Chapter 33: The Unbearable War (Part II)

Aliovistus crooked his neck and laughed disdainfully, and then he shouted something, and Reax quickly translated: "He said that the reason why their tribe had come to Gaul many times was entirely at the invitation of the Alveni or Secongoni to take up the role of guest army, and that there were diplomatic documents to prove it, and that it was reasonable and legitimate, and that your statement was unwarranted, Your Excellency, was an unwarranted provocation. Then Ariovistus said a question that made Caesar angry: "Your Excellency, please do not move your noble finger at the Gallic region beyond the mountains, for even if we are at war with you, it does not mean that we are at war with your country, and I know that if you die on the battlefield, I am afraid that most of the senate in the city of Rome will be grateful to me." ”

The hidden meaning of the Germanic king's words is self-evident, it seems that these barbarians in the Black Forest have also put a lot of effort into collecting information about the factions in the city of Rome, knowing that Caesar is extremely unpopular with the nobles of the Senate, so he also understands that if he rashly starts a war against himself, maybe he will be regarded as an "illegal war" by the Senate, so he is so fearless to make nonsense.

However, this trick really hit Caesar's fate, and he had already sent a copy of the resolution of the Gallic Assembly to the Senate, but it was still unknown whether the Senate would really approve him to use the legions against the Germans, but he personally could not wait.

Just as the talks were at an impasse, suddenly there was a loud noise from below the mound, and everyone hurriedly turned their heads to look down, and on the wasteland below the mound, a group of Germanic chainmail cavalry galloped from some direction to the six Roman cavalry who had remained two hundred paces away. Sharp stones were thrown, and Caesar's clerk Ijulus was immediately smashed, and he fell from his horse covered in blood. Tagus shouted, and took the emaciated Izyurus to his horse, and then everyone shouted to the mound that we had been ambushed by Germanic traitors.

"Bastard, this is a naked threat of war!" Caesar shouted, and then he sprang his horse away and rushed down the mound, with Secledilius in hot pursuit. Reax didn't forget to turn his head and translate Caesar's words, and Li Bida went straight to the back and pulled out his sword. In an instant, only the bewildered Ariovistus was left on the mound, and he shouted "When did I arrange for the cavalry to attack the Romans, you can make it clear before leaving, and after that, you will chase after you."

Li Bida pulled out his dagger under the corner saddle. Turning to Aliovistus, he tossed away. The foot attendant next to the Germanic chief immediately raised his shield, flicked the dagger down with a bang, and then threw the spear in his hand at Li Bida, fortunately not at Li Bida's favorite owl, but at people, and because the situation between friend and foe happened too suddenly, the foot squire still did not dare to sail with all his strength, for fear of provoking some diplomatic changes.

So the spear was caught by Li Bida with his hand. Then he screamed, and ran after Caesar on the saddle of the horns.

The Germanic cavalry below who came to attack. After throwing some stones and javelins at each other with Caesar and his party, he let Caesar and the others flee in the direction of Besançon, until Aliovistus rushed down the mound, ready to find out which tribes dared to disobey his previous orders and run out to attack Caesar, knowing that even the Germans were ashamed to sneak attack the envoys who came to the peace talks.

But to the dismay of Aliovistus, by the time he descended the mound with his retinue, both the Romans and the Germanic cavalry had disappeared, leaving only a shadow that had disappeared into the dust, "Damn it, bastard!" As if he understood something, the Germanic king drew his sword and frantically chopped the grass and bushes around him, but it was in vain.

All the Roman soldiers, who were standing in front of the barracks and anxiously awaiting Caesar's return, burst into cheers and then anger when they saw Caesar returning from his pale horseback, for when he saw the blood on the sleeves of the governor's robes and the scattered decorations, he knew that the Germanic barbarians had made a despicable attack during the peace talks, and that the soldiers' anger began to reach a climax when Igiulus's head was like a bloody gourd on the back of Tagus's horse, and when he rushed after him into the main gate of the barracks, The most common was the commander of the Twelfth Legion, Li Bida, who is said to have bravely assumed the task of the queen when His Excellency the Governor was attacked, covering the Governor's escape, but at this moment he was only seen lying on the back of the horse with his head down, and a Germanic spear "pierced" on him, and when the slave of the service stopped the mount, the "owl" screamed, Li Bida grunted down the saddle, unconscious, and the military slaves hurriedly carried him onto the stretcher, and then he threw the spear off the ground.

"Bastard! Bastard! When the Roman soldiers saw this, they could no longer hold back, and they all shouted and cursed, especially the Twelve Legions, and when they saw that the commander was like this, they all struck their shields with javelins, and said that they would break the perfidious barbarians to pieces.

After Caesar entered the commander's tent, he immediately changed into a new general's clothes, rode a white horse and walked again in front of the soldiers, and said in a hoarse and painful tone: "Blame me, blame me!" It was I who trusted the barbarians on the other side of the river, and mistakenly thought that they had received some civilized and civilized influence, but I never imagined that they had attacked us, which showed the dishonesty of the other side, and this was a despicable provocation and a challenge to the republic! Rabinus, who was beside him, immediately took the lead in shouting the slogan of war, and the soldiers all responded like a tsunami, and then Caesar's cheeks trembled, and he said to the clerk beside him very angrily, "Report what happened today to the city of Rome as it is, yes, in the nature of Akuta, in the temple of the Concorde, the main square, the temple square of the god of war, and other conspicuous areas." That's right, the Germans attacked our peace talks, and my clerk Izyurus was stoned to the head by them, and he was seriously wounded; And the commander of the Twelfth Legion, my lieutenant General Lybidaeus, was thrown with a spear by the attendants of Aliovistus, and his fate was uncertain. Yes, life and death are uncertain, I don't need to teach you this word anymore! ”

After nightfall, the soldiers of the rest of the legions were all in good order, arranging their equipment and weapons, and were full of devotion to fight the Germanic barbarians, and the Twelfth Legion was even more mournful, and under the organization of the soldiers' committee, they held up the idol of King Numa, chanted the song of prayer loudly, and circled the commander's tent again and again, praying for the commander's speedy recovery. (To be continued......)