In this way, the space for the retreat of the Fifth Army to the north should be said to be relatively spacious. However, not long after the Fifth Army began to retreat, it was targeted by the mercenary cavalry of Syracuse.

After being reprimanded by Dionysius, the Numibians and Celts had to pick themselves up and rush from east to west to pursue the men in black armor, and the smaller routs along the way also facilitated their ride, and then they saw the retreating Fifth Legion of Theoria.

The soldiers of the Fifth Army were still more concentrated and orderly in the retreat, which was obviously not conducive to the onslaught of the cavalry, and even the fierce Celtic cavalry was not stupid enough to directly charge the thick heavy infantry array. But the cunning mercenaries had their own way, and once again they formed a column, drove their horses close to the Ionian soldiers, shouted loudly, quickly swept past the array of the Fifth Legion, and threw their javelins without interruption......

The sound of hurried horses' hooves, the strange screams of palpitations, and the screams of teammates...... Infuriating the already demoralized Fifth Legionnaires, they sped forward to escape the formidable enemy cavalry behind them,...... The retreating ranks of the Fifth Army began to be confused.

Seeing this, Dracos, who was in front, made a decisive decision, and behind him was the first brigade, he turned his horse's head and shouted: "Brim, take your first brigade and follow me to stop those damned cavalry!" So that the other brothers can retreat safely! ”

Bloom, who was once the leader of the Bessinias, the tough guy among the Brutis, and now the captain of the First Brigade of the Fifth Legion, replied without hesitation: "Yes, Legionnaire!" ”

The trumpet of the attack was not sounded, for fear of affecting the retreat of the other soldiers, but the flag of the first brigade pointed in the opposite direction of the retreat, and then the company flag and the detachment flag pointed to the place where there were enemy cavalry one after another......

While the other soldiers fled in panic, the 1st Brigade of the 5th Legion rose to the challenge!

At the forefront was Commander Dracos, who was heavily armed and on horseback, followed by Captain Brim of the First Brigade.

Dracos looked back at the soldiers of the First Brigade behind him, who were panicked but still firmly following him, and his satisfaction overflowed: "Worthy of the men of Bissinia!" My best soldier! My best brigade (because the soldiers of the first brigade are all from the city of Bissinia)! ”

"It is the honor of our first brigade to be able to fight with adults!" Brim straightened his chest.

Dracos nodded and gave a loud order: "Two horizontal columns!" Stay in formation and retreat slowly! Don't let an enemy slip through! ”

At this moment, Dracos didn't think about life or death at all, and all he could see was the mercenary cavalry whizzing in front of him.

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Dionysius, who had been studying Dionia's previous battles, had learned from Dionia this time. He used the high mobility of the mercenary cavalry and the two support armies that had just entered the battlefield and were full of physical strength to carry out a continuous pursuit of the rout of the South and Italy coalition forces, which lasted until dusk, and finally collected his troops and returned to the camp.

The way to escape back to the city was blocked by the Ramato River, and the ships in the river were waiting for them, so most of the soldiers were forced to retreat north with the Dionian army in the center, pursued by the Campanian mercenaries and the sailors of the Syracuse fleet.

The scouts sent by Trina fled back to the city in panic, and reported the news of the defeat to the defenders stationed in the city, and everyone fell into a great panic.

General Brommaras, seeing that the main army could not return and that the city of Trina was too isolated to cope with the approaching army of Syracuse, had to make a painful decision: abandon the city of Trina and withdraw his soldiers to the city of Knappetia of the Dionian League.

The lookouts of the Syracuse warships cruising the harbor spotted the unusual movements of the Trina defenders, and when the Trina had gone far, they sent sailors ashore to test the landing, only to easily capture an empty city.

In this way, at dusk at the end of the Battle of the Ramato, the Syracuse captured Trina, giving their army an excellent foothold in the middle of Great Greece, and the supplies needed by the Syracuse army could be conveniently and safely transported by sea into the port of Trina.

But Dionysius was not satisfied, and his greedy gaze was fixed on Cilitine, which was not far from the battlefield.

The situation of the soldiers participating in the Cilitine war was more miserable, they fled east and crowded together with the rout of Crotone, which consumed precious time, and the route back to the east was cut off by the reinforcements of Fasi Pesas, behind him Phoebidas led part of the Syracuse soldiers to pursue despite fatigue, as a result, the Cirrigine rout was partially killed, some surrendered, and some were carried north by the Crotone rout, and only more than 3,000 people fled back to the city of Cilitin.

The 4th and 5th Legions of Theoria in the center, due to their distance from reinforcements on both flanks of the enemy, and because of the help of friendly forces to stop them (involuntarily), retreated relatively smoothly, and did not suffer major losses except for some setbacks in crossing the Colache River.

However, it was the Syracuse mercenary cavalry that inflicted the greatest losses on them. Although most of the cavalry was stopped by the 1st Brigade of the Fifth Army led by Dracos, it also slowed down the retreat of Drax and the group, resulting in the final encirclement of the pursuing forces of Syracuse and not escaping......

Dionia's greatest luck was that although the cautious Phellisius agreed to the coalition for a battle, after consulting with Ansitanos, he still kept an eye on it: he considered the possibility of defeat, so after the army was arrayed, he let Ansitarus lead the baggage battalion, engineering battalion, and medical battalion of the two legions on his own...... Waiting for the legionnaires to leave the camp, they marched north, retreating to the place between Asprarustum and the battlefield.

Phellisius's plan was that if the battle was won, the Syracuse would be driven out of the Eufemiaan plain, and it would not be too late for the auxiliary forces such as the baggage battalions to return; But if they fail, they can no longer retreat to the camp, but should retreat to the city of Aspraustum according to Davers's instructions before leaving, and make new defensive arrangements.

Thus, while the Syracuse army was pursuing the rout, the slow-moving Dionian auxiliaries were already on their way to the city of Asprustum, thus avoiding the encounter of being captured by the Syracuse because the camp was undefended.

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Perhaps it was Apollo who couldn't bear to witness such a fierce battle between the Greeks, and let the sun sink into the mountains early, and darkness quickly took over the whole world.

However, Apollo's sister, Artenis, the goddess of hunting and the moon, was lazy and did not let the moon hang high in the sky, so Hades took control of the night.

It stands to reason that the coalition forces should be glad that with the protection of Hades, whom the Dioonians believed, at least the arrogant Syracuse mercenaries did not dare to come out to pursue them in the dark night, but the darkness also created a lot of difficulties for the retreat of the coalition forces.

In the darkness, the defeated troops could not see the banners and the hats of the officers, so they could not regroup, and with the exception of the Dionian Legion, which was in a slightly better condition, the rest of the defeated troops were completely scattered. In fact, this area is the edge of the hills, the ground is undulating, potholes, tired, hungry, frightened, black-eyed soldiers can easily fall, if they can't get up in time, they will be trampled by the soldiers who follow behind, so there are many wounded soldiers.

Thousands of defeated soldiers were saddened by the death of their teammates in the dark, shouting the names of their officers and fearing for their own safety......

Trudging through the darkness, they felt for the first time how long Asprustum and Tarantum had been from Siriting......

Until late in the evening, Agacia, the administrator of Asphorustum, who had learned of the defeat in the battle, urgently sent cavalry and citizens armed with torches to illuminate the rout along the way. Then Tarantum did the same, and the rout finally came out of the dark panic.

For an entire night, both cities were busy taking in the rout......

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And this night, for the people of Siriting, was also a sleepless night.

Since Xiliting was not far from the battlefield, the news of the defeat of the battle spread throughout the city as soon as possible, and the people immediately fell into panic.

By dusk, more than 3,000 citizen soldiers had fled back to the city, after which only sporadic routs had returned to the city. In the morning there was a huge army of 14,000 men, and in the evening less than a third of the people returned in the evening, and the whole city was in mourning.

The chief general, Pretinis, regretted it even more: he should not have forced the Dioonians to rush into battle if he knew it!

But now the crisis in Siriting has only just begun. In the Southern Italian Alliance, the city of Silitin was also considered a large city, which used to be a source of pride for the Silitines, but now it has become a problem for the Silitins because of the serious lack of defense. According to the descriptions of the routers, they were defeated by the sudden appearance of Syracuse reinforcements on the battlefield. Then the military strength of Syracuse on the battlefield is probably more than more than 50,000 people. With such a Syracuse army of the Hittites in number carrying the momentum of victory, who would be the next target of Dionysius's attack?

Pretinis and the members of the council dared to think all the time: it must be the Siriting! Because the distance is too close. Now that Dioonia and Crotone have just suffered a crushing defeat, they will certainly not be able to send troops to rescue Siri in a short period of time, and Siriting will have to rely on himself if he wants to get out of the next attack of the Syracuses.

As a result, a citizens' assembly was urgently convened in the city of Xiliting. The unwashed and terrified citizens will make an important choice between the life and death of the city-state......