The pursuit of freedom is the supreme aspiration of man.

- Tacitus (the greatest historian of ancient Rome)

What drove Brig to say such arrogant words, Calabis didn't know, but Carabes knew that Brigo's words greatly angered the soldiers of the Grace tribe on the other side; Looking at the mastiffs who were tightly gripping their weapons and controlling the mastiffs as they wanted to attack, Carabis knew that Brigor had complicated a simple problem.

How could the leader of the Grace tribe not be so humiliated in the face of the attack of the 20,000-strong army of the Maasai tribe; So, Grace rode his horse to the front of his soldiers, raised his short sword and roared: "Warriors of the Grace tribe, tell me, can you accept the insult of the enemy? ”

"Can't! No!! No!!! The soldiers of the Grace tribe immediately replied to their leader with their weapons held high. Grace, having received an answer from his soldiers, turned his horse's head and shouted in Brigo's direction: "Since we can't, let the blood of the enemy wash away our shame!" Kill! ”

"Wait!" Before Grace's order could be given, a firm and powerful voice came from behind Brigo; Calabis ignored the pale-faced Brigo, but rode directly over Brig to fifty meters in front of the leader of Grace and said, "Your Excellency Grace, I am not leading the army to fight with your Grace tribe this time, but for another purpose.

As for the disrespectful remarks of the general under my command just now, they are all impulsive words of the moment, and they should not be true; If Lord Grace and the Warriors mind, I apologize to you on his behalf. If you are not satisfied, I will immediately ask him to come and apologize to you, and I hope that Your Excellency Grace will have a lot of trouble with such a general as mine! ”

Compared to Brigo's arrogant words just now, Carabess's words were much more pleasant to the ear; At least listen to it in Grace's ear piercing, which makes Grace feel very comfortable. Grace himself can become the leader of the Grace tribe, in addition to being the heir of the Grace family, his own ability is also good; So, after Karabes had finished speaking, Grace went down the ramp:

"Since Your Excellency the General has said so, the warriors of our Grace tribe are not unreasonable people; That's it. I just don't know what this general's purpose is to have another purpose? Is there anything else you need to lead with so many troops to achieve other than the conquest of our Grace tribe? ”

Although Grace wanted to follow Carabess's words to ease the tense atmosphere at the scene, after all, no one wants to be an enemy of such a powerful person when his own strength is not strong; However, the natural uprightness still made Grace's words hard, as if he were questioning Karabes.

However, Carabis doesn't care about these small details, he is the son of a butler, and he doesn't know anything about the world; On the contrary, those war mastiffs that look extremely fierce and belligerent are really better than seeing them in the eyes of Calabes, and their combat effectiveness is very average when they look at it!

Therefore, in Grace's almost questioning tone, Carabis still explained with a smile: "Your Excellency Grace, there must be a reason why I led the army here; But before we tell you why, can we get our respective armies to stop the confrontation? Then we will sit down again and have a good talk, just you and me; May I? ”

As the commander of the 17,000-strong army, Karabes could ask to sit down and talk alone, and it was naturally impossible for Grace, as the leader of the Grace tribe, not to agree; So, they each ordered their army to put away their weapons, and together Grace and Carabis rode their horses to a flat field far away from the others.

When he reached the level, Carabes jumped from his horse, and then Grace jumped from his horse; Looking at the heroic-looking Grace, Carabis smiled and introduced himself: "Chief Grace, my name is Carabes, and I am the commander of this army that has come from afar; Before I came, I knew you Grace tribe well! ”

Do you know enough about our Grace tribe? What does this mean, Grace doesn't quite understand what Karabes is saying. Carabes also discovered Grace's confusion; So Calabis was open and honest: "My first preparations were to attack the Maasai tribes in Gaul outside the mountains, and then I began to investigate some of the Maasai tribes.

As you can see, my army is also made up of Gauls; I can tell you with certainty that not only do I have this seventeen thousand army under my command, but I also have fourteen thousand troops fifty miles away. These armies were all made up of Gauls; Among them were the Gauls of the mountains, the Gauls of the Alps, and in short, all of them Gauls.

Because of their existence and some other information, let me know of the existence of your Grace tribe; After learning that you had recently started a war with the Maasai tribes, I had intended to work with your Grace tribe alliance against the Maasai tribes. However, as I learned more about your Grace tribe, I abandoned this idea and had a new one. ”

Grace, who was listening to Carabis very carefully, couldn't help but ask, "What new ideas?" "The new idea is also very simple, I want you Grace tribe to be under my command and become a standing combat force under my command; I'm going to make sure that the mastiff training method created by your ancestor Grace works for me! ”

Hearing Carabes say this, Grace immediately changed her attitude and said viciously to Carabes: "I see! This is true of the Maasai tribe, and so are you; Aren't your goals all the war mastiff training methods of our Grace tribe? I can tell you clearly, even if all of us people from the Grace tribe are dead, I can't tell you about the training method of war mastiffs! ”

With that, Grace was ready to turn over and go; Carabes didn't care about Grace's vicious words, but grabbed Grace, who wanted to leave, and patiently explained: "Leader Grace, although the ultimate goal of me and the Maasai tribe is the same, there are still big differences in methods; Why can't you just listen to me? ”

After Grace was stopped by Karabes, she had to snort coldly: "I want to see what you say!" Grace chose to listen, and Carabes continued in an orderly manner: "The Maasai tribe wants your war mastiff training method, and their way is to ask your Grace tribe directly for this method of training themselves; This is unacceptable to you.

My method is not to obtain your Grace tribe's mastiff training method, I just want to obtain your war mastiff troops; The difference between the two is that I don't have to get this mastiff training method, I just need to get the allegiance of your Grace tribe.

Your Grace tribe can belong to my command, and I will protect the survival and safety of your Grace tribe; In the future, your Grace tribe will also become one of the most powerful tribes in Gaul beyond the mountains, but you Grace himself needs to lead the army of your Grace tribe to join my army, and bring your army of mastiffs to my army for my use! ”

Calabes's explanation dismisses Grace, who mercilessly sarcastically says, "What's the difference between your approach and the Maasai tribe?" The only difference may be that the Maasai tribe just wants the best secret of our Grace tribe, while you want our entire Grace tribe; You are the ones who are even more ambitious! ”

Grace's sarcasm didn't cause any ripples in Karabes's heart, and he still said calmly: "I think the Grace leader may have misunderstood me, I mean that you Grace tribe joined my army; In the future, you yourself will lead the warriors and mastiffs of your Grace tribe to fight for me under my command.

You see, I didn't ask you to hand over the training methods of the mastiffs, nor did I ask you to hand over control of the Grace tribe's army; The only thing that has to do is that you obey me and obey my orders, and the Grace tribe soldiers and mastiff troops under your command do not obey my orders, but continue to obey your commands. ”

After Carabes's detailed explanation, Grace really understood what Carabes meant; Grace, however, was reluctant to believe Carabes' terms. He felt that this was a trap set by Carabes for himself, in order to trick himself into taking the bait; After he led the warriors of the tribe to join his army, didn't he let him rub it?

Grace's concerns were also understood by Carabes, so Carabes did not continue to explain anything, but called Brigo and Cadoradhu; With the actual experience of these two people as a reference, Grace also has a spectrum in his heart. In particular, the Alpine tribe of Brigo was also a famous Alpine bandit back then; It seems that this Karabes can be trusted!

After being persuaded by Brigo and Cadoradhu, Grace also made up her mind to surrender to Carabes; After returning to convince the warriors of his tribe, Grace left behind the 4,000 warriors of his tribe, and followed the army of Calabis to the camp of Calabes, with all the mastiff trainers in the tribe and the remaining 1,000 mastiffs.

With Grace and his mastiff army on board, Calabes officially had an army of mastiffs; Although this army of mastiffs could not play a huge role in the wars of the civilized world, it could play a vital role in the subsequent conquest of Gaul! (To be continued.) )