Rome Must Fall Chapter 48: Military training

Crasus smiled slightly: "Sulla, you have to know that if you want to buy a house, it is best not to buy it when the price is still good. You should wait until the price drops to the bottom before buying it, and you will make more money."

Little Sulla's eyes suddenly widened: "You...you think Valerius will fail?!"

"No one can predict the outcome of the war." Crassus looked back at Valirius, who was talking excitedly to several senators at the gate of the Senate, and said lightly: "It's just business. , sometimes I have to take a gamble. Anyway, even if my judgment is wrong, there is no loss for me."

Little Sura shrugged and said: "That's right. It's better to waste time on defeating a group of slaves that not many people care about. It's better to use this time to make more money."

At this point, he changed the topic: "Have you heard that the war in Iberia has been going well recently? Pompey has led his troops to capture many rebel strongholds. That Sertorius is not as good as before. It’s crazy.”

Crasus's face changed, then returned to normal, and sneered: "The Senate gave Pompey such great support, he controlled nearly 100,000 troops, and he actually fought like this against the remnants of the civilian faction. What's there to be happy about?"

After speaking, he continued to move forward, but there was a sense of urgency in his heart.

Little Sulla deliberately lagged two steps behind and raised the corners of her mouth: Haha, no matter how rich you Crassus is, there are still things you don't like. However, no one will feel comfortable if the place where they started has become someone else's territory for cultivating cronies and training their troops!

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"In front of you are your enemies. They not only took your land and turned you into slaves, but now they also take your lives! You must hold the sword in your hands and kill Only they can avenge themselves, do you understand?!" Frontinus shouted loudly.

"Understood!!" The heavily armed guards responded in unison, holding wooden shields and sticks in their hands as they slashed at the wooden stakes erected in front of them.

"Your sword should hit the exposed areas of the enemy's skin as much as possible - hands and feet. Even a small wound that can make the enemy feel pain and bleed can weaken his strength and morale, allowing you to gain more There are many advantages... Always remember one thing, when you wield the short sword, the long shield in your hand must protect yourself tightly, otherwise you will be knocked down by the enemy before you can hit it. ..."

The guards listened to the teachings of Frantinus. The wooden sticks and shields they held were very crudely made, but heavier than real swords and shields. They kept practicing stabbing and stabbing on the wooden stakes. , feints, rushes and other skills. Behind them, more than a dozen members of the military advisory group patrolled back and forth, correcting their slashing movements from time to time. As long as any lazy soldiers were found, they would be reprimanded immediately and punished. It takes a long time to train, so generally no one dares to relax.

Frantinus looked at the sweaty soldiers with a faint smile of satisfaction on his face. He has led countless recruits in his decades of military career. The training attitude of these soldiers in front of him Undoubtedly the best: no wonder, slaves are always the most hardworking.

Frontinus's eyes fell on Maximus, who was also undergoing arduous training. On the first day of military training, the captain of the baggage battalion (due to the expansion of the team, Maximus The baggage corps was renamed the baggage battalion) and required to participate in training like ordinary soldiers. At first, Frontinus was a little hesitant. He was afraid that Maximus would make something special and ruin the entire training atmosphere.

But in fact, during these three days of training, Maximus always listened to his instructions carefully and meticulously completed the training requirements he set. His example also affected other guards, especially the guards. The captain of the team, Pheasalus, made every order of Frandinus smoothly executed, which really saved him a lot of worry.

He was very grateful for this, because he knew in his heart that Maximus was helping him establish his authority. In fact, Maximus did not need to do stake-chopping training at all, because he was a role player. Fighters, this is their basic skill.

"Time's up, the stakes training is over!" Frontinus said loudly: "Everyone line up and assemble!"

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers stopped training, holding wooden sticks and shields, and gathered together panting, forming a two-way column, with Maximus and Pheasalus standing at the head of the team. This very simple formation was full of mistakes at the beginning. It took repeated training to achieve the current results.

"Go around the camp at normal speed." After Frontinus finished speaking, he took the lead and walked forward.

Maximus and Pheasalus looked at each other and led the team to follow.

Since the rebel army captured the supplies of the Roman army and now has sufficient reserves of supplies, they have not sent out troops to plunder these days, but are seizing the time to conduct military training. The various brigades are scattered around the camp, with trees and crops hindering the training. Everything has been cleared away, and everywhere is filled with dust and bustling people.

The **** team always attracts some strange looks when they walk among them: "Is it necessary for the **** team to come out for training?"

"I don't think it's necessary. They just need to take good care of those women. Don't get involved in the war. We have to protect them."

"Hey, don't talk nonsense, be careful if someone goes back to complain, and when we get injured, the women in the medical team will refuse to take care of us!"

"Yes, you are right."

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The soldiers in the **** listened to their ears. Even if they felt angry, no one refuted the quarrel, because this was an armed march after intense training. The whole team must march in an orderly formation. Although the speed is not fast, if Spend energy arguing instead of taking this opportunity to recover. Once you disrupt your own rhythm and fail to keep up with the team, you will be punished by Frontinus for double training, so this includes Maximus and Phaisa. Everyone, including Nusi, moved forward in silence. By the time they returned to the original training place, the soreness in their arms had almost disappeared.

"Shield collision training begins!" Frontinus gave the order, and the escorts paired up in pairs, holding wooden shields, and collided with each other. If they were knocked back, they would lose, and they would be punished three times in a row~IndoMTL. com~The winning team gets valuable rest time, so everyone goes all out.

Both wooden stake training and shield ramming training cultivate soldiers' individual combat capabilities in array battles. Long-term training with weighted wooden shields and sticks will make soldiers stronger and more powerful when using real swords. You will be more confident when fighting with a real shield, thereby increasing your confidence.

After the shield collision training, there was another armed march around the camp. This not only laid the foundation for the soldiers to conduct long-distance march training in the future, but also allowed them to learn to relax during the march, because the next exercise will be more intense. Some agility training.

Originally, in Frontinus’ original training plan, the third individual soldier training was heavy javelin. However, judging from the current situation of the rebel army, it is impossible for each brigade to have sufficient heavy javelin for a long time. Supplies, let alone escorts, so this part is omitted for the time being.

The third individual soldier training is agility training. For heavily armed soldiers who need to be fully armed to climb ladders and climb over barriers, agility is very important.

The military advisory team used two wooden stakes to set up a wooden pole on the training ground, reaching the height of an adult's knees, and asked the soldiers to cross it while running. It seemed easy to complete, but when wearing helmets and wearing In the case of breastplate, it is not easy to complete. Even if you step over it, because the body cannot maintain balance and falls to the ground, any bulges and uneven places inside the armor will leave the same shape of bruises on the body. In the past few days after the training started, except for Maximus and Pheasalus, almost all the soldiers have a lot of bruises on their bodies.

No one of the soldiers who had begun to adapt to this training fell down this time, but before they had time to be happy, the military advisory team added a few more wooden poles to the training ground and asked them to run continuously without stopping. Cross it.