ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 1115 Hasdrubal

"Yes, my lord."

"Maximus!" A middle-aged man in white robe walked towards this side.

"Copanis." After Maximus saw the person clearly, a smile immediately appeared on his face: "We just finished a battle yesterday. You are not treating the injured soldiers in the medical camp. You come here to hang out. You are not afraid of being hurt. Mr. Drogba’s criticism?”

"There were not many wounded in yesterday's battle, and the injuries were not serious. They only needed one doctor and two nurses to handle them. I didn't need to treat them personally at all. I was bored after staying in the medical camp for a long time. I came out today. Let me get some air and take care of the soldiers who are training. Commander Hasdrubal saw it and praised me for being very responsible." Kopanis said with some satisfaction.

According to the current requirements of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the director of the Legion Medical Battalion must be a doctor who has graduated from the Dionia Academy Medical School, has been practicing medicine for more than ten years, and has rich experience in emergency treatment.However, since the Border Legion has been staying on the northern border of Etruria for a long time, it is always in danger. Unlike the regular legion, as long as the war is over and the medical staff can go home, they will basically not be called for military training. Therefore, these senior doctors from Dionia, who have already started a family and have a comfortable life, are basically unwilling to serve as directors of the Border Corps Medical Battalion.

Therefore, the Ministry of Military Affairs had to lower the terms of office for the director of the Border Corps Medical Battalion, and prepared to adopt a half-year rotation. Not many doctors signed up just like this.Kopanis has practiced medicine for only 5 years after graduating from the academy, and he is less than 30 years old. The reason why he was selected by the Ministry of Military Affairs is not only his medical skills, but also his willingness to serve in the Frontier Corps for a long time is an important reason. .

Because he is young, he occasionally does some outrageous things, but because he has led the medical staff to do a lot of things over the past year or so, everyone is tolerant of this.

Maximus smiled and said nothing.

But Copanis suppressed his smile and said seriously: "Yesterday, I received news from Pisay. In a few days, Rome will deliver a batch of herbs, bandages... and other medical supplies. I need a pack team to arrive. Pick it up at Pisay Port.”

A legion in Dionia generally has a relatively large pack team, which has 300-500 laborers, 150-200 pack animals such as cattle, horses, and donkeys, and 80-150 pack cars.It seems that there are a lot of materials, but every time the legion marches, the baggage camp, engineering camp, and medical camp have a large amount of materials that need to be transported. In fact, the transportation capacity is relatively tight.Since the baggage battalion accounts for the majority of transportation and has many transportation tasks, and the baggage baggage officer has more management skills than the medical director and engineering director, in order to facilitate management and command, before the Western Mediterranean War, the Ministry of Military Affairs had already stipulated: Legion packs The team is assigned to the baggage camp and is managed by the baggage officer. If the engineering battalion and medical battalion have transportation needs, the baggage officer must make arrangements for them.

So Maximus asked directly: "How many medical supplies are there?"

"About a ton...well, maybe two tons..." Copanis stammered: "You know, the medical camp has been here for more than a year, and its supplies have only been replenished once, but there are often Wounded soldiers...we are almost running out of herbs and bandages now——"

"How many supplies are there? I can't remember, but I can give you a rough number." Maximus said angrily. After spending a year with this young man, he knew that this guy was not sensitive to numbers.

Now Copanis spoke smoothly: "I heard that two cargo ships are coming."

Maxim thought for a while and then said: "I will send you thirty pack cars, but for safety, I have to apply for a company from the Hasdrubad people as an escort."

"What are you applying to me for?" At some point, Hasdrubal came to them.

Maximus and Kopanis immediately explained the situation to Hasdrubal.

Hasdrubal nodded in agreement, and then asked: "Maximus, have the rations promised to us by the Etruscans been shipped every year?"

Maximus immediately explained the situation to him again.

Hasdrubal immediately frowned: "This is not possible. You must hurry up and urge them to transport all the food as soon as possible."

"Yes, Lord Legion Commander!" After Maximus responded loudly, he asked softly and slightly suspiciously: "Is there something going on?"

Hasdrubal hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to tell his guess to make them vigilant: "Autumn is the harvest season, and it is also the time when the indigenous people wantonly plunder. According to the reports of the Etrirurians, In the past, the Gauls were most rampant at this time, but so far this year, the Gauls' invasion has decreased, which seems a bit abnormal.

These days, the soldiers of the mountain reconnaissance team came back and reported that the Gaul tribes in the northern mountains and adjacent to us had suddenly moved north. Many scouting soldiers were killed or injured, and no more information was obtained, but the situation is so abnormal, I am afraid it is not a good thing, we must be vigilant and prepare for defense! …”

After Hasdrubal chatted with his two subordinates for a few words, he ran to the heavy infantry and led the soldiers in training.

"Master Hasdrubal must have thought too much, maybe it's because our existence made the Gauls feel that the price of looting here is too high, so they changed places." Copanis said disapprovingly.

Maximus glanced at him and said seriously: "If this is the case, the Gauls will not be the most terrible enemy in the eyes of all races in northern Italy. Hurry up and bring your supplies back, maybe the next We will be busy..."

As a Roman who had personally experienced the capture of his mother country by the Gauls, Maximus knew the horrors of the Gauls. Although his intuition of expecting Hasdrubal was wrong, his reason told him that the Gauls You can never be too vigilant.

It was almost dusk before Hasdrubal gathered his troops and returned to the military camp under the afterglow of the setting sun.

The first thing the soldiers did when they returned to the military camp was not to have dinner, but to go to the bathroom to take a shower.When the engineers selected the site for the Border Corps barracks, they chose it next to a river. During the construction, they specially buried pottery water pipes between the barracks and the river, so that the river water can be directly diverted into the barracks, and part of it can be used for drinking. Part of it is used for bathing.

The regiment commander's residence is located next to the central headquarters of the military camp. It is larger in area and has its own dedicated kitchen, dining room, master bedroom, second bedroom, slave quarters, stables, and a small private bathroom... It can be said that it is relatively large. The main reason for luxury is that the Ministry of Military Affairs allows the family members of the legion commander to accompany the army, which will inevitably lead to some slaves.

But in fact, Hasdrubal stayed here for more than a year and never let his wife and children come to live in the military camp for a period of time. Therefore, there were only two slaves to take care of his daily life, and even meals were mostly shared in the group. Dining room.In order to prevent the mansion from going to waste, he also allowed his adjutant and several senior officers to live in it.From time to time, he would go hunting in the mountains. If he caught a lot of prey, he would hold a small banquet in his mansion and invite the subordinates of the legion and mid-level and senior team officers to attend.

But today, there were only two people in the dining room of the mansion-Hasdrubal and his lieutenant Kisgo.

Even though Kisgo is a member of the Magonid family, he once led an army of tens of thousands of people to fight alone. However, it is not an easy task to become the adjutant of the Dionian Legion, because according to military law: Legion The adjutant is a mid-level officer. He must have more than 5 years of service experience, participated in at least one war, served as a squad leader, a squad leader, or even a company captain, and then studied in the Staff Office of the Ministry of Military Affairs for one year before he can be appointed as a corps adjutant.It was only because of Hasdrubal's persistence and Daves' special approval that Kisgo went through several months of special training and became the adjutant of the Etrunian Border Legion.

At this time, Hasdrubal was reading the letter. He raised his head in shock: "Carthage and Dionia have formed an alliance?!"

"It's not an equal alliance, it's Carthage that is dominated by Dionia!" Kisgo reminded.

"Ah?!" Hasdrubal was stunned, and then his face became a little more angry: "I heard Haka talk about this in Turii last year. After Okriton returned, the Carthage Senate has not In response, I thought they had become tougher this time, but I didn’t expect... I didn’t expect that they would be weaker than before! It is simply an embarrassment to us Carthaginians!”

"I heard Dido say that the reason Carthage agreed this time was because the No. 17 Legion sent by the Ministry of Military Affairs (the military camp was in Lilibi, and the troops came from western Sicily) easily wiped out the rebellious Masili tribe. , demoted all the captives of his tribe into slaves, and distributed all his land to other tribes in West Numbia... The Carthage Senate must have been frightened, fearing that it would become the second Masili, so Take the initiative to ask for an alliance with Dionia——"

"Afraid of life and death!" Hasdrubal snorted coldly, suddenly remembered something, and asked: "How did Carthage deal with people like Hanno and Typanlaco?"

"According to our request, we were expelled from the city of Carthage!"

"Just expulsion is too cheap for these damn guys!" Hasdrubal was not satisfied with this, and he immediately asked: "How did Dido react when he heard the news?"

In the past, in southern Iberia, Hasdrubal was busy fighting all day long, and Dido didn’t see each other for many years. Although the two were cousins, they were not close until he led the legion to station in Etruria After the northern border of Asia, he was very close to Dido who lived in Rome. Just because they were both in a foreign country, the family relationship became precious, and the two had more exchanges (mainly Dido provided help and support). Relationships improve quickly.

(End of this chapter)