The Celtic catapults were no less famous than the famous Rhodes and Balearic slingers living in the Mediterranean, and the Germans who attacked on their backs began to suffer, their tall stature making it easier for the Celts in the mountains to aim.

In a few moments, the Germans who had rushed ahead fell down in one piece, and the blood flowed from their heads and bodies, staining the ground beneath them, and these Germans were so brave that none of them snorted regardless of their injuries, and the rest of them seemed to be aroused by this scene, and rushed more and more bravely, and the young man in leopard skin armor in the lead was especially brave, and he nimbly dodged the stones thrown at him, but did not stop at his feet, and left his companions behind.

Suddenly, after dodging a few stones, a fist-sized stone struck the young man, and he couldn't dodge, and was hit the shoulder, and immediately blood flowed all over half of his body, which was thrown by a Celtic child hiding behind a large rock on the side of the road. The young man shook his body, ignoring the wound, and then rushed forward, plunging his spear into the body of one of the Dalmasi mountain people, and at the same time as the wound of the man who had been stabbed spurted blood, he kicked the Celtic down, and the drawn spear stabbed another Celtic, and as he pulled the tip of the bloody spear from the body of the fifth, some Germans followed......

Soon after the Germans rushed forward, Gaius ordered the phalanx of legions to move forward, and the Roman phalanx looked extremely formidable in the light of the little sunlight leaking through the cracks in the clouds. The neatly arranged shields make the whole formation look extremely heavy, and the bronze helmets reflect the color of the metal, like the waves of the ocean; The starlight shining on the tips of the spears. As if to pierce the thick clouds above their heads; From time to time there was a flash of lightning in the array, and it was the terrifying light of the Roman dagger.

Gaius, who walked at the front of the phalanx, contrary to the custom of the Roman commanders, looked contemptuously at the routs that ran past him, and soon came to the foot of the hill, where he stopped and looked intently at the mountain: the little advantage that the Germans had in the charge had faded away, and retreated with the Celts. Their offense is getting harder and harder.

"My lord, it's too unsafe here, please stand back!" The commanders of the regiment at all levels ran over in sweat. Instead of looking at them, Gaius looked around, and instead walked towards a smaller hill farther forward.

There had been a brief battle on this hill just now, and a slain Roman legionary captain lay a few steps from his feet. The eyes that have lost their luster bulge outward. Staring feebly at the sky, there was a large hole in his pierced abdomen, from which flowed colorful intestines, covered with dirt and piled up on the ground beneath him......

Gaius did not seem to see any of this, and after walking up the hill he continued to concentrate on the battle on the mountain, and the officers who followed him were stunned by his actions and began to dissuade him more violently. After a while, I heard a few words come out of his mouth: "I'm right here!" ”

Gaius's personal slave secretly waved his hand at the officers. They stopped talking, but quietly ordered the body to be carried away.

I looked at it for a while. Gaius spoke: "Let the auxiliaries be withdrawn, and tomorrow we can take this cottage." ”

Hearing the trumpet sounding at the foot of the mountain, the Germanic auxiliaries slowly retreated, and the young man remained at the end of the line a few dozen paces away, and only then did he run violently towards the Germanic brigade until his people were out of range of the Celts, and it seemed that the Celts were also moved by his bravery, and did not throw stones at him.

Looking at the Germans who came to the bottom of the small hill, Gaius's gloomy expression softened a little, "There was a young man who was very brave in the battle just now, and I wanted to see him." ”

The young man, Tibius, with two hundred Germanic men, took the initiative to join the Romans, willing to fight for the Romans, and his team was very conspicuous in this battle, and because of this, he was praised by Gaius.

Just after letting Tibius leave, Daecchius hurried in and said that he had caught two strange people. Or more precisely, it was not caught that they were caught, but they took the initiative to send it to the door.

The two men spoke the pure, most popular language in the city of Rome, spoke generously, and appeared to be of noble birth, but they had no documents on them that any consul could prove their identity.

This made Gaius a little curious, and after thinking for a moment, he told Dachius to bring people in.

Gaius met two young men, one of whom claimed to be Ernst. Alexon. Feng. Braim, a self-proclaimed man named Manfred. Albrecht. Feng. Richthofen.

What a strange name, Gaius thought to himself, probably from Egypt or beyond......

"We are from the province of Dalmatia." The one who called himself Ernst. The young man of Braham behaved very respectfully: "It is an honor to meet you, Lord Archon Gaius. ”

Ah, from the province of Dalmatia, Gaius nodded: "Then please tell me, what are you doing here?" Why don't you have the slightest document to prove yourself? ”

Gaius still had some affection for them, and the two people in front of him were young and full of firepower, and they seemed to be polite and well-educated. What's even more rare is that their accents really make me feel very familiar.

Since I came here, I have been facing those vulgar soldiers all day long, which really ruined my mood......

In the face of the archon's inquiry, Ernst. Bram said without hesitation: "We are merchants, and I heard that the venerable Gaius. Julius. Lord Caesar was completing his great work of conquering all of Gaul, and we smelled an opportunity in it, so we organized a consignment to try our luck in this dangerous place......"

Gaius smiled.

O these bold merchants, no matter how fierce the battlefield. They can always be seen.

Ernst. Bram continued: "But unfortunately, our adventure did not succeed, and we were attacked by barbarians on the way. Having lost almost all of our goods and property, our companions were all killed by the barbarians, and only me and Manfred escaped...... Your Excellency, although we have no way to prove our identity for the time being, when we return to the province of Dalmatia, the local governor will be willing to prove it for us......."

Actually, there is no need to prove it. Gaius was already fully convinced of them. Such an accent, such a conversation, is not something that those enemies can pretend.

"Damn barbarians. Nail them all to death! Gaius was clearly sympathetic to their plight: "Rest assured, I will send a team of soldiers to help you reclaim your property." But before I do that, I have a few things to do, if I want to. You can come with me. ”

"That's our pleasure. Lord Archon. ”

Ernst said this, and Richthofen looked at each other, then looked at each other and smiled......

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More than a dozen bloody objects were thrown from the hill at the Romans' phalanx, and one of them was thrown so far that it was thrown under a small hill. A Roman soldier picked it up, looked at it, screamed and threw it to the ground - it was the head of a Roman!

It turned out that the Celts in the cottage saw that the enemy had retreated, and boldly moved some distance to the bottom of the hill. Then, I don't know who came up with the idea, they threw the severed heads of the Romans at the phalanx of the legions with catapults. Seeing this method caused a stirring of horror among the Romans. These mountain people were so happy that they smashed a person's head down the mountain with more and more energy.

"Signal soldiers, go to the foot of the mountain and shout, tell the barbarians, if they surrender, I will spare their lives!" Gaius watched the scene indifferently and gave the order slowly.

Looking at the signal soldiers running down the hill, the officers of the legion thought that Gaius was not so confused that only a madman could think of making the Celts surrender at this time.

After a while, the signalman ran back, "Your Excellency......" He hesitated for a moment and did not continue.

"It's okay, what did those savage guys say? Tell me. ”

"Commander Gaius, they say...... They say: let you go to the one who has grown wings to seize this cottage. The signalman swallowed his saliva and uttered the Celtic reply, as a roar of laughter came from the mountains.

Gaius snorted coldly......

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In the camp of the Roman legions, there were two open spaces behind the commander's tent and next to the commander's tent, one for the square and the other for the treasurer's quarters. On either side of the square and the treasurer were the tents of its elite soldiers; About 100 feet apart from each other in the square, the marshal's tent and the financial officer's tent are also the camps of its elite soldiers, thus forming a "product" shaped defense system for the command center. Now, on the orders of Gaius, in addition to the sentry and the seriously wounded, all the soldiers of these six battalions of the Twentieth Regiment were assembled in several large squares in the square.

Gaius had shining shin armor on his legs, colorful armor on his chest, a crimson cloak draped over his shoulders, a large cockscomb helmet on his head, and a commander's scepter in his hand, standing majestically in front of the tent, glancing coldly at his subordinates, not even a cough could be heard in the square of Nuoda.

"Legion standard-bearers come to the front!" The commander-in-chief of the legion had a very grim face, and there was no mildness in his tone.

Wearing a Gallic helmet and wearing chain mail, the regimental standard-bearer holds a note with the inscription "LEG. XX", an eagle with a wild boar embroidered underneath strode forward.

"Look at the pattern on your Legion's Eagle Banner! So what's on it? It's a wild boar! What is Wild Boar? Wild boars are ferocious beasts! It's a beast that charges forward and doesn't know fear! Gaius was furious: "Is your performance worthy of this military flag today?" 'Valeria Legion' - what a majestic name! Are you worthy? See how the auxiliaries attacked? Well, though you do not cherish the glory that my father has bestowed upon you, I will compel you to cherish it—those who have escaped from me today are among them! ”

About two hundred soldiers stood up with their heads bowed, and a cruel smile appeared on Gaius's face: "Pray to the gods!" Captain Axe, perform tithes! ”

"Commander Gaius, Commander Gaius, please forgive them. Today's defeat is not entirely due to their lack of courage, the terrain is simply too unfavorable, and such a punishment is too severe for them. After this cruel order was announced. The officers were shocked, and then the regimental commander took the lead, and they pleaded with the soldiers.

"When you become commanders, forgive yourself!" These pleas did not move Gaius in the slightest, and he waved his hand viciously, "Execute!" ”

A monotonous drum sounded, and the first to be drawn was a young soldier with pale yellow hair and a few freckles on his face, who looked again in horror at the small black pebble in his hand. As if he couldn't believe his eyes, his lips trembled, and he turned desperate eyes to his partner. The nine soldiers who were in his group all bowed their heads, avoiding the pleading gaze.

The axe-wielding captains behind Gaius grabbed the soldier and stripped him naked in three or two blows, and the two captains grabbed his hands and pushed him to the ground. The young soldier's face was cut by the rough stones on the ground. The blood that flowed from the wounds on the face mixed with the dust that had been stained on the face. Several cloudy maroon streams were formed, and slowly flowed down the scorpion.

The young Roman soldier desperately raised his head, shook his lips that had been scratched and turned over the tender flesh, and let out a shrill scream: "Help me!! Help me!!! Have mercy on me!! I don't want to die!!! I'm only nineteen years old!! ”

The lieutenants turned a deaf ear to his shouts, and one of them, holding a long leather whip, slammed his bare back with a "snap", and as the shredded flesh and blood splattered from the tip of the whip, a terrible whip mark appeared on the otherwise smooth back, and the screams of pain replaced the begging pleading. Gradually, the sound coming out of the human vocal cords went down. All that was left was the shrill whistling of whips made of animal skins cutting through the air. This unknown animal was conquered by humans during its lifetime, but it did not expect its leather to conquer humans in this way after death.

After the whipping, the two lieutenants dragged the soldier, who had fainted or fainted in pain, to the stump of the prepared tree, until the drum beat rapidly, and the young soldier with a bloody back barely opened his eyes, and he only saw a bright light in the air, and a sharp axe that had become incomparably huge appeared before his eyes......

The axe-wielding lieutenant, who had cut off the first head, wiped the bones and blood from the blade with a rag, kicked the head aside, and looked at the next group of ten soldiers who were about to draw lots, and all the soldiers who met his cold gaze shivered, and lowered their heads as if they were looking for something on the ground.

The monotonous beat of the drums sounded unhurriedly again, and this time it was a tall ten-man who was drawn, and his face was all the color of blood at once, and became as white as the shroud.

He glanced at the severed head on the ground, and the young soldier's neck showed neatly severed organs, but his eyes showed no signs of life, and looked like two black holes.

"I knew that Lu Dao would fight with those barbarians, and I would die anyway." The Captain of Ten muttered as he let the lieutenant drag him down......

In a few moments, eight bloody human heads were placed on the ground, and Gaius licked his lips with satisfaction, as if the meeting had relieved some of his irritability. He squinted at the officers behind him, all of whom were pale and apparently unsteady from their heartbeats

"Useless guy! Now the Romans, huh! He made no secret of his contempt for his fellow man, and then he saw the calm Ernst . Bream.

"What do you think, my friend?" The Roman commander asked the merchant he had just recognized.

"Your verdict is very just, but I have heard of the habit of a barbarian, according to the custom of the Germans, there is no need to draw lots, and none of these two hundred cowards will want to live!" Wang Weiyi shrugged.

The man next to him could hardly believe that this terrible word came from the mouth of a young man like this, while he himself had a relaxed expression, and he took it for granted.

Gaius subconsciously flicked his fingers, indicating that there was something going on in his head again. Suddenly, he stopped thinking and pointed his finger in the direction of the camp gate, "Who is that?" ”

Several soldiers and a man in brown shirts who looked like civilians had just walked into the barracks with a deer on their shoulders, and the legion commander, who was startled by Gaius, took a look at it and said with relief: "Oh, that's me freeing the slave, I sent him to hunt." ”

"What's the matter with the Roman soldier next to him? Who allowed you to use the warriors of Rome to serve your appetites? Say, Who gave you power? Tell me! Gaius was furious and stared at the Legion Commander fiercely.

"I, I, no...... I thought ......"

"What do you think?" Gaius suddenly put away his anger, and his tone became calmer, "You think that my order to assemble all the soldiers can be an exception for someone of your status, do you?" ”

"No, no! My lord, my lord, I swear I've never thought of it that way! The corps commander trembled and defended himself.

"But you've already done it!" Gaius roared, "Captain, take off his regimental commander attire!" From today onwards, you're just an ordinary centurion, get in the queue! ”

After the original legion commander staggered to the line in the square, no one spoke, only the sound of whipping axes kept ringing. It wasn't until the nineteen twenty legionnaires were placed in front of Gaius that the silence was broken by the sight of the soldiers who were as terrible as Hades, the king of Hades:

"I said that we can take this cottage tomorrow, and in order to fulfill this promise, I need some brave people who are good at climbing mountains!" Gaius looked around at the Roman soldiers below: "The first to climb to the top of the mountain will receive 10,000 sesteres, the second place will receive 9,500 sesteres, the third place will be 9,000, and the top twenty will be rewarded in descending order!" (To be continued......)