Rome Must Fall Chapter 62: The baggage camp recruits new soldiers (continued 3)

"My name is Tierx. I was originally a mountain man in Iberia. I once lived a free life. But then some Romans launched a rebellion in Iberia and triggered a war. The war has continued. Roman officials began to increase taxes on various tribes in the mountains. If they did not pay, they would be regarded as associates of the rebels. Because the taxes were too high, if our tribe all paid, everyone would not be able to survive, so the patriarch has been trying to delay , but one day the Roman army raided our village and killed most of the people. I was captured, made a slave, and sold to a farm here, where I farmed and worked every day..."

Tirkes told the past events in a heavy tone while lifting up his tunic, revealing the criss-cross scars on his chest and back: "I was very reluctant at first and thought about running away every day, but this is the territory of the Romans. , where can you escape to! Every time I was caught, I was beaten severely and was not given food... In order not to be beaten, in order to fill my stomach, I finally gave in and ate like a cow or sheep every day. Working under the beating of the whip felt like torture at first, but gradually I became numb. I felt like I was alive and dead. Maybe one day I would just fall into the field and be thrown into the wilderness by the guards like garbage. In the grass..."

Everyone listened quietly, Tilks' experience made them feel the same, and some people gradually became red-rimmed.

"Later -" Tierkes's voice suddenly rose: "The team led by Spartacus came to Vesuvius, and the farm where I was was the first to be captured by them and gained freedom. I finally decided to join the team and became one of them. After joining, I found that the decision I made was the right one! Because everyone in our team are poor people and slaves who have suffered a lot. There is no bullying between each other, everyone is as close as brothers...

When the Romans first came to attack us, I was in the team led by leader Spartacus. It was the first time we fought against the Romans. Everyone was inexperienced, and we suffered a defeat... But later Chief Spartacus listened to the advice of Chief Maximus, and took advantage of the darkness to lead us to climb down from a cliff hundreds of meters high and raid the Roman camp. The Romans suffered a disastrous defeat! I was injured in the battle, but thanks to the careful care of the supply camp’s medical team, my injury healed, so I decided to stay in the supply camp——”

When Tilks said this, his face was full of gratitude, and at the same time there was a trace of subtle shyness. He coughed a few times, and then said: "Last night, Centurion Torelugu told us , the headquarters gave us more than 400 slaves in the supply camp. Chief Maximus planned to build a few more centurions, but he needed to transfer some people from the original team to serve as team officers. I think this is a good thing, so I So I took the initiative to sign up and became the tenth commander of your team. Well, I’ve finished my experience, who can tell me next.”

"I'm coming! I'm coming!" Tinibazus shouted first.

Led by Tinibazus, the recruits of the first team told their experiences one by one. Although they came from all over the world, some of them did not speak Latin fluently, such as Samoras. But no one present made fun of him, they all lamented the narrator's suffering. After everyone finished speaking, they felt that the distance between each other had become much closer.

Then Tierkes said in a deep voice: "Leader Maximus once said that the reason why we became slaves and were oppressed is ultimately because of the greed and expansion of the Romans. Although we have gained freedom, But this is only temporary. As long as the Romans are not defeated, we may become slaves again and fall into darkness at any time. And if we want to defeat the powerful Romans and live free forever, we should at least do this The following three points——"

When Tilks said this, he paused intentionally. Seeing that the recruits were listening attentively, he continued to say the words that Maximus repeatedly emphasized to the escorts many times: "First point, We must be as close as brothers and unite as one. Only by doing this can we get twice the result with half the effort, and only then will we burst out with powerful power in battle! Can you do it?"

The recruits looked at each other and answered almost in unison: "Yes!"

"Okay!" Tierkes continued: "The second point is to abide by the laws of the transport camp. Chief Maximus said that laws are used to regulate the behavior of everyone in the group, so that the entire The team will be more orderly and avoid chaos that may lead to the inexplicable disintegration of our team. Can you do this?!"

"Yes!" The recruits responded in unison.

"What can you do! You don't even know what the law is, so you just respond randomly!" Tilks laughed and cursed a few times, and then said seriously: "You all listen up! The first article of the baggage camp law , obey the orders issued by superiors. Chief Maximus is in charge of the entire supply camp. We must implement the orders he issues and we must obey his command. Do you understand?!"

"Got it!!"

"This second article..." Tierkes explained the laws of the transport camp one by one. In order to deepen the impression on the recruits, he also gave several examples of violations of the laws and punishments. The recruits listened. Everyone is nervous.

"Have you all memorized these laws?"

"No...no!!" the recruits replied in unison.

"You will definitely not be able to remember it once. It doesn't matter. I will tell you a few more times tonight, and then I will check them one by one tomorrow. If you don't remember it, you will have to accept punishment."

After hearing this, the recruits began to feel nervous again.

Tirkes saw this and did not say much. He looked at the situation of other teams around him and then said loudly: "We just said two points. This third point is equally important to us. The Roman army is very powerful. , if we want to confront them and defeat them, we must carry out military training. Only when each of us trains hard and becomes a powerful soldier can the entire army become stronger. You are right. Wrong?"

"Yes!!"

"Very good. It seems that everyone is very enthusiastic. I won't waste any more time. Let's start training from now on." Tierkes said simply. ~IndoMTL.com~Ah, so fast? ! ...Only Tinybazus was a little surprised, and the other recruits followed Tierx to the wooden piles excitedly.

"First let's practice cutting wood piles!" Tilks said loudly.

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Maximus looked at the training ground. At this time, the number of soldiers on the training ground was far greater than before. Under the leadership of their team officers, they were training in full swing. There were shouts and shouts, and it was so lively...

Frantinus, the leader of the military advisory team next to him, was reporting to him: "This time, 456 slaves were assigned to us. After screening, 365 soldiers were selected. Now the total number of soldiers in our **** has reached 687, so 4 centurions were added."

When Maximus heard this, he replied: "It's just as we thought in advance."

"Yes, fortunately we made emergency preparations last night, so we were able to quickly integrate them into the team today and pull them out for training immediately," Frontilus said.

"It is also thanks to our more than two months of military training and daily teaching that we have been able to extract so many soldiers with good performance from the original brigade to serve as team officers. I hope they can seize this opportunity well. This is an opportunity to get better training in order to be promoted to centurion, captain, or even legion commander in the future..." Maximus said with high spirits as he looked at the bustling training ground.

Although the members of the military advisory group have been in the supply camp for more than two months and are very familiar with each other, there are still a few people who feel that the prospect described by Maximus is just a fantasy, so someone asked : "I wonder if the army we set out to camp today has encountered the Roman army? I don't know how the battle is going?"