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Rivers are the cradle of civilization.

Like the Yellow River, the river of oriental civilization, the mother river of the peoples of the European continent belongs to the Danube, a continental inland river that originates in the Black Forest region and rushes eastward, flowing through the northern foothills of the Alps, the Vienna Plain, the Hungarian Plain, and then through the Balkan jungle valleys, and flowing into the Black Sea in a torrential manner.

At the height of Greek civilization, adventurous Greek merchants sailed merchant ships all the way up from the mouth of the Black Sea to explore river civilization and dump their own goods in exchange for precious animal skins and other goods. It was also during this period that the Danube first had its own historical name: Easter.

In the second century B.C., on both sides of the Istre River, there were already a number of towns dependent on the river, including Vendobona, Akunkum, and Sinjdunum, which were later the capital of Austria Vienna, the capital of Hungary Budapest, and the capital of Serbia Belgrade.

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Vendobona.

An important town in the middle reaches of the Danube.

Unlike the civilized Mediterranean coastal countries, in the north-central region of Europe, the form of the tribes is still in the transitional stage of semi-primitive and semi-slavery, and the northern tribes who mainly rely on grazing for their livelihood often wage tribal wars one after another in order to compete for a steppe suitable for horse grazing.

Between the Goths and the Zarmans, Younis soon identified the allies: the Goths.

Compared with the more primitive and barbaric Celmans, the Goths lived in this area for a long time, and the chances of dealing with Rome and other southern neighbors were higher, and their civilization was more developed.

Early September.

The Zarmans were defeated, a coalition of different tribal groups collapsed, and as an alien race, they lost the battle for survival that had to migrate. In desperation, some of the Yuerman tribes turned eastward, and they began to contact the Qin spokesmen in this area, trying to find an opportunity to turn the tables and make a complete break with the Slavs who had been expelling them.

Qin's Northern Front troops, after Han Xin devoted his main efforts to opening up the Bering Strait passage, the commander of the Northern Route Army was replaced by Yang Wengzi.

Under his command, the troops on the northern front of the Qin State continued to oppress the Slavs, driving the various ethnic groups in the hinterland of the Eurasian continent to move westward and relocate again.

North of Constantinople, the Don River Plain on the Black Sea coast, is the Qin army's northern route army station, Yang Wengzi has just received the news that the Erman people are asking for peace and dependence, and learned from the Military Intelligence Department that a Roman army has entered the Danube area, which makes Yang Wengzi, who is experienced in the battlefield, suddenly surprised.

Based on his understanding of the Rangman and Goth, if the two sides went to war, the Rangman tribe should have the upper hand, but the current situation, with the assistance of the Romans, the Goths crushed the Golman tribe, so that the northern border of Rome will appear Romans and Goths join forces against the Qin army.

Yang Wengzi's expression was solemn, this strict surname of the general, in the face of a new battlefield, a new test appeared extraordinarily cautious, after all, the strength of the Qin army on the northern front is relatively insufficient, and the power that Yang Wengzi can maneuver in his hands is only about 50,000 people, plus the severe cold is approaching, for the Qin army whose supply line is too far away and the Black Sea will be frozen, the coming winter is the most difficult period.

The Romans counterattacked at the right time.

"The conditions of the Ermans are to be agreed to them for the time being, as long as they can contain the Goths, and there will be a place for them to live in Europe in the future!"

"Send a letter to Your Majesty at once informing me of the situation of our troops, and in addition, in my name, request that the troops of the Northern Front immediately move forward to the west and march upstream along the Danube Valley at Ruse and Sinjdunum, and at the same time, demand that the Gallic Legions must launch an attack on the Roman Legion of the North from the rear within half a month, otherwise, the stalemate of the Northern Front alone will not only not be able to be broken in a short period of time, but may also cause the passivity of the entire route."

Yang Wengzi's coping strategy, which was not the slightest fluke, was also characteristic of the hereditary generals of the Qin army who came from the border army, although they sometimes seemed a little old-fashioned, but they were more steady, which formed a stark contrast to the whimsical ideas of the young Roman commander Younis.

Pelius's Gallic legion had returned to Gaul, and after having to surrender to Qin, the former Roman mercenary corps general was depressed for a while, but after being personally summoned by Li Yuan, Pelius regained his spirits, and compared to his original employer, Rome, the new master Qin's offer was more tempting.

The Gauls were allowed autonomy.

This was a condition offered by Li Yuan, and the price was that Petius had to assemble a new force against Rome, and in the northwest, to counter the northern and western forces of the Qin army.

This condition was very generous, and Pelius had no way to refuse, Li Yuan did not ask him to lead his army into the hinterland of Rome, but only asked the Gauls to support the Qin army in the east and south, and this time, Yang Wengzi's appeal to the Gallic army stemmed from this proposal.

Attacking the Apennines, the Gauls neither wanted nor dared. The Apennine Peninsula, where Rome is located, is mountainous from north to south, and only the middle and northern sections are close to the west coast, where there are scattered plains, which are typical of the Mediterranean landform, and if there is no guide who is familiar with the local terrain to guide the way, it will be quite difficult for any foreign army to completely defeat the Romans.

In the direction of the Iberian Peninsula, the northern foothills of the Alps, and the Danube Valley, the Gauls could not only open up their territories, but also eliminate the threat of barbarian peoples from these two directions to Gaul, which was what the Gauls wanted to do most.

West, Middle, North.

Plus the battle for supremacy between fleets at sea.

The all-out war between Great Qin and Rome started one by one, and the so-called pulling a trigger moved the whole body, in this confrontation between the two powers, the one who had the last laugh would not be the one who smiled the most at the beginning, but the one who made the least mistakes. (To be continued.) )