The experienced Syracuse soldiers stared coldly ahead through the narrow helmeted eyelets, and although they had not yet fought the Dionians, they knew that a greater attack was coming, so their pace was quickening.

The Dionian light infantry quickly retreated from the passage between the small phalanxes, and the small infantry phalanx in the rear quickly moved forward, quickly connecting the entire array of Dionians.

At this time, the enemy had already entered a distance of 50 meters, and there was no need for the officers to give orders, and the heavy infantry of Ephiarte and them stepped forward, raised their arms, and threw ......

Tens of thousands of javelins flew out of the two-mile-long battle line in the middle of the coalition army, covering the sky and the sun to attack the Syracuse phalanx, the Syracuse soldiers who had been prepared for a long time put their round shields on top of their heads, stacked on top of each other, left and right, forming a long copper wall, and the whirlwind of death from the javelin rain made the screams of the Syracuse people could no longer be hidden, so the Syracuse soldiers began to speed up and run.

At the forefront of the line, Efiarte and his comrades did not have enough time to throw another javelin, so they did not hesitate to throw away the other javelin, put the long shield in front of him with his left hand, and clenched the bayonet with his right hand, and accelerated forward together. They had to speed up the forward rush in just 30 metres.

On one side is a huge golden wall, and on the other side is a black wave.

"Apollo!! ……”

Hades !! ……”

In the deafening shout, the two sides crashed together, and at this moment even the earth trembled.

At that moment, Ephiarte felt a tremendous force hit the shield, almost breaking his shield-holding hand, causing his body to involuntarily lean back, and then the same powerful force from behind pushed him back, and his spear was blocked by the enemy on the opposite side with a round shield, and his shield also blocked the opponent's spear, because the force of both sides was so strong that the spear was broken.

Holding back the pain in his right hand, Ephiarte drew the short sword from his waist.

The soldiers on both sides were densely packed together, and the space for each soldier to move was very small, and the Dionian soldiers at the forefront, regardless of whether the bayonet in their hands were broken or not, threw it away and replaced it with short swords, while many of the Syracuse people on the opposite side also picked up the curved sabers, and the hand-to-hand combat began......

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In front of the middle of the Ionian legion, the Dioonians had the advantage in the battle of the light infantry, but on the other fronts it was the Syracuse light infantry who had the advantage.

Because Crotone, Siritin, and Trina did not have the habit of harassing the light infantry in front when the heavy infantry phalanx was advancing, they suffered a lot of losses. Their solution to this was to speed up their advance and engage the Syracuse heavy infantry head-on as quickly as possible.

And the light infantry of the coalition army, with the exception of Dionia's, was concentrated at the left end of the left flank of the entire army formation, in the rear of the cavalry. While both sides are fighting together, only here remains calm.

Pherisius knew that in terms of cavalry, the cavalry of the coalition forces was far inferior to the cavalry of Syracuse, not only in number but also in ability. Therefore, he gathered the 500 cavalry led by Sobercos and the cavalry of other city-states to form a cavalry team of 1,500 to hold the flank of the left flank of the coalition army, preventing the enemy cavalry from detouring the flank (because the outside of the right flank of the coalition army was the Ramato River, and Phellisius thought that the cavalry of Syracuse could not be placed on this side at all), and warned them: do not move lightly, once the enemy cavalry attackes, let the nearly 4,000 light infantry behind them, scatter them with long-range fire, and then supplement the cavalry charge, It should be able to fight against the fierce Syracuse cavalry.

The real killer move of Phellisius was on the left flank, and his formation was similar to the strategy used by Davers to defeat the Brutis on the Cosenza plateau, that is, the weaker troops were placed on the right flank, relying on the river to ensure the safety of the flank, and the reinforced left flank was used to win the victory. However, unlike the Battle of Punat, at this time, the left flank of the coalition army was weak cavalry and strong infantry, with 17,000 Crotone infantry and tens of thousands of Siriting infantry (a small part of which were close to the center) forming the left flank, and the thickness of the array alone was more than 40 columns.

After Phoebidas arrived on the right flank of Syracuse, although he did not know the detailed arrangement of the enemy on the opposite side, he stood in front of the queue and stopped to watch, just looking at the dense vertical bayonets that stretched backwards on the opposite side, he immediately realized that once the trumpet sounded, the enemy's impact would be very amazing!

He quickly made a decision: thicken his own array as well!

But in this way, the right flank, which has fewer troops than the opponent, will inevitably have a shorter array length than the opponent, and it is easy for the opponent to be encircled from the flank.

At the same time, Phoebidas made a startling decision, he ordered the soldiers on the right flank to immediately form an arc of formation, with the bulge facing outward. In this way, when fighting, the Syracuse soldiers are located in the inner circle, which naturally makes up for the lack of array length.

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When the trumpet sounded, nearly 30,000 infantry on the right flank of the South and Italy coalition army took a big stride and marched towards the enemy.

There were many citizens like Kolebus who were captured twice by Diotonia, and they were responsible for the defeat of the war, experienced the glory and decline of Crotone, and watched the rapid rise of the former enemy Dionia, and their hearts were always a mixture of loss and confusion.

So today they have to prove themselves with a victory, like their commander-in-chief, Askamas, to prove the glory of Crotone! Although the strength of Crotone is far from that of the Union of Ionian City-States, this is the pride of the people of Crotone, the disposition of the citizens of the Athletic State!

Therefore, even if the arrows rained down in the air, they could not slow them down. While trying to maintain their formation, they are gradually picking up the pace......

The huge ranks let out a terrible roar, and the Crotone soldiers began to charge......

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the approaching enemy, their faces intertwined with nervousness and excitement, hoping for that terrible and maddening moment to come!

"Apollo!! ......" They roared uncontrollably, and suddenly collided with the Syracusens.

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Generally speaking, when the heavy infantry of the two sides is together, at this time the entire array from the rear row forward begins to play a role, in order to prevent the opponent from pushing their own side back step by step, and finally squeeze through the line and lead to a rout, the rear infantry on both sides not only get close to the comrades in front of them, and probe their bayonet guns as far forward as possible, hoping to help the front row soldiers increase the threat to the enemy, but they are also pushing forward with all their strength, so that the space occupied by the soldiers at the forefront is becoming more and more narrow.

Aifiarte is not worried, he is training as usual, lunges forward, squatting slightly, leaning forward, the half-body long shield almost protects the entire leg, torso and neck, he from time to time with the help of the power from behind him, the long shield suddenly force forward with the momentum, the power is concentrated on the copper semi-circular impact angle in the center of the arc long shield, the force is quite large, if you hit the enemy without enough protection, it is enough to make his chest concave fracture, and slapping on the enemy's round shield, it can also make the hard copper shield appear one by one pits.

On the contrary, the round shield of the Syracuse soldier collided with the long shield, first of all, the circular angle of the long shield easily caused the round shield to slip off and the top was not in the right part. Moreover, the powerful power transmitted by the round shield spreads to the entire arc shield through the circular collision angle, and then when it is transmitted to Ephiarte, the power is much smaller, which gives Efiarte enough time to kick.

While trying to disrupt the opponent's defense with his long shield, the double-edged thick-backed short sword more than half a meter long in his right hand saw the opportunity, and from time to time quickly stabbed and pulled out from the gap between himself and the opponent. It's a pity that the two Syracuse soldiers next to him on the other side seem to be experienced and have been dodged by them many times.

The Dionian Legion and the Syracuse center were of similar thickness, and with almost equal forces, the squeeze into the middle became more and more severe.

Ephiarte was getting closer to the enemy on the other side, and he could even feel the heat coming from the tiny mouth under the middle of Corinth's helmet.

When he saw the cold eyes suddenly brighten, he instinctively lowered his head and raised his long shield up.

"Bang!" The dog-legged saber swung by the other party was slashing at the shield. But when he lowered his head, he suddenly saw something, and his heart suddenly became excited.

That's the enemy's foot! Although the Greek shield was large, it was not as long as the long shield, and the enemy's feet in leather sandals were exposed under the round shield, and it would not have been possible to detect this flaw through the gap below if it had not been for Ephialt to lift the long shield up.

He immediately used his long shield to resist the opponent's round shield, lowered his head and bent his waist down (if he was wearing a Corinthian helmet, he would not be able to make such a large bend and bow his head), and the short sword in his right hand stabbed diagonally forward and downward, and the sharp tip of the sword pierced the instep of the opponent's right foot without hindrance.

Hearing a terrible scream from the enemy on the other side, Ephiarte quickly drew his short sword without looking at the results of the battle. As the shield slammed forward, he took a step forward with his left foot, and squeezed forward into a small gap in the opponent's shield wall the moment the enemy screamed and fell to the ground, and the enemy behind him was about to make up for it.

It was too late, but it was too fast, and his bloodstained short sword stabbed out to the right side like lightning again, and the enemy next to him was countering the shield of Ephiarte's teammate, and before he could take corresponding precautions because of the fall of his companion, he was suddenly pierced by a sword on his right arm, which was not covered by armor, and he screamed in pain, and even threw his dog-legged saber on the ground.