120. The bloody road to glory

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When Rabienus appeared behind Caesar and told him the news of the return of the conscription, the great Roman legionary commander was crouching down in front of a hideous boar and pulling the beast's internal organs out of his bloody abdomen. With blood-stained hands, Caesar turned back with a look of relief. Apis may no longer be the captain of a grain conquest team in his heart at this moment, he wants to fulfill his promise to Apis, and every Roman who follows him should be rewarded, this is Caesar's promise.

"Soldiers, we are suffering from one of the worst crises since the conquest of Gaul, and that is that we are running out of food. All of you already know this, and a few weeks ago, I limited your daily rations and water. Although you don't say it on the surface, I know that each of you has resented me in your hearts - Julius Caesar. Resentful of me, I didn't keep my promise, the Gallic battlefield, after six years of fighting, and now these barbarian tribes are still rebellious. But what I want to tell you today is that this war will soon be over, for our enemy, the savage bastard Vicintoli, has raised the largest army ever in Gaul. But they are killing themselves. Because then we can defeat them in a single battle and conquer the entire vast land. It is not necessary for every tribe to conquer. However, the biggest difficulty we are facing now is food. Yes, food. You used to worry that the legions would never be able to collect a grain of grain in this land, but now I tell you that your worries, my worries, and the worries of all of us, are not problems, they are not difficulties, because Appis, the best centurion of the Roman legions, has already helped us to obtain the first bag of rations. Apis Gnaeus, out of the ranks! ”

Rabbi Enus told Caesar that after the news of Apis' return, Caesar simply washed his blood-stained hands and went to the podium to speak loudly and passionately. His speeches were still full of emotion, and even in the most critical moments of the army, his words were still full of hope, and a good commander was always able to encourage the soldiers to get up again and fight bravely when their morale was at their lowest. Caesar was such a man, although he did not have the eloquence of Cicero's witty words, but the momentum of his speeches, his charisma as a leader, always brought the legions together and made everyone follow him.

"Apis Gnaeus."

Caesar shouted again.

Even though Apis was reluctant, because in fact he did not achieve much success, on the contrary, the food and grass he stole was only enough to sustain the legion for a week, and for this reason, fifty-five legionary veterans were sacrificed. These were the most elite warriors of the Roman legions, some of whom had risen from the pile of dead more than once, and yet, in the end, in the most critical moments of the legions, these veterans of a hundred battles had to be sacrificed. Moreover, most of these people have been born and died in Britain with themselves. Each of them is worth the combat power of ten soldiers in the army.

However, Caesar needed to boost the morale of the whole army, and he needed to take this opportunity to climb up. Some people may be so obscure and forgotten in the corners of history. For a moment, Appis suddenly understood how those politicians climbed up on a bloody corpse, and finally became numb, and his eyes could only keep looking up, but could not look back, because, in the past, there were too many ugly memories to remember. Every time I look back, I hit the darkest past and the ugliest self in my heart.

"Tell you, Appis, how you plundered the barbarians' food and their women under the hooves of their horses."

Appis stepped out of the crowd, and Caesar quickly set his sights on it. Then asked Appis aloud.

"They are all wild beasts, and our sword and shield will conquer them, courage and glory, for the Roman gods are with us!"

In the face of Caesar's question, Apis read aloud the lines prepared in advance, which were the lines prepared by Rabienus for himself in advance, and before Caesar came to the stage, Rabienus instructed himself that when the time came, he only needed to read these simple lines in front of the whole army. Appis understood what this meant, and as a qualified commander, Caesar wanted to eliminate the psychological shadow of the Gallic cavalry on the Roman soldiers to the greatest extent. At the same time, he wanted to boost the morale of the legion again.

"Roar, roar, roar!"

Apis, following the orator's tone, read aloud the lines Caesar had given him, and thousands of Roman soldiers around him began to burst into the most enthusiastic cheers. God bless Rome, this is what the Romans of this era valued the most, although Apis and Caesar may not have believed in it, but it had a great influence on the legions. Throughout the ages, many leaders have used the power of religion to agitate people to wage war, most notably the Crusader of the Middle Ages, Apis pondered from the audience.

In the audience, thousands of legionary infantry and hundreds of centurions collectively roared, and the sound made people's blood boil. Clearly, Caesar's purpose was achieved, and Apis read appreciation and reliance from the eye of the great man of history on the stage......

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"Rabienus, Antony, we will depart tomorrow and go to Bruges, the largest town of the Bedu Regis. My spy told me that all the towns around us had been burned, except for the city that stood in the middle of the swamp, which had not yet been burned, and where the food and goods of the largest number of Betus were concentrated. ”

After boosting the morale of the legion and rewarding Appis, Caesar returned to the headquarters, where he gathered two of his most trusted assistants and told them about his next arrangements and strategy.

"So, you just boosted the morale of the legion for the next fierce battle? Caesar, you've thought about it for a long time, haven't you? ”

Labienus asked again with admiration.

"Rabienus, you always know what I think first."

Caesar replied with a smile, and his eyes were fixed on the map, a city with special terrain that was difficult to defend and difficult to attack. Caesar knew that it was the last struggle of the Bedurregis. As a tribe, they had already made too many sacrifices for the anti-Roman alliance, and the two dozen towns of the tribe were burned to the last one. Caesar guessed that the Beduricians begged Vicintoli to keep their last town, but Vicintoli probably wouldn't agree, so the Betus defended the town themselves.

If Caesar's guess is correct, then the next battle will be a key battle for the Roman legions to oppose the guest. For in that small town, Bruges, all the food and goods of the Beydus were gathered, and by taking it, the Roman legions could be supplied sufficiently. Viccintoli's scorched-earth tactics for most of the year would become the laughing stock of the Roman legions after this battle.