Davers watched Syracuse's envoy Herolis go away, and when he turned around and returned to the living room, his expression was a little more solemn and worried: the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, it seems that Syracuse is preparing for war with Carthage, no matter what the result is, Amendolara must develop as soon as possible and strengthen himself in order to gain a firm foothold in this troubled world. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Two days later, Dionysius, the tyrant of Syracuse, listened to the report of Herois in his palace, and his face was gloomy at first, and then he laughed: "A little mercenary leader has become a consul for life!" What do you think, Masias? ”

Masias, who used to be the leader of the Campania mercenaries, wore a military uniform, stood straight down, and said without thinking: "My lord, I think that as a mercenary leader, you should focus on how to win a battle and win money and honor for yourself, instead of doing something that you will not do at all. While that may seem good, it can easily lead to failure and drag down innocent people. ”

"You're right!" Dionysius praised, patting the back of his chair: "I sit in this position, and every day I tremble and dare not slack off!" A mercenary who can only fight bravely and ruthlessly dares to be the tyrant of a city-state! ”

Herrolis couldn't help but say, "My lord, this Davers is not a tyrant, but a lifelong consul elected by the people of Amendolara!" ”

"What do you mean by this, Herolis?!" Dionysius' eyes as sharp as knives looked straight at Herolis.

Only then did Jerolis realize that he had inadvertently touched the scales of Dionysius, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat, lowered his head, and did not dare to speak again.

Dionysius looked at him carefully for a long time before retracting his gaze and said disdainfully: "He just played a small trick, it can only be said that this young man is still a little clever, no wonder he can win a few battles." It's a pity that there is no vision. Felistos, do you know how many citizens there are in Amendolara? ”

On the left side of the nearest Dionysius, a middle-aged man with a graceful temperament spoke: "As far as I know, there should be less than four thousand citizens, and of course the number is far less than that now. ”

"Listen, even when Amendolara was not in the midst of the war, there were only 4,000 citizens at most, which is not as many as the citizens of a neighborhood in the Greek city of Kuza." Dionysius shrugged and said with a slight disdain.

Laughter rang out in the palace.

"If the mercenary leader of Davers comes to me, and when he defeats Carthage, Marsala, Palermo, Eriche, Egadi Island, Sejesta and other cities as he chooses, he will be better than the small city of Amendolara, but unfortunately he will not have another chance!" Dionysius finished speaking with pride, and then looked at Macias: "How is the army preparing to attack Carthage?" ”

"Now more than 10,000 mercenaries have come to camp outside the city of Syracuse, and we in Syracuse can mobilize at least 40,000 citizen soldiers, including the army of the city-states of Catanay, Leotini, Toannis, Pacinus, etc., about 20,000 people...... In addition, there were two thousand cavalry. Your Excellency, you have an army that has never been more powerful than ever before in the history of the Greek city-states! Even Athens, the most powerful of the time, did not have such a large army! Macias said excitedly.

Dionysius' expression was calm, and he turned his gaze to his own brother Reptines: "How is the navy prepared?" ”

Although Reptines and Dionysius are brothers, they seem to be a little honest and honest, but in fact they are. Because of this, Dionysius trusted this brother very much and promoted him to the position of commander of the navy of Syracuse. At this time, he replied: "Now there are one hundred and fifty three-layer warships, and together with the other warships, there are three hundred and twenty warships of all sizes. ”

"It's not enough......," Dionysius sighed, his fingers tapping the back of his chair sharply, "You must understand that there are two indispensable things to fight Carthage - warships and cavalry, and we are not enough for both. Reptines, it looks like you're going to have to urge the other city-states to speed up the construction of warships. As for the cavalry, Masias, you send men to the Apennines to recruit the Celtic cavalry. Felistos, you go and ask Sparta to recruit some Thessalian cavalry. Ladies and gentlemen, we must speed up! Next spring, we're going to start attacking Geira! ”

The three of them immediately responded: they will do their best to complete the task assigned by Dionysius!

"Masias, work hard! It would be a shame for a small mercenary leader to annihilate the barbarian natives with 2,000 men, and that we have the largest army in the Greek city-state and not be able to create even greater glory! Dionysius was still concerned about Davers' rejection of him, and encouraged Macias.

"Don't worry, my lord, I won't let you down!" Masias immediately took a stand.

"Very well, Macias!" Dionysius praised again, and then he waved his hand: "Felistos stay, and you all go down." ”

Gerolis, Masias, Reptines, and the other two courtiers retreated, but Dionysius' gaze followed Herrolis' back until Felistus called his name.

"Don't you think Herois has changed a bit?" Fingers tapped on the back of the chair, and Dionysius had a haze on his face.

Felistos was startled, and cautiously defended Herolis: "My lord, I didn't find anything, Herolis is still the same as before." ”

Dionysius glanced at him: "You have a good relationship with him, I know. I also miss the help he gave me during my most difficult times, so I don't want anything to ruin our friendship! Dionysius said with some emotion: "...... Recently, I heard that he was studying the history of Egypt, and I thought I could give him a period of leave so that he could concentrate on his research......" Dionysius muttered to himself, and Felistos sighed in his heart: "My lord, I understand......"

"It's only temporary......," Dionysius reassured.

"Fili, Philosanus is your friend, could you please invite him here?" Dionysius changed his words and said, "I have just written a poem, and I would like to ask him to judge it with you. You know, the last time I was discussing poetry with him, I offended him by not saying a word, and I haven't come to me for three months. ”

"Philosanus is a good person, he just likes to put on a show, I will try my best to help you persuade him to come." Felistos laughed and teased: "My lord, you all-round general also has times when you can't do anything with ordinary citizens!" ”

Dionysius also laughed and spread his hands: "So who said that I was a dictator of Dionysius!" ”

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During this time, Davers and the military officer Philicus were busy with the reorganization of the city-state's army.

After the mercenaries became citizens of Amendolala, there were more than 1,000 soldiers in the original Dracos, Cesta and Adrianx, more than 1,800 soldiers under Davers, nearly 300 after the slaves became freemen, and about 250 citizens of the original city-state belonged to the service age range, and the total number of people who could fight in Amendolara was about 3,500.

Originally, the highest position of the mercenary army was the captain of the brigade (in fact, it was held by Davers himself), and the highest establishment was the brigade, but with the increase in the number of combatants, the original establishment could no longer adapt to the actual situation of the current city-state. After discussing with Phellisius, Davers decided to add a higher level of army establishment, which Davers named "Legion", the highest position of corps commander, still held by Davers himself, the tentative establishment of the main force of 7,000 people, under the jurisdiction of seven brigades (six heavy infantry brigades and one light infantry brigade), each brigade of 1,000 people, the highest position of the captain (later commonly known as "commanders"); A brigade has five companies, each with 200 people, and the highest position is the company leader (also commonly known as centurion); A company has four detachments, each with 50 people, and the highest rank is the leader of the detachment.

Due to the influence of Rome in his previous life, Davers was originally going to abolish the detachment and replace it with a hundred-man detachment, but Phellisius objected, believing that the detachment was quite advantageous in melee battles and mountain stations, because it was more mobile and flexible, and with the support of four detachments, the company's ability to fight independently was greatly enhanced. After much deliberation, Davers finally agreed with Philicios. Since then, the detachment has been established as a unique military system in the city-state under the command of Davers, and the detachment leader, as the lowest rank among the officers, plays a key role in the legion, and is later revered by the soldiers as the "head of the army". Later, many of the generals under Davers were proud of being the captain of the detachment, so much so that Davers once issued a military order stipulating that only those who had served as the captain of the detachment for two years could be eligible for promotion to the position of the upper regiment, which made the position of the detachment leader even more dazzling, of course, this is a later story.

A detachment has five squads, each with ten people, and the highest rank is the squad leader (later renamed "sergeant major", which is held by veterans). In addition, there are cavalry brigades, engineering battalions, medical battalions, baggage battalions in the corps...... The actual number of its legions may be as high as eight thousand, of course, these are only assumptions for now.

Since the city-state of Amendora had only about 3,500 men in battle, Davers organized it into four brigades.

The soldiers of the first brigade are all from the mercenaries led by Davos, and the selection of its captain gives Davers and Felicius a little headache, in terms of ability and prestige, Antonios is on par with Cappus, and later considering that Antonios is serving as the city-state inspector, which is the third person in the city-state public office after the consul and the city administrator, for the sake of balance, Davos decided that Capps should be the first captain after talking to the two.