"Apis, tomorrow, you take a squad of soldiers and go to the nearest village to plunder. www.biquge.infoRemember, take your best soldiers, grab the food as fast as you can, and then retreat. Your speed and ability to hide will mean the difference between life and death. The cavalry of the Gauls was around us at all times. They've besieged several Roman convoys, so you'll have to be careful. ”

As Caesar had predicted, the Gauls, after several defeats, began to respond to Vicintoli's call to perform scorched-earth tactics. Before the arrival of the Roman legions, the Gauls had transferred food and population from their towns, and Caesar had thought that these Gauls had only transferred the non-combatant population and their rations, but now it seems that the Gauls had not only transferred the elderly, children and women. Even the soldiers defending the city did not retreat without a fight, they were more resolute than Caesar imagined, and even the city was unwilling to defend it, but simply abandoned the city and fled, leaving no food and grass for the Roman legions.

Two months later, the Legion's food and grass began to run out of supply. Rabienus had to send his best centurions to plunder the grain of the tribes along the way. Because all the convoys sent out before died on the road, Vicintoli was an excellent commander. He expected that Caesar, after falling into a shortage of food, would send several small troops to nearby towns and villages to collect and rob grain. He had the Gallic cavalry keep an eye on the large forces of the Roman legions, once Caesar sent these small forces to the nearby towns to collect food. The Gauls' cavalry hunted down these sparse Roman squads along the way, and the Roman legions were at a state of exhaustion. Therefore, in desperation, Rabienus had to send the elite of the legion like Appis and Sekras to do the adventure mission.

Receiving such a task, Appis knew that he could not shirk it. Such a risky task Rabienus would not be assigned to him casually, except in a situation where there was no way out. It was also true that the goals of the legions were so great that once the Roman legions entered their territory, they could easily attract the attention of the Gauls, thus giving them time to move food and grass and burn villages and towns. The small Roman forces were easy to hide and surprise and were the best means of grabbing food, but Vicintoli had sealed off the Roman legions, and now, more often than not, Caesar was doing a desperate operation.

"If necessary, I think I need the support of Anthony's cavalry."

It was very risky to launch a food raid under the nose of the Gallic cavalry. So, in desperation, Apis had to turn to Antony's cavalry for help. If you encounter danger on the way to grab food, will the legionary cavalry be able to support in time? After all, it is extremely unrealistic to rely on an infantry force of less than 100 men to resist the rush of a large number of Gallic cavalry. For the sake of his own survival, Appis also had to turn to Rabienus to ask Antony for cavalry.

"Anthony will not send cavalry to support you without Caesar's approval. And, in fact, he may not be willing to support you either. For personal reasons, the legionary cavalry numbered less than three hundred, and the Gauls numbered thousand, and were superior in combat strength to the Roman cavalry, and we would only end up with the casualties of our only mobile force. Do you understand when I say that? Apis. ”

In the face of Appis's request, Rabienus reluctantly told the truth.

A party of eighty men marched to the Celtic village five miles away, plundered food and forage, and transported it back to the legion camp. The road was patrolled and surrounded by thousands of Gallic cavalry. It's a death-seeking rhythm, but as a member of the legion, Apis has no choice. The duty of a soldier is to obey orders, and Apis suddenly felt what a ** sentence this was. But there is no other way.

"Sekras, Utiris, Lucuris, Lario, Burtilas......"

At the large playground in the center of the barracks, Appis silently selected a group of elite Roman soldiers who could live and die with him under the gaze of everyone. They will go with them deep into enemy territory, to the territory of the Betulegis, to rob the grain. But as everyone knows, it's a mission to die. Because thousands of legionnaires had already died on the way to collect food.

When Appis selected a team of eighty people, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became a little solemn and sad. The veterans of the selected legion smiled at each other with the determination to die, and it was a fearless attitude towards death that would show such calmness. And those soldiers who were not selected silently watched this elite legion team leave the barracks.

"If this war is successfully ended, I will put him in the position of trivocate. The young man had given too much for Rome and deserved such a reward. ”

Watching Appis lead the team out of the barracks, Caesar stood on the high ground of the camp tent and couldn't help but sigh like this. Maybe I sighed from my heart and felt that this young man deserved it. But perhaps it was just to reassure the rest of the legion that Julius Caesar would not treat any of his legionnaires who were loyal to him, and that Caesar would remember the merit and return it twice as much as he made the achievements and sacrifices. Perhaps Caesar was trying to convey this? In short, Rabienus didn't know either. After following Caesar for so many years, the more he got to know this man, the less Rabbi Enus felt that he knew him. Caesar is like an unfathomable magic net, he has caught everyone's heart, but everyone can't see his true heart. Rabbi Enus was often confused by this feeling, but he still chose to side with Caesar and became his best friend, because they were friends in the first place, shared common ideals and goals, and fought together for the Roman Republic for life.

"May the gods be with us."

Rabienus sighed that now was the most serious predicament that the Romans had encountered since the conquest of Gaul. Even Caesar himself rarely saw a radiant look on his face, and more often than not, anxiety took over the leader's psyche. Just like the weather in Gaul at this moment, a haze and dust, a gloomy atmosphere that suffocates despair. Appis's departure made the soldiers in the legion who had originally disobeyed him have a look of remorse on their faces. And everyone knew that if this time, the Roman centurion again brought food supplies to the barracks, his position in the legion would be unshakable.