124. The Gauls united

"The Romans are greedily enjoying the food and water that we have too late to transport, and the gold and household goods that we have too late to transport. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info Damn, we were confused by the cavalry of the Romans, there weren't many of them! ā€

At the meeting of the Horde Against Rome, the leader of the Dravieri, Andusnik, broke the silence with a roaring roar. After the previous fierce siege, the last town of the Bedurigis - Bruges, fell, and became the territory of the Romans to encroach on the sojourn, where the food and material reserves were enough for Caesar's army to stay in Gaul for half a year, and almost the entire tribe of all the grain, grass and supplies were concentrated in Bruges, but now it has become the largest granary and supply place for the Roman legions.

"It's all your fault, Andus, if it weren't for your fear in the face of that illusory Roman army, our army would have advanced long ago, and that Julius Caesar might have begged us for mercy right now. And now, we can only sit here again and accept the shame of this failure, which is caused by you! ā€

Immediately afterwards, the leader of the Narvites, Vladin, returned the salute to Andus, the leader of the Dravieri, and the two of them collided with each other like two bulls at the meeting, and were even in danger of drawing their swords and fighting. Until Viccintoli stood up again and reprimanded loudly -

"Enough!"

He stood up, tucked a fine Celtic dagger into the wooden table, and then said, "What makes Rome strong is that they are united, organized, and disciplined. Instead of being like us, there are countless arguments and disagreements in every battle, and in every battle, there are chieftains who charge without permission, and self-righteous nobles rush up with their own sophisticated weapons to fight the Romans. Then, after the battle, after the defeat, there was this innumerable buzz like flies, endless and irritating arguments. I'm fed up with this self-righteous arrogance of yours, it's an alliance! It's not your respective tribal lair, here, there must be a unified voice, a unified command, and everyone must act under a unified command, not each of them making childish remarks! Brothers, chiefs, I, Vicintoli, am here today to explain to you that the next war with the Romans will be very difficult and full of suffering, and I want to remain in this alliance, continue to unite and fight against the Romans, and in the future, I will say that I Vicintoli alone will have to say that you do not need to argue about all the tactical and strategic arrangements, but just obey orders. I, Vicin Toli, will make a decision on the tactical arrangement after listening to everyone's opinions. And if you do not accept my leadership, my command, and obey my orders, then the tribal anti-Roman alliance will be dissolved today, and we will return to our respective tribes, and continue to fight against the Romans as before, and finally they will continue to conquer one by one. I've made it clear, your choice is up to you. ā€

As soon as Viccintoli's words fell, the scene fell silent. The people looked at each other, the patriarchs stared at each other, and no one dared to stand up and say that he was capable of fighting the Roman legions alone. In fact, in the long war of the Romans, no Gallic tribe was able to defeat the Roman legions with the strength of their own tribe, or even a large number of Gallic tribes that were crushed and crushed. And Vicintoli is the only tribal leader who can put the Roman legions in trouble, although he has not really defeated the Roman legions, but his strength, his strategy, every Gallic patriarch has already weighed it.

Until Nikulolas, the leader of the Elvesians, stepped forward and shouted the name of "Vicintoli". The atmosphere of silence was broken.

"Vicin Toli!"

Immediately afterwards, more Gallic tribal chiefs stood up, beating their chests and shouting the name of Vicintoli. In fact, before the meeting began, it was clear to everyone that the tactics assigned by this young man of the Avigni tribe were very effective against the Roman army, and that the scorched earth tactics had almost cornered Caesar and their army, and that if they had not united and persuaded Vicintoli to burn Bruges, the losing side would have been the Roman legions, not the Gauls, today. Yes, the reason why the Tribal Anti-Roman League has come to this point is that it did not follow the advice of Vicintoli and obeyed his leadership and command. So, with the defeat of Bruges, what else do all the other tribal chiefs have to say? They rose from their seats and shouted Viccintoli's name. It also indicates that the Gallic anti-Roman alliance is truly formed today.

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"Rabienus, I had thought that after the Battle of Bruges, Vicintoli's prestige would be tarnished in the Gallic tribal alliance, and even the Gauls would oppose his leadership. But now it seems that I had misestimated that the Gallic dog's prestige among the tribal confederations had not been damaged, but had been qualitatively enhanced, and they were now more closely revolved around Vicintoli, with his orders as the first criterion for all action. Rabienus, we have a real opponent. The days of the Roman legions in Gaul will be even more difficult in the future, and you and your soldiers must be prepared. ā€

As soon as the tribal assembly of the Gallic anti-Roman alliance was over, Caesar's side quickly got the information, and the legion did a good job of infiltrating the spies of the Gallic tribes, especially a commander like Caesar, who paid attention to intelligence, and still had his own means to obtain information against a group of improvised barbarians.

Judging from the feedback from the Gallic spies cultivated by Rome, Viccintoli not only did not affect his reputation at all because of the battle of Bruges, but united the entire Gallic anti-Roman alliance more closely. At the meeting of tribal chiefs, as long as it was an order from Vicintoli, the other chiefs did not even have a voice of opposition, only to implement and obey. For the common enemy - Rome.

Having united such a large tribal alliance, Vicintoli set about rectifying the ills and shortcomings of the Gallic army, which lacked discipline and discipline. While he could not have trained this chaotic army to be as steel-disciplined as the Roman legions, he still had his own plan to train them so that at least not the reckless Gallic soldiers would charge on the battlefield.

The cavalry team, on the other hand, was trained more rigorously, training high-quality cavalry like the Germanic cavalry, and letting the Gallic cavalry learn the tactics of the Germanic cavalry, the two of them rode the same horse to fight, and when fighting, the archers on the back jumped off the horse to provide long-range support to the partners who were charging in front, and when retreating, the archers jumped on horseback and moved with the cavalry. Of course, in order to train to such a quality, the Gallic cavalry still needs to work a lot.

Having prepared all this, Vicintoli, like Caesar, set his sights on the largest tribe in Gaul, the Aeduy, which still sided with Rome.

As the leader of the anti-Roman alliance in Gaul, Vicintoli knew that in order to defeat the Romans once and for all, he had to win the support of the Eduis, and Caesar also knew that the last support of the Roman legions in Gaul was the Eduis. This largest tribe in Gaul was the largest supplier of food and grass for the Roman legions at the moment, and if it was lost, the Roman legions would have no hope of gaining a foothold in Gaul.