Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 22: Davers Barracks

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"That's because there is only a small dock here!" Burkos's chest rose and fell sharply with anger. He was aware of it just now. After walking through the market, he finally understood: The reason why the types of business here are so complete is not the needs of the mercenaries, but the needs of the merchants and the surrounding residents. No matter how wide the Krati River is, it is not as broad as the sea. When there are too many merchant ships, it will take time to enter the port of Turii, and taxes will be charged for transactions after entering the market. Good now, mercenaries have built a market directly near the coast. Ships can unload their cargo as soon as they arrive at the pier on the coast. There is only one opal to enter the market (there is equal to nothing), and there is no tax. As for buyers, Turiyi is not far from this, a large number of sailors, fishermen... etc., they are mainly free people, not Turiyi citizens, willing to take a few more steps to buy cheaper goods than in the Turiyi market ( Because it doesn’t pay taxes, it’s cheap), not to mention the merchants of various cities and states attracted by the exotic atmosphere of mercenaries selling objects.

Looking at Mariji's head down and a look willing to be criticized, Burcos was furious, but didn't want to say more: "Forget it, I will go and tell Daves about this! You do too No matter the Lord, you are just a Persian slave."

When Mariji heard this, she trembled and almost cursed: You are a Persian slave! Your whole family are Persian slaves! Do you have the eyesight of the Greek barbarian! I have been a merchant of the Persian royal family!!

Fortunately, he finally held it back, but didn't want to talk any more, and fell behind Burcos and the others.

When approaching the west gate of the market, Burkos found that there was a half-person-height earth wall separating an area. There was a large wooden shack. Compared with the noisy stalls in the front, it was quieter. , But there is a long line at the entrance...

"This is..." Burkos asked suspiciously.

Although Maliji was slanderous, for the sake of propaganda, he had to explain: "This is a clinic. The doctors in our barracks have studied with the leader of Daves for a long time. They have superb medical skills. Many Turian people who have been sick for a long time. After their treatment, they have improved, so they are very popular now. It is often dusk, the market is about to close, and the patients still refuse to leave."

"Is it so powerful?!" Burkos was a little surprised, and Moras whispered in his ear: "Master, the old lady's disease can come here to see, maybe they can really cure it."

Burkos looked at the "long dragon" in front of the shack, nodded, suddenly remembered something, and asked: "You said these doctors learned medicine from Davers? Davers will still see a doctor?!"

"Of course! The leader is favored by Hades, and of course he knows the mystery of diseases that can bring death to people." Mariji said proudly.

Burkos was noncommittal, and after leaving the market, after bidding farewell to Mariji, Moras asked: "Master, are there people in this world who are good at commanding battles, who are good at business, and who can be ill?"

"Isn't Daves? He is still Hades's favorite." Burcos said calmly.

Walking a few hundred meters further west, Daves’s campsite is in sight. It is more accurate than a campsite: a trench three meters wide and three meters deep, and a three-meter high soil barrier. There is also a two-meter-high wooden fence as protection. Sentinel patrolling can be seen behind the wooden wall, so it can be judged that there is a walkway on the wooden wall. There are multiple outposts in the wall, six meters high, which can overlook the trenches and the blind corners under the wooden walls. The exit in the middle of the wooden wall is equipped with a wooden door, and a simple castle tower is built above...

Burkos and Moras walked forward carefully along the straight road in front of the camp gate, because there were a few big wooden signs on the side of the road to remind: "There are traps, please take the road!"

Molasi was observing the faintly reflected metallic luster in the half-human-height grass on the side of the road, guessing what traps might be there, and exclaimed: "Master, our Turiyi defense facilities don’t seem to be here. So complicated."

Burkos looked a little gloomy. He had been worried about a problem: The mercenaries built this place like a city. What would the Crotone people think when they saw it?

The guard at the gate of the camp asked about the two people's coming, and immediately sent someone in to report it.

After a while, Asistus came out and led the two in.

The grass and waste rocks in the camp were cleaned up. The ground was level and clean. Behind the wooden wall, there was indeed a wooden walkway, so that the wooden wall beyond the walkway just blocked the soldier’s chest. There were several A wide wooden ladder can go up to the walkway. The arrangement of the tents is also neat and orderly. There is a wide open space between the tents and the wooden walls. There is a wide passage between four or five tents.

Seeing that Burkos was puzzled, Asistes explained: "The inside is usually the homes of the main battalions and the medical camps, as well as the leaders and team officers. When it comes to fighting, once the outside is attacked by the enemy, we You can retreat inside and continue to defend."

"This is really the most complicated and thoughtful military camp I have ever seen!" Even if he had some opinions about the mercenaries, Burcos couldn't help sighing at this moment.

Asistes smiled contentedly: "Head Davos said that this is still the most basic camp construction, and it’s more complicated. We don’t use it now. He said, “Wars are never just won’t be defeated. For the defeated, a strong camp can provide protection for soldiers in the event of failure, reduce casualties, and rebuild morale. Therefore, no matter how hard it is, you must build it patiently and carefully, and sweat more in peacetime, so as to reduce bloodshed during war. ……'”

"Usually sweat more, and bleed less during war..." Burkos muttered these two words in a low voice, and he suddenly realized that he was going to meet a mercenary leader with rich experience in war. The generals of Turiyi did not discuss with Daves and the others, they made plans in advance and asked him to follow them. Is this appropriate?

At this moment, Moras asked suspiciously: "Why? Only a few soldiers were seen in the camp?"

"Brothers are all participating in the'tug-of-war' competition at the back."

"Tug of war?" Both of them were curious when they heard this unfamiliar word.

In fact, there was already a huge shout from the front. Asistes simply led them, bypassing the circular wooden fence in the center, and walked forward into a wide field, showing a dense crowd of people in front of him. . Thousands of soldiers formed five or six big circles, all of them flushed and excited, making fists and shouting in the circle.

"Come on for the second team of the first company!"

"Fifth company quarter team, come on!"

"Come on! Come on! Work harder!"

"Oh oh, win!"

……

Such a hot and exciting scene, Burkos has only seen it at a sports meeting, and now he has not seen the real scene, just listen to the shouts, he is already excited.

Assistus saw the thoughts of the two of them, and squeezed into a circle to let them go in and watch, and he went to call the leader first.

On the ground in the center of the circle is a rope measuring forty meters long. It should be composed of several boat ropes intertwined together, the thickness of a fist.

At this time, a person in the central clearing shouted: "The next round, from the third company of the second company VS the first team of the seventh company, please enter!"

Soon, more than a hundred strong men walked into the circle. After confirming the number and names, the man said, "Please prepare for both parties."

So the two parties picked up the rope.

Burkos discovered that there was a red rope tied to the center of the rope, with a heavy object hanging from the end of the rope, pointing directly to a white thread on the ground, and there was a white thread on each side of the white thread.

The man who was considered by Burkos to be similar to the referee of a sports meeting announced loudly: "The game begins!"

The hundreds of strong men on both sides tried their best to pull the rope to their side. The sound of cheering and cheering around is also resounding like a tsunami......

Just look at the red rope for a while to the left, and then to the right, constantly swinging back and forth... After a period of stalemate, it moved to the left by a large margin... The cheer reached its peak.

Finally, the red string reached the white line on the left.

The referee waved his hand: The game is over!

Cheers and sighs sounded at the same time...

The Burks and the two were watching with gusto, and Asistes found them, they reluctantly left.