ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 28
"In order to reunite the brothers in our military camp, we first need to understand the current situation in the military camp. Therefore, please introduce the personnel and materials under your jurisdiction." Davos looked around the crowd and said.

There was a moment of silence in the big tent. Antonios was the first to speak, then Capos, then Alexis... The situation in the transport camp was the most complicated, and Melses spoke the most verbosely. Davos had to remind him He tried to be brief.

Davos listened and took notes.After carefully listening to everyone's introduction, he had a general understanding of the overall situation of Menon Barracks. After sorting it out, he said: "According to everyone's reports, our barracks has ten heavy infantry squadrons, totaling 94 Name. Four light infantry squadrons, a total of 480 seven soldiers. A total of 580 soldiers, with complete weapons and armor, in good physical condition, and no injuries.

The medical camp has three doctors, six female slaves, and two camel beasts, but except for Helps, who is proficient in trauma treatment, the other two doctors cannot treat wounded soldiers independently.

The baggage camp currently has fifty guards and 270 three slaves, including 190 female slaves and 75 male slaves.It has 29 pack horses, 56 pack oxen, 37 sheep, 580 chickens and ducks, and [-] bags of wheat flour.We had one talent of silver, thirty minas, and five drachmas left to buy supplies, which was all we had. "Davos put down the papyrus scroll in his hand and said to everyone: "Do you think there is anything missing? "

All the team officers were a little surprised.You must know that most of the mercenaries, including these team officers, are uneducated, let alone doing number calculations and summarizing alone.

Melcis clapped his hands "Pah! Pah! Pah!": "Davos, you are so amazing! Such a fast arithmetic ability! Much better than me!"

Antonios next to him remembered that Davos was illiterate. He quietly glanced at the papyrus roll and found that it was full of strange symbols and fonts. He couldn't help but feel horrified.

The team officers looked at each other and recognized Davos' abilities a little more in their hearts.

"Since there is no objection. Then Felicius and I will go to the military meeting of the mercenary leaders in a while. All squadron leaders, please go back and inform your soldiers to check the weapons and equipment and prepare for battle. In the afternoon, leave the third Ten heavy infantry squadrons are stationed at the barracks. The other squadrons line up in order and enter the venue for the military meeting. Because there are so many people, you must maintain order and prevent riots." After Davos finished speaking, he looked at Helps again. , asked: "How is the situation in the medical camp? The war is about to start, and the number of wounded soldiers will definitely increase. You must have a plan. Clean linen bandages need to be prepared more, and the auxiliary manpower must be at least one more than now. Double is enough..."

From time to time, Hull's asks Davos some medical questions, such as: why use fire to roast the debridement knife?Why should a cloth dipped in cold water be placed on the forehead of a patient with a fever? ...Davos’s answers are always both strange and thought-provoking, so Helps regards Davos as a teacher and his attitude is always very respectful: "Please don't worry, I will do my best to be prepared when I go back. If If there is any difficulty, I will definitely come to you for help!"

"You are our Ascledias (god of medicine in ancient Greek mythology, son of Apollo), of course we must do our best to help! If there are any medical problems, I can discuss them with you; if there is a shortage of labor, captains It can be provided; if you lack something, you can find Melsis." Davos laughed.

Everyone also expressed their willingness to provide help for the medical camp.

Melses took the initiative to report to Davos: "Chief, this morning I asked the slaves to slaughter some sheep and make a lot of bacon sausages. After I go back for a while, I will put the remaining sheep, chickens, ducks, and excess Slaughter the cattle and make sausages to store food for the future march, what do you think?"

"Mersis, you are our big butler! You are responsible for the food. We all feel relieved, don't you think so?!" Davos said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

"Yes! Melses manages the baggage camp very well!" Antonios agreed.

"It's just that the cost of sex is a bit expensive!" Epithenis shouted jokingly.

"Even if I give you one for free, you won't be able to use it in a hurry! You are only interested in boys!" Merses immediately countered.

"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere in the big tent became much more relaxed.

"Felicius, do you have anything to add?" Davos finally asked his adjutant.

Felicius felt a little uncomfortable facing the leader who was much younger than him. He coughed twice and then said: "I have two questions that I hope will attract the attention of the leader. One is, since we are about to go to war with Persia, Will the next march route change? If so, how should we go? The second thing is... well... our military camp has been acting as the rear guard of the entire army before. Now that the war is about to begin, if we continue to serve as the rear guard, our battalion will suffer too much. Got it!"

"Felicius is right, we can no longer be defenders!"

"Please rest assured, I will raise it at the military meeting of the chiefs and I will argue with reason! As for the issue of the march route, I think it will be determined soon at the chiefs' meeting, because this is the most important issue! "Davers' confident words made the team officials doubtful.

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After the meeting, as soon as they left the tent, Epithenes, the first squadron leader of the peltasts, couldn't help but exclaimed: "I can't believe this young man is the leader for the first time!"

"Despite his young age, he is not only very detailed and organized in arranging things, but also very majestic. None of us, experienced veterans, stood up to contradict or refute him!" Another captain of the light shield squadron Zipit said in admiration.

"I think this young man is good! At least the atmosphere of the meeting was good, unlike Mellon, who is a poisonous snake and doesn't teach everyone a lesson in any meeting!" Heavy infantry captain Lexi Marcus said with a smile.

"If this little guy has such a wonderful performance on the battlefield, he is qualified as a leader!" Amintas, another heavy infantry squadron leader, reminded everyone.

"Don't worry. Although this new leader is young, he is a smart man. With Felicius assisting him, there won't be any big problems." Alexis, the heavy infantry squadron leader, comforted.

"We are in the war, so what are you afraid of! Davos only needs to play his role as the God's Favorite, and we can reduce casualties and return home safely!" Zipit said loudly, and everyone claimed yes.

Capps, who was following behind, said happily to Antonios: "It seems that Davos has initially won everyone's recognition."

Antonios was still immersed in what he saw at the meeting and murmured: "He still needs to prove himself in battle, but I have confidence in him! He will become an amazing mercenary leader!"

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Davos stood at the door and calmly watched everyone leave.At this moment, he was not thinking about the effect of his first performance as a leader, but was thinking about the issue of army management.

The military system of Greek mercenaries is roughly the same as that of Greek city-states: the lowest-ranking officer is the squad leader, with ten people under his command; the higher up is the squadron leader, with one hundred to 120 people under his command; sometimes there is a squad leader, with 50 people under his command Next up is the captain, who has about 1000 people under his command; and above that is the general. The number of soldiers under the general is determined according to the number of troops that the city-state can send.Logically speaking, Davos's rank at this time should be regarded as a captain, but a mercenary can have thousands of soldiers, which is considered a large mercenary group. Since it can independently undertake combat tasks, it can barely be regarded as a general.

In his previous life, Davos graduated from the University of Political Science and Law, but he studied management. He knew that the most effective number of people a leader can directly manage is seven people. Nowadays, a military meeting has fourteen squadron leaders participating. In a real war, orders are passed on. If the soldiers convey an order, wouldn't it take a lot of time and slow down the action?If these squadrons could be integrated again... Davos knew that he could only think about it now. After all, he had just become the leader and rashly reforming the military system might arouse the resentment of the team officers.He suppressed this thought, turned around and said to Merses, who was still in the tent: "They are all gone, can you just tell me if you have anything?"

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