Instead of letting Arsinis and them carry out the execution, Kritisus took matters into his own hands, as he had good control over the force and the landing point of the blow, which made Tepandes feel very painful without hurting his muscles and bones.

After the ten sticks, Tepandes didn't dare to hum loudly, touched his buttocks, obediently returned to the team, and followed his teammates for rapid marching training.

The sound of heavy footsteps and the clatter of armor continued to sound, and then the young men led by Arcinis and sang the "Song of the Legion" in unison, masking the noise.

After 50 laps, although the entire column formation was not out of order, most of the young people were out of breath, and a few were even unstable on their feet.

When the young men wanted to catch their breath, the stern voice of Chemisus sounded: "The enemy appears 100 meters in front of you, immediately split the column into a phalanx, march steadily for 50 meters, merge into a continuous horizontal formation, and then charge!" ”

Hearing this, there was a small commotion in the team, and some people whispered their dissatisfaction.

Quetsus glanced at the team with a majestic expression and said disdainfully, "What's wrong? You can't do this amount of exercise?! You must know that when the Commander of Amintas led the First Legion in the first battle with the Romans in the territory of Wolsey, in order to seize the fighters, the entire legion of 8,000 people, whether heavy infantry, light armor, or light infantry, marched more than ten miles and immediately entered the battle. You should know that the Romans at that time were very strong in battle, but the soldiers of the First Legion dragged their tired bodies, and finally defeated the Roman army and won the first victory against the Romans, of course, the casualties were not small......"

The gloom in Kthisus's eyes flashed, and he said in an accentuated tone: "You also said that if you want to become an excellent soldier of the First Legion, but you can't even complete this small task, what qualifications do you have to become a regular soldier, I think it is better to take the kingdom's exam and be a public official of the kingdom." ”

The wheezing in the ranks was gone, and each of the young men blushed and glared at Ketisus.

Arcinis shouted: "Attention brothers, the phalanx of the column change detachment!" ”

"Roar!! The youth responded in unison......

In the Kingdom of Dionia, there are also grades of military trainers, the military training officer of the military department is the highest, then the military training officer of a district, then the military training officer of the town, some towns are too large, such as Katanai, it has several military training officers, and each military training officer is in charge of several Demo districts.

After all, the Dioonia Kingdom has a vast territory, and the military camp in a region is only trained once every seven or eight days during the busy agricultural season, and it takes a day for the citizen soldiers to gather in the barracks, so some basic military training in peacetime is often carried out by the military training officers in various towns and various Demo districts, and they will seize all their free time to conduct strict military training for the citizen soldiers nearby, such as morning training and night training. to help the citizen soldiers improve their military capabilities, which is an important manifestation of Dionia's emphasis on military affairs.

The town and demo military trainers were mostly retired legionnaires, who were poorly paid, and held the position mainly out of nostalgia for military life and loyalty to the kingdom. Although Amendolara has developed over the years, the population is only more than 10,000, it is a small town, so there is only one military trainer in Quetissus, but in the past he had to train thousands of people, only because the First Army was transferred to the Peloponnesian to fight, the whole town was left with these few hundred young citizens.

Although it was only a morning training today, it was two hours of non-stop training, and when the red sun in the east jumped out of the sea level, dispelling the morning mist in the mountains and spreading the scorching light, Ketissus announced that the training was over, and all the young people were so tired that they collapsed to the ground.

At this time, Quetesus changed his previous serious expression, walked up to each of the young people, commented on his previous training performance, mostly praised, and also asked Tepandes if he was unwell.

Despite Terpandes' repeated assertions that he was fine, Certesus asked the doctor who had been acting as an ambulance on the sidelines to treat his previous stick wounds, and it was not until all the young men had left safely that Certesus mounted his Bruti horse and descended the gentle mountain path.

Along the way, he greeted and chatted with the people of Amendolara from time to time, and when he got home, it was almost noon, and then he heard the servant tell him that there were important guests waiting in the living room.

"Lord Alexis, how did you have time to come to me?" When Cytesus walked into the hall, he saw the Minister of War, and was a little surprised.

Alexis didn't answer directly, but after looking at him carefully, he said with relief: "It seems that you have been training since you retired. ”

Quetsus sat on the wooden chair and didn't care about Alexis's presence, so he directly took off his cuirass and helmet, and the servants immediately came and took them away.

Quethus's body was a little sore, and he said: "No way, who called me a military trainer, if you want to make those little cubs obedient, sometimes you have to lead by example." ”

"It seems that you are a good military trainer." Alexis praised it, and then said solemnly: "I am here this time to represent Your Majesty and the Ministry of Military Affairs, and ask you to go out of the mountain to take over as the commander of the First Legion." ”

"Succession?" Quetsus was surprised: "Isn't the commander of the First Legion Prosous?!" Although Hurtisus retired after only a few years of serving under Leoticides as commander of the First Legion, he felt that the younger commander was still very capable.

Alexis sighed, briefly recounted the matter of "Prosous is the prince of Sparta", and then said earnestly: "I know that you have always refused to be the commander of the Legion, but now the situation is special, the First Legion is in the battlefield, but it lacks a commander, and a battle may occur at any time, resulting in excessive casualties, and the appointment of others as the commander of the First Legion is worried that they will not have time to familiarize themselves with the Legion, establish prestige, and convince the soldiers that they will not be able to give full play to the combat effectiveness of the First Legion...... I think about it, only you are the most suitable, are you willing to take over the position of Commander at this time and help the First Legion tide over the difficulties? ”

"Well, I'm willing to accept the appointment." Quethusus did not hesitate, but he emphasized: "But this is only a temporary succession, and when the war is over, I will retire and go home." ”

"No problem." Alexis nodded in agreement.

"When are you leaving?"

"It will take a few days, because the Ministry of War is also preparing to send the Seventh Legion and the First Cavalry Corps to Messenia."

"Do you need to send so many soldiers to deal with a Sparta?" Quetthus wondered.

"This is His Majesty's decision." Alexis replied simply.

"By the way, Prosous resigned from the post of commander of the First Legion, and also resigned from the post of commander, so who will take over as commander of the expeditionary force?" It was only then that Quethusus remembered to ask the question.

Alexis hesitated for a moment and said, "Klotocatax." ”

"Who?" Kthissus was stunned for a moment, then realized who the other party was talking about, and immediately widened his eyes: "How can he be the commander!" Even though he was His Majesty's eldest son, he had never had experience commanding armies in battle—"

"Chief of Staff Printoles will serve as temporary staff officer for this army and will be primarily responsible for military affairs." Alexis interrupted him and said something simply. In fact, several chief officers of the Ministry of Military Affairs did not agree with the appointment issued by King Davers, but after all, the army was directly under the jurisdiction of King Davers, and if he insisted, Alexis could only obey.

"With the help of Lord Printors, it would be a bit has......ty to have Prince Klotocatas as commander," Chtis muttered, still muttering.

"This is an order from His Majesty himself!" Alexis emphatically emphasized.

Quethusus stopped talking.

"As a veteran, you have to go to the Peloponnese this time to assist Prince Klotocatax! This is also for the First Legion! Alexis reminded again: "In this case, you will rush to Turriyi to-morrow to meet with His Royal Highness the Prince, and assist him in the military affairs of the expedition." ”

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Quetthus reluctantly agreed.

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The next day Kritsus arrived at the Turij barracks, where he was greeted with great respect and respect by Crotocatax, much to Kristus' surprise and great affection.

In the process of dealing with military affairs in the future, Klotocatax not only actively listened to the opinions of Printors and Certus, but also showed his familiarity with military affairs, and began to change some of Klotsus's misunderstanding that he had no military experience.

A few days later, the Seventh Army moved north and entered the Turii barracks.

A few days later, the Second Fleet arrived from Liliba to the port of Turiyi, and with the welcome of Davers and his ministers, Crotokataxs boarded the ships of the Seventh Army, the First Cavalry Regiment, and a number of other troops, numbering more than 10,000 men, and marched towards the Peloponnese.

In January 370 BC (the twenty-fourth year of the Dionian kingdom), the fleet reached the coast of Messenia.

At the impromptu dock, Klotocatax, who disembarked from the ship, was greeted by the high-ranking officers of the expeditionary force and the Messenian councillors headed by Tisias.

Compared to the others, Leoticides was obviously not a person who could express enthusiasm with words and actions, so he seemed to be a little indifferent in the crowd, if someone else came to take over, the new commander would see Leoticides at this time, more or less think: Leoticides is dissatisfied with his removal from the post of commander!