Rome Must Fall Chapter 64: Military camp anecdotes

As the sun sets, the afterglow of the sun gives the already quiet training ground a layer of gold, and the evening breeze blows the green trees, bringing coolness.

Most of the recruits who had been training for most of the day lay down on the grass, enjoying the rare comfort.

Tinibazus felt that there was no part of his body that was not sore and uncomfortable. He originally thought that he had been a soldier and would be familiar with military training, but when he started training, he realized that this was not the same thing at all. thing.

Tinibazus was a phalanx pikeman in the Pontic army. The most important thing about phalanx pikemen is formation, so when he started training at that time, he would stand in formation and hold a gun for a long time. He just started to advance with the team with a gun... He didn't even need to practice stabbing, because the spear wall formed by the spear phalanx was the most powerful weapon to hinder the enemy's attack. As long as he knew how to maintain the formation and be able to hold the gun for a long time, he would be fine. A qualified phalanx spearman.

But the military training here is different, because the rebel army is completely modeled after the Roman military system. The soldiers are trained according to the model of Roman legionnaires. Although they also pay attention to formations, they are not so strict. Due to the need to fight in close quarters, the requirements for soldiers' personal combat capabilities are relatively high. The training conducted by Tinibazus on the first day was mainly wood pile cutting training and shield collision training, interspersed with small formation formation and standing shield training ( In fact, it helps soldiers take the opportunity to restore their physical strength).

The wood pile cutting training seems simple, just hitting the wood pile with a wooden stick, but under the supervision of Tierx, the recruits must make a loud sound with every blow, which requires them to Use all your strength. These wooden stakes are relatively solid. The greater the force used, the greater the shock will be, which will make the recruits' palms numb and their arms painful. At the beginning of training, it will be difficult to grasp the wooden sticks with their palms after a few hits. You have to rest for a while before starting again.

If the wood pile chopping training only causes hand pain and backache, then the shield collision training will cause pain all over the body, because the muscles of the whole body must be tightened and the feet must be rooted to withstand the opponent's collision or exhaustion. Use all your strength to knock the opponent down...

Tinibazus, who has served as a soldier, does not need Tierkes’ explanation to understand that once soldiers who have not experienced this kind of training go into battle to fight with the enemy, their swords and swords will be unable to hold and fall when they collide, and their shields and shields will be incompatible with each other. If hit, he would be unable to stand and fall down, and his life would be gone in the blink of an eye... But I understand, I understand, this is too **** uncomfortable... Tinibazus lay on the ground and didn't want to move.

"Don't lie down, stand up quickly, I will take you to a place." Tierx's voice rang in his ears.

Tinibazus didn't want to pay attention, but he couldn't help but ask: "Where?"

"You'll find out when you get there." Tierkes urged, pretending to be mysterious: "We have to hurry up, don't let other teams get the first step!"

The recruits struggled to get up, and sure enough they saw other teams gathering one after another and walking towards the north of the training ground.

After Tinibazus and the others walked for a while, a small river appeared in front of them. Tinibazus and the others also became excited when they saw soldiers from other teams jumping into the river. Their bodies were stained with sweat and felt uncomfortable.

"Don't worry!" Tierkes said loudly: "Before you go down to the river to take a bath, I hope you will remember two points! First, don't drink the water from the river, otherwise you will easily get sick; second, don't Wipe your dark body clean and wash your hair. You are soldiers now, not slaves anymore, so you have to look like soldiers. Do you understand?!"

"Got it!!"

The recruits jumped into the river. The coldness of the river drove away the heat and aches. Their bodies felt more comfortable than ever before. Some people couldn't help shouting: "It's so comfortable - ugh!"

A wave of water hit him in the face, but it was Tierkes, who was the last to enter the river, who was causing trouble.

Soon, under Tierkes' deliberate commotion, the recruits also forgot the difference between superiors and subordinates, and started laughing and mingling together.

After landing ashore, Tierkes said seriously: "Those old clothes you are wearing are in such a state of tatters, smelly and dirty, don't wear them anymore, just throw them here. When you go back, take the girdles given to you." When you put on your coat, you look like a soldier from the first team of our 500th team."

The recruits had no objection to this, and they had no objection to returning to the camp naked. After all, this was how they worked in the fields on the farm most of the time.

The recruits followed Tierkes back to the camp, changed into their coats, and then sat on the grass in the area where their teams were to rest.

"Logically speaking, we should set up the tent at this time. It's the big tent that can accommodate ten people to rest, like the one you saw when you first entered the camp." Tierkes sighed: " It's a pity that there are too many people joining our team now. The cowhide tents have been divided up long ago, and even the linen tents we sewn ourselves are gone, so we have to suffer for a few days and sleep in the open air like this. Anyway, it’s still quite hot now, so sleeping like this will make you feel cooler, right?”

As soon as he finished speaking, Tinibazus said: "Captain, it's okay to sleep in the open air. Which of us slaves doesn't sleep like this? The problem now is that we are hungry, when can we eat? ?"

"Yes, Captain, my stomach is growling with hunger and I have no strength at all." Samoras also said weakly.

"The food should have been delivered to the camp from the kitchen by this time. We just have to let the soldiers from the first few teams get it before it's our turn. Let's just sit here and wait. It should be there soon." Erkes said with relief.

"If we let other teams get it first, will we lose all the food we have?" Samoras said a little worriedly. When he mentioned food, his seemingly stupid head became confused. Be enlightened.

"Don't worry, we may have shortages of other things here, but there will definitely be no shortage of food. Besides, the kitchen is our transport camp, and it is so close, how can we starve you." Tierkes saw The recruits who were all sitting down all followed Samoras' example, lying on the ground holding their stomachs, and couldn't help laughing and scolding: "You guys, you all drank a bowl of oil soup and ate a piece of bread at noon. You are so hungry now!"

Tinibazus was silent: Indeed, he did not expect that the supply camp would also deliver food to them at noon. You must know that when he was in the Pontic army, he always had two meals a day. In this regard, An army formed by slaves actually did better than the regular army of a kingdom!

"It's just because I ate something at noon ~IndoMTL.com~ I feel hungrier than usual now." Samoras said angrily.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted: "The food delivery guy is coming!"

The recruits who were groaning just now immediately stood up and looked to the west. They saw the camp door opened wide and a carriage came in, followed by another one, parked at the 100th Team. On the avenue in the area, the soldiers of the 100th team came out of the tents one after another, quickly formed a long line, and went to the carriage in order to get dinner.

"You see, when it's our turn later, we must be like those veterans. Otherwise, if we don't obey the order and loot randomly, we will violate the law. Not only will we not be able to eat, but we will also have to accept punishment. You guys Don't do such stupid things!" When Tilks warned everyone, his eyes were always on Samoras, and he was a little uneasy about this silly boy.

Samoras was so frightened that he quickly shook his head.

"But we are the first team, and we will be at the front of the queue when we receive dinner later." Tierx comforted everyone again.

It is precisely because of repeated reminders from various team officers that soldiers in the newly-built 400th and 500th teams can automatically line up to receive food.

"Aunt Aconis, why are you here in person today?!" Tierkes, who was first in line, was surprised to see Aconis, the kitchen manager of the supply camp, standing next to the carriage. .

“Today, so many new brothers have joined our supply camp. The food we have to make is twice as much as before. The manpower is a little tight. Of course, I have to do my best. I also come over to take a look. Our military camp is getting better and better. It’s lively!” Akonis said with a smile. She said it lightly. In fact, she was worried that there were too many recruits and that order would be disrupted when receiving food, so she came to hold the line in person.