The Germanic tribal revolt along the Elbe forced Apis to re-march north with most of his legions to eliminate the revolt against Rome in order to prevent the sentiment from spreading throughout the Great Germanic province. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThis may be the final battle that will determine the peace and stability of the Greater Germanic region, but the arduous journey is to be expected.

"Appis, I have heard of this Germanic rebellion, and the tribes north of the Elbe have joined it, some even from the dark and deep northern forest tribes."

Walking along the winding Germanic paths, Maxim gossiped with Appis about the terrifying rumors from the north. It seems like a legend, but it seems to be a real situation.

"I've heard about it too, but do you believe it? Do you really believe that there is such a tribe? ”

Appis asked, squinting his eyes and smiling. It's as if it's a rumor. In fact, before meeting the barbarians, Appis did not believe such rumors. Human history has developed for hundreds of thousands of years, and it is impossible for there to be such a backward and barbaric race, and if there is, they should not belong to human beings. Appis speculated that the legends of the northern barbarians were merely mythological conjectures of the Germanic peoples.

But Maxim and many of the generals of the Roman legions do not seem to think so......

"Honestly, I believe it. We live in a world in which the further north we go, the more savage and bloodthirsty the tribes become, and the Gauls are stronger and taller than the Romans, and the Germanic people are stronger and taller than the Gauls. I believe that north of the Elbe there must have been a race that was stronger and more powerful than the Germanic peoples. They are real beasts. ”

"Do you believe in their legends?"

Apis shrugged his shoulders and continued. This is not a good thing, if even the commander of the legion believes in such a terrible legend, then it is conceivable that the soldiers will also discuss it in private and believe in such a story.

"Yes."

Maxim replied earnestly.

The legend of the German-Nurba is by far the most illusory legend that Appis has ever heard. Legend has it that this primitive tribe living in the northern Black Forest rarely interacted with foreigners, they lived an extremely simple life, had no fixed residence, and most of the time they migrated with the migration of food, and the tribal men were extremely powerful. He is taller than the average Germanic with a head. The strong body can be compared to the bull, and even more mysteriously, legend has it that this tribe does not use throwing spears or bows and arrows when hunting, but uses ambush methods to hunt with their bodies. Use your brute force to subdue your prey.

Use human power to subdue a wild boar, or a wild horse or a wild deer? Anyway, this picture Appis already thinks is incredible, can you run faster than these wild animals? But many believed. Because this tribe is so small in number, and there are not many Germanic people who see them, let alone the Romans, people dare not completely deny its existence in the face of the unknown.

Legend has it that they hunted without spears and bows, but also with spear-like weapons, and it is said that the spears used by the Nurba were so heavy that they could not be used for throwing, but only for close combat, and the stone spears were heavy but sharp enough to easily pierce the body of their prey, nailing them to the ground, and the more the prey struggled, the more it bled and the faster it died. As long as the prey is pounced on by these barbarians, it is almost impossible to escape death. Several men will work together to pounce a wild horse or deer to the ground and bite the prey by brute force. That's pretty much what lions do......

And in the case of wars with foreign tribes, the Nurba warriors only need a hammer to knock a tribe's men flying. And always full of strength, with a war cry, never tired and afraid.

If the legend is true, Apis is almost certain that he has discovered a new species......

And this time, according to the information from the front, the rebel army organized by the Germanic Elbe group appeared with the figures of these northern barbarians.

Therefore, for this difficult battle, Apis was worried on the one hand, but on the other hand, he was a little curious and excited. Perhaps the Norse legends of the Middle Ages were not just legends, but archetypes?

However, a week later, all the excitement and curiosity were once again thrown out of the clouds, and the supply of food and grass for the legion became the most troublesome problem again. Because the Germanic people did not have much agriculture, and most tribes lived by hunting and gathering berries, the Roman legions entering the Germanic hinterland were unable to collect enough wheat and other staple foods, and the consumption of food far outstripped supplies. Coupled with the fact that the Germanic region did not have the same efficient military routes as in Italy, the problem of transporting grain was also a headache. The grain brought by the Gauls to the front was reduced by almost two-thirds, because of the consumption of the grain convoys on the way.

In addition, there is also the problem of climate, the Germanic autumn is as cold as the winter in Rome, the soldiers are not adapted to the wet and cold climate, the cold climate around the Elbe River is unexpected, many Roman soldiers from the south do not expect, even if all the rags and cotton wool are stuffed into the gaps in the armor, still feel slightly cold. And now, it's just autumn...... All of these factors combined to make the morale of the legion gradually depressed.

"We must look for food, and we cannot expect it to be brought in by Gaul, and even if it reaches the legions, the cost on the road will be enormous. This is not worth the cost, and we have already consumed a lot of money in order to collect food. ”

In this predicament, Crassus the Younger worriedly discussed with Abyss the next military arrangement, whether to continue to brave the starvation and cold to march on the Elbe, or to temporarily halt the march and rest the army in Nikuris, and when the next spring comes, take advantage of the short summer to march.

"I know, but we can't just stop there. You know, this winter, the number of our legions will not increase, but only decrease, and the cold and disease will plague us and infest the legions. But the Germans will not, and this winter, will allow their numbers to explode. More Germanic people would join the Elbe Group. By the spring of next year, we will probably face twice as many barbarians as we do today. ”

Abyss preferred to continue the march, because fighting on the lands of the natives was inherently a matter of quick victory, and if it dragged on, outsiders would inevitably fall into disadvantage. However, in order to do so, it is necessary to risk sending out convoys of food, hunting in the vast Black Forest, obtaining food sources like the Germanic peoples, and, in a hurry, because as soon as autumn passes, winter will come, and then there will be nothing left in the forests, in the steppes......