"Herald! Heralds! ”

"General, what's the matter?"

"Hurry up and inform Eumacus and ask him to lead the soldiers who are still carrying food to the warship to return to the camp immediately, and cooperate with the defenders in the camp to repel the enemy first!" After Diomyras finished speaking, he felt uneasy again, and ordered again: "Let the troops stop crossing the river, unload their bags, and return to the camp to fight!" ”

As soon as the order was changed, the Tarantum soldiers who were walking to the pontoon bridge were a little reluctant: why can others stay on the opposite bank leisurely, while they have to go back to fight to the death?!

With this mentality, they move lazily and assemble very slowly.

Theomillas was very anxious, although he left 4,000 men in the outlying camp to defend, but when he heard the shouts of killing becoming more and more intense, he was not only worried about the troops left behind, but also angry when he saw the troops in front of him moving so slowly, and finally made up his mind to issue strict orders to let them go back to defend at the expense of offending these citizens.

He had just led his convoy to the pontoon, when a clipper boat sailed through the Agri River, which was almost clogged by three-sculpled warships, and docked on the bank of the river. Dionia's fleet is here! There are also a lot of troop carriers behind them, full of soldiers! ……”

Theomyras's mind was buzzing all of a sudden, and for a moment there was no time to think about it: why didn't the Diomonian fleet rest after the war?

At this time, there was only one thought in the mind of Theomilas: the Diomonians wanted to surround us!

The soldiers who crossed the river around heard the captain's shout, and there was an uproar, "Cross the river quickly!" Hurry up and cross the river! ......" The soldiers shouted in panic, you pushed me, and the ranks began to stir......

Seeing this chaotic scene, Theomyras suddenly dismissed the decision to return to the battalion for defense, and still had some hesitation in his heart: Do you want to abandon the 4,000 soldiers and retreat immediately?!

But soon he won't have to think about it.

"The Dionians are in!!"

"Let's run!!"

"The camp has been breached!!"

……

From the east side of the camp came the shouts of terror and confusion, which grew louder and louder, and even Diomyras could see the rout when he turned back, and he was astonished: the camp had been breached so easily?!!

In fact, the reason for the rapid rout of the Tarantum garrison was very simple: the Seventh Legion of Dionya had been carefully prepared in advance, and when attacking, Matonis as the commander of the corps actually charged forward, and none of the soldiers who were stimulated by him before did not want to lag behind, and its swift and fierce attack made the remaining Tarantum soldiers feel very difficult to defend, and at this time their fighting spirit had already been taken away by the retreating troops, and they were not fully mentally prepared at all, and the first thought that came to their minds when they encountered setbacks was: why did they all retreat, we still have to fight hard here?!

As a result, when the Heraclian army that followed behind flanked the garrison soldiers from both sides of the camp, the Tarantum soldiers were almost crushed.

"Retreat! Retreat!! ...... "Theomillas had only this option at the moment.

In fact, there was no need for him to give an order, the soldiers had already seen that the situation was not good, and they were already retreating......

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When Midorades led 70 three-layer oared warships to the sea near Heraclia, he received a report from the clippers that Tarantum's warships were gathering at the mouth of the Agri River.

Midorades was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately ordered the fleet to fan out, ready to wipe out Tarantum's ships.

The Tarantum warships were panicked and wanted to sail away from the riverbank, and even squeezed and collided in the river due to panic, and even small warships capsized in the river, and the fleeing fleet had no intention of salvaging their comrades who had fallen overboard, they had only one thought: to escape from the encirclement of the Dionian fleet and escape back to the port of Tarantum!

However, many of the Tarantum ships had too much food piled up in their holds, which greatly affected the agility and speed of the ships, and did not have much advantage over the somewhat bulky Dionian fleet, which had "crow drawbridges" and heavy infantry. But with the Dionian fleet rapidly approaching, the sailors of Tarantum could not even spare manpower, throwing away the grain that seemed to be a burden, and the fate that awaited them could only be captured.

Davers's ship did not take part in the inter-fleet battle, and landed with a fleet of troop transports on the coast not far north of the mouth of the Agri River.

As soon as Amintas jumped off the ship, he immediately ordered the trumpeter to blow the horn of attack, and then did not wait for all the soldiers to arrive and regroup, but directly led 50 detachments of soldiers on the same boat to kill the retreating Tarantum army not far away.

The Theonian fleet under the command of Sekrian had already won a great victory with the help of the First Legion, while the Second Legion had not yet shown any performance, which made the always competitive Amintas endure.

The ferocity of the soldiers of the detachment led by Amintas frightened the already panicked Tarantum soldiers on the north bank of the Agri River, making them forget that they were outnumbered by the oncoming enemy. Just as they were in a hurry to organize resistance, the other detachments of the Dionian Second Regiment also arrived, like a sharp dagger pierced into the weak body of the river crossing force on the north bank of Tarantum, the Tarantum soldiers collapsed and fled in all directions, and some soldiers even panicked to cross the river and flee south.

Amintas commanded his troops to chase south, and Tarantum soldiers were constantly squeezed into the river......

Panic will only lead to more panic, and when the bridge plate of a pontoon bridge breaks due to overwhelmed loads, the entire pontoon bridge falls apart, and hundreds of people fall into the river in panic, carrying heavy loads and floating ...... The hearts of all the Tarantum soldiers who saw this tragic scene were completely cold.

On the south bank, the 12,000-strong coalition of the Seventh Army and the Heraclian army continued to pursue the fleeing Tarantum north.

The Tarantum soldiers, who had completely lost their fighting spirit, rushed to flee for their lives, and the whole unit was completely disorganized. Even if the two consuls shouted in the crowd, it would be difficult to organize them to stop the attack of the Ionian coalition. Therefore, they retreated again and again, and were finally driven to the banks of the Agri River.

In the case that several pontoon bridges were completely blocked, and faced with the fierce pursuit of the Ionian coalition forces behind them, some Tarantum soldiers even took off their armor in a hurry and jumped into the river, and for a time the river was full of floating and heavy human heads, as if they had been thrown into a large ant nest in a small puddle, which was shocking.

When the soldiers who had not descended the river saw their equally panicked teammates on the other side, and behind them were the black army that was gradually arranging and encircling them, the Tarantum people were in complete despair, and with tears in their eyes, they threw down their weapons and turned to surrender to the equally feared Dionian coalition that was attacking them......

By dusk, the army of Tarantum was pursued by two of the bravest generals of the Dionian army, and was finally encircled on both sides of the pontoon bridge of the Agri River, where more than 12,000 were captured, more than 2,000 were wounded under the spears or trampled by each other, and more than 2,000 drowned alive in the river, except for nearly a thousand who had escaped from the initial crossing of the river.

In addition, the Dionian fleet captured more than 50 ships of Tarantum, including 35 three-layer oars. Due to the lack of desire to fight and the weak resistance of the Tarantum fleet, its sailors did not suffer major casualties, and the number of captured sailors was close to 7,500.

At the same time, the Dionian army also captured a large amount of supplies, including dozens of tons of grain.

The Dionian army suffered little loss in this battle, and it can be said that it was another hearty victory.

Therefore, when Davos learned about the battle, he was in a very happy mood, and when he saw Tripheas, the chief general of Heraclia, who had arrived, he had a sincere smile on his face and said: "Lord Tripheas, I thank you on behalf of all the people of Dionia! If it weren't for your Heraclia bravely blocking Tarantum's attack, I'm afraid that Tarantum's army would have rushed into Turui's territory! ”

Trifias hurriedly said modestly: "Lord Davers, we Heraclias are just defending ourselves. I owe a deep sense of gratitude to Dionia, who sent reinforcements in time to defend Heraclia in such difficult circumstances, but instead led to the destruction of the land of Amendolara...... How can I ......?"

Davers had no choice but to comfort him at this time: "We are allies, we should help each other, but fortunately, with the blessing of Hades, the Tarantum people have been basically annihilated, and we have no big losses, which is the most joyful thing!" ”

"yes, I didn't expect victory to come so quickly!" Trifias looked at Davers with a look of admiration and exclaimed, "Lord Davers, I didn't expect you Dionya to defeat the Syracuse navy, it's amazing!" ”

Davers smiled slightly, and said in a relaxed tone: "If the Syracuse fleet dares to attack again, we will defeat it!" From now on, it's time for Taranto Bay to change owners! ”

Davers's domineering words made Trifias completely reassured about the safety of the sea: "Lord Davers, you ...... When are you going to attack Tarantum? Trifias asked tactfully, he actually wanted to know Davers's general battle plan in the future. In just two days since Davos returned to Turiyi, the tide of war in Greater Greece had changed so much that the Dionian allies had regained their confidence.