Chapter 33: The Unbearable War (Part II)

"The chief centurion of the Tenth Legion, Berchiles, the second centurion of Ores, the commander of the legion, the commander of the legion, Ijulus, my clerical adjutant (the writer of the Gallic Wars), the chief centurion of the Twelfth Legion, Milu, the second centurion, Tagus, the commander of the Centurion, the commander of the Gallic provinces, Reax, the guide of the Gallic provinces, and my cavalry captain Crassus the Younger, plus myself, a total of ten."

When Rabinus said that he would also follow Caesar, Caesar put his fist between his palms and said clearly: "Don't forget your duty, you are the acting commander-in-chief, you are my doppelganger, and when I am not there you are in charge of the whole army, stay in the camp, and be ready for battle at any time." Li Bida's heart was sour when he said this, and I would have to find a way to climb to the position of chief lieutenant general in a few years, but he didn't hate Rabinus, he knew that the other party was a poor boy from a small fishing village, and it was a phoenix man in the Roman era who came to this point by grinding and hard work, and this man was kind and fair, and most of the wealth obtained in the war, he did not buy industry, nor did he invest in trade, but stupidly sent most of the money back to his hometown, he said to Li Bida, He wants to build his hometown into a second Baie.

In the crisp autumn weather, Caesar and his nine followers abandoned all flags and slowly walked in the direction of the Germanic camp, and the whole camp became a sensation, and all the reliable soldiers of the legion took up their shields and javelins, and consciously stood in the outer combat area of the camp, watching the departure of the governor, and the guilt in his heart became even more prominent, since the governor dared to go to negotiate with the Germans with only nine horsemen. How brave. Let's take a look at the previous everyone's fear of barbarians for no reason. It's a shame.

In addition, many centurions also whispered in secret that the Germanic king Aliaovistus was too contemptible, and that they had always relied on the strength of the cavalry and did not take us seriously, but when he knew that we were good at the infantry ranks, Ariovistus did not allow His Excellency Caesar to go with the infantry instead of the cavalry. Fearing that it would be detrimental to His Excellency the Governor, the soldiers shouted angrily after speaking, and their hearts were full of thoughts of the same hatred and hatred.

At this time, the group had already left the barracks for a few furlongs, and Libida, who was beside Caesar, looked over there, and the living habits of the Germanic people were actually similar to those of the Gauls, or in the process of migration, after all, the settled Gauls could imitate Latin and Greek civilizations and build quite good beautiful cities, but the Germans would only build shacks in swamps and forests. But once the tribe migrated to fight, they were also men who took up arms. Women and children sit in camping vans, and when they travel, they make cars, and they stay in camps.

At this time, the dense Germanic caravan was surrounded by a dug ring trench, and wisps of cooking smoke were rising from it.

"Hey, Your Excellency Commander Li Bida, I didn't expect that His Excellency the Governor was originally only going to let us serve as his guards, but I didn't expect him to promote us to knights by the way." Milou, who was sitting in the saddle of the horse's horns, pulled the reins and said, causing the others to laugh, anyway, the Roman legions were fanatical in the pursuit of heavy infantry warfare, so these people, whether they were centurions or commanders, now rode on horses, they all had a strange feeling, so Milou had such a way of joking.

They marched slowly to the central barren land, where there was a large mound that had risen up, probably the former breakwater of the Renus River, and now that the course had changed, it had been reduced to a ruined mound and remained in the wilderness, which happened to be in the middle of the camp of Besançon and the camp of the Germanic chariots, "Lybidaeus and Sekedilius, and Reax followed me up, and the rest waited in peace below. Caesar commanded, and then with a shout from Li Bida and the others, they rode up to the mound.

The mound was already covered with withered grass, Caesar stood still in the center, and after a while the men and horses on the opposite side neighed, and Aliovistus came up with ten cavalry, and then Li Bida saw that behind the ten Germanic cavalry, there were actually ten warriors on foot.

Aliovistus is very tall and majestic, his face is like iron, in fact, his whole body is also wrapped in iron, the iron helmet has a black tassel, black chain mail, black bracers, black cloak, his cheeks are high and protruding, with a thick beard, giving people a fierce and unreasonable feeling, when he bares his teeth and smiles at himself, Li Bida sees that his teeth are also a kind of rotten iron eyes, which is very ugly.

The nine noble cavalrymen behind him, each with an iron countenance, and their attire was similar to that of the king, and as for the ten warriors on foot who followed, it made Li Bida chill at that time, and they all held a spear with a sharp spear head of five Roman feet in their hands, and carried an oval-shaped long shield, which could be held or thrown in their hands, and they could be pointed at within ten paces.

"You're violating the original negotiation resolution!" Lybida angrily pointed at Ariovistus and shouted, and then Reyaz immediately translated Lybida's words into Gaul, and told Lyovistus that this king had been engaged in sabotage and invasion in Gaul for a long time, and was very familiar with the local dialect.

"This is the riding habit of our tribe, each elite noble cavalry has a special foot attendant behind it, so the ten cavalry we are talking about are accompanied by ten foot attendants." Aliovistus was so eloquent.

Caesar waved his hand to Lypida to say no more, and then he read his request directly to Aliovistus:

"It is the minimum requirement to return all the hostages that Adoui and the other Gallic tribes have given to you."

"This is an outrageous request, and the exchange of hostages is a normal and sacred act of diplomacy between states, under the watchful eye of the gods and the law, and you Romans should understand this." Aliovistus also fiercely confronted each other through the translator.

"Yes, it is precisely because we understand this that we cannot ignore the fact that our friends are being held hostage and threatened by you, and this is the resolution of the All-Gaul Assembly, otherwise the Republic will be truly disgraced." After Caesar had finished speaking, Reax held up a tablet with the stamps of most of the tribes of Gaul for the other party to see.

"As for concessions, I have also taken into account, that is, you will immediately retreat to the east bank of the Renus River, and I may consider not repatriating the small Germanian tribes that have settled on the west side of the river, and you must refrain from provoking war in Gaul again." Caesar began to supplement the conditions. (To be continued......)