In the camp of the Roman legions after the rain, the centurions of the thirteenth legion were standing behind their soldiers with long whips in their hands, looking nervously at Caesar's face, waiting for his orders. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It was a severe corporal punishment, and the army had to have the same iron discipline in order to survive the treacherous and bloody battlefield, and the soldiers of the Thirteenth Legion had attacked in the siege a few days earlier, and had not retreated even after the chief centurion and the legion commander had given the order to retreat, which had already punished the bottom line of the Roman legion's military regulations, and was the most serious infraction. For this reason, Caesar was to punish in the barracks the severest flogging for these legionnaires who disregarded military discipline.

"Ah......h

With Caesar's order, the twenty centurions present waved their long whips at the same time and began to whip the legionnaires in front of them. These were the same soldiers who had disobeyed orders during the siege of Kirkovia a few days earlier, although they were all honorary soldiers who had defeated the enemy in many parts of Gaul and killed a large number of rebels. But even this did not prevent Caesar from torturing them, because the military rules of the Legion could not be trampled on.

More than two dozen veterans were the first to be tortured, they endured severe pain, but still unconsciously screamed, the leather whip was like a demon's tentacles, sweeping the skin of the veterans, and the rough skin was floating with bloody wounds, and the bloody whipping was like a cruel alarm bell, ringing in the hearts of every legionary infantryman. Caesar was to tell them that in the Roman legions, especially in Caesar's army, no one could go beyond the existence of the military regulations, no one had the right to trample on the military regulations, and those who violated it would only be punished with the severest punishment. Like the two dozen legion veterans who are suffering from whipping on the playground at the moment.

They screamed, their backs peeled open and dripping with blood. Every cut was bleeding, blood running down the wounds on their backs, even staining their panties and thighs red.

Every scream made the hearts of the other soldiers present tremble. The recruits, who had not yet been whipped, were already trembling under the guards.

Many centurions admonished their soldiers with expressionless faces on the surface, but in fact they were very painful in their hearts, these were all soldiers under them, and they had no kindness and comradeship. And on such an occasion, no one dared to bribe the centurion who was executed, because everyone knew that Caesar would be present in person for this whipping, and it was impossible for people to be perfunctory.

The veterans were flogged and replaced with new soldiers, and the centurions, after the flogging of the veterans, were numb in their hearts, and the blood made people lose mercy, especially under the torture that bordered on cruelty.

"Ah......h

Screams hovered over the barracks again, where hundreds of recruits who did not obey orders were whipped one by one. There were even a few soldiers who were physically exhausted and were beaten to death. Under the pressure of the iron army, the Roman legions were trained in such a cruel environment to develop incomparable discipline and organization, soldiers must absolutely obey the arrangements of their superiors, this military thinking seems to have existed since ancient times, and has been passed down to future generations.

Appis stood in the procession, and although he was not whipped, he was also reprimanded. After all, the centurion's duty was to keep his soldiers in check, and in the just-concluded siege of Kilkovia, Apis apparently failed to do so.

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"We need to retreat, Rabienus."

The flogging in the barracks was still going on, and Caesar had already entered the tent in advance, and proposed the next march arrangements with Rabienus and Antony. The army of the Gallic tribal alliance is very large, although the Gauls also killed a lot in the fierce battle at the head of the city two days ago, but compared to the Roman legions, their follow-up supply ability is too strong, and Caesar's side, every soldier killed is miserable, because these soldiers are veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles, and they are very experienced in combat, unlike the Gallic alliance side, the soldiers recruited are almost farmers and traders, and they are supplied on the spot. Even if Caesar wanted to replenish his troops, he had to be temporarily conscripted in the country, and when he arrived at the front, he would not encounter any accidents, and the supply of food and grass on the way was already a problem. The Gauls almost cut Caesar off the Roman provinces. In other words, apart from the supplies of the Edui and a few other tribes, the Roman legions now had almost no supplies of troops, materials, food and grass. If you continue to fight like this, you will lose sooner or later, so Caesar is always sad these days.

"The Gauls will catch up."

Rabienus was quick to disagree with Caesar's plan, and even Antony, who had always been at odds with Rabienus, supported Rabienus's view, and the Gallic coalition was now in high spirits. If the news of the withdrawal of the Roman legions had been known at this time, they would have pounced like madmen, and by that time, with the current morale and strength of the legions, they would have been powerless to resist the huge number of barbarians.

"I know, so we need to defeat them two more times before the actual withdrawal to demoralize them, so that we can retreat with peace of mind."

Caesar was wise, each of his plans was not so simple, it was full of chain schemes, both politically and militarily, Julius Caesar was a mature conspirator, although occasionally he did something blatantly.

"Caesar, what do you mean? Want the legions to pretend to retreat and then ambush those Gauls halfway through? ”

Rabienus soon returned.

"Yes, but it will not be easy to convince these Gauls that we are really withdrawing. Rabienus, we have fought Vicintoli many times, and we know very well the ability of this man, he will not let the Gallic army catch up so easily. At least he'll find out where we're really going. The Gauls had come to believe in his leadership in one crushing defeat after another. ”

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"Let our spies stir up their patriarch from this, Caesar."

Anthony added. And from the spies mentioned by this cavalry commander, both Rabienus and Caesar knew very well that it was the eyeliner that Caesar would arrange in advance before every battle. The scale of the Gallic tribal anti-Roman alliance was very large, and the huge organization had its own unique shortcomings and weaknesses, that is, it was not easy to manage, and in many cases, Vicintoli could only let some tribes manage their own people, so that the loose organization gave Caesar's spies the opportunity to infiltrate the organization.

"Encourage their patriarchs to hunt down our army with their own men? Let them believe that we are retreating, and that there is no time to transfer supplies and belongings? ”

Caesar replied to Anthony with a smile. In fact, Mark Anthony is also a qualified general many times, he is also a first-class level in tactical and strategic arrangements, many times he is still willing to follow him, but Anthony's management ability is really not flattering, this guy is like an upstart, let him command an army, he can command very well, superb, however, let him run an empire, he will only plunge the country into infinite chaos and riots. This is what Caesar once said to Octavian.