Eagle Byzantium

The original "frontier fortress area" of the autonomous region was divided into three levels by Gao Wen, namely "centurion area", "fortress area" and "supervisory area".

The centurion area is similar to the county area, which is the most basic unit. Most of them are towns surrounding the hall or the castle. They are the smallest administrative area for conscription and taxation. In battle, they are also independent border centurions with their own battle flags and vehicles.

The fortress area is composed of several centurion areas, and its commander is both military and civilian, called "chariot general". Each chariot general commands about five to ten centurions, forming a unit similar to a brigade detachment on the battlefield.

In the end, the fortress areas of varying numbers in each region, plus independent (under the direct jurisdiction of the supervising general) centurions, formed the entire "supervising general area".

Therefore, the military district can be regarded as an improved version of the original military district of the Eastern Roman Empire. All soldiers who play the role of border residents enjoy the rights of partial tax exemption of land, tax reduction for expeditions, possession of spoils of war, and the same rights of upgrading ranks. They can take weapons, horses and armor in a "borrowing" way and receive them from designated military stations, but vehicles, bows and arrows, etc. need to be prepared by themselves. The equipment they receive is of course inferior to that of regular brigades, and most of them are the reserve of the latter. For example, when the brigade wears ring armor, they wear chain mail and old belt armor. In this way, the pressure of border residents' service is reduced in every possible way (the tax borne by the border residents' centurion district is lower, and Gawain wants to use taxes to exchange for military service), which can drive them to loyally garrison at the border or key passes. Not only can they guard the sentry towers or fortresses when large groups of enemies attack, but they can also search and eliminate small groups of enemies or bandits alone to protect the surrounding security.

For example, the "Samosata Governorate" under the jurisdiction of Walter Sanzaval, which has four "fortress districts" such as Amida and Martin, plus the 17 centuries under the jurisdiction of Samosata itself, the entire governorate can dispatch 45 centuries to fight. Even according to Roman practice (a quarter or a third of the troops are missing, and a century may have 60 or 80 people), 3,000 border soldiers can be gathered at any time to fight.

This three-level subdivision can also prevent the governors from separatist and abusing power - the governors are appointed by the imperial capital government, and the governorate court and the governorate inspector are also set up to supervise. Prevent the expansion of the governor's power.

The five military governorships of Samosata, Marash, Erez, Iberia (with its capital at Toltomi), and Alan (with its capital at Tbilisi, also the garrison of Bellerophon's brigade) rely on the eastern part of the Taurus Mountains, the Greater and Lesser Caucasus Mountains, and the Pontic Mountains, and form the "Eastern Line of Defense" with the revived Armenia; while Angras, Pisidia, and Dolilaem form the more in-depth "Anatolian Plateau Defense Line", guarding the second line of defense.

Of course, more military governorships will be established in the western border in the future.

The original naval frontier area also automatically became the "fleet military governorship", which now has Cyprus, Attalia, and Mysia, most of which are autonomous maritime cities, and provide docks and wood for fleet training and manufacturing.

"Then we will establish three military governorates in northern Thrace - the Macedonian Military Governorate, with its capital in Adrianople; the Mesenbrian Fleet Military Governorate, with its capital in Mesenbria; and the Bulgar Military Governorate, with its capital in Philipsburg." At this moment, facing the large map table, Gawain said calmly, pushing out the slender golden eagle staff, pushing several wooden blocks marked with words, and extending them to the various regions he pointed to. "When I lead the Guardian Brigade and the Red Hand Brigade to attack the Holy Mountain, I will need the cover provided by these three military governorates on the north side along the Evros River to the Euxin Sea. Among them, the Bulgar Military Governorate controls the border between Macedonia and ancient Bulgaria, while the Macedonian Military Governorate surrounds the imperial capital to... In Mesenbria, the shipping of the Euxen Sea can be maintained, and supplies from Asia Minor can be obtained at any time. "

In the end, Gawain also specifically announced that the border troops might be insufficient in the initial establishment of these three military districts, so he began to send ships to Moldavia, Wallachia and other regions, using the name of Yasen Khan who was "retreating" in Iconium to recruit the steppe barbarians of Komaloy (Cuman) and Pecheneg to supplement the light cavalry team, and recruited 4,000 strong believers from many Paulician synagogues in the east under the jurisdiction of the Saint Sister, and cooperated with the Paulicians and Bogomils who were originally dormant in Thrace and Macedonia to temporarily strengthen the military strength of these three new districts.

The original Pronia landlords who were previously concentrated in Constantinople and their families were unified in the imperial capital and granted real estate. They themselves began to garrison castles such as Vize and set about forming a new "Bulgarian Brigade".

In June, the entire capital region fell into the most difficult stage. Many farmers could only drink goat milk, cow milk, and eat vegetables and berries for a living. Only officials, craftsmen, and military dependents living in the imperial capital could eat fish from the Euksin Sea and the Marimara Sea, and they could also be rationed with a small amount of salt. Gawain had quickly ordered Zhao Zhao, the director of the Eastern Commercial District, to urgently purchase and transport food from Armenia and Shirvan for relief.

At this time, they could only go out to rob, no, to go on an expedition.

The scorching sun, after a day of showing off its power, has now shrunk in the evening like a lover's bright heart, beating slightly. Its arrows of light shot through all the trees on both sides of the Egnandia Avenue and fell on the armor of the soldiers who were constantly flowing, as if they were about to burn flames. The golden red hand flag and the golden citrus flag were shaking under the flag bearers, and the commander Gawain riding on the warhorse was shaken by them and felt a little dry in the mouth.

The trees illuminated by the sun were green, but the sky was a low gray-blue, and the gray clouds were like long lines, lying overhead, boring and lazy.

Three days later, the army arrived at Philippi.

Gawain saw the body of Titishius in the wilderness beside the street. The wild dogs had bitten him to the point that only a pile of broken skeletons lay in the weeds, and the rotten cloak covered it. Miraculously, it was not blown away by the wind and rain, but his weapons and money bag had already become the spoils of the soldiers who killed him.

Seeing this, Gawain was quite sad. He said to Muzafiadin in a hoarse voice, "Burn his remains, bury his ashes in a pottery jar, and erect a stone tablet."

Soon, Muzafiadin stood in the dusk with a torch, and the bones of Titishius ignited a vigorous fire... The erected stone tablet simply engraved "Philippi, the burial place of a slave who betrayed his master."

After nightfall, the emissary sent by Ceces crouched in the purple royal camp, kissed Gawain's boots, and said that his master was willing to give up the entire Thessalonica Peninsula including the city of Thessalonica, but hoped that "Your Majesty would grant me the rank of Caesar, the military post of a brigade commander, and grant me one-fifth of the annual income of Thessalonica as a special allowance."

A correct version of the book in 16-9!

"Cecces can only be classified as an outstanding person." Gawain was full of disgust for this guy who did not forget to bargain even when he was on the verge of extinction.