A people accustomed to living under a monarch will have a hard time maintaining their freedom if they unexpectedly become free. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

- Niccolò Machiavelli (Italian political thinker and historian)

Assam and Nabazani were the generals of the Essini Kingdom who followed Plasus in the southern and northern wars, and they were independent for seven or eight years, so how could they be unprepared to confront the powerful Francis?

Atabaz was killed in battle with the army of the Roman city, and Francis, who crossed the river and demolished the bridge, did not treat the Atabaaz family favorably at all, which caused the resentment of quite a few Aceni nobles, who considered it an act of betrayal.

Especially the descendants of Atabaz who were forcibly removed from the family camp by Francis, their plight and pity were pitied and regretted by all the Acenian nobles, and even some hot-blooded nobles took the initiative to stand up for Atabaz's family.

The bravery and integrity of the barbarian aristocracy were most selflessly manifested at such times, but the question was whether the ambitious Francis cared about the verbal clamor of the young nobles?

Even if it is a powerful family behind them, who would dare to challenge Francis's authority under the premise that the Francis family is dominant? From the time Atabaz was defeated and died, and Assam and Nabazani were greatly weakened, no one could challenge Francis's power.

But is this really the case? The independence of Assam and Nabazani immediately aroused the wrath of Francis, and in order to completely eliminate the two threats of Assam and Nabazani, Francis personally commanded a large army to conquer their camps.

The 180,000 army, composed of 130,000 elite divisions and 50,000 recruits, was the entire military strength under Francis's command, and Francis, who was furious, did not lose his mind and went out to fight, he still left 10,000 elites and 20,000 recruits to garrison the camp.

In fact, long before Assam and Nabazani were ready to raise an army for independence, they made contact with Atabaz's eldest son, as well as the Esini nobles who were very dissatisfied with Francis, and even made an agreement with each other to deal with Francis.

On the same night that Francis led his army out of his camp, the young nobles of the Essini Kingdom, led by Atabaz's eldest son Upton, secretly discussed how to seize Francis's camp and assisted Assam and Nabazani in attacking Francis on both sides.

Although Atabaz had died on the battlefield, his prestige in the Aceni Kingdom was still not to be underestimated, and among all the Aceni warriors over the age of fifteen, who had not heard the story of the four great generals under the command of King Plasus?

Eggers, Assam, Nabazzani, and Atabaz were the four most trusted generals of the past, and no matter how many mistakes Prasus made in his later years, they could not change his high status in the eyes of the Esini people.

As the great king who truly united the Essini tribe and personally established the kingdom of Aceni, Plasus is a great and respectable king in the hearts of all Aceni people, and the so-called four great generals are the most powerful generals under Plasus.

For the Essini barbarians who believe in the respect of the strong, Plasus and the four generals under his command are definitely the pride of the entire Essini Kingdom, and they are also an example worthy of learning and respect by all Essini warriors.

Why was Queen Boudicca able to develop rapidly after inheriting the throne? The Esinian warriors who defected to Queen Boudicca, they did not turn to the young Queen Boudicca, but General Eggers, who had been on the battlefield at the beginning.

And the surrender of Assam, Nabazzani, and Atabaz allowed Francis to reunify all the Essini kingdoms except for Queen Boudicca's department; now, these three wars will once again stand on the opposite side of Francis, how will the other nobles choose?

After Ppton had consulted with the young nobles about what to do, the next morning they organized an army of nobles determined to overthrow Francis's rule, and launched the most direct challenge to the 30,000 troops left behind in Francis's camp.

When Upton, dressed in the armor of the Atabaz, appeared outside the garrison barracks, 20,000 new recruits had just joined Francis's command, and the 10,000 elite divisions were originally the troops under Francis's two younger brothers.

At first, they were also forced to defect to Francis in desperation, and when they encountered this rebellion against Francis's rule, they also reached a certain agreement with Upton, and the whole army defected to Upton.

Upton, who had 30,000 troops and defected, had 40,000 troops under his command, bringing the total strength of the Assam, Nabazani, and Upton forces to 110,000, and they surrounded Francis's army one after the other.

If the betrayal of Assam and Nabazani made Francis angry and angry, then the betrayal of Upton and many nobles completely put Francis in a dilemma.

You must know that the betrayal of Upton and the nobles not only caused Francis to lose the 30,000 troops behind him, but also to the camp on which he depended, and the absence of the camp meant that Francis's army would soon lose the basis of supply and survival.

This was the most fatal thing for Francis, who was now thinking not about how to quickly put down the rebellion, but about how to lead his army to survive, and in order to avoid the morale of the army, he even kept the news of the fall of the rear camp tightly sealed.

Because Francis understood that once the 150,000-strong army learned the news of the fall of the rear camp, they would instantly change from a majestic elite division to a ranger who was worried about their families, and I was afraid that the army would die on its own in a few days.

However, Francis was a strong-minded man after all, and he did not fall down after suffering such a heavy setback, but took a series of measures with a stronger will, and the first thing he did was to divide his army into two ways.

Of the 150,000 troops under Francis's command, only 30,000 elite cavalry and 20,000 infantry really followed Francis, the other 70,000 infantry came from the surrender, and the 30,000 recruits had just been recruited.

Francis, who had made up his mind, personally led his 50,000 loyal elite divisions back to the camp under the banner of replenishing food and grass, while the other 100,000 troops continued to advance under the leadership of Francis's generals.

If this large-scale rebellion within the Aceni Kingdom is just a contest between the various forces within the Aceni Kingdom, as it was last time, perhaps Francis will only need a little time to reunite the Aceni Kingdom.

Unfortunately, the existence of White Peak and the city of Rome doomed the melee within the Acenian Kingdom to become a melee that was not limited to its interior, and the armies of Upton, Assam and Nabazani would soon receive support from the city of Rome!