Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 15: The Tyrant Dionysius

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Daves watched Herolis, the messenger of Syracuse, turned away and returned to the living room. His expression became a little more solemn and worried: the tree desires to be quiet but the wind keeps going, it seems that Syracuse needs to prepare. The war with Carthage has begun. No matter what the result is, Amendorara must develop and strengthen himself as soon as possible in order to gain a foothold in this troubled world.

Two days later, Dionysius, the tyrant of Syracuse, heard the report of Herolis in his palace. His face was gloomy, and then he laughed: "A little mercenary leader is actually What life archon you have been on! Marcias, what do you think?"

Marcias, once the mercenary leader of Campania, wore a uniform, stood straight under his head, and said without thinking: "My lord, I think that as a mercenary leader, you should focus on How to win a battle and win money and honor for yourself, instead of doing something that you would never do. Although that looks good, it can easily lead to failure and drag down innocent people. "

"You're right!" Dionysius praised, he patted the back of the chair: "I sit in this position, and I am trembling every day and dare not slacken at all! One can only be brave and cruel. The mercenaries dared to be the tyrants of the city!"

Herolis couldn't help but said: "My lord, this Daves is not a tyrant, but a consul for life elected by the people of Amendora!"

"Herolis, what do you mean by this?!" Dionysius stared at Herolis with sharp eyes like a knife.

Herolis realized that he had accidentally touched Dionysius' inverse scales, and immediately fell into a cold sweat, lowered his head, and did not dare to speak any more.

Dionysius looked at him carefully for a long time, then looked back, and said disdainfully: "He is just playing a little trick. I can only say that this young man is a little clever. No wonder he can play a few. Victory. Unfortunately, there is no vision. Felistos, do you know how many citizens there are in Amendorara?"

The closest left to Dionysius sat a middle-aged man with a graceful temperament and said: "As far as I know, it should be less than four thousand citizens. Of course, it is far below this number."

"Listen, even when Amendorara was not in the war, there were only four thousand citizens at most, not as many as the citizens of one block in the Greek city of Kuzha." Dionysius shrugged, slightly disdainful Said.

Sparse laughter rang out from the palace.

"If the speed of the mercenary leader called Daves comes to me, he will defeat Carthage, Marsala, Palermo, Erice, Egadi, Segesta and other cities. If he chooses to be a tyrant, it is better than nesting in the small city of Amendorara, but unfortunately he won't have another chance!" Dionysius said proudly, and then looked at Mathias: " How are our troops preparing to attack Carthage?"

"Now more than 10,000 mercenaries have come to camp outside Syracuse. We in Syracuse can mobilize at least 40,000 citizen soldiers, including Katane, Leottini, Taonis, and Par Chinus and other city-states have an army of about 20,000...In addition, there are two thousand cavalry. My lord, the army you have is a powerful army that has never been seen in the history of the Greek city-state! Even the most powerful Athens that year Nor does it have such a huge military capacity!" Mathias said excitedly.

Dionysius' expression was calm, and he turned his eyes to his brother Leptinius: "How is the Navy's preparations?"

Although Leptinius and Dionysius are brothers, they look a little honest and honest, but in fact they are. Because of this, Dionysius trusted this brother very much and promoted him to the command of Siracusa's navy. At this time, he replied: "There are 150 three-layer paddle warships, plus other warships, there are a total of 320 large and small warships."

"Not enough..." Dionysius sighed, his fingers tapping the back of the chair quickly: "You have to understand, to fight against Carthage, two are indispensable—— Warships and cavalry, and neither of these two is enough for us. Leptinius, it seems that you have to urge other city-states to speed up the construction of warships. As for the cavalry, Massias, you send people to the Apennines to recruit Kyle. Special Cavalry. Felistos, you ask Sparta to recruit some Thessaly Cavalry. Everyone, we must speed up the progress! Next spring, we will start attacking Jera!"

The three responded immediately: They will do their best to complete the task assigned by Dionysius!

"Mathias, work hard! A small mercenary leader can wipe out those savage natives with an amazing record of two thousand men. We have the largest army in the Greek city-state but cannot create greater glory. , That would be too shameful!" Dionysius still cared about Davers's rejection of him, so he inspired Mathias.

"My lord, please rest assured, I won't let you down!" Massias said immediately.

"Very well, Marcias!" Dionysius praised again, and then he waved: "Philistos stay, you all go down."

Herolis, Marcias, Leptinius and the other two courtiers retreated, but Dionysius’ eyes followed Herolis’ back until Felisto Si called his name.

"Do you think Herolis has changed a bit?" His fingers tapped on the back of the chair, and Dionysius's face was haze.

Phelestos was taken aback, and cautiously defended Herolis: "My lord, I haven't noticed anything, Herolis is still the same as before."

Dionysius glanced at him: "You have a good relationship with him, I know. I also miss him very much. He helped me when I was most difficult, so I don’t want anything to ruin us. Friendship!" Dionysius said emotionally: "...I recently heard that he was studying the history of Egypt. I think I can give him a time off so that he can focus on his research... "Dionysius muttered to himself, Philistos sighed inwardly: "My lord, I understand..."

"This is only a temporary arrangement..." Dionysius comforted.

"Philip, Felosanus is your good friend, can you invite him here." Dionysius changed the conversation and said, "I just wrote a poem, thinking Ask him to come and evaluate with you. You know, when I discussed poetry with him last time, I didn’t say a word and offended him. I haven’t come to me for three months."

"Ferrosanus is a good person, he just loves to put on airs. I will try my best to help you persuade him to come." Felistos laughed and joked: "My lord, you almighty general also have times when ordinary citizens can't do anything about it. !"

Dionysius also laughed and spread his hands: "So who said I was dictatorship of Dionysius!"

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Daves and the military officer Felicius were busy reorganizing the city-state army during this time.

After the mercenaries became citizens of Amendorara, it turned out that Dracos, Cesta, and Adrianx had more than 1,000 soldiers, and Daves’s had more than 1,800 soldiers, and the slaves became free. After the Republic of China, there were nearly three hundred people. In addition to the 250 people who belonged to the original city-state citizens who belonged to the service age range, the city of Amendorara can now fight a total of about 3,500 people.

The highest position of the mercenary was originally the captain (actually Daves himself), and the highest organization was the group, but with the increase in the number of combatants, the original organization can no longer adapt to the actual situation of the current city-state. After discussing with Felicius, Daves and Felicius decided to add a higher level of the army establishment. Daves named it the "legion". The commander of the highest position is still Daves himself. The number of tentative establishments is The main force of 7,000 people, under the jurisdiction of seven brigades (six heavy infantry brigade and one light infantry brigade), each brigade 1,000 people, the highest-ranking captain (later also known as "Chief Commander"); under one brigade There are five companies under its jurisdiction, each with 200 people, and the highest-ranking company captain (also known as a centurion); a company has four teams, each with fifty people, and the highest-ranking team leader.

Because of the influence of Rome in his previous life, Daves was planning to cancel the team and change to the Centurion, but Felicius raised an objection. He believed that the team had an advantage in the melee and the mountain station because it was more mobile. Flexible, and with the support of four detachments, the company’s independent combat capability has also been greatly enhanced. After deliberation, Daves finally agreed with Felicius. Since then, the detachment has been established as a unique military system in the city-state under Davers's jurisdiction, and the detachment leader, as the lowest rank among officers, plays a key role in connecting the corps. . Later, many of Davers’s generals were proud of having served as unit captains, so much so that Davers once issued a military order stipulating that only after serving as a unit captain for two years can they be eligible to be promoted to the position of the upper-level legion. The captain's position is even more dazzling, of course this is something later.

One squad consists of five squads, each with ten people, and the highest-ranking squad leader (later renamed "Sergeant Major, held by veterans). In addition, the corps also has cavalry, engineering battalions, and medical battalions. The heavy battalion...etc. The actual number of its army may be as high as 8,000. Of course, these are just ideas now.

Since the number of combat personnel in the Amendorara city-state was only about 3,500, Daves organized it into four brigades.

The soldiers of the first brigade are all mercenaries led by Daves. The selection of its captain makes Daves and Felicius a bit of a headache. In terms of ability and prestige, Antonios and Capps are not the same. Up and down, later considering that Antonios was serving as the city-state ombudsman, this was the third person in the city-state public office after the consul and the city chief. For the sake of balance, Daves decided after talking to the two Captain was the first captain.