The siege of the Remi lasted only one night before it ended, and at dawn the streets were filled with the dense corpses of the Gauls, and although the Gallic tribes continued to surrender during the battle last night, the Gauls who were killed in battle and accidentally shot still accounted for the majority, after all, in the stormy battle on a moonlit night, no one knew whether the people who rushed out of the darkness came to surrender or ambush. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Appis walked through the legions and found that compared to the tragic casualties of the barbarians, the casualties on the side of the Roman legions were negligible, and the high degree of organization and discipline maximized the defense and lethality of the phalanx, and after a siege battle, thirty percent of the Roman soldiers were wounded, however, the number of dead did not exceed a hundred......

In the streets, the captives were forced to clean up the bodies of their comrades, where the Seventh and Eighth Legions were to be encamped and garrisoned. In two days, they may be greeted with an even larger and more terrifying army, the coalition of Germanic tribes.

"Soldier, the general is looking for you. Let's go. ”

Several Roman soldiers in ornate armor found Appis in the crowd, and there was no doubt that Cota wanted to see him. In this battle, a valuable piece of information not only conquered the Gallic tribe, but also turned the tide and even saved the legions.

Appis even thought of Octavia, far away in Rome, the woman he loved, maybe he could really have a chance to marry her? Maybe that promise wasn't just an empty word to coax a girl? In an instant, a wave of excitement and excitement came to my heart. It's just that now, he is still a slave, maybe Cota will exempt himself from the status of a slave next, but it is still a distant dream from the knight class and from the triumphal ceremony.

I don't know if Octavia will be able to wait until the day when he returns to Rome, but if the reality goes the way history goes, it will take at least six years for Caesar to completely conquer Gaul......

"Good boy!"

When they entered the Legion's base camp, Kota and many of the field officers almost immediately cast their eyes on him. Before, no one believed that this task could be completed by a slave, but now, they have to admit that this slave has completed the impossible task. But Appis also noticed that in the camp, the old captain of the army, Sabinus, who sat in the far corner, was still silent, and his eyes were full of disdain and sarcasm, as if to say, poor slave, you just met with chance luck at the right time.

"General."

Appis stood in front of Kota and replied respectfully. He saw that the face of the Roman nobleman, who was not yet forty years old at this moment, was not only full of excitement and joy, but also an expectation, so many reconnaissance cavalry had gone out, and none of them came back alive to pass on the information, which shows that the Germans and Gauls had made sufficient preparations in the blockade of information, but the slave in front of him was able to pass on the information under such a tight blockade, and he used the Gauls' own traitors, such agile thinking, It even made Cotta think that it would be nice if Apis were a nobleman? Then he could hand over the command of the scout cavalry to the young Roman, and although Apis was indeed a nobleman, who knows......

"Apis Turrius, you have accomplished the impossible, and I am glad that child. In addition, I will unqualify you as a slave, and now you are free. ”

As he spoke, Cota returned to the table and took out the paperwork that had been prepared long ago, with Corta's autograph signed by Corta Orius, and this thin paperwork was something that all slaves could not find.

It's just that Appis knows that just being free and becoming a free citizen still can't live in Rome, or it's just better than a slave, and he can get paid for his labor, and he doesn't have to be all given to the slave owner, and in addition, he doesn't have to be abused or even slaughtered by the slave owner like a livestock, but the free people don't have any rights, not even the right to trade, the right to move, and the right to intermarry, that is, if he doesn't get citizenship, he is still a low-level migrant worker in Rome all his life, I can only get a pitiful salary for the rest of my life, but I do a lot of hard and heavy work.

"General, if I can, I would like to stay in the Legion and continue to serve the Legion."

Apis didn't even think about it, but he spoke his mind. In fact, it's not that you want to risk your life on the front lines, but the Gallic battlefield is the only place where you can change your fate right now, not only with the opportunity to obtain citizenship, but also with the opportunity to accumulate a fortune, which is very important for young people to start a business.

"Of course, until Caesar conquers all of Gaul, I want you to remain in the legion and continue to serve the legion. Come, take your new equipment, and tomorrow, or perhaps the day after tomorrow, you will face a formidable adversary of whom you have mentioned in your letter, whose ferocity and bloodlust will be greater than you think, who are an uncivilized people, beasts, monsters. Grab your shield and head back to your brigade, where Quintus is already waiting for you to return. ”

Cota looked at Appis with anticipation in his eyes. So much so that the officers and centurions around him cast strange eyes, because the officer commander had such high hopes for a slave, oh, not now, but still a soldier of low status. This is not normal. In Roman society, the idea of class was so strong.

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"You've treated him too favorably."

After Apis left, Sabinus came out of the darkness, his deep eyes full of the vicissitudes of time, but he was never able to accept new things. For a moment, Sabinus even knew why Caesar had placed Cota by his side, with the Seventh and Eighth Legions stationed in the most dangerous land in Gaul. Perhaps, in Caesar's eyes, Cota's radical and bold attempts as a young man just neutralize his rigor and conservatism. When making decisions, the two sides make concessions and compromises to each other, so that the legion will not be in danger and will not lose its fighters because of conformism?

"He has the ability, Sabinus, my old friend, the Legion should promote those who are able, even if he is just a slave. At that time, if Spartacus had been promoted to commander of the Roman auxiliary army, I am afraid that there would not have been a later Capuan slave revolt. ”

Cota stepped over to his seat and took a leisurely sip of the wine the servant's offering. So far in the battle, the two officer commanders finally had a moment to sit down and chat.

"But he doesn't have the courage and bravery of Spartacus."

"He's still young, he's still a kid."

Cota smiled and continued-

"Looks like no more than twenty years old, Sabinus, I guess if your bastard is still alive, that's probably the same age, right?"

Bastard? Cota's words were like lightning, and immediately caused Sabinus infinite melancholy and chagrin. Nineteen years ago, that night at Appius's house has always become a knot and concern in the heart of the Roman general, when Anelka wrote to tell him that he was pregnant, Sabinus could only silently hide the letter, and even burn it, he could not admit that the child in Anelka's womb was his own, and Appius at that time was almost the richest man in the city of Aredition. Not to mention being a child, he didn't even dare to admit his lover relationship with Anelka. Thinking of Appis's appearance, Sabinus was melancholy.