Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

In fact, although these foreign merchants who had auctioned land in Amendolara and produced and sold special commodities benefited a lot from the preferential bills promulgated by the alliance, except for a few such as Tios and Dickpolis After joining the league, most people are hesitating to wait and see.Especially after the outbreak of the war with Syracuse, the failure of the coalition of the Southern Italian Alliance and even the destruction of the industrial manufacturing area of ​​the Tarantum cavalry opponents made them look down on the prospects of the alliance, if not Syracuse and the tower The blockade of the Rantum Fleet against the Gulf of Taranto, they had long fled the boat.

However, the return of Daveus, who wiped out the Tarantum Sea and the army in a day and defeated the powerful navy of Syracuse, created a miracle of war in the impossible, which shocked these foreign merchants. Infected by the fanatical Dionyan people, they also began to believe that Dionysia was indeed blessed by Hades.As foreign businessmen who did business in the Mediterranean and dared to invest in Dionysian, they were not lacking in adventurous spirit, let alone vision. When they began to hope for Dionysian prospects in this war, They suddenly discovered that if Dionysia really won the war, then Dionysia’s forces will inevitably expand as quickly as after the previous wars, and will be in the south of Greater Greece and even the east of Sicily. With the involvement of Dionysia, the most important trade circle in the Western Mediterranean is under the control of Dionysia. For anyone who trades in this region, what does this mean!

So with the encouragement of Dickpolis and Tios, the businessmen made a bold investment, and entrusted Tios to send the list of materials to the new king of Dionysia, who was confirmed to be a descendant of Hades. In the hands of Firth.

Daphes carefully read the huge amount of materials recorded on the papyrus again. The sincerity of these foreign merchants was unobstructed. Of course, Davis also knew what they were craving, so he said: "Tios, you go back Thank them for me and tell them that the Alliance will never forget the traitor who stabbed the dagger behind us when we are in trouble! But we will never forget the friend who helped us when we are the most difficult! There is an old saying,'The grace of a drop of water will be rewarded with a spring of water!'"

Departing Tíos, Daves came to the training ground of the military camp.Here, the freemen recruited by Capps are training.

Capps saw Daveus coming and hurried to the sidelines.

"Are the soldiers all called up?" Daveus looked at the field, and the training ground, which could accommodate more than 30,000 people, was occupied by a team of freemen, and still looked very empty.

"Only 2570 people arrived." Capps explained: "The others, because they have to go to Victory Square to donate, will not be able to come tomorrow morning."

Davers expressed his understanding, then looked at the orderly queue on the field and asked, "Are all free men who have received more than one year of military training?"

"Your Majesty, there are not so many freemen in the port who have been trained by us. I picked up the people in the squadron and only got enough 6,000 people," Capps said truthfully.

"Will there be any problems with the next material transportation?" Davers asked again.

"I retained the management and team officers of the squadron, and recruited freemen from the port to make up the number of people. Now that Syracuse’s maritime advantage is broken, there should be no more enemies landing behind us and attacking our A large team. Completing the transportation task should not be a problem." Capps explained.

"Alas, dismantle the east wall to make up the west wall!" Daveus sighed. This war showed him that Dionysia's population resources are still in short supply, and he has no better way in a short time: "Pull the spear Send it down and let them practice the queue first, let me take a look."

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Tapirus was a slave to the restaurant Christoya. After more than four years, he has left slavery, became a freeman, and is already a person in charge of restaurants in the city of Kauri, Kapu When Sri Lanka moved to the squadron to recruit personnel, he took the initiative to ask for participation, because it was too long to become an alliance citizen according to the normal way. Only by taking part in the battle can the deadline be shortened as quickly as possible.So Tapirus believes that this is a rare opportunity. Despite the danger of life, this risk is worth taking, because King Davers returned, and this unit was what he requested to form!

Many freemen have joined this team with this idea.

Tapirus was appointed as captain because of his high military qualities (participated in military training for one and a half years) and numeracy and literacy (skills developed in restaurants), but he is now standing in the position It is the left front of a detachment. This is the position of the detachment leader, because the veterans who should have been selected by the various legions to serve as the team officers of this new team have been disbanded and returned to the team tomorrow, so they are temporarily replaced by the recruits. .

At this time, the city-state slaves distributed a bundle of spears to every freeman.

This is the weapon we want to use?!Tapirus looked at the spear in his hand in amazement. It was much longer than the spear used for training.

The freemen were a little excited when they got their own weapons, and some even waved them. Anyone who is not yet skilled in using this spear is either a spearhead connected with another spear, or the tail of the gun touches a teammate next to it. For a time, the formation was chaotic and loud.

There was a rapid trumpet sound on the training ground. The freemen rushed to get better. Although the spears were still colliding with each other, there were few people making loud noises. Those who had a long experience in military training knew that they did not follow the order, the team officer. We have to pull out the disciplinary offenders and take off the trousers in public, which is too dignified!

"You all pay attention!" several training instructors shouted loudly in front of the queue: "Hold the gun like this..."

Tapirus sticks the spear to the left side in accordance with the posture of the instructor, the tail of the spear touches the ground, the left arm straightens to hold the gun barrel, and the right hand crosses the left shoulder to hold the spear.

The soldiers did this one by one, the spears no longer collided, but stood upright, like a neat and dense grove.

Daphes was satisfied that freemen on the field were able to achieve prohibition so quickly and quickly master the essentials of holding a gun.

"It seems that their military training for more than a year has not been in vain!" he said comfortably.

At this time, the long sound of the bugle sounded again, and the flag bearers of each team immediately pointed the black team flag forward.

"Go forward!" Tapirus shouted, the drummer struck the snare drum rhythmically, and the soldiers began to move forward with guns.

As the footsteps progressed, the original neat formation became more and more uneven, the array became a little scattered and the spears that had stood upright as the body moved, the spears oscillated left and right, hitting each other issued "Whoo la la! Wa la la" !......" The sound.

Capus frowned at Daphes, and explained: "Your Majesty, because the team officers who were veterans were disbanded and returned home, the control of the entire team, the maintenance of the formation, and the execution of orders are all A lot worse."

"I understand." Daveus said, keeping his eyes on the performance of the free people on the court.

The bugle sound changed again.

"Defense!" Tapirus shouted.

The soldiers in the advancing unit stopped and began to gather in the middle: after the first row of soldiers laid down the spears down, the soldiers in the next few rows pressed forward with the spears diagonally forward until the spears in the sixth row remained It can cross the shoulders of the first column of soldiers and form part of the spear wall. At this time, the entire scattered array became a dense and thick spear phalanx.

Daveus's brow still didn't stretch, he turned to Capps and said, "Do you know why I want to mobilize freemen to use this extended bayonet?"

"Because you have to deal with the Siracusa cavalry." Capps said without hesitation, obviously he had seriously thought about this move by Davos.

"Yes, our cavalry can’t resist the Numisbians and Celts who grew up on horseback since childhood. I designed this super spear, really to deal with the hired cavalry in Syracuse. But, what I want is not to use this rigid rigid defensive formation to stop the cavalry's attack, I want to use the attack to smash the enemy cavalry's attack!" Daveus stared at Capps with a dazzling look.

Capps was a little surprised: "Let them attack Siracusa cavalry with a four-meter spear?!"

"Yes." Daveus said affirmatively: "And require them to attack at the speed of the charge, but also try to maintain a denser formation during the attack. So, I am not prepared to equip them with armor, only need two hands Traveling and running with a gun should be lighter and more flexible."

The super-lanced phalanx conceived by Davers was not for learning from the Macedonian lance phalanx of the previous generations. He still couldn't look down on the awkward formation. Dionysia already had his own heavy infantry phalanx. The effectiveness is not worse than that of the Macedonian phalanx. He draws on the famous Swiss spearmen of the medieval past in Western Europe. These sturdy mountain people from the mountains can even hold a 4-meter long spear to launch the heavy armored medieval heavy cavalry. The entire phalanx of groups charged, and repeatedly defeated the French heavy ride, thus becoming famous in Western Europe. It became an important means for the Swiss to make a living in the Middle Ages. Even the French royal family and the Holy See employed them as court guards.

Your majesty, if you don’t equip them with armor—” As the leader’s responsibility, Capps had to remind: “Under the blow of bows, arrows, and javelins, their casualties may be great!"

"They just protect the flanks of the entire formation and will not be placed on the front. Besides, at this time, it is too late to make protective armor for them," Davers replied.