Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Alexis looked at them and said solemnly: So I decided to slow down the speed of the formation of the legions early tomorrow morning, and wait for the Downeys to arrive on the other side of the Ovanto River. We will fight the enemy on the way across the river. and crush them in one fell swoop.

I agree with Alai...Lord Commander's plan, I have waded through this river several times in the past two days. Although the river surface is a bit wide, the water is not deep, it can exceed my knees at most, and the current is not too fast. The bottom is relatively solid, and even if the Downeys block us in the river, it will be enough for our heavy infantry to exert its might. Amyntas agreed, and the other commanders also agreed.

Alexis continued: Lord Legionnaires, come and see, the location of our river crossing tomorrow is here.

Several legion commanders hurried around and looked at the map on the table. The place Alexis pointed was less than a mile away from the military camp. They had all surveyed the terrain and knew the terrain on both sides of the river three or four miles east. Low and flat, mostly tidal flats, due to the sun exposure in summer, the silt on its riverbanks has already dried up and clumped, which is very beneficial for the army to march in formation.

Commander Armintas, your First Army is lined up at this position. Alexis moved his finger to the east and said, Because your First Army is the strongest in combat, the number of veterans in the Army It is the most, so you are arranged in the middle, and I hope that the first legion will not advance too fast, and maintain a connection with the military and government on the left and right flanks...

The troops led by Amyntas have always been known for their ferocity in attack, but as a Dionysian veteran who has fought for more than ten years, he can clearly distinguish the importance and immediately nodded to show his understanding.

Commander Olivers, your Fourth Legion is on the left flank of the First Legion. Commander Giorgris, your Fifth Legion is on the right flank of the First Legion. Your Legion has too many new recruits, and I hope that in the process of crossing the river. , the officers at all levels must be able to stabilize the emotions of their soldiers and not cause major confusion... Alexis reminded them while pointing at the map.

Don't worry, Lord Commander, although many soldiers have just joined the army from the reserve, they have been trained in transition river operations for many times in the training camp, and the lowest-level team officer (ie, the squad leader) is equipped with A veteran who has fought more than four times, there will be no problem. Olivers immediately assured.

Giorgris also responded, although the Fifth Legion he led was mainly Brutian, but the civil strife in Bruti during the Southern Italian War and the clean-up after the war, the Bruti people with dissimilar hearts were all killed. Cleaned up, the Brutians have basically been integrated into the kingdom in the past ten years, and the childhood of the recruits in the legion was spent after Bruty was incorporated into Dionia and grew up. Most of them have read The schools established by Dionia in the towns of Bruti were deeply influenced by the Dionysian culture. Except for their appearance, they were not much different from the Greeks, the main ethnic group of Dionia.

As for why so many new recruits have been exchanged in the legion? This question has to start after the South-Italian War.

At that time, Dionia's greatest achievement after winning was to occupy all of the eastern coast of Greater Greece and Sicily. After completing the resume of the civic soldiers and the settlement of the city-state people who had merged into the kingdom, there was still a lot of spare land left. At that time, the Senate even passed many consecutive passes. A temporary act that allows prospective citizens and registered freedmen to first distribute land (only with different tax rates), and then grant them full citizenship after reaching their age.

At that time, the Corinthian War was taking place in mainland Greece, and in Asia Minor, Sparta led the coalition army was still fighting with Persia. The continuation of the war led to an increase in the number of refugees in the entire Greek world. Under Dionia's intentional guidance, most of the refugees flocked to Greater Greece, so manpower was sufficient, but the vast majority of Dionia's laws were aimed at regular citizens, but the freedoms registered during that period were The number of citizens increased sharply, and most of them needed six or seven years to become official citizens, which brought great trouble to governance.

Out of practical needs, and also because of Davos's strategic planning for the kingdom, he launched a war against the Mesapi and Puchetti in the autumn of the fourth year of Dionia, and after the Battle of Brindisi, he launched a war against the Mesapi and Puchetti. Let each legion be replaced by a large number of reserve citizens and new recruits mainly freedmen, in order to shorten the number of years for them to become citizens through military exploits, and also to prevent the old batch of citizens from being too much due to military exploits. There are too many big landlords, which has led to the fact that the kingdom has just been established, and the gap between the rich and the poor of domestic citizens has been widened.

But in this Downey War, the situation is slightly different, because many of the recruits have been growing up in the League since the establishment of the Dionysian League. The new citizens of Dionia have been trained by Dionia since they were young. Although they are recruits, their military quality is not low, which is also the confidence of several legion commanders.

Lydes, your cavalry regiment should divide the force equally, and be responsible for driving away and defeating the cavalry of the Downeys on both sides of the entire army. Alexis continued to arrange his attack plan.

Understood. Ryders nodded in response.

There are now four cavalry regiments in the Kingdom of Dionia: the 1st Cavalry Corps has its headquarters in Turii; the 2nd Cavalry Corps has its headquarters in Grummentum; the 3rd Corps has its headquarters in Katanai; The IV Corps is headquartered in Brindisi. In terms of cavalry quality, the Fourth Cavalry Corps should be the strongest, because most of them are composed of Puchetti and Mesapis. However, the earliest time these two regions were merged into the Kingdom of Dionia was only six years. With the rebellious and free-spirited temperament of these two races, not to mention the cavalry, if they did not obey the command in battle, they would be chaotic. According to the military law, the severer will be beheaded, and the lighter will be the stick. I am afraid it will cause a lot of trouble to the entire war, and even the two regions that have just stabilized. After thinking about it again and again, Davos decided to transfer the First Cavalry Corps to join the war, so the Cavalry Corps had the fewest recruits among the teams participating in the war, so Alexis didn't tell him anything.

When the entire army begins to cross the river, I will concentrate all the ballistas and abdominal bows behind you to bombard the Downey army on the opposite bank, disrupting their formation, for your attack... Alexis' words Let the legion commanders completely at ease.

What if the Dawnis didn't fight at all to stop us from crossing the river? Giorgristo asked.

Then we can easily cross the river and capture their cities one by one! Amintas replied for Alexis.

At first, Davos forcibly detained a team of nearly 2,000 engineers and craftsmen under Dionysius, and later forced Syracuse to send their families to Dionysius, and finally left them in the map. Lie, so that Dionia's metal forging, engineering construction, woodworking... and other craftsmanship have suddenly improved a lot. Later, in the conquests of Messapi and Puchetti, with their help, the legions successfully captured towns and cities, so the Dionian Legion is now very confident in siege.

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The newly built Dionysian Barracks near Canusian is made up of the camps of several legions, and a road runs through the entire camp from west to east.

After each legion commander returned to their respective camps, they immediately summoned their respective commanders to discuss.

The captains of the First Corps were rushing through the main road to the tent of the regiment commander. Groups of soldiers who were returning to the camp came face to face. When they saw the senior officers, they all stopped and saluted to show their respect. There was only one soldier who was also saluting, but his eyes were averted and he didn't make a sound. He hurriedly saluted and walked away.

The captains of the first regiment commander also seemed to have not seen it, and it was not until the group of soldiers walked away that the first regiment captain Ketisus turned around and smiled narrowly: Patroclus, you are so majestic, Even our prince of Dionia is afraid of you! Look at how he looked just now, he didn't dare to look at you at all.

I said Ctisus, our Prince Dionia is a descendant of Hades, how could he be afraid of Patroclus, he is out of brother-in-law's respect for his future brother-in-law! Another captain joked said.

You are mistaken, Prince Adoris is only the adopted son of His Majesty Davos, including his sister, but His Majesty treats them like his own children. Ctisus quickly corrected.

yes?!

The old Dionian citizens know about this. If you don't believe me, you can ask this kid. He knows these things best. Ctisus pointed to Patroclus.

Brothers, the commander of the Armintas is urgently inviting us to discuss matters. We are chatting here. If it is late, he will beat and scold people! Patroclus hurriedly changed the subject.

It's okay, we're not afraid of Lord Amyntas' roar. Ketisus looked indifferent.

Ctisus, you are not afraid, we are terrible! the captain next to him cried.

Ketisus smiled hehe and said to the youngest of the eight: Patroclus, you married His Majesty's daughter, and your status will be very different in the future, don't forget to help more. Us old brothers.

His words were recognized by others.

I said brother, Your Majesty let Adoris participate in the war as an ordinary citizen, and he should belong to the First Army. His Majesty was afraid that he knew too many acquaintances, so he specifically asked the Ministry of Military Affairs to incorporate him into the Fourth Army, right? Don't you want someone to take care of him! His Majesty is so strict with his own children, if I become his son-in-law, I am afraid that the requirements for me will not be low, and it is impossible to get his special care! Trolocros said seriously.