Chapter 147 Arrangements After the War

After Olivers' Fourth Army smashed down the city wall, he did not think carefully, did not do reconnaissance, and did not control the soldiers under his command. Very many, the casualties are extremely heavy.

As for the Second Corps of Matonis, since Davos was behind him, he almost watched the entire battle with his own eyes. He knew very well that although the Second Corps had the best siege equipment, the Romans also assembled Since the heavy troops were defending the area he attacked, Davos didn't have much resentment against Matonis.

In these years of war, Davos rarely said such heavy words, and several legion commanders bowed their heads in shame.

Davos didn't look at them anymore, slowed down, and said to Stacey Kedas, "What difficulty do you have in treating soldiers?"

"There are too many wounded soldiers, and we don't have enough people to care for them."

"Thormid, you are responsible for recruiting soldiers from the various legions, so that they follow the command of Stacey Kedas, assist the medical battalion, and rescue their comrades."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, we still need a lot of spacious and clean rooms for the wounded soldiers to recuperate and recover."

"This matter is easy to handle." Davos thought for a while and said, "I heard that many Roman nobles fled to the Capitoline Hill. Trotiras, you are responsible for leading the troops to vacate their mansions. , and hand it over to the medical camp for use."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Stacey Kedas hesitated for a moment, and then said: "And... Your Majesty, I hope to be able to treat the injured Roman people." The doctor's parents thought, although the two sides were hostile, but in the doctor's eyes, only the patient.

Davers smiled slightly and said with relief: "If you don't talk about this, I will let you do it too."

Davos once again set his sights on the commanders of the legions: "Now let's clarify the locations of the legions in the city of Rome."

When the commanders heard this, they immediately leaned forward and looked at the map of Rome on the wooden table.

"The First Army and the Second Army camped in the square." Davos pointed to the map and said, "The Fourth Army camped in the arena, the Sixth Army camped in the southeast corner of the city, the Fifth Army camped in the southwest corner of the city, and the Fourth Army camped in the arena. Three Legions—"

Davos paused and looked at Lizaru: "You are still living in the original camp,

In addition, you must also include the beach where the warships of the Third Fleet were parked, and continue to improve the defense of the camp. Compared with other legions, you have to work harder, but you must understand that you are guarding the material transportation base of the entire army. important! Be sure to be careful and watch it carefully, and don't get any problems! "

"Leave it to our Third Legion, Your Majesty, don't worry!" Lizaru said loudly.

Davos nodded and looked around the commanders of the various legions: "Everyone understands the location of their legion, so feel free to mention any difficulties."

Several legion commanders looked at the map and expressed no opinion, only Georgris looked embarrassed. Davos saw it and immediately said, "Geogris, if you have any difficulties, just say it."

Giorgris said carefully: "Your Majesty, there are messy houses everywhere in the southwest corner of the city, there is not enough space for the Fifth Legion to camp, and the garbage is everywhere, the smell is unpleasant, and it is not conducive to the rest of the soldiers... The open space near the arena Quite a lot, see if I can let the Fifth Legion camp here in the arena."

When Davos heard this, he hurriedly looked at the map. The map did not mark the slums on the southwest corner of Rome, but he believed what Geogris said, after all, they were the officers who were close to the front line.

"Yes!" Davos immediately complied with Georgris' suggestion, and asked the commander of the Sixth Army: "Trotras, do you have any difficulty in camping in the southeast corner of the Sixth Army?"

"Your Majesty, I observed it when I went to the city. There is enough open space there, and there is no problem with camping."

After talking about the infantry corps, Davos looked at the commander of the cavalry corps again: "The camp of the two cavalry corps is on the north side of Mount Silio and south of the square, where there is a big market, and the Romans don't use it anymore. Come on, when I entered the city gate just now, I saw that there are some corrals and stables in the market just right for your cavalry."

Neither Ryders nor Kuzius had an opinion.

"Now that the camps of each legion have been determined, let's clarify your defense zone." Davos clicked on the map and continued: "The section of the wall that each legion attacked is the section of the wall that you will patrol, and each legion is also responsible for The order and security in the urban area were initially planned in this way. The fourth and fifth legions were responsible for the urban area south of the Arena, the first and sixth legions were responsible for the urban area from the Roman Forum to the north of Mount Esquiri, the second legion and the Fleet infantry and mountain reconnaissance brigade are responsible for the area in the middle of the city."

Having said this, Davos looked at Matonis: "Your Second Corps is responsible for the largest area, but the number of soldiers is the smallest, but you don't have to worry, according to the information I have obtained so far, these areas in the middle city are Most of the inhabitants are Roman nobles, but many of them have fled to the Capitoline Hill, and your task is relatively easy."

"Your Majesty, even if they are still there, our brothers from the Second Legion will not have any pressure. They are all old and young, women and children. What's so scary!" Matonis said confidently.

"The third legion is responsible for the north bank of the Shibashi Bridge in Rome, and at the same time protects the port we are about to build there. As for the two cavalry legions, your task is to patrol the city, find abnormalities, and promptly notify the legions in the area you are in charge of, Let them solve it. The city is not conducive to cavalry operations, so don't let our precious cavalry be damaged here. In addition, each legion must seize the time to improve the defense of the city section, arrange deer villages outside the city walls, and dig traps... to ensure We no longer need to pay heavy casualties to easily defend this city that already belongs to us... Oh, by the way, the two sections of the city wall that your Fourth and Fifth Corps collapsed must be repaired quickly! "

"Your Majesty, our soldiers have already stepped up to repair." Georgris said immediately.

"Very good!" Davos nodded to him with satisfaction. Geogris was not as brave as Matonis, nor as wise as Olivers, and even a little timid by nature, but it was precisely because of timidity that he became Being cautious and careful can make a difference at some point.

"Your Majesty, what about us? Where do we live? What is our mission? You won't forget us!" Epithenes asked urgently.

"How could you forget your troops!" Davos laughed, then pointed to the mountain-shaped sign next to the western section of the northeastern city wall, and said in a deep voice, "I ask you to lead your troops to build a camp and encircle the Capitoline Mountains. stand up."

"Isn't it better to attack it directly?!" Epithenes suggested loudly.

"No, we have to keep it." Davos smiled mysteriously: "In this way, we can control the Roman army outside the city."

What Davos said made the legion commanders ponder.

"Have you all made your mission clear, and who else has a different opinion?"

"No." The generals answered in unison.

"How many prisoners have we captured?" Davers turned his head and asked Thormid.

"According to preliminary statistics, there are more than 21,300 people."

"There are a lot of people."

"Many are old people, women, children... and slaves," Tormide reminded.

"Let all the prisoners over 55 years old and under 15 years old be released, and the rest will be escorted by your legions to work as labor... Wait-" Davos suddenly remembered something, and changed his words: "First take these prisoners The nobles and the commoners in China should be distinguished, and the diners of the nobles should also be clear, and the nobles and diners, no matter how old or young, should not be released."

"This... We are not familiar with the situation in Rome. If we want to distinguish them clearly, I am afraid that we can do it in a short time." Tormide looked embarrassed.

"You... take Valkes, the Roman slave who just surrendered to us, and let him make a preliminary identification. You can supervise it." Davos understood that these people under his command were good at fighting, but he did not deal with it. Other government experience, he now desperately longed for the senators and administrators in Ostia.

"Understood." Thormed accepted the order.

"Orops, the engineering team you organized has produced a lot of siege equipment in a short period of time, and made great contributions to our capture of the city of Rome!..." Davos spared no words of praise, And told the military judge to record the contributions made by engineers and carpenters as an important basis for awarding land based on merit after the war.

Then, he made another request: "I need you to lead all the engineering personnel to build a simple dock as soon as possible on the beach where the warships of the Third Fleet are parked, so that our cargo ships can dock and load and unload materials."

Orops was surprised: "Your Majesty, isn't there a river port here! Why build another one?"

Davos knew that although Orops was a mercenary, he had been obsessed with researching and manufacturing equipment all these years, and he didn't know much about the current situation, so he patiently explained to him: "The army of Rome is coming soon. , I am afraid there are nearly 70,000 people. With the current situation of our army, it is not suitable to fight against it. For the time being, we can only stick to this Roman city, and the river port is outside the city of Rome, and there is no strong city wall protection. If we want to defend it But it needs to pay a lot of casualties, which is completely unnecessary, so I can only ask you! And tomorrow, a large number of people and cargo ships will arrive in the city of Rome, I hope you can speed up the construction of the dock! "

"We will try our best!" Orops replied in a deep voice. Although he felt a certain pressure, he was still confident that he could build a wharf tomorrow. After all, he now has more than 1,000 experienced and highly skilled engineers. and craftsmen (including the engineering battalions of the various legions), and there is sufficient wood. ()

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