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Chapter 2 Dismounted Cavalry (Part 1)

"Use your bows and arrows to stop the enemy's cavalry from approaching us, and do not let them surround us." - Prophet Mohammed

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Caesar was almost unable to stand it anymore, so he temporarily summoned the deputy general and the chief centurions of the various legions and held a joint meeting. Caesar was neither an emotionalist nor a superstitious person. He knew deeply that when he was unable to do anything on the battlefield, the best way was not to act alone or seek God piously, but to gather all the elites on the front line who participated in the war and listen to what they should do.

This time, Li Bida gave up the opportunity to perform to Milu. He asked for a speech in the name of the chief centurion of the 12th Legion. Caesar naturally nodded inviting.

"You must prepare any link, because our army and the enemy are three Romans apart. It is best not to throw all the troops into one at a time, so that we can fight in a scattered manner. Let our 12th legion resist Mount Dukes. You will divide the other five legions and auxiliary cavalry into two to three lines, and move forward in turn, and fight to the death, and fight head-on. This will not only support forward and backward, but also leave the soldiers in the front without a way out until they break through the enemy's camp. Governor, I am a person who has served for many years and have fought with the Germans. In my opinion, we should not pursue defeating them in one go, as that will only backfire, because the Germans are good at short-term battles, which is related to their physical strength and personality traits, while our legion is suitable for long-term attrition, which is thanks to our formation and discipline."

"You are right, but now the Weaver people refuse to fight us, which is the big problem." Caesar thought Milu's proposal was very good, but the premise for implementation did not exist.

"I know the reason why they did not come out for the final battle by interrogating the captured Germanic soldiers." Rabinus said at this time. "Alio Vistas is particularly superstitious about a witch who has given birth to three children. In every battle in the past, she would beg her to do divination, and every time it was very effective, and this time was no exception. The witch used fruit branches and white cloth to do divination. The result was that before the new moon came out, if the Sweaver people went to fight, they would not be favored by God. They would win."

"So that's it..." Caesar understood this time. So what good way can change the witch's divination? Because there is at least twelve days before the next new moon appears, and our army is exhausted by the battle for food.

"Why should we change the divination of that witch? Since the Sewever people have determined that they dare not fight before the next month, then we will fight directly and catch them off guard. They have to fight us." The reckless Serkdelius waved his fist and shouted out this suggestion.

Yes, even though Secredirus was indeed a reckless guy, his proposal was completely correct. Li Bida also said at this time, "I have compiled the plan of my chief centurion and commander of the 10th Legion. In order to achieve unexpected results, I believe that our army can maintain the harassment of a market day to paralyze the tired enemies, and then take the lead in reaching Mount Dukes from my 12th Legion to contain the enemies everywhere. Then the Governor led the main forces of the five legions to fight to smash the enemy in one fell swoop!"

Caesar and Rabinus nodded together and approved the plan, but required Li Bida to do a complete job in the 12th Legion during this period, otherwise if they were defeated by the elite cavalry of the Three Thousand Colors Weaver on Mount Dukes, it would affect the entire battle situation.

Influence? I will only guide the entire decisive battle to victory. Libidaus is completely confident to improve his tactics.

The next day, all the Romans calmed down. They no longer allowed the Gaul auxiliary cavalry to go out to compete with the Seweaver for food, nor did they let the infantry brigade carry pickaxes to dig trenches and build camps. Even the sound of training and whistles in the camps became silent, as if the entire camp had become an empty camp.

The cunning Alio Vistaus felt something was wrong, so he went to the witch and sought the will of God again on the matter. As a result, the witch made another divination with grass roots and red cloth, and came to an inexplicable result: "When the sound of horse hooves and trumpets reached the wooden fence beside the camp, the River Renus will help our king, the great king."

Now, Alio Vistas is a monk who is unable to touch his head again. There is no way to use the divine witch to make the divine witch so ambiguous and infamous. When you believe it, it will often give you an unexpected answer.

The previous divine will cannot be violated, so the Weaver people also calmed down, guarded the camp, waiting for the arrival of the new moon season next month, and then fought with the Romans - many of the other Germanic friendly troops who followed were preparing to cross the Renus River to meet with themselves, and Aliovestus was still very confident in this duel.

But on the fourth day, the two Roman brigades suddenly rushed to a Romanian place outside the chariot camp, digging the confrontation line quickly, and then set up some simple crossbows, and launched "duty cannons" to the chariot camp. Thousands of Gaul cavalry also became active, and kept circling around the chariot that had been lined up and shouting and provoking, demanding a battle with the German warriors.

Aliovestus sneered. He carefully observed the Roman formation below on the tower, and then saw the mysterious atmosphere of the camp of Caesar opposite. He remembered the witch's divination results, so he ordered the entire tribe and servants to be calm and wait for the next month, and then rushed out to fight the Romans in a decisive battle. At this time, Caesar was at the end of his life, and he had to use a clumsy trick to lure the enemy to make the two

As bait, their heavy infantry were completely hidden among the woods and shrubs on both sides of the camp road. Caesar's behavior was really stupid, because I, Alio Vistas, had been dealing with the Romans for half a lifetime, and knew that their rules for establishing a battalion were to completely cut down all the trees within ten Stadias in a radius, and not give the enemy the opportunity to approach in a concealed manner. And Caesar now blatantly violated the combat manual, wasn't it just for the convenience of ambushing?

Four days later, on one hand, the Romans attacked intermittently, and on the other hand, the Germans desperately suppressed it. The entire battle situation was as uncertain as a layer of gray smog. Especially for the fighting Germans, this unclear situation made them as difficult to resist in the hot sandstorm of Afiriga.
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