Chapter 33 The Unbearable Battle (Part 1)
"Those who control their anger can have a paradise in heaven." - The Qur'an
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So all the generals of Zochi went up the hillside and looked at the surroundings of the Renus River. Deviach pointed at the front and said, "If you go straight, you will pass through the swamps and forests. I advocate choosing a flat road for the army to move forward, but you have to walk about seventy or eighty Romans more, and there are about one hundred and twenty Romans one after another to reach the fortress of Besanson on the border of the Renus River."
"Well, first send a messenger to go there, asking the Gaul tribes in Besanson City to assist in the city defense and prepare supplies for our army's arrival. In addition, according to Deviach, we did not easily take risks, so we took a detour. However, because the distance has increased, I asked the entire army to maintain a forced marching posture, above." After Caesar said that, he waved the horse whip and rushed down the hillside.
The Roman legion's teaching required that the ordinary marching posture required five days of the carvings, 25 to thirty Romans, and then rest; the urgent marching posture required seven days of the carvings, 35 to 40 Romans, and then to rest; and the forced marching required by Caesar was to carry forty or fifty kilograms of equipment, and run towards the set goal day and night.
At this time, the elders of the Secyani tribe in Besanson were gathering in the square of the city to discuss the important issue of whether the tribe should be subordinate to the Roman side or the German side in the immediate war. A messenger ran over and shouted at them, "Come here. Come."
"What's coming." The elders remained calm and composed.
"The Governor of Gaul led six legions to Besanson."
The elders stayed for a while, then nodded to each other with resolute expressions, put on white robes, came to the outside of the city in a group, hugging and kissing Caesar with a smile, "We have been enduring Alio Vistas for a long time, and now the sword of defeating the tyranny is finally here!"
Caesar's urgent marching achieved good results. The Seckonian tribes were "occupied" by the Romans before they even had time to sway, so their elders could only make a decision obediently, asking the wheat that had just been harvested around the entire city of Besanson to be paid to the warehouse that had just been repaired and built by the Roman Legion.
The city of Besançon, the River Renus is like a semicircle, surrounding the high hill where it is located in a surprisingly golden ratio, and also provides it with a natural barrier. This is the fertile land of Gaul. On the other side is the wild Germania. Caesar walked around the city walls and said to the nearby General with great appreciation: "The joint camp was set up outside the city of Besançon. There are two legions everywhere, twenty Stadias separated by each place. We will not go back to Milan this winter, but we will directly regard this city as the location of the winter camp."
Li Bida calculated slightly, no, it wasn't that he had made a mistake, but that Caesar was wrong, and he had joined forces in camps, two in each place, and that was eight legions, but now he had six legions in full swing.
But soon, Li Bida clarified Caesar's words. He was going to recruit two new legions north of the Po River and central Gaul. If nothing unexpected happens, during this winter camp period, namely the 13th and 14th legions of the Illyria, which was also a "outside-partner collection". The money was paid by Caesar himself, so he had to continue fighting, and to ingest more and more spoils and build war machines with the Helvetis and the Germans.
"Well, by the way, Libidaus, you will return to the old winter camp in Milan after the battle. You won't have to worry about this here in the next year. Your mission is to recruit the 13th Legion, search for some veterans from Etruscania, Campenia and even Roman cities. Of course, the main trunk is still the Gauls or Dalmatians. I just want Pedius to supervise the finance department." This is immediately followed. Caesar's explanation to Libida. It is obvious that he acquiesced to Libida's "off-the-job entrepreneurship", which is one year. It means that after you finish the recruits, if the plan to expedition to Egypt is passed, you can take people to Egypt to assist Ptolemy by yourself, "But before the Erkang Festival next year, you will have to return to Gaul." This is Caesar's request.
"Can I withdraw some of the money from the recruiting finance?" Li Bida whispered on Caesar's mount. His capital chain is really lacking.
"At most half a million Seths retreated." Caesar's tone had no extra room for negotiation, and then a messenger came to claim that Alio Vistas' army had already camped in a flat valley somewhere more than thirty years outside Rome.
"How many people do the other party?" Rabinus asked immediately.
"It is said that there are 120,000 people." After the messenger said that, he saluted and left.
120,000 people? That is to say, the Weaver tribe of Alio Vistas came out in full swing. Sure enough, the purpose of convening the Gaul Conference was indeed achieved.
"Your Excellency, you must annihilate the strongest Germans as soon as possible. Because if nothing unexpected happens, since Se Weaver has crossed the Renus River, the other German tribes must be ready to move in Hedong." Li Bida suggested.
"Yes, but as usual, we must first pass diplomatic means, and the necessary procedures, otherwise the old men in the Temple of Concord would have a handle again." Caesar's meaning was soon understood by the clerk next to him, and he began to write quickly, and to convey the governor's meaning to Aliovestus.
Unexpectedly, Alio Vistas soon sent an envoy to the Besanson camp and responded to Rome: "I led my tribe to hunt Gaul fourteen years ago. I spoke fluently in Gaul. If the Governor did not dislike him, we could bring a few followers to talk on a certain open space between the two armies and meet honestly to eliminate the disaster of war."
This should be the clumsy conspiracy of the German king. Rabinus immediately persuaded Caesar not to take risks, but Caesar coughed twice and ordered the clerk to reply, "I promise the request of the respected king, and the location is in the middle between the camps of the two armies. Each person brings ten cavalry and is not allowed to carry infantry."
"But!" Rabinus was anxious. He knew that Germans had always been good at being tough cavalry, and that Rome was the dominant infantry. This difference was obvious even among twenty people, that is, if Alio Vistus took the opportunity to attack Caesar during the peace talks, we would be clearly at a disadvantage.
Chapter completed!