Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 63: The Dionian Barracks on the northern border

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Since no new successors have arrived since then, many soldiers believe that as long as Massimos is in this position for one more year, he will be formally promoted to an important officer when he has enough qualifications.

Maximus himself thinks so, but he is more clear in his heart: the reason why he was able to obtain one of the Frontier Legion from an unknown and no background freed slave in just one year is quite important. His military position, and he is likely to become an intermediate officer of the Kingdom of Dionian in the next one or two years, which has something to do with his ability, but it is more likely to be the role played by the intelligence department behind him. But in any case, this will greatly benefit him to become a citizen of the kingdom as soon as possible.

Because of this, he is no longer so upset about joining the intelligence department.

There are very few people on the streets in the barracks. They are either soldiers who just finished their duty yesterday and have their turn to rest today, wandering around the roadside and chatting idle, or they are the soldiers who take turns in charge of all kinds of sundries. Cleaning the roadside, transporting garbage, feeding livestock, etc... But whoever sees Massimus passing by will respectfully shout: "Good morning, Master Massimus!"

Of course, Maximus will reply politely.

The heavy duty officer has the power to procure and distribute supplies. He is the soldier’s chief of food and clothing. During the time he is acting as an agent for Massimos, he can not only be fair and unselfish, but also whether it is material supply or a The three meals on the day have been better improved, so even though he was born as a free citizen, he won the respect of the soldiers.

Maximus enjoys this respect, which means that his abilities have been recognized by the soldiers. He is not as exclusive as he was at the beginning of the life in the military camp, and he has begun to get involved in it. Of course, this is also because as an officer, he has more vacations in a year, so he can return to Tury to get together with his wife and children.

Maximus greeted all the way and came to the center of the camp.

Except for the military barracks headquarters, the most important building here is the granary. In order to preserve the food, the engineers of the construction department racked their brains to design this kind of Dionian public granary: it is long and narrow. In the two-story building, windows are few and small, which can prevent food from spoiling due to high temperature or rain and humidity. However, in order to ensure that the granary is cool and breathable, multiple vents are built around the bottom of the granary, and the floor of the first floor of the silo is laid on the vents, so that even if pests such as mice enter the house through the vents, Can't get through the floor and enter the granary to harm the food. In order to prevent the grain or other items accumulated in the cabin from being squeezed to cause the wall to crack, buttresses are also built outside the walls of the granary. There are also many large dry wooden boxes in the granary, which are used to store the raw material of the soldiers' staple food-flour. The soldiers only need to open the outlet at the bottom of the wooden box when taking it, and the flour will rush out, thereby making the flour Basically in a closed state, its shelf life will naturally be longer.

When Maximus hurried to the granary, there were already more than a dozen trucks parked here, and the trucks were full of bags of flour.

The purchasing supervisor greeted him and reported to him: "Master Massimos, this time the Etruscans sent us 20 tons of flour, and I will give it to Luca and Aretiu. The arretium (arretium) barracks each sent 6 tons, and 8 tons were left here.” (Note: The Etruscan Alliance allocated the entire north and northwest border to Dionia. The Ministry of Military Affairs As for the Lu’s invasion, military camps were established near the three Etruscan border cities of Lucca, Florentia, and Aretium.)

Masimus carefully checked the recorded account books and signatures, then frowned and said: "The autumn harvest has just ended. I have not heard that the Etruscan city-states have failed harvests. I should not only provide such a small amount of food. ."

"The Etruscans said,'The wheat has just been harvested and the time is too tight. They are short of manpower and they do not produce much flour. If we are willing to grind the flour by ourselves, they are willing to provide the wheat directly.'" The purchasing officer said "But I refused, because our manpower is also insufficient, and we don’t have enough stone mills, so the Etruscans can only promise to send us food in half a month."

"The decision you made is correct. Well, half a month later..." Massims made a little estimate, and then said: "Our food reserves are sufficient to last for half a month, but you have to keep an eye on it. Now, urge the Etruscans to avoid their delay."

"Okay."

"Our transport ship is coming soon, right?"

"It should be in these days."

"When going to Pisae (an Etruscan city state near Lucca, a seaside town) to load and unload supplies, don't forget to remind them that next time they will be transporting more lamb and woolen knitwear. Here is the place. The winter is relatively cold, and some soldiers were frostbited last year. I hope we can get through this year safely.

I heard that the price of cattle and sheep in Turri’s livestock market dropped sharply this year. This is because these races in central Italy also transported their tribe’s livestock to Turri for sale. There are too many cattle and sheep in the livestock market. Now... I believe that the Ministry of Military Affairs can easily meet our requirements. "

"I wrote it down."

"While letting the laborers carry the flour inside, try to empty half of the granary, and then collect more hay and put it in the granary for storage. Winter is coming soon, we also have to reserve more forage for livestock and horses... …"

"Yes."

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Maximus told the purchasing supervisor, while watching the laborers unload bags of flour from the ox cart and carry them back to the granary.

At the same time, his confidant statistician is also carefully checking whether the amount of flour matches what the purchasing supervisor said.

After the statistician confirmed it, Maximus did not immediately sign his name on the account book. When the entire loading and unloading work is completed, he will come to the granary again in the afternoon to check and confirm.

Now, he will leave first, and the next place to go is the armory. The heavy battalion is not only in charge of food reserves, but the reserve of weapons and equipment is also one of his important tasks. Yesterday, a company sent by the military camp repelled the Gaul who had harassed the Florentian territory. When he returned, it was too late to learn more about the depletion of weapons and equipment and the acquisition of trophies. According to Maximus' habit, the confirmation is usually done on the same day, and postponing to the second day is already a delay for him.

The armory was built not far from the camp gate to facilitate the collection of equipment when the army went out.

Actually, there are not too many weapons and armors in the armory. They have been allotted to the soldiers one by one, and the soldiers themselves will maintain and maintain them. During the rest period, these armors, long shields, stabbing guns, short swords, and javelins are all placed in the soldiers’ dormitories. If they are damaged or become unusable during non-combat periods, they will even be compensated, because these weapons and equipment are all returned. Owned by the kingdom, unlike the soldiers of the regular army, the individual weapons and equipment are already owned by them.

The main storage in the armory are tents, quilts, blankets, shovels, shovels and other military materials, as well as some expendable weapons such as arrows and javelins, as well as a small amount of armor weapons.

When Maximus rushed to the armory, he learned that the custodian of the armory had transported a batch of javelins and arrows out of the city to the training ground.

There was just a battle yesterday, and military training is still going on today. This legionnaire from Carthage has always been strict with soldiers! ... Maximus thought for a while, and decided to go to the training ground.

In the various military camps in Dionia, most of the training grounds are located in the military camps, and the training grounds can be changed to rugby football matches at any time. However, the three military camps located on the northern Etruscan border did not set up the training grounds in the camp area. The main reason is that there are not too many troops stationed in each barracks, and it is not easy to reinforce in a short period of time, in order to facilitate the defense. , We must try our best to reduce the area of ​​the camp, so military facilities with a large area like the training ground can only be set up outside the camp.

Learning that Maximus was going out of town, his entourage soon came to a horse from the stable.

Maximus mounted his horse, passed the inspection of the city guard, and left the barracks.

The entire range of trenches within 50 meters outside the barracks is covered by the entire trench system. From the city wall to the outside are: Luzhai, trenches, shallow trenches, lily bushes (digging deep holes, burying pointed stakes), hanging meat hooks... …

When Maximus was out of the city, he caught a glimpse of a squad leader leading the soldiers, placing trees with many pointed branches in the shallow ditch.

It is the existence of these defensive facilities. Although this area is often attacked by Gauls, the military camp has never been attacked.

After the trap area, it is the civilian area. The families of the soldiers of the Frontier Legion are not allowed to join the army, but after the establishment of the military camp, some Etruscans will naturally move to settle near the military camp because they think there is a nearby protection society of the Dionian soldiers. Very safe, in fact, they are indeed rarely attacked by Gauls (the Dionian Senate passed a resolution early on: allowing Etruscans to settle in the new territory of the kingdom of Dionian in the northern border. And you can rent land, or you can apply to become a Dionian citizen in accordance with the new "Immigration Act".

In addition, some Etruscan vendors have opened shops here to earn money from the soldiers of the Frontier Legion. Pottery shops, blacksmith shops, shoe shops, cloth shops, butcher shops... are all built on the side of the boulevard. Of course, the tavern is the most popular among soldiers.

The soldiers who participated in the battle yesterday were given a day off today, and some of them asked the team officers to leave the camp and drink in the tavern.

A can of wine mixed with water, a can of beer with a lot of residue, a plate or two of stewed chickpeas, a plate of sliced ​​bacon... The money to be paid for the wine is for these every month The paid soldiers are not worth mentioning, but a small group of soldiers can sit around a table, drink wine and talk for a long time.