Douluo: The Adventures of King Skin

"The same evil that makes the world a terrible place."

——Answer from the captured pirate to Alexander

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"Dear little Alexei,

“Everything is fine for me with King Pyrrhus, don’t think about it.

"Your grandfather, old Alexei"

On the bumpy cart of the logistics team, Stratton frowned, drew a piece of paper with a piece of straw stained with ink, and then threw it away bitterly.

"Ah, that's it?" The Macedonian veteran who was following him hurriedly caught it. He had obviously said a lot.

Stratton paid no attention to him and just shouted at the top of his lungs:

"Next!"

"Hey! It's my turn, it's my turn..." A soldier at the back of the platoon quickly took two steps to squeeze to the front.

The veteran curled his lips and held the note in both hands to find Desiacus in another cart to send the letter...

Pyrrhus was already working on establishing a basic postal system, and planned to combine it with military intelligence to build a basic framework.So recently the military has opened a special service - you can send letters home to soldiers every ten days.

Of course, most soldiers were illiterate at all, so after comprehensive consideration, everyone had the opportunity once a month to have Lyceon's disciples help write letters.

This is because the Independent Army of Thessaly has established a military school. Unfortunately, he has no money left to encourage others, so he can only think of some unpopular tricks to encourage soldiers to learn writing in disguise.

However, Pyrrhus now has 6000 people, each of whom rotates once a month, and there are 200 people every day. Stratton and the others only have a dozen people in total. They usually have their own jobs to do, even if Pyrrhus often brings people to help. , but I am still so busy that I am writing about eating, and now I am also writing about marching.

But there are often people who have to write suicide notes - as the saying goes, a broken family is worth a thousand dollars - so the wills of these paupers are long and lengthy, which makes a group of cultural people feel miserable.It's not easy to encounter someone who talks nonsense like this, and I just want to write the word "good" and write it off.

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The situation in the logistics column is also in order.

The main force of Pyrrhus's army was filled with red flags.

Pyrrhus has completely reorganized his 6000 people in the past two days and established a standard organization.At the same time, although there was not so much silk, a lot of fine linen was also found to make team flags at all levels of the army.

The smallest unit is the camp team, with 20 people per infantry team and 10 cavalry teams per team.They didn't necessarily sleep in the same tent when they camped, but they certainly camped in one place to prepare for emergencies.

5 camps formed a centurion - although the cavalry centurion only had 1 people, it still had 50 horses!

每个百人队设置1名百夫长，1名军士长，1名旗手。每个营帐队设置1名队长和1名军士。

There was no formation of a thousand-man team for the time being, because Pyrrhus was not very familiar with the temperament and abilities of these nobles.

Each centurion was awarded a 'square flag', held by a flag bearer.

The infantry uses a square flag less than one meter long and wide, with a white sun on a red background, but the pattern is only half, cut along one side of the flag axis, and the details are much less;

There were half as many cavalrymen as infantrymen, but the flag was twice as long as that of infantrymen, with a slit at the tail so that it could float when running.

Each camp team is awarded a 'half-mast flag', which is a square flag cut in half.The infantry has vertical strips and the cavalry has horizontal strips, both commanded by sergeants in the team.Only a quarter of the flag's pattern is left, all placed on the upper corner of the flag axis.

The Thousand-Man Team has not yet been established, but the temporary Thousand-Man Team flag has been prepared. It is a youth version of the military flag, hung on a 'Γ'-shaped flagpole.Prepared to be awarded to commanders of the left and right wings in time of war.

共计有步兵45个百人队4500人，骑兵15个百人队750人马，还有其他参谋、后勤、工程以及皮洛士和斯寇帕斯这些贵族的伙友亲兵共计600余人。还有雇佣来的民夫3000多人及各种车辆。

At this time, the uniform colors of the army were still quite messy, and even the helmets had several types.

——There are many types of more typical Corinthian helmets, including new ones, old-fashioned ones, and ones that do not buckle down but are equipped with two cheek guards; for Thracian helmets, which have a nightcap-like top, there are simple ones. There are traditional ones; there are pot helmets with brim and Falkis helmets with nose protection.

In addition, some have manes on their heads, some don't, and they come in all colors.

But even such a team, with hundreds of large and small red flags, still looks like a strong force, and the morale of the soldiers is also very high.

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A large column of tens of thousands of people marched all the way towards Pharsalus.

Mount Othrys had already appeared on the horizon. At this time, several riders gradually approached from the distance, coming all the way to Pyrrhus's central army.

"Your Majesty!"

The leading knight excitedly waved the red cavalry flag at half-mast, and it was Metilas who was serving as the sentinel.There were several familiar faces to Pyrrhus in the team behind him.

"Lord Hippias!" Pyrrhus waved back happily, "And Lord Androcleon and Lord Nedian! Long time no see!"

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South of the Gulf of Maris and behind the mountains southwest of the Thermopylae Pass, there is a city-state named Heraclea.

However, this Heraclea is not the same thing as the more powerful Heraclea on the north coast of the Asia Minor Peninsula, and the relatively wealthy Heraclea on the east coast of the Italian Peninsula - this place is generally called Tracani. Heraclea of ​​Asia.

Hercules, the god of Hercules, has a high status in Greece. The various adventures and horse stallions he left behind are still praised by people. Many peoples claim to be descendants of Hercules, and there are many city-states named after Hercules. name

——Pyrrhus sometimes suspected that if this man really existed in history, and if all the legendary Heracles were really the same person, then maybe at least one-third of the Greeks were of his species. .

At present, Heraclea in Tracania, after the small conflict at Thermopylae ended not long ago, completely fell over to Demetrius and regarded the successor as her master.

With this stronghold, Dmitry's army can cross the Kalislomon Mountains without any scruples and penetrate behind Thermopylae.

Because of this, Philip saw that he could no longer block the enemy from Thermopylae, so he simply retreated and joined the other 6000 rear troops. [-] people huddled in the city of Lamia, while keeping a vigilant eye on Demetrius and the already-strong Piedmont. Luoshi was about to form a north-south pincer attack while waiting for the arrival of the winter camp.

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Let’s talk about Heraclea. This small city-state now has an army stationed in it that is larger than its own population. There are crowded camps and soldiers coming and going inside and outside.

The commander of the army, King Demetrius, was invited to stay in the most impressive place in the city - the temple of Hercules.

And Dmitry was really unambiguous. He directly brought his huge harem to station and presented his gifts to Hercules with his own stallion behavior.

He had just received the news of Pyrrhus's famous battle at Philais - to be precise, the battle report published in the "Eye of the Eye" - and at this time he was with his new wife Cadmia.

This man threw down the newspaper in his hand and couldn't help but sigh to his beloved wife:

"That cousin of yours is truly a born king. No wonder he can win the triple crown."

"He is indeed a born king," Kademia lamented: "Pyrrhus has been outstanding since he was a child, and he is also very sincere in his treatment of others. We all believe that he can become a good king, but it is a pity that what happened to his brother later... "

Dmitri thought for a moment and said to his staff: "Should we also go to Lamia?"

"You can go if you want! Why do you have to say it in front of me?" Kadmiya immediately became unhappy when she heard "Lamia".

Dmitri had a well-known concubine, also named "Lamia", who was a trophy after Dmitri's victory in the naval battle of Salamis.This Lamia is good at playing the flute. Although he is much older than Dmitri, who is already in his early thirties, he is fascinated by this handsome man who is known to everyone from Masselia to Bactria. of fascination.

Kadmiya thought that Dmitri was talking about this Lamia, so he became jealous.

But having said that, when Antigonus arranged for Demetrius to marry Phila, who was much older than him, Demetrius was not happy at first, but later he was very happy with his wife;

Now Kadmiya has reached thirty years old and is no longer a young girl, but Demetri also loves her very much.

It can be seen that our young master is really good at this.

Dmitri couldn't laugh or cry after hearing Kadmiya's sour words, and quickly explained that Lamia was talking about the enemy's city, and then the bride's face became clear.

"How about it? Pyrrhus must also be on his way to Lamia. The Gulf of Maris is full of my warships. Philip can only wait to die in Lamia."

"Your Majesty, the winter camp is about to begin. It's best not to continue fighting." This is the advice from Hieronymus, the secretary next to him:

"We have been fighting a siege on Rhodes Island for a whole year. There was no winter camp last year, and the soldiers were very resentful. Now that we have to continue the fight, we will inevitably have to attack Lamia City. Soldiers..."

Hieronymus did not finish his words, but Demetrius already understood what he meant, so he seemed hesitant.

At this time an elder spoke:

"Your Majesty, if Cassander's eldest son encounters such a dangerous situation, he will definitely not sit idly by and ignore it. It is very likely that he is already on the way with both land and water armies at this time."

The speaker was Aristodemus of Miletus, who was not only a famous orator and scholar, but also an outstanding general and a very trusted man under his father.

Aristodemus reminded Demetrius again: "You must remember that there are many 'new comrades' in our army. If Cassander comes, will they be able to do so without any scruples?"

Dmitri sighed and waved his hand, signaling that the matter would end there.

He picked up the newspaper and handed it to the old man: "Lord Aristodemus, please help me give this to my father together with the previous newspaper. I want to know what his attitude is now."

Then he looked at everyone and said, "Let's go back to Athens first. Maybe we can catch up with the Eleusinian ceremony."