The war against Britain reached another stage, and the legions began to divide into dozens of small forces into the forest to completely conquer the British tribes that still lurked in the depths of the forest, unwilling to surrender. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The tribal leaders who had surrendered to Rome were stationed in this small Roman military camp with their men, and every time they went to negotiate and persuade the remaining British tribes to surrender to Rome, their families and elders were left in the barracks, in case the British tribal leaders did not return and followed the rebel tribes against Rome. Thus, after the Battle of the Plains, Caesar's six legions were trapped in Britain and engaged in a long-term guerrilla war in the jungle.

No matter how wise and great a leader is, there are times when he makes mistakes, just like Caesar at this moment, who won the main force of the Britons, but was dragged into the vast sea of civilian war, Britain and Germania, everywhere are dense forests, Caesar has nothing to do about it.

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In the summer, Apis followed Rabienus to a submissive tribe in central Britain and set up camp. After that, the 10th Legion was divided into three brigades, each of which went to different places to conquer the tribes who were still unwilling to surrender despite being persuaded to surrender.

After Labienus left, Apis became the supreme commander of this camp, of course, Labienus was actually not at ease to hand over the entire camp to Apis, not because Apis's command talent was not enough, Labienus was worried about Apis's age, only in his early twenties, experience and courage may not be enough, so when Labienus left, he handed over the command of the army to another centurion, Dennis, and took charge of the defense command here with Apis.

"Appis, I admire your courage on the battlefield, but I don't understand why you train a slave? Do you expect that on the battlefield, this Germanic barbarian will help us kill the enemy? ”

After Labienus left, this garrison brigade of more than 1,000 people was what Appis and Dennis said. However, Dennis has a different opinion and even some disgust with Appis's training of Emma.

"Yes, I'm really going to let her kill us on the battlefield."

Faced with Dennis's question, Apis playfully returned.

The makeshift gladiatorial arena in the barracks was in full swing, and the soldiers were squatting in a circle, watching the "lion and tiger fight" taking place on the field, which was a gladiatorial battle between a regular Roman soldier and a Germanic female barbarian. Apis trained Emma over the course of a month and told her that if she wanted to be free, she would be given back her freedom when she returned to Rome unless she went into battle and killed enough enemies herself.

"That can't be, Appis, barbarians will always be savages, you have trained them, and they will only betray their masters in the end the way you have trained them. The Germanic people are untamable beasts, and I advise you to put an end to such absurd thoughts. ”

Dennis and Apis sat in the makeshift arena, whispering as they watched the comical gladiatorial fight. Dennis was unhappy with Appis's approach. But he had to respect Appis's opinion.

"My brother, you have seen how the Germanic people killed their enemies on the battlefield, they were bloodthirsty, violent, cruel. Much better physically than our soldiers. And I'm going to let these barbarians train our soldiers. This is in the forest, once the battle breaks out, we do not have so much time and space to line up and wait for the enemy to attack, only in peacetime, strengthen the soldiers' individual fighting ability, in order to resist the attack of those equally savage Britons when danger comes. ”

Apis looked at Dennis, his words were full of passion, there will always be a generation gap between young and middle-aged people, and the methods that Apis came up with are mostly not feasible on Dennis's side. For example, this time, Appis not only let Emma go to the gladiatorial arena to fight with the legionnaires, but also let the other Germanic slaves also free their hands, holding wooden swords to fight with the soldiers of the regular Roman army, most of these barbarians are much taller than the Roman soldiers, if the legionnaires can also win the Germanic slaves on a one-on-one level, then in this forest, the garrison of this camp will not be a problem.

"Alright, alright, I hope your method works. And one more question, Appis, I hear you're nice to you as a slave girl? Can you tell me why? In the army, there is no one like you. ”

Apis's training plan barely passed on Dennis's side, but soon, Dennis began to pay attention to Apis's personal and private life.

At one moment, Appis even punched his thoughts, what does the old man do with slaves, do you care? But if he is not happy, he is not happy, and in the face of a centurion with the same military rank as himself, Apis still has to answer him calmly.

"Perhaps the slave and his master should not be the opposite, Dennis, don't you think that when you are kind to your men, they will be more heartfelt to you? They are also people, not animals. Even if it's a wolfdog, if you're nice to them, they'll wag their tail at you. Isn't it? When Spartacus revolted, many of the personal servants of the aristocratic families were even unwilling to join the Spartak rebel army, because their masters treated them very well, and even they could use their own labor to redeem their freedom, depending on whether they chose to stay with their original masters or choose to live a low-class civilian life. In this case, in fact, many slaves were still willing to stay with their masters, didn't they? ”

Appis took the trouble to explain that Dennis was not alone in asking him this question, and that many legionnaires had asked similar questions. It is indeed difficult to change the concept of the times sometimes, which is the most profound experience of Apis after crossing over.

"But slaves are slaves after all."

Although Apis once again left Dennis speechless on reason, the Roman veteran, the centurion, was still unwilling to accept the young man's views so easily. And at this moment, the screams of the legionary infantry came from the gladiatorial arena. Emma stabbed him in the abdomen with her spear, and the sturdy Roman infantry fell to the field, cursing incessantly, but did not dare to surround the Germanic woman on the field, for this was only training, the regular training of the army arranged by Appiste.

"If you can't even beat your own slaves, why should you defeat the barbarians outside the camp?" This is what Appis said most often when he was training, and now, all the soldiers of the regular army have been defeated by a barbarian girl who has just turned eighteen, and everyone is afraid to say anything, and debating will only make your image more humble. Only by studying with an open mind can the defeated enjoy what little dignity and glory they have. This is another value that Apis conveyed to his soldiers......