57. The trampling of dignity
Appis grabbed the Roman short sword on the ground and stabbed it into the back of the barbarian who was biting him, and suddenly the barbarian screamed, and a large amount of warm blood spurted out of his mouth. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
All the people around were bloodied, and the mud mixed with blood had turned Roman soldiers and barbarian warriors into bloodthirsty beasts. There is no tactics, no discipline, no honor, there are only bloody battles, and a strong survival instinct drives all the actions of the soldiers......
A barbarian warrior pounced on Quintus, and four or five barbarians pounced on him, chopping down with a crude axe, and Appis heard the heart-rending cry. The barbarian's axe struck Quintus in the face, and the old centurion fainted almost immediately, his eyes were blood-red, and in the pain of torn flesh and skin, the barbarian chopped the old Roman centurion into flesh with all his hands and feet, and blood continued to splash from the broken limbs.
"No!"
Apis shouted.
Watching his comrades die was an incomparably painful and self-reproachful, and in the next second, the heart of a gladiator exploded, and Appis was like a bloodthirsty beast, holding two Roman short swords, killing everywhere on the chaotic battlefield, and four or five barbarians surrounded him. There was no longer any mercy for the mighty gladiators, and war had wiped out humanity.
There was only bloody killing, killing, and killing, and the limbs and entrails of the barbarians were sprinkled in front of Appis, and the ground was full of fresh and disgusting entrails, mixed with viscous liquid, hell on earth......
The barbarians slaughtered the Roman legions until the early hours of the morning, the two legions of the seventh and eighth legions were all wiped out, and 10,000 people were buried here forever, the blood of the Romans stained this forest red, countless stumps and broken arms were scattered on the forest paths, and the strong smell of blood attracted a large number of carrion birds and wild dogs, at dawn, the wild dogs dragged the limbs of the dead to gnaw, and the carrion birds took out the internal organs of the dead warriors from the body and devoured them.
There was a smell of death in the forest, like a mourning of the dead that could not be dispersed for a long time.
"The two of us are left alive."
After the forest ambush, Faobi and Apis came to the blood-colored woods, and from the slope they overlooked the low forest paths, which were densely packed with the corpses of Roman soldiers. The blood has dried up.
A wild dog with a severed arm in its mouth yelled at Apis and Faobi, as if to assert his possession of the carrion, and Appis felt a wave of disgust, and drew the sharp short sword at his waist, and the wild dog immediately grabbed his tail and ran wildly, and in a short time disappeared into the depths of the forest.
"Let's go down and look for it, and see if we can find the body of the Legion Commander."
Looking at the blood-stained corpses in his eyes, Appis felt more grief and anger than shock, fear, and more. This is even worse than the tragic situation of the defeated seen in the movie before the time crossing.
Walking in the dense pile of corpses, those unrecognizable soldiers were still holding on to the legionary dagger for the time being.
"No ...... found"
A few minutes later, Faobi arrived from the rear.
"There are two possibilities that the body of the legion commander has not been found, one is that the barbarians have taken him captive and become a prisoner of the Erites. The other is that the legion commander escaped from this horrific killing. ”
Appis said resentfully.
"Which scenario do you think is more likely?"
Faobi read.
"I'm reluctant to admit it, but I think it's more likely that the Legion Commander was captured by the barbarians."
Appis's answer made Faobi fall silent for a moment, in fact, like Appis, Faobi was also a very important person of Sabinus, and Sabinus was also his and his family's protector. When Sabinus recruited Faobi as his personal guard, Faobi was only twenty years old, about the same age as Abys now.
"We should find the Legion Commander, before we find his body."
Faobi said sadly-
"This is our mission, our responsibility."
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Camp of the Eblonnis.
"Drag him out."
Pirno shouted, and soon there was a scream of pain from the crowd. Old Sabinus was dragged out of the pile of prisoners by two able-bodied Gallic warriors. His hair was stained with a thick layer of blood, the blood on his skin had dried up, the blood had solidified into blood clots on it, and he had a strong stench of blood, and he was wounded on his feet, and the Celtic sword cut through his shins, leaving a deep cut in his calf. The devastated body still couldn't make the old general succumb.
Sabinus was dragged before the leader of the Ebronys, and Pirno threw a basin full of barbarian soldiers' urine on Sabinus, and two muscular Gallic warriors slammed Sabinus's head into the basin.
Sabinus endured the pain all over his body and stopped talking, he could not let the barbarians laugh at him, he could not be insulted by these barbarians, even if he was a defeated, even if the legion no longer existed, but the Roman military spirit must live forever.
"You barbarians, I am the supreme commander of the Roman legions, not an inferior barbarian, I will never surrender!"
"Poor Roman commander, your legion has been wiped out, and now, what is there to be proud of? You're just one of my prisoners now, and I can torture you as much as I want. Sabinus, you're not worth as much as a wild dog right now. Wild dogs can still eat carrion and rotten bones, and you, now you can only eat my excrement, how pitiful. ”
Pirno sat in a wolfskin chair and mocked Sabinus with disdain. There is nothing more satisfying than to ridicule a Roman legion commander, for the Gauls the Romans were like a band of robbers, who came with power and oppression, and enslaved them with blood. And their resistance is like ants against giants, and no matter how powerful the tribe is, it cannot resist the baptism of Roman legions. And now, Pirno has done it, he has become the spiritual leader of the tribes of northern Gaul, the news of the defeat of the Roman legions will soon spread, and when the time comes, more conquered and oppressed Gallic tribes will come together, and they will come with a vengeful rage against Rome.
Therefore, the Battle of Pirno not only wiped out the two Roman legions, but more importantly, he incited more Gallic tribes to revolt against Rome through his complete victory. At this time, Caesar may not have known that the Supreme Commander of the Roman Legion may still be in Britain, celebrating another victory of the Legion overseas......
"You barbarians, Caesar will come with a great army, with the flames of vengeance, with the judgment of Jupiter, and drive you all to hell!"
Sabinus was painted with filth and a strong stench, but the tenacity of the Roman soldiers carved into his bones still made the old legionnaire roar with neither humility nor arrogance, maintaining the last majesty of the legion......