130. Assault, night attack
"In the name of Mars, the god of war! In the name of Seklas Uretius! In the name of Tethys......"
In the night, Sekras took the lead and led the elite hundred-man team of the Tenth Legion to rush into the camp of the Farnasis rebels, shouting the names of the gods in his mouth, and then, a stunned Eastern infantry was pushed in front of the centurion, and was pierced in the throat by the berserk Sekras's sword, and blood immediately gushed out. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Apis followed behind Sekras, directing the various squads that rushed into the camp to seize the tower and send the Creek archers up. Immediately behind Apis was the Hidden Commando led by Crane, and under the cover of night, these dual-armed battlefield assassins rushed forward.
Apis used his short sword to block the short spear thrust of a rebel infantryman, and then slammed it with a heavy shield, and before the opponent could react, Apis's short sword had already removed the opponent's arm, and then, when the Eastern militiaman groaned in pain, Apis's foot had already kicked him to the ground, and then spun the short sword, in a backward position, and stabbed the poor Oriental Uncle in the chest. Blood spurted out in an instant, staining Appis's face red.
The enemy's arrow rain began to strafe, and several Roman veterans immediately reflexively approached and raised their shields, forming a small shield wall barrier to protect Apis from the enemy's arrow rain, and then, after the arrows swept over, Apis raised his shield and ordered the veterans around him to launch a short charge.
Several tribal barbarian infantry who surrounded him once again started a melee with the legion veterans of Appis, in the night, the Roman legionnaires held shields on their wrists, held torches in their hands, and waved short swords to fight, in the night, there were constantly sparks from the iron sword strikes, and the air was soon filled with the smell of blood, several tribal warriors were quickly slaughtered by the veterans of the Tenth Legion, the barbarian soldiers standing in front of Apis looked fierce, but the fighting skills were really clumsy, his movements were too obvious, and the amplitude was also very large, So much so that before he swung the axe, Apis saw his intention to attack, and despite the great strength, before the axe slashed, Apis had already leaned down and stabbed with greater speed and smaller amplitude, resulting in his life. While the axe of the rampaging barbarian infantry was still in mid-air, Appis's short sword had already pierced him in the abdomen, and then, in a wild shout, Apis's blood splashed open the barbarian, and he fell to the ground, and then, the sturdy Roman legionary shield mercilessly smashed down, smashing the barbarian's face.
Brains and blood flowed out, but Apis had no time for mercy, more and more brutal battles awaited the Tenth Legion, and the leader of the rebels, Pharnaciss, was gathering his forces or fleeing.
Appis didn't know, because he hadn't seen him at all, and this battle to destroy the rebels was originally ended by Caesar himself in history, but at this moment, Caesar gave this task to himself. Appis felt the weight of the burden on his shoulders, and it was difficult to let go.
While the veterans stormed the rebel camp, the recruits seized the time to dig a drinking canal and build a defensive wooden wall in the middle of the two.
Appis's idea was to take the rebel camp and connect the two camps through a defensive wall, so that when the rebels crowded along the river were driven out, the entire Roman legionary camp would be more fortified. But Appis didn't know that Pharnassis was also in this camp at the moment, and, after seeing the chaos in the barracks, he had already ridden his own BMW, taking advantage of the night, to leave the camp.
"Those who do not want to surrender, kill them all, this is not a civil war, this is the conquest of the betrayers!"
Bloodied in the night, Apis commanded loudly, and behind him were thousands of Roman legionnaires, covered in blood, plundering all the property in the barracks like wild beasts. Crane had already captured the watchtower, and was picking up his two-handed axe on the ground, and with a cruel axe at the rebel infantry who had fallen to the ground, the dying tribal archer completely died.
The massacre lasted all night, and at dawn the whole camp was littered with the corpses of the rebels, mostly those of the Eastern infantry, the blood was so thick that it had even coagulated, most of their clothes had been stripped of their clothes, and the Roman soldiers did not spare a single trophy, including the strange ornaments worn on them.
"Still haven't found the body of Pharnacis."
Klein came to see Apis with a dejected expression, and from dawn to the present, he did not see the body of the rebel leader, which meant that the battle was of little significance, only to slaughter some of the rebel minions, and as long as Pharnacisse was not dead, he would soon flee to his lair and organize a larger army. Because Apis also knew that before Caesar carried out the provincial reforms, many of the tribes and city-states conquered by Rome actually hated Roman rule.
"Maybe the rat isn't in this barracks at all?"
Crane frowned and said, his guess was that it was only Pharnacis's generals who organized the siege.
"It's possible, after cleaning up these corpses, don't throw them into the river, dig a pit on the spot and bury them. In addition, cavalry was sent to nearby villages and towns to collect food to ensure at least a supply of food for the next week. ”
In order to prevent the contamination of the water source and ensure the supply of food and grass, Appis gave the order.
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Two days later, after receiving sufficient supplies of food, grass and water, the army set out again and marched along the road to Thebes to the two large towns occupied by Pharnasis after the rebellion. And at this time, the news of the mutiny of the slave army came...... Previously, when the barracks were trapped, Apis liberated the slaves in the legion in order to confuse the rebels and let the rebels besiege them, and when the rebels of Pharnassis were defeated, these slaves were given the opportunity to choose freely, because they no longer had to worry about the rebels of Pharnacissus attacking them, plundering them, and re-enslaving them as slaves or using them as living sacrifices, and returned to the barracks alive without a battle, and the legion commander would certainly not exempt them from slave status, They were bound only by a dozen centurions of legions, and the slaves themselves were heavily armed, and the rebellion against the Romans was easy, and finally, at the instigation of a few Thracians, the army of 3,000 slaves defected on the way back to the camp. They killed the centurions of the Roman legions, stuck their heads in spears and fled into the mountains. (To be continued.) )