Chapter 30 Tactical Assessment

"How can there be money!" Gorgeon said with a burp of wine, his face slightly red, and his emotions were slightly excited: "Look at the kingdom's roads are all smooth and wide! Is every bridge made of stone? The system is strong and durable! Isn't the arena in each town spectacular and luxurious!... But do you need money to build them?! Do you need money to maintain them?! The kingdom's territory is vast and there are many towns, in order to manage them well They require the whole-hearted investment of many officials, so do you need to pay them?!...Maintaining these costs accounts for the bulk of the national treasury expenditure, where is there any extra money! The kingdom has worked hard to maintain such a good condition for its citizens. An environment, but how much tax do citizens pay?”

"Only 1% of the annual harvest!" exclaimed one diner: "These Dionian citizens are so happy! I am from Delos, my home state was once again incorporated into the sea confederation of Athens, which Athens forced to We provide financial donations, which is 60% of my income! That’s why I had to leave my home country and come to live in Dionia.”

"My mother country, Milos, is not the same. I was forced to join the Peloponnesian League before, and I have to pay a lot of tribute to Sparta every year, so that Sparta can cope with the Corinthian war and the Debe this time. During the war with Spartan, I paid no less than 20% of my income every year. In a naval battle last year, Athens won a great victory and won the dominance of the Aegean Sea. My mother country took the opportunity to break away from Sparta and join the Athenian Sea. Alliance, I thought life would be easier, but I didn’t expect the Athenians to ask for money as well, and the tax rate remained the same, there’s nothing I can do, that’s why I came to Turii, alas…” Another diner also took up the conversation, pouring a lot of bitterness. .

Their encounter also resonated with other diners.

After a mutual complaint, the man named Gorgion exclaimed: "Compared to our former home state, Dionia is indeed a good place to live in, even if the treasury is so tight, His Majesty King Davos and his ministers still do not want to increase the tax on the people. But 1% tax is really too little, and the life of those official citizens is so good, why not pay a little more tax to help the kingdom solve this financial problem It is difficult to form a border guard force composed of free people, which also solves the problem that they themselves have been sent to the border for a long time."

"Gorgion is right, anyway, these official citizens own so much land, and a little more tax won't affect their lives?"

"If they don't even dare to pay more taxes, how can they still have the face to claim that they are warriors who protect the kingdom!"...

The conversation of the diners quickly turned to the question of "whether citizens should be allowed to pay more taxes to help the kingdom form a border army", and the atmosphere of the discussion became more and more lively.

Maximus wasn't too concerned about the topic, but he noticed that every time the man named Gorgion spoke, it made the discussion more intense.

Maximus actually wanted to hear them talk about "why the household registration office would suspend the registration of freedmen's application for citizenship", but until he took over the porridge and lamb chops from the cook, the diners were still in the present The topic was talked about non-stop, and it was obviously impossible for him to provoke a new topic in an unfamiliar environment.

Finally, when he left, Gorgeon turned his gaze to Maximus, who was staring at him from time to time, and nodded to him with a smile.

Of course, Maximus nodded politely in return.

Seeing him walking away slowly, Maximus picked up the bowl and jar, got up and handed it back to the cook behind the counter, and asked, intentionally or unintentionally, "The person who left just now greeted me, but unfortunately I didn't know who he is."

"His name is Gorgion, he works as a clerk in Turii City Hall, and I heard that he will soon become a full citizen,

Don't look at people's high status, but they are very friendly to people, know a lot of things, and are frequent visitors here. He often said that our shop is small, but the quality of the wine is good, and the food is also very good..." The cook was not at all wary, and said a lot of enthusiasm, and also praised her small shop.

When Maxims heard these words, the first thought that popped into his mind was: Do you want to apply for a job at City Hall as a scribe or writer?

Of course, it is necessary to consider how to earn money to support the family in the future, but the main problem at present is to arrange the home first. But when the family walked out of the street pub, it was already dark.

Maximus judged from his experience in Rome and slave camps that all the shops in the outer city of Turii must be closed, but what he saw surprised him: many shops were lit with candles, and the street There are still many pedestrians, and the inspection team is still patrolling...

Seeing that the blocks were lit by countless candles, the Maxims family was overjoyed. They bought a bed and some fabrics in the furniture store not far from where they rented, and bought some at the candle shop next to them. Candles, went to the pottery store to buy some crock pots... Finally, I spent a little money and entrusted the labor of the furniture store to move these things into the house.

After a busy time, the room has a new look.

Although Falvia looked a little tired, she kept wiping the sweat from her forehead, but her eyes shone with happiness: "Maxims, we finally have a new home!"

Maximus looked at the two children who were making trouble on the bed, and he was also full of emotion in his heart, and nodded speechlessly...

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There are more than a dozen military camps in the kingdom of Dionia, which are both military training bases for citizens and military fortresses. Among these barracks, the Turii Barracks is unique, not only because it has the largest area and the largest number of citizens participating in each training session, but also has a unique function - training officers.

In the past, the staff of the Ministry of Military Affairs mainly carried out actual combat training and learning here, but after the Western Mediterranean War, Davos ordered that all middle-level officers to be promoted to senior officers must go through training and assessment before they can be promoted.

And the location of this training is also set at the Tulii military camp, which makes the aura of the Tulii military camp in the Dionysian army even more dazzling.

This morning, the tactical training room of the Turii Barracks was full of people, and in the center of the field were the two best performers among this group of senior students-Sextus and Patroclus, he The two will conduct an actual combat deduction assessment.

Tomid, the chief of staff as the referee (after the Western Mediterranean War, Philisius resigned as chief of staff and was replaced by him) coughed and said, "I announce the beginning of the examination!"

The room suddenly became quiet.

The referee and the commander of the 2nd Corps, Matonisto, came to the two who were about to be assessed with a wooden plate and asked, "Who will throw the two of you?"

Sextus said modestly: "Cross, you come first."

"Okay." Patroclus simply grabbed a square dice carved from lamb bones on the wooden plate and tossed it lightly.

"It's an even number." After seeing the result of the color roll, Matonis immediately gave an order: "Patroclus, you will attack next, and Sextus, you are mainly responsible for defense, and you will roll the color next. ."

Sextus carefully grabbed the two dice and threw them up.

The two dice turned several times on the ground, and Matonis said loudly after seeing it clearly: "It's nine!"

Another referee next to him, former chief of staff Philisius, immediately picked up a table to check, and then said: "The tactical map of No. 9 is a mountain with an average height of more than 300 meters, and there is a width of 50 meters. the great river."

As soon as Philisius finished speaking, it immediately caused a whisper of discussion among the surrounding team officials. Obviously, such a terrain is very beneficial to the defensive side.

At this time, a large plank map was placed between Patroclus and Sextus.

Just as the two of them carefully observed the map and began to think about possible tactics to be implemented, the chief referee and the four referees (at least they were all legion commanders, with rich battlefield experience and outstanding military exploits) also took the time to discuss in a low voice. .

After a while, the referee Thormed stood up and said loudly: "In view of this tactical map, we finally decided after discussion that the defensive side should have 4,000 troops, including 500 medium-sized Samonai infantry and 1,500 Samoan infantry. Monet's light infantry, 1,500 Samonaite harpooners, 500 Samonei spearmen... 20,000 men on the attacking side, 18,000 men in the two Dionian legions, 200 men in the siege force , 500 Dionysian cavalry, 500 mountain reconnaissance brigade, 500 cargo battalion... The defensive side has the advantage of supply, the attacking side has a one-time carry because of the deep enemy, and can only be supplied for 30 days, after 30 days it cannot be resolved If there is a winner or loser, the attacking side shall be judged to be the loser!"

Patroclus and Sextus both took up the boards in their hands to record the data as Tolmead spoke.

After he finished speaking, the two of them looked at the map and compared the data on the wooden board, thinking.

"This is imitating the example of the kingdom's attack on the mountains of Samona. Although the terrain is complicated and the march is difficult, Patroclus has two legions of the kingdom. As long as they can find the main force of Samona, they should be able to win."

"I don't think it's that simple. Didn't the instructor say it before when he was giving lectures, the Samonais are not weak in combat, especially their harpooneers, and they are good at fighting on mountains and mountains. The reason why we can conquer them is because we There was never a real mountain battle with the Samonites, and several times they wiped out their main force on the plains, and now that Sextus can fully defend the mountains, the situation must be very different."