Clotocatacac, who had been instructed by Davers, obviously did not have such thoughts, and he first walked up to Leoticides, solemnly saluted him, and then said earnestly: "General Prosous, thank you for your meritorious service to the king's kingdom!" Father understands your request to resign as commander and hopes you don't pay too much attention to it! He also asked me to bring you a letter written by him. ”

After saying that, he took out the letter from his bosom with a slightly exaggerated gesture and slowly handed it to Leoticides.

This scene was seen and heard by those around him, especially the generals of the army, who immediately understood one thing: although the fact that "Prosous was the prince of Sparta" had been confirmed, he still did not lose the weight of King Davers.

Since the visit of Agosilaus, with the connivance of some people, some news has spread among the army, which has made the morale of the army somewhat unstable, and even if Leoticides tried his best to rectify it, the effect was not very good, because there were rumors that Prosous would be removed from his post as commander and returned to his home country to be investigated and punished.

Now it seems that this rumor is only half true, and General Prosous is still respected by His Majesty, which can at least reassure the officers and men of the First Legion.

Leo's face fluctuated when he mentioned Desmune, he took the letter and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust!" I wish Your Highness all the best in the next battle! ”

"The general has made great achievements, and he is familiar with the situation in the Peloponnese, and I still have a lot to ask the general for advice!" Klotocatax said sincerely.

"Yes." Leoticides nodded unceremoniously.

Klotocatax turned to the commander of the Fourth Legion and said in the same earnest words: "Uncle Olivers, I am the first commander to be in command, and I hope to get your help!" ”

After the visit of Agosilaus, Oliver saw a glimmer of hope that he would take over as commander, but when the envoy of the Ministry of War arrived in Messenia before the fleet and announced the new appointment, the commander of the army, who was a friend of Davers in distress, immediately understood the intention of His Majesty, and quickly adjusted his mentality. At this moment, he said with a smile on his face: "Your Highness Cloto, please rest assured, I will do my best to assist you!" ”

"Thank you, Uncle Oliver!" Klotocatax thanked him, then turned to the Sixth Legionnaire, "Commander Trotiras, it's a pleasure to fight alongside you—"

Before Clotokataxus finished speaking, Trotilas quickly gave a military salute and said loudly: "Your Highness, please rest assured, I will strictly abide by military law and carry out the orders you have given!" ”

Although Trotilas was also one of the Mernon mercenary soldiers, he was not in Davers's company, so he did not develop a deep friendship with Davers during his time in Persia like Shiros, Matonis, and Oliver. However, he himself is very content, he thinks: compared with those comrades who died, were disabled, and retired, it has been the greatest blessing given to him by Hades to have the status he has now, and even when Giogris retired and the Ministry of War wanted to promote him to the commander of the Fifth Army, he also expressed his refusal and stayed in Cilitin. Now, he didn't have much thought about the position of commander, and even if it was Crotocáttax, who had no military experience, he was convinced that King Davers, who had led them to countless victories, would not arbitrarily give the appointment.

Having received a face-to-face promise from the two commanders of the expeditionary force, it was much easier for Croto Kataks to take over the army next, and he walked happily to Tisias.

When Tisias saw Klotocatax approaching, he immediately bowed respectfully and saluted: "Your Highness! ”

Klotocatax hurriedly held him up: "Lord Tisias, hard work! My father asked me to bring him a message, and this was his exact words: 'When you come to Messenia, you must go and see Tisias and tell him that he has done a good job in the task assigned to him by the kingdom!' I hope that he will lead the other citizens of Dionya to continue their efforts to make Messenia develop faster and better, so that it will not only become Dionia's staunchest ally in Greece, but also become a very powerful ally! If they can do this, the Kingdom will not forget what they have done! ’……”

Tisias turned around and said excitedly to everyone, "Have you all heard, this is Your Majesty's affirmation of our achievements!" His Majesty also encourages us to build Messenia better! ”

"King Dionya wins!!" The excited shouts of the former Ionian legislators also drew the local Messenian legislators to follow suit.

While the Messenian councillors led by Tisias were enthusiastically reporting the situation in Messenia to Klotocatax, Oliver and Trotilas also met with Quetsus, Protors, the commander of the First Cavalry Corps, Cucius, and the commander of the Seventh Legion, Tegtinos.

"Printors, I will entrust you with the next matter of assisting His Highness in handling military affairs." Although Printors was chief of staff and was higher in rank than Olivers, Olivers was a veteran of the army, so his words were preachy.

Printors did not seem to be displeased with this, but said humbly: "No, Captain Olivers, I can't do it alone, this needs all of us to discuss and work together to finally win this expedition to Greece!" ”

Oliver was stunned for a moment, his face was slightly red, he was sent a new appointment from the Ministry of Military Affairs, and after he learned that the chief of staff, Printors, had become the temporary staff officer of this army, he understood that it was obviously His Majesty who wanted him to escort Clotokataxques, and he was inevitably a little jealous in his heart. However, this high-ranking official of the military department of the kingdom, who was more than ten years younger than him, not only took the initiative to discuss with everyone, but also showed respect in accordance with the requirements of military law, which made Oliver himself too stingy.

Just as he was still hesitating to make amends, he heard Printors say again: "Although His Highness lacks military experience, he is very intelligent, and he is level-headed, and has the blessing of Hades, and has the talent to be a good commander. Moreover, before leaving, His Majesty repeatedly instructed me that I could give His Highness all kinds of advice, and even criticize and correct the orders he was going to give, but it was better not to exercise command in his place! ”

Olivers was silent for a moment, his eyes swept over Printors, and he said to the people behind him: "Quetesus, I didn't expect that it would be you who will take over as the commander of the First Legion!" ”

"I didn't expect that I had already retired, and I was actually called back by the Military Affairs Department and became the commander of the first corps! Lord Olivers, you know, I don't want to be the commander of this legion, there are too many troubles, but luckily it's only temporary. Ketissus spread his hands and smiled teasingly: "But I'm still very happy to be the commander of the First Legion, ahead of you." ”

The reason why Chemisus dared to joke like this was because he had a good relationship with Oliver, who belonged to Mattonis in the early years and was lazy by nature, which made the strict Mattonis very nerve-wracking, while Olivers, who had always been against Mattonis, quietly sent people from time to time to encourage Ketissus to continue to do so......

Oliver really laughed and scolded: "Okay, you Chtishus, a temporary First Legion Commander will let your tail go up to the sky!" With your retired body, can you lead the First Legion well? ”

"You're two years older than me, you can, and so can I." Hurtisus sneered.

"You kid...... You have a hard mouth now, I'll give you the wind tonight, and see if I don't pour you down! Oliver laughed.

Chemisus stopped talking, for he couldn't drink enough.

"Lord Olivers, do you have me at the banquet tonight?!" Tygetinos, the commander of the Seventh Legion, interjected.

In the Western Mediterranean War, Tegaltiros led the 9th Army to conquer the entire island of Sardinia, although the 3rd Fleet played a great role, but Tegaltiros was still indispensable, so after the war, Davers had planned to transfer Tegaltiros to the Ministry of War, replacing the aged Silonimus, as the commander of military training, but he refused, he preferred to stay in the army, so Davers had to promote him to a higher regiment as much as possible (according to the military tradition of the kingdom, The higher the rank of the commander, the higher the status in the army, of course, this does not mean that the combat effectiveness of the legion is also higher), and it happened that at this time, the commander of the seventh legion, Zantiparis, died of illness, and was replaced by Tegalosjie.

Soon after, Giogris was persuaded by Davers to become quartermaster and vacate the position of commander of the Fifth Legion. The Ministry of War issued a document again to let Tegtinos take over, but he refused, he said: I just arrived in Locke, and the soldiers have not yet recognized it, so they were transferred, it is like being a deserter, or let me take the commander of the Seventh Army before I talk about it.

In the end, the Ministry of Military Affairs had no choice but to make the former commander of the 10th Army, Melisanda, the commander of the 5th Army.

"Of course there are you, how can you be missing this wine barrel!" Oliver smiled, he turned to Trotilas and said: "This time is really rare, the four army commanders who gathered in Messenia are all comrades in Persia back then, tonight the four of us will have dinner and drink together, and have a good chat about the past!" ”

Trotilas glanced at Klotocatax, who was chatting with Tisias not far away, and said softly: "It's okay to have a dinner, but it's best not to drink, although the army has not fought during this time, we are still in a state of war, and drinking is forbidden, not to mention that His Highness has just arrived, and several of our legion commanders have gathered to drink, which is afraid——"