Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The speed of the Brutian cavalry's advance was slowed down, and once stagnant cavalry was an easier target. In the dust and fog, the cavalry was frightened. Not only did they have to guard against the javelin thrown by the enemy, but they also had to be careful not to be tripped over by their comrades who fell from time to time in front.

Seeing that the cavalry behind him fell into chaos, the cavalry who had rushed forward, led by the leader, had to turn around and charge these Dionia's light infantry to relieve their teammates from their predicament.

Epithenes quickly learned the news of the incoming enemy cavalry, not only did not evacuate the soldiers, but brought some light shield soldiers to meet them. He knew very well that what terrified the cavalry charge was not the spears in the hands of the cavalry, but the running horses. They collided with the light infantry with little protection, and they were either broken or seriously injured. In fact, a dense spear formation is the best way to stop the cavalry charge, but the light infantry does not have this condition, and there is no time to prepare.

In the face of the aggressive Brutian cavalry, he and these battle-hardened former Thracian light shield soldiers took the leather cord to the javelin shaft without any hassle.

Throw! Epithenes roared, struggling to throw the javelin in his hand. The javelin flew flat and straight, and in a blink of an eye, it pierced deeply into the neck of the horse in front of him.

The war horse neighed miserably, and immediately threw the cavalry off the horse.

With this round of throwing by the Light Shield Soldiers, people turned upside down in front of them. They didn't look at the throwing effect, but quickly took out the reverse-blade knife from their waists, raised the leather shield in their left hand, and half-squatted on the ground with a lunge. Side scrolling. When it was too late to avoid them, they would fall to the ground, huddled into a ball, and shielded their heads and chests with leather shields to block the trampling of horses’ hooves. When they saw the opportunity, they would cut the horse's leg with the curved edge of the reverse-blade knife, startling the horse and throwing the cavalry down.

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Just as the Bruti cavalry was in trouble, the troops led by Tspit had already engaged the Bruti light infantry.

The staggered arrows in the air are dense like a thick dark cloud. When it turns into a rain of arrows and falls to both sides, it takes away a piece of fresh life.

After a few rounds, Bruti's light infantry couldn't stand it anymore. After all, all of Dionia's archers were concentrated on the left flank, and their numbers were not comparable to Bruty's equal distribution of light infantry.

But in the center and right flank of the Dionian army, the Bruti light infantry could pour arrows at the Dionian soldiers wantonly, and they even approached and threw javelins within 50 meters.

The Dionian Legionnaires erected long shield walls, using thick copper shields and iron helmets to block the enemy's long-range attack fire.

The team officers kept shouting: Steady! Hold steady! Don't worry! To prevent the soldiers from throwing the javelin in their hands impulsive, it is easy to arouse the enemy's vigilance and disrupt the whole team. defense, resulting in a needless increase in casualties.

Fortunately, as the Bruty infantry got closer, the light infantry had to retreat immediately, quickly passed through the gap between the infantry ranks, and retreated to the rear, otherwise they would be wrapped by the infantry and reach the forefront of the battle. Face to face with heavily shielded and heavily armored Greek heavy infantry.

The Bruty infantry finally began to run, roaring and striding towards the waiting Dionysian phalanx.

Compared with the aggressive Brutian warriors, the Dionian soldiers were calm as a mountain. They held their javelins in their hands and kept their eyes on the distance from the enemy.

When the officers shouted: Javelin!

On the left, middle, and right three roads, in the long army formation of seven or eight miles, one after another dark clouds floated out.

The charging Brutians were caught off guard, and were instantly taken away by the sharp spear tips of hundreds of thousands of warriors' lives. However, the rain of javelins did not slow down the progress of the Brutian warriors. They stepped over the bodies of their comrades, and the speed of progress accelerated, so that many Dionian soldiers did not have time to throw the second javelin. It hit the shield wall of the Dionian Army formation, and immediately knocked out countless cracks in the shield wall.

Brutal warriors rushed in fearlessly, trying to widen the gap. The third and fourth columns of Dionian soldiers quickly raised their shields to meet them,

Push the enemy back with the jab.

For a time, the shields and shields of the soldiers on both sides collided, the spears intersected, the dust and mist filled the air, and the sound of killing was loud...

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When the noonday sun cast a shadow on the small sundial, Onatas, who was in charge of teaching Greek, announced that the morning lessons were over.

When the children cheered, he said solemnly: Children, after you go back, I hope you can familiarize yourself with this poem by Hesiod, preferably memorize it. You must memorize these new words that I teach. Come down, I have to check tomorrow, do you remember?!

Remember, teacher! the students answered in unison.

Especially you, Patroclus. Onatas pointed to the child sitting in the distance, and reminded: This time, I will use snacks when I go back. I don't want to see you stand up again tomorrow, understand?

Patroclus bowed his head in embarrassment.

The surrounding students burst into laughter.

Patroclus' poor performance in Greek class was in stark contrast to how fast and accurate he was in math class.

Onatas left the classroom, and the students cheered and ran out.

Stevoros grabbed Patroclus's arm and urged, Hurry up! Hurry up! It's going to be snatched up later!

The two rushed out of the classroom, and as soon as they turned a corner, they heard an ouch and a little girl fell to the ground.

Hey, are you two blind?! Cynthia scolded, bent down and asked with concern, Kitia, are you alright?

I...it's fine. Kitia replied weakly.

Cynthia pulled her up and glared back at the two boys: Come here and apologize! Otherwise, don't want to leave! Even though Cynthia was the youngest, these two boys who were extremely active in the classroom seemed to be afraid of her. Like, hurriedly nodded and bowed: I'm sorry, Kitia, because we're going to...

I'm fine, you guys hurry up and buy butter bread, you won't be able to catch up if you're late. Kitia was not angry, but reminded them softly.

The two boys were relieved and ran away quickly. Patroclus didn't forget to look back at Cynthia while running, and then quickly looked away.

Cynthia snorted: Kitia, you are easy to talk. If I never spare them!

Kitia smiled lightly and patted the dust off her body.

Oh, yes! Come to my house for lunch today, let's eat real butter bread! Cynthia suddenly remembered something and sent her an invitation: In the morning, when I left the house, my mother told me to bring it with me at noon. You're home!

Kitia stopped talking and nodded slightly shyly.

The afternoons at Turii Junior School are usually arranged sports classes: boys do simple military training and rugby, football and other exercises, and girls just run, jump and play games, so the free time at noon is not long.

Except for the children in Turi ibn who have time to go home for lunch, the children from far away can only solve their stomach problems nearby. Fortunately, with the expansion of the school's influence and the increase of students, teachers, guards and other personnel, businessmen and hawkers saw business opportunities. They established shops in the designated area outside the school to sell books, paper, stationery, clothes, etc. Food... The most famous one is the small restaurant built here by the consul's wife, Christoia. She provides lunch to students at low prices. The students' favorite lunch recently is the restaurant's new cream bread. Every day There are students and even teachers queuing up to buy, and the supply is in short supply.

As classmates in the same classroom, Cynthia and Gitia quickly became good friends. For the first time, Cynthia invited her to be a guest at home and received a warm reception from Kristia. Especially after knowing that Kitia was Davos' old comrade-in-arms, the captain of the First Legion, and the adopted daughter of Alexis, the elder of the Senate (Alexis has always lived in Amendolara, and has not moved to Turii. ), Kristia warmly invited her to come to the mansion for dinner every noon, and Kristia's enthusiasm also brought her mother-daughter relationship with Cynthia closer.

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The delta between the Krati River and the Koseni River was originally a settlement for city-state slaves, a collection and storage area for quarry and copper mines, and a cleaning area. The slag was dumped into two rivers.

After Davos entered Turii, seeing this situation, he discussed with Kunogolata and Marigi many times on how to manage this area.

In the end, the public slave settlement of the alliance was moved to the military camp north of the main city of Turii. Not only did it keep it far away from the Turii residential area, but also the military camp was nearby to monitor it. If there was an abnormality, the army could be sent to suppress it immediately. At the same time, the quarry workshop was relocated to the market next to the port, and the copper mine workshop was relocated near the newly built business park in Amendolara at the beginning of the year and beside the Saraceno River, so that it could get enough skilled manpower nearby and cooperate with other The workshop formed a good interaction. The most important thing is that the Krati and Kosenyi rivers, which are related to the life and health of thousands of inhabitants of Turii, are free from pollution.

Then, Davos planned this vacant land as the cultural center of the entire Dionysian Union. The Dionysian School was established here, and the Dionysian Academy, which represented the highest scientific and cultural level of the Union, was being built. , it has been made clear: Helps, president of the Turii Hospital, will build a medical school within the college; Mentotik Els will also move the Institute of Mathematics; Ancitanos plans to establish a history research team.

In order to ensure that students and teachers can study and research with peace of mind, Davos also asked little Heraclid to build another wooden bridge in the middle reaches of the Kossene River, so that the frequent ore transport trucks pass through the north of the delta. Only the two wooden bridges carrying pedestrians from the north and the south cannot be closed for the time being, but little Heraclid has begun to study the construction of a real stone bridge directly between the north and south cities of Turii.