The Weser is a major river in the Great Germanic province that runs through the Black Forest, and it would be an exaggeration to say that it is a large river, but it is not a good idea to say that it is a small river. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Rabinus led the thirteenth legion assigned to him by Appis, and originally planned to cross the river and garrison the new town of Cologne in the south, but when passing through here, the old Rabinus had the idea of building fortifications on this river and garrisoning here. According to the information of the Maconimans, the Germanic army of the Elbe group branch would pass through here in a week, and in order to cross the river, the Germans would have to build a large number of canoes, and Labinus's plan was to build a fortress and guardrail on the other side of the river before the enemy crossed the river, and shoot the Germans who were crossing the river. The barbarians did not have excellent bridge-building skills, and they were bound to suffer heavy losses when crossing the river.

After deciding on the tactics, Rabinus began to arrange the construction of the defensive wall on the riverbank. The project was planned to be built from both ends and eventually closed in the middle. Sekras was ordered to go upstream to find a starting point for the construction of the project, and Rabinus himself took the other half of the army and began to build a temporary rampart in the same place.

Although the undulating hills along the Weser River made the construction of the whole project difficult, they also left a natural barrier for the construction of towers and ramparts. Taking advantage of the high ground, Labinus ordered his soldiers to build a tall and wide fortress on it, and then the seven hills were connected to each other by wooden fences, and a high tower was built every five hundred Roman paces to serve as a guard and a guard. Of course, when the enemy rushes up, you can also place the archers and fire arrows at the enemy troops who are crossing the river.

Ten days later, the massive fortification was completed. Seven huge stone fortresses stand like miniature fortresses on seven rolling hills on the south bank of the Weser River. Makeshift fortifications of traps and wooden bars connect seven massive fortresses, dozens of small towers scattered within this winding and undulating line. As soon as there was any disturbance on the other side of the river, the soldiers on the tower would immediately report to the centurion to see if they wanted to light a beacon fire.

Unexpectedly, the Germans were supposed to reach the other side of the river within a week and start shipbuilding. In reality, however, the Germanic armies of the Elbe were delayed for a whole week, reaching the other side of the Weser by the fifteenth. Labinus guessed that the barbarians did not have strict military rules and discipline, and that wherever the large legions went, where they rested, each tribe acted independently, and sometimes the tribe that walked in front had to wait for the tribe that moved slowly in the rear, and the military discipline was chaotic, and some tribes had to rest along the way, while others did not, so there was a possibility of conflict. The Germanic Grand Alliance, which was ostensibly formidable in combat, was in fact like a plate of loose sand, and their march was more like an armed parade. Rabinus estimated that it was for these reasons that the Germans delayed their march.

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"Stop, stop, don't kill me! I'm not a spy! ”

Seeing the fortifications of the Roman legions on the other side of the river, the huge Germanic army halted its march and began to build the rafts and boats needed to cross the river. At this time, the cavalry of the Makonians, an auxiliary unit of the Roman legions, captured a Germanic who was trying to sneak across the city walls during the night. It should be said that when the Maconimans discovered him, the Germanic had already swam across the Weser at night, and had bypassed the camp of Seklas and sneaked in the direction of the Roman towns in the south. If it weren't for the cavalry's routine patrols during the day, it would have been impossible to detect the whereabouts of this "lonely" Germanic man. It should be said that it is not that the Roman guards are unfavorable to patrol, but that only one barbarian soldier crosses the river, which is indeed difficult to find, if it is a whole squad, or the size of more than a dozen people, then the Roman soldiers stationed on the bank are still easy to find, but only one person can indeed cross the river by luck and sneak over the legion's defense network.

"So, you mean to say that you are a sacrifice of your tribe to the gods?"

The Makonian cavalry handed over the captives to Rabinus, the commander of the XIII Legion. Labienus sat on a circle chair in the tent and interrogated the ragged, bearded Germanic man with suspicion. The captain of the Makonian cavalry acted as an interpreter.

"Yes, yes, they're going to kill me! I escaped from the patriarch's sword and axe. ”

The Germanic man, almost paralyzed from exhaustion, fell to his knees and did everything in his power to report to the Roman officer in front of him about his previous night's predicament. There will also be disputes between tribes, and not all Germanic people are tough guys who are not afraid of death, and not all Germanic people have such reverence for their gods. For example, the "traitor" of the Germanic people in front of him. However, Labinus was not sure that what the water dog said was true, and in the past, there were countless cases of Roman officers being deceived by the Germans and led to the abyss to slaughter.

"Tell me, then, why did your people not cross the river after three days of preparation? I saw groups of rafts and canoes already assembled on the other side of the river. What is your tribe waiting for? ”

Rabinus continued to ask with a skeptical attitude. Because of his many years of experience, Rabinus believed that the scene before him was not a deception. According to the feedback of the Upi and Makonians, the Germanic peoples of the Elbe and even the Rhine have a tradition of human sacrifice. Before the war, it is an important traditional ritual to sacrifice a living person to the gods, and the shaman will use it to determine the victory or defeat of the war, and decide the time, date and arrangement of the battle. Sometimes, the choice between day and night is based on the results of the sorcerer's divination.

"While they wait for the full moon, they will cross the river from the upper reaches of your weakest defenses, and on the night of the full moon. Thirty-five tribes, all the men were armed. ”

The captive knelt on the ground, trembling as he answered Rabinus's question. Despite the glory of the warriors, Labinus looked down on the barbarian. He was greedy for life and afraid of death, begging for his master's acceptance like a wild dog. But for military value, Rabinus received him kindly. If the information of this Germanic man is true, then the Thirteenth Legion will stage the most wonderful resistance battle since the conquest of the Germans in the area of the Weser River.

"Barbarian, I can take you in and not reduce you to slavery, but if what you say today is false, then I will send someone to cut out your tongue! Guards, give him food and water. ”

Labinus got up, walked up to the captured German, and spoke in a harsh tone......