39. Bloodthirsty barbarians
"Soldiers! Left flank! Defense! ”
That is, after the last first encounter with the Germans, the Roman legions deep along the Rhine were again besieged by the barbarians, but this time, the Germans really attacked, and only besieged the main forces of the legions that came out to collect food and build camp fences, and the Germans never attacked. The whole development of events www.biquge.info only allowed the Romans to conclude that the Germans had a strong and wise leader who used the terrain and the character traits of the Germanic people to drag any Roman legions that fought deep into their territory to death.
The centurion shouted, and to his left side, a large wave of bloodthirsty barbarians armed with various weapons appeared. Under the earth-shattering roar, these barbarian infantry rushed down the high ground almost without fear, and hundreds of barbarian infantry who roared wildly trampled on the muddy forest land, making an incessant trampling sound.
The barbarian warriors roared and jumped high, and with a huge battle axe in their hand, they frantically slashed at the Roman legion centurions!
"No!"
The soldiers quickly assembled after hearing the order, however, it was too late, and the centurion, amid the terrifying roar of the barbarian infantry, raised his large square shield to meet it head-on. However, the barbarian leader's body collided directly with the heavily armed Roman centurion, and then, before the centurion could get up, the barbarian leader's battle axe had already wildly slashed at the Roman centurion who was struggling on the ground.
The centurion instinctively raised his right hand in panic to block the swing, but his right arm was directly removed, and the tomahawk did not stop falling, and smashed directly into the centurion's face. The centurion died almost immediately, his eyes were blood-red, and then, amid the centurion's cry of pain, the Germanic tomahawk continued to swing and slash at the centurion's face again......
Under the bloodthirsty slaughter, the head of the Roman centurion with his whole body of iron armor was chopped off. The barbarian leader cut off his head with a dagger, grabbed it in his hand and roared angrily, showing off his exploits and warning the Roman soldiers who were still resisting.
The horrific and bloody scenes terrified the Roman soldiers, who were still new recruits, and they were slashed in the middle, their shields unable to block slashing from both directions. A legionary foot soldier was brutally stripped of his arms, his head cut off, and even his belly gouged open, and his entrails and blood flowed all over the mud in the forest.
A pack of wolfdogs frantically tore at the fallen legionnaires, leaving them unrecognizable, and several Germanic people fought like a pack of wild beasts for the corpse of a dead Roman soldier because he had more jewelry and gold coins on it...... Another of his companions lay not far away, staring in horror at the scene. Immediately, when several barbarian infantry covered in blood reacted, the nightmare and doom of this Roman infantry also came. They looked at the trembling Roman recruits standing not far away, approaching with the huge battle axes that were still dripping blood.
Then, a Germanic warrior wielded a tomahawk and threw it fiercely. The Roman soldier raised his shield in a panic to block the rapidly spinning tomahawk, but the next moment, another Germanic man came up and threw the chubby Roman soldier to the ground, and the barbarian swung his tomahawk and chopped the Roman soldier's head into pulp with an axe......
When it was dark, the forest paths were littered with scattered carriages, the grain and grass on the carriages were gone, and fifty Roman legionnaires were nailed to rough wooden stakes, each with blurred flesh and limbs, and some even had their mouths and noses cut off, revealing a terrifying and hideous appearance.
"They're not humans, they're beasts!"
Crane shouted angrily.
"As I said, they fought as fierce as wolves, and now you have seen their bravery and horror, which is why no one in Rome wants to set foot on this land and fight against these savages."
Faced with Klein's emotional out-of-control, Abyss only responded calmly. Such a scene reminded Abyss of the four years of the Gallic War, and many battles with the Germans. The scene is almost indistinguishable from this. After Caesar returned from the north, he remembered the Germanic barbarians in the northern forest the most.
"What are we going to do now? Food and grass could not be supplied, and the local Germanic people withdrew to the forests in every village they visited, and we had no way to capture them. It would be useless to burn the villages, they would hunt from the forests for food. On the contrary, our food and grass are constantly being consumed, and the Gallic tribes have limited supplies, and they have done their best. ”
Flamini asked, a little anxious. This is also the first time he has encountered this situation. Although there have been several previous encounters with the Germans, this time, it is clear that the Germanic invasion is really being manipulated and commanded.
"Bring the bodies of these soldiers back to the barracks first, and I will be responsible for every soldier who died in battle, and let them rest in complete peace under the watchful eye of Mars. The question of the Germanic people will be discussed when we get back. ”
Facing the expectant eyes and gaze of the generals, Abyss sighed deeply, and then replied calmly.
In the middle of the night, the mutilated bodies of dozens of Roman legionnaires were carried back to the barracks by carriages, and were carried onto wooden frames under the "gaze" of the statue of Mars, in the solemn "gaze" of the crowd, and finally, Abyss "religiously" offered a prayer to set the poor mutilated corpses on fire.
In the firelight, the faces of the Roman soldiers were faintly visible, and Abyss could see that under the different faces, there were hidden waves of vengeful anger, like the flames burning in this open space, and the cruelty of the barbarians made these Roman soldiers who had just entered the battlefield have a deeper understanding of the barbarians. At the same time, some of these soldiers are also their brothers, fathers, and close friends......
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"Klein, go to the treasurer and get eight hundred dinars, pick a few Gauls who look like the Germans in the army, let them infiltrate the Germanic territories and camps, and tell the Germanic chiefs what we think."
After cremating the fallen hundred-man team, Abyss and several military officials walked into the base camp military tent, where Abyss calmly called Klein, intending to use money and land bribes to split the barbarians and temporarily gain the initiative in some wars.
"Tell them what?"
But Klein clearly didn't understand Abys's thoughts.
"Tell them that if they are willing to armistice the war will be won, Rome will cede a piece of land in Gaul and give it to them. The Upis, the Claurians, and the Gamburians will agree, they have been squeezed out of territory by the Suwaihui in the first place, and as soon as the war is over, they will still have to face the squeeze and hegemony of the Suwaihui, so they will accept the conditions we give. ”
Abyss returned calmly.
"No, we can't compromise with these barbarians!"
Immediately, before Klein could refute, Crassus Jr. took the lead in protesting.
"Of course we can't compromise with them, I'm just dividing their forces, and my advantage is to induce some of the tribes in the Germanic alliance to split their tribal alliances and let them go south to settle in Gaul, so that the Germanic tribal alliance will be divided, divided, and even, within the tribes, there will be serious divisions, and then, when they are weak, we will fight back."
In the face of everyone's doubts and refutations, Abyss continued to answer calmly.
"But the Gauls will not agree."
Flamini chimed in.
"Yes, of course they won't agree, and in fact I don't really plan to let these Germans settle south of the Rhine, I'll only let them settle temporarily."
Abyss gave a sly look, and then continued—
"After the Germanic tribal alliance was divided, we eliminated the lone and scattered tribes one by one, and when the main Germanic Suwai was destroyed, we turned our attention to the Germanic people who settled comfortably in Gaul. During this period of dissatisfaction with the Gauls, the Gallic tribes who had been divided into land were exempted from the obligation to levy grain and pay taxes, so as to pacify the Gauls who had lost their land. ”