Chapter 50 Military Training

Crassus smiled slightly: "Sura, you must know that if you want to buy a house, it is best not to buy it when the price is still good. You should wait until the price drops to the bottom before buying it, and you will make more money."

Little Sulla's eyes suddenly widened: "You...you think Valerius will fail?!"

"No one can predict the outcome of the war." Crassus looked back at Valirius, who was talking excitedly to many senators at the gate of the Senate, and said lightly: "It's just business, sometimes I have to dare to bet. Anyway, even if my judgment is wrong, there is no loss for me. "

Little Sula shrugged and said, "That's right. It's better to waste time on defeating a group of slaves that not many people care about. It's better to use this time to make more money."

At this point, he changed the topic: "Have you heard that the war in Iberia has been going well recently? Pompey has led his troops to capture many rebel strongholds, and Sertorius is not as aggressive as before. "

Crassus' expression changed, then returned to normal, and sneered: "The Senate gave Pompey such great support. He controlled nearly one hundred thousand troops, and he actually fought for so long against the defeated soldiers of the civilian faction. What is there to be happy about?"

After speaking, he continued to move forward, but there was a sense of urgency in his heart.

Little Sulla deliberately fell two steps behind and raised the corners of her mouth: Haha, no matter how rich you Crassus is, there are still things you don't like. However, no one will feel comfortable if the place where they started has become someone else's territory for cultivating cronies and training their troops!

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"In front of you are your enemies. They not only took away your land and turned you into slaves, but now they also take away your lives! You must hold the sword in your hands and kill them before you can give Revenge yourself, understand?" Frontinus shouted.

"Understood!!" The heavily armed guards responded in unison, holding wooden shields and sticks in their hands while chopping the wooden stakes erected in front of them.

"Your sword should hit the exposed parts of the enemy's skin as much as possible - hands and feet. Even a small wound that can make the enemy feel pain and bleed can weaken his strength and morale, giving you more advantages. ...Always remember one thing, when you wield your dagger, you must protect yourself tightly with the long shield in your hand, otherwise you will be knocked down by the enemy before you can hit him..."

The guards listened to Frontinus's teachings. The wooden sticks and shields they held were very crudely made, but heavier than real swords and shields. They kept practicing poking, stabbing, and feinting movements on the wooden stakes. , rush and other skills. Behind them, more than a dozen members of the military advisory group patrolled back and forth, correcting their slashing movements from time to time. Whenever any lazy soldiers were found, they would be reprimanded immediately and punished with more training. for a period of time, so generally no one dares to relax.

Frontinus looked at the sweaty soldiers with a faint smile of satisfaction on his face. He had led countless recruits in his decades of military career. The training attitude of these soldiers in front of him was undoubtedly the best. OK: No wonder, slaves are always the most hardworking.

Frontinus's eyes fell on Maximus, who was also undergoing arduous training. On the first day of military training, the captain of the baggage battalion (due to the expansion of the team, Maximus transferred the baggage battalion to Renamed the Baggage Battalion), they were required to participate in training like ordinary soldiers. At first, Frontinus was a little hesitant. He was afraid that Maximus would make special arrangements and ruin the entire training atmosphere.

But in fact, during these three days of training, Maximus always listened to his command carefully and meticulously completed the training requirements he put forward. His example also affected other guards soldiers, especially the guard captain Fei. Salus made every instruction of Frandinus smoothly executed, which really saved him a lot of worry.

He was very grateful for this, because he knew in his heart that Maximus was helping him establish his authority. In fact, Maximus did not need to do stake-chopping training at all, because he was a gladiator. This is their basic skill.

"Time's up, stake training is over!" Frontinus said loudly: "Everyone line up and assemble!"

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers stopped training, holding wooden sticks and shields, and gathered together panting, forming a two-way column, with Maximus and Pheasalus standing at the head of the team. This very simple formation was full of mistakes at the beginning, and it took repeated training to achieve the current results.

"Circle the camp at normal speed." Frontinus finished speaking and took the lead to move forward.

Maximus and Pheasalus looked at each other and led the team to follow.

Since the rebel army captured the supplies of the Roman army and now has sufficient supplies, they have not sent out troops to plunder these days. Instead, they are seizing the time to conduct military training. The various brigades are scattered around the camp, and the trees and crops that hinder the training have been cleared. , everywhere was filled with dust and bustling with people.

The escorts walking among them always attract some strange looks: "Is it necessary for the escorts to come out for training?"

"I don't think it's necessary. They just need to take good care of those women. Don't get involved in the war. It's up to us to protect them."

"Hey, don't talk nonsense, be careful if someone goes back to complain, and when we get injured, the women on the medical team will refuse to take care of us!"

"Yes, you're right."

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The soldiers in the escort listened to it. Even if they felt angry, no one refuted the quarrel, because this was an armed march after strenuous training. The whole team must march in an orderly formation. Although the speed is not fast, if you expend energy to go Arguing instead of taking this opportunity to restore physical strength. Once you disrupt your own rhythm, fail to keep up with the team and fall behind, you will be punished by Frontinus for double training. Therefore, including Maximus and Pheasanus, Everyone inside moved forward in silence, and by the time they returned to the original training place, the soreness in their arms had almost disappeared.

"Start the shield collision training!" Frontinus gave the order. The guards paired up in pairs, holding wooden shields, and collided with each other. If they were knocked back, they would lose. If they were hit three times in a row, they would be punished. The winner would get Valuable rest time, so everyone goes all out.

Wooden stake training and shield-banging training both cultivate soldiers' individual combat capabilities in formation battles. Long-term training with weighted wooden shields and sticks will make soldiers stronger and more powerful when fighting with real swords and shields. When you do it, you will be more comfortable and confident, thereby enhancing your confidence.

After the shield collision training, there was another armed march around the camp. This not only laid the foundation for the soldiers to conduct long-distance march training in the future, but also allowed them to learn to relax during the march, because what follows is agility with greater exercise intensity. train.

Originally, in Frontinus's original training plan, the third individual soldier training was heavy javelin. However, judging from the current situation of the rebel army, it is impossible for each brigade to have a sufficient supply of heavy javelin for a long time. Forget about the escort team, so I will omit this part for now.

The third individual soldier training is agility training. For heavily armed soldiers who need to be fully armed to climb ladders and climb over barriers, agility is very important.

The military advisory team used two wooden stakes to set up a wooden pole on the training ground, reaching the height of an adult's knee, and asked the soldiers to cross it while running. It seemed easy to complete, but when wearing helmets and breastplates, But it is not easy to accomplish under the circumstances. Even if you cross over, because the body cannot maintain balance and falls to the ground, any bulges and uneven places inside the armor will leave the same shape of bruises on the body. In the past few days after the training started, except for Maximus and Pheasalus, almost all the soldiers have a lot of bruises on their bodies.

No one fell down this time among the soldiers who had begun to adapt to this training, but before they could be happy, the military advisory team added a few more wooden poles to the training ground and asked them to cross them continuously without stopping. .