This time, he followed Melanthius out to fight, but he didn't expect it to go so smoothly, and he easily captured the city of Turiyi, and Kolebus also grabbed a lot of loot, no wonder many people said that Melansius was the darling of Lady Luck. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Moreover, he also heard that the city hall of Crotone was preparing to emigrate to the Sybari Plain, so he thought: after returning to Crotone, he would first cash out the spoils of war, save money to marry a wife first, and then join the ranks of immigrants in Crotone, the land of the Sybari Plain was flatter and more vast than the Croton Plain of Crotone, and he should be able to get a large piece of land.

That night, Colebs had a sweet dream, but he was awakened by the pain, and when he opened his eyes, he saw his comrades in the tent running out like a wasp that had blown up its nest, and he had been trampled several times while sleeping by the tent door.

"Look at it!" He yelled angrily.

"Enemy attack! Come out and fight! The teammates shouted and rushed out of the tent.

"Enemy attack? Where did the enemy come from? Colebs was still a little confused.

At this time, a series of screams came into his ears, and he was excited, supported the ground with his hands, and barely stood up. I drank a lot of wine last night, and I didn't mix it with water, so I had a lot of stamina. He was dizzy, his body was a little uncontrollable, he almost fell, he didn't have time to put on his armor, he grabbed the bayonet from the ground, staggered out of the tent, and saw the well-dressed heavy infantry in a tight line approaching them quickly, two companions rushed up with bayonets in hand, and were soon stabbed down by the enemy, the tacit cooperation, concise and skillful fighting completely woke up Kolebus, fear instantly occupied his whole body, he threw away the bayonet, turned around and ran.

"Run! Get out of here! With a strong desire to survive, Colebus ran to see the sun in the sky, and he made up his mind to flee east, because to the east was the city of Castron.

After running for a while, he saw some people running in front of him, shouting in horror: "There is an enemy, run!" ……”

There are enemies in the east too?! When Kolebus heard this, he panicked and had to run along.

Next, he slammed around like a headless fly, with more and more people around him, and even mixed with a lot of pack beasts running around, injuring many people, but he couldn't get out.

By this time, no matter how flustered Kolebus's mind was, he understood that they were surrounded, and that the encirclement was shrinking......

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Davers's legion headquarters was located in the rear of the 2nd Brigade, between Camp Kritina and the city of Castron. Thirty guards stood by with their attention focused on the east, and Captain Martius raised the Legion's banner. Davers listened carefully to Reders' report on the constant news of the battle from his cavalry team.

"The first brigade begins to attack!"

"The second brigade begins to attack!"

"The third brigade begins to attack!"

"The Seventh Brigade and the Lucania Brigade begin to attack!"

"The 1st Brigade advanced victoriously, and the enemy did not resist!"

"The second brigade has made a good breakthrough!"

"The first brigade crossed the baggage area and continued to rush forward!"

"So fast?!" Somewhat surprised, Davers asked, "How did they do it?" ”

Ryders replied, "The people who stayed around the baggage area were the freedmen and slaves who had taken refuge in Croton, and when they saw us attacking, they all ran away. Kapus and they directly bypassed this area, leaving one detachment to clear it slowly, while the other troops continued to advance. ”

"Well, Cappus made the right choice!" Davers nodded appreciatively.

At this time, another cavalry came: "The second brigade has become two horizontal columns!" ”

"The first brigade has become two horizontal columns!"

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"Commander, our attack is going very well, and the encirclement is shrinking rapidly!" Assistes looked excited.

"yes, it went well beyond my expectations!" Davers let out a sigh to ease the tension in his heart, and asked Ryders again, "Is there no movement in Castron City?" ”

"Nope."

"It seems that the enemy is very slow to be vigilant and slow to react to danger, and Alpunes will not be able to fight this time." Davers was in the mood to joke: "When that Games champion wakes up from his sleep, it must be strange, 'Where have all his troops gone?'" ’”

There was a burst of laughter from the people around.

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In fact, Davers's judgment was still wrong, and the Sentinels of Castron did not fail to notice the strangeness of the Crotone Barracks, although the Crotone Barracks was about three miles away from the city of Castron, because of the woods and rivers, even if you stood on the city walls, you could not see the outline of the barracks, but the screams and exclamations of tens of thousands of soldiers mixed into a huge sound could reach the sentinel's ears more vaguely.

The sentry informed the captain of the anomaly, and the captain thought: Crotone's camp should be safe! The Brutis in the west were cut off by the mountains and could not get through at all. To the north, Turiyi has been burned, not to mention protected by the Trionto River. Crimesa, to the south, also took refuge in Crotone. To the northeast is our Castelon block. At this moment, there will be no enemies in Crotone, could it be that these arrogant Crotone people are getting up early in the morning and partying again?

Out of professional habit, he symbolically sent a few cavalry to see what was going on, but as the cavalry passed through the woods, it was fired upon by the archers of Alpuns who were lying in ambush there, and all of them were annihilated.

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As the encirclement was further reduced, some companies even had to be reduced to three columns because the line of attack was too tight, and the encircled Crotone army became more and more crowded due to the shrinking space.

Melansius and other high-ranking officers were invited to the city for a feast and did not return, but the captain of the hundreds, especially those sleeping in the middle of the camp, began to painstakingly beckon their men to put on their armor and take up arms (for most of them were drunk) and prepare for battle. It's just that the Amendolars attacked too quickly, and there were deserters scurrying everywhere, disrupting their hastily organized ranks. But now that the compression of space makes it impossible for the deserters to run around, the captain of the hundred, wearing a bright hat and helmet, has become their backbone.

"We are surrounded, and we can only survive if we rush out to the east! Rush out to the east! ......" The captains of the hundred shouted in unison, attracting the attention of the people around them, and under their leadership, they began to rush towards the direction of the sun one after another, and the Amendolara army also ushered in the most severe test since the raid.

Dracos didn't panic at all when he saw the black-pressed enemies surging in. This was not the first time that the 2nd Brigade had encountered such a situation, the last time they had held off the ferocious Lucanian food attack, and after months of training, they were more confident in holding off these unarmoured, ill-armed, and even naked enemies.

"Command, defend on the spot!" Dracos ordered the drummers (each brigade had five drummers, who, in addition to delivering instructions, could use the drums to adjust the pace of the soldiers while marching, keeping the formation in line and boosting morale).

Rhythmic drums sounded, and the flag-bearers of each company waved their flags. In fact, the detachment commanders had already begun to tell the soldiers to stop their advance and defend themselves, based on their own judgment.

Crotone's charge was like a row of big waves, majestic but scattered. The defense of the 2nd Brigade was like an iron wall, thin but strong.

The two armies collided together. One has always maintained an offensive posture and consumes a lot of money; One had been on the run since the beginning, exhausted. One heavily armed, one under-equipped. One less, one more. The two sides engaged in a hand-to-hand fight, and the victory or defeat was obvious. But the Crotone finally showed their courage at this critical moment: they hit and kicked with their bodies without weapons; was stabbed by a stabbing gun, and he held on tightly with both hands......

For a time, the second brigade fell into a bitter battle.

Davers got the news as soon as he got the news and immediately ordered: "The rest of the brigade will speed up the attack and can recruit the enemy!" ”

At the same time, he told Ryders to quickly call Alponse to lead the light infantry back to assist the second group in the attack, while he himself led the guards to the front.

When the banner of the legion appeared behind the defense line of the second brigade, and the bronze statue of the Hades king high above shone with golden light in the morning light, the soldiers of the second brigade who were struggling to support it suddenly boosted their morale.

"Dracos, can you still resist it?" Davers deliberately asked the second captain who was commanding in the rear.

"Commander, we'll be able to knock the enemy back soon!" Dracos gritted his teeth and turned back to the drummers and yelled, "Beat the drums of attack!" We must attack! ”

Under the watchful eye of the commander-in-chief, to the sound of the drums of the attack, the soldiers were in high spirits, and although the formation of only three columns seemed thin relative to the enemy, they began to counterattack, swinging their round shields vigorously and striking forward, the bayonets piercing the exposed gaps with great force, and if the enemy pulled the bayonets, they drew their sabers and slashed. Originally, the battle between the Greek infantry was irritating, the metal sound of the shield colliding with the shield, the crisp sound of the bayonet piercing the armor, and the piercing sound of the sabers slashing each other, and the battle for a long time did not necessarily defeat the opponent. But now, with every swing, every stab, every slash you can hear the snort of your enemies, the tearing of metal into flesh and bones, and the strings of blood that your saber brings......

The swift counterattack of the 2nd Brigade withstood the onslaught of the enemy, causing the courage of the Crotone, who were mostly unarmoured or even unarmed, to fade before the iron wall was quickly reduced.

The light infantry, who arrived quickly, threw arrows and throwing stones at the rear of the Crotone's assault line, making it impossible for their follow-up forces to keep up, forming a combined force.

The last weight in the balance of war was the fierce attack of the other three brigades, the encirclement was shrinking dramatically, and the Crotone army in the center was almost crowded, and it became difficult to turn around, let alone break through.

Nearly 10,000 people were tightly surrounded in this large circle with a radius of less than a mile, arrows and flying stones kept falling from the sky, shouts of surrender and no killing kept ringing around, and people kept screaming and falling, and fear quickly spread among the enemy......

The freedmen and slaves were the first to fall to their knees.

They were followed by soldiers from Siritin, Crimesa, and Castron.

In the end, the exhausted Crotone lowered his proud head......