Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Like an instructor?!" Alcinis laughed. "In that case, can you still stay at home! Melisanda, get up and run for me... Melissanda, stop eating, follow me Right to practice...Melly Sanda, holding this stone, and circled the courtyard ten times..." Alcinis exaggerated, imitating Matonis' tone.

"Alsinis, would you like me to tell the instructor what you just said to see who would run the stone for ten laps?" Melisanda pretended to threaten.

Alsinis screamed for mercy, and Melissanda spared him.

Alsinis asked again: "Are we really going to attack Lucania?"

"We are training so hard, is it just to defend Amendolara?!" Melisanda said disdainfully: "This is a waste of our power too!"

"Hey, you say—" Alsinis was excited: "We want to really conquer the land of Lucaria. Can I find a Lucianian woman as my wife? Kalia's wife is very good, tall and plump, and can do heavy work, different from our Greek women..."

"You are thinking about these now, too early!" Melisanda asked in surprise.

"I'm not like you, the house is empty, just me alone..." Alcinis's voice fell deep.

"Then let's practice enemy killing skills together, conquer the Lucanians together, and then marry Lucanian women and have a bunch of children!" Melisanda busy encouraged him.

"Yes, let's work hard together!" Alcinis and Melisanda's hands clasped together.

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After the lunch, the recruits did not have a long rest period, and soon they were assembled again by Alcinis.

At the beginning of the afternoon, the training was to practice personal fighting skills, but not one-on-one hacking and killing, but a group of three, holding a round shield on the left (it should be made of thicker wood and heavier and simpler) Wooden shield, but now there is no time to make it with human hands), holding a long wooden stick heavier than the bayonet in the right hand.

Alsinis found that the stick in his hand was thicker, and the teammate he cooperated with was replaced by Melisanda and another young companion, and two stronger teammates. He cast doubts on the instructor who was supervising the sidelines. Eyes.

Matonis glanced at him and said sternly: "If you want to be a warrior, then you have to train harder!"

Alsinis now understands what the former governor said. He did not argue, but accepted it silently.

At the start of training, Alsinis attacked first.He yelled, holding a round shield, striking the "enemy" in front of him with all his strength, the sound of "Boom", the "enemy" shook his body, and he immediately stabs a long wooden stick with lime powder in his right hand To the shield of another "enemy" hiding behind the "enemy", the stabbing action must be fast, otherwise the forefront "enemy" will soon stand firm and block his offensive line...

Everyone rotates to attack and block. After ten rounds of attack, rest for a while, and then practice the stepping assault, that is, holding a round shield and a long wooden stick, striking the head of the humanoid target in front of the previous step. The training amount of the person with the highest number of times the shield was stabbed doubled.

After ten rounds of contact, rest for a while, the training continued, still a group of three, but this time the long stick was replaced with a short stick, the length is the same as the length of the Sabre, and the Alsinis stick is thicker. This time he was no longer confused.The content of the practice is still impact, stabbing the back shield of the "enemy" at the rear, but because the length of the wooden stick is much shorter, this requires the attacker to use more force to hit the "enemy" in the front and occupy his position to poke The "enemy" to the rear is also a ten-round exercise.

Then enter the next round of practice-hit the humanoid wooden target.First, each recruit was required to use the sticks in his hands to pave the target made of his own thick wood into the mud, sticking one stick at a time, and standing upright and steady; then the recruit held the stick He and the round shield, just like facing real enemies, do their utmost to stab the "head" and "face" of the wooden target, sometimes attacking its ribs, sometimes puncturing its calf and chopping its popliteal den... …

Under the strict requirements of the instructors, they went backwards and leaped forward for a while, doing all kinds of stabbing...

After these training programs are completed, they are already numb with limbs, and can't lift a little bit of energy.

At this time, Matonis said: "Your performance is better than the last time! It seems that since the last time you went back, did you practice at home every day, so you can stick to it?"

"Yes..." the recruits answered weakly.

"Very good! If you continue training like this, you will soon become a qualified heavy infantry of Amendolara." Matonis smiled with a hint of encouragement: "Then a new training program will be added, and you will Go back to your company and train with the veterans in the queue."

Not long after Matores finished speaking, the barracks sounded a trumpet.At the urging of Matonis, the recruits were dressed neatly, picked up the round shield and the bayonet. Because they had been training with a thick wooden stick heavier than the bayonet, they now replaced it with a bayonet and felt light.Alsinis remembered what the instructor Matonis said during the first training in response to the soldiers’ complaints,'When training let you take a heavier wooden stick to the battlefield, but in your hands is a much lighter real weapon, then you You will feel very relaxed, more powerful and more energetic when fighting...'

Alsinis remembered again: Watching his father participate in the city-state civic training when he was young, only once in a few months, that is, practicing in the queue in the banner, then one-on-one training, the training program is simple and easy, far from him The training now being conducted is not only arduous and complicated, but also progresses little by little, just like learning words in my childhood, it seems very reasonable, strict requirements, and a large amount of training, it is no wonder that the veterans can defeat the Lucanian coalition !I heard that these training methods are all derived from the training regulations in the new "Military Law" edited by Amendolara, mainly written by Lord Davis, the governor. He is really a magical person!

Alsinis and Melisanda are not in a company. He has no time to say goodbye to Melisanda, so he hurriedly looks for the third company of the third team he belongs to.Instructor Matonis said that the company's company captain was called Geogris, and he was once a tent comrade-in-arm, and had a gentle temper.

He should not be harsher than instructor Matonis!Why does Alsinis think so at this moment?Because thousands of people acted together after the sound of the bugle, the training ground was dusty. What I could barely see was the bright red eye-catching military flag that was erected high on the playground. Alsinis looked for it one by one and spent For quite some time, my heart became more and more anxious.Finally, according to the number on the flag, he found his own team.

Upon seeing him, Captain Trotidis said severely, "Soldier, you are late! Considering that this is your first time, no penalty will be given for the time being, and I hope that there will not be another time!"

Alsinis claimed to be under the guidance of the team leader, and quickly returned to his position.

At this time, a man in his thirties came over and said to him cordially: "My name is Ketips, your captain."

"Hello, Captain!" Alsinice said hello in a busy salute.

Ktips looked at him up and down, and then said, "Yes, a strong guy! Are you a recruit?"

"Yes."

"The original citizen of Amendolara?"

"Yes."

"I guess it is. Which instructor trained you?"

"Matonis."

"What?! That lunatic!"

"The captain knows Instructor Matonis?"

"I used to be in his company because of his excellent performance. This time I reorganized the army. The third team forced me to come over. Matonis didn't want to let me go, but who is called Georgris is his friend, so I Just here, I met you, a student of Matonis, this is the arrangement of the goddess of destiny!" Ketips looked with emotion, in fact, Matonis was too nagging him, the third brigade If you want someone, you can recommend him directly. How can you say retention?

"Relax, I will take good care of you!" Ketips said seriously.

"Thank you, Captain!" Alcinis said gratefully

"Ktips, prepare for training, don't talk!" At this time, Trotdis shouted at the front of the team.

"Got it!" Ketips echoed back, and then whispered: "It's your luck to be the captain of the team. If I was the first to follow Master Davers, I would be the captain of the company now..."

Alsinis heard this and felt a little strange in her heart.

The soldier next to him said, "Our captain is just nagging, people are very nice."

hope so.Alcinis thought.

Because the previous training intensity is very large, the unit training is just to make the soldiers familiar with each other's comrades, to conduct small square marching and jogging training.This kind of exercise is just a kind of recreation for the soldiers of the first brigade, because they are too familiar with each other, but for the third brigade, it is necessary because it is a new army. The detachment soldiers are not very familiar with each other.

According to the traditional army training method of the Greek city-state: the army’s team officers are relatively fixed, and the soldiers are often replaced. During the battle, citizens are called to the square, and they are randomly assigned to each team in order or by lot. This can prevent the same The soldiers and officers of the team hold groups, which affect the normal political order and democratic elections of the city-state.

Daphes believes that a fixed military team is conducive to fostering cohesion and a sense of honor, and is more united and cooperative in combat, and more combative.Therefore, the soldiers of Amendolara are fixed in a certain team, and the team officers have a certain term, which will be replaced when they expire, to prevent the soldiers from becoming (it has not yet been implemented).