Chapter 22 Procrastination (2)
In this way, Caesar's approach to the Helvetites was also a sign of revenge on his own? But this was nothing to Caesar. Li Bida repeatedly emphasized that this lord has always been a person who can completely combine "public" and "private".
Sure enough, since the next day, in the crooked gorges of the Alps, soldiers from the army kept coming out in the size of a brigade or a hundred-man team. These people who suffered from the marching walked down the stormy valley. When they suddenly came to the lake in April and felt the spring and beautiful scenery, they felt like a dream. But soon the beating of the Caesar's centurion's cane brought them back to reality: Have you finished enjoying wine and hot bread? Have you recovered your strength? After everything is done, go and resume your job and dig the soil along the south bank of Long River!
What surprised Li Bida was that he asked Sabo to carefully count the number and number of legions gathered in the gorge, and found that the Eighth and Ninth Gallics and his own 12th Illyria Army were all taken one after another, but interestingly, the Seventh Legion led by Rabinus and the Fifteenth Illyria Army in Apis disappeared.
But what surprised him even more was that the two legions did not come to the Geneva garrison, and the Lord Caesar, as the chief officer, ignored it, as if he did not have these two numbers under his command. Even if Li Bida mentioned it, Caesar just smiled, and then turned the topic to inquire about the progress of the construction of the fortifications.
In fact, in about ten days, the fortifications on the south bank of Long River were completed. After the continuous deer fortress and Muzha, the 12th Legion stationed on the Jura Mountain on the far right. Li Bida, who was wearing military uniforms under the flag of Balantiya, saw the densely packed camp workshops of Helvetti people opposite him under the rising sun on the eleventh day. Countless smoke from cooking fires rose, "We may have to bear less than 80,000 people, because there are the most Asase here." Behind him, Milu and Pope walked over and said. "Even if the trenches and Muzha are all available, there are only one legion in this area, five thousand people, and there will be sieves everywhere."
"I still can't understand why the two legions lost their traces and the governor didn't even ask. If these two legions are second-line reserves, they can improve the entire blockade line, but where are they all going now?" Li Bida was a little anxious. He always felt that there was any prior agreement between Caesar, Rabinus and Apis, but this secret to excluding him made him feel like he was in his throat.
At this time, the vanguards at the foot of the mountain suddenly rushed out of the long grass that was ambushed in advance, holding heavy javelins, and intimidated the Hervet Warrior who had been riding a horse without authorization, and stopped him before he approached the Muzha, because according to Caesar's request, anyone who arrived at the Muzha should be killed on the spot during the construction period and after the completion of the fortifications should be killed. This order was obviously against the Helvets, and Caesar also obviously wanted to provoke a war, but in reality, both Libida and the barbarians on the other side were very cautious - the Helvets were keeping their promises, and they did not want to go to war with Caesar for the time being; and Libida and other frontline commanders were safe, and no one wanted to be sent back to Rome because of "illegal war", and under the instruction of the Senate, they were judged by the Citizens of the Hundred-Man Group.
As a result, the Helveti, full of braids, was taken to the Jura Mountains. Li Bida looked at the blond, blue-eyed man, who should be the ancestor of the Swiss country, and suddenly felt a sense of history: these barbarians who are regarded as nothing but grazing and robbing at this moment, were famous in the world for opening banks and manufacturing precision machinery two thousand years later.
The warrior pointed at the sky and the earth, and was very excited to say something. According to Saab's understanding and translation, this person was complaining to the gods why your Governor would break his promise, build military fortifications within the promised period, and stockpile a large number of crossbows and guns.
Li Bida shrugged and said, "I am also ordered to do this. You might as well stay in the camp first. I will present your doubts to the Governor, hoping to give you a reasonable explanation." After that, he said to Little Hottenhus, "Go and report this to the Governor!"
Then he said softly to Sabo next to him: "Save more time for this person and delay!"
Of course, Li Bida certainly had a way to delay the Helveti. Many Celtic tribes north of the Po River all have the same characteristics. They love to drink wine and especially drink. Many Gaul men would sell their children at the cost of a can of wine to drink this delicious liquid. However, according to Caesar's understanding, this trend of alcoholism has not yet spread to the valleys and forests north of the Alps. However, Li Bida firmly believed that all race genes were understood. Even if the Helveti warrior in front of him had never been exposed to wine before, it was as easy to make him fall in love with this thing as giving way to the Russians to fall in love with antifreeze on planes. "In the United States, you drink vodka, and in the Soviets, you drink vodka."
Sure enough, at night, the warrior kept asking for the "divine drink" in the camp where he lived alone. You should know that this was collected by Li Bida and made of the highest-end grapes in the Greek countryside. A bi-eared pot of 50 dinars were needed. The warrior kept drinking, and gradually howled happily, and then danced enthusiastically. Seeing that the time was ripe, Li Bida sent a few Ligurian "Jinvs" in.
In this way, the warrior had never mentioned the word Caesar in the next two or three days.
Caesar, who received the report, easily pressed the sand table with his hands. His eyes were fixed on several other passes in the Alps. The "whereabouts" of the Seventh and Eleventh Legion were naturally there. As long as Rabinus and Apis rushed out at the same time, they could cut off the road ahead of the Helvets to the Seguni Gorge. The three and a half legions in his hand followed the way behind, waiting for the end of this huge tribe to be wiped out.
Even better, the understanding Libidaus was very consciously delaying their messengers in the Jura Mountains and winning valuable preparation time - in fact, on the fourteenth day, the drunken warrior who was responsible for diplomacy stood swaying in front of Caesar.
"Your tribe has no excuse to condemn me, because I just said I would give me two market days to consider, but I did not promise not to build the fortifications of the legion, because this is what every Roman legion will do, which is the habit of the Roman nation. Furthermore, I am waiting for the orders of the Senate, so whether to fight or not is within the scope of possible." This time, Caesar's tone was full of unquestionable.
So the drunken warrior shouted, Have the orders from the Senate been issued?
Chapter completed!