ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 801 Post-War Arrangements

After Olivers's Fourth Army collapsed the city wall, he did not think carefully, did no reconnaissance, and did not control his soldiers well. He allowed them to rush into the gap and ended up being trapped under the city, resulting in burns. There were so many people and the casualties were extremely heavy.

As for Martonis's Second Corps, since Daves was right behind him and almost watched the entire battle with his own eyes, he knew very well that although the Second Corps had the best siege equipment, the Romans also gathered Heavy troops were deployed to defend the area he was attacking, so Davers didn't have much resentment towards Matonis.

In these years of war, Davos rarely said such serious words, and several legion commanders lowered their heads in shame.

Davos did not look at them anymore, slowed down his tone, and said to Stacekdas: "What difficulties do you have in treating the soldiers?"

"There are too many injured soldiers and we don't have enough people to care for them."

"Tormid, you are responsible for drawing soldiers from each legion and asking them to obey Stacekdas's command, assist the medical battalion, and rescue their comrades."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, we still need a lot of spacious and clean rooms for the wounded soldiers to rest and recover."

"This matter is easy to handle." Davos thought for a moment and said, "I heard that many Roman nobles fled to the Capitoline Mountains. Trotilas, you are responsible for leading the troops to vacate their houses. , handed over to the medical camp for use."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Stacydas hesitated for a moment and then said: "And... Your Majesty, I hope to save those injured Roman people." Doctors have a parental heart. Although the two sides are hostile, in the eyes of doctors, all they have is patients.

Davos smiled slightly and said happily: "If you don't tell me about this, I will let you do it."

Davos once again focused his attention on the commanders of each legion: "Now let's clarify the location of each legion in Rome."

Upon hearing this, the commanders of each legion immediately leaned forward and looked at the map of Rome on the wooden table.

"The First Army and the Second Army camped in the square." Daves pointed at the map and said: "The Fourth Army camped in the arena, the Sixth Army camped in the southeast corner of the city, the Fifth Army camped in the southwest corner of the city, and the Fourth Army camped in the southeast corner of the city. The third army——"

Daves paused and looked at Lizalu: "You still live in the original camp, and you have to include the river beach where the third fleet parked the warships, and continue to improve the defense of the camp. Compared with other legions, You have to work harder, but you have to understand that you are guarding the material transportation base of the entire army, which is very important! Be sure to watch carefully and carefully, so that there is no problem!"

"Leave it to our Third Army, Your Majesty, don't worry!" Lizaru said loudly.

Davos nodded and looked around at the commanders of each legion: "Everyone understands the location of their legions. If you have any difficulties, please feel free to ask."

Several legion commanders looked at the map and all expressed no objections. Only Georgris looked embarrassed.Davos saw it and immediately said: "Geogris, if you have any difficulties, just tell me."

Geogris said carefully: "Your Majesty, there are messy houses everywhere in the southwest corner of the city. There is not enough open space for the fifth legion to camp. Moreover, garbage is everywhere and the smell is unpleasant, which is not conducive to the rest of the soldiers... The open space near the arena Quite a bit, please see if I can let the Fifth Legion camp here in the arena."

When Davos heard this, he quickly looked at the map. The map did not indicate the slum area in the southwest corner of Rome, but he believed what Geogris said. After all, they were the generals who were close to the front line.

"Okay!" Davos immediately complied with Georgris's suggestion, and asked the commander of the Sixth Army: "Trotras, is it difficult for your Sixth Army to camp in the southeast corner?"

"Your Majesty, I observed it when I went to the city. There is enough open space there, and there is no problem with camping."

After talking about the infantry regiment, Davos looked at the commander of the cavalry regiment: "The camps of the two cavalry regiments are on the north side of Mount Sirio and south of the square. There is a large market there, and the Romans don't need it now. Come on, when I entered the city gate just now, I saw some corrals and stables in the market that are just suitable for your cavalry."

Neither Leders nor Curtius had any objections.

"Now that the camps of each legion have been determined, let's clarify your defense area." Daves clicked on the map and continued: "The wall section that each legion attacked initially is the wall section that you will patrol separately. At the same time, each legion is also responsible for The order and security in the city were initially planned as follows. The Fourth and Fifth Army Corps were responsible for the city area south of the Arena, the First and Sixth Army were responsible for the city area from the Roman Forum to the north of the Esquiri Hill, and the Second Army and The fleet infantry and mountain reconnaissance brigade are responsible for the area in the middle of the city."

Having said this, Davos looked at Matonis: "Your Second Legion is responsible for the largest area, but has the smallest number of soldiers. But you don't have to worry. According to the information I have received so far, these areas in the middle city are Most of the residents were Roman nobles, but many of them fled to the Capitoline Hill, where your task is relatively easy."

"Your Majesty, even if they are all still there, our brothers in the Second Legion will not be under any pressure. They are all old, young, women and children, so there is nothing to be afraid of!" Matonis said confidently.

"The third legion is responsible for the north bank of the Roman Vertebra Bridge, and at the same time, it also needs to protect the port we are about to build there. As for the two cavalry legions, your task is to patrol the whole city, find abnormalities, and promptly notify the legions in the area you are responsible for. Let them solve it. The city is not conducive to cavalry operations. Don't let our precious cavalry be lost here. In addition, each legion must seize the time to improve the city sections it defends, set up deer villages outside the city walls, and dig traps... to ensure We no longer need to pay heavy casualties to easily defend this city that already belongs to us... Oh, by the way, the two gaps in the city wall that were destroyed by your fourth and fifth legions must be repaired quickly! "

"Your Majesty, our soldiers are already working hard to repair it." Geogris said immediately.

"Very good!" Davos nodded to him with satisfaction. Georgris was not as brave as Matonis in battle, nor as wise as Olivers. He was even a little timid by nature, but it was precisely because of his timidity that he became Cautious and careful, at some point just can play an important role.

"Your Majesty, what about us? Where do we live? What is our mission? You won't forget us!" Epithenes asked urgently.

"How could you forget your troops!" Davos laughed, then pointed to the mountain-shaped sign next to the western section of the northeastern city wall, and said in a deep voice: "I ask you to lead the troops to build a camp and surround the Capitoline Mountains. stand up."

"Wouldn't it be better to attack it directly?!" Epithenis suggested loudly.

"No, we have to keep it." Davos smiled mysteriously: "This way we can control the Roman army outside the city."

What Davos said made the legion commanders think deeply.

"Have you all made your mission clear? Does anyone else have a different opinion?"

"No more." The generals replied in unison.

"How many prisoners have we captured?" Davos turned to ask Tormid.

"Preliminary statistics include more than 21300 people."

"There are a lot of people."

"Many are old people, women, children... and slaves." Tormid reminded.

"Release all the prisoners over 55 years old and under 15 years old, and the rest will be taken by your legions to work as laborers...Wait a minute-" Davos suddenly remembered something, and changed his words: "First release these prisoners. The nobles and commoners in the house must be distinguished, and the diners of the nobles must also be clear about it. Nobles and diners, regardless of age, are not allowed to be released."

"This... we are not familiar with the situation in Rome. If we want to distinguish them clearly, I am afraid it will not be done in a short time." Tormid looked embarrassed.

"You...take Varquez, the Roman slave who just surrendered to us, and let him make a preliminary identification, and you will be responsible for supervision." Davos knew that these people under his command were good at fighting, but he did not deal with it. With the experience of other government affairs, he now yearns for the group of senators and administrators in Ostia.

"Understood." Tormid accepted the order.

"Olops, the engineering team you organized manufactured many siege equipment in a short period of time and made great contributions to our capture of the city of Rome!..." Davos did not hesitate to praise him, He also told the military judges to record the contributions of engineers and carpenters as an important basis for awarding land based on merit after the war.

Then, he made another request: "I need you to lead all the engineering staff to build a simple dock as soon as possible on the river beach where the Third Fleet parked its warships so that our cargo ships can dock and load and unload supplies."

Orops was surprised: "Your Majesty, isn't there a river port here! Why do we need to build another one?"

Davos knew that although Orops was a mercenary, he had been obsessed with research and manufacturing equipment over the years, and did not understand the current situation very well, so he patiently explained to him: "The Roman army is coming soon. , I am afraid there are nearly 7 people. With the current situation of our army, it is not suitable to fight with them. For the time being, we can only hold on to the Roman city, but the river port is outside the Roman city and there is no solid city wall protection. If we want to hold it But it will require a lot of casualties. This is completely unnecessary, so I can only ask you! And tomorrow, a large number of people and cargo ships will arrive in Rome. I hope you can speed up the progress of building the dock! "

"We will try our best!" Orops replied in a deep voice. Although he felt a certain amount of pressure, he was still confident that he could build the dock tomorrow. After all, he now has more than 1000 experienced and highly skilled engineers on hand. and craftsmen (including the engineering battalions of each legion), and there was sufficient wood.

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