ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 324 Lunch Break at Dionia School

The advance of the Bruti cavalry was slowed down, and once the cavalry stopped, it became easier to attack.In the dust and fog, the cavalrymen were frightened. Not only did they have to guard against the javelins thrown by the enemy, they also had to be careful not to be tripped by their comrades who fell from time to time in front.

Seeing the cavalry behind them falling into chaos, the cavalry who had rushed forward, led by their leader, had to turn back and charge towards these Dionysian light infantry to relieve their teammates from their predicament.

Epithenes soon learned of the news of the enemy cavalry's attack. Instead of dispersing the soldiers, Epithenes led some light shield soldiers to meet them.He knew that the most terrifying thing about a cavalry charge was not the spears in the hands of the cavalry, but the running horses, which collided with the light infantry who had little protection, resulting in either broken bones or serious injuries.In fact, a dense spear formation is the best way to stop a cavalry charge, but the light infantry do not have this condition and have no time to prepare.

Facing the fiercely charging Bruti cavalry, he and these battle-hardened former Thracian peltasts calmly put the leather ropes on the javelin shafts.

"Throw!" Epithenes roared, and threw the javelin in his hand with all his strength. The javelin flew flat and straight, and in the blink of an eye it penetrated deeply into the neck of the horse in front.

The war horse neighed miserably, and the cavalryman was immediately thrown off his horse.

With this round of throwing by the light shield soldiers, a crowd of people in front of them fell on their backs.They did not look at the effect of the throw, but quickly took out the reverse blade knife from their waists, raised the leather shield in their left hand, half-crouched on the ground with a lunge, took a look at the enemy cavalry who had already rushed to the front, and moved quickly to the left and right. Side scroll.When it was too late to avoid them, they would fall to the ground, huddle up, and use leather shields to protect their heads and chests to block the trampling of the horses' hooves.Seeing the opportunity, they would use the curved edge of the reversal sword to cut the horse's leg, frightening the horse and throwing the cavalry down.

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Just when the Bruti cavalry was in trouble, the troops led by Tsipit had already engaged the Bruti light infantry.

The arrows crisscrossed in the sky were as dense as thick dark clouds. When they turned into a rain of arrows and fell to both sides, they took away fresh lives.

After a few rounds, the Bruti light infantry could no longer withstand it.After all, all the archers in Dionia are concentrated on the left wing, and their number is not comparable to Bruti's evenly distributed light infantry.

But in the center and right wing of the Dionian army formation, the Bruti light infantry can pour arrows at the Dionian soldiers wantonly, and they even approach to throw javelins within 50 meters.

The soldiers of the Dionia Legion erected a long shield wall, using thick copper shields and iron helmets to block the enemy's long-range attack firepower.

The team officers kept shouting: "Steady! Steady! Don't be anxious!..." To prevent the soldiers from impulsively throwing their javelins, it would not only easily alert the enemy, but also disrupt the entire team. defense, resulting in unnecessary increases in casualties.

Fortunately, as the Bruti infantry got closer and closer, the light infantry had to retreat immediately and quickly passed through the gaps between the infantry teams and retreated to the rear. Otherwise, they would be enveloped by the infantry and reach the forefront of the battle. Fight face to face with the heavily shielded and heavily armored Greek heavy infantry.

The Bruti infantry finally started running. They roared and strode towards the Dionian phalanx that was waiting for them.

Compared with the aggressive Bruti warriors, the Dionian soldiers were as calm as mountains. They held their javelins in their hands and stared at the distance from the enemy.

When the officers shouted: "Javelin!"

Dark clouds floated out one after another in the long military formation of seven or eight miles on the left, center and right.

The charging Brutians were caught off guard, and the lives of hundreds of warriors were instantly taken away by sharp spear points.However, the rain of javelins did not slow down the progress of the Bruti warriors. They stepped over the corpses of their comrades, and their progress accelerated, so that many Dionian soldiers had not had time to throw a second javelin, and they suddenly After hitting the shield wall of the Dionia army formation, countless cracks were immediately knocked out of the shield wall.

The Bruti warriors rushed in fearlessly, trying to widen the gap.The third and fourth columns of Dionian soldiers quickly raised their shields to meet them, and used bayonets to force the enemies back.

For a moment, the soldiers on both sides collided with shields, spears and spears intersected, dust and mist filled the air, and the sound of killing shook the sky...

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When the noon sun cast a shadow on the small sundial, Onatas, who was in charge of teaching Greek, announced that the morning class was over.

When the children cheered, he said seriously: "Children, after you go back, I hope you can read Hesiod's poem familiarly, and it is best to recite it. You must remember these new words I taught you. Come down, I have to check tomorrow, have you remembered everything?!"

"Remember, teacher!" the students replied in unison.

"Especially you, Patroclus." Onatas pointed at the child sitting far away and reminded: "Go back for snacks this time. I don't want to see you standing still tomorrow. Do you understand?"

Patroclus lowered his head in embarrassment.

The classmates around burst into laughter.

Patroclus's poor performance in Greek class was in stark contrast to his speed and accuracy in solving problems in math class.

Onatas left the classroom, and the students cheered and ran out.

Stepros grabbed Patroclus' arm and urged: "Hurry up! Hurry up! If it's any later, they'll be robbed!"

The two rushed out of the classroom. As soon as they turned the corner, they heard an "ouch" and a little girl fell to the ground.

"Hey, are you two blind?!" Cynthia cursed, bent down and asked with concern: "Gitia, are you okay?"

"I...it's okay." Gidia replied weakly.

Cynthia pulled her up and turned around to glare at the two boys: "Come here and apologize! Otherwise, don't even think about leaving!" Even though Cynthia is the youngest, these two boys who are extremely active in class seem to be very afraid of her. As if, he nodded hurriedly and bowed: "I'm sorry, Gidiya, because we have to go..."

"I'm fine. Go buy butter bread quickly. If you go late, you won't be able to catch up." Gidia was not angry, but reminded them softly.

The two boys were relieved and ran away quickly. Patroclus did not forget to look back at Cynthia while running, and then quickly looked away.

Cynthia snorted: "Gitia, you are easy to talk to. If I don't let them go easily!"

Gidia smiled softly and dusted himself off.

"Oh, that's right! Come to my house for lunch today, let's eat real butter bread!" Cynthia suddenly remembered something, and sent her an invitation: "When I left home in the morning, my mother told me to bring You’re going home!”

Gidia stopped talking and nodded a little shyly.

The afternoons at Turiyi Junior School are usually arranged for sports classes: boys do simple military training and rugby, soccer and other exercises, while girls run, jump and play some games, so there is not much free time at noon.

Except for children in Tuliyiben who have time to go home for lunch, children from far away can only solve their stomach problems nearby.Fortunately, with the expansion of the school's influence, the number of students, teachers, guards and other personnel has increased, allowing merchants and vendors to see business opportunities. They set up shops in the designated area outside the school to sell books, paper, stationery, clothes, etc. Food... The most famous thing is the small restaurant built here by the consul's wife Christoya. She provides lunch to students at low prices. The students' favorite lunch recently is the restaurant's new butter bread, which is served every day. There are students and even teachers queuing up to buy them, and demand exceeds supply.

As classmates in the same classroom, Cynthia and Gidia soon became good friends. Cynthia invited her to her home for the first time and was warmly entertained by Kristoya.Especially after knowing that Gidia is an old comrade of Davos, captain of the First Legion, and the adopted daughter of Alexis, a senator of the Senate (Alexis has always lived in Amendolara and has not moved to Turii. ), Kristoya enthusiastically invited her to come to the mansion for dinner every noon. Kristoya's enthusiasm also brought her and Cynthia's mother-daughter relationship closer.

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The delta between the Craty River and the Corsene River was originally a settlement area for city-state slaves, a collection, storage and smelting area for stone and copper mines. Not only did it have poor public security and a bad environment, but there were also many people there every day. The slag was dumped into two rivers.

After Daves took control of Thurii, he saw this situation and discussed with Kunogolata and Mariji many times how to manage this area.

In the end, the alliance's public slave residential area was moved to the military camp north of the main city of Turiyi. Not only did it keep it away from the residential area of ​​Turiyi, but the military camp was nearby to monitor it. If there was any abnormality, the army could be sent to suppress it immediately.At the same time, the stone mining workshop was moved to the market next to the port, and the copper mining workshop was moved to the nearby business park built in Amendolara at the beginning of the year, next to the Saraceno River, so that it can obtain enough technical manpower nearby, and it can be closely connected with other The workshop formed a good interaction.The most important thing is that the Krati and Koseni rivers, which are related to the life and health of thousands of residents of Thurii, are free of pollution.

Then, Davers planned this vacant land to be the cultural center of the entire Dionia Alliance. The Dionia School was established here, and the Dionia Academy, which represents the highest scientific and cultural level of the alliance, is under construction. , it is already clear that: Helps, the director of Thurii Hospital, will build a medical school within the college; Mentotic Els will also move the Institute of Mathematics there; Ansitanos plans to establish a historical research team.

In order to ensure that students and teachers could study and research with peace of mind, Davos also asked little Heraclid to build another wooden bridge in the middle reaches of the Corsene River to allow frequent pack trucks transporting ore to pass through the north of the delta.Only the two wooden bridges carrying pedestrians between the north and south cannot be closed for the time being, but little Heraclides has already begun research on building a real stone bridge directly between the north and south cities of Thurii.

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