86. Surrender or execution
The death of the Urbara triggered a complete rout of the British tribal army, and the Celtic chariots that were still rampage on the front line were shot by the Roman lightly armed spearmen, and the British tribal coalition was routed in one day, and a large number of tribal soldiers were strewn on the battlefield, while the Roman legions, although there were also heavy casualties, but the result of the battle was still the victory of the Roman legions. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
At the end of the battle, most of the British tribes submitted to Caesar, but to the Roman commander's trouble, a few tribes still refused to surrender, and their chieftains led them into the forest to fight guerrilla warfare with the legions......
This was the last thing Caesar wanted, but it happened anyway, with more than a dozen British tribes roaming the forest, forcing the legions to divide into small groups and enter the forest to conquer them...... Because Caesar could not let these tribes go, if he did not track them down, and when the legion withdrew from Britain, these tribes who did not want to surrender would still run out of the forest and attack the small number of Roman troops in the garrison. In that way, it is equivalent to Caesar's front foot walking, the local tribe drove away the Roman army on the back foot, so that this British expedition was again in vain, obviously, Caesar was unwilling to let this happen, so jungle guerrilla warfare became the theme of all the next battles......
"Let them surrender, tell them that as long as Rome is surrendered, I, Julius Caesar, may be spared the wrongs they have done to the Roman legions, and all their servitude, and as soon as they surrender, the legions will no longer enter their villages, tell them, patriarch. I'm sure you can do it. ā
At the legion station, the guards brought the captured dozen British tribal elders and patriarchs to Caesar. Caesar, with majesty, said oppressively to the dozen or so British tribal leaders in front of him. These patriarchs, the elders of the tribes, most of them were wounded, and Caesar said these words to them, in effect, to give them a chance, as long as they did what Caesar said, to persuade the remaining British tribes to surrender to Rome, then they would have a chance to survive and not have to be executed or enslaved again. They can even go back to their own tribe and become their patriarch and elder again.
But the conquest was a disaster, and not every patriarch and elder was willing to do what Caesar said, and as soon as Caesar's words fell, only three of the dozen or so tribal leaders present stood up and expressed their willingness to persuade the other tribes hiding in the forest to surrender to Rome. But the remaining nine tribal chiefs and their elders remained silent, having been defeated and had no right to raise objections, but to use silence to resist the Roman conquest and rule.
"What about you? Are you still unwilling to surrender? Are you still not willing to accept Rome's kindness? Think clearly, your stubbornness and stubbornness will put your people in danger of enslavement and even extinction. ā
Caesar stood in front of the remaining chiefs, speaking clearly word by word, his eyes fixed on these down-and-out barbarian leaders, like the surrender made by a lion before he tore at his prey, he asked them to surrender, and then went to persuade the other tribes to surrender as well, and surrendered all their weapons and hostages, instead of simply slaughtering, slaughtering them, which would not do Caesar any benefit to conquer the region. Unless a group of people from Rome are selected to immigrate here and establish a new colony, but the climate here is so cold, there is no urban infrastructure, and the barbarians live here, who wants to travel thousands of miles from the warm and comfortable Rome to settle here? Unless he's a slave or a commoner with a huge debt?
"If I stand up and agree to your request, will you spare my people? Let them continue to live here? ā
After a moment of silence, another tribal patriarch stood up, looking like a relatively gentle and honest tribal leader, his face was slightly fat, his eyebrows were upside down, from the outside, he was a tribal person who didn't like to fight, but how did such a person become the tribal chief? Apis guessed that his father might have passed the position of patriarch to him because of his high reputation in the clan...... The second generation of officials......
But as soon as this honest tribal patriarch stood up, the patriarchs of the other British tribes couldn't help it, and began to accuse angrily --
"You are a wild dog who bullies the weak and fears the hard, the Romans will not give us freedom, he is deceiving us, using us to convince the remaining patriarchs that they are beasts of their word!"
Aldanix, the leader of the Vic tribe, was the first to accuse. Compared to Bhutia, who surrendered to Rome and believed in Caesar, Aldanix, the leader of the Vic tribe, was clearly a truly unyielding beast. His words were full of anger, even if Caesar could not understand the barbarian language between them, but judging by the expression on the face of this Alda, he knew that the leader of the tribe was angrily scolding this butyas who had just surrendered to Rome.
However, Boutia also has its own reasons -
"Whether or not the Romans will fulfill their promise, I must give my people a chance to live, they are innocent, and they have the right to choose whether they live or die. If my surrender is not what they are willing to accept, I think that in a few days there will be a new patriarch who will continue to rebel against Rome. But if my people don't want to shed any more blood, then I should give them this chance, Alda. ā
Boutia looked at the angry Vic leader Aldanix and said with a little fear. He is as docile as a sheep in the presence of the bloodthirsty Vic chief, while Alda is like a wild wolf in bondage, ready to gnaw at him. But Butiya is, after all, the leader of a moderate faction, and the outcome of the war is decided, and not surrendering will only lead to the bleeding of more innocent tribesmen. This is something he does not want to see.
"Traitor! You just wait for the Romans to be kept in captivity and become their pets, and when the time comes, you will do whatever they tell you to do, and even one day, they will let you send your own wife to their bed, and then you will talk to them about what promises, faith! ā
"Enough! You just have to answer me if you want to accept my terms, and for the rest, shut me up. ā
Caesar couldn't understand the conversation between Bout and Aldanix, so Caesar directly and rudely interrupted the conversation between them.
Caesar wanted more people to surrender, and more defeated British tribes to persuade the Britons who were still hiding in the forest against the Roman legions, instead of such pointless quarrels.
"Accept my terms, or be enslaved, you choose, give me your answer before dark, or tomorrow I will have my soldiers take your people on the fleet that will go to Rome as slaves."
Caesar's choice was so simple, either surrender and go to the forest to persuade the British tribes, or the vanquished would be enslaved or even slaughtered. It was like a chain around the neck of the leaders of the British tribes, life or death, between the thoughts.
However, no matter which path you choose, it seems that you should not ...... Such a scene reminds Apis of the classic line of Hamlet: to live or to die? This is a question worth pondering.
Indeed, no matter which path these barbarian leaders choose, there are countless people who will curse them.
In the end, six of the twelve tribal leaders chose to surrender, accepted Caesar's terms, and together with the legions, went into the forest to persuade the remaining Britons to surrender, while the leaders of the other six tribes refused Caesar's request when it was dark. The next morning, people were surprised to find six more bloody corpses in the largest town square of the Britons, crucified by Roman soldiers......