The snowflakes covered the path up the mountain, and the cold wind blew across the ridge and hit the soldiers' faces, which were tightly wrapped in broken cotton wool and burlap, but shivering in such harsh weather, even if they marched all day, they could not keep everyone's body warm, on the contrary, the loss of physical strength, and the fact that they could only eat dry and cold food, made many people feel unwell. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

However, Caesar had no choice but to continue to order his troops to march hastily, and the legions had to appear behind the snow-capped mountains, outside the Gauls' town within a week, so that the Gauls in the town would be unprepared and the Roman army could take the town by surprise and receive at least three months' food supplies.

"Come here, soldier, I'm sure you can do it. After successfully capturing the town of Nurbara, each of you will be rewarded with two hundred Sestairs, and the slaves in the city will also belong to you! Come here, climb over this snowy mountain, victory awaits you, victory is equal to the Roman legions. ”

Caesar turned his head and looked at the winding and long procession all bowing their heads, listlessly walking and marching, and couldn't help but shout out the new reward. And through the herald, tell every centurion about the reward policy, and let the centurion tell his soldiers that as long as they hold on for a few more days, everyone will be paid handsomely.

But even so, Caesar still saw a large number of soldiers still have the strength to climb in this long snowy mountain, the bad weather swept away the original fighting spirit and sharpness of the legion, at this moment, the soldiers don't even know if they can survive a week later, out of this snowy mountain, not to mention the reward of money, in the case of life is not controlled, people's desire for money has been much weaker. Caesar had used all the methods to boost morale, but there were still few centurions who still maintained their vigor, and the situation might not improve until after the descent from the mountain, Caesar guessed.

At the same time, standing in such a procession, Appis couldn't help but think of the Second Punic War that took place in Rome a hundred years ago, and now, the 20,000-strong Roman legion climbed over a snow-capped mountain with an altitude of less than 2,000 meters, and became this picture, Hannibal during the Punic War, led an army of 50,000 people to climb the Alps with an average altitude twice as high as here, I really don't know how Hannibal did it back then? It is said that more than half of Hannibal's troops were killed or wounded as they crossed the snowy mountains, but they eventually reached the northern Italian plains. Looking at the current appearance of the legion, it is estimated that by the time they climb this snow-capped mountain and reach the Gaul town, at least half of the soldiers will be incapacitated.

But in the end, the legion still successfully crossed the snowy mountains, and when it arrived outside the town of Nurbala, a quarter of the legion's infantry contracted wind chills and some unknown diseases, many soldiers were frostbitten on their hands and feet, and thick blood blisters grew under their feet. Appis learned the methods of the veteran to wrap himself and equip himself, and by the time he crossed the snowy mountains, apart from feeling unwell and tired, he did not have many obvious symptoms on his body.

Caesar rested for a while, and the next day launched an onslaught on the Gaul town.

This time, the Gauls were still unprepared. Climbing over the snowy mountains in winter, a method that only Caesar, a madman, could have come up with, and when the Roman soldiers rushed to the city, the Gauls in the city did not even have time to be armed, and the entire city was occupied by the Roman legions.

After Caesar captured the town, he had his soldiers slaughter it...... This was the first time Apis had seen Caesar's bloody and barbaric practices. More than 20,000 people in the Gallic towns were cleaned up in a single day...... The corpses of the Gauls were even piled up in the streets and bazaars. All the men were slaughtered, and the women and children were sold into slavery, which were loaded into wagons and transported to Rome that same day. By night, the legionnaires hadn't even finished disposing of the dense corpses, and the thick smell of blood attracted rotten eaters miles away.

That night, after the massacre, a whole battalion of legionnaires blockaded the granaries of the town, and no legionnaire was to touch half a cent of the grain in the granaries without the uniform order of the commander-in-chief, according to Caesar's orders. Viccintoli organized the largest alliance in the history of Gaul, almost seventy percent of the tribes have sided with the Vicintoli anti-Roman alliance, Caesar just returned to Gaul and found the difficulty of collecting grain, in the past, a Roman legion had four or five tribes to provide grain and grass, now at most one, the pressure on food suddenly increased, the food from Rome was consumed on the way, Caesar knew that if he wanted to win the Gallic war, he could not count on a pitiful food convoy from Rome. The rebel force must be eliminated before more tribes can be united by Vicintoli.

"That's probably all we have for the next three months, Rabienus."

Looking at the granary he had just occupied, Caesar said thoughtfully. This was the reason for his massacre, and Rabienus knew that by now, the tribes of all Gaul had united against Rome. The Legion's food problem had become a top priority, and Caesar had no choice but to slaughter the city, which was a warning to the rebellious tribes, even if it was too cruel.

"I know, Caesar. Now, we have to move quickly. Conquer the town and the surrounding Gallic tribes will wake up. They will send more men to defend the city, and it will be difficult for us to rely on sneak attacks next time to achieve results. ”

Six years of Gallic war had already matured Rabbi Enus, and his mind was getting closer and closer to Caesar. There was also a growing understanding of Caesar's strategic and tactical arrangements, and even many times, Rabienus was able to lead the legions independently. In Caesar's absence, he was Caesar's most capable and trustworthy deputy in Gaul.

"Send cavalry to inform all the tribes besieged by Vicintoli that they are not yet ready to be completely anti-Roman, and we must let them know that the Roman army will soon arrive, and let them hold on."

Looking at the fruits of this short-lived victory, which had been exchanged for countless blood, Caesar arranged the next step of the strategy. He had to split the vast Gallic tribal alliance before the Vicintoli could unite more Gallic tribes against Rome. In order for an army to be effective, the premise is that there is an adequate supply of food, and Caesar knows this truth better than anyone else. The Gallic Wars evolved to this day, not a hard confrontation between armies, but a control of grain, grass and strategic materials. Whoever controls Gaul's grain, grass and supplies will win the war.