At this time, Senior Judge Cry Toddmos spoke his opinion loudly: "According to the laws of Dionia, citizens have the obligation to serve the military, but there is no strict regulation on how long the term of service is. However, the citizens of the kingdom are mainly Greeks. According to Greece's consistent military tradition, unless they are facing critical situations, citizens rarely go out to fight during the busy farming season, and a single battle usually does not exceed one month.

Those who can fight for a long time are usually mercenaries who have no other income and rely solely on combat for a living. When the battle lasts too long, the militia may gather to protest to the general, or even demand to retreat and return to the country... Of course, the citizens of the kingdom cannot be as scattered as citizens of other Greek city-states, but they must also carefully consider this issue."

After Terry Toddmos said, the ministers were silent for a moment.

Alexis looked at Davers and said earnestly: "Your Majesty, today I attended the Executive Council of the Kingdom. I was originally going to report to you another important thing. In recent years, our territory in Iberia has been plagued by Lusitanians and a few Celtics. Since this year, the frequency of these indigenous attacks has become frequent. The Eighteenth Legion had to gather troops all the time (the Eighteenth Legion was established after the end of the Western Mediterranean War, and the barracks were established in the center of the current southern region of Iberia.

In the town of Sisi, the source of soldiers mainly comes from the Dionian citizens in this area. Most of the soldiers were Phoenician and Carthaginians, a few were Greeks, and a very small number of Iberians) to resist. The citizens there were depressed because they were unable to go home for a long time, resulting in a decline in combat and many casualties... Because too many young and middle-aged citizens in the Iberian territory were transferred to fight, and the lack of labor force affected other affairs in the region, so Iberian Governor Haka has many complaints about our Ministry of Military Affairs...

The invasion of Iberian invasion is very similar to the Gauls. If we take the same method to deal with it, I am worried that we will repeat the mistakes of the Iberian territory. I am not against the Kingdom's sending troops to assist Etruscans. On the contrary, I hope that your Majesty, you and all the adults can find a better way in the discussion, which can not only defend against the invasion of the enemy, but also avoid the problems I mentioned above... Then we can apply this method to the northern border of Etruscans, to Iberia, and to the borders of the kingdom that need to be defended everywhere, to ensure the stability and development of the kingdom."

Davers nodded with a serious expression, then looked around everyone and said in a deep voice: "Alexis's words are well said, which requires us to think deeply. Now the territory of the kingdom is getting wider and wider, and vastness means that we can no longer be like before, the enemy is ten miles or hundreds of miles away. We gather our troops and can reach the battlefield in one or two days. After the battle is over for four or five days, we have not even finished the rations we carry.

Now the border of the kingdom is far away from Turiyi. Alexis, how many days does the army need to march from Turiyi to the northern border of Etruscany?"

Alexis immediately replied: "If you take the sea route and keep going well, it will take about five or six days, but this is almost impossible, at least seven or eight days. When taking the land route, considering that there is no road built north of Campania, it will take 15 days; if you combine land routes and sea routes, you will take at least 10 days.

From Turiyi to southern Iberia, it mainly takes 15 days to take the sea route, but the sea route is long and there is a risk of encountering storms.

From Turiyi to Carthage, it is mainly through the sea route, which takes at least 10 days, and the risks at sea must also be taken into account..."

"Alexis, I only asked one question, but you answered so much." Davers quipped, but none of the ministers laughed, and they were all thinking.

"This is just a march, and it takes so much time to fight until the end of the war, which takes longer." Davers closed his mind and said solemnly: "Now our kingdom is the most powerful country in the Western Mediterranean. Like Syracuse and Carthage, the dare to lead a large army directly to attack the kingdom's territory, basically no longer happens. The forces that are hostile to us are afraid of our strength. I am afraid that they will adopt tactics like the Lusitanians and Gauls to avoid a head-on decisive battle, and to use harassment methods to destroy our territory, exhaust our soldiers, and thus lead to the extension of the war...

Everyone, we cannot be immersed in our past successes. We must realize that with the change of the strength of the kingdom, the surrounding environment is also changing, and some previous successful experiences may no longer adapt to the new situation.

You have reached a consensus just now that assisting Etruscans is to defend the security of the kingdom, but how to rescue is also a big problem. You must understand that finding a solution is not only to temporarily deal with the problems of Etruscans and Iberia, but to find a new way to improve the military system of the kingdom today and protect the security of the kingdom's territory for the increasingly vast kingdom!"

Although Davers's voice was not very loud when he spoke, these words echoed in the hearts of every minister, and suddenly raised their view of this issue a lot, which made them feel pressured. The expression on everyone's face became both solemn and excited, but the hall suddenly became extremely quiet.

Davers no longer urged him, leaning his body backward, as if he was closing his eyes to rest, but in fact he was also full of thoughts: the Etruscan envoy came for two days, and the diplomats were responsible for receiving it. In fact, he had roughly understood the purpose of the envoy and reported it to him. After thinking about it, he had already had some ideas in his mind. After all, unlike the ministers who had to cross the river by feeling the stones. He had thousands of years of history in his previous life as a backing, and also understood the military development process of ancient Macedonia and Rome. He could refer to, learn from, and absorb... But the method he thought of involved several difficult issues, which needed to be discussed with the ministers, reached a consensus, and worked together to solve it, so he deliberately guided it. Of course, he also hoped that the ministers could come up with better solutions to this problem...

After a long time, the rotating chairman Siphorus asked (in the second year after the Western Mediterranean War, Cornerus became ill and lying in bed. At the suggestion of Davers, the Senate unanimously elected Siphorus, the governor of Sicily who had made many efforts and outstanding achievements in the war, temporarily replaced Cornerus, but not long after Cornerus died of illness and Siphorus was able to correct it): "May I ask Lord Alexis, when the Carthaginians were exploring the Iberian territory, they must have encountered the difficulties we are facing today. How did they continue to resist and conquer the indigenous people for a long period of 10 years, and at the same time stabilize and develop the territory?"

This question made Alexis think for a while before he thought about it: "The past details of the Iberian region may only be able to answer by Lord Haka, the governor of Iberia. What I learned is that... At that time, Mago, the governor of Iberia in Carthage, had an army of nearly 50,000 people. They were very powerful and were all mercenaries. They could not engage in labor. Therefore, they could be involved in the battle with the indigenous people at any time, and gradually completed the suppression of the indigenous people. But even so, the Carthaginians paid a great price for it. It is said that most of the income of the Iberian territory and one-third of Carthaginian taxes are used to support this army-"

"This is too expensive! The Kingdom cannot adopt this method, otherwise there will be no other things to do!" Finance officer Akibides expressed his opinion loudly.

Although he felt his voice was a little noisy, many ministers still agreed with his opinion.

Cyporus said in a deep voice: "Of course we cannot spend a huge amount of money to support a mercenary force, but we can follow this method."

Davers' eyes lit up.

"I remember that it took at least 5-6 years for the Gentiles to become citizens of Dionia, from registering to becoming preparatory citizens, and then becoming formal citizens. During this period, they had to work in the kingdom, rent land, work as employees, work as the lowest municipal handyman, work as a dock... and sometimes they had to respond to the Kingdom's recruitment, participate in public works, or become auxiliary laborers of the army, and work with soldiers on duty... and during this long period, they had to abide by laws and regulations and pay taxes regularly... It was very hard and they had to live carefully in the kingdom to eventually become citizens. This was not easy.

Siphorus sighed: "Then why don't we modify the law on 'let the Gentiles and Free people become citizens of Dionys'? As long as people who announce that they want to become citizens of Dionys in the future must first serve the Kingdom of Dionys and go to the borders of the Kingdom. After serving for 5-6 years, they can become official citizens of Dionys and enjoy the various rights granted to citizens of the Kingdom..."

Sure enough, as Davers expected, the method proposed by Sipoulos was roughly the same as he thought, the only difference was in his service life: Davers's idea was to serve for 10-15 years, which just covered the period when a young and middle-aged man was most physically and energetic.

But after thinking about it carefully, Davers had to admit that Sipoulos's suggestion was more operational, because it only takes about 6 years to become a citizen of Dionia at this stage. Suddenly, this time was extended to more than 10 years, and he had to risk his life and death. These Gentile free people would definitely feel dissatisfied.
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