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- Aesop (Greek fabler, Phrygian)

After the defeat of Caesar's army at the city of Mainz, it retreated all the way back for more than 30 miles before it was free from the pursuit of the Germanic barbarian army; The four legions, which had suffered heavy casualties, were indeed no longer able to fight, and Caesar had to order the whole army to rest and recuperate before withdrawing to the area of Cadi, thus abandoning the attack on the area of Aglidigumat.

The main army was no longer able to fight, and the Germanic barbarians stationed in the region of Agripugumat were reinforced by another 40,000 troops, and it was impractical to rely on the two legions to the southeast led by Varus and the two legions to the northeast led by Cecil; While Caesar himself was retreating, he also sent cavalry to give orders to Varus and Cecil to retreat.

After the Germanic army, which had pursued Caesar's army to no avail, returned to Mainz, Arminius began to organize Germanic warriors in Mainz to clean up the corpses and clean up the battlefield; As for the ruined wooden walls, Arminius had no Enron warriors to repair them for a while, and there was really no need to repair them.

These walls made of wood were so fragile that they were destroyed in just twenty minutes under the attack of the siege engines of Julius's ** team; If the siege engines of the Ulius Empire attack for another twenty minutes, I am afraid that the entire eastern wall of Mainz City will be destroyed, and it will not be able to play any role at all.

Thinking about it, it is not surprising that the wooden walls of the barbarians could not hold out under the attack of the siege machines of the civilized world attacking the stone walls; If the Germanic barbarians wanted to rely on these wooden walls to function, it would be a bit whimsical indeed.

The 40,000-strong army of Rikerburgess and Itrilius did not suffer many casualties, and the food supplies they brought greatly alleviated the food crisis in the city of Mainz; Today's battle cost the defenders and young men of Mainz extremely dearly, but they did not gain nothing.

More than 20,000 corpses of Julius the Emperor are the greatest feat of the United Germanic Army; In addition, the corpses of these Julius Emperors were left behind by Caesar's hasty retreat, and their sophisticated weapons and equipment can definitely become a useful weapon for the Germanic warriors to use against Julius Emperor's ** team.

In fact, when Arminius was fighting Caesar's main army in Mainz, the battle in the other two directions was also fierce; This time, it was finally no longer the Germanic barbarian army that was defeated by the army of the Julius Empire, but the army of the Germanic army that united with the enemy to fight the Julius Emperor ** team suffered everywhere!

After setting out with his brother Langadis and the 25,000 Germanic army, Veritus marched directly to the northeast of the region of Agridigumat; There, they will use their 25,000 Germanic warriors to teach the armies from the Empire of Julius a good lesson, so that they can understand who is the true master of the Germanic lands!

Since the Gothic region ruled by the Gothic tribe was occupied by the Julius Empire, the Gothic tribe was also wiped out in the true sense of the word; In particular, the demise of the Dam tribe, the most powerful of the Germanic barbarians, made Veritus unable to see even hope of revival.

The only thing that made Vilitus happy was that when Arminius led the remnants of his army to withdraw from the Cadi region, he also took his own brother Langadis and five thousand Gothic cavalry; Now, Langadis and five thousand Gothic cavalry were the staunchest supporters of Viritus' revenge on the Empire of Julius.

After receiving Arminius's orders this time, Veritus was ready to make the army of the Julius Empire pay a heavy price even if he died on the battlefield; The warriors of the Gothic tribe should show their enemies what the power of hatred is like!

Arminius also knew that all the Germanic leaders who had lost their homes were holding their breath in their hearts, so of the 25,000 troops he gave to Veritus, 20,000 were elite warriors from the Damm and Mainz tribes, and the remaining 5,000 were the cavalry of the Gothic tribes, Arminius gave Veritus a chance to take revenge.

After three days of marching, Langadis led 5,000 cavalry to discover the 7th and 12th legions led by Cecil of the Julius Empire; The two legions did not find the total size of the Veritus army, and marched as they always did.

The hoplites of the two legions were at the forefront of the army, followed by the light infantry of the auxiliary legions, and at the back were the equipment units and logistical supplies of the two legions; As for the cavalry of the auxiliary legion, they were distributed on the left and right flanks of the army to patrol.

After figuring out the enemy's march and route, Langadis reported all the situation to his eldest brother Viritus; Veritus immediately chose a place where the jungle meets the open field to attack.

Villitus would personally lead 20,000 elite Germanic warriors in ambush in the dense jungle, while Langadis was tasked with leading 5,000 cavalry to cruise three miles beyond the enemy's left flank; Once the enemy hoplites were in the jungle, Veritus would launch an attack on the enemy hoplites, and Langadis would be tasked with leading the cavalry to attack the enemy's armaments!

As long as they can take the enemy by surprise at the first time, and then annihilate most of the enemy's hoplites in the jungle, and then the cavalry led by Langadis will destroy the enemy's equipment and disrupt the enemy's light infantry formation; This battle will be a successful revenge battle for the Germanic people against the Empire of Julius, and a successful revenge battle for the Goths themselves!

Rangadis had a firm faith, and after receiving orders from his eldest brother, he quickly left with his five thousand cavalry; And Veritus also followed his own plan and walked into the jungle with 20,000 Germanic warriors.

Two hours later, Cecil's army slowly appeared in the place where Veritus and Langadis had led their army to discuss the plan not long ago; Unfortunately, he was unaware of the enemy forces in ambush, and led the heavy infantry into the jungle.

When almost all of the 12,000 hoplites of the two legions entered the jungle, the 20,000 vengeful army led by Veritus finally launched their war of revenge; Countless Germanic warriors who came out of the dense jungle slaughtered the hoplites of the Julius Empire who were caught off guard, and the battle became bloody and brutal from the beginning.

When Cecil found that all the hoplites of his two legions were in ambush, he immediately ordered the infantry units of the rear army to prepare for an attack on the spot, and let the hoplites in the jungle fight and retreat to attract the enemy in the jungle; Before he could finish his order, the five thousand Gothic cavalry led by Langadis galloped in.

Because the impact of the cavalry was too great, the cavalry under Cecil had already discovered the existence of the Langadis cavalry and met it without hesitation; The 2,000 Gallic barbarian cavalry hastily faced the 5,000 elite cavalry of the Gothic tribe who charged at the charge, this was simply a massacre of the strong against the weak, or a massacre without resistance.

The 2,000 Gallic cavalry were directly penetrated by the charge of the 5,000 Gothic cavalry, and Langadis also ignored the Gallic cavalry that had been killed and scattered, and his attack was aimed at the enemy equipment units that were rapidly entering the combat state; The armoured brigades of the Seventh and Twelfth Legions collapsed on all fronts under the charge of 5,000 Gothic cavalry.

After Langadis's cavalry had destroyed all those equipment, Cecil's thousands of light infantry and the hoplites who followed him surrounded him; This time, Langadis would not have chosen to retreat again, and he led the brave Gothic cavalry to charge directly at the enemy's rushing army!

Even with 2,000 heavily armed infantry as the main force of the core, nearly 4,000 light infantry would not be able to play a greater role; On the contrary, it was the Gothic cavalry under the command of Langadis who rampaged among the soldiers of the enemy army and killed countless enemies.

At this time, the hoplites in the jungle gradually retreated to the edge of the jungle and the open field, and the Germanic warriors led by Viritus were in hot pursuit; When the two sides fought fiercely in the jungle, it was still the Germanic warriors who had the absolute advantage, but after the battle reached the open field, the hoplites of the Julius Empire began to slowly close the casualty ratio.

After hours of fierce fighting, Cecil's army broke away from the desperate battle of Villitus' army after nightfall; It was impossible for Veritus to continue fighting in the dark night, and he had no choice but to give up the pursuit.

Either way, it was a battle won by the Germanic barbarians; The 20,000 Germanic warriors of Veritus paid the price of 7,000 dead in the battle, and the 5,000 cavalry of Langadis were only 2,000, with a total of 10,000 casualties.

The two legions of the Empire of Julius under the command of Cecil were even more miserable, all the siege equipment was destroyed, all the food and grass supplies were lost, only about 3,000 hoplites of 12,000 were left, and less than 2,000 of the 6,000 auxiliary legions were able to or withdraw from the battle; Cecil entered the battle with 20,000 fully loaded men, but less than 6,000 were left to withdraw from the battle.

After this battle, there was no need for Cecil to continue leading his army deep into the region of Agridigumat; The two legions under his command had less than 6,000 soldiers left, and it was impossible for them to play a role in the rest of the battle.

If they persist in their advance, they may even be annihilated by the Germanic army during the day in the northeast of the Agripgumat region; So, on the night of the withdrawal from the battle, Cecil led the remnants of his two legions to the Qadi area. (To be continued.) )