"He who controls his anger will have a paradise in heaven." - Quran

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So all the generals went up the hill and looked at the perimeter of the Renus River, and Diviaci pointed ahead and said, "If you go in a straight line, you will have to pass through the swamps and forests, and I advocate a smooth road for the army to advance, but it will be about seventy or eighty Roman miles more, and about one hundred and twenty Roman miles in succession, before you can reach the fortress of Besançon on the border of the Renus River." ”

"Well, send a herald to the other side first, and ask the Gallic tribes of Besançon to assist in the defense of the city, and to prepare supplies for the arrival of our army. In addition, according to Diviatchi, we did not take easy risks, so we took a detour, but because the distance was increased, I asked the whole army to maintain the posture of forced march. With that, Caesar waved his horsewhip and rushed down the hill.

The Roman legion's discipline required that the normal marching posture was to march twenty-five to thirty romans in five days, and then rest; The rapid march is to march thirty-five to forty romans in seven days, and then turn to rest; The forced march required by Caesar was to march day and night, without camping, carrying forty or fifty pounds of equipment, running day and night towards the set goal.

At this time, the elders of the Seqyani tribe in the Besançon area were gathering under the city square to discuss the important question of whether their tribe should be subordinate to the Roman side or the Germanic side in the imminent war, when a messenger came running quickly. Shouted at them. "It's coming. Here it comes. ”

"What's coming?" The elders remained very calm and calm.

"The governor of Gaul came to Besançon with six legions."

The elders stayed for a moment, then immediately nodded to each other with resolute expressions, then put on their white robes, and came out of the city in groups, hugging and kissing Caesar who dismounted with a smile, "We have endured Aliovistus for a long time, and now the sword that breaks the tyranny. It's finally here! ”

Caesar's rapid march had a good effect, and the Sekhnia tribe was "occupied" by the Romans before they even had time to swing, so their elders had to obediently issue a resolution to ask the entire freshly harvested wheat around Besançon to be paid into the newly repaired warehouses of the Roman legions.

The city of Besançon, where the Renus River surrounds it like a semicompass with an astonishing golden ratio, also provides it with a natural barrier to the fertile land of Gaul. Over there is wild Germania. Caesar walked around the city wall, and said to the general next to him with great admiration: "Set up a joint camp outside the city of Besançon." Everywhere, two legions each, twenty stadias apart, we will not go back to Milan this winter, but will use this city as the location of the winter camp. ”

Li Bida calculated slightly, no, it wasn't that he miscalculated, but Caesar said wrong, four joint camps, two in each place, that is eight legions, but now it is six legions?

But soon, Li Bida made it clear to Caesar, he was going to recruit two new legions north of the Po River and in central Gaul, if nothing else, during this winter camp period, that is, the Illyrian Thirteenth Legion and the Fourteenth Legion, which was also a "supernumerary collection", and the money was paid by Caesar himself, so he had to continue to fight, with the Helvetians, and also with the Germans, to absorb more and more booty, and the capital of the war machine.

"Well, by the way, Lybidaeus, you will return to the old winter camp in Milan after the battle, you don't have to worry about it here for the next year, your task is to be responsible for recruiting the Thirteenth Legion, and search for some veterans from Etrunia, Campeña and even Rome, of course, the main cadres are still Gauls or Dalmatians, and I will let Pedis supervise the finances." This is what happened immediately, Caesar's confession to Li Bida, it is clear that he acquiesced to Li Bida's "leaving the post to start a business", the period is one year, which means that after you have finished getting new soldiers, if the plan for the expedition to Egypt is approved, you can bring people to Egypt to assist Ptolemy, "but before the feast of Falcon in the next year, you will return to Gaul." "This is Caesar's request.

"Can I take a portion of my recruiting finances?" Li Bida asked in a low voice beside Caesar's mount, he was really missing a link in the capital chain now.

"Half a million Sethres at most." Caesar's tone was not much more negotiable, and then a herald arrived, saying that the army of Ariovistus had encamped in a flat valley somewhere more than thirty Roman miles.

"How many people are on the other side?" Rabinus immediately asked.

"It is said that there are 120,000 people." When the herald had finished speaking, he saluted and departed.

120,000 people? That is to say, the Severfher tribe of Aliovistus poured out, and sure enough, the purpose of convening the Gallic Assembly was indeed achieved.

"Your Excellency, this strongest Germanic force must be annihilated as soon as possible, because if nothing happens, since the Xwefer has crossed the Renus River, the rest of the Germanic tribes must also be ready to move east of the river." Li Bida suggested.

"Yes, but according to the usual practice, we still have to go through diplomatic means first, and we must go through the procedures, otherwise the old men in the Concord Temple will have to speak again." Caesar's meaning soon came to his sense, and he began to write hard to convey the satrap's meaning to Aliovistus.

Unexpectedly, Aliovistus soon sent an envoy to the camp at Besançon and replied to Rome: "I led my tribe on a hunt in Gaul fourteen years ago, and I speak Gaul fluently, and if Your Excellency the Doge does not dislike it, we may take a small retinue and talk frankly in an open area between the two armies, so as to put an end to the scourge of war." ”

This must have been a clumsy conspiracy of the Germanic king, and Rabinus immediately persuaded Caesar not to take the risk, but Caesar coughed twice and ordered the clerk to write back: "I grant the request of the honorable king, in the middle of the two barracks, with ten cavalry with each man, and no infantry to be carried." ”

"But!" Rabinus was anxious, he knew that the Germans had always been known for their fierce cavalry, and our Rome was known for their hoplites, and this difference was evident even among the twenty men, that is, if Aliovistus took the opportunity to attack Caesar during the peace talks, we would be at a clear disadvantage.

"Don't insist, dear Rabinus, I'll pick the most reliable generals and cavalry. Because although I have temporarily restored the confidence of the soldiers in battle through my speeches to the four hundred and thirty centurions, it is not enough, and I will prove through this peace talk that I am not afraid of those barbarians from the Black Forest. Caesar stood up with a relaxed face and began to take the roll call. (To be continued......)