ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 77 Battle Plan
"Burkos, long time no see, I thought you had forgotten your old friend!" Davos greeted him with a smile.

"How could I forget? It's just that after I came back, there were a lot of backlogged things that needed to be dealt with and I couldn't spare the time." Burkos explained.

"Oh, are you finally done now?" Davos said jokingly.

"I'm not done yet." Burkos said seriously, "However, the Turiyi City Hall has important orders for me to convey to you."

"Oh, what important order is it? The adults in Turiyi finally remembered us mercenaries." Davos said teasingly.

"You want me to say it here?" Burkos glanced around.

"I'm sorry, it was my negligence. Go to my tent." Davos apologized and led them to the center of the camp.

"This 'tug of war' game was learned from Persia?" Burcos asked.

"That's what I think. The main reason is that I'm worried that something unexpected might happen to the soldiers if they stay in the military camp for a long time and have nothing to do. Therefore, letting them participate in sports competitions can not only consume their energy, but also exercise their bodies. Cultivate teamwork skills. In fact, there is a reward for holding the final championship of this competition, and I spent a lot of money myself."

"You manage these mercenaries very well!" Burkos praised, and then changed the subject: "But you don't have to worry anymore, you will have something to do soon."

Davos was not surprised: "The Lucanians are approaching. If Tulii doesn't take any action, I thought you were ready to give them the land outside the city."

Hearing the resentment in Davos' words, Burkos was thinking about how to respond when he caught a glimpse of a four-meter-high stone wall inside the wooden wall on the right. He said in surprise: "Are you planning to do it again?" Build a stone wall?”

Davos blinked: "The ground of that section of the wooden wall was relatively moist, so it was not strong enough, so we used the waste stones to build another section of stone wall inside to prevent it from being breached."

"You and your soldiers are so powerful, you actually built the camp into a city!" Burkos criticized implicitly.

"There is nothing we can do. The number of people is too small. If we don't build the camp stronger, Tuli will be surrounded, and our mercenaries will rescue us. If we are surrounded, who will rescue us? So everything has to be done by ourselves!" Diver! Said calmly.

"Then the market outside is also related to the defense of the camp?" Burkos asked rhetorically.

"At first, I just wanted to rely on the market to buy and sell some things to meet daily needs. I didn't expect it to turn into this... But don't worry, everything will return to normal after the Lucarians are defeated." Davos told him Guarantee.

Burkos just wanted to gain some psychological advantage in the following conversation. After all, only the city hall and the council could make a decision on whether to force the mercenaries to close the market, so he did not continue to pursue it, but decided to go back and report To Ferris.After entering Davos's tent, he said directly: "According to the detected situation, the Lucanians may attack Thurii within two days. After discussion, the generals decided to attack the enemy and ask you to arrive by then. Join the fight.”

"Please tell me, what is the plan of General Turui?" Davers said sarcastically.In fact, he was very helpless. As a participant in a big war, he didn't even have the right to participate in the discussion before the war. This is really weird.He didn't know that the same was true when the Greek mercenaries were under the command of Cyrus the Younger. It was just that the mercenaries accounted for half of the number at that time. They were powerful and Cyrus the Younger relied heavily on them. In addition, he had deceived the mercenaries beforehand. soldiers and concealed the fact of the rebellion, so when there were excessive demands, he would discuss it with Clearkus and others... When Davos traveled through time, Cyrus had died in battle, and everything was decided by the mercenaries themselves, so what happened? It's all done through discussion by everyone.Now, Davos is back to experience the terrible feeling that when he first came to this world, everything was decided by others and fate could not be decided.

Burkos was equally helpless.In fact, Ferris once proposed that the mercenary leaders participate in discussions and plans for this battle. Kunogorata and the others resolutely refused, saying that they wanted to prevent incidents like Dionysius from happening (Dionysius). Nisius was the tyrant of Syracuse at this time. He was once ousted from power by the people led by the democrats. Later, he bloodyly suppressed the democrats by quietly introducing mercenaries into the city, thereby establishing himself as the dictator of Syracuse. the throne).The hiring of mercenaries was a suggestion made by Ferris, discussed by the generals, approved by the council, and handed over to Burcos recommended by Ferris to recruit, so he had to avoid suspicion.

"According to the scouting investigation, there are more than 1 Lucanian coalition troops. On our side, you have more than 2000 soldiers, Drakes also has more than 2000 soldiers, and the Tarantum reinforcements have 500 soldiers. , Thurii can send 4000 people, and we also have 1 cavalry, and the total number is close to [-]..."

After introducing the strength of both sides, Burkos picked up a branch and gestured on the ground: "The generals' plan is that Tarantum's reinforcements will be on the right wing when they form the formation. Since they have the smallest number of troops, Adriancus and Sesta's 1000 people are added to it; in the middle is our Turiyi troops. Due to the last failure, the number of young and middle-aged citizens in Turiyi has been greatly reduced, so more than half of the 4000 people are over 40 years old. year-old citizens, so add Dracos's 1000 men to the center; and... As your troops are more experienced and stronger in battle, the left wing is taken care of by your troops, along with a hundred cavalry. Another hundred Tallan The Tumu cavalry was assigned to the right wing. Of course, this is just a plan. On the battlefield, it may change depending on the enemy's situation..." Burkos finished speaking and looked at the expression on Daves' face.

Davos held his chin with one hand and looked at the patterns on the ground, lost in thought, and remained silent for a long time.

Burkos began to feel nervous.

"Want to hear my opinion?" Davos raised his head, pointed to the sketch on the ground, and said calmly: "The troop configuration given by Turui should be relatively balanced. Obviously, the generals meant to Through protracted confrontation, we will use our defense to wear down the enemy's offense."

Burkos nodded: Ferris had said something similar when he explained to him why the formation was arranged like this.Davos lived up to his reputation, and he could guess the generals' intentions just by looking at the sketches.

"Although I have never fought against the Lucanians, I have fought against many mountain races in Persia. Their combat characteristics should be similar. They are fierce, loosely organized, and poorly equipped. Perhaps this is why your generals dare to The confidence in adopting this kind of formation with less against many. However, there are a few issues that need to be reminded of by your generals——" Davers changed the subject, raised his voice, and said:
"Last year, more than 1 people were killed in Thurii's battle with the Lucanians, which also meant that nearly 3000 sets of excellent Greek heavy equipment fell into the hands of the Lucanians. They were completely You can use it to update your own rudimentary equipment. I encountered such a situation during my reconnaissance in Amendolara. Secondly, according to my reconnaissance, the number of Lucanian coalition forces is at least 3000, which is larger than ours. There are more than [-] people, which means that their formation will be thicker and longer than ours. Not only will their impact and pushing force be greater than ours, but they will also pose a greater threat of flanking. Moreover, they just won a big victory In a battle, our morale must be very high. And according to my observation, you Turiyi people are afraid of the Lucanians in your hearts, so it is hard to say who will retreat first in the long battle. "Davos used a branch to point at the pattern on the ground that represented the middle road of Tuliyi: "Don't forget, there are still half of the 'old men' here."

The confidence that Burkos had been taught that "Greek heavy infantry is not afraid of barbarians in frontal combat" was shaken by Daves' words.

"Want to hear my plan?" At this time, Davos said.

　Happy May Day brothers!
　　Tomorrow I will go to the beach with my family, bringing my laptop with me, and preparing to update it in the hotel.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)