Chapter 152

Since Davos was not in the Senate now, Kerethorps and the others did not need to enter the city, but went directly north to the barracks.

When passing the second Arc de Triomphe outside the North City, Kerisopes stood under the door and looked up for a while before leaving.

Turii's barracks was located on the north bank of the confluence of the Kosenyi and Delos rivers. At this time, the Tulii military camp was no longer a simple camp with tents and fences when the city of Tulii was first built, but a fully functional fortress.

The deer village, the moat, the earth barrier, the wooden wall and the sentry towers erected every 20 meters on the wooden wall constitute the outer defense of the military camp, and inside the camp are rows of brick and tile barracks, each of which can accommodate a small team of soldiers. For accommodation, the beds are made into bunks, so the space in the room is more spacious.

In addition, there were stables for the cavalry, an armory, a weapons repair workshop, a kitchen, a small hospital, and even a waterwheel, which brought water from the Delos to the barracks' bathhouses (only cold water for the soldiers).

Of course, there is also the most important and indispensable part of the barracks: the headquarters, which consists of the accommodation of the supreme commander, the accommodation of senior generals, and conference rooms; the training ground, which includes light infantry training ground, heavy infantry training ground, and cavalry training ground , weapon testing ground (mainly the assembly test of large siege equipment), large training ground (joint training of arms, formation confrontation, and review troops are all here); in addition, there are several special training grounds, city defense training ground (ie Training to build camps, defense and siege, the land of this site is often dug and mend, mend and dredged, everywhere), in the training grounds on both sides of the Delo River (that is, training for wading and crossing the river, and boating For landing operations, there are more than a dozen small cargo ships), mountain training ground (for training mountain operations, this training ground is not in the barracks, but in the mountains west of the barracks and beyond the hot spring baths).

For Dionia, who established the country by force, the military camps built near the cities in the alliance are the most complete camps with the most complete functions and the most advanced training methods among the Mediterranean countries, city-states, and ethnic groups in this era, especially the Turii military camp. As the center of the alliance, Turiyi has the most civic soldiers, so the barracks needs to train 5,000 people at a time, and can fully accommodate 50,000 people. There are 500 soldiers stationed in rotation all the year round, which does not include some alliance officials. **scribe.

It is precisely because of the existence of these military camps that countless farmers, herdsmen, fishermen, traders, etc., who have no war experience, are full citizens of the Dionysian Union, reserve citizens, and free people go through rigorous training into the military camps again and again. , One or two years later, they were quickly forged into qualified legionnaires, which enabled the Fifth Legion, which had never been on the real battlefield, to not fall behind in the confrontation with the elite soldiers of Syracuse who had been fighting all year round.

At this moment, Kerisopes saw that the ten-meter-high wooden wall in front of him extended infinitely to both sides, with no head in sight. He could imagine the grand scale of this military camp.

This is obviously a city! He couldn't help asking in surprise: "This is your military camp?!"

"That's right,

This is the Turii military camp. Citizens of Turii, Amendolara and Bisinia are usually trained here. ' the official replied.

Kerisopes looked up at the sentries patrolling back and forth on the wooden wall and the archers watching from the tower. The heavily guarded military camp made him feel slightly uneasy: "Let's go in."

Then, the officer stopped moving forward, turned around and said solemnly to Cleethorpes and his entourage: "In view of the time of war, the military secrets in this barracks cannot be leaked, His Majesty Davos asks that you must Wear a mask and cover your eyes before you can enter the barracks." With that, he took out a black mask from his arms.

At the same time, the drawbridge of the camp was lowered, the camp door opened, and a group of heavily armed soldiers lined up.

And the entourage of Kerisopes has already exploded: "Dionysian, do you know what you are talking about?!"

"You actually blindfolded us! Wherever we Spartans are on diplomatic missions, the consuls and generals of the city-state have always come out to greet us respectfully. This is a humiliation to us Spartans!"

"Dionysians, aren't you afraid of attracting the wrath of our Spartans?!"

Facing the accusations of the Spartan messengers, the Dionysian officials were completely unafraid and sneered: "A few years ago, a Spartan messenger threatened us with the same words, Dionia, and we drove us out of Turii. If you are unwilling to carry out our demands, then we regretfully ask you to leave Turii."

The entourage suddenly fell silent. They knew that the man the official was talking about was Phoebe Das. After returning to Sparta from Turii, this guy became a joke among the Spartans for a long time. Not wanting to be like this, they all looked at Clethorpes.

This is the Dionysian demonstration! Kerethorpes sighed inwardly.

Kerisopes is not Phoebe Das, he is one of the few Spartans with true diplomatic qualities, so the Council of Elders will entrust him with the task of envoy to Great Greece. At this moment, seeing that the situation is not good, he took a deep breath, his eyes slammed into the Dionysian official like a substance, and said in a deep voice: "I accept your request, but I hope to see your king soon!"

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Five years later, Kerethorpes met Davos again in the conference room of the Turii Barracks, the 24-year-old now king of Dionysus, sitting in the center of the room. , Except for the stubble on his lower jaw, his appearance has hardly changed, but the impression he gave to Kerethorpes was completely different from when he parted.

After Kerisopes came in, Davos sat quietly and did not move, staring at him with a solemn expression, a majestic aura emanated from the young king, like a steep mountain slowly approaching the guest. Thorps pressed on.

It seems that this is a formal meeting, and Davos is not going to talk to him about personal friendship, because there are other people sitting on both sides of Davos.

This forced Chryshorpes, who had just taken off his mask, to speak first to break the silence that made him feel depressed: "The Spartan messenger Chrysosops, by order of the Council of Elders, sent Dionysian Ya, I hope to receive the respect and reception that I deserve."

Sitting on the left side of Davos is Kunogolata, he said with a serious expression: "Sparta, as the ally of Greece, should have maintained the peace between the Greek city-states, but you bully the weak and challenge the weak by virtue of your strength. War, such a city-state is not worthy of Dionia's respect!"

Although Kerethorpes was uneasy before, he did not expect that Dionia's attitude towards Sparta would be so bad. Although he was unhappy, fortunately, he had traveled to other city-states many times, and he had rich experience and answered quickly. Said: "The dispute between the city-states, who is right and who is wrong, and who can tell clearly. Besides, that happened in the Eastern Mediterranean, and it has nothing to do with Great Greece."

A white-haired old man on the right side of Davos, Scombras, stood up and accused: "We don't want to care about your Greek mainland. But Sparta intervened in our war with Syracuse and helped the abominable. Syracuse, trample our land, slaughter our people, that is our enemy! We treat the enemy with no respect, only anger!"

Did they know? ! Kerethorpes looked at Davos ahead.

Davos looked stern and stared at him sharply.

Kerethopus calmly defended: "Although we Sparta and Syracuse have a covenant, Sparta has never intervened in the affairs of the Western Mediterranean, and has never sent troops into the Western Mediterranean. No hostility towards Dionia!  …”

"Phoebedas." Davos uttered the name that Kerethopus was afraid to hear, his tone was cold, and he said calmly: "Spartan general, Udameda The brother of Syracuse, who was once an ambassador of Dionia, is now in the army of Syracuse, and in the battle with the South Italian League, commanding the right flank of the army of Syracuse. Don't you tell me , it was his own act or he had been exiled from Sparta. As far as I know, he was fighting in Corinth with his army a few months ago."

Davos’s words blocked all the possibilities that Chrysopus wanted to quibble, and Chrysothops was surprised how Dionysus had such detailed information about Phoebe Das. At this moment, he had nothing to hesitate or worry about, and simply changed the subject and said bluntly: "I am here this time for the peace of Great Greece, and Sparta hopes that Dionia and Syracuse can stop the war. , sign a peace agreement so that the Great Greeks can rebuild their homes!"

"Did I hear it wrong?! Sparta is actually starting to care about our Great Greece!" Scommbras's mockery made Cleethorpes ignorant, and his eyes were fixed on Davos.

"Dionysius has agreed?" Davos did not show surprise, but asked rhetorically.

"I'll come to Turii first and ask your opinions before going to Celeste." Kerethorpes replied.

"What kind of truce conditions?" Kunogorata interjected.

Cleethorpes carefully said the plan he had considered along the way: "Although Dionia won a naval battle, you must admit that Syracuse has occupied a great advantage in Greater Greece. , they have conquered the other city-states of Greater Greece, and now they are about to enter your territory, and you are still unstable in Dionia... So my suggestion is-"

Kelishorpes looked at Davos and said seriously: "The two sides will implement a truce on the current position."

After Kerisopes finished speaking, the conference hall was completely silent, and he immediately added: "Of course you can also kick out your truce conditions, and we Sparta will be responsible for coordination."