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We should focus on the inside, not just the outside.

- Aesop (Greek fabler, Phrygian)

Although the Roman Republic has become a part of history five years ago, many of the institutions and traditions of the Roman Republic have been inherited by the four major Roman empires; In other words, the four Roman empires were not substantially different from the Roman Republic in any way, except for the fact that their names were different from them.

In particular, in terms of the military system of the four empires, the military system after the military reform of Marius was completely retained, and even the most basic military establishment has not changed in the slightest; The legions of the four empires are only slightly different in the establishment of auxiliary legions, while the main battle legions are all exactly the same formation, and even the weapons and equipment used by the soldiers are the same, but there are differences in color.

There is another issue involved here, that of the Eagle Banner Legion; It was a tradition of the Roman legions that every legion that belonged to the Romans, regardless of which Roman power it belonged to, had an eagle flag that symbolized their legions.

The two legions of Varus were completely annihilated by the Germanic barbarians in the jungle, but the Germanic warriors under the command of Odovaka captured the eagle banners of the Sixth and Eleventh Legions in pursuit of the Varus army; When Ares saw these two eagle flags from Odovaka's hands, he immediately showed a look of ecstasy and told Odovaka that these two eagle flags were the biggest gain of this battle!

The loss of 20,000 soldiers of the two legions was not a big loss for the Julius Empire; It will only take a few months at most for the Ulius Empire to restore the two legions to a fully staffed state, but only if the Eagle Banners of the two legions are still there, and if the Eagle Banners are captured by the enemy, then a storm will soon blow against Caesar within the Ulius Empire.

Anyone who is truly familiar with the Roman legion and the military system of the Roman Republic will understand the importance of the Roman legion's eagle banner to the legion, and what the loss of the eagle banner means to the legion; In Marius's military reforms, Marius defined the eagle banner of the Roman legion as a symbol of honor and sworn protection for all the soldiers of the legion.

If any Roman legion soldier lost his legion's eagle banner in battle, the legion would be completely abolished; All the soldiers of the legion were subjected to the harshest 'eleven killing' military law, and even those who were lucky enough not to be executed were reduced to slavery and spurned by everyone throughout the Roman Republic.

After the Roman Republic was replaced by the Roman Empire created by Marius and Scipio, the Julius family established their own Roman Julius Empire, the Augustus family established their Roman Augustan Empire, and the Brutus family established their own Roman Brutus Empire; No matter what kind of gateway everyone set up for themselves, they did not depart from the word Rome.

This seems to mean that the four empires will also abide by the rules that they should abide by as Roman powers in many ways; Then soon the problem of the Ulius Empire came, Varus lost the Eagle Banner of the Sixth Legion and the Eleventh Legion in the Germanic jungle, how should the Ulius Empire deal with such a thing?

Needless to say, this would have made the empire of Julius the laughing stock of all other Roman empires in the first place; For since the Roman Republic carried out the Marian military reform, no legion of any family has ever lost the eagle banner of its legion on the battlefield.

Even when the Brutus family launched an attack on the kingdom of Epirus, the Brutus family army of the three legions was almost completely wiped out; However, the eagle banner belonging to these three legions was brought back to Rome by the retreating army, which led to the later rebuilding of the three legions by the Brutus family.

Whether it was during the period of the five great families of the Roman Republic or the current period of the four great empires of Rome, no Roman legion has ever lost the eagle banner of its legion on the battlefield; This time, the Julius Empire lost the eagle banners of two legions at once in the battle with the Germanic barbarians, which can be regarded as a laurel in the history of Rome!

It's a pity that this laurel is not a good laurel, it is completely a naked shame; Julius will definitely take a deep look at this matter within the Empire, especially the powerful people who support Quintus to become the heir to the Emperor, they will not miss such a good opportunity to fight Caesar, who made Varus Caesar's general.

Therefore, in the next period of time, the Julius Empire will definitely fall into its own internal strife, and the Germanic barbarians can also take this opportunity to take a good rest; Don't think that if the Germanic barbarian coalition wins these three battles, it has the opportunity to counterattack the East Germanic land, and it is still too early to counterattack the East Germanic land, and it would be good to be able to hold the West Germanic land.

Although the Germans won these three rare battles, the price paid cannot be ignored; The 25,000 Germanic warriors who attacked Cecil in Vilitus were only 15,000 after the battle, and the 22,000 Germanic warriors of the two armies of Varus were completely annihilated by Odovaka, and only 13,000 were left after the battle.

The most miserable thing was the defenders of Mainz, a whole 10,000 defenders fought until the end only a few people remained, if it were not for the timely arrival of the armies of the Trier tribe and the Badawi tribe, even the city of Mainz was taken by Caesar's main army.

After this battle, the Germanic barbarians' original army of 55,000 in the region of Agridiggumat was reduced to 30,000 men; Even with the 40,000 troops reinforced by the Trier and Badawi tribes, its total strength was only 70,000.

Although Caesar's three-way attacking army was defeated by the Germanic army, 20,000 men of the main army under Caesar's personal command alone withdrew to the Caddy region; Together with Caesar's four legions stationed in the five provinces of East Germania, that was another army of 60,000.

Even if Caesar was temporarily unable to receive reinforcements from the rear of the Julius Empire, he had at least 60,000 troops under his command; If he gets reinforcements from the rear in time, then the strength under his command will be unpredictable, in such a situation, how can the German army take the risk of taking the initiative to attack the Julius Empire, the German United army has no risk capital at all!

With the slightest loss of the attack and the loss of this last army, the Germanic barbarians will no longer have an army to defend against the attack of the Julius Empire; More importantly, the Tragic Dead understands the role of the Eagle Banner, and also knows that there will inevitably be a life-and-death struggle within the Ulius Empire without the Eagle Banner.

In this case, even if the Germanic army wanted to lead the army to take the opportunity to counterattack the five eastern Germanic provinces, the tragic dead would persuade the Germanic army to abandon the attack on the Julius Empire; Without external pressure, the Ulius Empire can devote itself wholeheartedly to internal strife, and if there is pressure from the German United Army, it is very likely that they will concentrate their efforts on the outside world first, which will be a waste of great opportunities.

After Veritus and Odovaka each led their armies back to Mainz, the leaders of the major Germanic barbarian tribes were naturally excited when they learned of this three-way victory; In particular, the impulsive Odovaka clamored on the spot to lead an army to take the opportunity to counterattack the Germanic areas occupied by the Julius Empire.

Odovaka's initiative to fight was immediately echoed by Viritus and Vercaris, who also asked to lead a large army to counterattack the East Germanic region with Odovaka; Just as Arminius was about to agree to the leaders' suggestion, Ares promptly objected and informed the leaders of the capture of the Roman eagle by Odovaka and its significance.

After Ares' detailed explanation, Arminius was lost in thought; However, the leaders of the Germanic barbarians whose homeland had been conquered were opposed to holding back at such a time, and insisted that a counteroffensive should be launched immediately.

Just when everyone was arguing and difficult to decide, Hades appeared in the city of Mainz; Hades is not here to join the controversy, but to provide a reasonable and proper solution to everyone's controversy.

Hades suggested that the Germans rest for ten days in Mainz to regain their combat effectiveness, and then repair the walls of Mainz; Within ten days, the Dead of Sorrow will receive specific information on the matter within the Julius Empire through his own intelligence channels.

If Julius Empire is in turmoil over the loss of the Eagle Banner and seriously delays the replenishment of Caesar's army, then the Germanic army will temporarily slow down its attack on the five provinces of East Germania, and let Julius Empire be consumed internally; If Julius had not fought for this time, but had replenished Caesar's lost army in time, the Germans would have attacked immediately.

Ten days was a fitting period for the Germans, and the leaders accepted it; Hades still left Ares to lead the soldiers of the Dead to continue to help the Germans train their soldiers, and he himself rushed back to gather intelligence.

As it turned out, it was indeed an unusually violent storm within the Ulius Empire because of the loss of the Eagle Banners of these two legions; Varus, who was at the heart of the storm, suffered Caesar's unprecedented wrath on the day he returned to the Cadi region.

Cecil's two legions were crippled by the Germanic army in the northeastern part of the Agripgumat region, and Caesar did not blame him, but told him to calm the wounded soldiers and not let them lose confidence in victory; When Varus returned, Caesar did not blame him for the total annihilation of the two legions, but reassured him not to be too depressed.

However, when Caesar learned that Varus had lost even the eagle banners of two legions in the Germanic jungle, Caesar, who had been lifeless, was furious; Caesar, who had never lost his temper so much, not only slapped Varus four times on the spot, but almost asked the guards around him to directly drag Varus out of the military tent and behead him to show the public! (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.