"Chapter 209: The Roman Game"
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Whoever walks in the sun will inevitably have tanned skin, even if he does not intend to do so.
- Seneca (famous Stoic philosopher of ancient Roman times)
Carabes's suggestion was a conscientious measure, after all, this time the Alpine barbarians slapped the Julius family in the face; Even if Flavies was generous, Gallerius and his army would not necessarily let them go. Especially the families and robes of the hundreds of soldiers who died in battle, those people will not forget their hatred.
Therefore, the best way is to form a new army of the elite of the Alpine barbarian tribe to join the House of Julius; In this way, Flavis would protect the entire Alpine tribe from being bullied, no matter what kind of colǜ he was in. As for whether this legion will become cannon fodder on the battlefield, that is something that does not need to be guessed at all.
Since Flavis could separate Calabis and his elite army from the system of the Julius family for the sake of stability within the family; Naturally, it is even more impossible to hurt the feelings of the generals and the army within the family for the sake of this popping up legion. It is inevitable that he will become cannon fodder on the battlefield, but at least he can sacrifice himself to protect his family.
Of course, Carabes still gave Maglow and Brigo the best choices; That is, to form a new army to join your command. In this way, whether because of the existence of Calabes, or because of the existence of this legion; Flavis will do his best to ensure the safety of the entire Alpine tribe, and the generals of the Julius family will not dare to go too far.
Calabis was not the only one who could think of this, Brig and Margelow could understand it as well; When Karabes said these words, the two of them understood Karabes's kindness. Plus the two because of the so-called God's will. He had intended to make peace with the Romans from the beginning; So. The two looked at each other. They nodded to each other.
"Your Excellency General Calabes, we may agree with your suggestion to lead the entire tribe under the rule of the House of Julius, or to form a sizable legion to join you; However, we also have two requirements. First, the legions of our tribe must not be dispersed and must be under our command.
Second, after you have acquired a territory of your own, we must move the tribe into your territory as well; In this way, we can join your army with confidence. Of course. These are just measures to protect ourselves; Lord Karabes doesn't need to worry, when it comes to the battlefield, our warriors are definitely the most brave and fearless! ”
The attitude of the two made Karabes very satisfied, and Karabes also agreed to the request of the two; Now that it has been decided to join the Ulius family, it is also appropriate to unconditionally release the 15,000 hoplites of the Ulius family. However, in order to make up for the Alpine tribe and help the Alpine tribe better survive the current difficulties; Karabes still promised to give the Alpine tribes enough food supplies for half a year.
This is the power that Flavies has given to Calabes, and Carabes, of course, will not be polite; It is also cost-effective to exchange enough food and grass for more than 30,000 people to use for half a year in exchange for a political victory and a corps with strong combat effectiveness. Moreover, these grains and materials are basically just ransoms in a different way; Everyone just tacitly used another way of saying it.
After discussing these mundane matters, it is necessary to discuss the question of the establishment of the legion; For this legion, Brig and Maglow means: the Alpine tribes organized a legion of five thousand people. The remaining 3,000 warriors remained in the tribe; The leader of this legion must be Brig or Marglow, and the remaining one is left behind to guard the tribe.
Carabes, however, disagreed with this arrangement. The number of warriors of the remaining tribes was as high as three thousand, a number that the Julius family could not accept, and which they would never allow to exist; In particular, this force also has a clear allegiance to xiàng, which is even more reassuring. Therefore, there could not be many soldiers left behind, and neither Brigo nor Marglo could be left.
Eventually, Calabes's advice was that the Alpine tribes should move to the plains near the barracks, leaving a thousand warriors in the tribe; Moreover, these thousand warriors can only remain in the tribe as civilians, and they must not easily use any martial arts. The remaining 7,000 warriors were formed into a standard legion, with Brig as the commander and Marglo as the lieutenant general.
This arrangement is also considered to be decent, and it is Karabes who takes the risk of the entire Alpine tribe by himself; This inevitably made Brig and Margelow have some doubts in their hearts, but it was also inevitably a little moved. As for other methods, the two of them really have nothing to do; This plan becomes the last resort.
Once everything was settled, Brigor and Marglo immediately decided to release all 15,000 hoplites and let Karabes take them away; The rest of the tribal migrations will also start tomorrow. Karabes, on the other hand, needed to prepare temporary shelter and food and grass for the coming Alpine tribe five miles east of the barracks.
Carabes also understood that the reason why the two of them released the captives so painfully was probably directly related to the lack of food they had stored; However, Karabes didn't break these things, and just accepted the prisoners along the way. At this point, the problem of the whole Alpine barbarian race was completely solved; As soon as Flavis confirmed, the dust settled.
From the morning when Carabis entered the interior of the Alps with an army of 10,000 men, to the afternoon when Carabis walked out of the Alps with an army of 10,000 and 15,000 prisoners; It was only seven hours later, and the problem of disgrace for Gallerius and Flavis for Flavis was so easily solved.
In addition to arranging for the fifteen thousand captives to return to Gellerius and encamping under his command, and sending men to inform Flavis as soon as possible, Calabes hastened to arrange for his soldiers to hastened to build temporary dwellings for the Alpine tribes; In order to fulfill the requirements of the Alpine tribes more and better, Calabis even asked the 7,000 cavalry under Itami's command to help with the work.
Originally, these warriors and cavalry still complained about doing these things, but. When they learned that these things were done by Calabis for the Alpine tribes, who were also Gauls; Everyone's hearts felt warm. Rush work day by night. A full 24,000 people divided the labor in batches to cut trees, divide land, and build houses; The progress of the project is exceptionally fast.
Originally, Calabes was only going to build about 6,000 wooden huts that could accommodate five people temporarily. The soldiers of the three legions built a whole 10,000 wooden houses that were quite well-made and conformed to the aesthetics of the Gauls; Each wooden house is a standard house for a family of five. When Calabis arrived with the Alpine tribesmen, everyone was shocked.
Even Brig and Marglo couldn't help but sigh: this is a temporary residence, this is simply a good place that the Alpine tribesmen have never seen in their lives! Calabes, on the other hand, was pleased with the unity of the Gauls under his command; At this time, Flavis's reply also came.
Flavies' reply was essentially a recognition of all of Calabes' commitments and recognition of Carabess's outstanding contribution to the Julius family; Even, Flavis also made it clear that he would deliver 7,000 light infantry weapons and equipment to the new legion within half a month, and the new legion was named the Fourth Alpine Legion, which belonged to the battle sequence of the Calabesian army.
Whether it is the prosperity of the Julius family. Or the Brutus family's salary, or the rapid development of the Augustan family; None of this has anything to do with the current Maxentius family. Before Marcus secretly took his two children to Sardinia, the Maxentius family was already in a difficult situation.
The success of the Julius family made the Senate a completely symbolic existence, leaving not even the last vestiges of dignity; Marius's ambitions also made it even more difficult for the Maxentius family. Since the last major expansion, the Maxentius family has lost control of the four legions belonging to their family.
Marius, Antony, and Octavian each took control of a legion belonging to the Maxentius family, and the Maxentius family's most loyal falcon legion became the Augustus legion far from their homeland and with the family's acquiescence; Will the Maxentius family, having lost all their military power, survive in Rome?
Sometimes, the political game is more brutal than the military struggle; Although not a single drop of blood has been shed in the city of Rome, it has already been killed in a sea of blood. When Marius's ambition was revealed, Decius was soon keenly aware of it; And immediately took some measures to redeem it.
After all, Decius was an old fox who had been in politics for a long time, and he first tried his best to buy Antony and Octavian; Two were even appointed as state officials and administrators of the republic. Although the current six officials have died in name only. But the status is still very noble; Especially in the city of Rome and the six provinces of Rome itself, it is still very respected.
然hòu. Decius bribed Marius's lieutenant generals into his camp; In order to further weaken Marius's power and influence, Decius appointed Marius as the new treasurer of the republic through a meeting of the Senate, which could be regarded as expelling Marius from Roman politics as much as possible.
In the end, Decius even invited Marius for an interview, hoping that Marius would put aside his ambitions and loyally serve the Republic and the Maxentius family; Of course, Decius did not expect his words alone to impress the already ambitious Marius. Therefore, he also promised that as long as the Maxentius family could stabilize the situation, he would definitely arrange for the Marius family to become the sixth family of Rome.
Unfortunately, these illusory things did not convince Marius at all; Moreover, Marius's wrist was far more clever than Decius wanted to be xiàng. After Decius had made all the arrangements, Marius calmly held a banquet in the barracks outside the city of Rome; There were only six people present at the meeting, including Marius, who were the commanders and lieutenants of the three major legions.
With regard to Antony and Octavian, Marius did not do much, but only talked about something unknown; The remaining three lieutenants of the legion had no such good luck, and they were all executed by Marius at the banquet in the name of embezzlement and bribery. When Decius learned of this, he immediately planned to take the opportunity to punish Marius severely.
Unexpectedly, before Decius could find Marius, Marius came to the door by himself; It's just that there were two corps commanders, Antony and Octavian. On this visit, Marius did not do anything else; I just want Decius to appoint himself as the consul of the republic, and I hope that the Senate will come forward and officially change the name of the Biàn Republican ** Regiment.
Looking at the unkind three Marius, Decius was forced to agree to appoint Marius as consul of the republic; However, Decius put forward his own opinion on the matter of changing the biàn number. Since the other families named their legions after their own families, Decius also proposed to name the new three legions after the Maxentius family.
Marius only smiled disdainfully, but Hòu gave his own decision: the Fourth Eagle Banner Legion, the Ninth Legion, and the Fourteenth Legion were renamed the First, Second, and Third Roman Legions, respectively, and the commanders were Marius himself, Antony, and Octavian. Antony and Octavian also stood firmly behind Marius, and Decius could only choose to compromise; This was the secret trip to Sardinia by Marcus. (To be continued.) )
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