"Brokos, long time no see, I thought you had forgotten your old friend!" Davers greeted him with a smile. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"How could you forget! It's just that after coming back, there are a lot of backlogs that need to be dealt with urgently, and I can't spare time for a while. Burkos explained.

"Oh, so you're finally done now?" Davers said jokingly.

"It's not over." Bulkos said solemnly: "However, there is an important order for the town hall of Turriyi for me to convey to you. ”

"Oh, what important order? The adults of Turii have finally remembered us mercenaries. Davers said teasingly.

"You want me to say it here?" Burkos glanced around.

"I'm sorry, it was my negligence, go to my big tent." Davers apologized as he led them towards the center of the camp.

"This game of 'tug-of-war' was learned from Persia?" Burkos asked.

"I think about it, mainly because I am worried that if the soldiers stay in the barracks for a long time and have nothing to do, some accidents may happen, so let them play sports competitions, which can not only consume their energy, but also exercise their bodies and cultivate teamwork skills. In fact, there is a reward for holding the final winner of this competition, and I have come up with a lot of money myself. ”

"You've managed these mercenaries very well!" Bulkos complimented, and then changed the subject: "But you don't have to worry anymore, soon you will have something to do." ”

Davers was not surprised: "The Lucanians are all in front of us, and Turii is not going to do anything, I thought you were ready to give them the land outside the city." ”

Hearing the resentment in Davers's words, Bulkos was thinking about how to respond, but out of the corner of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of a four-meter-high stone wall inside the wooden wall on the right, and said in surprise: "Are you still going to build another stone wall?" ”

Davers blinked, "The floor of that section of the wooden wall was damp, so it wasn't strong enough, so I built another stone wall with those waste stones to prevent it from being breached." ”

"You and your soldiers are so amazing that you actually built the camp into a city!" Burcos criticized implicitly.

"We can't help it, the number of people is too small, if we don't build the camp stronger, Turi is surrounded, and our mercenaries rescue, we are surrounded, who will come to the rescue? So it's all on your own! Dave said solemnly.

"And the market outside is also related to the defense of the camp?" Burkos asked rhetorically.

"At first, I just wanted to rely on the market to buy and sell things to meet my daily needs, but I didn't expect it to turn out like this...... But don't worry, when the Lucarians are defeated, everything will be back to normal. Davers assured him.

Bulkos just wanted to gain some psychological advantage in the rest of the conversation, after all, only the town hall and the council could decide whether to force the mercenaries to close the market, so he didn't pursue it further, but decided to go back and report it to Fires. Entering Davers's tent, he said directly: "According to the information detected, the Lucanians may attack Turiyi in two days, and the generals, after deliberation, have decided to meet the enemy, and ask you to join the battle at that time. ”

"Please, what is the plan of the generals and the Lords-in-a-Turry?" Davers said sarcastically. In fact, he was very helpless in his heart, as a participant in a big war, he didn't even have the right to participate in the discussion before the war, which was really a strange thing. He didn't know that the Greek mercenaries were the same when they were under the command of Cyrus the Younger, but at that time, the mercenaries accounted for half of the number of troops, and the strength was strong, and Cyrus the Younger relied on them very much, plus he had deceived the mercenaries in advance and concealed the fact of the rebellion, so when there were excessive demands, he would consult with Clearcus and others...... By the time Davers crossed, Cyrus the Younger had already been killed in battle, and everything was decided by the mercenaries themselves, so everything was discussed by everyone. Now, Davers is back to experiencing the terrible feeling of being in the world when he first came into the world, where everything was decided by someone else, and fate was not in charge.

Burkos was equally helpless. In fact, Philes had proposed that the mercenary leaders should participate in the discussion and plan the battle, but Kunograta firmly refused, saying that it was to prevent an incident similar to Dionysius (Dionysius was the tyrant of Syracuse at this time, he was ousted by the democrats and led by the people, and later bloodily suppressed the democrats by quietly introducing mercenaries into the city, thus securing the throne of the dictator of Syracuse). The hiring of mercenaries was a proposal made by Ferres, discussed by the generals and approved by the council, and handed over to Burkos, who was recommended by Ferres, to be recruited, so he had to avoid suspicion.

"According to the scouts, there are more than 10,000 Lucanian coalition troops. On our side, you have more than 2,000 soldiers, Dracos and them have more than 2,000, Tarantum has 1,500 reinforcements, Turii can send 4,000, and we have 200 cavalry, for a total of nearly 10,000 people......"

After introducing the strength of both sides, Bulcos picked up a branch and gestured on the ground: "The generals' plan is that the reinforcements of Tarantum will be on the right flank when they are arrayed, and given that they have the least number of troops, Adrianx and Sesta's thousand men will be added to it; The middle lane is our Turiyi troops, and due to the last defeat, the young and middle-aged citizens of Turiyi have been greatly reduced, so more than half of the four thousand people are citizens over forty years old, so the one thousand men of Dracos will be added to the middle lane; Whereas...... Since your troops are experienced in combat and the strongest, your troops are in charge of the left flank, along with a hundred cavalry. Another hundred Tarantum cavalry were grouped on the right flank. Of course, this is just a plan, and when it comes to the battlefield, there may be changes depending on the enemy's situation......" Bulkos finished speaking, watching the expression on Davers's face.

Davers rested his jaw in one hand, looked at the pattern on the ground and fell into deep thought, and was silent for a long time.

Bulkos was nervous.

"Want to hear my opinion?" Davos raised his head, pointed to the sketch on the ground, and said calmly: "The troop configuration given by Turiyi should be relatively balanced, obviously the generals mean to use our defense to drag down the enemy's attack through a protracted confrontation." ”

Bulkos nodded: Ferreth had said something similar when he explained to him why he had set up the formation this way. Davers lived up to his name, and just by looking at the sketches, he could deduce the intentions of the generals.

"Although I have not fought against the Lucanians, I have fought against a number of hill tribes in Persia, and their combat characteristics are not too different, fierce, loosely organized, and poorly armed. Perhaps this is the confidence of your generals to dare to do more with less and adopt this kind of formation. But there are a few things to remind your generals—" Davers said, turning his voice up, and saying:

"Last year, more than 10,000 people were killed in the battle with the Lucanians, which means that nearly 10,000 sets of good Greek hoplites have fallen into the hands of the Lucanians, who can use it to update their rudimentary equipment, as happened to me during my reconnaissance in Amendorala. Secondly, according to my reconnaissance cavalry, the Lucanian coalition has at least 13,000 men, more than 3,000 more than us, which means that their formation will be thicker than ours, and their formation will be longer than ours, not only will the force of impact and pushing be greater than ours, but the threat of flanking is also greater, and they have just won a big victory, and their morale must be very high in the face of us. And as far as I can see, you Turiyi people are afraid of the Lucanians in your heart, so after a long battle, it is hard to say who will retreat first in the end. Davers pointed to the motif on the ground that represented the middle of the Tourii with a twig: "Don't forget, there are still half of the 'old men' in here." ”

Bulkos's original confidence that "the Greek heavy infantry fought head-on without fear of the barbarians" was shaken by Davers's words.

"Want to hear about my plans?" At this point, Davers said.