The vacant position of company captain after Capus was promoted, Davers proposed to take twenty sub-captains of five companies under the jurisdiction of the First Brigade as candidates for the soldiers to be elected, and after the results came out, Davers was a little surprised, and Matonis was elected, and the reasons are: first, he protects his shortcomings, so the soldiers love him; The second is that he fought bravely and was respected by the soldiers. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The soldiers of the second brigade are composed of mercenaries brought by Dracos, Sesta, and Adrianx, because Dracos brought the most mercenaries, coupled with his courage and tenacity, so he is often the main force of the three in battle, so the captain of the group is Dracos. Sesta and Adrianks were the captains of the 1st and 2nd Companies of the 2nd Brigade, respectively.

The soldiers of the third brigade consisted of six and seven heavy infantry companies of the original Davers mercenaries (mainly soldiers of the expeditionary force who joined the expeditionary force in Byzantium), the original citizens of Amendolara, the freedmen of the city-state who were slaves in the baggage camp, and a small number of mercenaries of Dracos. The commander of the first company of the 3rd Brigade was Agacia.

Then there was the Seventh Brigade, the Light Infantry Brigade, which was led by Epitenis and concurrently served as the commander of the first company, the second company was led by Zpit, and the third company was led by Alpunes, a total of more than 600 men.

In addition, there was the cavalry, captain Ryders.

Davers also made strict rules for the helmets of officers of all ranks: the helmet of the detachment commander must be decorated with a white tassel, the company commander's helmet must be red, the captain must have a purple helmet, and the corps commander's helmet must be red, white and purple. At the same time, it is also stipulated that the crown and hat of the team officers must be arranged from front to back, so as to facilitate unity and combat. Of course, Davers only made a stipulation, and the treasury did not have the money to help the officers with uniform modifications, so they had to rely on themselves.

But as soon as the regulations came out, the officers immediately paid for it and found a way to go to Heraclia or the Turiyi weapon shop (at the moment Amendolara is in ruins, there are no shops) to amend it, because it is the honor of the soldiers. In his previous life, when Davers watched movies and television, he always thought that the helmets of ancient Western generals were decorated with high hats and tassels just to be gorgeous and good-looking, showing the difference in their identities, but in fact, they were flashy. After more than half a year of his career, Davers deeply realized that this kind of dress was very necessary: in the fierce battle between the two sides, after a long time, the formation was easy to be confused, once the soldiers left the team and lost their organization, they could not only look for the military flag, but also find the officers through the towering and gorgeous hats in the crowded dense forest, and automatically move closer to the officers, and reorganize the formation and restore combat effectiveness. In addition, the herald can easily find the location of the team officers and generals, and convey the new orders of the superiors in time. This is just like the military rank system in the previous life and later, but in the era of cold weapons, if the rank mark of the general was inlaid on the shoulder, even the most powerful soldiers could not see it on the dusty battlefield with the sound of killing.

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Early in the morning, the citizens of Amendolara, as well as the freedmen, arrived in the square in full arms.

The freedmen had just been freed from slavery and had no money to buy weapons and equipment.

However, after the defeat of the last Battle of Turiyi, in order to let the Davers mercenaries continue to defend the plains of Xubari and contain the Lucanians, Turiyi gave the mercenaries thousands of complete sets of weapons and equipment, and after the annihilation of the Lucanian coalition army, the mercenaries took off nearly 10,000 sets of shields, guns and armor on thousands of corpses (including the camp where Lucania was burned to ruins), of course, these weapons and equipment belong to all mercenaries, and should not be classified into the Amendolara weapons warehouse.

There was a heated discussion among the officers on how to distribute the spoils, and the unanimous opinion was that the money from the sale of the spoils should be divided equally among each soldier. Davos put forward his own proposal: wounded and disabled soldiers should set up a weapons shop in the market of Amendolara to repair and sell weapons and equipment captured in battle, and the profits obtained would be used to subsidize the lives of soldiers who were injured or even disabled in the battle now and in the future.

This suggestion was immediately unanimously approved by the officers, and when the soldiers learned about it, they were all grateful to Davers, after all, no one could guarantee that they would not be injured in battle in the future, and with these "disability allowances", they had less scruples about fighting.

So a large weapons shop quickly opened in the market, and launched its own signature "Legion", which was very large and well armed, and was allowed to be rented in view of the fact that the full set of equipment of the heavy infantry was worth four hundred to six hundred drachmas, which was very expensive. Even though the rent was not a small amount, the freedmen were willing to rent because they knew that only by joining the army and participating in the war could they quickly become citizens and acquire land! At the same time, being a soldier is the glory of a citizen, and the best way for freedmen to quickly improve their status as a city-state!

But where does the money come from? The freedmen did not have to worry for long, and soon found that a bank called "Christoia" had opened in the market, with a very low interest rate (compared to the interest rate on loans in the Greek city-states at that time), and it was known that Christoya was the wife of the consul Davers, and these freedmen who had accompanied the mercenaries on the expedition knew what Davers was and resolutely borrowed money from this bank. This became the first loan from Christoya's bank.

Now, after the soldiers arrived at the square, they found the squad to which they belonged, began to merge into the ranks of the detachment under the leadership of each squad leader, and then merged into the company to form a small phalanx, and finally entered the area specified by the brigade in order. Although the whole process was a little slow, it was not chaotic, and finally three large squares were formed in an orderly manner.

Only the third brigade is still in the whole team......

Phellisius frowned slightly when he saw Davers on the stage, and hurriedly said: "My lord, the soldiers of the third brigade come from the most complicated sources, especially those free people who have never received military training before, and the original citizens of Amendolara have not received strict training, so-"

Davers interrupted him: "I understand, so Hieronymus has a heavy responsibility. I heard that he asked a lot of veterans from the first brigade to come over, and even the always amiable Kapus was anxious with him. ”

"Yes, sir. Hieronymus is also in a hurry, he is a very responsible person! Phellisius tactfully explained.

Davers smiled: "Soldiers, you must have the strength to work seriously and not admit defeat, I believe that Hieronymus will soon let the third brigade catch up!" ”

Then he asked, "Are the Lucarians here?" ”

"Here we are." Phellisius pointed to a small slope in the southeast corner of the square, and said worriedly: "My lord, there are eight or nine hundred of them, in case there is chaos-"

"That's just right!" Davers said disapprerovingly: "The soldiers in the square can annihilate them nearby, I don't think Wesbah and his son will be so stupid." What's more, even the women of their clan have become the wives of our citizens, and most of them are here today to cheer for their husbands......"

Davers looked at the hillside in the distance and ordered, "Beat the drums." ”

The drummer swings the drumstick and begins to rhythmically hit the big drum in front of him.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ......" Hearing the sound of drums, the soldiers in the square began to stand still, continuing to adjust their formation, and when the four phalanxes were neat and the footsteps were neat, "Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ......" The majestic sound of footsteps frightened the mountain birds and the wild beasts to flee, like thunder in the sky, and the mountains trembled......

Cornerus and other old citizens were shocked and muttered, "This is ...... Is this the army that shook Persia and annihilated the Lucanians! Sure enough...... Sure enough, it's different! ”

When the Lucanians saw this, most of them were pale and silent.

The women and children outside the stadium cheered loudly and excitedly.

Davers felt the tremor of the mountain and hurriedly waved his hand to stop.

The drummer slammed the drum twice, then let go, and the square soon fell silent, as if the previous loud noise had never happened. A free man had an itchy throat, and as soon as he coughed, he was glared back viciously by the veteran squad leader next to him.

Davers took two steps forward on stage: "Brothers! ”

The audience shouted in unison: "Davers!! ”

"How are you doing with your happy life these days?!"

"Good !!"

"I'm afraid that life is too good, the soles of your feet are weak, and you can't wield a shield spear!"

The soldiers laughed ambiguously.

"Many of you have accompanied me in the Persian conquest and made a name for yourself! Then he came to Great Greece with me, defeated the Lucalian coalition, and made a dazzling feat! Now that you are all citizens of Amendolara, this is a new beginning! From now on, you will protect Amendolara, develop Amendolara, expand Amendolara, and create immortal glory for future generations! Davers said impassionedly.

The soldiers swung their bayonets up and down and shouted in unison with excitement.

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!!"

"Wansheng !!"

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"You're not a soldier, what's your pleasure about?" Strompori couldn't help but say when he saw Anticles beside him raise his left hand and cheer with some excited people cheering with the soldiers.

"This is the real army! This is the army that we have been longing for a long time! Anticles said excitedly, his eyes swept over his mutilated right arm, and his expression darkened again: "It's a pity that I can't go to war with them anymore......"

After all, Strompoli and Anticles are old neighbors and have a good relationship, so he didn't continue to say cool words, but said with concern: "Didn't you hate these outsiders for robbing you of the position of patrol leader?!" ”