Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 23: Campaign plan

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"Burkos, long time no see, I thought you had forgotten your old friend!" Daves smiled and greeted him.

"How could I forget it! But after I came back, there were a lot of backlogs that needed to be dealt with urgently, and I couldn't spare time for a while." Burcos explained.

"Oh, now I'm finally finished?" Daves said jokingly.

"It's not over." Burkos said sternly: "However, Turiyi City Hall has an important order for me to convey to you."

"Oh, what's the important order? The adults in Tury finally remembered our mercenaries." Daves said teasingly.

"Want me to speak here?" Burcos glanced around.

"Sorry, it was my negligence. Go to my big tent." Davos expressed apologies while leading them to the middle of the camp.

"I learned this'tug of war' game from Persia?" Burcos asked.

"It’s what I thought. The main concern is that if the soldiers stay in the barracks for a long time and have nothing to do, some unexpected situations may occur. Therefore, letting them play sports games can consume their energy and Exercise and cultivate teamwork ability. In fact, the final champion of this competition is rewarded, and I have paid a lot of money myself."

"You manage these mercenaries very well!" Burkos praised, and then the topic changed: "But you don't have to worry anymore, you will have something to do soon."

Davos was not surprised: "The Lucanians are all coming right in front of you, and Turri will not take any action. I thought you were ready to give them the land outside the city."

Hearing the resentment in Daves’ words, Burkos was thinking about how to respond, but from the outside of his eyes he saw a four-meter-high stone wall inside the wooden wall on the right, and said in surprise: "You Are you planning to build another stone wall?"

Davers blinked: "The ground of that section of the wooden wall is damp, so it is not strong enough, so I built a section of stone wall with those waste stones inside to prevent it from being breached."

"You and your soldiers are so amazing that they built the camp into a city!" Burcos criticized vaguely.

"We can't help it. The number of people is too small. If we don't build a stronger camp, Tuli is surrounded, and we mercenaries rescue, we are surrounded, who will rescue? So everything depends on ourselves! "Dave Stan Ran said.

"The fair outside is also related to the defense of the camp?" Burcos asked rhetorically.

"At first I just wanted to rely on the market to buy and sell things to meet daily needs, but I didn't expect it to be like this... But don't worry, everything will be back to normal when the Lucaria is beaten back." Daves Assure him.

Burkos just wanted to gain some psychological advantage in the next conversation. After all, only the city hall and council can make a decision about whether to force the mercenaries to close the market, so he did not continue to pursue it, but Decided to go back and report to Ferris. After entering Daves’ account, he directly said: “According to the investigations, the Lucanians may attack Turíy within two days. After consultation, the generals decided to meet the enemy and ask you to meet them. Join the battle."

"Please tell me, what is the plan of the adults of General Turey?" Davers said sarcastically. In fact, he was very helpless. As a participant in a great war, he didn't even have the right to participate in discussions before the war. This is really weird. He didn’t know that the same was true when the Greek mercenaries were under Cyrus, but at that time the mercenaries accounted for half of the number. They were so powerful that Cyrus relied heavily on them, and he had cheated on them beforehand. The soldiers and conceal the facts of the rebellion, so when there are excessive demands, he will discuss with Klarkus and others... When Daves crossed, Cyrus had already died in battle, everything was the mercenary’s own masters, so what's the matter It's all discussed by everyone. Now, Daves has returned to experience the bad feeling that everything was decided by others when he first arrived in this world, and fate was not in control.

Burkos was also helpless. In fact, Ferris once proposed to let the mercenary leaders participate in the discussion and plan this battle. Kunogolata and the others resolutely refused, saying that it was to prevent incidents like Dionysius from happening (Dionysius). Nisius was the tyrant of Syracuse at this time. He was ousted by the democrats led by the people. Later, by quietly introducing mercenaries into the city, he brutally suppressed the democrats, thereby securing the Syracuse dictator. Throne). The hiring of mercenaries was a suggestion made by Feiris, discussed by the generals and approved by the council, and handed over to Burcos recommended by Feiris to recruit, so he had no choice but to avoid suspicion.

"According to the scout's investigation, the Lucania coalition has more than 10,000 people. On our side, your soldiers have more than 2,000 people, and Dracos has more than 2,000 people. Tarantum’s reinforcements There are fifteen hundred people, Tury can send four thousand people, we also have two hundred cavalry, the total number is close to ten thousand..."

After introducing the strength of the two sides, Burkos picked up a branch and gestured on the ground: “The generals’ plan is that Tarantum’s reinforcements will be on the right flank when they line up. Given that they have the least strength, Adrian Thousand people from Kex and Sesta were added to it; the middle road was our Turri’s army. Due to the failure of the last time, Turri’s young and middle-aged citizens had been greatly reduced, so there were more than four thousand people. Half of them are citizens over forty years old, so one thousand people from Dracos are added to the center; and... because your troops have rich combat experience and the strongest strength, your troops are responsible for the left wing, and there are also a hundred cavalry. . Another hundred Tarantum cavalry were on the right wing. Of course, this is just a plan, and it may change depending on the enemy's situation in the battlefield..." Burkos finished, paying attention to the expression on Davers's face.

Davos put his jaw in one hand, looking at the pattern on the ground, lost in thought, and said nothing for a long time.

Burkos became nervous.

"Want to hear my opinion?" Daves raised his head, pointed to the sketch on the ground, and said calmly: "Turiyi's allocation of forces should be relatively balanced. Obviously the generals' It means that we want to use our defense to bring down the enemy's offensive through persistent confrontation."

Burkos nodded: Pharys said something similar when he explained to him why he arranged the formation like this. Daves really deserves his reputation. Just by looking at the sketches, you can infer the generals' intentions.

"Although I have never fought against the Lucanians, I have fought many mountain races in Persia. Their combat characteristics should be similar. They are fierce, loosely organized, and poorly equipped. Maybe this is yours. The generals dare to adopt this kind of formation with less to more confidence. However, there are a few questions that need to be reminded of your generals—"Daves changed the front of the conversation, raised his voice, and said:

"Last year, Turri killed more than 10,000 people in the battle with the Lucanians, which also means that nearly 10,000 sets of excellent Greek heavy equipment fell into the hands of the Lucanians. , They can use it to update their simple equipment. I encountered such a situation when I was investigating in Amendorara. Secondly, according to my scouts, the number of the Lucania coalition forces was at least 13,000. People, there are more than 3,000 people than us, which means that their formation will be thicker than us, and the array will be longer than us. Not only does the force of impact and pushing are greater than ours, the threat of flanking is also greater, but also They just won a big victory, and their morale must be very high in the face of us. According to my observation, you Turyis are afraid of the Lucanians in your heart, so after a long battle, who will eventually retreat first? It’s hard to say." Daves used a branch to point the pattern on the ground that represents the middle of Turiyi Road: "Don’t forget, there are half of the'old people' in it."

Burkos's original confidence that "the Greek heavy infantry is not afraid of the barbarians in frontal combat" was shaken by what Daves said.

"Want to hear about my plan?" Daves said at this moment.