"I think Patroclus will make more use of the 500 Mountain Scout Brigade soldiers in his hands, they are the key to victory."

……

The officers watching the battle whispered, and the two protagonists on the field were still glued to the map, thinking hard.

At this time, Tolmid said again: "I announce that the tactical assessment has officially begun!" ”

"Dang!" With a crisp bell, the two protagonists stood up at the same time and took a few steps back, and ten soldiers carried several wide planks into the field, each erected on top of the plank map, cutting off the two from seeing the whole map, of course, Sextus had a defensive advantage, he could see the map more clearly, while Patroclus's line of sight was limited to the southwest corner of the map.

Several tactical executors also stood beside the two protagonists with tactical chess pieces, which were small wooden carvings such as heavy infantry, light infantry, javelinmen, and cavalry, and when they were placed on the map, it made the serious tactical assessment a little fun in the game.

At this time, Martonis picked up two dices and rolled a "7", and after the referees picked up the table for comparison, they said loudly: "Day 1, heavy rain!" ”

After listening to this, the two protagonists think about it and use a white pen to learn the measures they took on the first day on the small wooden board they have with them, and then the executive takes their wooden board to the referee's seat.

The referees, after looking at the order on the board, ruled that it was feasible.

So, the executor followed the orders on the wooden board and began to place tactical pieces on the map.

Mattonis threw another brilliant shot, then glanced at Patroclus and exclaimed, "Heavy rain on the second day!" ”

There was a small commotion among the officers watching the battle, but Patroclus' expression remained unchanged, and after thinking about it, he wrote down his decision again.

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While most of the officers in the Turriyi barracks had gathered in the tactical drill room to watch the two men go through the examination, King Davers, accompanied by the Minister of War, Alexis, arrived at the Turiyi barracks.

Leotizides, the commander of the 1st Army, who had received the news, hurried to meet him.

Upon learning that a tactical assessment was taking place in the barracks, Davers instructed Leotizides not to inform them for the time being, and that he would take the guards to the military conference room first.

"Prosous, which of the two of them do you think will win?" When he was idle, Davers began to talk to Leotizides.

"Patroclus is agile and bold in his actions; Sextus was careful and steady, and he was very calm, and both were excellent officers. According to the information I received, in this assessment, Sextus was in charge of defense and Patroclus was in charge of attacking, this distribution was in line with their fighting style, but in the mountains, the defense was more dominant, and Patroclus probably needed a little luck to win. ”

"Yes, luck is an important factor in determining victory or defeat in war, and it is up to the gods to decide. But in the assessment, it depends on the luck of the dice referee to decide......" Davers said jokingly, then changed the subject: "What do you think about whether to send legions to the border to build fortifications this time?" ”

"Your Majesty, I don't think it's a problem at all to send the various legions to the border in turn for more than half a year. In fact, each legion did not stay on the frontier for too long, and there were nearly 20 legions in the kingdom, and it would take at least a few years to take the turn, and besides, these legionnaires had many slaves of their own, and their families had enough labor to take care of the housework......" Leotizides replied without hesitation.

Henipolis pursed his lips on the side, and said in his heart: Of course you Prosous would say so, in your eyes is there anything else besides the military! Ever since you became the commander of the First Legion, the citizens of the entire Turiy region have been so tormented by you that they have nicknamed you "The Iron Man......

Davers listened attentively and nodded his head from time to time.

The two chatted for a while, and Davers seemed to remember something, and asked, "Prosous, you haven't been home in the past six months, have you?" ”

Leotizides was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Your Majesty, I just took over the First Legion and want to get acquainted with this legion as soon as possible, so-"

Davers waved his hand and persuaded with concern: "Don't be too anxious, judging from the current situation, there will be no big war in the kingdom in a short period of time, and the First Legion will not be sent to the battlefield in a short time, you have time to familiarize yourself with the First Legion." You still have to take time out to go back to spend time with your family! Your home is in the city of Turiyi, not far away, you haven't been back to see it once in half a year, and your family has gone to the military department! Those who don't know the situation think that I'm Davers who imprisoned you here, I don't want to suffer this wrong! ”

Davers said jokingly, then patted Leotizides on the shoulder, and said in a gentle but irresistible tone: "Tomorrow you will go home and rest for a few days, so that you can relax yourself and the soldiers, okay?!" ”

Leotizides hesitated for a moment before reluctantly saying, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

"That's right, you have to know how to combine work and rest!" Davers laughed.

The corners of Henypolis' mouth curled slightly.

While the two were talking, Martius, the chief of the palace guard, walked into the military conference room: "Your Majesty, the tactical assessment has ended. ”

"Who won?" Henipolis asked curiously.

"Sextus won." Martius reported to Davers, who was also curious: "Patroclus was unlucky, for it rained heavily for several days before the battle began, which prevented his army from crossing the river, but he still insisted that the engineering battalion build a bridge to attract Sextus's army to the opposite bank, but secretly divided part of his army to set up a raft upstream of the river and risk forcing his way across the river.

Although Sextus had a number of sentry guards to monitor the banks of the river, he discovered the situation, and he quickly sent his troops to stop it, but the referee ruled that Sextus's army could not arrive in time due to distance.

Patroclus's army successfully crossed the river, but many soldiers were drowned by the swelling water. Sextus decisively led his army back into the mountains, and Patroclus immediately set up a defensive camp on the other side of the river, and it took several days for the whole army to cross the river. In the process of marching into the mountains, his army was constantly harassed by the Samonai light infantry sent by Sextus, which slowed down their advance.

Sextus took advantage of this time to build a simple defensive fortress on a dangerous terrain on the road and hoard heavy troops. The two sides launched a fierce offensive and defensive battle here, due to the narrow mountain road, Patroclus's superior forces could not be fully deployed, and at the critical moment, several heavy rains were thrown, which seriously affected the attack of Patroclus's side, so at the end of time, his army still failed to break through the blockade.

However, he secretly sent 1,000 soldiers, mainly composed of mountain scouts, to attack the main camp of Sextus's army by climbing mountains and detouring paths, but because Sextus's main force was still there and Patroclus's rations had run out, the referee finally ruled Sextus win...... However, based on the performance of both parties, the magistrates unanimously ruled that both sides had passed the tactical assessment. ”

After listening carefully, Davers said with feeling: "Although it is only on paper, it also makes them realize the difficulty of fighting in the mountains!" …… However, since this tactical assessment was set against the backdrop of the Samonai Mountains, did the magistrates consider that the troops should avoid the rainy season in the spring? ”

"I asked Tolmid and he said that the battle time was set in the summer, so when designing the table, only two of the 12 weather options were related to rain, which was light rain and heavy rain, but in the assessment, the worst one was thrown many times."

After Martius finished speaking, Davos was also a little surprised, and after a moment he shrugged his shoulders and said: "This just shows that the capriciousness of war is beyond our control, and I think today's tactical assessment is very good, and it is a good lesson for them......"

As Davers spoke, there was already a noise of footsteps outside the door.

Davers stopped talking, took his helmet from Henipolis and put it on his head.

The Minister of War, Alexis, led Chief of Staff Tolmid, Second Army Commander Matonis, and other generals into the conference room, saluted Davers respectfully, and then stood to the side.

Then Patroclus and Sextus walked in, and they knew what was going to happen next, so they were very excited, and after saluting Davers, they stood straight.

Davers looked around the room, then said with a solemn expression, "Let's get started." ”

The Minister of War, Alexis, stepped forward, unfolded the papyrus scroll tied with strips of black cloth in his hand, and read aloud: "In view of the outstanding achievements of Patroclus and Sextus in the past, and the passing of the general examination with excellent results, His Majesty King Davos and the Ministry of War have decided to promote the two to the rank of Legional Commanders!" ”

As soon as his voice paused, cheers rang out all around him, and a smile appeared on the nervous faces of Patroclus.

Alexis continued: "And Patroclus has been appointed commander of the 14th Legion (mainly in the Latin region) and Sextus has been inaugurated as commander of the 18th Legion (in the southern region of Iberia), so he will go to his post immediately without delay!" ”

Felicius on the side was a little surprised: it was reasonable for the two of them to be promoted to corps commanders, but it was rare in recent years to give them practical practices immediately after promotion!