Faobi was eventually left in the jungle forever due to his injuries, and before Appis could even ask him where his family lived and what their names were, the great and brave Roman warrior died of exhaustion. www.biquge.info For a moment, Apis suddenly felt a pang of sadness, how many people died in order to protect themselves after a battle, Quintus, Titus, Sabinus, Faobi, a month ago, these people were still alive, but a month later, they became bloody corpses one by one.

Appis dug a shallow pit in the same place, followed the Roman way, and buried Faobi in this large forest that was rarely visited. No markings, no writings, for fear that the barbarians would find out that the soldiers of the war years were so desolate, that their bodies were either eaten by wolf-dogs vultures on the front line, or buried in a place where even the beasts did not know.

After disposing of Faobi's body, Appis began to obtain necessities from the dead black bear. Bear meat, bear skin, bear claws, and bear paws...... But in the end, only the bear skin can be used, and the other parts have no use value, because you can't make a fire, you can't grill bear meat and bear paws, and it's almost impossible to eat it raw.

Appis took the chieftain's dagger and slashed through the black bear's skin. Skinning a whole black bear, this kind of thing Apis has no experience, only hunters will skillfully skin dead animals, Apis tried to slowly cut the black bear's fur from the body, the process is so bloody, every time the knife goes down, blood seeps out of the black bear's flesh, and the blood continues to stain his fingers, making the handle of the knife very slippery. There were times when Apis couldn't hold the handle of his sword.

After a long day's work, Apis finally cut off the whole bear skin, however, due to his lack of experience in skinning, the whole bear skin was cut to pieces, and the most complete and largest piece was just enough to be used as a cloak, hanging down to the calf, and the other small pieces of bear skin had to be thrown away, useless.

In order to commemorate this hand-to-hand fight in the forest, Apis also cut off a bear claw, put it in his pocket, and used it as a souvenir, his life was exchanged for the bloody fight of Faobi, and Apis will not forget this simple Roman cavalryman.

After everything was taken care of, Apis spent the night in the same place, with the dead black bear by his side. For a moment, Appis even felt that he had become a complete barbarian. In this place where there is no trace of civilization and culture, everything can only be obtained by one's own hands, by wildness and brute force. But without Faobi, Apis didn't know how long he could survive alone in this big forest, and after walking so long, he had not found a trace of Roman legions, and some were all infested by barbarians, as if the whole forest was the territory of barbarians.

In the days that followed, in order to obtain the fruit, Apis learned to climb trees. In the creek, Apis learned to spear fish. Then use your teeth to nibble on the live fish, like the grunt in "The Lord of the Rings......

The beard has been left unattended for more than a month, wrapping his chin and mandible bones in a thick beard, living in this forest like a barbarian.

Occasionally, Apis would recall the prosperity of Rome, the beauty and gentleness of Octavia, and the abundance of food and clothing in the barracks, but all this seemed to be far away from him.

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Just when everyone thought that the Eighth Legion of the Seventh Legion had been completely annihilated and there were no survivors, Caesar led the Tenth Legion from the west coast and joined forces with the Thirteenth Legion outside Cicero's camp to destroy the Ebronian who had besieged Cicero.

"Caesar."

When Caesar entered the camp, Cicero greeted Caesar with exhaustion. All the soldiers stood up and watched silently as their commander walked past their camp. After more than a week of fierce fighting, Cicero's legions held the camp, but the soldiers were also exhausted, they were the glory of Rome, Cicero used 12,000 Roman soldiers to hold back the 50,000 Eblonnians in turn.

"The soldiers were hungry and thirsty."

Entering Cicero's military command tent, Caesar spoke gloomily.

"Yes."

Cicero poured his commander a glass of water and replied simply.

"I received your letter, well done, brother, you hold your ground."

"But 90 percent of the soldiers in the camp are already wounded, and I'm afraid we won't survive this winter."

In the face of Caesar's praise and affirmation, Cicero's mood was melancholy and sad.

"There is no doubt about it, as long as we defeat these rebellious Gauls again, we will still have plenty of supplies and food this winter."

Caesar swore that although his heart was actually full of gloom, as the commander of the legion, Caesar could not let his subordinates see his uneasiness and emotional downturn. The commander-in-chief must always show his optimistic and positive side to the soldiers and officers, and all difficulties and setbacks must be borne by himself.

"How many tribes are rebelling now?"

Standing beside Caesar, Lepida asked Cicero about the rebellion of the Horde.

"Four, the Ebronytes, who we have just defeated, and their allies, the Menabites, as well as the Sennonnes and the Carnudes, have joined the rebellion. These tribes were quite numerous, and the combined army numbered about 120,000. ”

Cicero told Caesar and Lepida everything he knew.

However, Caesar seems to have known this information for a long time.

"These are just a few large tribes, and more are being assembled, and the news of the total annihilation of the Seventh and Eighth Legions has spread throughout northern Gaul. All we have to do is to have a decisive battle with these rebellious tribes as soon as possible, defeat them, dampen their spirits, let the news of the Legion's victory spread again, and let those tribes who are ready to rebel against Rome stay in their tribes honestly. Otherwise, if this Eblonis tribe continues to agitate like this, our legions will be surrounded and suppressed on all sides sooner or later. ”

Caesar announced his next battle plan in the tent, and at this time, Lepida and Caesar's followers realized that in fact, when they came to Cicero's camp, Caesar planned the battle plan after the convergence in detail, and the great man could always make all preparations and arrangements in advance, not only military but also politically, which was a height that Caesar's officers could not reach.

"Caesar, you've already figured out a strategy?"

Cicero asked.

"Yes, put the legions in order tonight, and tomorrow they will all be out of camp, and you will take the Eleventh Legion to hold back the tribe of Ebronnis that besieged you before. I will lead the Ninetieth Legion to the territory of the Menabites, conquer them, and break up his allies before defeating this large tribe. ”

Caesar issued the first battle order.