At dusk, the barbarians attacked another Roman barracks, another Roman legion camp eighty leagues outside the Seventh Legion garrison, led by Tullius? The 11th Army Corps led by Cicero was stationed. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, the Eleventh Legion was well-trained to hold off the barbarian army that was suddenly attacking.

"General, the barbarian leader has sent someone to tell us something important. We were asked to send an officer to their camp for a meeting. ”

During the night, the soldiers informed Cicero of the request of the Ebronys.

The next day, the messenger dressed in armor and entered the barbarian camp in a domineering manner. Unlike the officer envoys sent by Sabinus at that time, this time, the envoys sent by Cicero were very arrogant, arrogant, and contemptuous of the barbarians. Completely ignoring that he was in the camp of the barbarians.

The attitude of the Roman envoy made Pirno feel very indignant, but the tribal leader had to swallow his anger and talk to the visiting Roman envoy. In fact, the conversation was the same as before.

"Hello, emissary from the barracks, first of all I am grateful to Rome for the trust they have placed in me and is willing to send an emissary to my camp. What I want to say today is that yesterday evening's attack was not an action that we would like to do. ”

Pirno sat on the same wolf king's fur and spoke to the Roman legionary envoy in front of him.

When the old trick was repeated, the envoy of the Eleventh Legion did not show a trace of surprise, but calmly asked the leader of the Eritre tribe, Pirno-

"Your attack on the Roman legions yesterday evening, whether intentional or not, you have done so, and the legions will not tolerate any traitor. But if you have any grievances and information, Chief, you can speak up now, and I can convey the situation to our Legion Commander. ”

The envoy of the Eleventh Legion held his head high and said very haughtily. With absolute confidence and authority. At one point, Pirno wanted to pinch the arrogant Roman petty officer to death. But in order to succeed in the scheme, Pirno endured again.

"Here's the thing, yesterday evening's attack on your garrison by our people was really a feint, and I didn't let all my warriors attack the Roman legion's garrison. In fact, we did this just to fool the tribal alliance. ”

"A tribal alliance?"

"Yes, now, the tribes of all Gaul have united against Rome, but my people and I are not willing to really fight against Rome, you know this, two years ago, when the great Caesar came to my tribe, he helped us drive out the Narvites, at that time, my father-in-law led all the tribes to express their gratitude and submission to Caesar, and became an ally of Rome, two years have passed, although I have become the new leader of the tribe, but the alliance agreement between the tribe and Rome is still established, I don't want to betray Rome, but this operation, as one of the many Gallic tribes, I can't completely ignore it, so in order not to betray Rome, I chose to make a feint yesterday evening, just to deceive the leaders of the other tribes. ”

"So your choice to meet privately today tells us that you didn't really rebel against Rome?"

The envoy of the Eleventh Legion and Pirno had a serious conversation, and none of the people around them dared to say anything. Through the last ambush of the Roman Seventh and Eighth Legions, Pirno had already established absolute authority within the tribe, and he himself took this opportunity to make a rule to all of them, and when he was talking with foreigners, the other elders present and the nobles of the tribe were not allowed to interject, so the meeting scene was unusually quiet, only the two of them had a clear conversation back and forth.

The unusually silent atmosphere made the Roman envoy feel a little uneasy, but he did not say anything, but continued to talk to the barbarian leader in front of him as if nothing had happened.

"Yes, and I want you to tell your commander that, in order to fulfill my pledge of allegiance to Rome, I am willing to make way for your legions, and you can leave here through my territory tomorrow night to join up with the rest of the Roman legions, and when the time comes, we will be willing to provide any help and assistance from my Erites."

Pirno's words were very sincere, at least to outsiders, and those who did not know thought that the tribal leader had genuine feelings for Rome and was genuinely willing to fulfill his previous contracts and promises.

However, those who had participated in the previous operation knew that the speech of their patriarch to the Roman legionaries this time was nothing more than a repetition of the old trick, another bitter drama in front of the Romans.

"I'll report this information to the Legion Commander."

The messenger of the Eleventh Legion gave a brief answer and left the camp of the Ebronians.

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When the centurion returned, he conveyed to Cicero the words of the leader of the Ebronians, but Cicero did not approve of it, his sword-like face reflected the majesty of the Roman legions, and his wariness of the Gauls and his absolute obedience to Caesar's orders made the legion commander scoff at the words of the Eron chief.

Cicero announced on the spot—

"The barbarians want us to leave the camp, but I tell them that their tactics are too immature, and that the legions will never leave their camp until Caesar returns. They want peace talks unless they lay down their arms. ”

The unyielding efforts of the legion commander Cicero turned the battle into a bitter one. Seeing that the plan to lure the enemy out of the city had not succeeded, the Ebronian began to storm the camp of the Roman legions.

However, the Eleventh and Thirteenth legions strengthened another line of defense in the original fortifications overnight, and more than 10,000 legionary infantry rushed to work overnight, and when the barbarians attacked the city again the next day, they found that the Roman legion's defense line was almost incompassable.

As a result, the assault warfare turned into positional warfare, and the Gauls began to create siege weapons, following the methods of the Romans, and built siege walls. Pirno ordered his troops, following the example of the Romans, to build a wall made of wood in three days, enclosing the entire camp of the Roman legions. Of course, the siege walls of the barbarians are not as sophisticated as those of the Romans, and the defensive capabilities and Roman city defense projects are not of the same grade, but such siege fortifications are enough to make the Roman legions inside unable to break through and get in touch with the outside world. Although the entire Eleventh and Thirteenth Army Corps had not yet been destroyed, they were also facing the danger of being isolated and running out of food.