Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

But the captain of the brigade had strict requirements on the soldiers in two things: First, during the battle, the soldiers were only allowed to move forward, not back, otherwise he would kick the timid soldiers out of the brigade.Second, they can't lose to Oliver's sixth team in anything.

This kind of grudge looks a little funny, but in the Dionysian army, it is not uncommon for companies to compete between companies, groups to groups, and regiments to regiments. The generals do not prohibit this kind of competition, but promote it vigorously, tug-of-war, rugby, football...these popular sports and games in the military camp are all contests between teams and teams, teams and teams, fierce competition victory.

Leotizides felt that it was precisely because of the importance of officials at all levels on the outcome that led to these Dionyan civic soldiers who used to be farmers, fishermen, merchants, etc... quickly cultivated a sense of honor for their team Only then will we fight for the first time in the battle!...

"Prosius, I heard that you Lagos and Spartans are enemies. Have you ever fought against the Spartans?" Heit Barrus was a broken mouth, and he was quiet for a while, and then he said Words come.

After the last storm on the ship, after a fierce battle with the Puchti people, the friendship between him and his teammates, especially the relationship with Heitbarus became rather friendly.Leotizides heard this, and in order to conceal the unnaturalness on his face, he did not raise his head, but continued to bend over to dig the soil, and spit out a sentence in his mouth: "Fighted."

Heit Barrus came to interest and approached and asked, "Do you think the Spartans are powerful, or are we powerful?"

Leotizides didn't expect him to ask this question, and he was stunned immediately.

Other teammates seemed to be very interested in it, and all of them came together, and the captain Sitarsis did not blame them.

In fact, Heit Barros asked the right person, and Leotizides was indeed the best person to answer this question: he was a Spartan, and he spent another six months in the Dionysian army and participated in After fighting, I have a fairly good understanding of the military situation between the two forces.

Facing the friendly eyes of the wars, Leotzids was not easy to refuse, but for a time he did not know how to speak. He put down the pickaxe, patted the soil on his hands, and thought for a moment before he said: "The Spartans have been undergoing brutal'Agog' combat training since they were six years old. Except for a small amount of time learning literacy, they have lived in the military barracks until adulthood. The rite of adulthood is to kill the encounter alone. Any black robber..."

"Oh, this is cruel!" some teammates shouted.

Leotizides was unimpressed and continued: "In adulthood, the Spartans do nothing but fight or fight until they die... so the Spartans are the best fighters in the world, they Familiar with every detail of the battle, killing the enemy is as easy as drinking water!" When it comes to this, his pride as a Spartan emerges again.

Some of his teammates booed with dissatisfaction.

"Prosius, you praise the Spartans like this, are you really Lagos?!" Some people blamed dissatisfaction.

Leotizides was shocked. During this time, he got along well with his teammates and lost a little vigilance.He was busy and said: "However, there are too few Spartan fighters, and their number of young and powerful citizens is only about half of that of the Legion of Dionysia. Even with the Pisias, More than 10,000 people. The Dionysian soldiers are the best among the city-states I know, and the soldiers who do not make a living by fighting! And your military system is very unique and very perfect, I personally think that there are even some The system is better than Sparta! The most important thing is that there are more Dionysian soldiers. After defeating the Brutus this time, I am afraid that the number will continue to increase..."

"I understand what you mean by Prosius, one-on-one fighting, we can't fight Spartan warriors, but in the real battle, the Spartans can't beat us because they are too few, right? !" Heit Barrus interjected.

"Our Dionysian Army has always emphasized group and cooperation. No matter how powerful a Spartan soldier, he is no match for our four or five Dionysian soldiers who work closely together!" Pesials continued.

"That's right! Like a running back in a rugby game, he can't score without the help of his teammates alone!" another teammate shouted.

Leotizides knew him, a Dionysian reserve citizen, who had repeatedly violated discipline and received punishment during the boot camp.In the last battle against the Pucciti, Leotizides had a soldier who was seriously injured in the squad, so he was added to him, but he is now a qualified legionnaire, this is Dionia The terrible thing about the military system is that it can train free and sloppy Greeks into qualified soldiers through training, sports, competitions and other methods in a short period of time.

The Spartans who founded the country through martial arts explored a truth in the long-term battle: whether the city-state army is strong, the personal force is only secondary, the important thing is strict discipline, unconditional obedience and persistent training, most The Greek city-state could neither understand nor accomplish this, but the newly established Dionysia had requested this from the beginning. It is said that all this was the handwriting of the governor Daveus, who received the gods. Compared to Sparta, the young man is really scary!

Leotizides did not want his teammates to make wrong judgments, thinking that Sparta was weak, so he reminded: "Although there are few Spartans, but Spartans rarely fight alone. Don’t forget, it It is the leader of the Peloponnesian League, and is now the hegemon of the whole of Greece. There are countless soldiers of the alliance to fight for it. Most of the Spartan generals are qualified commanders..."

"Hey, what I'm talking about is just comparing Sparta with our Dionysian. To say the confederacy, we also have Dionysian, Laos, Castellon..." Heit Barrus is dissatisfied Said.

"And Heraclea...the Confederation of Southern Italy also counts, Crotone, Siliting, Trina and..."

"Coulonia."

The teammates scrambled, letting Leotizides feel some emotion: in the Eastern Mediterranean, many city-states talked about Sparta and changed color, and even feared Spartan warriors to the big states such as Athens and Corinth, but the immediate These Dionysian soldiers, without fear, discussed whether Dionysius and Sparta were stronger or weaker, not because they were ignorant, but because they won them confidence after victory.

Their scream finally disturbed Parmanius, the team leader not far away. He looked furious: "It's not good to dig trenches, gossip! Are you afraid of military law?"

The teammates quickly dispersed and went their own way.

The captain, Sitarsis, came over and whispered: "Prosius, you are a good speaker! But next time, pay attention to changing "you" to "us"."

Upon hearing this, Leotizides couldn't help but be embarrassed: in his bones, he hadn't really integrated into Dionysian and regarded himself as a Dionysian...

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While the soldiers of the First Army were busy, Davers was talking with Trifias, the commander of the Heraklian Allies.

"Do you want to invite our engineers to build bridges in Heraklia?"

"Yes, Master Davis. I heard in Heraklia before that your Dionysian bridge building technique is very good. This time, I brought troops and passed the two wooden bridges in Turui. You must know that there are many rivers in the territory of Heraclea, and the main city of Heraclea is built on a delta zone surrounded by the Agri River and its tributaries. The rainy season in March and April every year "It's the most difficult season for us Herculians." Trifias sighed and said helplessly: "The river will skyrocket and the pontoon will often be broken. We even have to take a boat out to sea every day. You can rush to your own farmland to cultivate on the shore, so we urgently need a few solid and solid bridges, just like wooden bridges on the Krati River!"

After listening to Trifias' request, Daves readily promised: "Herculia is an ally of Dionysia, and we are happy to provide such help!"

"I heard that Herculides Jr. was the master of building bridges, but he was also in the public office of Dionysia to manage the roads. We Heraclia was willing to donate 50 tons of wheat to Dionysia. Heraclid and his team provided us with help outside of their busy hours." Trifias said sincerely.

Davos did not quit, Dionia is now short of food, and Trifias's move is to send charcoal in the snow.Let Daveus glance at him again.Although Herculia is densely covered with water and fertile land, 50 tons of wheat is by no means a small amount. Herculia presents this gift not only as a reward for building a bridge, but as a sign of Herculia’s Kind of attitude.In this regard, Davers remembered it.

With this agreement, the conversation between Davis and Trifias became more intimate and casual.

Daveus even happily talked about: he did not expect that the Cosenza area has such a good pasture, which can be used to breed war horses.

Just as the two had a great conversation, the herald, Tormead, rushed nervously: "Master Commander, Ledes said in an emergency, saying,'Bruti Brigade was marching forward here!'"

"How many people are there?" Daphes asked immediately.

"According to the reconnaissance cavalry, there may be 20,000 people!"

20,000 people!Dave's expression is no longer calm: Bruti Alliance clearly wants to fight us here!