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As an invasion force in the Iberian Peninsula, the Numantian tribe also has a very good conventional military force of its own; Leanolix himself was a brave and wise tribal leader, otherwise he would not have been able to develop the Numantian tribe so well.

Rianolix knew that his tribe had been able to obtain the habitat of Canterbury and develop into one of the seven tribes of the Gallic barbarians, not by the handouts of others, but by his own strength and powerful warriors!

Therefore, Rianolix is still very concerned about the improvement of the military strength of the Numantian tribe; Especially after the armistice between the Kingdom of Spain and the Hannibal family, Rianolix used increasing the number of warriors in his tribe as the only means to protect the tribe's survival!

In fact, after three successive chieftains, the Numantian tribe already has a very strong military strength, as a standing army of Gallic infantry and Gallic warriors, the Numantian tribe has as many as 20,000.

More crucially, the Gallic barbarians were not the people of the civilized world, they were real barbarians living in the wilderness; In addition to the so-called standing army, the Numantian tribe had more militia-like warriors.

These warriors, scattered throughout the province of Canterbury, were no less effective than the regular Gallic infantry; It's just that they still use more backward weapons, which also greatly limits their strength.

Since the Numantian tribes occupied the province of Canterbury, they moved the main body of their tribe to the city of Numantia or the surrounding areas; The rest of the area was occupied by some Gallic tribes who migrated later.

Of course, those tribes that migrated later also had to gain the power to survive by submitting to the Numantian tribes; Although the Numantian tribe itself created its own tribal world because of its resistance to oppression, this does not mean that the Numantian tribe will abandon the traditional ruling model of the Gallic barbarians.

In this attack on the Kingdom of Spain, the chief of Rianolix called a large number of warriors of the subordinate tribes to join the battle; Of the 30,000 Gaul troops on the expedition, the Numantian tribe had only 15,000 warriors, and the remaining 15,000 warriors were provided by these tribes.

Since the province of Tarragonanis at this time only had half of the Samonai Legion of the Augustus family and the Eighth Auxiliary Legion led by Iker, they simply did not have the strength to stop the attack of the Gallic army, nor could they stop the fierce offensive of the Gallic army!

The simple and brutal Gallic barbarian army, after capturing a town, will carry out devastating plundering of the town; In addition to gold, silver, treasures, and daily necessities, even the population was the object of their plunder.

After putting an end to this brutal and predatory attack, they will finally end the fate of the town with a fire; In just four days, 30,000 Gallic troops had left the western part of the province of Tarragonis in ruins.

After receiving the information of the invasion of the Gallic army, the grumpy Antio immediately led his army out of the city to take the initiative to attack this inhuman Gallic army; However, the adjutant general of the Eighth Army, Iker, objected.

In Ikkel's opinion, the enemy's Gallic army was a full 30,000 men, and how could he be their opponent with his own meagre 7,000 troops? Rather than sacrifice your life in vain, it is better to ask Oscar for help immediately and wait for Oscar's reinforcements to arrive before going into battle.

Iker's suggestion, in the eyes of the fierce Antio, is simply the greatest insult to the soldiers of the House of Augustus! These persecuted Spaniards were now the children of the House of Augustus; As the army of the Augustan family, how could he and the others watch the people of the Augustus family being wantonly harmed by the enemy?

Iker, who tried to persuade him to no avail, had to come up with the last trump card to deal with Antio; Ignoring Antio's status as a legionnaire, he bluntly asked Antio if his army was surrounded and destroyed by the enemy's Gallic army after leaving the city, who would defend the capital of the province of Tarragonanis?

As long as the capital of the province of Tarragonis is in the hands of the House of Augustus, the House of Augustus can ensure the safety of the eastern part of the province of Tarragonanis; And once the undefended capital falls, the entire province of Tarragonis will be doomed!

Iker's words made a lot of sense, and they also calmed down the grumpy Antio rarely; It was impossible for Antio not to fight, but it was also inappropriate to ignore the safety of the capital.

After much thought, Antio decided to take the initiative with his own army, while Iker and his 3,000 soldiers remained in the capital to guard the capital; This time, Antio decided directly in a commanding posture, and Iker had no choice but to obey.

Just as Antio led 4,000 soldiers of the Samonai Legion out of the capital and rushed to the battlefield, Oscar's three-way army also acted at the same time; In fact, as early as when the army of the Numantian tribe approached the border of the province of Tarragonanis, Oscar received information from the Tragic Dead and the Jinyi Guard, and made targeted arrangements.

Luquis, under Oscar's orders, was leading the elite First and Fifth Legions into Canterbury from the west of the Canterbury region; Their mission is to march all the way east to take the heart of the Numantian tribe, the city of Numantia!

to the south, led the newly formed Eighth and Ninth Legions; Exhaca's mission was to lead the Eighth Army in cooperation with Tecomin's Ninth Army to the northeast and take the entire eastern and northeastern parts of Canterbury, completely cutting off the Gallic expeditionary army and separating its large army from the Gallic barbarian regions beyond the Iberian Peninsula.

As for Oscar himself, together with Marie, he led the Second Cavalry Regiment and the Tenth and Eleventh Legions, which had not yet had time to withdraw to Sicily, to quickly reinforce the province of Tarragonanis and completely wipe out the 30,000 troops of the Numantian tribe!

The actions of the Numantian tribe were not hidden from the eyes of the intelligence organization of the Augustan family, but the actions of the Augustan family were unknown to the Numantian tribe; The Gallic barbarians, who had opened up their tyrannical nature, were still immersed in the cheers of plunder.

After more than two days of rapid marching, Antio finally led the 4,000 men of the Samonai Legion to the location of the Gallic army; At this time, the 30,000-strong army of the Gauls was plundering a city of no small size.

Smoky cities, corpse-strewn streets, terrified women's screams, brutal barbarians laughing; These were the sights that appeared before Antio's eyes, and they were the ones that plunged the entire Samonai Legion into a state of rage.

Although the vast majority of the soldiers of the Samonai Legion were samurai from the ranks of gladiators, there is a limit to the cruelty of the civilized world; What's more, after joining the Augustus family, they really haven't seen such a cruel scene for a long time.

The brutality of the Gallic barbarians completely angered all the soldiers of the Samonai Legion, and filled Antio's heart with hatred; The people of the House of Augustus were mutilated like this in front of his eyes, and Antio, who could not bear it, immediately gave the order to attack.

The morale of the Salmonai Legion soared, shouting the slogan of revenge, and slaughtered into the city; The unprepared Gallic barbarian warriors didn't even know what was happening, and fell into the frenzied attack of the Samonai legion.

Countless Gallic barbarian warriors were killed on the spot in the attack of the Samonai Legion, and many Gallic warriors were even cut to the ground before they could draw their weapons, and then they were swarmed and killed by the angry city dwellers.

After several days of unbridled plunder, the Gallic barbarian warriors were already covered with all kinds of 'spoils', accustomed to the lack of resistance of the Spaniards, and completely relaxed all their guards.

The sudden slaughter of the Samonai legion quickly put these predatory Gallic barbarian warriors in a difficult situation; The Spaniards, who did not dare to resist, also mustered up the courage to pick up the sword on the ground, or took out the utensils of their homes, joined the Samonai army of Antio, and attacked the warriors of the Gallic barbarians for their own survival and the hatred of their families.

The local population, who were familiar with the terrain, and the 4,000 Salmonay soldiers who were fighting in battle, quickly increased the casualty of the Gallic barbarian army, which was caught in street fighting; In desperation, Rianolix ordered his army to withdraw from the city.

However, in such a chaotic situation, it is impossible to easily evacuate the city; The streets that extend in all directions have long become meat grinders that take the lives of the Gallic barbarian warriors, and there is a price to pay if you want to evacuate!

After a whole day of scuffle, the Gallic barbarian army in the city was able to withdraw completely; At this time, the Gallic barbarian army of 30,000 people remained, but there were less than 25,000 people left, and at least 5,000 people died in the city.

And the price paid by Antio's legions for this was only more than a thousand casualties; However, less than 10,000 of the tens of thousands of inhabitants of the city survived, many of whom were killed in street battles with the Gallic barbarians, but many more were slaughtered by the Gallic barbarian warriors.

While Rianolix was regrouping his Gallic army and preparing to attack the city again, there was a great movement of a large cavalry galloping in the distance; Soon, the lion banners of the House of Augustus appeared in the distance! (To be continued.) )