ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 504 East and West

The commanders, captains, company captains, and squad leaders of the Dionian regiments all made careful arrangements. The Neto River began to become very lively at this moment. Nearly 6 Dionian soldiers who had already lined up were waiting in line. Under the leadership of their respective team officers, they began to run towards their destination.

The First Army's crossing position was close to the sea. As the captain of the first company of the Fourth Brigade of the First Army, Leotizides led 200 company soldiers in accordance with the arrangements of the entire army, lined up in neat columns, and waited. On the shore, in front of them stood a 30-meter-long and six-meter-high trireme.

"Hey, Proseus (the pseudonym adopted by Leotizides in Dionysia), let's compete with each other to see whose company reaches the other side first and gets into shape!" from another company next to him. Captain Heitbarus shouted.

Before Leotizides could answer, the soldiers shouted: "The second company doesn't even care about its own training level, yet it dares to compete with us!"

"It's a competition, whoever is afraid of whom! But if you lose, you will be punished by doing the frog jump!"

"Hey, what's going on! They've already started leaving before we even get on the boat!"

……

"Be quiet and stay focused!" Leotizides roared, and the entire company immediately became silent.

The training of Leotizides' company was extremely strict, and he was also strict and rigid in his conduct. Soldiers who did not train seriously would be punished with corporal punishment in the lightest way, and beating and scolding in the worst case.Many citizens who had just joined their company found it intolerable and asked to be transferred to other companies.However, in every legion competition, Leotizides not only ranked first in the team officers' competitions and tactical competitions, but his company also often ranked first in formation, attack, defense, camp building, siege, etc. He ranked first in the competition, so there were many citizens who admired him and were willing to join his company, and the soldiers respected and feared him.

"You can board the ship!" the captain of the warship shouted to the company on the shore.

"Squad one and squad two aboard!" Leotizides shouted immediately.

The frontline soldiers of the two detachments quickly put the ten-meter-long ladder onto the side of the ship. After the hook at the top hooked the wooden railing, the soldiers quickly climbed onto the deck one after another. Soon, all 100 people from the two detachments were on the battlefield. The waterline of the entire warship also sank one level. Fortunately, this was near the mouth of the sea, the river was deep, and each company was temporarily responsible for building a short simple dock.

The warship lifted the anchor, turned the rudder, extended the oars, and the huge hull began to slide southward, speeding faster and faster.Even downstream, the Neto River was only 80 meters wide at its widest. The warship quickly reached the other side. After the soldiers disembarked, the warship returned at a faster speed.

In less than 10 minutes, the entire company had formed its formation on the south bank of the Neto River.

At this time, Leotizides showed a smile, obviously satisfied with the performance of the soldiers.

"Pythias!" he shouted.

"Here!" the first squad leader responded loudly.

"Go and ask the second company, have they lined up?"

"Yes." When Pythias ran over, the soldiers in the company all laughed.

Soon, a cry came from the side: "Didn't your company not agree? That's why we slowed down!"

"You are cheating!" The soldiers of the first company laughed even louder.

Leotizides actually likes the lively atmosphere of cooperation and competition in the Dionian Legion, which allows him to relive the intimate scenes of going out to fight with other warriors in Sparta and forget about the past. The heartache that took his breath away.

He looked forward, thinking: It's time for Captain Ctippus to blow the bugle for the company to assemble.

...............................

On the north bank of the middle reaches of the Neto River, Davers rode a horse and stood high on the river bank, overlooking thousands of soldiers on the river bank.

Under the leadership of the military flag, they stepped onto the pontoon bridge in an orderly manner and headed towards the south bank.

I don’t know which team officer came up with the idea to have the company he led sing the Hades hymn loudly to overcome the soldiers’ fear of the swaying pontoon bridge when crossing the river, but the song soon became louder. Throughout the entire river section, each legion group and company sang their own songs, as if they were competing to see who could sing well and loudly, who would have more combat effectiveness...

On four pontoons, four "long dragons" quickly advanced toward the unknown south bank, with flags fluttering and songs flying...

This situation made Davos, who was overlooking it, feel excited and his face flushed: After his hard work in the past few years, the Dionia Alliance actually has such a large army!
"Your Majesty, it's time for us to set off, right?" Capps reminded from the side.

"You can't wait either?!" Davos smiled.

Davos arranged for the spear brigade led by Capps to be the last to cross the river. Although Capps knew that he must have deep intentions, the soldiers saw that the other legions were crossing the river in a hurry, so they naturally shouted impatiently. We must also cross the river quickly.The newly formed team this time is not as strict as other legions, so their performance is normal.

Davos did not put Capps in trouble, turned around and said, "We have crossed the river too."

The escorts cheered suddenly and surrounded Davos. Hundreds of riders rode up dust and mist and rushed down from the river bank...

....................................

"Sir, the Dionia cavalry is coming!" The scout rushed all the way to report.

Dionysius, who was at the tail of the army and was slowly marching towards the Cilitum, was immediately refreshed when he heard the news: "How many cavalry are there?"

"About 1000 cavalry."

"No matter how many Dionia cavalry come, they will die. I will lead my men to kill them all now!" Axilita loudly asked for a fight.

"Don't worry." Dionysius was relieved and smiled: "Dionia crossed the river at once. With so many cavalry, its infantry must also be crossing the river. Axilita, if you lead the cavalry at this time If you rush there, you will scare away the enemies I finally lured across the river."

"Then what should we Numibians do?" Axilita still didn't understand what Dionysius meant.

"Your cavalry continue to retreat!" Dionysius looked at Axilita, then looked at Gaba who was silent aside, and gave clear instructions loudly, until the two of them nodded unwillingly, Only then did he feel relieved, and then said to the attendant: "Let the messenger rush to the front of the team and notify Fasipessas to start leading the army back!"

"Yes!"

....................................

At the port of Laos, more than 6000 Dionian soldiers are getting on board one after another.

"Lord Bagule, Laos has no choice but to make you stay a few more days." Hilos said to Bagule who came to see him off.

"Don't worry." Bagule responded solemnly: "Although I am also eager to go to the battlefield with you and participate in the battle, as a member of the Senate, I understand the importance of Laos to the alliance, and I will handle it well. affairs until someone sent by the Senate arrives to take over!”

Hilos also solemnly said: "Lord Bagule, I also ask you to rest assured! Whether they are Bruti soldiers or Lucanian soldiers, I will treat them equally. When the war is over, I will try my best to make them all safe trip home!"

Bagule said with a hearty smile: "I am most at ease when I leave my brothers to your command, Lord Hilos! I have already warned them that they must strictly obey your orders. If there is any violation, you can follow the "Military Law" Punish!"

"Thank you!" Hilos expressed his sincere gratitude to Bagule.

At this time, the messenger arrived: "Sir, the soldiers have boarded the ship. Please give your instructions!"

Hearing this, Xilos immediately looked towards the city, with a hint of impatience on his face. He said to Bagule again: "His Majesty is anxiously waiting for our action. Yesterday, it was delayed for a whole day. The time is very tight! He Mr. Nepolis hasn't come yet, so I won't wait for him. You can convey my apology to him for me."

"Hmm... um... just wait, he should be here soon..." But Bagule persuaded with a strange expression: "Henipolis said... there is something very important to tell you."

"Is it something very important?" Hilos looked at Bagule with a strange expression suspiciously and asked, "What is it?"

"Well, wait for him -" Bagule was thinking of how to prevaricate when a clear voice came from behind him: "Master Hilos, I have kept you waiting for a long time!"

Hearing this, Bagule breathed a sigh of relief.

Hieros's eyes widened because Henepolis was walking towards him in full military uniform.

Do I need to wear armor when seeing off?Xiros remembered: Even when Laos was recaptured and the army entered the city, the young consul was still wearing casual clothes.

Just when he was a little confused, Henipolis came to him with 50 soldiers who were also fully armed: "Master Xiros, let's go!"

"Departure? With you?" Hilos thought he heard wrongly.

"When I left Thurii, His Majesty Davos promised me to serve as his secretary and participate in witnessing this war, and Laos, as an ally of Dionia, has the responsibility to participate in the next battle. So I'm going to fulfill my duties now!" Henipolis said with a serious expression, but there was a hint of amusement in his words.

"You...but what should Laos do?" When Laos was in a state of exhaustion, his consul actually left. This is why Xiros felt unbelievable.

"Yesterday you and Bagule handled the affairs in the city very well. I have already talked with Lord Bagule and asked Eliandos to fully cooperate with him. There is no problem at all, right? Lord Bagula ?" Henipolis winked at Bagule.

Facing Xilos' questioning gaze, Bagule shrugged helplessly: "I have no choice. If I don't agree to Master Henipolis' request, I simply won't be able to summon so many ships."

(End of this chapter)