Chapter VIII Meetings
The fog is really worthy of being the fog capital, and every day is foggy. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Su Shi didn't lose sleep last night because of the bloody killing, it's not that he doesn't have normal human emotions, it's that he's too tired! The two or three times when he was desperately defending the city yesterday had already exhausted Su Shi into a dog.
But things are only worse, Su Shi woke up this morning and his whole body hurts!
Fortunately, fortunately in misfortune, Su Shi is different from the past, and there are more than 20 people under his command! At least you don't have to go up on it yourself from time to time.
"Your Excellency Deputy Centurion, Centurion Chief, please come with me to today's combat meeting!"
Not long after Su Shi got up, the herald brought the news.
"Oh? Where is it going? Su Shi thought for a moment and asked.
"Report, it's the court. The captain is holding a meeting at the courthouse! “
After the reform of Marius, the Roman legion was divided into three large groups, one of which commanded ten squadrons, and one squadron managed ten squadrons.
Managers are called sergeant major, centurion, group leader, and corps commander.
Now, as a deputy centurion, Su Shi is already qualified to participate in a meeting of this level, but he is just an observer, unless Su Shi really has a particularly good idea.
Rome claims to be democratic, but apparently it won't come exactly according to this, otherwise Nero wouldn't have become emperor!
"Lord Su Shi? Please hurry, or it won't be good to delay time. The herald couldn't help but urge when he saw where Su Shi was standing.
"Well, okay. Let's go! Su Shi nodded in response.
Su Shi naturally went alone, and it was definitely impossible for a deputy centurion to bring another escort or something.
Wearing armor and being sore all over, Su Shi only now realized that this city was really a bit big, but no matter how long the road was, there would always be a time to finish, not to mention that the court was not too far from the wall where Su Shi was stationed.
The architectural style of the court is completely the benchmark of Roman architecture, a grandiose and vast building.
Looking at it can really give people a very shocking feeling, when Su Shi walked into the court, he felt even more magnificent, just the huge sculpture gave people a solemn and majestic feeling, and the openness around it did not seem empty but majestic!
But Suser wasn't here to enjoy the scenery.
Someone from afar called out to him, "Su Shi, come here!" “
Needless to say, this person must be Su Shi's immediate boss, Centurion Bori.
After meeting with the centurion, he passed through several gates several times taller than a human and finally arrived at his destination.
He pushed the door open, but he was surprised by the people he saw, one of them was the guy who helped him sit in the sergeant's position after some trading that day!
But it's not surprising to think about it, the person who has the ability to be promoted to sergeant major must be at least a centurion level, and looking at the way he is surrounded by everyone, he is definitely not an ordinary centurion among everyone!
Su Shi thought to himself, "I became a sergeant major with his help, he must have subconsciously regarded me as a member of his faction, and when the meeting is held, as long as he shows a little favor, he may be able to make him support my plan, so that I can show my face in front of the captain!" ”
But this will have to be seen what will be discussed later, maybe the set that Su Shi himself understands will not be able to use?
After a while, a few people came outside the door one after another.
The person sitting at the top of the conference table stood up and said, "Alright, everyone is here." Now the meeting is officially open! “
The people sitting at the scene were only at the level of a centurion, and a deputy centurion like Su Shi could only stand, but he was a little tired of Su Shi, but fortunately, the meeting finally officially began.
I saw that the captain ordered someone to spread out the map and said, "First of all, I have to make it clear. I will never allow anyone to propose a retreat! We must wait until the citizens have finished evacuating through the docks! At the current pace, the withdrawal will be complete this afternoon. ”
After saying that, he wanted to say something again, but he stopped, "But... But the ships that our troops have withdrawn can only wait until tonight! ”
It was like a pebble being thrown into the calm water of a lake, and it immediately caused a fierce reaction from everyone.
"What? That's impossible! It was already an almost impossible task to hold on until this afternoon, how could it be possible to hold on until the evening?!! “
"yes, it's killing us!"
......
True, the fog today is not as great as usual, and it is likely that the enemy will soon attack. The opponent's large number and sufficient manpower caused the opponent's soldiers to attack the city to be full of energy. But their own side is full of troops and exhausted!
In a word, it's almost an impossible task!
Looking at the captain's flat expression, it was obvious that he had expected this reaction, and patted the table with his hand and said, "Quiet! ”
"I know it's hard, but it's the Legion Commander's order! Can't be violated! “
As soon as everyone heard the legion leader, they immediately fell silent, which made Su Shi very curious, this legion leader was really so prestigious?
"Okay, under this premise, let's discuss how to fight." Seeing that everyone was quiet, the captain finally started today's official content.
"First, the defensive strength is still the same as yesterday, three squadrons on the south wall and seven squadrons on the west wall, no problem, right?"
"Sir, the attack force on the south wall is not weak, and the three squadrons are afraid that some of them can't defend it... Do you want to change it to ****? "The person who spoke, although Su Shi didn't know him, was certainly one of the people who defended the southern wall.
"Fart! Do you know how many people are attacking our Western Wall? ”
"Humph! It's as if your Western Wall was miserable, but yesterday we were nearly half damaged! If you don't add manpower, how can you keep it today?! Do you want you to teach me? “
Both of them have a violent temper and quarrel when they disagree.
"Enough! The Western Wall is too important to be lost. With that, the captain paused and thought before saying, "... But the south wall is indeed understaffed, so be it. The West Wall transferred fifty people to the South Wall to replenish the manpower! So let's move on to the next question. ”
"Although the order does not allow retreat, we must consider the possibility of rout. However, due to the lack of manpower, we only have to think about the second line of defense. Let's talk about what you think. “
I have to say that all of you here still have a certain degree of military literacy.
"The opponent has a large number of opponents, and we have to try to deploy in narrow places so that we can play to our individual advantage." Another centurion who Su Shi didn't know said.
"Yes, let's build a second line of defense around the court, the court is on higher ground and can maintain enough crossbow suppression power."
When everyone saw that someone's suggestion was adopted, everyone's thoughts were immediately activated.
"We must have enough scorpion crossbows to defend ourselves, otherwise we will definitely not be able to defend it when the other party rushes up!"
"Heh, everyone knows what you're talking about, but where did it come from?"
"Hmph, are you here to dismantle the stage? Why do you pick on you as soon as I speak? ”
"Hehe, I'm just telling the truth, where did you tell you to get so many scorpion fire crossbows for you?"
”....“
The two people who were arguing were none other than the two who had quarreled before. Maybe it's not a good fit for them to stay together?
However, how to get enough scorpion fire crossbows to arm the defense is indeed a problem, and all the defensive equipment has been moved to the city, but it is impossible to move them, right? It's just that my side didn't lose fast enough!
This is distressing to the captain, and after thinking about it, he can only say, "That's it, try to keep the scorpion fire crossbow when you retreat, if... If it really doesn't work, destroy it on the spot! Absolutely not left to the enemy! “
Everyone can only listen to the second half of this order, everyone knows that the scorpion fire crossbow is extremely heavy! How could he still carry such a burden when running for his life!
"Captain! I have something to say. “
While everyone was thinking about how to destroy their weapons during the retreat, a voice that was somewhat unfamiliar to everyone sounded.
"You are?" Obviously, the captain didn't know who this person was.
"In Lower Susso, it's the deputy centurion who was appointed yesterday." Undoubtedly, the person who spoke was Su Shi.
"Hehe, what do you have to say as a skinny, weak little cub? Can you figure it out? “
"Hmph, that's, that's. It's up to you? “
......
Su Shi is also helpless, you said that I didn't provoke you two generals, why did you come to squeeze me?
But fortunately, the captain spoke: "Quiet! Su Shi, right? What do you have to say? ”
Su Shi tried to stand as straight as he could, and said vigorously, "I have a way to ensure the safety of the Scorpion Crossbow, and also make the army retreat more safely!" ”
"Boy, you have to be careful when you speak, don't talk nonsense here!"
As soon as Su Shi finished speaking, another person jumped out to attack him. Su Shi is really speechless, he doesn't know one or two, as for it? But thinking about it from another angle, Su Shi also understood that if he was given a way by him, the deputy centurion, wouldn't it show that they were all waste.
But someone still stood up to help Su Shi speak, it was none other than the big tyrant who sponsored Su Shi!
"Don't be sour here, just because you can't do it doesn't mean that others can't do it. Some people can't come up with a good solution if they don't have enough brains! After saying that, he glanced at someone sitting here with his eyes.
"It's like you can think of it!"
"I can't think of it, but..."
Seeing that everyone was arguing, the captain slapped the table angrily and said, "Stop! Whoever talks nonsense again will get out of here! With that, he said to Su Shi, "You go on." “
"On weekdays, we usually use soldiers to carry the scorpion fire crossbow, and if we retreat like this, we will inevitably delay the retreat. So we need to modify it. “
"How?" The captain asked curiously.
"It's as simple as putting a plank on it and four wheels. When retreating, everyone raised their shields to pull the cart, and a few people stood on the cart to shoot and defend to suppress the pursuing enemy! “
”......“
"Excellent! Dalix, you immediately arrange for the craftsmen to get ready, and immediately go to the various city walls to transform the scorpion fire crossbow! ... Wait, by the way, get the idea to the corps commander! “
The biggest problem is solved, and the captain is naturally happy. But Su Shike can't let him continue to be happy, he must deepen the influence!
"Report to the captain! I have something more to say. “
"Oh? If you have any other ideas, let's take a look. “
"Although the scorpion crossbow can be withdrawn, the many bows and arrows and javelins will definitely not be able to be withdrawn together when retreating. So we can remove some of them first, and we only need to leave a part that is enough to use. “
After that, it was naturally another bit of a ruffle, but in the end the captain agreed to the plan. A standard was set, and someone was sent to gather the weapons and come here.
After that, it didn't matter to Su Shi, but it was enough to show his face once. Maybe when a centurion dies, it will be Su Shi's turn?
It's really not easy to open this meeting, it all depends on this group of people spraying each other, but Su Shi has only been here for a few days and doesn't know what the distribution of forces here is. But this kind of thing has nothing to do with Su Shi, after all, Su Shi can only stay for three days.
At the end of the meeting, the captain personally commended Su Shi and let Su Shi go back to the front line.
It is worth mentioning that after the meeting, one of the big tyrants found Su Shi and told him a lot about their power...
However, Su Shi did not immediately agree to him, but said that he would talk about it after the war.
That's right, the most important thing for Su Shi now is the war that is about to come!
"Staying alive is the most important thing!"