In the end, the Tegeya soldiers could not even swing their spears, but the soldiers of the First Legion, hiding behind the shield walls of the phalanx of various detachments, could freely and constantly stab their short swords outward, and the continuous screams made the Tegeya soldiers even more panicked, and when the back road was cut off, they began to desperately rush the allies Spartans in front.

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The soldiers kept using their long shields to resist the impact of external forces, and kept stabbing outwards with short swords, and their shoulders and arms were already sore.

Max kept shouting and cheering, and his voice was almost hoarse...... I don't know how long it took, but the enemy's attack on the tortoiseshell array suddenly weakened.

Could it be that our reinforcements are really coming? …… Max saw hope and was overjoyed.

The soldiers peeked through the crack in their shields and saw the Spartans retreating. They also breathed a sigh of relief for a while, moving their sore arms slightly.

At this moment, there was a sound of "Peng! Disheveled! There were two loud bangs, and the soldiers in the back row who held the long shield above their heads felt like a boulder had smashed on the shield surface, and the entire arm holding the shield was about to break off, and they couldn't help but scream in pain.

At this moment, two figures fell from above, and before the Dionian legionnaires could react, they pushed the soldiers around them with force.

The Dionian soldiers were all defending against the attack of the enemy outside, and they did not expect the tortoiseshell formation to be broken from the inside, and several soldiers were pushed out of the array without defense.

Max's eyes widened as he shouted, "Tighten the formation!" As he lunged at his nearest enemy, the short sword pierced the throat of the enemy, but the enemy's hideous smile before death made his heart cold.

It had been prepared for the fact that the Spartan soldiers swarmed from all directions, so that the soldiers of Max's detachment did not have time to regroup, they were shocked and scattered, and had to fight separately.

It turned out that the Spartan warriors, after rushing into the already scattered formation of Dionia, found that the Dioonians were not scattered, they gathered into a peculiar small phalanx, and were putting up stubborn resistance. The Spartan warriors continued to attack, but they were still unable to break through the opponent's defenses, and on the contrary, many people were injured.

The Spartans, who were very tactically strong, had to find another way to break the enemy, and it soon occurred to them that the defenses around these small Dionian phalanxes were strong, but above them could be a breach.

So the two volunteer fighters, under the support of many comrades, jumped on top of the tortoiseshell formation and smashed the entire formation.

In the face of the overwhelming Spartan warriors, the resistance of the soldiers of the detachment was quickly crushed, and Max, who was pierced through the thigh and fell to the ground, did not stop fighting, he protected his upper body with a long shield and cut off the enemy's feet with a short sword, until a spear pierced his right hand, and the short sword, which had been cut full of gaps, finally slipped from his hand......

In the same way, the Spartan warriors destroyed several small Dionian phalanxes at the front, and just as they were about to continue their efforts, the first warriors at the front were desperately pushed by the frightened Tegurans, not only could not continue to attack the Dionian phalanx, but also suffered danger themselves, and after being unable to rebuke the terrified Tegurans, they poked their bayonets at their former allies, and the situation began to become chaotic.

Then, not long after, commotion also began in the rear of the Spartan army. The forced march of the Dionian light armoured men was naturally faster than the heavy infantry, and after the three legions of light armoured brigades quickly bypassed the left flank of the entire army formation, without making any repairs, they immediately launched an attack on the flank of the Spartan army, and the ferocious attack hit the soft underbelly of the Spartan army.

Of the 7,000 soldiers sent from the Spartan territory this time, there were only about 1,500 real Spartan warriors, more than 1,000 elderly Spartan citizens, nearly 2,000 Periasians, and more than 2,000 black laborers. In order to ensure that Agesilaus's plan could be carried out smoothly, Archidamus placed the Spartan warriors at the forefront, followed by the Periasians, and then the old Spartan warriors mixed with the Helots.

At the beginning of the battle, the mixed forces of the old Spartan warriors and the helots did not enter the battle, but distanced themselves from the warring forces, because Agocilaus feared that the helots, who had never been trained in deceptive tactics, would become an obstacle. It was only after the Spartan warriors returned that the old Spartan warriors led the black Laus to charge closely behind, increasing the intensity and thickness of the attack, thus crushing Dionia's left flank in one fell swoop.

However, the reality was that Dionia's left flank was not routed, and the Heuras were still closely following the entire Spartan rank, and as a result, they were targeted by the Dionian Light Armor Brigade.

Although the Council of Elders had made a promise to the Helots who went to war: after the war was won, they would become free citizens of Sparta.

However, the black laborers, who vaguely knew that the Spartans were now in a difficult situation, were not too enthusiastic about this, but out of fear of the Spartans, they pretended to be more obedient and hardworking, but in the face of the fierce attack of the Dionian soldiers, these black laborers, who had no armor to protect them, only wore single clothes, and held a simple spear, fought for less than a moment, and began to retreat, and by the way, they also carried some of the old Spartan soldiers who were still fighting.

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Agesilaus looked forward to the news of victory on the right flank, but several times the guards sent out received the news that the Spartan warriors on the right flank were still fighting.

Agosilaus realized that he already knew the Dionian army well, but he never imagined that the Dionian soldiers would be able to fight for so long under the influence of Sparta's deceptive tactics and then the ferocious attack from both sides!

While he was amazed at the tenacity of the Dionian soldiers, he also regretted that he had gathered information only through word of mouth, or that he did not know enough about the Dionian army.

Now he began to be restless, because he knew that if he could not quickly defeat the left flank of Dionia, the weakness of the Spartan coalition would be exposed in a long time, mainly the Tegean army, because the Dionian army always had reserves when fighting, and they would inevitably send reserves to attack the Tegurians in order to achieve the purpose of rescuing the left flank.

Therefore, Agesilaus hastened to send a herald to stop the Thracians who were rushing to the south, and prepared to send them to the north, bypassing the Spartan army and reinforcing the Tegurans.

However, just as the thousands of Thracian light shieldmen had just run past his rear, the guards who had heard the news hurried back and shouted: "King Agesilaus, it is not good! Our flanks are under attack by the Dionians!! ”

Agosilaus was taken aback, he always thought that the Dionian commander would definitely send reserves to attack the nearest Tigurians at this time, so as to achieve the purpose of rescuing the left flank, but at this time the Dionian army actually bypassed the left flank and attacked the flank of the Spartan army, if the Dionian commander was not dizzy, it could only mean one thing, the Dionians had a considerable number of reserves and could attack both at the same time.

Agosilaus had been laughing at the inexperience of the young commander of Dionia, who had easily fallen into the trap, and now he had to marvel at the audacity of the other party.

However, the situation was so critical that he did not allow him to think too much, and he immediately gave the order: "Hurry up and inform the Thracians, let them hurry to the right flank, repel the attack of the Dionians, and protect the flank of the Spartan army!" ”

The Thracian ranks were not far from Agesilaus, and the order was quickly delivered. However, these Thracians, who came from the north of Macedonian territory and did not know much of the prestige of Agecilaus, had always been known for their aggressiveness and short-temperedness, and had received orders to march south in a hurry, and were almost to their destination, only to be called back urgently to carry out another order. Running back and forth in vain had already made them hold their breath in their hearts, and now the order had been changed again, although it was still in the same direction, and the distance was closer, but the Thracians finally couldn't help but curse and complain, and even their scolding reached the ears of Agosilaus: "Will that lame old man of Sparta command or not, give orders randomly, dizzy!" ”

"I don't think the Spartans can do it, and they actually sent an old man who is about to die to be the commander!"

"Let's just finish this battle, take the commission and leave quickly, I don't want to be angry anymore!"

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If Agosilaus had been furious when he heard these taboo words, he could only endure it now, and hoped that the Thracians would be able to speed up after they were relieved.

At last he saw the Thracians disappear from his sight, and the worries in his heart were not dispelled, but intensified.

At this time, he no longer had any hope of winning this battle, and only hoped for a draw with the Dionian army, and the casualties of the Spartan warriors were not large, he had decided to change his next battle plan: when this battle was over, he would immediately disband the mercenaries, bring the Spartan warriors back to the territory as soon as possible, defend the Dionian attack as long as possible, and protect the safety of the Spartan territory, so as to wait for the situation to change.

At this moment, however, guards rushed from the south: "Nearly a thousand Dionian soldiers appeared behind the right flank, and they attacked the mercenary flank!" ”

Hearing this, Agosilaus was hit hard, and his whole body instantly froze.

The guard next to him saw Agesilaus standing like a clay sculpture in a daze, and immediately asked with concern, "King Agesilaus, are you okay?!" ”