Rome Must Fall Chapter 17: Meeting of Military Chiefs

When the vast majority of gladiators were still addicted to killing, looting, and eating and drinking every day, Maximus was already keenly aware that the meeting of military commanders had become the highest authority body of the entire team, and began to think of ways to become the highest authority of the entire team as soon as possible. One of them, thus gaining greater influence over the rebels. Now that he had finally achieved his goal, how could he not be happy.

"Don't be too happy! Although you can participate in the meeting of military commanders, you are only a participant. You can make suggestions, but you have no decision-making power!" Cross said coldly.

Cross's words poured cold water on Maximus. His face froze slightly, and then he looked at Hamilcar.

Hamilcar nodded.

"Sit down, we still have things to discuss." Spartacus didn't explain much, just urged.

Maximus let out a breath and exhaled his depression: Just attend as long as you are present, at least I have come in, and I will just work hard to become a regular member in the future.

Maximus adjusted his mood and found an empty wooden bench to sit down.

"Everyone has just agreed to start training the team, but we have to make a plan on how to conduct the training." Spartacus looked at the other people in the room and asked: "What suggestions do you have? ”

"How to train the team is very simple." Enomui continued: "Every day after dinner, before the sun goes down, let the gladiator brothers in each team serve as instructors and use the school to Use the same training methods to train other brothers. I believe that within two or three months, the combat capabilities of the new recruits will be greatly improved."

"The school's training methods are too strict. This may cause dissatisfaction among the new brothers. The recent fights in the team are already a headache. If this leads to conflicts and fights again, then But just..." Altonix said worriedly.

"Let the brothers lower their requirements. There is no need to be as strict as the requirements in the school. Moreover, after the method Spartacus just mentioned is implemented, everyone will definitely become more friendly, so you don't have to worry about this. "The "method" Cross mentioned was the "Complaint Movement" promoted by Maximus in the baggage train. Out of some kind of psychology, he just mentioned it briefly and quickly changed the topic: "But The main problem is that even if we lower the requirements, training will be difficult. Brothers are already tired from going out during the day, and training at night will be hard to bear."

"During this period, our team has continued to expand, and we have obtained more and more supplies. We have basically captured the farms in the nearby areas..." Spartacus said seriously: "I think we There is no need to rush to send all the teams down the mountain every day. You can let each team take turns to attack those farther away farms, and the teams staying at the station will train, so that we have enough time to reorganize the team. You know, now we Some brothers who serve as centurions don't even know how many people they have, let alone know them well and know their names. How can they lead them to fight the Romans? This won't work. We must make changes quickly! ”

Everyone else in the room felt the anxiety in Spartacus's heart. As leaders, they also felt deeply about this, so they all agreed.

Then, Hamilka put forward his own suggestion: "I think it is inappropriate to only train the brothers' individual combat abilities. Thousands of soldiers fighting in a battle often have better organizations and more powerful personnel. The well-disciplined side will defeat the brave but messy side. Therefore, in addition to individual training, we also need to conduct collective drills for all teams so that they can learn to assemble, march, line up, change formations, and obey orders to fight. Or retreat in time."

"I agree." Spartacus responded first. This was what he had discussed with Hamilka.

"I agree." Altonix followed closely.

Cross did not reply first, but asked: "Hamilka, what kind of group exercises are you going to do?"

"Train brothers with Roman tactics and Roman formations. I have been in the Roman army with Spartacus and have some understanding of this." Hamilcar replied.

"Why fight the way the Romans did?!" Enomuyi said with some dissatisfaction: "It is better to practice our Germanic wedge charge tactics. Once you learn it, you will be able to defeat the Romans easily!"

"The Romans were neither very strong nor very tall, but they were able to defeat many races and now dominate the Mediterranean, mainly relying on their tactics." Spartacus patiently explained : "Enomuyi, I have heard you talk about your Germanic tactics before, and they are indeed very good. However, most of the brothers in our team are not as strong, tall and experienced as our gladiators. They They were abused, weak, and did not have enough strength to attack the Romans' dense defenses and break through their shields, so the Roman tactics were suitable for them. Think about it, when the brothers learned the Roman tactics , and have far more courage and hatred than the Romans, then can the Roman army still defeat us!"

Enomuyi scratched his head and stopped talking.

Cross thought for a while and said: "It is necessary to train the brothers' individual combat abilities as well as collective training. The physical exertion must be great at the end of the day. Can the brothers hold on?"

"I have also considered your concern. We can give them another meal at noon. When the brothers are full, they will naturally have the strength to continue training." Hamilcar said and looked at Maximus : "How much food do we have in reserve now?"

"There are six hundred tons of wheat, two hundred tons of barley, two thousand kilograms of smoked pork, one thousand five hundred kilograms of smoked fish, two hundred and forty sheep, twenty-three cattle..." Maximus hardly needed it After thinking about it, he quickly answered: "If we calculate it based on 5,000 people now, it will be enough for us to eat for half a year. If we add another meal at noon to ensure that the brothers are well fed and have the strength to continue training, it will be enough for us to eat for three days." More than a month. Not to mention that we will capture new farms and obtain more food~IndoMTL.com~, so there is no need to worry about not having enough food."

Maximus looked at everyone and suggested confidently: "We can even add more meat to lunch and provide wine mixed with water, so that the brothers will be more willing to eat and drink well. Training is underway."

"Well, that's a good idea. You are now the captain of the baggage team, and you are responsible for these." Hamilka said.

"Okay." Maximus nodded quickly to show his respect for the old leader.

No one objects anymore, and the military training will be decided.

"We have robbed all the farms around here. We should discuss which direction we should attack next." Cross reminded.

"Don't go to the south for now. There are many towns there close to the coast. Although they may not dare to go out of the city to attack us, they will also make us have some scruples when attacking farms and transporting supplies. But to go to the east, the road It's far away, and we have to go around Mount Vesuvius, so let's go to the north first, and then we can consider other things when we are stronger." Spartacus had already considered it.

Although Cross and Enomu usually boasted to their subordinates that they could easily defeat any invading enemy, deep down in their hearts they were still afraid of the Roman army, so they unanimously agreed to move their garrison to Set on the mountainside, now that the Roman army may invade at any time, they are even more unwilling to lead the army away from the main force for a long time and close to hostile towns, so they will naturally not object to Spartacus's suggestion.

Enomuyi even said: "When we go to attack the east, we can also ask Omakr to monitor Aniya Avenue. If there is another carriage carrying weapons passing by, we can intercept it and distribute it. To brothers, we currently have too few weapons!"