Kitsus did not let Alsinis and the others execute the execution, but instead took action himself, because he could control the strength and the landing point of the strike, which made Tepandes feel very painful without hurting his muscles and bones.

After ten sticks, Tepanders didn't dare to hum loudly, touched his butt, returned to the team obediently, and followed his teammates to conduct urgent marching training.

The sound of heavy footsteps and the sound of harsh armor collisions continued, and then led by Alsinis, the young people sang "The Song of the Legion" in unison to cover up the noise.

After running 50 laps, although the entire column formation was not messy yet, most of the young people were already out of breath, and a few were even unsteady.

When the young men wanted to take a breath, Kitsus's stern voice sounded: "The enemy appeared 100 meters ahead of you. The column immediately split into a squad formation. After walking 50 meters steadily, merged into a continuous horizontal formation, and then launched a charge!"

Hearing this, there was a small commotion in the team, and some people whispered to express their dissatisfaction.

Kitsus glanced at the team with a majestic look on his face and said disdainfully: "What's wrong? You can't complete this amount of exercise?! You should know that when the commander of the Armintas led the First Legion to fight the Romans in the Volsey territory, in order to seize the fighter jets, the entire legion was 8,000, whether it was heavy infantry, light armored soldiers, or light infantry, and immediately entered the battle after marching more than ten miles. You should know that the Romans were very strong at that time, but the soldiers of the First Legion dragged their tired bodies and finally defeated the Romans and won the first victory against the Romans. Of course, there were quite a few casualties..."

The gloom in Kticus's eyes flashed, and he said in a more stressful tone: "You also said that if you want to become an excellent soldier in the First Legion, you can't even complete this small task and have any qualifications to become a formal soldier. I think it's better to take the Kingdom exam and be a public servant in a Kingdom."

The gasping sounds in the team disappeared, and every young man blushed and stared at Kticus.

Alsinis shouted loudly: "Brothers, please be careful, the column changes to the squadron formation!"

"Roar!!!" the young men responded in unison...

In the Kingdom of Dionia, military training officers are also divided into levels. The military training officers of the Ministry of Military Affairs are the highest, followed by military training officers in a region, followed by military training officers in towns. Some towns are too large in area, such as Katanai, which has several military training officers, and each military training officer is in charge of several Demo Districts.

The reason why military training officers are divided so closely is to ensure that citizens who serve can receive sufficient training. After all, the Kingdom of Dionys is vast. During the busy farming season, the military camps in a region only need every seven or eight days. It takes a day for citizens to gather in the military camps. Therefore, some basic military training in daily life often needs to be carried out by military training officers from various towns and Demo Districts. They will seize all their spare time to conduct strict military training for citizens nearby, such as morning training and night training to help citizens improve their military capabilities. This is an important manifestation of Dionys' emphasis on military affairs.

The towns and Demo military training officers were basically retired soldiers, and their salaries were very low. The position was mainly due to nostalgia for military life and loyalty to the kingdom. Although Amendorala had a population of only more than 10,000, it was a small town, so there were only Kticus, but in the past he had to train several thousand people. It was only because the First Legion was transferred to the Peloponnese to fight, the hundreds of young citizens were left in the entire town.

Although today was just morning training, I did not stop training for two hours. When the red sun in the east jumped out of the sea level, dispelled the morning mist in the mountains and sprinkled with scorching light, Kticus announced the end of the training, and all the young people collapsed to the ground with exhaustion.

At this time, Kitsus changed his previous serious expression and walked to every young man to comment on his previous training performance. Most of them were mainly commendations, and he also asked Tepanders with concern if he was feeling uncomfortable.

Although Tepanders repeatedly said that he was fine, Kitsus still asked the doctor who had been serving as a rescuer to treat his previous stick injury. It was not until all the young people left safely that Kitsus rode his Bruti horse and walked down the mountain leisurely along the gentle mountain path.

Along the way, he greeted and chatted with the people of Amendolar whom he met. When he got home, it was almost noon. Then he heard the servant tell him that there were important guests waiting in the living room.

"Sir Alexis, why are you free to come to me?" Kticus walked into the hall and saw the Secretary of Military Affairs, a little surprised.

Alexis did not answer directly, but after carefully looking at him, he said with relief: "It seems that you have been training since you retired."

Kticus sat on the wooden chair without caring about Alexis' existence. He pulled out his breastplate and took off his helmet. The servant immediately came over to take them away.

Kticus was moving his body with a numbness and said, "There is no way. Who said I am a military training officer? If you want those little boys to be obedient, you sometimes have to set an example."

"It seems that you are a military training officer." Alexis praised, and then said seriously: "This time I am here, on behalf of Your Majesty and the Ministry of Military Affairs, please come out and take over as the commander of the First Legion."

"Seal?" Kitsus was very surprised: "Isn't the commander of the First Legion Prosous?!" Although after Leoticides became the commander of the First Legion, Kitsus retired within a few years of his position, he felt that the younger Legion commander was still very capable.

Alexis sighed, briefly narrated the incident of "Prosous is the Spartan Prince", and then said earnestly: "I know you have always refused to serve as the commander of the Legion, but now the situation is special. The First Legion is in the battlefield, but lacks the chief officer. Fights may occur at any time, resulting in excessive casualties. Appointing others as the commander of the First Legion is worried that they will not have time to get familiar with the Legion, establish prestige, convince the soldiers, and cannot fully exert the combat effectiveness of the First Legion... I think about it, only you are the most suitable. Are you willing to take over as the Legion commander at this time and help the First Legion overcome the difficulties?"

"Well, I'm willing to accept this appointment." Kitsus did not hesitate, but he emphasized: "But this is just a temporary succession. When the war is over, I will retire and return home."

"No problem." Alexis nodded in agreement.

“When will you set out?”

"It will take a few days, because the Ministry of Military Affairs is preparing to send the Seventh Corps and the First Cavalry Corps to Mesenia."

"Does so many soldiers need to be sent to deal with a Sparta?" Kticus was puzzled.

"This is your Majesty's decision." Alexis simply answered.

"By the way, Prosousus resigned from his position as commander of the First Legion and also as commander. So who will take over as commander of the expeditionary force?" Kitsus remembered to ask this question at this time.

Alexis hesitated for a moment and said, "Crotokatax."

"Who?" Ktisus was stunned for a moment, then realized who the other party was talking about, and immediately widened his eyes: "How could he be the commander! Even if he is the eldest son of His Majesty, he has never had the experience of commanding the army to fight-"

"Chief of Staff Printols will serve as the interim staff officer of this army, mainly responsible for military affairs." Alexis interrupted his words and said this briefly. In fact, several chief officers of the Military Affairs Department did not agree with the appointment issued by King Davers, but the army was directly under the jurisdiction of King Davers, and with his insistence, Alexis could only obey.

"Although Lord Printols assisted, it is still a bit hasty to be the commander of Prince Crotokataks..." Kticus was still muttering.

"This is the order given by His Majesty himself!" Alexis emphasized again.

Kticus stopped talking.

"As a veteran, you will be able to assist Prince Crotokatax this time when you go to Peloponnese! This is also for the First Legion!" Alexis reminded again: "In this way, you will rush to Turiy tomorrow to meet His Highness the Prince and assist him in handling the military affairs of the expedition."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Kticus reluctantly agreed.

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The next day, Ktisus rushed to the Turiyi military camp and was welcomed by Crotokataks and respected him very much. This was beyond Ktisus' expectations and also made him feel good about it.

In the process of handling military affairs, Crotokataks not only actively listened to the opinions of Printols and Kitsus, but also showed his familiarity with military affairs, which began to change Kitsus' misunderstanding of his lack of military experience.

A few days later, the Seventh Army headed north and entered the Tuliyi military camp.

A few days later, the Second Fleet arrived at the port of Turiy from Lilibi. With the salute of Davers and his ministers, Crotokataks led the Seventh Army, the First Cavalry Army and some other troops, a total of more than 10,000 people, boarded the warships and headed towards the Peloponnese Peninsula.

In January 370 BC (the 24th year of the Kingdom of Dionia), the fleet arrived on the Mesenia coast.

At the simple pier, Crotokataks, who had disembarked, was welcomed by senior generals of the Expeditionary Army and Mesenian MPs led by Tisias.

Compared to others, Leoticides is obviously not a person who can express enthusiasm in words and actions, so he seems a little cold in the crowd. If others take over, the new commander will more or less think that Leoticides is dissatisfied with his removal from his position as commander!
Chapter completed!