It is more tranquil and less distressing for a person to retreat to any place than to retreat into his own mind, especially when he has such thoughts in his heart.

- Marcus Aurelius (the only philosopher-emperor in Western history)

Commanding an army of 9,000 men was not a difficult task for Carabes, but the increase in the number of troops also meant that the use of a single branch of the army was no longer sufficient for the needs of the war; As a result, Calabes divided his army into nine thousand-man brigades, including two heavy infantry brigades, two archery brigades, and five warrior brigades. Calabes himself served as corps commander and heavy infantry commander, while Itami and Allah served as warrior commanders and archers, respectively; The entire corps also officially began some regular daily training.

After Calabes decided to formally lead his army to join the House of Julius, he sent back the last secret letter of intelligence to the House of Augustus; In the letter, he made it clear that in order not to arouse Flavis's suspicions, he would no longer contact the family in the future, and would return to the family when the time was ripe in the future, and Oscar also acquiesced to Karabeth's behavior. Having ended his association with the House of Augustus, Carabes devoted himself to the training of his legion; While the combat effectiveness of the entire legion has increased rapidly, Itami and Allah have become more and more loyal to Karabes.

By the time the time May came, war between Gaul and the House of Julius was almost inevitable; In order to make better use of the family's strength to prepare for war with Gaul, Flavies secretly ordered Calabes to lead his legions to the border between the Julius family and the Kingdom of Regulia. The original defenders were all secretly concentrated near the Rubicon River, and Flavies's plan was to defend the province of Ubria with the auxiliary legion with the lowest combat effectiveness, and to defend the kingdom of Regulia with the Calabescorps with unknown combat effectiveness but high command ability; And he himself gathered the main army of five legions against the Gallic army.

Although the 24,000 troops under Lugotorius had a total of 9,000 cavalry troops, the cavalry under his command were the most ordinary light cavalry after all; For the Roman hoplites, it was not an invincible existence, as long as the tactics were obtained, the existence of the hoplites was the nemesis of the light cavalry! Therefore, Flavis confidently concentrated all five legions under his command on the front line of the Rubicon; And the rear was given to Karabes and his corps.

After a series of changes in the kingdom of Regulia, although Flavis's sudden surrender surprised Flavis, with Flavis's character, he would not let go of such a good opportunity; Thereupon. Flavis decisively assigned all the 3,000 troops under the command of Kadoradu to Calabes, and ordered Calabes to take full charge of everything on the borders of the Kingdom of Regulia. Whatever Carabis did, Flavies expressed his support; The only requirement is that the ** team of the King of Regulia will never be allowed to step into Roman territory!

That's what Karabes needs. War is inherently unpredictable; No general can make a correct judgment about what is going on on the battlefield when he is far away from the battlefield. Flavies' act of delegating power satisfied Calabes, as for the tens of thousands of troops of the Kingdom of Regulia; Those shrimp soldiers and crabs will be a joke to Karabes. After receiving Kadoradu and his army of three thousand, Karabes had a long conversation with Kadoradu; After determining the status of Kadoradu himself in the Kingdom of Regulia and the aspirations of the people of the Kingdom of Regulia, Karabes began to formulate his own plans.

According to Karabes's idea. Kadoradu's choice will determine his future status; If Cadoradu chooses to be a battlefield general for the rest of his life, then Carabis will arrange for him to continue to be the commander of the 3,000 army, and he will also become a general under his command. If Kadoradu still wants to restore the kingdom, then Karabes can help him conquer the kingdom of Regulia; He was also appointed king of the Kingdom of Regulia, but he had to surrender command of the army for this, and after the war, the Kingdom of Regulia would also become a vassal of the House of Julius.

Faced with such a dilemma, Kadoradu finally gave up the idea of reinstatement and decided to serve as a general under Karabes; He also promised that after the capture of the Kingdom of Regulia, the Kingdom of Regulia would become the new province of Regulia in the Roman Republic. This is also what Karabes wants to see, compared to the fierce Itami and the impulsive Allah; Kadoradu's performance is more suitable for the first army. What's more, he is also the commander of the army of the Regulian Kingdom, and such a talent is worth wooing for Calabes.

Moreover, there was no longer any point in making Cadoradu king of Regulia; After all, it was just a puppet king, and the real power of the Kingdom of Regulia would be in the hands of the Julius family. Fortunately, Kadoladhu's choice did not disappoint Karabes, and after Kadoladu made his choice, Karabes officially announced his battle plan to the three generals in his military tent:

"Now the puppet king Daniel of the Kingdom of Regulia has officially declared war on the Julius family, and the army of 10,000 led by him himself is still three days away from the border; Our legion, as a border garrison, will take on the task of annihilating Daniel's legion and completely capturing the kingdom of Regulia. My plan for this is to strike first; I will personally lead you and your 12,000 troops to launch an attack on Daniel's legion, and the specific battle arrangements are as follows:

I myself will meet Daniel's legion head-on with two thousand hoplites and two thousand archers of Allah; Itami. You lead 5,000 light infantry and take charge of the secret and rapid movement from our rear to the flank of Daniel's legion, and then you can fight from the flank of Daniel's army when I get into a melee with the enemy. Kadoradu, you are responsible for leading your army of 3,000 to choose a path to the rear of Daniel's legion; After Itami's army attacks from the flanks, you lead your army from the rear.

Of course, your mission isn't just to attack Daniel's legion; Rather, it was a blow to the confidence of Daniel's corps. Your identity is also well known to Daniel's Legion. Plus you're a surprise shot from the rear; At that time, you will attack and shout that the rear of the Kingdom of Regulia has been captured by you, and call on the soldiers of Daniel's army to surrender. Don't tell me you don't know what trails, you try your best to complete the tasks given to you; When this is done, all captured Regurian troops will be your army. ”

Originally, Kadoradu wanted to refuse Karabes's order, but Karabes, who had seen Kadoradu's face in advance, blocked his words; Helpless, Kadoradu had no choice but to accept Karabeth's orders. In order to be able to hit Daniel one by surprise. also in order to transfer the battlefield to the territory of the Kingdom of Regulia; Carabis decisively ordered to march immediately, and expected to engage Daniel's army at noon the day after tomorrow.

Once again, the massive war behemoth of the Calabes Legion is in motion. The energetic and well-equipped brigades walked out of the barracks one after another, and under the leadership of their respective captains, they walked to the distant battlefield; Calabes set out with Alaya on horseback, and Itami was to be in charge of the rear of the light infantry, while Kadoradu went with the three thousand troops he had brought with him to find the path from which he came. At this time. The three legions under Lugotorix were less than three days' way from the Rubicon; Flavis also took five Roman legions to camp on the south bank of the Rubicon.

A one-and-a-half-day march was not a difficult task for the Karabeth legion, but during the march Allah posed a question to Calabes: why did Carabis choose to trust Cardoradu and send him on the task of attacking the rear of Daniel's legion; What if Kadoradu escapes from the battlefield or doesn't make it to the battlefield in time? In response to Ala's question, Karabes did not give his own answer, but simply told Allah that he had been prepared.

The so-called early preparation is just a pretext for Karabes. And the mission against Kadoradu is just a test for Kadoradu by Carabeth; The real preparation of Calabis is the army of nine thousand in front of him. Although the weapons and equipment of these 9,000 men were not much better than those of Daniel's army, the morale was very different; Combined with the command of Carabis himself and the bravery of Itami, the 1,000 patchwork legions of Daniel's legion were no formidable opponents.

The fundamental reason why Kadoradu was defeated so badly before was that his lieutenant defected on the battlefield; Otherwise, Daniel's legion would have been a thing of the past, and Kadoradu would have become the new king of the Kingdom of Regulia. However, Karabes is not a cadoradu, and the army of nine thousand is not comparable to that of the rabble of twenty thousand; The outbreak of war in Carabess's eyes meant that Daniel was killing himself.

As it approached noon, the Scouts ahead reported that Daniel's legion was about to arrive in front of Karabes in half an hour's journey; Calabis immediately ordered Itami to lead 5,000 lightly armed infantry to an ambush on the left flank of the main formation. Always ready to fight your way. He himself led two thousand hoplites in formation for the arrival of Daniel's legion, and behind the two thousand hoplites were two thousand archers; They will be responsible for delivering long-range strikes against Daniel's legions, and everything is in Karabeth's hands.

It was only twenty minutes before Daniel's army appeared in Calabess's field of vision; At this time, Daniel also spotted the enemy forces ahead. Immediately, Daniel sent his lieutenant Tusus to lead an army of 5,000 to annihilate the army blocking in front of him. This Tursus is the deputy general of the previous Cadorado on the battlefield, and he is also one of the few fierce generals in the Kingdom of Regulia; But I don't know why I became a general under Daniel.

After all, the Kingdom of Regulia is only a small country, and its army is mainly light infantry, lacking enough hoplites, and it is not capable of building heavy weapons and equipment; How could these five thousand light infantry be the opponent of the two thousand heavy infantry of Karabes? Not to mention. They were also attacked by several rounds of arrows from the archers before they approached the hoplites. When the remaining light infantry rushed in front of the hoplites in the rain of arrows, the archers stopped shooting for fear of being injured by mistake; But the heavy infantry still suffered heavy losses from the light infantry.

For a time, the less than 5,000 light infantry of Daniel's army was defeated by the attack of 2,000 heavy infantry, and each heavy infantry fell at least four or more light infantry. The unfavorable situation of the battle made Daniel furious. It is really unreasonable that less than 5,000 enemy troops should be crushed and beaten by the 5,000 army under his command! Enraged, Daniel immediately personally led the remaining 5,000-plus troops to press on the whole army and launched an attack on the entire line of Calabes's army!

However, it was not easy for the light infantry, which numbered less than eight thousand, to annihilate nearly two thousand heavy infantry in a short time; Coupled with the fact that Daniel's army had an absolute advantage on the battlefield at this time, the archers began to shoot again. The scorching battle had barely lasted ten minutes, when five thousand light infantry led by Itami suddenly appeared on the left flank of Daniel's regiment; The attack of 5,000 light infantry at once inflicted heavy casualties on Daniel's army, which lacked flank defense.

What frightened Daniel's army even more was General Itami's charge. Tusus, the general of the Regulian Kingdom, who has always been known for his bravery, was put down and captured by Itami in just one face, and who else dared to stop Itami's attack among the remaining ordinary soldiers. Unwilling to accept the reversal of the situation, Daniel immediately shouted to his soldiers: "Soldiers, you will kill the enemy for me; After victory, each person will be rewarded with 100 gold coins! Kill! (To be continued.) )