The last rays of the setting sun fell on the forest, and when Appis and a few scouts who escaped from the jungle alive arrived at the banks of the Sambre River, where the Roman legions were located, the banks were already covered with the corpses of thousands of barbarians, but it was not known whether the legions were victorious or defeated, because the sound of fighting in the distance was constantly heard, and the sound of military trumpets proved that the legions were still resisting to the death. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Appis and Tiberius tread through the woods full of corpses, and kept running forward, and the scene in front of them became more and more terrifying, full of barbarian corpses, mutilated limbs and broken internal organs, blood covered the earth like a huge curtain, and the horrific scene and the thick smell of blood were almost disgusting.

When he got closer, Apis found a Roman legion on the distant river beach, which was struggling to defend it under the frantic siege of the barbarians. It's just that it's too far away to see which legions they are, but it's certain that they are numerous, and that the perimeter is almost entirely densely populated with barbarians.

Not far away, the majestic trumpets of another legion sounded, and this scattered Roman legion was approaching the group of barbarians on the river beach in the distance.

Seeing the hurried pace of the legion's infantry, this unit took the greatest step to save the team of companions in the distance, completely disregarding its own safety, and rushed towards the barbarians without any formation.

In the confusion, Apis joined the unorganized and unformed Roman army, and at this time, no one cared whether these lone Roman soldiers were scouts or legionnaires, or auxiliaries, as long as they were Roman legions, they all rushed to the most dense barbarian place on the river beach like crazy.

As the sun sets, the sunset on the horizon turns from orange to dark red, and finally only a thin red line remains. Two Roman legions, tens of thousands of soldiers, flanked the barbarian positions in front and rear.

The morale of the Narvites, who were originally bloodthirsty and furious, gradually collapsed, and they were unable to break through the defense line of the Roman legions with an absolute advantage in numbers, and now, facing the attack of the Roman legions on both sides, the number of Narvi who died under the sword of the Roman legions skyrocketed.

Appis followed behind the large army, with dense human heads in front of him, and the constant sound of fierce fighting, but the atmosphere of the battlefield made people crazy, and blood kept surging in his heart. Appis could see that the battle had gone on so far, and everyone had turned into bloodthirsty beasts, whether it was a barbarian warrior or a Roman legion soldier, each assassinating the other in an extremely cruel way.

"Roar, roar, roar."

It wasn't until he approached the Roman legions in the inner circle that Apis saw their flag, which was the symbol of the Flying Fish, which was the seventh legion he had been in before.

The battle came to an end in a frenzied series of assassinations by the Legion, the corpses of the barbarians piled up on the river beach, and the Legionnaires marched forward with stumps and severed arms, like an efficient cutting machine, the arms and thighs of the barbarian soldiers were separated from their bodies under such dense cutting. More barbarian soldiers were stabbed in the middle by the Roman infantry, and the dense Roman short swords continued to pierce out, and the barbarian soldiers' bodies were riddled with holes, intestines, internal organs, and broken wounds flowed out. Such a cruel and bloody picture shocked even some legion veterans. It was the worst battle since Caesar's march into Gaul.

When the stars rose, the barbarians retreated the last of the crowds, and the whole of the Sambur River became a river of blood, and the water was completely dyed red.

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"Glory to Rome!"

The barbarians retreated, and Caesar stood in the bloody pile of corpses, shouting with his Roman dagger aloft. At this time, on the river beach, all the living legionnaires also raised their weapons and shouted, in response to their commander-in-chief, Julius Caesar.

At this moment, Apis saw a real Julius Caesar in history. Not only did he have clever political means and superb command and combat ability on the battlefield, but he was also a Roman commander who personally killed the enemy and boosted the morale of his soldiers.

"Appis? If I'm not mistaken, you should call it by that name? ”

The soldiers walked along the banks of the Smbul River, which was full of corpses, stabbed the struggling barbarians to death with a single sword, leaving not a single living mouth on the battlefield. Caesar walked over to the scouts and asked Apis.

At this time, there were only a dozen people left in the reconnaissance brigade, and four or five were still wounded, so it can be said that in the ambush on the Sambur River, the reconnaissance brigade of the Roman legions was almost completely annihilated.

"Yes, Caesar."

Appis stood respectfully before Caesar and answered the great commander's questions. By this time, both men were covered in blood, and Appis found that Caesar's face was now deeply tired, and the wounds had not yet been bandaged, and the guards raised torches to illuminate the commander. In the night, the corpses of the barbarians stretched to the end of the sight, like a mass graveyard.

"The scout team has been wiped out?"

Caesar asked calmly, as if the Roman legion commander had guessed such an outcome. With exhaustion on his face, Apis did not dare to say more, but simply replied - "Well, one hundred and eighty people, only a few of us were left alive, and the rest were all killed by the barbarians. ”

"From today onwards, you are the captain of the Legion's Scout Brigade, Appis."

Caesar's decision surprised everyone, the Sambur River ambush, if the Roman reconnaissance force could send information to the army in advance, then today would not be such a tragic situation, Caesar himself would not be in danger, but the reconnaissance team was completely annihilated by the barbarians, resulting in the army being ambushed, and now, Caesar not only did not punish the soldiers of the reconnaissance team, but promoted this reconnaissance team soldier who fled for his life, this decision not to say that the soldiers around Caesar were surprised, even Apis himself felt a moment of confusion.

"But this ambush battle is because the reconnaissance team did not send the information to the corps in advance."

Anthony was the first to raise objections, and Caesar's decision was so strange that even Mark Anthony, who had always obeyed orders, could not understand it. Especially since Apis had contradicted him before, Anthony categorically did not expect that Apis would be promoted from an ordinary legionnaire to the position of captain of the reconnaissance brigade in just two weeks.

"Apart from them, who else in the legion has experience in detecting the enemy's situation? You have a candidate, I use yours. ”

Caesar returned very calmly. Everyone present was silent. It was also true that the legion was now deep into northern Gaul, the territory of the Belgians, and that was the time when the scouts were needed.

Since the legions have set out, it is impossible to turn back, otherwise, if the ten legions set out in a mighty way, only to be ambushed by a small tribe on the way, and turn back to the camp, then all the tribes of Gaul will think that the Roman legions are incompetent, and the voice of rebellion will become stronger and stronger.

"But he's not old enough."

Antony quickly found a reason for his objection, and indeed among the scouts who escaped with Apis were two Roman citizens in their early thirties, who seemed to have more experience.

"When I promoted you, you were only twenty-five years old, and you were the commander of the cavalry."

In the face of Anthony's fierce opposition, Caesar gags Anthony with just one sentence. Indeed, in the army, regardless of age, the capable prevail, this is Caesar's criterion for employing people, and Anthony also knows it.