"It's the Romans!"

Ribrice's guards shouted loudly, but as soon as the shout fell, a Legionary heavy javelin shot pierced his chest. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Apis and Grau each led four hundred elite legionary infantry to storm the walls, and the Gallic defenders of Ribice did not expect the Roman army to attack their city from behind.

The Averni on the city walls quickly counterattacked in the direction of the Roman squad, however, they soon found themselves no match for these sparsely numbered Roman squads, the Roman army, although sparsely numbered, but extremely combative, these soldiers were not recruits on the first day of battle, but legionnaires who had been on the battlefield for several years, and some even got up from the pile of dead more than once, like Appis......

In front of these veterans of a hundred battles, no matter how many tribal defenders have become ornaments, they rushed up again and again, but they were dissolved by the legion squad without pressure, and the bodies of the tribal warriors were pierced with holes, and the broken arms were scattered on the aisles of the city wall, this small Roman squad was like an impregnable shield wall, constantly approaching the Gallic defenders on the city gate. Until the Gallic defenders on the city walls completely lost the will and confidence to resist, and the whole line broke and fled.

"Open the gates!"

Apis shouted. The legionnaires quickly and skillfully pulled up the rockers of the city gates, and these simple instruments were all too familiar to the Roman legionnaires.

As the gates were opened, a large number of legionary infantry poured in from outside the city. Instead of lining up in a phalanx, they rushed straight in, each like ruffians and bandits, searching for everything they could plunder.

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"Look, Rabienus, my tactical arrangement has once again succeeded in breaking the barbarians' defenses. However, your centurion is dutiful and elite. I like them a lot, especially the one on the city gate. ”

The city of Riblis had been breached, and the Roman soldiers were pouring into the city like a flood of beasts, and looking at the battle that had been won, Caesar was satisfied with the Rabienus beside him. At the same time, he pointed his finger at Appis, who was on top of the Gaul gates......

"Apis Gneus? Indeed, I also like this kid, he is actually a dead life, yes, Caesar, he came over like this. ”

With a smile on his face, Rabienus praised his right-hand man.

"He's got enough of his military exploits, Rabienus, and I'm even considering promoting him again. If I'm not mistaken, at the earliest time, he was in the town of the Remi, where he gained valuable information and saved the Seventh and Eighth Legions. He was then tasked with protecting the lives of Claudia's family and successfully lured the Banonsen to attack, surviving the Battle of the Sambu River. When the Seventh and Eighth Legions were completely annihilated, he survived again. While in Britain, he held back the barbarian attack and saved the lives of hundreds of people. And now he is again glorious in this siege battle. This is a legend, and his merits are enough to take the position of chief centurion. The only downside is that he was born a slave. ”

Caesar looked at Appis, who was fighting bloodily at the city gates, and thoughtfully chatted with Rabienus.

"But he's a hero, and Rome shouldn't bury a hero, right? Caesar, as you said, we must give young people the path and hope for promotion, so that they can see hope, so that soldiers can have the motivation and desire to fight. That's what you said, Caesar. ”

Rabienus kept introducing Appis. In fact, this was the first time that Rabienus had introduced someone who was not related to him. In Rome, there are only two possibilities for promoting, introducing a person. One is that this person is related to himself, and he puts his own people in power, so that he can help himself when he encounters things in the future, and at the same time, he is also arranging his own sworn friends in the political power of Rome. On the other hand, the person's superiority and promotion are in their own interests and the interests of the public, which can bring about a balanced and relatively stable situation, so as not to let the situation evolve in a bad way, such as two factions fighting, in an important position, both sides want to use their own people, but no one will let anyone, and in the end, everyone unanimously elects a neutral faction to take the position, so that it is in their own interests and does not worsen the situation. Normally, Roman nobles introduced and promoted a person, and there were only these two cases, but Apis clearly did not belong to either of these cases, and Rabienus purely admired Apis' abilities. At the very least, the design of the hull compartment had completely convinced the Roman general.

"Oh, yes, I said that, Rabienus, you like, admire this young man, I admire his talents, and he is so lucky, he was rescued from the pile of dead twice, and I think I should break a precedent and let a soldier from slavery be the chief centurion."

"The soldiers will object, Caesar. When he was asked to be a centurion, there were already people in the legion who were not convinced, not to mention that now he was to be made the chief centurion. ”

Just as Caesar was content to draft the order, Anthony interjected......

"Roman slaves could regain citizenship after paying off their debts, and Apis, who had already obtained citizenship through his own efforts, could no longer be treated as a slave, just like the commoners of Rome."

Rabienus was a little dissatisfied with Antony's instigation, in fact, the contradiction between Rabienus and Antony has always been like this, they are always-for-tat, in various things, but Caesar is used to such quarrels, such pictures. Having them quarrel and cooperate seems to be the kind of relationship that Caesar is most happy to see......

"The chief centurion is different, Rabienus, which is almost nothing more than the position of Legionnaire. Even though Apis had several military exploits, his status was still very low. The soldiers would not approve. ”

Anthony replied. They seem to be fighting over this, not just because of Appis's promotion.

"Quite the opposite, Anthony. Appis was very popular in the army, as the soldiers believed that he was the Romans who had been protected by the gods. They didn't care at all about his slave origins. ”

Rabienus replied in a-for-tat response.

"That's more dangerous, isn't it? Rabienus. ”

Antony had a word in his words, and Caesar and Rabbi Enus knew it very well.

"This Apis is still very clever, although he accepted the title of Roman protected by the gods, but he told the soldiers that he had only accepted the will of the gods to help me conquer Gaul, conquer these barbarians, and spread the glorious civilization of Rome to this savage continent. The reason why he said this proves that he knows very well in his heart that his prestige cannot be too much, and he always remembers his identity, and will not be arrogant because of his shallow military exploits, this is the talent I need. Anthony, do you understand? ”

Antony and Rabbi Enus were at an arguing affair, and at last Caesar concluded his speech.

And Caesar's words are actually also words for Anthony. Mark Antony, although he served as the commander of the legionary cavalry, had an overly flamboyant personality, and Caesar wanted to use this to educate Anthony that he should be properly restrained when he acted.