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- Aesop (Greek fabler, Phrygian)

After the soldiers of the two legions had lost nearly half of the territory to the east of the city that they had so hard to occupy, Farius had no choice but to ask Caesar for help; Caesar also understood that it was not easy to fight street battles, and he did not blame Farius for his poor command, nor did he blame the soldiers of the Fourth and Tenth Legions for not fighting to the death, but only gave the order to attack the Eighth Legion around him.

After receiving reinforcements from the Eighth Legion, Farius quickly stabilized his position and once again advanced into the city with the soldiers of the Eighth Legion as the core; This time, the defenders in the city could no longer get unexpected reinforcements, let alone resist the enemy forces after receiving reinforcements.

Compared with the Ulius Emperor's team, which reorganized the offensive, the defenders in Mainz were getting bigger and more difficult; Not to mention that the casualties of the Germanic warriors are difficult to replenish, even the elite archers who are still shooting have also lost their combat effectiveness.

No matter how elite the archers of the Germanic barbarians are, they are just archers; After firing at least thirty arrows in a row, these archers became weaker and weaker in their arms, and even the arrows they shot were no longer powerful.

At this time, the situation was already becoming more and more favorable to the army of the Ulius Empire, and Farius also had plans to take the city of Mainz in one go; He calmly commanded a steady stream of hoplites from the Julius Empire to join the battle, gradually compressing the defensive space of the defenders in the city, and occupying more and more territory in the city.

In the face of the aggressive offensive of Julius's ** team, Arminius clearly rejected the suggestion of his guards to evacuate in advance; In the last battle of the Damm tribe, Arminius reluctantly chose to evacuate, and today in Mainz City, he will not retreat even if he dies here, this is Arminius's promise to Odovaka, and it is also the bottom line in Arminius's heart!

The entire Germanic peoples have experienced too many defeats in the years of war with the Julius Empire, and countless Germanic warriors have died on the battlefield, but the Germanic peoples have fallen more and more areas; If there must be enough blood to make the Germanic peoples work hard again, then let your blood be the guide to the rise of the Germanic peoples!

Arminius, who was determined to die, not only did not accept the advice of his guards, but instead picked up a tomahawk that he had not picked up for many years and led his guards to join the fight against the enemy; Arminius, who was in a high position among the Germanic peoples, personally took up arms to join the fighting force, and those Germanic warriors were naturally demoralized and broke out a new round of counterattacks.

The soldiers of the Julius Empire did not expect that the defeated enemy would have such a powerful attack power, and they were caught off guard and were once again repelled by more than fifty meters; This advance of more than 50 meters was piled up with the blood of more than 3,000 soldiers of the Julius Empire, and it was actually recaptured by such a sudden wave of counterattack by the enemy, and Farius naturally would not be reconciled.

So, Farius directly organized a team of warlords on the battlefield with his personal guards; From the moment the Overseer team was formed, the soldiers of the three legions of the Ulius Empire were not allowed to take a step back, even if there was a sea of swords and fires of the enemy in front of them, the soldiers of the three legions had to move forward, otherwise the short swords of the Warlord would not recognize people!

The soldiers of the three legions of Farius's ruthless force had no choice but to hold off the counterattack of the Germanic defenders and start a new attack; There is no way, even if you die in battle, you can still give your family some pensions, and if you retreat backwards, you will not only be killed by your own people in the warlord's team, but your family will not get anything, and everyone can only choose to move forward in comparison with the two.

This war death pension system is a new system that Caesar created only for Caesar's soldiers after Caesar's caravan made a large-scale profit, imitating the war death pension system of the soldiers of the Augustan Empire; According to this system, Caesar's caravan would take a percentage of the profits and compensate the family of each fallen soldier with a lump sum of fifty gold coins.

Anyone who has lived through war knows that survival on the battlefield is nothing more than a numbers game; Every general with outstanding military exploits is piled up with the lives and blood of countless ordinary soldiers, which is very cruel and realistic.

Many of the soldiers who went to war were not afraid of death at all, but they were worried about what would happen to their families after they died; You know, after they die in battle, their families will no longer get the military rings they send back, and who can guarantee that the profits of Caesar's caravan will last forever?

Therefore, after Caesar proposed this pension system, it immediately won the unanimous support of all the officers and men of the twelve legions; Fifty gold coins is not a lot, but it is enough for a family to live without food and clothing for several years, plus Caesar's caravan is still providing profits every month, even if Caesar's soldiers are killed in battle, they can rest assured that their families can be assured.

Why, in Caesar's attack on the Germanic barbarians, the twelve legions under his command could win the final victory for Caesar no matter how heavy the casualties were; It is because Caesar gave them the motivation to fight to the death, and completely eliminated all their worries.

At this time, a full four hours had passed since Farius led his army to attack the city of Mainz, and an hour and a half had passed since Caesar had sent the Eighth Army to reinforce Farius; Unfortunately, the three legions under the command of Farius were still unable to take the city of Mainz.

However, it is not long before Farius takes over the whole of Mainz; The eastern part of the city of Mainz has been occupied by the troops of the Ulius Empire, and even half of the city has been occupied by the Ulius Emperor** team, and the place where the two sides are fighting fiercely is already the center of the town of Mainz.

Farius also sent a cavalry to Caesar, and in half an hour at most, Mainz would become the sixth regional capital of Caesar's army to take the Germanic lands; After Caesar received this early victory, his expressionless face finally showed a satisfied smile, no matter what the cost, the victory was still the Ulius Empire after all!

Before the smile on Caesar's face could retract, the light cavalry in charge of surrounding the other three walls of Mainz in the distance galloped in Caesar's direction; It turned out that the 40,000 Germanic army led by Rike Burgess and Iterius had finally arrived in Mainz and launched an attack on Caesar's patrol cavalry to the west of Mainz.

How could the light cavalry, which was less than 3,500, be the opponent of the 40,000 elite Germanic warriors who were surging in the battle, and the light cavalry, who had suffered heavy casualties as soon as the battle began, immediately chose to take advantage of their speed advantage and fled; When they reported to Caesar about the presence of a large number of Germanic troops, Caesar's face also changed color.

No wonder the defenses in Mainz are so weak, no wonder these Germanic barbarians want to divide their forces to attack the army of Varus and Cecil on both flanks, I see! If nothing else, these tens of thousands of Germanic armies should have come from the Trier tribe and the Badawi tribe of the Germanic barbarians; It seems that today's battle will not be able to take Mainz City after all.

Caesar was never an indecisive man, and after knowing that tens of thousands of reinforcements from the Germanic barbarians had arrived, he knew that today's attack on Mainz would not lead to anything; If it continues to delay, the three legions of our own army attacking Mainz will not be able to withdraw.

Having determined that the form was too unfavorable for his side, Caesar immediately asked his trumpeters to blow the horn for the whole army to retreat; At the same time, Caesar also ordered the Ninth Legion, which had been standing still, to be ready for battle and ready to meet the retreating army of Farius.

When the muffled trumpet of withdrawal sounded from outside the city, Pharius did not understand why Caesar had to blow the trumpet for the whole army to retreat after his victory; Fortunately, Farius was already accustomed to obeying Caesar's orders, so as soon as the horn sounded, he gave the order to the soldiers of the three legions to retreat.

Just as the army of the Empire of Julius was rapidly withdrawing, the 40,000-strong army led by Richeburgess and Iterius also entered the city directly from the west gate of Mainz; When Arminius discovered the steady stream of reinforcements coming from behind him, he naturally understood that 40,000 reinforcements from the Trier and Badawi tribes had arrived.

Therefore, Arminius also took the opportunity to give an order to all the Germanic warriors in the city to pursue Julius's ** team; Under the orders of Arminius, the counterattack of the Germanic army against Julius was also officially begun.

The three legions commanded by Farius had a difficult time entering the city of Mainz, and it was no less difficult to withdraw from the city; The reinforced Germanic warriors were in great prowess as they pursued the enemy who wanted to withdraw from the city of Mainz, killing all those who were left behind.

After all three legions of the Julius Empire withdrew outside the city, the Germanic army did not launch a pursuit, but took advantage of the situation to launch an attack on the Ninth Legion, which Caesar was responsible for answering; The soldiers of the Ninth Army did not dare to entangle with the pursuing Germanic army so as not to fall into a siege, and they also fought and retreated, and quickly withdrew to the rear.

Caesar's main army finally failed in the attack on the city of Mainz, and only about 20,000 of the four legions of the Imperial army of Julius successfully evacuated the city of Mainz, and all their ballistae and stone crossbows were destroyed by themselves before they could evacuate; The price paid by the Germanic barbarians was the death of more than 8,000 warriors and more than 5,000 young men. (To be continued.) )