Cutips looked left and right, and wanted to say something more, but when he saw Matonis' face, he immediately shut his mouth with interest. But he really punched people hard with his fists, of course, his short guard is also famous in the whole army. Ctipps raised his tool sullenly and dug towards the ground...
Matonis didn't bother to pay attention to him any more, he lifted the wooden basket full of soil with one hand, stepped on the wooden ladder, went up to the ground, and poured the soil onto the earth base to be built in the trench. He observed that the progress of his team was not bad, but looking at the situation of the Olivers team next to him, he immediately became a little anxious, stood by the ditch and shouted: "Brothers, work harder, let's fight for the first place this time. Once completed, I will get the reward promised by the leader! If someone doesn't work hard and drags them back, I will never let him go, you know!!"
"Hoo!" The veterans howled, and most of the recruits responded weakly...
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"Leader, this time we are building the camp, not only do we have to dig trenches, build earth walls, and build outposts, but also build wooden fences on the earth walls, build walkways behind the fences, and dig pits in front of the trenches and bury the tips. Stakes... The requirements of this camp are too complicated! And the amount of labor is much larger than before, and the soldiers are complaining, is this necessary?!" Asisters asked inexplicably.
While watching the progress of the construction of the camp, Davos answered affirmatively: "Of course it is necessary! Burkes said that last year the Lucanians attacked Turiyi at least 10,000 fighters! We are not like Turiyi, Protected by a tall and thick city wall, if we don’t build a well-defended camp, can we resist the attack of the Lucanians?! When we are besieged by the Lucanians, will the Turians come to rescue us mercenaries? ?!"
Asisters shook his head.
"So building such a complex camp is a little tiring, but with it, the soldiers will feel at ease when they rest and sleep in it, and the enemy will have nothing to do with us! And this camp is not for them to build in one day, it can be It will be completed in a few days." Davos saw Asistes' clear expression, and then said: "Before, didn't I ask you to gather the soldiers who have worked in woodworking in the team and set up an engineering battalion? Let They led the soldiers and groped to build wooden fences, watch towers, and walkways. With this experience, they can do the same when building camps in the future."
Asisters said sincerely: "Boss, you are too thoughtful!"
Davos smiled: This is just an effective method summed up by the Roman army through hundreds of years of war in history. He directly borrowed it and pushed it hard. It is hoped that the military tradition of the Roman legion of "build a strong camp first" can also become a habit of its own army.
"Leader, Felixius is back." Asisters saw Felixius coming from the north.
Davos hurried up to meet him and asked, "How is the situation?"
"Burks is right, there is a small river about a dozen miles to the north, and there are mountains and forests on the other side of the river."
"Is it easy to cross the river?"
"The water is very shallow, but we have found a Lucarian scout. According to the guide, it may be from the city of Amendolara."
This news made Davos ponder for a while, and he said decisively: "Bulks said that the number of the only Lucanian troops still in the north of Turii is not large, I will give you five hundred soldiers and One hundred sturdy slaves, you lead them to the mountain forest, let some of them cut down the wood, and the other part is responsible for guarding, if possible, go further north to explore the situation around the city of Amendolara. "
"OK."
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"On a large rock 100 meters away from Davos Camp, Drakes and the other two leaders were standing and looking around.
"What are these guys trying to do? A camp, does it need to be so complicated?! This is building a camp, this is clearly building a city! Do the Turians allow them to do this?!" A leader said sarcastically .
"Adrianx, you must admit that if such a complex camp is built, it will be very difficult for the Lucarians to attack! On the contrary, look at our camp, which is much simpler in comparison! I heard from the Turians that the Lucarians are gathering troops in Laos, and if they go south, we will be the first to suffer! Should we consider re-fortifying our camp?" Another leader suggested.
"Sesta, it's not that you don't know the virtues of our soldiers. You are active when you ask for money, and once you let them work, they are all cheating!" Adriankes said helplessly.
"Yeah, this is what makes me feel strange. They—" Sesta pointed to the soldiers who were doing their best in the distance, and said curiously: "It's not like a mercenary at all, and even some city-state citizens are It's not as good as them, but it's a bit like Sparta! But I just heard their accents, Thessaly, Rhodes, Thrace, Crete, Kersonis, Chios... all over the place They all have accents, just like ours! But why is there such a big difference?!"
"Don't think about it, although they fought with them, but they have no ill will towards us, and they also took the initiative to ask to help us treat the wounded. We just don't provoke them in the future. Besides, it's a good thing that they are strong, and they are by our side. Don't worry too!" Adriankes said emotionally, and jumped off the stone: "Let's go, don't stand here for a long time, let them think we have what intentions!"
Adrianx felt the horror of this mercenary and couldn't help but want to stay away from them.
"I think we should give it a try and let the soldiers re-fortify the camp's defenses!" Sesta also jumped down.
"Okay, go back and discuss with the soldiers." Adriankes shrugged helplessly, walked a few steps, remembered something, and called back, "Dracos, let's go!"
Drax grinned, his red and swollen jaw hurt when he moved, he took a deep look at Davos Camp and followed the two of them.
Shortly after returning to the camp, the wounded who were healed also returned. From their mouths, these mercenaries, mainly from Ionia and Asia Minor (because Bulcus was recruited in Miletus at that time), learned that they had fought with them. It was the Greek mercenary who accompanied the little Cyrus on his expedition to Persia! You must know that after Davos and the others arrived at the Eoke Star Sea, when the merchant ships of the city-states of the Eoke Star Sea went to Greece to do business with Asia Minor and Ionia, the merchants and sailors sent Greek mercenaries to Persia in the chat at the tavern and inn. Fragments of the battle were exaggerated and exaggerated and spread, so that when Davos and the others were still marching along the coast of the Eoken Sea, their reputation had already spread throughout Ionia. After learning about their plight, many mercenaries envied their experience and regarded them as heroes. After all, no Greek army had ever reached the Persian hinterland so far.
Now that they learned that the group of people who beat them was part of the Persian expedition, the grievances of the mercenaries not only disappeared, but they also sighed sincerely: No wonder the fight was so fierce, it turned out to be the Greek mercenaries who returned from the expedition to Persia, and they are now Right next to us!
The soldiers who couldn't hold back their surprise ignored the leaders' obstruction, and rushed out of the camp gate and ran to the Davos camp, wanting to hear their heroes tell their experiences in Persia...