As a result, the clumsy heavy infantry of the Kett reinforcements squeezed into each other, shouting, and the array became quite chaotic.

However, at this moment, Milon and Cipros were determined to complete the turn of the array, because as the enemy approached, they on horseback had seen the direction of the enemy's attack, and if the Cutt reinforcements could not be aligned with the arrays of the First and Second Legions, then the flanks of the Cutt reinforcements protruding in front of the array would be completely exposed to the enemy's frontal attack, and only destruction awaited them.

So the two of them, with a large group of guards, rode quickly around the front of the formation, and one by one they shot their bayonets horizontally, shouted loudly, and kept approaching their horses, forcing the soldiers to retreat and turn ......

As he was advancing, Phoebidas noticed that the Ionian army in front of him had stopped advancing, and when he was puzzled, the array of the left flank of Ionia, which had been diagonally facing him, gradually began to face him......

Phoebe Das was taken aback: the enemy was making an array turn?! The enemy dares to turn in an array during a battle!!

There is a reason why Phoebidas was so surprised: once the Greek heavy infantry battle of this era began, it was difficult for the enemy and us to move in the same direction according to the prior plan, and it was difficult to make a major change in tactics. This is because, first of all, the heavy infantry with heavy armor is clumsy, and it is difficult for them to make more flexible maneuvers; Secondly, the lack of training of the city-state's citizen soldiers also made them afraid to do complex tactical maneuvers when marching in dense phalanxes, so as not to cause confusion in the array and make them vulnerable to attack.

This is one of the reasons why the Spartan warrior has an advantage in the battle, which can be regarded as a professional soldier Spartan warrior can achieve tactical maneuvers in the battle that other city-state armies can't do. But even the Spartans, in the big battles, only used the characteristics of the heavy infantry marching to interpret the left-handed tactics to the extreme, and they rarely made temporary tactical changes after the battle began, as the Dionians on the opposite side did now, because Sparta, like most Greek city-states, the Spartan officers and generals who commanded the various armies were to be in battle with the soldiers and fight the enemy according to the tradition of the Spartan city-states (the king of Sparta did not need to, he could sit in command, However, his generals are all in the middle of the formation, and his command effectiveness is greatly weakened). The democratic city-states even demanded that the generals be at the forefront of the military and take the lead so that they would not be reproached in the citizens' assembly. Therefore, when the trumpet of the battle is sounded and the army marches, the generals will almost lose command of the entire army, and the army will be engaged in battle according to the tactics established in advance.

Vibidas was indeed shocked by the impromptu change of formation on Dionia's left flank in response to the attack on Syracuse's right flank, and of course he saw the confusion in the Dionian army formation (mainly the Kett reinforcements), which somewhat compensated for his loss due to the fact that he might not be able to attack the enemy's flank.

"Hurry up! Hurry up!! ......" Phoebedad shouted loudly as he quickened his pace. It's a pity that his shouts can only drive a small group of soldiers around him, and for the huge phalanx of 25,000 people, it is like a stone thrown into a rushing river, which has no effect.

Syracuse's right flank continued as planned, but as the soldiers marched forward, the distance between it and the left flank of Dionysa was rapidly closing......

The Syracuse light infantry fighting in the middle had begun to withdraw, while the 7th Brigade of the 1st Army led by Zpitt and the 7th Brigade of the 2nd Army led by Alponse were still in front of the phalanx, not only because the checkerboard phalanx of Dionya left them enough retreat channels, but also because they wanted to stop the advance of the right flank of Syracuse as much as possible and buy time for the Kett reinforcements to complete the transformation of the array.

The proximity of the Syracuse army made the Ket reinforcements nervous and forced them to speed up their formation.

The light infantry of the 1st and 2nd Corps could not stop the advance of the Syracuse, and they only threw one more round of javelins and arrows, and then had to gradually retreat to the rear under the pressure of the Syracuse array.

At this time, the distance between the two armies was only about 60 meters, and the array of Kett reinforcements had barely completed the turn, and when Milon and Sipros rushed back to the rear of the phalanx, they were already sweating profusely, but their hearts were much lighter.

Milon sighed and said, "Now I know how big the gap between Crotone's army and the Ionian army is!" ”

And Sipros said with trepidation: "Fortunately, Master Davers has repeatedly asked us to break away from the phalanx and stand at the back of the queue to facilitate the command. Otherwise, even if we see the cunning actions of the Syracuse people, there is no way to change it, and we will definitely suffer a big loss! ”

"Yes! Without the persistence of the Dionians, we would not have dared to change the formation because we were afraid of difficulties! Milon sighed again.

At this time, the left flank of Dionya and the right flank array of Syracuse were almost two parallel lines, but they were almost perpendicular to the Dionian central army, which was still advancing southward.

The army on the right flank of Syracuse was getting closer and closer to the left flank of Dionia, but the soldiers of Syracuse began to clench the round shields in their hands, and after a fight with the Dionians, the unique tactical style of the Dionicians made them remember.

When the Ionian soldiers on the opposite side raised the javelins in their hands, they squatted slightly, protected the round shield above their heads, and the javelin rain that covered the sky and the sun hit the Syracuse army, splashing the flowers of death, and the screams did not affect their determination to advance, but made them speed up the pace of advance, forcing the Dionian soldiers to hurriedly throw the second round of javelins, which was much less effective.

Now that the two armies were less than 20 meters apart, even Phoebe Das was a little out of breath, and he could hear the rapid breathing of the soldiers around him, not only because of the physical exertion caused by the previous shift from retreat to attack, hasty formation, and galloping for hundreds of meters, but also the extreme excitement of his body caused by the approaching killing moment.

Through the narrow eyeholes of his helmet, Phoebidas could see the glittering shields, spears, and armor of the opposing army, and the deep black color unique to the Dionian army made people feel like they were in the cold of the night even during the day. He knew that the main force of the Dionian army was on the other side, but he was not afraid, but excited, and he was also convinced that the soldiers of Syracuse would not be afraid, not only because they were also the elite of the Syracuse army, but also that before the battle Dionysius had told every Sicilian soldier, 'They can only return to their homeland if they are victorious, or they will die in a foreign land!' ’

Without the urging of the trumpets, the Syracuse soldiers shouted "Apollo!!" He took a big stride, increased his speed and began to charge, and the entire phalanx on the right flank of Syracuse was like a golden mountain crushing towards the enemy.

At the same time, the neat roar of the Dionian soldiers "Hades!! They also began to charge, and they were like the black tide surging in a storm at sea, wave after wave, and finally converged into a huge crest, surging towards the people of Syracuse.

The soldiers of the Kett reinforcements held the hatred of the country and the family, and roared angrily, wanting to turn their anger into infinite strength, vowing to kill all the enemies of life and death.

Tens of thousands of people's feet stepped on the ground with a powerful rumbling sound, like thunder, and the earth trembled.

With a loud bang, the battle of the heavy infantry began......

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"Your Majesty, the left flank has fully engaged the enemy!" Tolmid loudly replied to the news of the Reciter's return.

Davers nodded, but his eyes were always on the front of him. At this time, he pointed to the enemy's military formation in the distance, sneered a few times, and said: "The Syracuse people are marching slowly, it seems that Dionysius wants to wait for his right flank to win first!" ”

Tormide smiled playfully: "But he never imagined that the cavalry he was expecting had been trapped by the wonderful tactics you had devised Your Majesty!" ”

Davers didn't have the heart to taunt the enemy at this time, he said with a serious expression: "Don't let Dionysius be too easy!" Order all units to speed up and engage the enemy as soon as possible! ”

Tolmide did not immediately take the order, but reminded: "Your Majesty, if our right flank advances too fast, I am afraid that we will reach a section of the Tachina Nadi River that can be crossed, and the enemy may send troops to cross the Tachina Nadi River and attack the flank of our right flank!" ”

Davers had already considered the question, and he immediately replied: "From the present situation, Dionysius has invested enough forces on the right flank of Syracuse, which shows that the focus of his attack is on our left flank. I don't think Dionysius will be able to draw up enough forces to attack my right flank, let alone that I have enough reserves to deal with his detours. "Indeed, behind Davers there are 2,000 light armor soldiers drawn from various legions and 1,000 people from the mountain reconnaissance brigade led by Izzam, a total of 3,000 people as reserves, which have not yet come in handy.

"I see, Your Majesty." Tolmid turned to leave.

"Wait!" Davers stopped him again: "Go and tell the commanders of the legions that the spear brigade under the leadership of Kapus has achieved an advantage over the cavalry of Syracuse, and it is up to them to do the rest!" ”

Tormid smiled, he understood Davers's intentions: the spear brigade that had just been formed for less than ten days had achieved impressive results, how could other legions fall behind him?

Sure enough, after Davers's order was conveyed to the various troops, the advance speed of the phalanx increased suddenly, and both the right flank of the Sixth and Seventh Army Corps, and the middle of the Fourth and Fifth Army Corps and the Bruti warriors accelerated forward under the encouragement and urging of the corps commander and officers.