Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Alexis watched them and solemnly said: "So I decided to slow down the speed of the various legions to form an array tomorrow morning and wait for the Dawn to rush to the other side of the Ovanto River. We will fight the enemy on the way across the river. And defeat them in one fell swoop."

"I agree with Alai... Master Commander's plan. I have been to this river many times in the past two days. Although its river surface is somewhat wide, the water is not deep, at most it exceeds the knee, and the current is not too urgent. The river The bottom is relatively hard, even if the Dawn stopped us in the river, it was enough for our heavy infantry to exert its power." Amintas agreed, and other heads of the army also agreed.

Alexis continued: "Lords of the Legion, please come and see, where we will cross the river tomorrow."

Several chiefs of the army were busy going around, looking at the map placed on the table case. Alexis pointed at less than one mile from the barracks. They all surveyed the terrain and knew that the terrain on the banks of the river going east three or four miles The low level is mostly mudflat. Due to the summer sun exposure, the silt on the river bank has already dried up and agglomerated, which is very conducive to the military formation.

"Head of the Armintas, your first army is in this position." Alexis moved his finger to the east and said, "Because your first army is the most powerful, the number of veterans in the army It’s the most, so I’m arranging you in the middle, hoping that a legion will not advance too fast, and will maintain the connection with the military and political forces on the left and right..."

The troops led by Amintas have always been known for their fierce offensives, but as a Dionysian veteran who has been fighting for more than ten years, he is well divided and nods immediately to express his understanding.

"Commander Oliver, your 4th Army is on the left of the 1st Army. Commander of Geogris, your 5th Army is on the right of the 1st Army. There are too many recruits in your army. I hope you will fight in the process of crossing the river. The team officers at all levels should be able to stabilize the emotions of the soldiers under their hands, and avoid big confusion..." Alexis reminded them while pointing at the map.

"Relax, Master Commander, although many soldiers have just been recruited from the reserve team, they have conducted training in the transitional camp many times in the training camp, and the lowest-level team officers (ie, small captains) are equipped with It is a veteran who has participated in more than four battles, there will be no problems." Olivers immediately promised.

Geogris also responded. Although the Fifth Army under his leadership was dominated by Bruti, but the civil strife of Bruti during the Southern-Italian War and the cleanup after the war, the Bruti who had aspirations were all Cleaned up, over the past ten years, the Bruti people have basically integrated into the kingdom, and the childhood of the new recruits in the legion was spent after Bruti was incorporated into Dionysia, and grew up, most of them have read The schools established by Dionysia in the towns of Bruti are deeply influenced by Dionysia culture. Apart from their appearance, they are not much different from the Greeks of Dionysia’s main ethnic group.

As for why there are so many recruits in the legion?This issue has to be mentioned after the Southern Italian War.

The biggest achievement after Dionia’s victory at that time was to occupy all the eastern coasts of Greater Greece and Sicily. After the resume of the civic soldiers and the placement of the city-state people who were incorporated into the Kingdom, there was still a lot of vacant land. This is a temporary bill that allows pre-citizens and registered free citizens to allocate land first (only the tax payment amount is different), and then grant them full citizenship after the age limit.

At that time, there was a Corinthian war in Greece, and in Asia Minor, Sparta led the coalition to struggle with Persia. The continued war led to an increase in the number of refugees throughout the Greek world.Under the deliberate guidance of Dionia, most of the refugees flocked to Greater Greece, so manpower is sufficient, but the majority of Dionysia’s laws are aimed at formal citizens, but the freedom of registration during that period The number of people has increased sharply, and most of them need six or seven years to become full-time citizens, which has brought great trouble to governance.

Out of practical needs and Davis’ strategic plan for the kingdom, he launched a war against Mesapi and Puchti in the fall of Dionysia. After the Battle of Brindisi, he Let the legions replace a large number of recruits who are mainly prepared citizens and freemen, in order to shorten their years of citizenship through military exploits. At the same time, they also prevent the old citizens from allocating too much land due to too many military exploits. More and more landlords are created, and the kingdom has just been established, and the gap between the rich and the poor of the domestic citizens has been widened.

However, in this Dawn War, the situation is slightly different, because many of the recruits have been growing up in the alliance since their establishment in the Dionysian Union. The new citizens of Dionysia have been trained by Dionysia since they were young. Although they are recruits, their military qualities are not low. This is also the confidence of several army commanders.

"Lydes, your cavalry regiment should divide the military force equally. On both sides of the entire formation, it is responsible for driving away and defeating the Dawn cavalry." Alexis continued to plan his offensive.

"Understood." Lades nodded in response.

There are now four cavalry regiments in the Kingdom of Dionysia: the headquarters of the First Cavalry Corps is located in Turi; the headquarters of the Second Cavalry Corps is located in Grummentum; the headquarters of the Third Cavalry Corps is located in Katane; The headquarters of the Fourth Army is located in Brindisi.In terms of cavalry quality, it should be the strongest of the Fourth Cavalry Regiment, because most of them are composed of Pucciti and Mesapi.However, the earliest time these two regions merged into the Kingdom of Dionysia was only six years. With the unruly and free nature of these two races, let alone the cavalry, in case they did not listen to the command during the battle, According to military law, beheading is more important, while blame is lesser. I am afraid that it will cause no small trouble to the entire war and the two regions that have just stabilized.Considering again and again, Davers decided to transfer the 1st Cavalry Corps to the war, so the Cavalry Corps was the least recruited among the participating teams, so Alexis did not tell me anything.

"When the entire formation begins to cross the river, I will concentrate all the ballistas and belly bows behind you to bombard the Danny formation on the opposite shore, disrupting their formation and attacking for you..." Alexis's words Let the head of the legion rest assured.

"What if the Nine don't fight at all and stop us from crossing the river?" Geogris asked.

"Then we will cross the river easily, and then take their cities one by one!" Amintas answered for Alexis.

At the beginning, Daves forcibly detained the team of engineers and craftsmen of Dionysius's nearly 2,000 people. Later, he forced Syracuse to send their families to Dionia, and finally left them in the map. Riy, so that Dionysia's metal forging, engineering construction, carpentry making... and other processes have been suddenly improved by a big amount.Later, in the conquest wars of Mesapi and Pucciti, with their help, the legions successfully captured towns and towns, so the Dionysian legion is also very confident in siege.

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The newly built Dionysian Barracks near Kanusian is composed of several army camps, and a avenue runs from west to east through the entire camp area.

After returning to their respective camps, the heads of the regiments immediately recruited the captains of their respective major groups to discuss.

The captains of the 1st Army Corps were rushing through the avenue to the regiment leader’s account, and the soldiers walking back and forth to the camp face to face, and when they saw the senior team officers, they stopped to salute and show respect.Although only one soldier was saluting, his eyes dodged and no sound was heard, and he walked away after hurriedly saluting.

The captains of the first army commander also disappeared. It wasn't until the soldiers walked away that the first army commander, Curtisus, turned back and smiled narrowly: "Patlock Rose, you are powerful enough, Even our prince of Dionysia is afraid of you! Just look at what he was just like, and I dare not look at you at all."

"I said Kertisus, our Prince Dionysia is a descendant of Hades, how could he fear Patroclus, he is out of respect for his future brother-in-law from his uncle!" Another captain joked Said.

"You are mistaken, Prince Adores is just the adopted son of His Majesty Daphes, including his sister, but His Majesty treats them as much as his own children," Ketisus corrected quickly.

"is it?!"

"The older generation of Dionysian citizens know this, don't believe you can ask this kid, he knows these things best." Curtisus pointed to Patroclus.

"Brothers, the commander of the Armintas is urging us to discuss things. We are chatting here. If he goes late, he will be swearing!" Patroclus quickly turned the subject away.

"It's okay, we are not afraid of the roar of Lord Amintas." Ketisus didn't care.

"Ketissus, you are not afraid, we are terrible!" the captain beside wailed.

Ketisus smiled "hey" and said to the youngest of the eight: "Patrocros, you married your majesty's daughter, but your identity will be very different in the future, don't forget to help and help We old brothers."

His words drew the approval of others.

"I said, my brother, Your Majesty let Adores join the war as an ordinary citizen, and he was supposed to belong to the First Army. His Majesty feared that he knew too many acquaintances. He specifically asked the Military Department to include him in the Fourth Army. Don’t you want someone to take care of him! Your majesty has such strict requirements on his children. If I become his son-in-law, I am afraid that the demands on me will never be low. It is impossible to get his special care!" Pa Trolos said seriously.