Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 25: The King and the Minister of Military Affairs
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Even if the Dawnies can discover the other side's changes, it is almost impossible to respond, because they do not have the habit of staying in the reserve team, and they cannot let the army in the fierce battle pull out in time to resist. Failure is only a matter of time.
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"Huh! Huh!..." Adoris panted heavily, staring at the rout soldiers ahead and chasing him.
He didn't expect that when the team just circled behind the enemy's flank and was about to pounce on it, the enemy would be defeated in panic. In order to catch up with the enemy, he threw away the long shield, and later threw away the lancet, but drew out the short sword, hoping to kill an enemy, not in vain to participate in this battle.
But the **** Dauni runs too fast!
The squad he belongs to has been solemnly instructed by the captain in advance. How can he dare to let him take the risk alone, and have been following him all the time, and all of them are now out of breath.
"Woo! Woo! Woo!..." The bugle that stopped chasing resounded across the battlefield, and the whole team finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But Adoris, unheard of, continued to chase forward.
The captain was anxious and rushed up and shouted: "Adoris, are you going to violate the military order?!"
Adoris stopped reconcilingly, looked at the distant enemy, and threw his short sword to the ground angrily.
"Don't worry, the enemy can't run. Our cavalry corps won't make them better." The captain comforted him.
Adoris lowered his head and did not speak. He was too angry: in this battle, he didn't even touch a single hair of the enemy, and it ended victoriously.
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"Congratulations to the commander, you have won this battle and completely defeated the main force of the Dawn!" The surrounding officers congratulated Alexis.
Alexis said indifferently: "We have more troops than Dawnies, our training is stricter than Dawnies, and our equipment is better than Dawnies, so victory should be worthwhile, but that's not even a question. Completely defeat the main force of the Dauni... Let the messenger immediately notify the legions, quickly gather the troops, reorganize the array, and then march towards the city of Herdonia!"
"Yes!" The herald galloped away.
"Your Excellency Commander, do you want to write a report to Turey?" Adjutant Umatsius said excitedly from the side.
Alexis nodded slightly: "You tell your Majesty that we have defeated an army of about 20,000 Daunis in the Ofanto River. The next step is to take Hedonia City, so he doesn't have to worry. "
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"Report to the commander of the legion that Prince Adoris has not suffered any damage and has gathered with his team to the Fourth Battalion."
Olivers's expression suddenly became more relaxed, he smiled and said: "It's okay to be okay, it's okay to be okay!"
Afterwards, he remembered something and turned to call the adjutant over: "In my tone, I wrote to your Majesty in private, telling him that Adoris was brave in the course of his fourth squadron turning to the enemy's flank. , The charge was at the forefront, and after the enemy was defeated, he was still chasing after him...In short, it is necessary to write about Adoris's outstanding performance in battle without being too exaggerated, do you understand?"
"Understood, commander of the legion." The adjutant replied, and immediately went to get paper and pen.
"After writing it to me, put my seal on it and send it back to Turey." Olivers urged.
"Yes!"
"Everyone, our next goal is Herdonia!" Olivers pointed forward with his right hand, and his legs were clamped. The horse moved four hooves, and the surrounding officers and guards followed him.
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"This Oliver!" After reading the letter sent by Oliver's messenger, Daves couldn't help laughing. Of course he knew that there must be a lot of water in the letter, but Adoris is fine, so he not worried.
"You send someone to send this letter to your home on the mountain and give it to Kristia." Daves said, at least this letter can relieve the family's worries about Adoris.
"Yes, Your Majesty." The clerk Hernipolis took the letter and turned and left the king's office.
A person walked towards him: "Master Hernipolis."
Henipolis hurriedly responded: "Master Antonios."
Henipolis, although the king’s clerk was only a mid-level official position, he was also a senator of the Senate. This was when he offered to incorporate Laos into the Kingdom of Dionia, and the Senate granted him One of his rewards, he can be regarded as the youngest senator in the Senate. Of course, the reason why the high-ranking Antonios treats him so politely is mainly because he is the herald of Daves. Apart from his family in the kingdom, he can be said to be one of the elders closest to King Daves. .
Antonius asked softly: "Is your majesty there?"
"Waiting for you."
Antonius took a small step forward, lowered his head and asked in a low voice: "Master Hernipolis, can you tell me... Why did your Majesty call me over today?"
Henipolis glanced at the faint depression on his face, hesitated for a moment, and uttered a sentence: "Middle and low-level officers are promoted to the roster."
Antonius was taken aback after listening.
Every year, the Military Affairs Department decides who will be promoted based on the performance and record of each corps soldier and team officer. Under normal circumstances without war, the promotion of an officer requires a certain number of years. The promotion of middle and low-level officers can be directly decided by the Minister of Military Affairs, and only needs to be reviewed and approved by the king, as stipulated in the "Dionian Military Law". Since the establishment of the Military Affairs Department, Daves has rarely made any comments on this. Often the roster is handed over, and there has never been a call back. At most, a few names have been added occasionally.
This year’s roster was handed in five days ago, because later I was worried about my brother-in-law Pafergres, and I forgot that His Majesty Daves had not sent someone to send the roster back to the military department... Antonios thought of this, Secretly surprised, while thinking about what went wrong with the roster, he slowly walked towards the king's office.
Following the roll call of the guard at the door, I heard a familiar voice inside: "Antonios, come in."
Antonius took a deep breath, stepped on the smooth, mirror-like marble floor, and walked into the king's office named by Daves.
It is indeed a hall, not a room. Although its area is not as large as the palace hall on the first floor, it is three or four times larger than the office room of Antonios in the Ministry of Military Affairs. On both sides of the hall are neatly placed red wooden chairs. This is where ministers and officials sit when they are called to discuss matters. There are rows of small windows on the top of the stone wall against which the wooden chairs abut, and the sun shines from now on. Come in, to ensure sufficient light in the hall. The aisle in the middle is very spacious. When necessary, you can put a few large tables, map and documents, and discuss important military and political affairs. In fact, the office is the place where King Davos discusses and handles the government affairs of the kingdom with his ministers. The palace downstairs is more used for large-scale imperial meetings to receive foreign guests and major festivals.
At the end of the aisle is a large and heavy desk. On the wall behind the desk is a huge map of Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica inlaid with multicolored mosaics. Two smaller wooden tables are placed on both sides of the desk in front of the desk. These are where the clerks and clerks work. It can be seen that Davers is busy with government affairs. Every day, each department gathers one of the documents in the office. Too many, need clerks to help him sort, classify, file, read, and then write according to the instructions dictated by Daves, then hand it over to him to sign, and finally send it back...
But now the always busy office is empty, except for Daves sitting behind his desk. The stack of papers on the desk half-hidden his face, making Antonios feel a little nervous. In the past, he I’ve been here countless times, and I’ve never felt like this, but Pafergres’ offense, Asistus’s persuasion, and Daves’s attitude towards Laodisian in the Senate the day before yesterday made him feel like this. Upset.
"Your Majesty!" He walked to the desk and shouted respectfully.
"Sit!" Daves stood up, pointed to the wooden chair next to him, and watched Antonios sit down slowly. Daves picked up a document on the table and asked calmly: "This book Have you read all the details in the officer promotion roster?"
Sure enough, this is the roster. Is your Majesty dissatisfied with some of the candidates? ! Antonios' thoughts turned sharply, and he cautiously replied: "There are too many people to be promoted this time. I only focused on checking the names and performances of the captain and the company captain..."
Davos was noncommittal and asked: "Who initially drafted this roster?"
"...mainly the officials below, preliminary drafted according to the list recommended by the commanders of the legions in various places..." Antonios said truthfully.
"The current military inspector is Zante Paris, isn't it?" Davers asked casually.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Zantiparis, one of the several mercenary leaders of the Persian Expeditionary Army, was too old and lacked physical strength and energy. It was already difficult to continue to lead troops to train and fight, and eventually he failed to become a legion commander. Davos thought of his former combat friendship, and decades of fighting career made Zanteparis familiar with military affairs, so he was transferred to the military department as an inspector, responsible for supervising and reviewing the promotion of officers, military expenditures... and so on.
"Let's take a look." Seeing Antonios still looked confused, Daves handed over the roster.
Antonius got up hurriedly to take it. He didn't sit down, but just stood and started looking. However, the Kingdom of Dionia is different from ten years ago. There are only ten infantry regiments, not to mention four naval fleets and four cavalry regiments. Therefore, there are hundreds of promoted personnel in this roster. A few pages of papyrus scrolls, densely packed with names of people and units, are dazzling, how could Antonios discover the problem in a short time.
"On the page of the Eighth Army." Daves's faint words surprised Antonius, because the Eighth Army is also known as the Sicilian Army, and the headquarters of the Army is in Katane.