captain of the First Brigade of the Fifth Corps, did not hesitate to answer: "Follow, the commander of the army!"
The attacking army number did not blow, because it was afraid of affecting the retreat of other soldiers, but the first brigade team flag pointed to the opposite direction of the retreat, and then the company flag, the team flag successively pointed to the place where the enemy was riding, in the team officials Under the shout, the soldiers of the first brigade turned around...
When the other soldiers panicked and fled, the first brigade of the Fifth Corps faced difficulties!
At the forefront is the fully armed, horse-riding army leader Draco, followed by the first captain, Brim.
Dracos looked back and looked at him, though he was flustered, but still firmly followed his first team of soldiers. The satisfaction was overwhelming: "I am the best man in Bisinia! My best soldier! My best team ( Because the soldiers of the first brigade are from the city of Bisnia!"
"It is the glory of our first team to fight with the adults!" Bimham was straight.
Dracos nodded and gave a loud command: "Two columns! Keep the formation, slowly retreat! Never let an enemy leak!"
At this moment, Dracos did not think about the issue of life and death at all, and only the mercenary cavalry screaming in front of him.
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Dionysius, who has been studying Dioria's past battles, is learning Dioria this time. He used the high power of the hiring cavalry and the two support troops who had just entered the battlefield and were full of physical strength to continue the pursuit of the South Italian coalition's squadron. It continued until dusk, and finally returned to the camp.
The road to Trina's escaping back to the city was blocked by the Ramatou River, and with the warships in the river, most of the soldiers were forced to fight under the double pursuit of the Campania mercenaries and the Syracuse fleet sailors. The Dionysian army following the middle road retreated northward.
The detective sent by Trina City fled back to the city in panic, and the news of the defeat was returned to the defenders stationed in the city. Everyone was in great panic.
General Blomaras, in view of the inability of the main army to return, Trina’s city was so isolated that it could not cope with the upcoming Syracuse army. He had to make a painful decision: to abandon Trina, the soldiers withdrew To the city of Knapetia in the Union of Dionia.
The Syracuse warships that sailed in the harbor saw the unusual movement of the Trina defenders. After the Trina people walked away, they sent sailors to the shore to test, and easily occupied an empty city.
In this way, at the end of the Battle of the Ramatu River, the Syracuse occupied Trina and gained an excellent foothold for their army in the middle of Greater Greece, the Syracuse Army The required supplies can be transferred to the port of Trina by sea, which is convenient and safe.
But Dionysius was not satisfied, and his greedy eyes were on the West Chamber not far from the battlefield.
The situation of the soldiers who participated in the battle in Silitium was rather tragic. They rushed together and fled together in Crotone, which consumed precious time. The route to the east was separated by the reinforcements of Fassisas, behind them. Sri Lanka led some of the Syracuse soldiers to pursue the pursuit of the Syracuse soldiers. As a result, the West Riding defeated part of the war, part of the surrender, and some were fleeing north by Crotone, and only 3,000 people fled back to Siri. Tingcheng.
The fourth and fifth legions of Dioria in the middle road were far away from the reinforcements of the enemy's two wings, and because the friendly forces helped to block (involuntary), the retreat was relatively smooth, except for some setbacks when crossing the Korache River. Did not suffer a lot of damage.
However, the Syracuse hiring cavalry brought them the greatest loss. Although most of the cavalry was stopped by the first corps of the Fifth Corps led by Dracos, it also dragged the pace of the retreat of Drax and the brigade, causing it to eventually fall into the siege of the Syracuse chase, but not Can escape...
The biggest luck of Dionia is that the discerning Filipius promised the coalition to fight, but after he and Ansitanos negotiated, he still left a heart: he considered the possibility of failure, so after the army Let Anxitalos lead the two regiments' squadrons, engineering camps, medical camps, etc., and other officers of the legion out of the camp, march north, and retreat to the place between Asprostum and the battlefield.
The plan of Felicius is: If the victory is won, the Syracuse will be driven out of the plains of Orphea, and it will not be too late to return to the auxiliary units, but if they fail, they can no longer withdraw from the camp. Instead, follow the predecessor's embarrassment before Devers, retreat to Aspru Stum and make a new defensive arrangement.
Therefore, when the Syracuse army was chasing the squadron, the slow-moving Dionysian auxiliary force was already on the way to the city of Asprostum, thus avoiding the Syracuse because the camp had no soldier defense. The encounter with the captives.
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Perhaps Apollo could not bear to witness such a fierce battle between the Greeks. Soon after the sun fell into the mountains, the darkness quickly occupied the whole world.
Apollo's sister, Hunting and the moon goddess Alzini, was lazy and did not let the moon hang high in the sky, so Hades controlled this night.
According to the reason, the coalition forces should be thankful that there are Hades's blessings believed by the Dionyns. At least the sinister Syracuse hiring cavalry did not dare to chase them in the dark night, but the night also made the withdrawal of the coalition. A lot of difficulties.
In the dark, the squadrons could not see the caps of the military flag and the team officers, so they could not be reorganized. Except for the situation of the Dionian Legion, the other squadrons were completely scattered. In fact, this area is the edge of the hills. The ground is undulating, pitted, tired, hungry, horrified, and the black-eyed squadrons are easy to fall. If they can't stand up in time, they will be trampled by the soldiers behind them. Therefore, there are not a few injured soldiers.
Thousands of squadrons screamed in the darkness while screaming at the death of their teammates, shouting the names of the team officers, and worrying about their safety...
For the first time in the dark, they felt that the distance between Asprostum and Tarantum from the West Chamber was so long...
Until late at night, Aspa, the chief executive of Asprostum, who was informed of the news of the defeat, urgently sent cavalry and citizens to hold the torches and illuminate the soldiers along the way. Later, Tarantum also made corresponding moves, and the squadrons finally got out of the dark panic.
Throughout the night, both cities were busy with receiving the squad...
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And this evening, for the West Ridings, it is also a sleepless night.
Since Xi Liting was not far from the battlefield, the news of the defeat of the battle spread throughout the city for the first time, and the people immediately fell into panic.
At dusk~EbookFREE.me~ More than 3,000 civic soldiers fled back to the city, and only a few spoilers returned to the city. Out of town in the morning is a huge army of 14,000 people. Even a third of the people who came back in the evening did not arrive. The whole city was in grief.
Principal General Pletinis is even more regretful: I knew that I should not force the Dionians to rush in the battle!
But now the crisis in the West Riding has just begun. In the Nanyi League, Xi Liting City is also considered a big city. In the past, this was the pride of the Cirdin people. Now it has become the trouble of the Silean people because of the serious shortage of defense forces. According to the description of the squadrons, they were defeated by the Syracuse reinforcements that suddenly appeared on the battlefield. Then the military power of Syracuse on the battlefield is probably more than 50,000. Such a number of Hitler's Syracuse troops are eager to win the battle, and who will Dionysius' next target be attacked?
Pretnis and the members of the council dared to always think: it must be the West Court! Because the distance is too close. Now that Dionya and Crotone have just suffered a fiasco, they will certainly not be able to send troops to rescue Siri in a short period of time. If Xi Liting wants to get out of the Siracusa attack, he can only rely on himself.
Therefore, the Citizens’ Congress was urgently held in the city of Xiliting. Citizens who have not been washed away, feared and feared will make an important choice for the life and death of the city.