Chapter 526: The Battle of the Danube I

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Under the threat of several expeditions by the Qin army, the Romans' three armies, coupled with the help of heavy snow, severe cold and high mountains, finally temporarily blocked the momentum of the Qin army.

However, before the Romans were glad to come, another round of attacks by the Qin army was set off again, and Li Yuan, who had experienced countless fierce battles, was more than a step higher than Scipio in terms of strategic vision and ability to control the overall situation.

Since the Alps are difficult to cross for a while, let them go for a while, the Romans are now in a hurry, and their weaknesses are not only in the domestic and central and western fronts.

The eighteenth year of the Great Qin calendar, December.

In the vicinity of the Aquiku River, a southern tributary of the Danube, a strangely dressed army was marching rapidly from south to north, completely ignoring the wind and snow and the bitterly cold weather, their sudden appearance disrupted the stalemate along the Danube for a long time.

The arrival of the 50,000-strong Qin army, which marched north from the Alps and was personally commanded by Li Yuan, cut off the retreat of the Younis Roman legions fighting on the northern front.

A great battle begins in the cold wind of winter.

The Eunice legion had 30,000 Roman generals, plus 60,000 or 70,000 Goths, and the Roman and its allies had nearly 100,000 troops on the northern front. On the Qin side, the 50,000 Jingrui in the north plus Yang Wengzi's troops in the lower reaches of the Danube River added up to more than 80,000 people, and the two sides were evenly matched in terms of strength on paper.

Aquiku City.

The young and vigorous Younis was blushing and was gathering his subordinates to boost morale, but this time he was caught off guard by the sudden military changes in the Qin army.

The middle route army of the Qin army will brave the cold weather to cross the mountains and mountains and appear in the middle reaches of the Danube plain, in the choice of timing, Li Yuan is very accurate, now Pompey, who is struggling to support the middle front, is suppressed and unable to move, Scipio, the head of Rome, and due to the defeat of the navy, domestic reforms and was tied to the body, which makes Younis the weakest link in Rome along the way.

In fact. The Romans had already paid considerable attention to the information on the movements of the Qin army, but, to Younis's surprise, the vanguard of this northward assault was not the Qin generals Luo Jia and Cao Xin, who were feared by the Romans, but Spartacus, a slave of Sères.

"The Qin people are so relieved that a foreign general has the power to fight the army. Aren't they afraid that Spartacus will rebel with different intentions? You know, Caucasians and yellows are naturally different races, and no matter how this difference is bridged, it is impossible to change fundamentally? ”

Now, Younis's troops are semi-surrounded in this area, and if they don't want to give up the foundation they have so hard to lay, they can only choose to have a decisive battle with the Qin army.

In the midst of incomprehension, Younis's strong and prosperous xing can no longer be suppressed, what about being surrounded? Although the Qin people had 80,000 troops on paper. But the ones that really belong to the Jingrui headquarters of the Qin army are only thirty or forty thousand people, since the strength of the two sides is about the same, then come to see the superiority with real swords and guns.

A decisive battle requires men, soldiers, and morale.

In this regard. Younis was confident, and opposite him stood the Grand Chief of the Goths, the most powerful tribe in the Danube Valley.

"Great Chief, you and your men are the most powerful force in this plain. Like the eagles in the sky, all the prey in this area is your food if the Goths wish. Therefore, for the sake of our common interests, we must join hands without reservation to completely expel the Qin people from here! ”

Mongel was the chief of the Goths, and he was in his fifties, his face was a little puffy, and one leg was somewhat unnaturally bent, like an old man about to sink into the earth, but his eyes were still sharp, especially after hearing Eunice's agitation, and the Gothic chief squinted his eyes as if he hadn't heard them, and scanned some hollow place in the hall.

"Great chief, the Goths need rich pastures, they need more slaves, I can provide these to you in Great Rome, how about Gaul, it's a vast and sparsely populated place, a good place-!"

Eunice's speech grew faster and faster, and Mongel's old jiān was slippery, apparently not a rabbit or an eagle, and in order to win over Goth, his most powerful ally, Younis decided to throw out his biggest bargaining chip.

The province of Gaul was the largest province outside of Rome outside of Iberia, and due to its close proximity to the Apennine Peninsula, the connection between the Gauls and the Romans was also quite close, and in the Roman army in the past, the Gallic legions had always been the horns of the charge, and this union began to disintegrate after the Qin army arrived in Europe, especially the rebellion of Pelius, an important former Roman general, which greatly weakened the Roman control over Gaul.

"General, is this what you mean, or is that what the archon meant?" After a moment of silence, Mongel finally spoke.

"Of course, the Great Archon meant, as long as the Goths and I, the Great Romans, work together to fight against the Qin, then the next benefit will not only be Gaul, we can even seize the Balkans, Greece, Anatolia, and Egypt from the Qin, and the Great Chieftain doesn't want the warriors of the tribe to ride their horses and gallop in the eastern lands."

Younis's eloquence was good, and his encouragement was like drawing a delicious and tempting flatbread, which made Mongel suddenly excited.

If the Gaul Peninsula was occupied by the Goths, then the survival of their tribes would be greatly improved, at least they would not have to suffer from the multiple attacks of the Riermans, Slavs, and Qin people as they did now, and if they could defeat the invading Qin army together with the Roman army, then the benefits that could be divided would be even greater.

"General, you have to talk and count, don't say anything else, against that of Sères, my Goth warriors will never lag behind." Mungel's eyes twinkled.

In the face of huge interests, he had no choice, the strength and decline of the Goths in one fell swoop, and in the face of a Qin army composed of miscellaneous cards, Mungel's old and weak body suddenly relaxed, and his facial expression began to become full of confidence.

"Great Chief, as long as we unite closely, defeat the Qin people, and regain our lost land, we can wait." Younis laughed, being able to tie the Goths to his chariot is the key to victory, and next, Younis has to plan a little, find the weaknesses of the Qin army, and strive for the victory of the battle as soon as possible. )