Speaking of which, why were there British soldiers in the Belgian legions of Germania?

As early as the time of the battle for the Greek peninsula, the Germans were in conflict with Britain, and the tribes were constantly fighting each other. War broke out between the two barbarian powers, and Britain and Gaul invaded half of the Germanic world. Later, the Macedonian army invaded the eastern Germanic region, which caused a sense of crisis in Northern Rome and Carthage.

The two countries are very enthusiastic about their contributions and send lobbyists to try to match. Once again, the House of Julius of Rome sent their ace diplomat, Assinius Domitian, and the brilliant sophist did not fail in his mission, convincing the stubborn Britons to stop the war with the Germans.

Assinius Domitian was a playboy who did not have a good reputation in his hometown, and he once played with many Roman noblewomen to applause, all by virtue of his incorruptible tongue. But these little things could not be compared with the glamorous deeds of his fooling the leaders of the barbarians, and he did contribute to the diplomacy of Rome. He first lobbied for Rome to win over the Dacians, and was a young man of thirty; the second alliance between Germania and Gaul; This was the third time he had mediated the conflict between Britain and Germany in Belgium, and he was already a gray-haired old man. If you think about it, he became a diplomat and spent his whole life organizing anti-Macedonian alliances. His enemies had long hated him.

Belgian mediation became the diplomat's last masterpiece, and on the way back, Assinius Domitian was killed by the sword of the Macedonian Assassin. The assassins were clean and organized. They are most likely from the Divine Machine Battalion under Oonos.

It was the Carthaginians who really persuaded the Britons to join the Western European Alliance. These shrewd businessmen trumpeted that Macedonia was making steady progress in East Germania and that Belgium was the next step. The Britons were indoctrinated by Carthage with the notion that Macedonia was the greatest threat right now. So they immediately turned their enemies into friends, and not only returned the West Germanic territories, but also gave them some help.

Since then, the barbarian states of Western Europe have formed a new alliance to fight against the powerful Macedonian kingdom and defend the decaying and backward barbarian kingdom. The members of this alliance were British, Germanic, Gaul, and one of the backers was the Northern Roman Julius family.

But what the Carthaginians did not expect was that soon after Britain declared an alliance with Spain. At this time, the Carthaginians and the Spaniards were engaged in a seemingly endless struggle in the mountains.

For the Macedonians, there was a real wave of unsettled, and finally the Germans were about to be wiped out, and the Britons were involved again.

Back on the battlefield, just as Macedonia's northern front was victorious, new fighting broke out in the south of Western Europe. Paminion Antigonilla captured Lyon on the orders of Aloyos, and he led the 1st Greek Army across the Rhône, subdued Budic, and defeated the partisans of Barrivendos. Advancing to the outside of Lyon, Paminion Antigonilla immediately ordered the siege of the city. Because the reinforcements sent to him by Aloyos were added to the archer unit and small ballista cannons. This greatly strengthened the comprehensive combat capability of his regiment.

The ballistae of the Greek legions smashed many gaps in the wooden walls, and the archers delivered several more rounds of blows. The infantry marched into the city and took it without much effort with the cooperation of the bow troops. The pikemen killed the city's defender, Motius Samarobriva.

During the siege, it was not so much the capture of the city that attracted Paminien Antigonella's attention, but the reinforcements that were moving outside the city, the Gallic Legion. This legion was the elite Gallic force that had just landed in Marseille against the First Legion, and was commanded by Motius Fauss.

The Gallic general was known for his courage and fierceness in warfare, and he had many elite Gallic warriors under his command. The White Pig Legion, also known as the Silver Sword Warband, is very threatening. In the last bridgehead confrontation, although the Macedonian army successfully repelled the White Pig Army by defending the bridge, the other side was not injured. In today's battle of attacking and defending the city, if there is a large-scale street battle between the two sides, then the Gauls are very likely to win.

Interestingly, while the Greek legions attacked the city from the south gate, Mortius Fosse, who arrived from the north to reinforce the city, did not enter the city directly through the north gate to strengthen the city's defenses. Rather, it feints outside the city, sometimes advancing, sometimes stopping, sometimes to the left, and then to the right.

Parminion Antigonilla also couldn't figure out at first, why didn't the mighty White Pig Army go into the city to help? If you think about it, did Motius Fosse and Motius Samarobriva have a private holiday? It can be clearly seen from the surnames of the two that they should be a family. Could it be that Motius Fosse relied on the bravery of the White Pig Army and underestimated the enemy and wanted to defeat the Macedonians directly?

Paminion didn't think much about it, and it was a part of the advance team that was sent to attack the city, and there were reserves left outside the city. When Fosse divided his troops into two sides and enveloped them along the perimeter of the city. Parminion Antigonilla knew that it was dangerous for the legions to be divided into two sections and to fight on their own against a strong enemy, so he ordered the troops outside the city to join the friendly forces. Leave the cavalry regiment to respond outside the city.

When the Macedonian light cavalry saw that only cavalry had been wrapped up on the right side of the city, they realized that this was a flaw in the enemy army, and that the Gallic cavalry was not an opponent. They resolutely rushed forward and directly eliminated the cavalry units in Gaul.

Seeing that the cavalry had succeeded, Paminion quickly deployed the city's infantry outside the city gates. The two armies were fighting each other in search of fighters. But the Gallic soldiers marched too far and were a little physically exhausted. The sharp-eyed hussars noticed this and reported it to the general, and Parminion understood the time to win with physical strength, and he ordered the army to attack.

The pikemen advanced like a wall of spears, putting a lot of frontal pressure on the Gallic warriors. The infantry of the two sides fought, and the Macedonian soldiers relied on their physical superiority to not be afraid of the Gallic warriors, who were panting and looking embarrassed. The Macedonian light cavalry completed the outflanking and launched a large area of the back attack. The Gallic army was already in turmoil, and even the forest hunters could not stop it with arrows. When the Macedonian cavalry completed the encirclement and turned to launch a group charge, the forest hunters were also eliminated by the breakthrough.

The battle came to an end, and Macedonia sealed the victory. The cavalry was busy chasing the fleeing Gallic soldiers, and Motius Fosse committed suicide in defeat. The Macedonians were not relentless and slaughtered in front of the city gates, leaving no remnants of the enemy.

Winning battles inside and outside the city of Lyon, Paminio completes his mission to capture Lugdunancis. This marked the successful opening of the southern battlefield by the Macedonian army, consolidating the bridgehead and expanding the southern position.