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- Aristotle (one of the great philosophers, scientists, and educators in the ancient history of the world)

When the dejected army of the Rimon tribe and the armies of the other tribes, large and small, laid down their arms and surrendered, Calabis ordered the Fourth Legion, which was in charge of the surrender, to divide the captives of the Rimon tribe from those of the other tribes; Prisoners belonging to the Rimon tribe were all held in one place, and prisoners from other tribes were held in another.

After disposing of these ordinary captives, Karabes gathered all the other tribal leaders, large and small, including Aminos and Anerin, in one place, and kept them in custody for the time being, preparing to make arrangements for them in the evening.

After this great battle, the soldiers under the command of Carabis also need to rest; As a result, Carabis asked the officers of the First Legion to be responsible for setting up two temporary barracks, while the soldiers of the Third and Fifth Legions were to clean up the battlefield.

The battlefield in the forest was so bloody that there was no need to clean it up; With the land and beasts of the forest, the corpses of the Gallic warriors who had died in battle would soon be cleaned up, and the army of Calabis would have only had to gather the remains of their robes.

However, the battlefield on the grass must be cleaned up; Not to mention that so many weapons and equipment can't be wasted, even those corpses must all be buried. Otherwise, it would be a tragedy if the plague was triggered.

In addition, the casualty statistics of each legion also need to be reported to Karabes in a timely manner; Calabis had to know the combat effectiveness of the various legions under his command, and he also needed to think about how to replenish the casualties and losses of these legions.

After a busy day, at the end of night, Calabis received detailed reports of casualties from the four legions, and the two makeshift barracks of the First Corps were completed; All the soldiers began to enter the barracks one after another.

Of the two barracks, the first was for the Fourth Legion and the prisoners they were responsible for guarding, and the second for the remaining three Legions; In fact, the combined, numbered of less than 20,000 soldiers in the First, Third, and Fifth Legions.

Of the 13,000 men of the 1st Army, only the youth army and hoplites paid a total of less than 1,000 casualties, and the other units suffered no casualties; However, there were less than 5,000 cavalry left in the Second Legion, and with the more than 2,000 infantry and tamers of the Fifth Legion, the total strength of the three legions was more than 19,000, less than 20,000.

As for the fully manned Fourth Legion, although they had a full 7,000 soldiers, they had many prisoners to guard; Of the 30,000 troops of the Rimon tribe, only more than 7,000 were captured in the end, and the rest were killed on the battlefield, while the 20,000 troops from other tribes were captured by more than 10,000 people, which made Karabes also sigh at the bravery of the warriors of the Rimon tribe.

When night fell, Calabes gave a grand banquet of victory for the soldiers in his barracks; All the food and drink supplies that can be taken out, Karabes is at the mercy of his soldiers. In addition, the Fourth Legion, which was responsible for guarding the prisoners, did not participate in this feast, and their celebration feast was held tomorrow evening; When the time comes, the First Legion will guard the prisoners.

While the barracks were in full swing, Calabis was with his generals to meet with the captured tribal leaders; Tribal leaders large and small, Karabeth captured a total of forty-seven of them this time!

These forty-seven chiefs, plus the leaders of the Rimon tribe who killed themselves, these are all the forces of the Gallic barbarian tribes in the entire Aquitani region; As long as Calabes can be recognized and subdued by these people, the region of Aquitani will become the second province that Calabes will be included in as the governor of Gaul!

Before these tribal leaders were persuaded to surrender, Karabes did not coerce or lure them, nor did he say any other nonsense that did not make sense; He simply asked his generals to give a detailed account of their origins and the composition of their various legions, and then informed the leaders of the various tribes of the tribes that were now living in Gaul beyond the mountains.

After the generals had introduced themselves and the legions, as well as the living conditions of the Gallic barbarian tribes outside the mountains; Calabis turned the conversation straight back to the core of the matter, and he addressed the tribal leaders of the Aquitani region present:

"I know that your tribal leaders are not as beautiful as others think, and the leaders of your large and medium-sized tribes are naturally living well, at least they have no worries about food and clothing, and they only need to work hard for the development of their respective tribes.

And the leaders of your small tribes are not so lucky, are they? From what I know of the Gallic tribes, you leaders of small tribes can't solve even the most basic problems of food and clothing; Even the tribal leaders are constantly hungry, and I don't need to say anything about the living conditions of the others, and you know it in your own hearts.

Now, the opportunity is in front of you; As long as you are willing to lead your tribes to surrender to me, you can completely change your old way of life and have a good life that you could never even imagine.

Whether you are the leader of a small tribe or the leader of a large tribe, I can make life better for all of you tribesmen; The world's most advanced farming methods and excellent crop varieties in Rome will be available to your tribes in a steady stream.

And you will also be the leaders of your respective tribes, and they can continue to lead your tribes to develop well, and you can also enjoy the glory and wealth and privilege that only the Roman nobility can enjoy; All you have to pay is to make your tribe loyal to me and surrender the power of your respective tribes, and that's it.

Under my command, Brigo, the commander of the Fourth Legion, and Margelow, the lieutenant general of the Legion, and Grace, the commander of the Fifth Legion, were originally the leaders of their respective tribes; Eventually, they all chose to pledge their allegiance to me and surrender all the power of their tribe to me.

You see, now they are all generals under my command, and they are also the commanders of various legions; Don't you want to have a day when they led the warriors of their tribes to follow me into battle, while their families lived in peace and tranquility in Gaul outside the mountains? ”

After saying this, Carabis said no more, but sat quietly in his main position, waiting for the captured tribal leaders to speak; Of the forty-seven chiefs, the leaders of the small tribes had long been at the center of the depiction of the generals under the command of Calabes.

Therefore, after Calabes's words, the leaders of these small tribes came forward and expressed their willingness to lead their tribes to allegiance to Calabes, and willingly surrendered their military power; Naturally, Calabes would not treat these people who knew the times badly, and immediately ordered the guards to release these leaders and let them go to the military tent next door to drink and rest.

After the leaders of the small tribes scrambled to choose to surrender, the leaders of the medium-sized tribes whose living conditions were not much stronger than the small tribes also expressed their willingness to surrender; In the end, only the leaders of the great tribes remained undecided.

The leaders of these great tribes naturally understood that once they chose to swear allegiance to Karabes, their tribes would become tribes of Karabes, and their own power would quickly decay after losing their military power; If they were to choose between glory and power, they would all choose power.

But there's more to it than that; Everyone knows that the choice that Carabes gave himself seemed to be surrender or not to surrender, but in fact it was also a choice of his own life and death. Could it be that Karabes will release the tribal leaders who do not surrender?

In fact, these leaders still think too much; Even if they were willing to surrender, Karabes had no intention of releasing them. Carabis would let his army take the surrendered leaders one by one to receive them, and draw away the elite troops of the tribes, and the rest of the ordinary armed forces would be disbanded on the spot.

In order to promote the development of the Aquitani region as a whole, countless small tribes will merge with other tribes, and eventually the entire Aquitani region will be left with only a few large settlements; This is also conducive to the unified management of Karabes.

No matter what the leaders of the great tribes had, in the end they expressed their loyalty to Calabes, and under the leadership of their guards, they went to the military tent next door to eat, drink, and rest; Only Aminos and Anelin did not move.

For Captain Anelin, Karabes still admires it; This person can become a famous Gallic general in the Aquitani region, his own strength and ability are good, if he can be submitted, it will indeed be a gain for Carabes.

As a result, Carabes bluntly offered Anelin a price to be lowered; As long as Anelin is willing to surrender, Karabes will appoint him as the commander of a new legion that will be formed from the elite of the Aquitani region, and from then on lead this legion to fight after him.

After so many leaders had already chosen to surrender, it didn't make sense for Anelin to continue to hold on; After all, he himself was just a famous general, not even a tribal leader. Of course, his famous general is much more valuable than the tribal leaders, and his surrender will be a call to action for the warriors of the Aquitani region.

Anelin did not disappoint Carabes, and after making sure that Carabis would not kill any of his prisoners, Anelin became a general under Carabes; As for the last remaining Aminos, he offered to surrender the entire Rimon tribe in exchange for the position of Anelin's deputy, and Karabes naturally couldn't ask for it. (To be continued.) )