Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

In fact, although these auctioned land in Amendola, the foreign businessmen who produced and sold specialty goods benefited a lot from the preferential bills issued by the Union, except for a few such as Tios and Dickpolis. When they joined the alliance, most people are still hesitating to wait and see. Especially after the outbreak of the war with Syracuse, the defeat of the coalition forces of the South Italians and even the destruction of the industrial production zone of the Tarantum cavalry opponents made them more bearish on the prospects of the alliance, if not Syracuse and the tower. The Rantum Fleet blocked the Taranto Bay and they fled the boat long ago.

However, the return of Davers, in one day, the whole of the Tarantum Sea, the army, and the defeat of the powerful navy of Siracusa, created a miracle of war among the impossible, and these foreign businessmen were shocked. They were infected by the fanatical Dionian people and began to believe that Diaonia was indeed blessed by Hades. As foreign businessmen who are doing business in the Mediterranean and dare to invest in Dionia, they are not lacking in adventurous spirit, nor are they lacking in vision. When they begin to have hopes about the future of Dionia in this war, They have discovered that if Diaonia really wins in the war, then the power of Dionia will inevitably expand as quickly as in the previous wars, in the southern part of Greece, even in the eastern part of Sicily. With the influence of the Dionyrian forces, the most important trade circle in the Western Mediterranean is under the control of the power of Dionia, what it means for anyone who trades in this region!

So under the shackles of Dickpolis and Tios, the merchants made a bold investment and entrusted Tios to send the list of supplies to the new King of Deonia, who they confirmed to be descendants of Hades. In the hands of Foss.

Daves once again carefully read the huge amount of materials recorded on the papyrus. The sincerity of these foreign businessmen was unobstructed. Of course, Davers 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 traitors who beheaded behind us when we are in trouble! But we will not forget the friends who helped us in our most difficult times! There is an old saying called, 'The grace of a drop of water, to use a spring water to return!'"

Sending away Tios, Davers came to the training ground of the military camp. Here, the free people recruited by Capps are training.

Capps saw Davers coming and was busy on the sidelines.

"Was the soldiers all called?" Davers looked at the field, and the training ground that could accommodate more than 30,000 people was occupied by the team assembled by the free people. It still looked very empty.

"Only 2,570 people have arrived." Capps explained: "Others, because they are going to donate to Victory Square, they will come tomorrow morning."

Davers expressed his understanding, then looked at the neat queue on the field and asked: "Is it a free man who has received military training for more than a year?"

"Your Majesty, the free people in the port did not have so much training from us. I took out the people in the heavy team and got 6,000 people." Capps said truthfully.

"Will the next shipment of goods be a problem?" Davers asked again.

"I have retained the management team and team officers of the squad, and recruited free people from the port. Now Syracuse's maritime advantage has been broken, and there should be no more enemies coming to our rear to attack us. Hey team. It is not a problem to complete the transportation task," Capps explained.

"Hey, take the East Wall and make up the Western Wall!" Daves sighed. This war made him see that Diaonia's population resources are still in short supply. In a short time, he has no better way: "The rifle 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 Clithista restaurant. After more than four years, he has become a free agent from the slaves and is already a head of the restaurant in the city of Turai. When he went to the squad to draw the staff, he volunteered to participate, because it was too long to become a coalition citizen in the normal way. Only by participating in the battle can he shorten the time limit as soon as possible. Therefore, Tapirus believes that this is a rare opportunity. Despite the danger of life, this risk is worth the risk, because King Daves is back, this unit is what he asked to form!

Many free people are forced to join this team with this idea.

Tapirus was appointed as the captain because of his high military quality (longing a year and a half of military training) and his numeracy and literacy (skills in the restaurant), but he is now standing. It is the left front of a detachment. This is the position of the detachment leader, because the veterans who should have been drawn out by the various regiments and served as the officers of the new team at all levels have been disbanded and returned to the team tomorrow, so they are temporarily replaced by new recruits. .

At this time, the city-state slaves were distributed to each free man with a bundle of long guns.

Is this the weapon we want to use? ! Tapirus looked at the spear in his hand in amazement, and it was much longer than the usual stab gun.

The free people got a little excitement when they got their own weapons, and some even waved them up. Anyone who knows that they can’t use this kind of pistol is not the spearhead and the other spears, that is, the guntail touches the teammate next to him. At one time, the formation was chaotic and screaming.

Immediately on the training ground, the rushing squad sounded, and the free people hurriedly got better. Although the spears were still colliding with each other, few people even loudly clamored. They had long experience in military training and they knew that they did not obey the order. They are going to pull out the disciplinary offenders and take responsibility for taking off their pants in public. That is too detrimental to dignity!

"You all pay attention!" Several trainers shouted in front of the queue: "When standing, hold the gun like this..."

In accordance with the instructor's posture, Tapirus attached the long gun to the left side, the gun end touched the ground, the left arm straightened down to hold the gun, and the right hand crossed the left shoulder to hold the rifle.

The soldiers did it one by one. The long guns no longer collided, but the ones stood upright, like a neat and dense grove.

Davers was satisfied that the free people on the field could do so quickly and quickly master the essentials of holding the gun.

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

At this time, the long military squad sounded again, and the flagmen of each detachment immediately pointed the black flag.

"Go forward!" Tapirus shouted, and the drummer screamed to the snare drum in rhythm, and the soldiers began to move forward with the gun.

As the pace progressed, the original neat formation became more and more uneven, the array became somewhat scattered, and the originally erected spears swayed with the movement of the body, and the guns swayed from side to side, and each other hit and screamed. The sound of !......".

Capps saw Dafos frowning, and explained: "Your Majesty, because the veteran team officers are disbanded, so the control of the entire team, the maintenance of the formation, the execution of the order, A lot worse."

"I understand." Daphus said, his eyes always watching the performance of the free people on the field.

The sound of the military number changed again.

"Defense!" Tapirus shouted.

The soldiers in the squadron stopped and began to gather in the middle: after the first row of soldiers laid down the spears, the soldiers in the last few columns slanted forward with long rifles, until the sixth column of rifles remained. It was able to 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 square.

Daves’s brow still did not stretch. He turned his head and said to Capps: “Do you know why I want to free the free people to use this long stab gun?”

"Because you have to deal with the Syracuse people's cavalry." Capps said without hesitation, apparently thought about Daves's move.

"Yes, our cavalry can't resist the Numidians and Celts who grew up on horseback since childhood. I designed this super spear, really to deal with the mercenary cavalry in Syracuse. However, what I want is not to use this rigid and rigid defensive formation to stop the cavalry's attack. What I want is to use the offense to break the enemy's cavalry's offense!" Daves stared at Capps.

Capps had some surprises: "Let them carry a four-meter spear to the Syracuse cavalry?!"

"Yes~www.novelmtl.com~Duffus tone said affirmatively: "And they are required to attack at a speed of assault, and try to maintain a denser formation in the offense. Therefore, I am not prepared to equip them with armor, just need to carry and run with both guns, which should be lighter and more flexible. ”

The super-spear squad that Daves conceived was not for the study of the Macedonian rifle in the past. The clumsy formation he still couldn’t see. Dionia had its own heavy infantry regiment, and its operations. The performance is no worse than the Macedonian side. He wants to learn from the famous Swiss spearmen in the medieval Western Europe. These mountain people from the mountains can even hold a 4 meter long gun to launch the heavyweight cavalry. The entire phalanx group charged and repeatedly defeated the French heavy-duty, which was well-known in Western Europe and became an important means for the medieval Swiss to make a living. Even the French royal family and the Holy See hired them to serve as the court guards.

Your Majesty, if you don't equip them with armor - "As the leader of the generals, Capps had to remind: "Under the attack of bows and arrows, their casualties may be great! ”

"They just protect the flank of the entire formation and will not be placed on the front. At this time, they are specially made protective armor for them, and it is too late in time." Davers answered.