"In order to unite our brothers in the military camp again, we must first understand the current situation in the military camp. So, please introduce the personnel and supplies under your jurisdiction." Davers said, looking around everyone.

There was a silence in the tent. Antonios was the first to speak, then Capps, and then Alexis... The situation in the baggage camp was the most complicated, and Melsis's speech was the most long-winded. Davers had to remind him to be as simple as possible.

Davers listened and recorded. After listening carefully to everyone's introduction, he had a general understanding of the overall situation of the Menon Military Camp. After a little sorting out, he said: "According to your reports, our military camp has ten heavy infantry squadrons, a total of 1,094. Four light infantry squadrons, a total of 487. A total of 1,581 soldiers, complete weapons and armor, good health, and no injuries.

There are three doctors in the medical camp, six female slaves, and two camel beasts, but except for Helps being proficient in trauma treatment, the other two doctors cannot independently treat the wounded soldiers.

There are fifty guards and two hundred and seventy-three slaves, including one hundred and ninety-eight female slaves and seventy-five male slaves. They have twenty-nine pack horses, eighteen pack cattle, fifty-six sheep, thirty-seven chickens and ducks, and five eighty bags of wheat flour. There are still some Taranto silver, thirty Mina, and five Drakemas left. This is all our possessions.” Davers put down the shrubs recorded in his hand and said to everyone: “Do you see if there are any missing?”

All the team officials were a little surprised. You should know that most of the mercenaries, including these team officials, were uneducated, let alone doing numerical operations and summarizations.

Melsis clapped his hands with a "pa!pa!pa!": "Davers, you are so powerful! Such a fast math ability! Much stronger than me!"

Antonios next to him remembered that Davers was illiterate. He glanced at Shazi's scroll quietly and found that it was full of strange symbols and fonts. He was shocked.

The team officials looked at each other and added a little recognition of Davers' ability.

"Since there is no objection, then wait a moment, Phelis and I will attend the military meeting of the mercenary leaders. The squadron leader asked to go back and notify his soldiers to check their weapons and equipment and prepare for battle. In the afternoon, the 10th Infantry Squadron was left to guard the military camp, and the other squadrons lined up in sequence to enter the venue for the full army conference. Because there are many people, you must maintain order and prevent riots." After Davers said that, he looked at Helps again and asked: "How is the situation in the medical camp? The war is about to start, and the number of wounded soldiers will increase. You must have a plan. Clean linen bandages require more preparations, and the auxiliary personnel must be at least twice as many as now..."

Helps occasionally asks Davers for some medical questions, such as: Why do you need to use fire to grill debride knives? Why do you need to use cloth dipped in cold water to place the forehead of a patient with fever?...Davs' answer is always strange and thought-provoking, so Helps regards Davers as his teacher and always has a respectful attitude: "Please rest assured, I will do my best to prepare after I go back. If there are any difficulties, I will definitely come to ask you for help!"

"You are our Ascrates (the god of medicine in ancient Greek mythology, the son of Apollo). Of course we must help us with all our strength! If there is any medical problem, I can discuss it with you; if there is no labor, the captains can provide it; if there is no need for things, you can find Mercis." Davers smiled.

Everyone also expressed that they would provide assistance to the medical camp.

Melsis took the initiative to report to Davers: "Chief, I have asked the slaves to slaughter some sheep this morning and made a lot of bacon sausages. After I go back a while, I will slaughter the remaining sheep, chickens and ducks, as well as the excess cattle to make them into sausages to stockpile food for future marches. What do you think?"

"Melsis, you are our butler! We are all relieved to leave the food to you. Are you right?!" Davers said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

"Yes! Melsis manages the baggage battalion very well!" Antonios responded.

"It's just that the cost is a little more expensive!" Epitians jokingly shouted.

"Even if you give one for free, you can't use it in a hurry! You are only interested in the boy!" Melsis immediately fought back.

"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere in the tent became much more relaxed.

"Pelisius, do you have anything to add?" Davers finally asked his adjutant.

Facing the leader who was much younger than him, Phelisius was a little unnatural. He coughed twice and said, "I have two questions, I hope to attract the attention of the leader. First, since we are about to start a war with Persia, will the next march change? If it changes, how should we go? Second,... Well... our military camp has always been the defender of the entire army before. Now that the war is about to start, our battalion will suffer a lot!"

"Pelisius is right, we can't be defenders anymore!"

"Please rest assured that I will raise it at the military meeting of the leaders and will argue with reason! As for the issue of the marching route, I think it will be determined soon at the meeting of the leaders because this is the most important issue!" Davers' confident words made the team officials doubt it.

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After the meeting ended, as soon as the big tent was released, Epitianis, the first squadron leader of the Light Shield Soldier, couldn't help but exclaim: "I can't believe that this young man is the first time he is the leader!"

"Although he is young, he is not only very meticulous in arrangements, but also very organized, and he is also very majestic. None of us veterans, who are considered experienced, have risen up to confront and refute him!" Another leader of the Light Shield Squadron, said in admiration.

"I think this young man is good! At least the atmosphere of the meeting is very good. Unlike Mellon, it is a poisonous snake. I won't train everyone whenever I have a meeting!" Captain Lacey Marcus said with a smile.

"If this little guy has such a wonderful performance on the battlefield, he will be considered qualified!" Another heavy infantry squadron leader, Amintas, reminded everyone.

"Don't worry, although this new leader is young, he is a smart man. With Philicius being by his side, there will be no major problems." Alexis, the captain of the heavy infantry squadron, comforted.

"We are afraid of when we fight! Davers only needs to play the role of his God-loving person, so we can reduce casualties and return home safely!" Zpite said loudly, and everyone claimed that it was.

Capps, who was following behind, said comfortingly to Antonios: "It seems that Davers has initially won the recognition of everyone."

Antonios was still immersed in the scene he saw at the meeting and murmured: "He still needs to prove himself in the battle, but I have confidence in him! He will become an amazing mercenary leader!"

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Davers stood at the door and watched everyone leave calmly. At this moment, he was not thinking about the effect of his debut as the leader, but was considering the issue of military management.

The military system of Greek mercenaries is roughly the same as that of Greek city-states: the lowest level officer is a squad leader with ten people; upwards are squadron leaders with 10 to 120 people; sometimes a squadron leader with about fifty people; upwards are squadron leaders with about fifty people; upwards are squadron leaders with about one thousand people; upwards are generals, and the number of soldiers under the general is determined based on the number of troops his city-state can send. According to principles, Davers' level at this time should be considered a squad leader, but mercenaries can have thousands of soldiers, even if they are large mercenaries, because they can independently undertake combat tasks, they can barely be considered a general.

Davers graduated from the University of Political Science and Law in his previous life, but he studied management. He knew that the most effective number of people directly managed by a leader was seven. Now there are fourteen squadron leaders in a military conference. In the real war, wouldn’t it be too late to convey an order and would slow down? If these squadrons could be integrated again... Davers knew that he could only think about it now. After all, just as soon as he became the leader, he would rashly reform the military system, which would probably arouse the disgust of the team officials. He suppressed this idea and turned to Melsis who was still in the tent and said, "They are all gone. Just tell me if you have anything to do?"
Chapter completed!