Davers smiled: "My answer is to accept Turi's employment."

Despite his heart's preparation, Bulcos couldn't help but look surprised.

"Don't be too happy too early! This is just my personal opinion. I also have to convince my team officers and soldiers. Many of them have been a little tired of the war after more than a year of fighting in Persia and are eager to return to their hometown." Davers first poured cold water on him, and then said: "I will do my best to convince them. Of course, the higher your employment salary, the more impressed them."

"Two Dalik gold coins per month for a soldier!" Bulkos said decisively.

Davers thought about it in her heart and asked, "How many people do you need?"

"Of course, the more, the better!" Bulcos blurted out without hesitation.

"Haha, what a big tone! If I bring five thousand people there, the monthly salary and supplies will be a huge number. Can Tuliyi afford it?"

"I said that Turiyi is one of the most prosperous city-states in Greece! You bring ten thousand people, Turiyi can support you easily for a year by relying on yourself! Bulcos said confidently.

"Well, hope so." Davers expressed his optimism cautiously, and then asked, "Also, how do we get to Turiyi? How many boats do you have?"

"I have already negotiated with the Byzantine ship owners. At that time, as long as you pay, you will need to pay as many ships as you like!"

"So, will the Spartans here agree to let us leave for Turiy?" Only then did Davers ask his most concerned question.

"I have been authorized by the Spartan Senate, and at the same time, Byzantine Chief Criand is having a headache about your existence. He is happy to see your departure." Bulkos answered confidently.

So Davers agreed very simply: "It seems that you have arranged everything. Then, I will tell you tomorrow morning the number of soldiers I want to lead and discuss a more detailed employment agreement with you."

"Okay, I'll come back tomorrow morning. I hope you will get good news!" Although there were some twists and turns at the beginning, the negotiation was finally completed, and Bulcos left happily.

"Dear, are you really going to go to Turiyi?" Cristoya, who had been listening quietly, spoke.

"Yes!" Davers turned around, his eyes flashing with excitement: "Christoya, maybe this is a good opportunity! An opportunity for us to turn from fish in the water into fish casting nets!"

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Martonis sat on the ground, excited and curious: You must know that since he became the squad leader, he has never participated in the discussion and formulation of any decisions in the barracks. This time, the commemorative officer Yassus urgently notified them to attend the meeting. Is it a major decision?

He looked around and saw Olivers jokingly with others not far away. The boy has now become the team leader, with an equal status as he did. Every time he saw him, he was upset, so he shouted loudly: "Olivers, there is a military meeting here, not your tent, please keep quiet!"

Olivers turned around and smiled, "So it was the brave Matonis. Are you punished by the two soldiers who violated military rules and robbed Byzantine citizens?"

When Matonis heard this, although he was so angry that he did not dare to yell again.

Since entering Armenia, Davers has been an important leader of the mercenary army. His military talents have not only been recognized by all the leaders and soldiers, but also conquered the hearts of his subordinate soldiers. So he began to gradually rectify and reform the team.

At that time, during the Armenia journey, mercenaries continued to have minor conflicts with local indigenous people, and there were also many casualties, including team officials. Moreover, Armenia and later Fascia, Taochia and other places were mostly mountainous, and large troops were not easy to deploy. So according to the actual situation, Davers first merged the army of fourteen hundred-man teams into seven 200-man companies, with one company under four 50-man teams. This not only facilitates command, but also makes it more flexible and changeable in mountainous combat: because one team has strong enough combat power to repel small groups of enemies, while one corps has the ability to undertake independent combat tasks, because it has four teams, two teams can use two teams to fight head-on, and another team detours on the flanks, and then use one team as preparations, etc.

After this merger and rectification, the combat effectiveness of his team was greatly improved, and some soldiers even said proudly in private: "Our Davers is not only the gods of Hades, but also the enlightenment of Athena!"

Then, while a team officer was killed and injured, Davers promoted his capable confidant. For example, Hilos was promoted to company captain, and Matonis, Olivers, Giogris and others became team captains one after another, making him more firm in his control of his troops.

Then, he began to implement the second reform plan, formulate a "Military Law" to strictly restrain soldiers. This was a waste of life for the free and casual mercenaries. However, the situation was special at that time, and a considerable part of the conflict with local indigenous people was caused by the soldiers' willful stealing and robbing property, so regulating military discipline was the best way to reduce conflict. However, Davers not only purified military discipline, but also made some regulations on marching, camping, reconnaissance and other military regulations: For example, Davers was surprised by the mercenaries' simplicity in building camps, and sometimes there was no protection at all, so he stipulated that when camping, the camps must dig trenches, laying deer forts, and building earthen turrets.

At the beginning, the soldiers were unwilling to enforce it. After the march and war, they were already very tired and had to do such hard work. Are they tired? However, after two mountain people attacked the camp at night, the soldiers in other camps were greatly defeated, and people were injured, and property losses were lost. Only Davers's troops were safe under the protection of the earthen walls of the trenches. The soldiers began to accept this regulation from their hearts. Of course, Davers only made some simple regulations in all aspects, and he did not dare to be too serious, such as: escaping during combat, and having been beheaded in previous lives from ancient times to the present, but if he wanted to do so, the soldiers in the military camp had to rebel, so he only adopted some lighter punishments: poker (not daring to beat too much), fasting, etc. For the Greeks who value honor, being stripped of their pants and spanked in front of their comrades was a very shameful thing. Unless it was a special situation, they would try their best to abide by the regulations.

Of course, many soldiers could not stand the control and ran to other barracks. In addition to the casualties, the number of soldiers in Davers' camp should be greatly reduced. You should know that when the entire Greek mercenary returned to Byzantium, it was reduced from the initial 13,000 (only referring to soldiers) to 9,000 (already half of the number in history, Davers played a great role). However, the number of soldiers under his command is still not much different from when he took over, with about 1,400 soldiers.

There are four reasons why the number of soldiers has not decreased: First, Davers tried to be fair and just in management of the army, and both the officers and ordinary soldiers were treated equally and without specialty. The property harvested in each battle and robbery was distributed to the soldiers according to their merits, and he was empty-handed; Second, his troops had the strongest combat effectiveness and the least casualties, especially after the military reform. Of course, it was a strong reliance on soldiers who wanted to return home alive.

;3. The medical battalion he established cured a large number of injured soldiers, and half of the soldiers chose to stay, among which Cristoya's intentional guidance played a great role; 4. Davers' personal charm. "The God-fellow" and a military genius, who gathered mystery. He was kind to the soldiers, and even used his war horses to carry the wounded many times... The soldiers were happy to accept his command and affectionately called him "our Davers".

Now, in the more than half a year of war, Davers has begun to gradually adapt to these people in a special environment. However, the military law of these soldiers is already very strict. Therefore, Matonis knew that his soldiers had violated the regulations formulated in advance by Davers before coming to Byzantium and would definitely be punished. This was a bit difficult for him to protect his shortcomings. At this moment, he had no time to think too much, because Davers had opened the tent and walked into the venue with Marigi.

Note: The incident of more than 10,000 civilians in Turiyi being annihilated by the Lucanians has actually happened in history, but it was about ten years later (the specific time is unknown), and the reason for the occurrence will be mentioned later.
Chapter completed!