"Work quickly, work hard, and if you're lucky, you can become a part of the Legion and gain citizenship! There is also an extra riche, as long as you survive 20 battles. ”

At the British front, a Roman centurion with a terrifying scar on his face walked at the forefront of the excavation site with a scepter in his hand, shouting loudly to direct his new British soldiers to work. But even after a few days of study, the militia of these local tribes was still very sloppy about the construction of the Roman project, and the speed and proficiency were significantly slower than the construction speed of the regular Roman legionary infantry.

"General, are you sure you want to teach these engineering techniques to these barbarians? What if they learned and would use our civil methods against our legions? ”

Not far away, Maxim, the cavalry commander of the 10th Legion, who was standing on the mound of earth, looked at the dusty situation in front of him and said to Appis melancholy. Along the way, they were constantly absorbing the British tribes who had defected to the Legion, as well as their soldiers, who were also equivalent to hostages, and Apis did not mind this, the more soldiers, the better, and Maxim and many officers, and his centurions, expressed concern about this "inclusive" approach.

"Maxim, I know your worries, but in fact your worries are unnecessary. Learning civil engineering technology is not a simple job, the Britons have not been exposed to this technology before this, they want to learn, it is not a matter of one or two days, it takes time to accumulate and precipitate, but also need to be proficient, these barbarians are to follow us to march and fight for a quarter, and then they will be disbanded, they can not learn anything in a short time, just serve as our man. Moreover, the construction of all kinds of fortifications is not only technical can be, but also requires a lot of tools and natural knowledge, soil and terrain, and even temperature and humidity will affect the construction of the project, look at our soldiers, each of them carries at least four or five fortification tools, without these tools, the fortifications cannot be completed. What we built was a wall, and the barbarians, what they built, maybe it was a pile of sand, that's the difference. ”

With the cold autumn breeze blowing on his face, Apis smiled and told his men about his intention to arrange for the British Confederate army to build the fortifications. And in fact, the reason why Apis wanted to do this was not because he was not without any worries, but because he wanted to conquer Britain, and Apis only intended to do it once. After all, at this time, Europe, Britain and Germania, was still a desolate territory, with no population gathering, no advanced productive forces, and spending a lot of troops and material resources to conquer these barbarians outweighed the losses, and once the enemy hid in the forest, the legions had nowhere to look.

At this time, almost one-third of the population of Europe was concentrated in Italy, and the most developed place was also Italy. Therefore, the conquest of Italy is more valuable and important than the conquest of any place.

Of course, such an idea, as the supreme commander of the legion, Apis will not tell his subordinates, will not tell anyone, the conquest must still be carried out in a high-profile manner, let the local tribes obey, let the local tribes know that the Roman legions will come back after they leave, so that they will not dare to make trouble, if the long-term plan is revealed at this time, then these Celtic tribes will be perfunctory to the demands of the legion, and even after the legion withdraws from the British Isles, they will rise up to make trouble.

"Also, Maximus, how many of these new barbarian soldiers are there?"

Looking at the Britons sweating as they built the fortifications, Appis remembered another thing that had to be prepared. In many cases, military affairs and prior preparations are more important than fighting, because military affairs and management before the war can be controlled, and when fighting, the course of the battle is often not controlled by the commander alone.

"Close to seven thousand, General."

Maximus recalled a little and replied.

"These people have to be redistributed, put back into the team. You know what I mean. ”

Appis said, turning his gaze to Maximus to the side. At this moment, Crassus the Younger and Livius were in Gaul, and the cavalry captain became his most effective assistant at the moment.

"Well, if I'm not mistaken, General, do you mean to disrupt these people's original ranks, let them regroup, and let the soldiers from different clans stay together, so that they don't have a unified internal leadership?"

Maximus thought for a moment, then replied.

"That's probably what it means, you go and arrange, remember, disrupt, the more scattered the better. In order to assist in the formation of the legion, the personnel were reorganized, and no more than twenty people in each squad were from the same tribe. ”

Appis replied thoughtfully.

The current situation, Britain is almost desolate, the endless forests and humid climate in the north-central part are not only unbearable for the soldiers, but also a little unbearable, and the leader of the Britons must be found as soon as possible. It's just that, it seems, is extremely difficult.

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"I will not participate in your plans, the Romans are at the door of my tribe, and if I do not cooperate with them, the Roman legions will enslave my people and even burn the villages. I'm just a little chieftain, Torles, and if you want to fight the Romans, you can take your invincible warriors and duel the Roman legions. But I don't want to, my people need to survive, I don't want to shed blood for this senseless war. ”

In the bleak July of July, when Apis led his legions into central Britain in a high-profile manner, there were serious opinions and disagreements within the barbarian tribes because of battle or submission. The Great Chief Torles spent eight years unifying almost all of Central Britain, and more than two dozen tribes submitted to his leadership, however, the prestige of the Roman legions continued for a long time, shrouding the hearts of the Britons, so when the legions advanced mightily, many tribes with unfirm positions still temporarily defected and defected to the Romans. Avoid the doom of being reconquered.

At present, the Ephamians stated at the tribal assembly that the Roman legions would be invincible if they did not participate in this war, and they did not want to make unnecessary sacrifices and bloodshed. But the Great Chief of the Tribe, Toles, apparently did not come to listen to their statements and opinions.

"So, you mean, you'd rather bow your knees to the Romans than join the alliance?"

Torles, sitting in the position of the Grand Chief, asked unhurriedly. Although there is no coercive language, it makes people feel a chill. His eyes stared coldly at the little chief Buckley, who had just spoken. As if to tear him apart and devour him.

"I won't let my people shed blood for my decisions, Torles."

Knowing that neither side was easy to mess with, the Roman threat was even more serious, so Chief Buckley resolutely stated at the assembly that he would not participate in the Horde's plans.