"We must unite again to save our companion, Burda is now surrounded by the Romans, and we should go and help him!"

Appis' two legions were able to trap the combined forces of the Germanic tribes, led by the Suebi, during the winter. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Outside of the Black Forest, the rest of the scattered and weak tribes were reluctant to join the war again, and even though Leonie kept running between the tribes for several days, seeking an alliance, none of the tribes was willing to fight again when they heard the news of Burda's defeat. The leaders of the tribes secretly thought in their hearts that even the most powerful Suebi tribes had been defeated by the Romans, and they would not be able to defeat the Roman legions at all in the past, and they would make enemies with the Romans.

"There's no time! Brothers, sisters! We don't have time to think anymore, to think about it. It is necessary to take up arms right away and fight, fight! ”

Seeing the silence of the leaders of the tribe, Leonie was anxious, and with each day of delay, the hope of the Suebi people holding on became even slimmer. From Burda's letter, Leonie knew that the food of the tribal alliance could only last for a week at most, and now, four days had passed, and even if everyone united at this moment to rescue the Suebi, then it would take at least four or five days on the road, and the Suebi would definitely not survive that time. What's more, at the moment, the people of these tribes have no intention of rescuing the Suweihui tribe at all.

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"Needless to say, Leonie, the Romans cannot be defeated. Even the Suebi people have been defeated, how much hope can we have in the past? When the time comes, the Romans will in turn slaughter our people and burn our villages. ”

After a long silence, the patriarch of a small tribe stood up and spoke in a rough voice. On his face, a clear scar can be seen, which is the mark of a cut he had been made during a fight with a Roman soldier.

"Fighting, it may bring death, but if we don't fight, we will be enslaved by the Romans forever, and if we lose the fighting spirit and determination to resist the Romans, our descendants will be enslaved and trampled by the Romans, and they will take our women and children captive at will, even with weapons, and then we will have no power to resist. We still have a chance, just this one, take the axes and swords in your hands, follow me, and charge together to kill those damned Romans, so that we can fight for true freedom! ”

Years of fighting and what she had learned in the Roman barracks had given Leonie an excellent oratory, but all mobilization pale in the face of absolute force. The point is that these tribes don't want to fight at all, they usually fight each other, but now, they want to fight with all their might, even the lives of all their tribesmen, to save an unrelated tribe, which no one wants.

"You speak very nicely, Leonie. But, have you ever defeated a Roman legion? In the end, and it was not because of you that the huge Suebi tribe was defeated by the Romans and finally fell apart, and now, what right do you have to talk about war here? Your stratagem, your bravery, in the face of your old adversary, Apis, are nothing to mention, save it, leave us a way to live, and it is at least better to live than to die foolishly. ”

The leader of the Meretteri sat down in his chair and said with a sneering tone.

"Alive? Live like a mouse? Allowing others to play and ravage* is what you live in this world for? ”

"What did you say!"

Leonie retorted, causing displeasure among the other tribal leaders present, and ridicule and ridicule were the least tolerated by the Germanic people. They stood up, as if to tear Leonie, the weak woman, apart.

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"According to your wishes, Apis has been fortified, and the outer city will be completed and closed this evening. In addition, Klein had been ordered to emancipate 1,200 Iberian and Gallic slaves. And they were given simple weapons and javelins, which could be responsible for patrolling and standing guard on the outer walls. ”

On the fifth day, the Suebi's hopes of waiting for reinforcements were slimming, the siege of the Roman legions had been built in two layers, and Apis freed all the slaves in the army and increased the number of soldiers and men stationed there. Moreover, in order to reduce food consumption, Apis strictly controlled the daily rations of the soldiers, and even if the Germans were trapped, they were still numerous, and above the Roman legions, Apis knew that he would have to hold out for a few more days and wait until the Germans ran out of food before attacking. In order to continue the war of attrition, you must control the rate of food consumption.

Levius stood at the head of the city and gave a brief report. Together with Appis, look out at the Germanic camp in the distance. There, the smoke was rising sporadically, and although Apis did not know what the barbarian soldiers were cooking and feeding on at this moment, it was surmising that they had killed all the livestock and horses in the army, otherwise, with the tribe's food reserves, it would not have been possible to survive until now.

And it turned out to be as Apis and Levi had speculated, that after five days of waiting, the Germanic tribal coalition had almost exhausted its stockpiles, and the horses and bulls that had been used for camel weight had been slaughtered. At this moment, the warriors of the Horde felt real despair. The arrival of reinforcements was far away, and every day it was consumed like this, and in a few days, everyone would begin to go hungry. At that time, even if the Romans did not encircle and suppress them, they would lose their strength due to hunger, and even starve to death on this snowy field.

The cruelty of reality made Burda constantly think of surrendering to the Roman legions, but every time he remembered his father's last words, the strong man of the tribe ignited the fire of revenge and endless resentment.

"Burda, we have no way out, Leonie can't organize reinforcements, no one will come to our aid. The fighters were also reluctant to give up their wounded families. ”

Jonas sat by the campfire and turned to Burda, the Grand Leader of the Germans. In other words, after this crushing defeat, the Great Chief was no longer the Great Chief of the past, and many other tribes even complained that Burda had dragged him into the quagmire of war, and now the Romans would surely kill them all in this wilderness. For they killed the most proud generals and legions of Appis.

"I know. In three days, we will run out of last stockpiles. At that time, would you like to join me, rush out, fight, and to the end? ”

The cold wind blew through Burda's handsome face, and the golden hair on his forehead fluttered in the wind, he was a pure Germanic warrior, a brave and fearless warrior, but unfortunately he was born at the wrong time, facing the powerful Roman Empire, he could only look up to the sky and sigh.

"We have no way back, Burda, I have resisted you and despised you before, but now, I am willing to follow you, fight, like a true tribal warrior, fight, shed the last drop of blood."

Jonas stood up, clenched his fists and slapped his chest with a dull thud. The cold wind around them howled and swept across the land, but it was filled with endless tragic atmosphere.