"Agrippa withdrawing his troops?"

"Yes, the Scout Cavalry saw last night, the legions besieging the camp were withdrawing from this valley, and they had gone far from Das Avenue into Sekani. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The calm of several days made the little Crassus in the camp uneasy, and Abyss left three legions in Gaul, two of which he had brought here by himself, and only one of the legions left in the capital, Lugdurum. If Agrippa really began to move his troops, as the Scout cavalry had claimed, he should undoubtedly catch up with them and prevent Octavian's heavy infantry regiments from attacking the capital Lugdurum. But how credible is the intelligence of the cavalry? This is the biggest problem that little Crassus is facing at the moment. In the past, it was not uncommon for the besieging side to use the tactic of withdrawing troops to lure the defending troops out of the city to pursue, and then intercept and kill them on the road. Crassus the Younger did not dare to be careless, after all, in the field, the two legions under his own hands had no advantage in meeting Agrippa's Roman legions.

"If we go to investigate, we must see the number of troops in Agrippa's camp. Every day at noon and in the evening, keep an eye out for smoke from their cooking to see if there is any sign of abating. ”

Faced with the critical situation, little Crassus still did not dare to go directly out of the camp to launch a pursuit. Stilling in his apprehension, he ordered the legion to continue to wait and wait for accurate information before making a decision.

In the distance, the valley was still quiet, and a faint morning mist floated in the empty passes.

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"General, Crassus is still not moving, are we going to take the next step?"

Agrippa Base Camp. The cavalry commander of the Parthian Legion, Mothoynes, reported on the situation at the front and then asked his commander what to do next.

Agrippa pondered, frowning, and looked at the camp of the Little Crassus Regiment in the distance. Then he said to the subordinates around him:

"Tell the soldiers to reduce the number of pots and pots, and instead of five people using one pot, ten people will share one pot. The stoves used by the three cavalrymen were changed to six people, reducing the number of stoves in the legion by half in five days. In addition, during this period, no one was allowed to go out without permission except for the grain collection team I sent out, and those who were found to have left the camp without permission were all dealt with according to the strictest military law. Deliver the order. ”

After a few days, Agrippa's four legions gradually reduced the number of stoves to a predetermined number per day. The soldiers' share of food did not change, only the large cauldron replaced the small pot. Every day, the grain conscription team still set off at night with torches, and the next evening they quietly infiltrated the barracks in disguise. All the plans were designed in advance by Agrippa, and it was also to convince Crassus the Younger, on the other side of the valley, that Octavian's Parthian legions and other heavy infantry legions had been slowly moving in the course of a few days. Although the valley was a shortcut to Lugdurum in the heart of Gaul, it was fraught with danger and could not be passed through even the mightiest corps if a barrier was erected. Yes, Agrippa was going to make his opponent, his adversary, so convinced.

Finally, a week later, the little Crassus in the walled walls finally couldn't bear it anymore and ordered the cavalry to attack first to find out the situation, and the infantry brigade was ready to set off at any time to pursue the Italian legions that had "shifted" the front.

"Mars! What is this kind of vision? Go and report to the corps commander, our enemies have fled and are all evacuated! ”

Little Crassus' cavalry arrived at the outskirts of Agrippa's camp and looked down on the hillside to find it empty, leaving only a few slaves to light a bonfire and cook their meals as they did every day.

"Agrippa must have left these slaves behind to confuse us! Damn, we've all been lied to him! It's been seven days! At this time, the legion must have entered the territory of the Sekani and is heading towards Lugdurum! ”

The cavalry captain said anxiously, and almost came to a conclusion on the spot. Everyone had believed that Agrippa was diverting the main army, but no one would have imagined that the cunning Agrippa would leave behind all the slaves, and every day he lit a cooking cigarette in the camp to confuse little Crassus. Now, without Crassus Jr.'s order, everyone can almost conclude that Agrippa really ran away.

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"Coordinate the defense, cover the retreat!"

The next day, the 13th Legion, which was pursuing Agrippa, was finally ambushed and encircled by Agrippa's Italian legion. The Parthian legions, together with three Roman legions, poured in from all directions on the forest road. Little Krasuti shouted and commanded everyone to retreat the same way.

One by one, the legionnaires around Crassus Jr. fell, and even the knights of the General's Guard were wounded by several arrows and lay in pools of blood.

"Damn it! Order the Germanic Black Eagle Legion to stop its advance, build a defensive line on the spot, and cover the retreat of the Thirteenth Legion! ”

Immediately afterwards, little Crassus gave a second order to the correspondent beside him. However, as soon as he finished speaking, a stone bullet shattered the head of the messenger in front of Crassus Jr. Suddenly, the head of the living Roman soldier standing in front of him shattered, and little Crassus was spilled with brains and blood.

Little Crassus hurriedly dismounted, dodging this dense and terrifying long-range attack.

A Roman veteran who had fought in Germany fended off an attack by a foreign infantryman in front of him, and then the Roman veteran slammed his shield into the foreign soldier's head, and when the foreign mercenary was unsteady on his feet, the Roman veteran's short sword was sent into the mercenary's abdomen. Suddenly, blood mixed with intestines flowed out of the broken wound. Dye the veteran's right hand holding the sword bright red. Then, the veteran of the Legion standing beside Little Crassus was expressionless with another sword, completely killing the half-dead foreign mercenary. The blade of the sword pierced through his throat, and blood splattered like a fountain......

The whole forest road was filled with such scenes of fighting between the two sides, but, obviously, Agrippa's legions were organized and premeditated attacks, and his legions were neatly arranged and tightly formed. The reorganized Thirteenth Legion was loosely formed, and the soldiers fought separately, and each fighting Thirteenth Legion soldier had to face attacks from at least three sides, plus the spears constantly thrown by the Agripparoma light infantry on the gentle slope, and the Thirteenth Legion was constantly reduced under ambush.

Little Crassus had to go into battle in person, boosting the morale of the legions and allowing the soldiers to retreat slowly and orderly.

A stray arrow hit the shoulder of the little Crassus, and the Italian legionnaires in front of him tried to take the opportunity to take off the head of the Gallic defender, but were pierced in the chest by the savage sword of the little Crassus, and then, the little Crassus endured the sharp pain in his shoulder, and with all his strength, pulled out the short sword that had penetrated deep into the body of the enemy soldier, and the blood spurted and splashed the little Crassus's face scarlet. But such a scene is already commonplace for the veteran Crassus Jr., who has fought a lot of battles, and it is no more common, and there will be no fear and timidity. On the contrary, the soldiers were ashamed to see the commander personally rushing to the front line to cover their retreat, and they actually boosted their morale and fought with the invading Italian soldiers......