Chapter 90: Counterattack
Ever since declaring war on Gaul, King Garras has cut back on his diet and regularized his daily routine. Especially when he realized that he was too fat to lead the troops into battle, he was very upset that he could not go to the front in place of Abrias, and decided to strengthen his exercise and reshape his body.
The king's determination proved to be true. In the three months since the start of the war, he has not only strengthened the training of elite soldiers and recruited new recruits for training, but also trained his body to form, minus excess fat, and returned to a strong body. For he always remembered that the Gauls had killed his son-in-law, and now had wounded his second son. Determined to be ready, Garras will go on a crusade against the cold-blooded barbarians and bring justice to the children. Now it's time for him to play, he's ready.
At the insistence of Abrias, the king reorganized and expanded the Sixth Legion. In addition to adding trained recruits to the original units, elite light infantry was also mobilized from the hill city of Belasola, where the legion was founded, and two Cretan archery infantry brigades were formed. In this way, the Sixth Legion already looks like it. The king decided to personally lead the legion, so he incorporated his Praetorian Guard into it, and renamed it the Invincible Legion of Abria, the Sixth Macedonian Army.
At this time, the original Sixth Army has been strengthened and upgraded to become the elite main regiment of the kingdom. I'm sure Abrias must be proud of it. However, the Sixth Legion is still known as the Undead Legion, or Ghost Legion. People are accustomed to continuing to call it by these nicknames. TheImmortals means legion of the undead or legion of ghosts. is the name of the former elite guard of the Persian Empire. The Macedonians now figuratively dedicate this title to this army of heroes.
Abrias was wounded, and the king ordered him to stay in the capital to recuperate from his wounds, and he was appointed regent as acting court. Garas was determined to personally lead the Invincible Legion against Gaul. Abrias was reluctant to leave his legion, but he obeyed orders.
It was Gelas's intention to let Podarerios assist Abrias in administering the kingdom, but the young man insisted on following the king on his expedition. This reminded him of the time when Antigone and Aloyos accompanied him on an expedition. The good tradition should be inherited, the king of Macedonia should personally lead the soldiers into battle, and this child will be the same in the future, and all should train him now.
Before leaving, the king announced that he had chosen his eldest son, Aloyos, as his rightful heir, and that in case of war he would have trouble with him, Aloyos would directly succeed to the throne and become the new king of Macedonia. Then Garas marched west with the Sixth Army to Pannonia.
On the same day, Abrias were in dire need of recuperation after their victory outside Budapest, and they decided to retreat to the rear. After the news spread, Damasos decisively led the Aegean naval regiment to Budapest. He sent a letter to his nephew telling him to go back and recuperate from his wounds, and that the Aegean Navy Regiment would be stationed on the Pannonian front with the Sixth Army Corps. When the king learned of the front, he immediately issued an edict to recall Abrias.
After the Aegean Navy was stationed in Budapest, it consolidated its own lines of communication while sending spies and scouts to spy on the enemy. Estimating the strength of the Gauls in this region, Damasos thought:
"The Macedonians crushed two waves of Gallic attacks at Epirus and Pannonia, annihilating their main forces at the front. At this time, the forces in the Gallic forward have been greatly weakened, the city's defenses are empty, and it is time for us to counterattack! ”
When Damasos learned that the king had assembled a new and powerful army to reinforce him, he became more determined to attack. Now that the Gauls were in control of Illyria and Dalmatia, the Gallic armies in these two regions could threaten the Greek peninsula with a desperate attack south. Damasos wanted to further knock out the choke point of Gaul, Salzburg. As long as this area was captured, the path of Gaul's attack on Macedonia would be controlled. It would kill two birds with one stone, and Illyria and Dalmatia would be cut off from the native Gauls. But now he was attacking one side, fearing that he would be attacked by the other.
He was waiting for the arrival of his brother, and as soon as the invincible army arrived, the two armies attacked west and south at the same time, this time in the opposite direction of the Gauls' attack.
The king drove all the way with the main army, and the speed of the march was somewhat affected by the heavy siege engines he carried. When they arrived, winter came, and it was normal to enter the winter break. But the army of Gueras was in full swing, and the whole army was eager to join the battle. Considering also the Alpine and Dinara regions, which have an Adriatic climate, have mild winters. In view of this, the Gallas and Damasos business associations were established, and they simply went directly to the battlefield, and with the intention of revenge, they bulldozed the Gallic forces in this area in one fell swoop.
So the Invincible Legion and the Aegean Naval Regiment split up, with Garas seizing all the way west of Mount Dinara and the Aegean Naval Regiment marching on Norikum.
In Rome, Aloyos was encouraged to hear of the victory of the Sixth Legion at Pannonia. He was proud of his brother and at the same time was particularly concerned about his injuries, sending him a long letter and bringing him many Roman supplements as a greeting. Eloyous, who threatened to avenge his brother and the Sixth Legion, decided to launch an offensive against the Gallic hinterland from the sea and deal a heavy blow to it. It was also the king of Rome who sounded the clarion call to cooperate with the Macedonian counteroffensive in the Apennine Peninsula.
Aloyos entrusted this task to the First Legion, and he appointed Pamanuel Antigonilla as its commander, who led the Greek regiment from Sicily, through the shore of Sardinia to replenish fresh water and food, and finally to the port of Marseille. It was the exit from Gaul in the western mountains, the first stop into Gaul proper. The city of Marseille was easily defended inland, with a river to the north and the soft inner hinterland of Gaul to the west, Narpon Gaul, where there must have been an emptiness of troops at this time. Aloyos used his troops aggressively, this move was risky, and of course, after he succeeded, the benefits were mostly good, and the effect was obvious.
Use troops to fight for profit, if you are profitable, you will move, and if you are not profitable, you will not go. It is believed that Aloyos must have planned and then acted.
Despite the vast number of troops in the Gallo-Germanic League, the Macedonian warriors were undaunted. The army of the Kingdom of Macedonia was full of courage, and when they fought, everyone was fighting not only to defend themselves, but also to protect their brothers. As big as the cooperative relationship between the legions, the legions will inevitably cooperate with each other with all their might, and strive to take on more responsibilities than friendly forces. Because the intimate relationship between the generals of the legion is tied together by blood. Fight tiger brothers, go into battle father and son soldiers. This is a symbol of the sincere unity of the Macedonian army.