Before, Dionysius would not have cared too much about such a retreat, because the key to Syracuse's victory in this battle was on the right flank, as long as the center and left flank could contain the enemy on the opposite side and maintain the balance of power when the enemy attacked, all that remained was to wait for the news of the victory of the right flank.

However, when Dionysius learned from the scouts that "the greatest advantage of Syracuse, the cavalry, was ambushed and temporarily blocked by the Dionians", his relaxed mood soon became agitated, and he became worried about the constant retreat of the left flank and the center. He not only asked the trumpeters to blow the order to charge behind the phalanx, but also asked the heralds to shout loudly behind the formation, warning that the officers and soldiers must not retreat and must attack!

After this action, the Syracuse militia in the rear of the center no longer retreated, but forced the Campanian mercenaries in the front to engage in a fierce battle with the enemy who was pressing up; As for the soldiers on the left flank, the speed of retreat has only slowed down a little, and it seems that they are really at a disadvantage in the confrontation.

Dionysius was a little annoyed: before setting up the formation, he had learned about Dionia's right flank through the scouts, which was obviously not the main force of Dionia, and should have been smaller than his own left flank, but why did it turn out like this? Didn't the Great Greeks fight hard at all? Or is there collusion with the enemy? ……

Dionysius's suspicions returned, and he even began to doubt his ally Lockery, but he also knew: now was not the time to worry about this, the cunning Davers had put his cavalry in a difficult situation, and now he could only hope that the right wing led by Phoebidas would quickly crush the enemy in front of him and lay the foundation for the victory of the whole battle!

The reason why Dionysius still has confidence in the battle is because compared to the other poor performances, the right wing is now performing in line with his pre-war expectations.

The huge thick phalanx formed by 25,000 people pressed against the left flank of the Dionians, and out of vigilance against the close combat of the Dionicians, the elite soldiers of Syracuse were more closely lined up in front and behind, and the formation of gun arrays was also more dense, so that the Dionica left wing soldiers who were fighting in the forefront not only had to avoid the attack of the Syracuse soldiers in the front, but also had to be vigilant against the poke of the bayonets of the soldiers in the rear, not to mention that they had to struggle to resist the huge pushing force of the Syracuse forward. As a result, the power of the Dionian hoplites in hand-to-hand combat was greatly diminished.

However, the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Legions were all experienced in battle, and although they were a little nervous because of the great pressure from the enemy in front of them, because the officers had already roughly understood the tactical arrangements of King Davers before the battle, they understood that in such a situation their first thing to do was to ensure that the array would not be broken by the enemy, drag the enemy, and wait for reinforcements to arrive.

To this end, the Dionian soldiers took advantage of the flexibility of the detachment-based formation to retreat in an orderly manner to relieve the enormous pressure of the enemy's attack, while at the same time seizing the opportunity to cover with long shields and stab the enemy with short swords.

Phoebidas was almost seriously injured twice: the first time was after the charge, when he just collided with the enemy, the shield and shield collided, and the people stuck to each other through the shield, and in his gaze, the long shield completely protected the enemy on the opposite side, so he pushed forward with all his strength against the round shield, trying to break through the enemy's defenses and let the bayonet gun exert its power. Unexpectedly, the enemy's right hand, whose head was buried in the long shield, suddenly poked out from above the long shield, and the short sword stabbed down like lightning, and was piercing his Corinthian helmet, which was immediately retracted, making him feel dizzy.

The second time was that after he stabbed the enemy in front of him, he instinctively squeezed into the gap in the opponent's array according to his previous combat habits, and before he could take the next move, two cold and shining short swords on the left and right stabbed at his two ribs at the same time, although he reacted quickly, he was still cut through his linen breastplate by the sharp short sword, and cut a hole in his right waist.

This injury made him finally realize the strength of his opponent, and he no longer easily ventured, but remained in line with the surrounding Syracuse soldiers.

Compared to the steady counterattacks of the 1st and 2nd Dionian Legions, the leftmost Kett reinforcements were much tougher. Although their phalanx was not as thick as the Syracuses, they were hard against the squeezing of the Syracuses, and they did not retreat easily, and their hatred gave them great courage and strength, even if they were seriously wounded, as long as they could stand, their bayonets would not stop poking. Even if they fell, they would hold the feet of their enemies who straddled them, let them fall, or bite with their teeth. Such a tragic scene was repeated many times in front of the Kat reinforcements, which made the heavily armed Syracuse people a little panicked, feeling that the opponent who fell to the ground was more terrible than the one standing, and they dared to advance only after repeatedly confirming that the opponent was dead, which made their advance not much faster than their companions.

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In the rear of this battlefield was another battlefield, and after the withdrawal of the light infantry of Dionya from the main battlefield, under the leadership of Zpitt and Alpunes, hurried to the left flank, wanting to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the enemy's cavalry, but encountered the Syracuse light infantry with the same purpose, and had to continue the light infantry battle in front of the main formation to the end.

Both sides were mainly archers, javelinmen, and some slingers in Dionia. Both sides were in loose formation, with javelinmen in front and archers in the rear, attacking from a distance. Although the battle was not as great as the heavy infantry fighting, its fierceness was not low, because its own protection was far less than that of the heavy infantry, and soldiers on both sides continued to be injured and fell to the ground on the battlefield full of arrows and javelins.

The Dionian light infantry was well-trained and tactically coordinated; The light infantry of Syracuse was relatively numerous, and they were harsh by Dionysius, and for a time the two armies were indistinguishable from each other.

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Of course, the fiercest battle was still in the easternmost part of the battlefield.

The Celtic cavalry, who were caught in the middle and could not get out at all, saw the horses and their clansmen who had fallen one by one, listened to the sorrow of the horses and the screams of their companions, and faced the persecuting array of spears, most of them did not dare to sit on their horses anymore, and were forced to jump off their horses, hold their swords, and stop fighting.

But this is undoubtedly a mantis arm blocking the car. Not to mention that their broadswords had a hard time getting close to the enemy when facing the spear phalanx head-on, and in a hasty response, they often fought alone, and soon died under the stabbing of their spears.

Like the strong Celtic warrior in front of Tapilus, he roared and swung his great sword, and although he cut off the heads of two spears in succession, he was still forced to retreat again and again by the dense array of guns, and when he accidentally slipped under his feet, revealing a flaw, the spear took advantage of the gap and pierced his thigh. At the moment when he instinctively bent down, three more spears pierced him in the head and chest at the same time, and he could not die again.

The continuous killing and wounding of the enemy also made the soldiers of the spear brigade continue to increase their confidence and advance faster.

The company led by Tapilus, who was in the forefront, did not encounter major obstacles, and advanced faster, staggering a large distance from the neighboring companies.

At this time, a Celtic soldier on the messy battlefield suddenly rushed into the formation from the side, and the entire company was caught off guard, and he actually slashed several soldiers in a row.

The light armor soldiers who followed up stepped forward to stop him in time, and the Celtic warrior fought hard to cut the light armor's leather shield in half with a sword, and four or five light armor soldiers surrounded him before he was eliminated, and he also paid the price of seriously injuring two light armor soldiers.

This was a wake-up call for Tapilus, who had to shout loudly for the company's soldiers not to march too fast and wait for the neighboring company.

Although the Celtic cavalry was fierce, they had no chance of winning in this crowded battlefield, facing the dense spear phalanx head-on. In addition, their numbers were not large, and many cavalry directly hit the spear wall at the beginning, so it didn't take long for them to continue to move forward in Tapilus, and they found that the enemy in front of them was no longer tall and strong, wearing thick striped cloth clothes, wearing pointed helmets, and holding large swords, but Numibians with disheveled heads, dark skin, and slender bodies, wearing single clothes, and holding javelin spears, and their fighting courage was much worse than that of the Celts, except for a few people who threw javelins at them, Most quickly jumped off their bare horses, turned around and burrowed into the chaos of the battlefield, and fled......

Capus didn't need to send spies to reconnoiter to know that his spear brigade was going well, because he was in the rear, following the phalanx as it continued to advance.

At this time, a cavalry galloped forward: "General Capus, the cavalry led by the commander of the Ryders Corps has been flanked by the enemy's cavalry, hoping to get reinforcements!" ”

It turned out that the 1,000 Sicilian Alliance cavalry led by Astargors was not advancing fast and was at the end of the formation, and most of them quickly broke away from the congested and chaotic battlefield.

It stands to reason that this battlefield at this time is no longer suitable for cavalry to fight here, but Astagras knows the importance of these alien mercenary cavalry to this battle, and he cannot leave them alone, otherwise Dionysius will not spare him. Therefore, after trying his best to reorganize the scattered Sicilian Greek cavalry, he led the hastily assembled 800-odd cavalry to the left side of the battlefield.

On the left, half of the cavalry of the cavalry corps was holding back the escape of the enemy cavalry and desperately squeezing it into the center.

At first, the attack of the mercenary cavalry was relatively fierce, especially the Celts caused some casualties to the Dionian cavalry, but with the advance of the spear phalanx, the Celts were seriously injured, and the Numibian cavalry was highly skilled in riding and throwing javelins, but once they lost these two advantages, they only fought their opponents at close range on horses, without any protection, and their horses were also slippery, they were not the opponents of the Dionian cavalry at all.

The Numibians were somewhat overwhelmed, and some of the cavalry began to flee, trying to squeeze into the center of the chaos and then retreat from the rear.

Astargeras's cavalry struck suddenly, and their main attack was exactly where Ryders was, because his towering, purple-and-red crowned helmet was so striking that if it weren't for the desperate resistance of the guards, Ryders would have been seriously injured in the first place.