Vol 9 Chapter 30: Tactical assessment

"How could there be money!" Gorgion said with a wine tint, his face was reddish, and his emotions were slightly excited. "Look if the roads in the kingdom are smooth and wide! Every bridge is stone. System, both strong and durable! Is the arena in each town spectacular and luxurious! ... but does it cost money to build them ?! Does it cost money to maintain them ?! The kingdom has a large area and many towns. They require the full investment of many officials, so do they need to be remunerated? ......... Maintaining these expenses accounted for the bulk of the state treasury expenditure, and where is the extra money! The Kingdom strives to maintain such goodness for its citizens. An environment, but how much tax do citizens pay? "
"Only 1% of the annual harvest!" A diner shouted, "These Dionian citizens are too happy! I am from Delos, my mother state is once again merged into the maritime alliance of Athens, and Athens forcibly asks We donate money, that's 60% of my income! That's why I had to leave my mother country and come to live in Dionia. "
"My mother state Milos is not the same. Before I was forced to join the Peloponnesian League, I paid Sparta a lot of donations every year, so that Sparta could cope with the Corinth War and this time the bottom ratio. In the Sri Lankan war, the tax I pay each year is not less than 20% of the income. In a naval battle last year, Athens won a victory and won the dominance of the Aegean Sea. My motherland broke away from Sparta and joined the sea of ​​Athens. Alliance, originally thought that life would be easier, I did not expect that the Athenians also demanded money, and the tax rate has not changed, there is no way, this came to Turui, hey ... "Another diner also took the talk, and suffered a lot. .
遭遇 Their encounter also resonated with other diners.
After a period of grievances with each other, the man named Gorgion said, "Compared to our former mother state, Dionia is indeed a good place to live here, even if the treasury is so tense, His Majesty Kings and Ministers still do not want to raise taxes for the people. But the 1% tax is really too small, and the lives of regular citizens are so good. Why not take the initiative to pay a little more tax to help the kingdom solve this finance Difficulties, so as to be able to form a border army composed of free people, this also solved the problem of themselves being sent to the border for a long time. "
"Gorgian is right, anyway, these regular citizens own so much land, and a little more tax will not affect their lives?"
"If they don't dare to pay more than taxes, why do they have the face to claim to be the warriors who protect the kingdom!" ...
The topic of diners quickly turned to the question of "whether citizens should pay more taxes to help the kingdom build a border defense army", and the atmosphere of discussion was getting more and more heated.
Massims wasn't too concerned about the topic, but he noticed that every time the man named Gorgion spoke up, the discussion became more intense.
Massimus actually wanted to hear them talk about "why does the household registration office suspend the registration of citizens for free citizens", but until he received the porridge and mutton soup from the cook, the diners were still at this. Talking about the topic constantly, and his first arrival, it is obviously impossible to stir up a new topic in an unfamiliar environment.
Finally, Gorgion only turned his attention to Massimus, who was staring at him from time to time, and nodded with a smile.
Maximus of course nodded politely.
Seeing him walking away slowly, Maximus picked up the bowl and jar, got up and returned it to the cook behind the counter, and asked, intentionally or unintentionally, "The one who just left said hello to me, but unfortunately I didn't Know who he is. "
"Hey, my name is Gorgion, and I'm a clerk at the town hall of Turui. I heard that I will soon become a formal citizen. Don't look at his status, but he is very friendly and knows a lot. A frequent visitor here. He often said that although our restaurant is small, but the quality of the wine is good, and the food is very good ... "The chef was not at all wary, said a lot of enthusiasm, and praised herself Shop.
Massims heard these words, and the first thought that came to his mind was: Do you want to go to the city hall to apply for a job 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 their family walked out of the street pub, it was already dark.
Massimus judged from his experience in Rome and the slave camp that all the shops in the outer area of ​​Turui must be closed, but the scene he saw was a surprise: many shops were lit with candles. There are still many pedestrians, and the inspection team is still patrolling ...
Watching the blocks lit by countless candles, the Massims were overjoyed and bought a bed, some fabric in the furniture store not far from the place they rented, and some at the candle shop next door. Candles, bought some crockery at the pottery shop ... Finally, I spent a little money and commissioned the labor of the furniture store to move these things to the house.
After a busy moment, the room was renewed.
Fulvia, although she looked a little tired, kept rubbing her forehead sweat, but her eyes flashed with happiness: "Masims, we finally have a new home!"
Massims looked at the two children who were arguing in bed, with the same emotion in his heart, and nodded silently ...
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有 There are more than a dozen military camps in the Kingdom of Dionia. They are both bases for military training of citizens and military forts. Among these barracks, the Turui Barracks is different, not only because it has the largest area, the largest number of citizens attend each training, but also has a unique function-training officers.
In the past, the staff of the Ministry of Military Affairs mainly conducted practical training and learning here, and after the Western Mediterranean War, Davers ordered that all intermediate officers must be promoted to senior officers after they have been trained and passed assessments.
And the location of this training is also set at the Turui camp, which makes the Turui camp's aura in the Dionysian army even more dazzling.
This morning, the tactical training room of the Turui military camp was full of people. In the center of the field were the two top performers of this group of senior students-Sextus and Patroclus. He The two will conduct a practical deduction evaluation.
托 Tomid, the chief of staff (after the Western Mediterranean War, Felices resigned as chief of staff and replaced by him), coughed and said, "I declare the assessment started!"
The room suddenly quieted down.
The referee and the second army commander Matonisto came to the two who were about to be assessed with a wooden plate and asked, "Who are you to throw?"
Sextus humbly said, "Cross, you come first."
"Okay." Patroclus grabbed a square dice carved from sheep bones on the wooden plate, and threw it gently.
"It's a double number." After seeing the result of the throw, Mattonis immediately gave an order: "Patroclus, you will launch the attack next, and you will be responsible for the defense of Sextus. . "
Sextus carefully grabbed the two dice and threw it up strongly.
Two dice turned on the ground for several laps, and after Mattoni saw it clearly, he shouted, "It's nine!"
Another referee next to him, former Chief of Staff Felix, immediately picked up a form to look at it, and then said, "The tactical map number 9 is a mountain with an average height of 300 meters or more and a width of 50 meters. Great river. "
Philipius's words were just finished, and immediately caused the surrounding team members to whisper a whisper. Obviously, such a terrain is very beneficial for defending one side.
At this time, a large wooden map was placed between Patroclus and Sextus.
As the two men carefully observed the map and began to think about possible tactics, the chief referee and four referees (at least both of them are legion commanders, each with rich battlefield experience and outstanding achievements) were also whispering and discussing . UU reading books www.uukanshu. com
After a while, referee Tormead stood up and said aloud, "Given this tactical map, after discussion, we finally decided that the defensive side had a strength of 4,000, including 500 medium-sized Samona infantry and 1,500 Samon Claude Monet light infantry, 1,500 Samona javelinmen, 500 Samona lances ... the attacking force is 20,000, the two Theonian army 18,000, the siege 200 , 500 Dionysian cavalry, 500 mountain reconnaissance battalions, 500 puppet heavy battalions ... the defensive side has a resupply advantage, and the offensive side is a one-time carry due to the invasion of the enemy, which can only be supplied for 30 days. If it wins or loses, the offensive side will be judged negative! "
While Tormead was telling, both Patroclus and Sextus picked up the wooden boards in their hands to record the data.
When he finished speaking, the two looked at the map while thinking about the data on the wooden board.
"This is a mimicking example of the Kingdom's attack on the Samona Mountains. Although the terrain is complex and the march is difficult, Patrocross is a two kingdom army. 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 when he lectured before? The Samonai's combat effectiveness is not weak, especially their Javelinmen, and they are good at mountain operations. The reason we can conquer them is because we There has never been a real mountain battle with the Samonais, and their main force has been eliminated on the plain several times, and now Sextus can defend in the mountains with all his strength, and the situation must be very different. "