ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 117 Legion and Flag Award ([-])

For the company captain position that became vacant after Capps was promoted, Davers proposed to use the [-] squad captains of the five companies under the First Battalion as candidates for the soldiers to select. After the results came out, Davers Si was a little surprised that Matonis was elected. The reasons are: first, he defended his shortcomings, so the soldiers loved him; second, he fought bravely and was respected by the soldiers.

The soldiers of the second group were composed of mercenaries brought by Drakos, Sesta, and Adrianx. Since Drakos brought the most mercenaries, and they were brave and tenacious in combat, the battle was difficult. He is often the leader among the three, so Dracos serves as the captain.Cesta and Adriankos served as captains of the first and second companies of the second battalion respectively.

The soldiers of the third brigade are composed of the sixth and seventh heavy infantry companies of the original Davos mercenary army (mainly soldiers who joined the expeditionary force when they were in Byzantium), former citizens of Amendolara, free citizens of the city-state converted from slaves in the transport camp, and returned soldiers. It consists of a small number of mercenaries from Dracos and the others, and the captain is Hieronymus. He originally served as the leader of the mercenaries in Persia, and this time he can be regarded as "reinstated."The captain of the first company of the Third Battalion is Agasia.

Then came the seventh group, the light infantry group. The captain was Epithenes and he also served as the captain of the first company. The captain of the second company was Tsipit, and the captain of the third company was Alps, with a total of more than 600 people.

There was also the cavalry, captain Ryders.

Davers also imposed strict regulations on the helmets of officers of all levels: the crown of the squad leader's helmet must be decorated with white tassels, the crown tassel of the company captain's helmet must be red, and the crown tassel of the captain's helmet must be purple. The crown and tassel of the legion commander's helmet is red, white and purple.At the same time, it is also stipulated that the crowns and tassels of team officers must be arranged from front to back to facilitate unification and combat.Of course, Davos only made regulations. The treasury did not have the money to help the team officers uniformly modify them, so they had to rely on themselves.

But as soon as the regulations came out, the team officers immediately spent money and tried to find a way to modify them at the weapon shop in Heraclea or Turii (Amendolara was full of waste at the moment, there were no shops), because it was for the soldiers. honor.When Davos watched movies and TV shows in his previous life, he always thought that the tall tassels on the helmets of ancient Western generals were just to look gorgeous and show their different status. In fact, they were flashy.After more than half a year of fighting, Davos deeply realized that this kind of dressing up is necessary: ​​in the fierce battle between the two sides, the formation is easy to become chaotic after a long time. Once the soldiers break away from the team and lose their organization, they can fight in a crowded place. In the dense forest, in addition to looking for the military flag, you can also find the team officers through the tall and gorgeous hat tassels, and automatically move closer to the officers to reorganize the formation and restore combat effectiveness.Moreover, the herald can easily find the location of the team officers and generals and convey new orders from their superiors in a timely manner.This is just like the military rank system in previous and later generations. However, in the cold weapon era, if the general's rank mark was mounted on the shoulder, even the most sharp-eyed soldiers would not be able to see it on the dusty battlefield with loud killing sounds.

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

Freedmen had just escaped from slavery and had no money to purchase weapons and equipment.

But after the failure of the last battle of Thurii, in order to allow the Davos mercenaries to continue to defend the Sybari Plain and contain the Lucanians, Thurii gave the mercenaries thousands of complete sets of weapons and equipment, and after annihilating Lucan After the Allied Forces of Nia, the mercenaries ripped off nearly ten thousand sets of shields, guns and armor from thousands of corpses (including the camp in Lucania that was burned to ruins). Of course, these weapons and equipment belong to all mercenaries, and Should not be included in the Amendolara weapons depot.

The team officers had a heated discussion on how to distribute these trophies, and the more unanimous opinion was: the money earned from selling the trophies should be equally divided among each soldier.Davos put forward 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 seized in the battle, and the profits obtained are used to subsidize those present and future. The lives of soldiers injured and even disabled in combat.

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, and with these "disability allowances", They have less scruples about fighting.

Therefore, a large weapons shop quickly opened in the market and launched its own signature "Legion". The store was large and had a lot of weapons and equipment. Considering that the full set of heavy infantry equipment was worth [-] to [-] drachmas, it was expensive. , so leasing is also allowed.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 participating in combat can they quickly become citizens and obtain land!At the same time, serving as a soldier is the honor of a citizen and the best way for free people to quickly improve the status of their city-state!
But where does the money for rent come from?The freedmen did not worry for too long. They soon discovered that a bank named "Kleistoya" had opened on the market. The interest rate was extremely low (compared with the loan interest in the Greek city-states at that time), and as we all know, Klee Stoya is the wife of Consul Davos. These free people who had accompanied the mercenaries to fight thousands of miles knew who Davos was and resolutely went to this bank to borrow money.This also became Christoya’s first loan from the bank.

Now, after the soldiers arrived at the square, they found the squads they belonged to, and began to merge into the squadrons under the leadership of each squad leader, and then merged into the company, forming small square formations, and finally entered the squadron in order. Area.Although the whole process was a bit slow, it was not chaotic, and finally three large square formations were formed in an orderly manner.

Only the third brigade is still in full force...

Felicius saw Davos frowning slightly on the stage and said hurriedly: "Sir, the sources of the soldiers of 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 also I haven’t received strict training, so——”

Davos interrupted him: "I understand, so Hieronymus has a heavy responsibility. I heard that he asked many veterans from the First Battalion to come over, and even Capps, who has always been kind, became anxious with him. .”

"Yes, sir. Hieronymus is also anxious. He is a very responsible person!" Felicius explained tactfully.

Davos smiled: "As a soldier, you must be serious about your work and refuse to admit defeat. I believe Hieronymus will soon let the third group catch up!"

Then, he asked: "Are those Lucarians coming?"

"Here we come." Felicius pointed to a small slope in the southeast corner outside the square, and said worriedly: "My lord, there are 900 of them. If something goes wrong—"

"That's just right!" Davos said disapprovingly: "The soldiers in the square can annihilate them nearby. I don't think Weisba and his son will be so stupid. What's more, even the women in their clan have become our citizens. Wives, most of them came to the stadium today to cheer for their husbands..."

Davos looked at the hillside in the distance and ordered: "Let's beat the drum."

The drummer waved his drumsticks and began to beat the big drum in front of him rhythmically.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." Hearing the sound of drums, the soldiers in the square began to stand still and continued to adjust their formation. When the four square formations were in order and the footsteps were in unison, "Boom! Boom! Boom!..." The majestic footsteps made birds fly and wild beasts flee. It was like thunder in the sky, making the mountains tremble...

Cornelus and other old citizens were so shocked that they turned pale and murmured to themselves: "This is... is this the army that shocked Persia and annihilated the Lucanians! It is indeed... it is indeed extraordinary!"

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

The women and children outside the venue cheered loudly with excitement.

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

The drummer hit the drum head hard twice and then let go. The square soon became silent, as if the previous loud noise had never happened.A freeman had a scratchy throat and just coughed when 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!!!"

"How are you living a happy life these days?!"

"it is good!!!"

"I'm afraid that life is so good that your soles will become weak and you won't be able to wield your shield or spear!"

The soldiers all laughed ambiguously.

"Many of you have followed me to conquer Persia and made a great name! Then you followed me to Magna Graecia, defeated the Lucarian coalition, and made dazzling achievements! Now you are all citizens of Amendolara, this is a A new beginning! From now on, you will protect Amendolara, develop Amendolara, expand Amendolara, and create immortal glory for future generations!" Daves said impassionedly.

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

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!!"

"Wan Sheng!!!"

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"You are not a soldier, why are you happy?" Stromboli couldn't help but said when he saw Anticles beside him raising his remaining left hand and cheering with the soldiers along with some excited people.

"This is the real army! This is the army we Amendolara have longed for!" Anticles said excitedly, his eyes scanning his incomplete right arm, and his expression dimmed again: "It's a pity that I can no longer Follow them to fight together..."

After all, Stromboli and Anticles were old neighbors and had a good relationship. He did not continue to make sarcastic remarks, but said with concern: "Didn't you hate these outsiders for taking your position as patrol leader?!"

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