In fact, although these Gentile merchants, who had auctioned off land in Amendora and were engaged in the production and sale of specialty goods, benefited greatly from some of the preferential laws issued by the Alliance, most of them were hesitant to wait and see, except for a few such as Theos and Dickpolis who joined the Alliance. Especially after the outbreak of the war with Syracuse, the defeat of the Southern Italian coalition and even the destruction of the industrial manufacturing area by the Tarantum cavalry made them even more pessimistic about the prospects of the alliance, and if it were not for the blockade of Taranto Bay by Syracuse and the Tarantum fleet, they would have fled by boat.

However, the return of Davers, who annihilated the Tarantum Sea and the army in one day, and defeated the mighty navy of Syracuse, created a miracle of war in the midst of the impossible, shocked the foreign merchants, who were infected by the fanatical Dionian populace and began to believe that Dionia was indeed blessed by Hades. As these foreign merchants who did business in the Mediterranean and dared to invest in Dionia, they did not lack the spirit of adventure, nor did they lack vision, and when they began to hope for the prospects of Dionysa in this war, they found that if Dionya really won the war, then Dionia's power would inevitably expand as rapidly as it had been after the previous wars, and that there would be Dioonian influence in the south of Great Greece and even in the east of Sicily. Then the main trading circle in the Western Mediterranean is under the control of the Dionian power, and what does this mean for anyone who does business and trade in this region!

So at the instigation of Dickpolis and Theos, the merchants made a bold investment and commissioned Theos to send the list of supplies to the new king of Dionia, Davers, whom they identified as a descendant of Hades.

Davers once again carefully read the vast quantities of material written on the papyrus, and the sincerity of these foreign merchants was evident, and of course Davers knew what they desired, so he said: "Go back and thank them for me, Theos, and tell them that the Alliance will never forget the traitor who stabbed us in the back in our troubles!" But we will not forget the friends who helped us in our most difficult times! There is an old saying in the East, 'A drop of water is a favor that is reciprocated with a pool of spring water!' ’”

Sending Theos off, Davers arrives at the training ground in the barracks. Here, the freedmen recruited by the Capuz are training.

Capples saw Davers arrive and hurried to the sidelines.

"Are all the soldiers called?" Davers looked out at the field, where the training ground, which could accommodate more than 30,000 people, was occupied by a team of freedmen, and it still looked very empty.

"Only 2,570 people arrived." "The others, because they have to go to Victory Square to donate, will not be able to come tomorrow morning," Cappus explained. ”

Davers expressed understanding, then looked at the fairly neat queue on the field, and asked, "Are they all free people who have received more than a year of military training?" ”

"Your Majesty, there are not so many freedmen in the port who have been trained by us, and I have drawn out the personnel of the baggage team to make up enough for 6,000 people." Capps said truthfully.

"Will there be a problem with the next transportation of materials?" Davers asked again.

"I have retained the officers and officers of the baggage squad, and have recruited freedmen from the port to make up the numbers. Now that Syracuse's superiority at sea has been broken, there should be no more enemy landings in our rear to attack our baggage convoys. It shouldn't be a problem to complete the transportation task. Capples explained.

"Alas, tear down the east wall and make up the west wall!" Davers sighed, this war had made him see that Dionia's population resources were still insufficient, and he had no better way in a short time: "Send the spears down, let them practice the queue first, and I'll take a look." ”

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Tapirus was a slave in Christoya's restaurant, and after more than four years, he has been freed from slavery and become a free citizen, and is already a person in charge of the restaurant in the city of Turiyi. So Tapirus thought: this is a rare opportunity, and although his life is at risk, it is worth the risk, because King Davers has returned, and this army is what he has asked to form!

Many of the freedmen joined the ranks with this idea in mind.

Tapyrus was appointed squad leader because of his high military qualities (he had participated in military training for a year and a half), and his ability to do arithmetic and literacy (skills he had learned in restaurants), but he was now standing at the left front of a detachment, which was the position of the detachment leader, because the veterans who were supposed to be drawn from the regiments and served as officers at all levels of this new team had been disbanded and returned to the team tomorrow, so they were temporarily replaced by recruits.

At this time, the slaves of the city-state carried bundles of spears and distributed them to each of the freemen.

That's the weapon we're going to use?! Tapyrus looked at the spear in his hand in amazement, it was much longer than the usual training spear.

The freedmen were a little excited when they got their own weapons, and some even brandished them, but the freedmen who were not proficient in using this spear either had the spearhead connected with other spears, or the tail of the spear touched the teammates next to them, and for a while the formation was chaotic and noisy.

Immediately the sound of the military horn sounded on the training ground, and the freedmen hurriedly got on their feet, although the spears were still clashing with each other, but few people were loud and noisy, and they knew that if they did not obey the order, the officers would pull out the violators, and take off their pants and canes in public, which would be too detrimental to their dignity!

"Pay attention, all of you!" Several training instructors shouted at the front of the queue: "Hold your gun like this when you stand......"

In the posture of the instructor, Tapirus placed the spear on his left side, the tail of the spear touched the ground, his left arm stretched out and holding the barrel downward, and his right hand crossed his left shoulder, holding the spear.

The soldiers did the same, and the spears no longer collided, but stood straight up one by one, like a neat and dense grove.

Davers was pleased that the freedmen on the field were able to enforce the ban so quickly, and to grasp the essentials of gun possession so quickly.

"It seems that their more than a year of military training has not been in vain!" He said with relief.

At this time, the long trumpet sounded again, and the flag-bearers of each detachment immediately pointed the black flag forward.

"Forward!" Tapyrus shouted, the drummers rhythmically beat the snare drums, and the soldiers began to march forward with their guns in hand.

As the footsteps advanced, the originally neat formation became more and more uneven, the array became a little scattered, and the spears that were originally straight and erect moved with the movement of the body, and the spear heads swung left and right, hitting each other and making a "Bang la la!" Whoa! ......".

Seeing Davers frowning, Capus explained: "Your Majesty, because the officers who were veterans have all been disbanded and returned home, the control of the entire team, the maintenance of the formation, and the execution of orders are much worse. ”

"I understand." Davers said, keeping his eyes on the freedmen on the field.

The sound of the military horn changed again.

"Defense!" Tapyrus shouted.

The soldiers of the advancing detachment stopped and began to gather in the middle: after the first column of soldiers laid their spears downward, the last few columns of soldiers who were close to each other held their spears forward diagonally until the spears of the sixth column could still pass over the shoulders of the first column of soldiers and form part of the spear wall, at this time the entire array that had been scattered became a dense and thick phalanx of spears.

Davers's brow was still unfurled, and he turned to Cappus and said, "Do you know why I sent the freedmen to use this extended bayonet? ”

"Because to deal with the cavalry of the Syracuses." Capuz said without thinking, apparently thinking seriously about Davers's move.

"That's right, our cavalry can't defend against the Numibians and Celts who have been raised on horseback since childhood, and I designed this super-spear to deal with the mercenary cavalry of Syracuse. However, what I want is not to use this rigid and rigid defensive formation to stop the attack of the cavalry, I want to use the attack to crush the attack of the enemy's cavalry! Davers stared at Capuz with blazing eyes.

Kapus was a little surprised: "Let them attack the Syracuse cavalry with four-meter spears?!" ”

"Yes." Davers said affirmatively: "And they are required to attack at the speed of the charge, but also try to maintain a dense formation in the attack. So, I didn't plan to equip them with armor, I just had to march and run with guns in both hands, which should be lighter and more agile. ”

The super spear phalanx conceived by Davos is not to learn from the Macedonian spear phalanx of the previous life, the clumsy formation he still can't look at, Dioonia already has its own phalanx of heavy infantry legions, and its combat effectiveness is no worse than the Macedonian phalanx, he wants to learn from the famous Swiss spearmen of the Middle Ages in Western Europe in the previous life, these fierce mountain people from the mountains can even hold a 4-meter-long spear halberd, and launch a group charge of the entire phalanx against the heavily armored medieval heavy cavalry, and defeat the French heavy cavalry many times, so as to be famous in Western Europe, It became an important means of livelihood for the Swiss in the Middle Ages, and even the French royal family and the Holy See hired them as court guards.

Your Majesty, if they are not equipped with armor-" As a duty of leading generals, Capus had to remind: "Under the blows of bows and arrows, javelins, I am afraid that their casualties will be great!" ”

"They are just protecting the flanks of the whole formation and will not be placed in front. Besides, at this time, it is too late to make protective armor for them. Davers replied.