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After returning to Cadi from Aletion, Caesar did not focus on the struggle for the throne within the Empire of Julius, but instead shifted all his attention to the reorganization of his army and the restoration of its combat effectiveness.

Now the twelve legions of the Julius Empire stationed in the Germanic lands are already Caesar's legions; In particular, the Fifth and Sixth Legions, as well as the Seventh Legion, which were commanded by Caesar from the beginning, became Caesar's absolute henchmen.

With the formal establishment and operation of Caesar's caravan and the successful expansion of Caesar's own land in Germania, the scale of Caesar's caravan is also expanding day by day, and the income that can be obtained every month is also increasing; It is no exaggeration to say that the three legionary soldiers who first took a stake in Caesar's caravan had already become a wealthy middle class.

Even the families of those who died in battle received their share of the profits from Caesar's caravan every month; Under the temptation of such a realistic wealth, the other nine legions under Caesar's command have all become part of Caesar's caravan, and Caesar's caravan has naturally become the largest caravan in the entire Julius Empire.

With the covert support of Flavis, the operation of Caesar's caravan in the core area of the Julius Empire was naturally without any problems; And when operating in the Germanic lands outside the core area of the Julius Empire, they will have the full support of all Caesar's troops, and there will even be garrisons who will send troops to protect them in order to protect the safety of the caravans.

How could Caesar's caravan, which had developed in this way, not quickly become the largest caravan in the Ulius Empire; Under the close relationship of interests, the soldiers of Caesar's twelve legions naturally became Caesar's most staunch followers.

However, the growth of Caesar's caravan has been severely restricted in recent times; Since Caesar was declared by Flavies to be the heir to the throne of the Julius Empire, Quintus and Caesar, who were originally the most rightful heirs to the throne, will inevitably be on the same page, even if Quintus and Caesar do not want such a situation, the forces behind them will stick to the end.

And the forces behind Quintus include almost the entire elite class of the Julius Empire, and these people will naturally not allow Caesar's caravan to continue to grow and develop after they have completely become a superficial competitor with Caesar; As a result, a suppression of Caesar's caravan within the Julius Empire blew so quickly.

Although Caesar's caravan was the largest caravan within the Ulius Empire, it was also a caravan that received strong support from the Emperor and the military of the Ulius Empire; However, it is impossible for Caesar's caravan to be an enemy of all the elites of the entire Julius Empire, or Caesar's caravan does not have the strength to be an enemy of these people at all!

After all, Caesar's caravan was just a caravan, and the enemies of this caravan were almost all the noble families and industrial and commercial families within the empire; The difference in strength between the two is simply unreasonable, and the Caesar caravan does not even have the strength to counterattack under their joint suppression.

In just two months, the profit that Caesar's caravan could give to Caesar's soldiers every month was sharply reduced from seven gold coins to three gold coins per person; This is also the result of Caesar's caravan having a very good reputation among the people of the Julius Empire, otherwise the profit obtained by Caesar's caravan would not even be enough for each soldier to get a share of a gold coin.

Although the profit of three gold coins a month is much more than the military salary of ordinary soldiers, it is easy for people to go from thrift to luxury, and from luxury to thrift; Caesar's soldiers were accustomed to a profit of at least five gold coins a month, and it was slowly increasing a little more than a month by month, who could stand the reality of a sudden reduction of more than half of the profits?

All the soldiers of the twelve legions knew that this matter had nothing to do with Lord Caesar, and it was not Caesar's caravan that deliberately withheld everyone's profits, but the powerful people of the Julius Empire who supported Quintus; The enraged soldiers have asked their respective legion commanders to punish the filthy bedbugs inside the empire, which is already a blatant demand to be sent back to the empire itself!

Naturally, Caesar could not have let the situation get completely out of control, and he could not have plunged the empire into civil war while Flavies was still ruling the empire of Julius; In order to appease the soldiers of the twelve legions, Caesar had to temporarily put aside everything he had, and went to each legion one by one to appease the irascible soldiers, and used his unparalleled prestige to persuade them to abandon their impulsive ideas.

However, using words to appease those disgruntled soldiers is not a long-term solution after all; Since the internal contradictions are becoming more and more intensified, Caesar has no choice but to launch another attack on the Germanic barbarians in order to alleviate the internal contradictions.

Of the twelve legions currently stationed in the five provinces of the Germanic land, ten have been restored in strength and strength, but two legions have not yet been replenished; Caesar could not have led his entire army to attack the Germanic barbarian coalition in the region of Agripput, at least leaving a few legions to defend the five newly occupied provinces.

After years of war, Caesar trusted the three generals who originally followed him, Rabinus, Varus, and Cecil; Now, when Caesar commanded the army, these three men were generally generals who led several legions to fight, rather than generals who had only served as legion commanders.

This time, Caesar still entrusted the three generals under his command with important tasks; Among them, Rabinus will lead the Fifth and Thirteenth Legions, as well as the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Legions, which have not been replenished in strength, to remain in their own territory.

Poheim, Macomani, Cadí, Saxon, and Gothic, all of which were occupied by Caesar's army for a short time, were also areas ruled by Germanic barbarians for more than a hundred years; Even Caesar's army stationed in these five provinces could not avoid the frequent Germanic barbarian rebellions within these five provinces.

These vast and sparsely populated barbarian lands were severely underpopulated, and Caesar was naturally unwilling to massacre them; Otherwise, the population of these five provinces will be wiped out, and what is the point of the Julius Empire occupying these five provinces?

It should never be expected that the people of the Ulius Empire south of the Alps would migrate to the lands of the Germanic barbarians on a large scale, not to mention that they themselves were extremely repulsed by such a migration to the barren barbarian lands, and even the Ulius Empire could not afford the price of such a large-scale migration.

Therefore, Caesar could only try to take milder measures in governing the Germanic barbarian tribes within these provinces; Even if some tribes rebelled, Caesar tried his best to punish only those leaders who rebelled after quelling the rebellion.

Even if Caesar's methods were so mild, the tribal warriors of the Germanic barbarians would not appreciate it; In their eyes, these armies from the Roman empire of Julius were always invaders of their homeland, and how could the Germanic warriors compromise with these invaders?

In view of this, Caesar could not lead his entire army to attack the region of Agridigumat, where the Germanic barbarian armies were concentrated, and he had to leave his trusted general with enough troops to defend these five provinces to ensure that there would be no large-scale rebellion in the rear of his army, let alone any danger of falling.

In the end, Caesar still chose his most trusted Rabinus as the general who stayed in these five provinces, and the soldiers of the four legions were also entrusted to Rabinus by Caesar; Caesar believed that when he attacked the Germanic barbarians in front, Rabinus would be able to lead his army to defend the five provinces for himself in the rear.

As for the eight legions that went on the expedition, Caesar also divided these eight legions into three parts; Varus would lead the 6th and 11th Legions to attack from the southeast of the Agripgumat region, and Cecil would lead the 7th and 12th Legions to attack from the northeast of the Agripugumat region.

The remaining Fourth, Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Legions, all led by Caesar himself, attacked from the east of the Agripum region; The commander of the Fourth Legion, General Farius, will help Caesar lead the army together as Caesar's lieutenant.

The total strength of the eight Julius regiments was nearly 80,000, while the so-called coalition army assembled by the Germanic barbarians in the region of Agripus was only more than 50,000 men; The heavy losses of the last war have not allowed the Germanic barbarians to recover until now.

In this regard, the gap between the Germanic barbarians and the Ulius Empire is still very large, Caesar's army can get a steady stream of replenishment from the rear of the Ulius Empire, while it is extremely difficult for the Germanic barbarians to replenish their troops; Especially after the fall of the most prosperous region of Kadi, the army of the Germanic barbarians could not even obtain enough weapons and equipment and food and grass supplies.

At such a time, the Tragic Dead and Calabes began to greatly aid the Germanic barbarians behind their backs; The Dead of Sorrow provided the Germanic barbarian coalition in the Agripgumat region with sophisticated weapons and equipment enough for 30,000 men, and sent thousands of experienced Dead Warriors to help the Germanic barbarians train new warriors. (To be continued.) )