Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 117

[Chapter 16 Legion and Flag-Giving (1)]

For the position of company captain vacated by Capps after his promotion, Daves proposed to select twenty sub-captains of the five companies under the First Brigade as candidates for the soldiers to elect. After the results came out, let Divers Strange was a little surprised. Matonis was elected because of the reasons: first, he was short-sighted, so he was loved by the soldiers; second, he fought bravely and was respected by the soldiers.

The soldiers of the second battalion are composed of mercenaries brought by Drakes, Sesta, and Adrianx. Since Drakes brought the most mercenaries, coupled with their bravery and tenacity, when fighting The three are often dominated by him, so Drakes is the captain.

Sesta and Adriankes were the captains of the 1st and 2nd Company of the Second Brigade respectively.

The soldiers of the third brigade consisted of the sixth and seventh infantry companies in the original Davos mercenary army (mainly expeditionary soldiers who joined in Byzantium), the original citizens of Amendolara, the city-state freemen who were converted from slaves in the transport camp, and also There are a small number of Drakes and their mercenaries. The captain is Hieronymus, who originally served as the leader of the mercenary army in Persia.

The captain of the first company of the third brigade was Agarcia.

Then came the seventh brigade, the light infantry brigade. Epithenes served as the captain of the brigade and also served as the first company captain, the second company captain Tspit, and the third company captain Alpins, with a total of more than 600 people.

In addition to the cavalry, Captain Ryders.

Davos also made strict regulations on the helmets of officers at all levels: the top of the squad leader’s helmet must be decorated with white caps, the top of the company captain’s helmet must be red, and the top of the captain’s helmet must be purple. The tassel of the legionnaire’s helmet is red, white and purple.

At the same time, it is also stipulated that the top hat and tassel of the team officers must be arranged from front to back, which is convenient for unification and combat.

Of course, Davos just made a stipulation that the treasury did not have the money to help the team officers refit uniformly, so they could only rely on themselves.

But as soon as the regulations came out, the team officers immediately took out money and tried to go to Heraklia or Turiyi weapons shop (now Amendolara is in vain, how can there be any shops) to modify it, because it is a soldier’s honor.

In the past life of Davos watching movies and TV, he always thought that the high tassel on the helmets of the generals in the ancient West was just to be gorgeous and look good and show their different identities. In fact, it was flashy.

After more than half a year of fighting, Davos deeply realized that this kind of dress is necessary: in the fierce battle between the two sides, the formation is easy to be chaotic. Once the soldiers leave the team and lose their organization, they can move in the crowd In the dense forest, in addition to looking for the military flag, you can also find the team officers through the towering and gorgeous cap tassel, and automatically move closer to the officers, so as to rearrange the formation and restore the combat effectiveness.

And the messenger can also easily find the location of the team officer and general, and convey the new order of the superior in time.

This is just like the military rank system in the previous life and later, but in the age of cold weapons, if the general’s rank symbol is inlaid on the shoulder, even the soldier with the most powerful eyes will not be able to see it in the dusty and killing battlefield.

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In the early morning, the citizens of Amendolara, as well as the free people, came to the square in full force.

The freedmen had just left their slave status and

had no money to buy weapons and equipment.

But after the failure of the last Turii battle, in order to let the Davos mercenaries continue to defend the Subari Plain and contain the Lucanians, Turii presented the mercenaries with thousands of complete sets of weapons and equipment, and in order to annihilate Luca After the Nia coalition, the mercenaries took off nearly 10,000 sets of shields, guns and armor from thousands of corpses (including the burned-down camp in Lucania). Of course, these weapons and equipment belonged to all mercenaries, while Should not be included in the Amendolara Arms Warehouse.

The team officers had a heated discussion on how to distribute the spoils, and the unanimous opinion was that the money from selling the spoils would be equally distributed to each soldier.

Davos made his own suggestion: wounded and disabled soldiers set up a weapons shop in the market of Amendolara, specializing in repairing and selling weapons and equipment captured in battle, and the profits obtained will be used to subsidize those who are now and in the future. The lives of soldiers wounded and even disabled in battle.

This suggestion was immediately unanimously approved by the team officers. Later, when the soldiers found out, they were all grateful to Davos. After all, no one can guarantee that they will not be injured in battle in the future. With these “disability allowances”, the They have less scruples about fighting.

Therefore, a large weapon shop quickly opened in the market, and launched its own signature “Legion”. The store is very large and has a lot of weapons and equipment. Considering that the full set of equipment for heavy infantry is worth 400 to 600 drachmas, the price is not cheap. , and therefore also allows rentals.

Even if the rent is not a small amount, the freedmen are still willing to rent because they know that only by joining the army and fighting can they quickly become citizens and acquire land!

At the same time, being a soldier is the honor of a citizen, and it is the best way for free people to quickly improve their city-state status!

But where does the rent money come from?

The freedmen did not worry too long, they soon found that a bank called “Cristoia” was opened in the market, with extremely low interest (compared to the loan interest of the Greek city-states at the time), and it was well known that Kerry Stoya is the wife of Consul Davos. These free people who had accompanied the mercenaries to fight for thousands of miles knew what Davos was, and resolutely borrowed money from this bank.

This also became the first loan from Cristoia Bank.

Now, after the soldiers arrive at the square, they find their own squads, begin to merge into the squads under the leadership of each squad leader, and then merge into the company to form a small square, and finally enter the squad in order. Area.

Although the whole process is a little slow, it is not chaotic, and finally three large squares are formed in an orderly manner.

Only the third brigade is still in the whole team…

Felixius frowned slightly when he saw Davos on the stage, and said hurriedly: “Sir, the sources of soldiers in the third brigade are the most complicated, especially those free people who have never received military training before. , and the original citizens of Amendolara have not received strict training, so–”

Davos interrupted him: “I understand, so Hieronymus’ responsibility is very heavy. I heard that he has The brigade asked a lot of veterans to pass over, and even the always friendly Capps was anxious for him.”

“Yes, my lord. Hieronymus is also anxious, he is a very responsible person!” Lysius explained tactfully.

Davos smiled: “As a soldier, you must be serious and unyielding. I believe Hieronymus will soon let the third brigade catch up!”

Then he asked again: “Those Are the Lucarians here?”

“Here.” Felixius pointed to a small slope in the southeast corner of the square, and said worriedly: “Sir, there are eight or nine hundred of them, in case they start

Chaos—

” “That’s right!” Davos said disapprovingly: “The soldiers in the square can annihilate them as soon as possible. I don’t think Vespa and his son would be so stupid. Not to mention even the women in their clan. She

has become the wife of our citizens, and today most of them came to cheer for their husbands outside the venue…”

Davers looked at the hillside in the distance and ordered, “Play the drum.” The

drummer waved his drumsticks and began to rhythmically Hit the drum in front of you.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!…” Hearing the sound of the drums, the soldiers on the square began to walk in place and continued to adjust their formation. When the four square formations were all neat and the footsteps were tidy, “Boom! Boom! Boom!…” The magnificent footsteps startled the birds to fly and the wild beasts to flee, like thunder in the sky, and the mountains trembled…

Old citizens such as Cornerus were shocked and paled, muttering to themselves. Language: “This is… is this the army that Megatron Persian and annihilated the Lucanians! It really is… It is really different!”

Seeing this scene, most of the Lucanians were pale and silent.

The women and children outside the venue cheered loudly.

Davos felt the tremor of the mountain, and hurriedly waved his hand to stop.

The drummer slammed the drum face twice, then let go, and the square soon became silent, as if the previous loud noise had never happened.

A freedman’s throat was itchy, and as soon as he coughed, he was glared back viciously by the veteran squad leader next to him.

Davos took two steps forward on the stage: “Brothers!” The

audience shouted in unison: “Davos!!!”

“Have you been living a happy life these past few days?!”

“Good!!!”

“I’m afraid that life is too good, your feet are weak and you can’t swing your shields and spears!” The

soldiers laughed ambiguous.

“Many of you have followed me to conquer Persia and made a great name! Then came to Great Greece with me, defeated the Lucalia coalition, and made dazzling feats! Now you are all citizens of Amendolara, this is a A new beginning! From now on, you will protect Amendolara, develop Amendolara, and expand Amendolara. UUkanshu www.sonicmtl.com will create immortal glory for future generations!” Davos said impassively. .

The soldiers waved their spears up and down and shouted in unison with excitement.

“Wan Sheng!”

“Wan Sheng!!”

“Wan Sheng!!!”

…

“You are not a soldier, why are you happy?” Along with some excited people, they cheered along with the soldiers and couldn’t help but say.

“This is the real army! This is the army that Amendolara has longed for!” Anticles said excitedly, his eyes swept over his broken right arm, and his expression darkened: “It’s a pity that I can no longer Let’s go to war with them…”

After all, Stromboli and Anticles are old neighbors and have a good relationship, so he didn’t continue to talk slander, but said with concern: “You didn’t hate these outsiders for robbing you before. The position of patrol captain?!”