Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 485

[Chapter 152: Enemy and Not Friends]

Since Davos was not in the Senate now, Kerethorps and the others did not need to enter the city, but went directly north to the barracks.

When passing the second Arc de Triomphe outside the North City, Kerisopes stood under the door and looked up for a while before leaving.

Turii’s barracks was situated on the northern bank of the confluence of the Kosenyi and Delos rivers.

At this time, the Tulii military camp was no longer a simple camp with tents and fences when the city of Tulii was first built, but a fully functional fortress.

The deer village, the moat, the earth barrier, the wooden wall and the sentry towers erected every 20 meters on the wooden wall constitute the outer defense of the military camp, and inside the camp are rows of brick and tile barracks, each of which can accommodate a small team of soldiers. For accommodation, the beds are made into bunks, so the space in the room is more spacious.

In addition, there were stables for the cavalry, an armory, a weapons repair workshop, a kitchen, a small hospital, and even a waterwheel, which brought water from the Delos to the barracks’ bathhouses (only cold water for the soldiers).

Of course, there is also the most important and indispensable part of the barracks: the headquarters, which consists of the accommodation of the supreme commander, the accommodation of senior generals, and conference rooms; the training ground, which includes light infantry training ground, heavy infantry training ground, and cavalry training ground , weapon testing ground (mainly the assembly test of large siege equipment), large training ground (joint training of arms, formation confrontation, and review troops are all here); in addition, there are several special training grounds, city defense training ground (ie Training to build camps, defense and siege, the land of this site is often dug and mend, mend and dredged, everywhere), in the training grounds on both sides of the Delo River (that is, training for wading and crossing the river, and boating For landing operations, there are more than a dozen small cargo ships), mountain training ground (for training mountain operations, this training ground is not in the barracks, but in the mountains west of the barracks and beyond the hot spring baths).

For Dionia, who established the country by force, the military camps built near the cities in the alliance are the most complete camps with the most complete functions and the most advanced training methods among the Mediterranean countries, city-states, and ethnic groups in this era, especially the Turii military camp. As the center of the alliance, Turiyi has the most civic soldiers, so the barracks needs to train 5,000 people at a time, and can fully accommodate 50,000 people. There are 500 soldiers stationed in rotation all the year round, which does not include some alliance officials. **scribe.

It is precisely because of the existence of these military camps that countless farmers, herdsmen, fishermen, traders, etc., who have no war experience, are full citizens of the Dionysian Union, reserve citizens, and free people go through rigorous training into the military camps again and again. , One or two years later, they were quickly forged into qualified legionnaires, which enabled the Fifth Legion, which had never been on the real battlefield, to not fall behind in the confrontation with the elite soldiers of Syracuse who had been fighting all year round.

At this moment, Kerisopes saw that the ten-meter-high wooden wall in front of him stretched infinitely to both sides, with no head in sight. He could imagine the grand scale of this military camp.

This is clearly a city!

He couldn’t help but asked in surprise, “This is your military camp?!”

“Yes,

this is the Turii military camp. Usually, citizens of Turui, Amendolara, and Bisinia receive training here. ‘ the official replied.

Kerethorpes once again looked up at the sentries patrolling back and forth on the wooden walls and the archers watching from the towers. The heavily guarded barracks made him feel a little uneasy: “Let’s go in.”

Then the official said He stopped, turned to Cleethorpes and his entourage and said solemnly: “Since we are currently at war, and the military secrets in this barracks cannot be leaked, His Majesty Davers requires you to wear masks and cover up. Only eyes can enter the barracks.” With that, he took out a black mask from his arms.

At the same time, the drawbridge of the camp was lowered, the camp door opened, and a group of heavily armed soldiers lined up.

And Kerethorps’ entourage has already exploded: “Dionysians, do you know what you are talking about?!”

“You blindfolded us! We Spartans send any This is a humiliation for us Spartans!”

“Dionysians, aren’t you afraid of attracting the wrath of our Spartans by doing this?! ”

Facing the accusations of the Spartan messengers, the Dionysian officials were completely unafraid and sneered: “A few years ago, a Spartan messenger threatened us with the same words, Dionia, and we drove us out of Turii. If you are unwilling to carry out our request, then we have no choice but to ask you to leave

Turii with regret.” The entourage suddenly fell silent, and they knew that the man the official was talking about was Phoebe Das, who came from Turi. After Yi returned to Sparta, it became a joke among the Spartans for a long time. They didn’t want to be like this, so they all looked at Kerethorpes.

This is the Dionysian demonstration!

Kerethorpes sighed inwardly.

Kerisopes is not Phoebe Das, he is one of the few Spartans with true diplomatic qualities, so the Council of Elders will entrust him with the task of envoy to Great Greece.

At this moment, seeing that the situation is not good, he took a deep breath, his eyes slammed into the Dionysian official like a substance, and said in a deep voice: “I accept your request, but I hope to see your king soon!”

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Five years later, Kerethorpes met Davos again in the conference room of the Turiyi Barracks. The 24-year-old young man is now Daves. The king of Onia, he was sitting in the center of the room, except for a circle of stubble on his lower jaw, his appearance had hardly changed, but the impression he gave to Kerethorpes was completely different from when he parted.

After Kerisopes came in, Davos sat quietly and did not move, staring at him with a solemn expression, a majestic aura emanated from the young king, like a steep mountain slowly approaching the guest. Thorps pressed on.

It seems that this is a formal meeting, and Davos is not going to talk to him about personal friendship, because there are other people sitting on both sides of Davos.

This forced Chryshorpes, who had just taken off his mask, to speak first to break the silence that made him feel depressed: “The Spartan messenger Chrysosops, by order of the Council of Elders, sent Dionysian Ya, I hope to receive the respect and reception that I deserve.”

Sitting on the left side of Davos is Kunogolata, he said with a serious expression: “Sparta, as the ally of Greece, should have maintained the peace between the Greek city-states, but you bully the weak and challenge the weak by virtue of your strength. War, such a city-state is not worthy of Dionia’s respect!”

Although Keresopus was uneasy before, he did not expect Dionia’s attitude towards Sparta to be so bad. Although he was unhappy, fortunately He has traveled to other city-states many times, and he has rich experience. He quickly replied: “The dispute between the city-states, who is right and who is wrong, and who can tell clearly. What’s more, it happened in the Eastern Mediterranean. Greece has nothing to do with it.”

A white-haired old man on the right of Davos, Skomblas, stood up and accused: “We don’t want to care about your Greek mainland. But Sparta intervenes in us and Syracuse. wars, aid the hateful Syracuses, trample our land, slaughter our people, that is our enemy! We treat the enemy with no respect, only anger!”

Did they know?

!

Kerethorpes looked at Davos ahead.

Davos looked grim and stared at him sharply.

Kerethopus calmly defended: “Although we Sparta and Syracuse have a covenant, Sparta has never intervened in the affairs of the Western Mediterranean, and has never sent troops into the Western Mediterranean. There is no hostility to Dionia!…”

“Phoebe Das.” Davos said the name that Kerisopes was afraid to hear, and he said in a cold tone: “The general of Sparta, brother of Udamidas, who once served Dionia as an envoy, now appears in the army of Syracuse, and in the battle with the South Italian League, commanded Syrah The right flank of Kuza’s army. Don’t tell me it was his own act or that he was already exiled from Sparta. As far as I know, he was fighting in Corinth with his army a few months ago.”

Davos’s words blocked all the possibilities that Chryshorpes wanted to quibble, and Chrysothops was surprised how Dionysus had such detailed information about Phoebe Das.

At this moment, he had nothing to hesitate or worry about, and simply changed the subject and said bluntly: “I am here this time for the peace of Great Greece, and Sparta hopes that Dionia and Syracuse can stop the war. , sign a peace agreement, so that the Great Greeks can rebuild their homes!”

“Did I hear it wrong?! Sparta actually started to care about our Great Greece!” Scommbras’s mockery made Cleethorpes seem like Unheard of, UU reading www.sonicmtl.

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“Dionysius has agreed?” Davos did not show surprise, but asked rhetorically.

“I’ll come to Turii first and ask your opinions before going to Celeste.” Kerethorpes replied.

“What kind of truce conditions?” Kunogorata interjected.

Cleethorpes carefully said the plan he had considered along the way: “Although Dionia won a naval battle, you must admit that Syracuse has occupied a great advantage in Greater Greece. , they have conquered the other city-states of Greater Greece, and now they are about to enter your territory, and you are still unstable in Dionia… So my suggestion is-”

Chrysosops stared at Davos, Seriously said: “The two sides will implement a truce on the current position.”

After Kerisopes finished speaking, there was a cold silence in the conference room, and he immediately added: “Of course you can also kick out your truce conditions. Bada came to coordinate.”