Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

After listening to Damocles, his face changed drastically, and he defended loudly: "The ongoing war between Syracuse and Dionia was conducted under the witness of Ares, and any tragic events in the war are normal Sparta did not slaughter the citizens of Athens after the victory because the Athenian Navy raged the coast of its territory, and we, Syracuse, did not kill the Carthage of Sicily after the victory over it because Carthage slaughtered the Sicilian city-state many times. All are eliminated, so Dionysia cannot make such a demanding request, this is not the Greek tradition of war!"

"Is the ancient Greek tradition to allow the Syracuse people to hire interracial people and massacre unarmed Greek women, old people and children!" Henipolis yelled at him with a stare: "Since you say this is war, Then we Dionysia are willing to continue fighting until we capture the Sirinium, and then cut off the heads of these aliens whose hands fill the blood of the Dionyans! Otherwise, once the contract is signed, we can only watch these murderers sway Her Majesty Daphes could not accept the departure! The heroic legionnaire could not accept it! All the Dionysian people could not accept it!"

"...Once the contract is signed, we can only watch them leave..." This sentence touched Damocles, he said helplessly: "The conditions you mentioned are too high, can you change it a little bit? , For example, as long as the head of some of them or the life of the leader?"

"No, this is the most basic condition!" Hernipolis replied hard.

Damocles had no choice but to say, "Well, I can't take the lead in this matter. I have to go back and report to General Dionysius. It is up to him to decide."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Fibidas next to him, and then with the permission of Henripolis, the guard put on the blindfold and sent him out of the camp.

Piddas did not leave. He asked to see Daphes as the Spartan messenger.

This made it difficult for Henripolis to refuse, so he could only wait here to inform King Davis himself.

This is quite a long time for Fibidas. It was not because Daveus deliberately made fun of it, but that he was indeed not near the big tent. He went to the engineering camp.

While occupying the Siracusa camp, the Dionysian army harvested a lot of supplies, including some siege equipment.

Needless to say, the ballistas were originally copied from Syracuse, but later they have made further improvements. Due to the application of the parabolic theory, the ballistas of Diyania are more refined, Precise.

The belly bow is another siege weapon in Syracuse. Its principle is similar to the ballista. Engineers can roughly copy it by looking at the structure. After all, the most difficult thing in the belly bow is the use of pulleys, which happens to be The Dionysian engineering battalion is the best.

Others such as siege hammers, boat buggies, arrow shields, etc. are all very good imitations, but Daveus has looked very carefully. He needs to understand Syracuse from these various types of siege equipment Human siege methods and ideas.You know, when Syracuse captured the big city of Crotone, Daeves was really taken aback. Compared with the countless Siracusa in Sicily, the field of the powerful Dionyan army The experience in siege is still very poor, including Davers himself, so learning from the enemy is the best way to improve.

Of course, the most striking and difficult to make of these siege equipment is the siege tower.Dionia can also make siege towers, but compared with the siege towers made by Syracuse, it is almost nothing.Although the siege tower in front of it only completed the construction of the base and the first floor, its scale is quite amazing: it is 20 meters long and six or seven meters wide. It is more a wall than a tower.

Daveus circled it several times, turned around and asked one of the best engineers in the engineering camp, Orops, "Can you copy it?"

Dionysia’s Legion Engineering Battalion has a special structure.Its team officers do not need to understand engineering and construction, as long as they can manage the troops and have some battlefield experience. Their duty is to serve the engineers, ensure their safety, provide all the materials they need, and when the army orders construction In addition, it is also responsible for coordinating with other troops and recruiting soldiers to work. Therefore, most of the team officers of the engineering battalion are veterans with some disabilities after being injured on the battlefield.

Engineers are really valuable in the engineering camp.If Daveus had a relatively rough system when he first established an engineering camp, it has formed a fixed engineer assessment system, which not only requires engineers to be able to read and write, have strong hands-on production capabilities, but also requires deeper mathematical theory Only in this way can knowledge pass the assessment and become an army engineer.In addition to cultivating their own land, these engineers have also become sought-after goods that the citizens of the alliance are eager to hire, constructing houses, workshops, making furniture, equipment, etc., and their salaries are not low.When there are large-scale public works in various cities, they will be invited to participate. Although the salaries paid are small, they will be engraved with their names on the completed stone tablets, which is a great honor for them.

In addition to engineers in the engineering camp, there are also skilled craftsmen, carpenters, and blacksmiths. They are the assistants of engineers, assisting engineers in making various utensils needed for war.In addition, there are some slaves in the camp, mainly for engineers.

As the corps' requirements on engineers are getting higher and higher, and the assessment of engineers is formalized, because of their higher requirements on knowledge and hands-on ability, most of the corps engineers come from the laboratory of Dionysian Academy.But Orops is different. He was originally a mercenary on the expedition to Persia. Because he was a carpenter, he was recruited after Daveus established the engineering camp, but he worked hard and eventually became a skilled carpenter. He also took the initiative to participate in the adult class at Dionysian School. Through hard work, he quickly took off his illiteracy hat.Then, because of Davis's agreement with Mento Tick Els, for a while, the artisans of the Legion entered the laboratory of the Mathematics Academy and became the garrison of scholars, but Orops took the opportunity to study advanced mathematical knowledge. Finally, he was recognized by Marty Corris, became his disciple, and passed the examination to become an engineer.Therefore, Orops is a typical example of self-taught, deeply respected by Dionysian craftsmen, and inspired them to learn from him.

"Your Majesty, copying is possible, but it will take some time." Orops said cautiously, squatting down, and laboriously holding up a large wooden wheel: "The greatest difficulty in making this siege tower is in these wooden Wheels and axles. Such a large engineering tower and such a heavy weight must ultimately be supported by these wooden wheels and axles. The requirements on them are very high. In the end, what is the diameter of the axle? How thick and wide are the wooden wheels? How many sets of axles and wooden wheels can ensure that the siege tower can be pushed smoothly?... These need to go through repeated tests before they can be finalized.

And your majesty, you can see that the size and width of so many wooden wheels are basically the same, and it is difficult to do without a large number of skilled carpenters, otherwise these wooden wheels will have some size differences. The siege tower is being pushed. May be tilted and collapsed due to imbalance!With the capabilities of our current engineering camp, it is still difficult to achieve this."

Orops came here with a little regret, stood up, looked obsessed at the siege tower in front of him, opened his arms, gestured with his hands, and continued, "Your Majesty, look at the towers on both sides of this siege tower The wall is not upright, but tilted inwards. Although I can’t see the whole picture, I can be sure that it must be a trapezoid, so as to enhance the stability of the base, but what is the most appropriate angle for the tower wall to tilt? How high? To build a horizontal plate to ensure that the tower wall is evenly and firmly stressed..."

Davos didn't care too much about the technical details that Orops said. He understood the meaning of Orops narrative: "In short, you need to repeat the calculation experiment to make a Normally operating siege tower."

"Yes, Your Majesty, we need time." Orops replied truthfully. He looked at the others behind him and said, "For such a large siege tower, we have fewer people, and it is still the first. Production..."

Although the siege battalions of the various legions added together no fewer than 500 people, in fact, not fewer people, but Daveus heard the implied meaning of the words of Orops: good engineers and craftsmen are not enough.

Recalling that the Syracuse people built three large siege towers within a few days, Davos was impressed by the thousands of engineering teams in the Silitian City. That is the wealth that Davos really desires. .

"I give you time to study and try to make this kind of siege tower, but don't be too anxious. You need to thoroughly study its technology and finally master it completely!" Daveus encouraged them.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

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There are four guards watching Fibydas sitting in the big tent. He can’t look around. He can only look at this big tent with his eyes. As a result, he discovered a secret: This big one of Davers The layout inside the tent is very similar to Dionysius's military account, except that the space is not as big as Dionysius, and the layout is also very simple, except for a few armor and weapon racks, one is covered with grass Outside the bed with cushions and fur, the most eye-catching is undoubtedly the paper rolls, cloths, etc. piled on the first few wooden tables. This is obviously the same as Dionysius’s account. While marching to war, the officials are also handling many affairs within the alliance at any time...

These two tyrants of the Western Mediterranean!Inexplicable feelings rose in Phoebe's heart.