After hearing this, Damocles's face changed greatly, and he argued loudly: "The ongoing war between Syracuse and Dionya is being fought under the witness of Ares, and it is normal for anything tragic to happen in the war. Sparta did not massacre the citizens of Athens after the victory because the Athenian navy ravaged the coast of its territory, and we in Syracuse did not exterminate all the Carthaginians in Sicily after the victory over the Sicilian city-states because of Carthage's repeated massacres of it, so Dionya could not make such a harsh demand, this is not the Greek tradition of war! ”

"Could it be that the ancient Greek tradition was to allow the Syracuse to hire foreigners and slaughter unarmed Greek women, the elderly, and children!" Henipolis bared his teeth and roared at him, "Since you say this is war, then we Dionyas are willing to continue fighting until we conquer Siritin, and then cut off the heads of these aliens whose hands are covered with the blood of the Dionians!" Otherwise, once the peace treaty is signed, we can only watch these murderers swagger away, and His Majesty Davers will not be able to accept it! The valiant legionnaires could not accept it! None of the Dionian populace could accept it! ”

“…… Once the contract is signed, we can only watch them leave ......" This sentence touched Damocles, and he pretended to be helpless and said: "The conditions you put forward are too high, can you change them slightly, such as only the heads of some of them or the lives of the chiefs?" ”

"No, that's the most basic condition!" Henipolis replied in a strong tone.

Damocles had no choice but to say, "Well, I can't call the shots in this matter, I must go back and report to General Dionysius, and he will decide." ”

After saying that, he glanced at Phoebidas next to him, and then got permission from Henipolis, and was sent out of the camp by the guards with blindfolds.

Phoebidas did not leave, and he asked to see Davers in his capacity as a Spartan emissary.

This made it difficult for Henipolis to refuse, so he could only wait here and inform King Davers himself.

Phoebedars waited for quite a long time, not because Davers was deliberately playing tricks, but because he was indeed not near the Big Tent, and he went to the engineering battalion.

By the time they captured the camp in Syracuse, the Dionian army had gained a lot of supplies, including some siege equipment.

Needless to say, the ballista was originally copied from Syracuse, but later made further improvements, due to the application of the parabolic theory, Dionia's ballista was more refined and accurate.

The belly bow is another siege weapon in Syracuse, its principle is similar to that of a ballista, and engineers can roughly copy it by just looking at the structure, after all, the most difficult part of the belly bow is the use of pulleys, which happens to be what the Dionian engineering battalion is best at.

Others like battering rams, boat carts, arrow car...... and so on are easy to copy, but Davers has seen them quite carefully, and he needs to understand the siege methods and ideas of the Syracudas from these various siege machines. You know, when Syracuse conquered the big city of Crotone, Davers was really shocked, compared with Siracus, which besieged countless cities in Sicily, the field battle of the Ionian army was still quite inexperienced in siege, including Davos himself, so learning from the enemy is the fastest way to improve.

Of course, among these siege machines, the most striking and the most difficult to make is the siege tower. Dionya can also craft siege towers, but they pale in comparison to siege towers made in Syracuse. Although the siege tower in front of you has only completed the construction of the base and the first floor, the scale is quite impressive: it is 20 meters long and six or seven meters wide, and it is more of a wall than a tower.

Davers circled it several times, then turned around and asked Oropes, one of the best engineers in the engineering battalion, "Can you replicate it?" ”

The Legion Engineering Battalion in Dionya had a peculiar formation. Its officers do not need to know engineering construction, as long as they can manage and lead troops, have some battlefield experience, their responsibility is to serve the engineers, ensure their safety, provide all kinds of materials they need, when the regiment gives the construction order, but also responsible for coordinating with other troops, recruiting soldiers to serve as labor, so most of the officers of the engineering battalion are veterans with some disabilities after being wounded on the battlefield.

The real invaluable part of the engineering camp is the engineers. If the system was still relatively rough when Davers first established the engineering battalion, it has now formed a fixed engineer assessment system, which not only requires engineers to be able to read and draw, have strong hands-on production ability, but also requires a deep knowledge of mathematical theory, only in this way can they pass the assessment and become an engineer of the corps. In addition to cultivating their own share of the land, these engineers have also become a sought-after commodity for the citizens of the Alliance, building houses, workshops, making furniture, equipment, etc., and their salaries are not low. When there are large public works in various cities, they will be invited to participate, and although they are paid a small salary, their names will be engraved on the stone tablets that are completed, which is a great honor for them.

In addition to the engineers, there are also highly skilled craftsmen, carpenters, and blacksmiths, who are the assistants of the engineers and assist the engineers in making all kinds of tools needed for war. In addition, there were some slaves in the camp, mainly in the service of the engineers.

As the requirements for engineers in the legion are getting higher and higher, and after the formalization of the assessment of engineers, because of their higher requirements for knowledge and practical ability, more than half of the engineers of each legion come from the laboratories of the Dionian Academy. But Orops was different, he was originally a mercenary on an expedition to Persia, because he knew some carpentry, and was drawn in after Davers established an engineering battalion, but he studied hard, and eventually became a skilled carpenter, and also took the initiative to participate in the adult class of the Dionian school, and through hard work, he quickly took off the hat of illiteracy. Then, because of the agreement between Davers and Mentotice, for a period of time, the craftsmen of the Legion entered the laboratories of the Mathematics Academy and became the garrison of scholars, but Oropes took the opportunity to learn advanced mathematical knowledge, and finally was appreciated by Matticoris, became his disciple, and passed the examination to become an engineer. Thus Orops was a prime example of self-taught, revered by Dionian craftsmen and inspired them to learn from him.

"Your Majesty, it's okay to copy, but it will take some time." Oropus said cautiously, squatting down, and laboriously picked up a large wooden wheel: "The greatest difficulty in making this siege tower is on these wooden wheels and axles. Such a large engineering tower and such a heavy weight must finally rely on these wooden wheels and axles to support, and the requirements for them are very high, how big is the diameter of the axle? How thick and wide should a wooden wheel be? How many axles and wooden wheels are there to ensure that the siege tower is pushed smoothly? …… These need to be tried and tested before they can be finalized.

And your majesty, you see, the size and width of so many wooden wheels can basically be consistent, and it is difficult to do it without a large number of skilled carpenters, otherwise there is a slight difference in the size of these wooden wheels, and the siege tower may tilt and collapse due to imbalance when it is pushed! With the capabilities of our current engineering battalion, it is still somewhat difficult to do so. ”

Orops said this with a little regret, stood up, looked at the siege tower in front of him obsessively, opened his arms, gestured with his hands, and continued: "Your Majesty, you see, the tower walls on both sides of this siege tower are not upright, but inclined inward, although I can't see the whole picture, but I can be sure that it must be a trapezoidal body, so as to enhance the stability of the base, but what is the most appropriate angle of the tower wall tilt?" How high is the transverse plate to be built to ensure that the tower wall is evenly stressed and stable? ……”

Davers didn't care too much about the technical details of what Orops said, and he understood the meaning of Orops's ramblings: "In short, you need to do a lot of calculations to make a living siege tower. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, we need time." Orops replied truthfully, he looked at the others behind him, and said, "For such a huge siege tower, we have fewer people, and this is the first time we have made ......"

Although the siege camps of the various legions together were no less than 500 men, which was not a small number, Davers heard the implicit meaning of Orops's words: there were not enough good engineers and craftsmen.

Remembering that the people of Syracuse had built three large siege towers in a matter of days, Davers was furious with the thousands of engineering teams in the city of Siliting, which was the wealth that Davers really desired.

"I'll give you time to study and try to make this siege tower, but don't be in too much of a hurry, study its technology thoroughly, and eventually master it thoroughly!" Davers encouraged them.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

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Sitting in the big tent, Phoebidas was watched by four guards, he couldn't walk around, he could only look at the big tent with his eyes, and he discovered a secret: the layout in this big tent of Davers was very similar to that of Dionysius, except that the space was not as big as Dionysius, and they were all very simple, except for a few hangers for armor and weapons, and a bed covered with straw mats and furs, the most eye-catching thing was undoubtedly the paper rolls and cloth piled up on the top several wooden tables, This is obviously the same as the Great Tent of Dionysius, which shows that the consul was on the march and at the same time dealing with many affairs within the alliance at all times......

O these two tyrants of the Western Mediterranean! An inexplicable feeling rose in Phoebedas's heart.