Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 27: Rugby game

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The training time of the team is not long. With the help of Ktips, Alsinis quickly integrated into the team.

Then the team was merged into the company for further training in the queue. Alcidis and the others would begin to become familiar with more complex tactical instructions and banners: what rhythm drums and at what speed? What kind of bugle sound is going forward? What kind of bugle sound is retreat? What bugle sound is charging?

Also, under different drum sounds and bugles, I also watched the direction of the team flag. A team flag pointing forward in a certain direction means moving in that direction, rushing or charging; a team flag facing a certain direction backward means retreating, retreating or retreating in that direction; the team flag keeps drawing a circle to indicate that it stops moving forward. , Rest, guard or preparation... They also need to learn how to quickly change columns into horizontal formations, form a dense phalanx, and then quickly split into columns from the phalanx, and move quickly; there are also some complex tactical actions, such as the second and third teams in the middle. Defense, the first and fourth teams assault on both wings......

Next, I entered the joint training of the brigade. Instead, there were no complicated tactical instructions. It was more a change of formation, such as: Fish Scale (Daves’s name is actually a Roman chessboard). Array) quickly became a close-knit large phalanx while moving, and the large phalanx returned to a fish-scale array; the front row retreated, and the top of the back row formed a new large phalanx; and the phalanx kept the array tight. In the case of rotating left and right and so on.

Finally, the whole army will practice together. Not only has the previous array conversion, but also increased the coordination with other brigade and arms. For example: when advancing, the rear light infantry brigade quickly passed through the gap of the fish-scale array, rushed to the front of the array, formed a skirmish line, made a throwing and shooting action, and then quickly retreated from the gap of the array to the rear, and the fish-scale array quickly merged into a large group. The phalanx; when the sharp bugle sounded quickly, it was asking the cavalry on both wings to attack (although there are only a dozen cavalry now, Daves still specially prepared tactical space for them), and it has retreated before. The light shield soldiers in the light infantry brigade (that is, the seventh brigade) behind the phalanx quickly turned behind the cavalry. When the cavalry assaulted with spears, they held wooden shields and long-handled counter-blade knives in a loose array. Immediately afterwards, the heavy infantry phalanx was slowly pressing on...

Many novel offensive and defensive methods, which Alsinius had never seen before, opened his eyes to him. At the same time, he was also suffering from the constantly changing banner commands. He reminded him so that Alsinius would not make a big mistake, as did other recruits, and gradually they were able to keep up with the rhythm of training.

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When the training ended, it was still early, because it was already May and it got dark later.

At this moment, Archon Daves stepped onto the makeshift podium.

The tired soldiers began to get excited.

Davers said straightforwardly: "Brothers, what are we going to do next?!"

"Rugby!!!"

"After the last practice, are you familiar with all the rules?"

"Familiar!!!"

"Get started!!!"

"Then it’s the same as last time, first set up four venues, still first team first team first team first team VS seventh team first team first team, second team first team first team VS The first team of the third team, the first company... There are only four hourglasses in a game. The one with more points wins, the loser is eliminated, and the winning team is ready to enter the next round..."

While the soldiers were waiting for the consul to say the words "began to prepare", Daves continued: "Now I announce a new rule. The participating teams must join five Lucanian slaves."

The soldiers were in an uproar.

Caps, Dracos, Hironimos... and other senior team officers have been notified by Daves in advance that this is an effort made by the Archon to integrate the Lucanians.

No one dared to refuse Daves' order, so forty Lucanian slaves including Bagul were taken to the training ground.

Originally, Baghul and the others were polishing the stone, but Alexis suddenly gathered them together, and then named the forty people headed by Baghul, saying: They are the best forty of today’s laboring slaves. Individuals, as a reward, will let them play a game of rugby with the citizen soldiers of Amendorara.

Because most Lukarias do not understand Greek, it was the translation by Bagul. The slaves were restless, worried that this was a conspiracy of the Greeks and wanted to disadvantage these forty people.

Alexis swears to God: Before dark, we must let them come back!

Bagul and the others were taken into the training camp anxiously and stood in front of the Greek soldiers.

And when most of the soldiers were also at a loss for a while, Olivers, the captain of the first unit of the first company of the first squadron, took the lead. He quickly picked Bagul and the other four strong Lus. The Kania slaves, the others realized it, and in a flash, forty slaves were divided up by the teams participating in the first round.

Daves spent a short time telling them the rules of the game, and of course Baggul was the interpreter. Then the five of Bagul, who seemed to understand but not understand, were merged into Olivers's team.

The rugby field is a flat grass field with a length of about 100 meters and a width of about 50 meters outlined with lime powder. White lines are drawn every ten meters to prevent the lime powder from being wiped off during intense sports. As a result, the boundary is not clear, so wooden poles are inserted at the intersections of the white lines on both sides.

According to Davers’s requirements, the company captain can only serve as his own coach, and the team captain must serve as the quarterback of the team, because the coach has to arrange tactics based on the strengths and weaknesses of his side and the opponent, and the quarterback is on the field. The core of the team. He has to change his tactics in time according to changes on the court to lead his players to victory. Daves wanted to exercise the leadership and commanding ability of the team officers, because he believed that in the modern sports of the past, rugby was a game very similar to the ancient cold weapon warfare. It was a match in the center and an assault on both wings... It can exercise the strength, speed, and agility of the soldiers, and can also cultivate the unity and cooperation of the whole team, and enhance the cohesion. At the same time, it can also cultivate the company and team leaders to think calmly and quickly make correct responses in the fierce competition. This is very beneficial to the entire army, because the systemic and complicated multi-arms (temporarily lacking cavalry) synthetic army created by Daves, to exert its true power, is very dependent on the ability of middle and low-level officers.

First, the two sides draw lots to determine the order of attack.

Olivers was lucky to get the first strike, "Coach" Antonios began to arrange tactics for the team: "Bagul, you are just here, and you are not familiar with this game. Let's watch and learn off the court."

Bagul nodded: It seems that he is really playing a game.

The surrounding soldiers looked serious, and they also infected these Lucanian slaves.

"You, you, you, you...you go up first, the other party pays attention to catching the ball after kick-off. After receiving the ball, don't hesitate to pass the ball to Oliver. Oliver, you pass the ball to the big man. Let him run with the ball, try the opponent's strength, other people pay attention to fend off the opponent for him!..." Antonios is arranging tactics against the players on the field.

At this time, the whistle sounded, and referee Drax urged the players from both sides to play. According to regulations, the battalion captain served as the referee, a total of four referees, because the seventh battalion battalion Captain Epithenis also served as the first company company captain, so the Cavalry Captain Ledes topped him.

The soldiers took off all metal costumes such as helmets, greaves, and knives, and only wore linen breastplates to prevent injuries. At the same time, both sides wrapped the prepared red and blue linen cloth strips around their upper bodies and fastened them tightly. , In order to distinguish the two teams. There are 55 players in total with five slaves on one side, and only eleven people are required to play at a time. But rugby is a sport that consumes a lot of energy. However, the soldiers are already a bit tired due to training and must rely on constant substitutions to maintain combat effectiveness.

Dracos gave an order and the game started.

The hourglass also started timing.

The Epithenis team kicked the ball towards the opponent's half and rushed towards the opponent immediately.

Antonius discovered that the opponent had sent five slaves in the first place: Could it be that the slaves were more physically powerful than the soldiers to block his own attack? Antonios decided to take a look at the game before making adjustments.

A soldier jumped up, and as soon as he received the ball, the opponent rushed in front of him.

Although he is also wearing a linen breastplate, he looks like a Lucaria.

The soldier with the ball was taken aback, and this distraction was immediately grabbed by the opponent. Fortunately, he fell to the ground in time to press the ball under him.

The off-field players of the Antonios team made a sound of regret, while the other party shouted in hello. Several players excitedly stepped forward and slapped the Lucanians to express their encouragement.

An offensive opportunity was wasted like this. According to the rules established by Davers, the attacking team has three chances. During this period, the attacking team must advance the opponent's half-court distance (about ten meters), and then get three attacking opportunities, otherwise it should be attacked by the opponent.

Olivers was not in a hurry, he jokingly said: "Xienotimas, did you exercise with your wife too many times last night, so your hands and feet are so weak that you can't even pass a ball?!" /

The players laughed.

"Well, brothers, this attack must let them see how powerful the strongest unit in the whole army is!" (According to Daves's "Military Law", the "one" in the army number, and Not only a number, but also a manifestation of ability and honor. The First Brigade is the strongest team in the whole army. By analogy, the first team of the First Brigade is also not only the strongest among the teams belonging to it, but also all the teams in the whole army. Strongest)

The soldiers yelled, cheering up.

The two sides lined up on the marking line where the ball was stopped just now, and the corners of the center come together, and on both sides, one side is ready to catch the ball and sprint at any time, and the other side is ready to block at any time.

The whistle sounded.