Chapter 32: Fear of War (Part II)

Several nobles proposed to the tribal chieftain Dussonwier to rush through the pass with his cavalry, but Dussonwier was disillusioned and said what to do with the campervans left behind. It was full of our women and children's descendants, and when he saw the sticks and ballistas on both sides of the pass, he made up his mind to surrender.

To his surprise, when he jumped off his horse and walked to the Roman commander's tent, the commander did not let him undress or get into the yoke, but gently soothed him and his people through an interpreter, and handed over a portion of the food to them, and even allowed them to keep their baggage and weapons, but also on the condition that "as a servant army, provide blood tribute to the legions." ”

Under the arrangement of Li Bida, Dussonvier really settled in the interior of Gaul with his people, and chose the address of the walled city, pasture and field, which surprised all the tribesmen, because they did not have to be sold to the hot Italian island with their relatives to be slaves, which is the greatest creation in itself, not to mention that the land and climate of the new homeland are much stronger than the black rivers and forests that were so gloomy that they did not see the sun all day, as long as the seeds are sown here, and the priest cuckoo god is at ease, then there will be a lot of harvest in the coming year.

So according to the promise, the 1,000 tribal cavalry under Dussonvier was turned into the "cavalry wing of the attached legion" of the 12th Legion, and in Lusitania Li Bida formed a mixed 1,000-man infantry cavalry team, but later disbanded for various reasons, but today he used his power to absorb this Gallic elite cavalry that did not need to cooperate with the infantry at all without spending a single shot, and it was really cost-effective.

All that's left is to change the organization, armor, and flags.

During this time, Li Bida began to reform the original soldiers' committee slightly, and he demanded that only the idol of King Numa be invited into the camp for worship. to be eligible to serve as a commissioner. He also engraved the committee entries on bronze plates. It was placed in the tent for the committee members to experience and watch, and the core words were "loyalty, honor, obedience, and consultation."

However, the right to distribute the allowance is still in the hands of the soldiers' committee, and it is still paid every two supply days, that is, once a month. Now he felt that everything was all right, and waited for Caesar to make war against the Germans on both sides of the Renus, but soon Rabinus found him. said that the atmosphere in the barracks was very strange.

"When the camp was opened, many soldiers listened to the nonsense of the foot-walking merchants, and were afraid of the Germanic barbarians, and many refused to move the camp to fight."

Therefore, Rabinus asked Lybita to also investigate the situation in the camp of the Twelfth Legion and present it to Caesar as soon as possible.

Li Bida thought about it, and immediately after Rabinus left, he announced the ban on the camp, not only asking Sabo to form a baggage team attached to the artillery detachment as soon as possible during this period, but also pulling all the Vibicinas cavalry into the camp. lest they be infected by this plague of fear. Next, there is strict drill and engineering operation training. During his time in Lusitania, he reiterated the requirement that the infantry build walls or dig trenches every day, while the cavalry practiced daily in the hunting grounds.

As for the documents presented, Li Bida casually fooled up, and with the idea of inquiring about the tone, he came to Caesar's main camp five Stadia, but saw His Excellency the Governor standing in the middle of a group of generals, roaring:

"It's a shame for the Romans, so many well-armed and well-supplied legions would be afraid of a group of barbarians across the Renus, who have no tactical discipline, no machine-making skills, no architectural aesthetics, and are inferior to the Celts, at least the latter can make four-wheeled carriages! But you are afraid, and now the barracks are full of all sorts of Germanic legends, saying that the Gauls did not dare to look at each other squarely in the face of them! Every Germanic man was nine Roman feet tall, his waist was Roman ruler, and the sword he used was nine Roman feet long, and each of them had a Hercules-like physique, invincible. After saying that, Caesar threw the laurel crown to the ground and angrily shouted at the generals: "The Germans are people, not giants of the deep sea!" Bastard, am I going to offer a sacrifice to Mercury, the god of messengers, and let him seduce the necro of my uncle Marius out of Hades with a serpent-entangled fork, and tell him how he had defeated the 300,000 Cimbris and Teutons before? Aren't they also inhabitants of Germania? And now, you guys! ”

As he spoke, Caesar slammed a thick stack of papers on the table, "These military tribunes, this one said that he had a back ache and had to leave the army to recuperate in the winter camp, this one said that the slave he brought to the barracks had a wounded leg and could not move an inch, and another actually said that the mule he raised was dead and could not go to the other side of the Renus River, because he had to rely on his mule to cross the Black Forest. After saying this, Caesar slammed the board on the ground in front of all the generals, stepped on it a few times, and then said in a still angry manner, "Pass my order, and the man with a pain in his back will immediately be transferred to the Tenth Legion as the commander of the fortifications, and he will carry the heaviest wood and masonry for me; And he who could do nothing without the slaves, gave him command of a baggage caravan and made him a companion of the slaves; And the dead mule, immediately stripped of his officer's position and went to the first column of the first brigade of the Seventh Army to be an infantryman! ”

After promulgating these resolutions, Caesar paused, lowered his head and gasped, and the generals around him did not even dare to breathe.

After a while, Caesar raised his finger and said, "Call a joint meeting." Right now! ”

Rabinus then whispered, "Then I will call all the centurions of the first brigade of the legions?" ”

"Nope." Caesar slowly straightened up, "Call all the legions, whether regular or auxiliary, all six legions, all centurions of all hundreds, all centurions." ”

This order is very explosive, you must know that according to the usual practice, only ten lieutenants, the corpsion's tribune, plus the chief centurion of the first brigade of the legion and the rest of the centurions, if Caesar's six legions together, there are only one hundred and thirty people who are qualified to attend the meeting (each legion is about fifty-nine centurions), but this time Caesar asked all the centurions to come to the meeting, and the lineup of participants swelled to about four hundred and forty or fifty, which is indeed enough to surprise.

Caesar is going to have an all-round showdown!

About evening, all the centurions, dressed neatly, came to the commander's tent one by one, but there were no more people standing there, so they had to move to the small square of the camp, and guardsmen and sentry posts were erected around it, and ordinary soldiers were not allowed to come into contact with the news, which suddenly seemed very mysterious. (To be continued......)