"Hold the line! For Rome! ”

On a rainy evening, the rows of soldiers of the Ninth Legion Reserve raised their heads and looked ahead, their shields standing behind the makeshift fortifications, and they received the final order from the commander-in-chief of the Roman legions to hold the line until the whole army had retreated......

After a few Roman hours, the legions withdrew from the battlefield at the cost of three to forty percent of casualties, and the Ninth Legion, which fought for honor, became an eternal pain in Appis's heart. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

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"They resisted to the death, but they did not receive my call to retreat."

"You don't have to blame yourself, Abyss, for your decisions on the battlefield saved the Legion from being wiped out. In that case, in that decision, whoever else is replaced, will do it that way. ”

After withdrawing from the battlefield of Mannheim, Abyss blamed himself, grieved, and even cried in front of everyone. And little Crassus came over at the right time to comfort him.

However, Abyss still couldn't let go, and every time he recalled the situation of that day, thousands of veterans of the Ninth Legion formed a human wall under the heavy rain, resisting the barbarian flood like a flood of charge, many veterans were chopped into flesh by their bodies, but they still clung to the thighs of the barbarian soldiers, preventing them from moving forward. Rome and the Germans fought more brutally than any other battlefield. Two equally iron-clad peoples......

"I abandoned them......"

"No, on the contrary, you made them, they are the heroes of Rome. They are the pride of the Republic. ”

In the same way, Abys's plight attracted the attention of the generals of the legions, and Rabinus sat down calmly, comforting Abys. This Roman veteran has experienced too many ups and downs of the republic, too much blood and rain on the battlefield, perhaps, for such sacrifices, he has long been accustomed to it, the commander is sometimes so ruthless, abandoning his subordinates, but deceiving and concealing his subordinates...... And the next day, he had to stand on the stage and read the eulogy of the dead soldier with indignation and sorrow, which was the commander of the legion......

But even though Abyss knew this, he still couldn't accept it. Or rather, they still can't get rid of the shadow of this battle. In the past, Abyss deceived and calculated many people, but it was all for the sake of competing for interests, and those who were framed by himself were not really good people, and these soldiers, they were so simple, they died for themselves, which made Abyss unable to let go. There are some truths, even if you know them so clearly, but when things happen to you, you find that it is a chasm that is so difficult for you to cross. For a moment, Abyss seemed to see again how Caesar climbed up on the bloody bones of the Romans and Gauls, and saw the queen of Egypt sitting on the throne of the royal chariot with a frosty face, looking at her compatriots, who were fighting each other and bleeding......

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A few days later, Abyss finally improved under the comfort of everyone, and all the work and actions were carried out in an intense and orderly manner according to the original plan. According to Abys's guess, the Horde's army marched south to pursue the Romans after winning the Battle of Mannheim. Abys, on the other hand, abandoned the defense of the small towns along the way, intending to defend against the siege of the Germans at Lugdunum, the largest town in Gaul.

This city with high walls is actually the predecessor of Lyon, the second largest city in France, and the reason why Abyss chose to garrison here is because of its unique geographical advantages, the place where the Rhône and the Saône rivers meet, the transportation is convenient, the whole city is surrounded by water on three sides, the only side bordering the land is built with large walls, and the tall towers are arranged with a large number of heavy weapons to defend the city, and those boulders will undoubtedly bring a fatal blow to the besiegers when thrown from a high position.

In addition, the city of Lugdunum has a large number of residents, and if necessary, the young men in the city can be used as temporary mobilizers to defend the Germans, whether they are Roman immigrants or local residents of Gaul, they have a deep hatred for the Germans, so that the number of defenders can grow rapidly.

Before entering the city, Abyss had to do one thing, a very important thing, to take back all the grain and grass that could be harvested outside the city, and bring it into the city to prevent the Germans from besieging the city and plundering the food and supplies outside the city. Then, all the farmland was burned, and it was the end of summer, and soon, when autumn came, the grain in the valley could be harvested, and Abyss did not want to see the barbarian army outside the city with food to eat, while the soldiers in the city starved.

In the end, Abyss did the most important thing, and had Klein and Seklas ride their best fast horses and rush to the northwestern part of Gaul overnight to find the old Lepida, the elite Gallic army led by Maxim. The siege of the city is a long and arduous and difficult thing, the tall walls of Lugdunum must make the Germans stop, Abys estimates that the Germans will not storm the city at that time, but will besiege the city for a long time to trap the defenders and residents of the city, for this reason, Abys knows that he needs a support army, Antony and Lebida are in Greece, it is impossible to help, Abys does not want them to help, and even if Rome still has an army, it is a temporary recruit army, and the new army that has not even had time to do military training has no combat effectiveness at all, Therefore, Abyss pinned his hopes on Maxim's army, which was also Abys's last hole card, and he didn't expect the defeat of a battle to suffer such a bad result, this time, Abyss stood on the city wall and sighed helplessly......

After arranging all the tasks, Abyss could finally rest for a few days, and no night had been uneventful during the previous withdrawal. At this time, he was thinking of Tertila in Rome...... Yes, in times of intense war, we will not worry about the private affairs of our children, but in the dead of night, we will arouse that infinite thoughts. Ever since the time Tertila risked her life to enter the military camp of Ventus and convince Brutus to let her go, Abyss has developed a strong sense of dependence on this woman. Perhaps, people's feelings have been cultivated in this way in the long years, many days and nights of companionship, that temperature, that gentleness, that peace and sweetness of dreams, at this moment, has become the only thought in the military life of Abys. So much so that the soldiers were talking about whether their commander never went to the brothel was in trouble...... And only Abyss knows that emotions are far more important than many things.