"Brothers, my comrades-in-arms, we must go. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info go to those barbarians for a decisive battle, the Eagle Banner must be replanted on this land! ”

Finally, before the end of winter, Caesar once again gave the order to go to war on an impromptu basis.

After the wind and snow, the Roman legion camp was in a mess, and the soldiers' armor was even covered with a thin layer of frost. The battle song sounded, the last fortitude floated on the faces of the soldiers, and in this cold winter night, the Roman legions quietly went on the road, and the torches in the night even formed a winding and undulating road of fireflies, looking down from the hillside, like a long snake glowing with red fire, trudging in the vast Gallic continent.

However, in the next few days, the Roman legions could not find a place where the Gauls gathered, and under the scorched earth tactics of the Vicintoli mad dogs, the Roman legions were still scorched and deserted, and even wooden houses that could shelter them from the wind and snow were nowhere to be found. All were burned to ashes by the local Gauls. The grain was all transferred before the arrival of the Roman legions. Rations for soldiers are increasingly becoming a primary problem.

At first, there was meat, but then it was all bread, soy and oats.

The snow has not yet completely melted in winter, and there are almost no supplies for hunting. All the requisition squads that had been sent out were again brutally intercepted by the Gallic cavalry.

It has to be said that Vicintoli was the strongest opponent Caesar had encountered since his conquest of Gaul. However, there was more to it than that, shortly after the Roman legions left the territory of the Eduis, the Edui rebelled again, and 500 legionary guards were assassinated in the camp. All the hostages of Gaul, the slaves, were freed from their cages by the Eduians. Now, all of Gaul, Caesar and his army were like isolated boats, facing the rough waves around them, and only the bravest and most experienced captains could face this crisis.

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"Great Chief, we have succeeded in driving the Romans to their deaths, and they are now isolated, and even the wild dogs are watching this dying army. We are about to defeat the invincible Roman legions. We should celebrate the victory of the Clan Alliance in advance! ”

Caesar's legions marched long distances through the land where the snow had not yet melted, and on the side of the Gallic anti-Roman alliance, a large number of tribal chiefs and elders gathered together to sit around the warm fire and enjoy a rich ration. There were even some clan chiefs who could not wait for the Roman legions to throw off their armor and want to celebrate this great victory in advance.

However, Vicintoli still sat calmly on the throne of the Great Tent, quietly contemplating the situation before him. Every slight mistake may wipe out all the previous results, just like the original Battle of Bruges, most of the scorched earth tactics for half a year were in vain because of the First World War, and became the laughing stock of the Romans. And this time, Vicintoli won't let that happen again. If the tribal chief had ever made another move, Vicintoli would have slaughtered him with his own hands. Then stand in front of the tribe and re-elect a new patriarch for them. Absolute obedience comes out of discipline and organization. This is also what Viccintoli learned from Caesar and used it against Rome.

"Now is not the time to celebrate victory, and I need you to continue to strengthen your guard and not allow any Romans to escape from our encirclement."

Vicintoli said and stood up slowly. His eyes were filled with the flames of vengeance, and no one knew what the Romans had done to his family or his wife. But judging by his anger at Rome, this must be a man with a story and a vicissitudes of life.

Two days later, the Gallic cavalry captured a squad sent by Caesar to collect food, and the Gauls brutally cut open the abdomen of the Roman soldiers, then cut open the stomach wall to see what the undigested food was.

As it turned out, the Roman legions were indeed at the end of their ropes, and the Gauls even found in the stomachs of Roman soldiers the bark of trees and grass roots that had not been fully digested, or debris that could not be digested at all.

The cruelty of war has always been like this, in order to defeat the enemy and find out the enemy's situation, this cruel dissection and torture methods have emerged one after another.

From the abandoned corpses of the soldiers, Appis apparently knew what the Gauls had done to the Roman soldiers. The charred corpse still had a large hole cut by the sword. The entire village had been burned to the ground before the arrival of the Roman legions, leaving only the stakes covered with the corpses of Roman soldiers who had been conscripted for grain. One by one, they had their faces hideous, and their bodies had been brutally pierced with wooden stakes.

"Caesar, we can't stay in Gaul any longer, the soldiers have little food to eat, and the horses have almost been killed. If we continue to slaughter, we will not even have cavalry. ”

Seeing such a devastated scene, Rabienus couldn't help but sigh. At the same time, he saw the angry look on Caesar's face, Caesar did not believe in the gods, but at this moment, how he wished that Jupiter would really appear and vent his vengeful anger on the heads of the Gauls.

"Keep going and reach the last town. If supplies have not been received, we will withdraw to Rome. Rest for half a year, and then make a levy. ”

Caesar fell into anxiety, this moment, it was so long, not only Rabienus was waiting for Caesar's answer, Antony, Lepida, Cicero, Fabius, all of them, were waiting for Caesar to make a decision. Although behind him, all the Roman officers, soldiers, wanted to conquer Gaul, to conquer the land. But at the same time, they also knew that the Legion had come to an end. The food and grass are exhausted, and there is no supply. The Aeduids rebelled, and the forces of the anti-Roman alliance in Gaul swept through Gaul. The Roman legions were like small boats floating alone on the sea in the dark at this moment, deprived of support, swaying, and ready to be swallowed by the vast sea at any moment.

In the midst of everyone's anxious and concerned gaze, Caesar compromised. Perhaps the conquest of Gaul will take not just eight years, but more than a dozen years, or even decades. At this moment, Caesar's heart was undoubtedly dark.

But in contrast to the relief of all Roman officers, Apis felt extreme doubt. What about Caesar's conquest of Gaul? Was it just defeated by Vicintoli? This is not how Caesar's conquest of Gaul ended in history! Where did the classic siege battle in Roman history, the Battle of Alesia, go? Shouldn't Caesar besiege Vicintoli on that high mountain in central Gaul at this time? Maybe the history you are experiencing is no longer the same as what is recorded in the history books? All the doubts hang in my heart and cannot be dissipated. (To be continued.) )