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- Aristotle (one of the great philosophers, scientists, and educators in the ancient history of the world)

In the first encounter, Caesar's army suffered a great loss from the Damu tribe; However, Caesar didn't care about the losses caused by the enemy's cavalry to his army, after all, his hoplites only paid about a thousand casualties, didn't they?

With the enemy's 10,000-strong cavalry, including 5,000 Germanic barbarians' strongest Gothic cavalry, it only brought casualties to its own side of three brigades of hoplites; In Caesar's eyes, this was not an unacceptable casualty figure.

As long as the superior of the hoplites can be used rationally by the large armies of the enemy, the enemy's cavalry units will not be able to play a vital role at all; At most, they are auxiliary forces on the battlefield, which can affect the situation of the battle but cannot determine the outcome of the battle.

As for the 20,000 or 30,000 Germanic warriors of the enemy Damm tribe, Caesar did not think that the Germanic warriors would be the opponents of the hoplites of the House Julius; Even though the army led by Flavis himself suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of the Mainz tribes, Caesar did not think that the warriors of the Germanic barbarians could outperform the elite hoplites of the House of Julius on the battlefield!

At the same time that Caesar's army stopped marching and began to camp in its place, Langadis also returned to Arminius's side with his cavalry; There was a question about the combat effectiveness of the army of the Julius family, and Langadis still gave a very high evaluation.

Being able to maintain a stable formation under the charge of the 10,000 cavalry of the Gothic tribe almost wiped out the impact of the 10,000 cavalry of the Gothic tribe after only losing a thousand people; Such a performance could not help but make Langadis disapprove of the combat effectiveness of the army of the Julius family.

Arminius was not a man of pride and complacency, and the high opinion of Langadis still aroused Arminius's great attention; Therefore, Arminius also ordered his soldiers to temporarily stop advancing today, rest on the spot, and march forward again tomorrow morning to fight the invading army of the Julius family not far away!

Commanders such as Arminius and Langadis did not rest well, except for the ordinary warriors, and they all gathered around Arminius to consult with Arminius on how to deal with the troops of the House of Julius tomorrow.

Although Arminius did not think that the invading army of less than 20,000 men of the Julius family could withstand the attack of his own 35,000 warriors; However, war is full of unknown adventures, and who can guarantee victory in the war until the final victory comes?

Arminius, who had always been cautious, could not have been negligent in such a matter, and he not only carefully repeated the tasks of each commander, but also constantly praised the commanders under his command and told them to fight well.

Compared with the close communication in the army of the Damm tribe, Caesar behaved more calmly in his own barracks; Captain Varus and Captain Cecil were busy with the affairs of their respective legions, and Caesar did not interfere in these trivial matters himself, but stayed quietly in his military tent, thinking about the next actions of his army.

The current situation was not very favorable for the Julius family, and after the three legions of Flavis were thwarted in the attack in the area of Aglidigumat, the three legions that had suffered heavy losses could not accomplish the set goals of the Julius family in a short time.

And Caesar's own set goal was not so easy to accomplish, and the large-scale Germanic cavalry that appeared today knew at a glance that it was not the cavalry of the Dahm tribe, but the cavalry of the Gothic tribe; With the strength of about 30,000 warriors of the Damu tribe, plus the 10,000 cavalry reinforced by the Gothic tribe, this is a full 40,000 enemy troops.

Purely from the perspective of the balance of forces between the enemy and us, the army of the Damm tribe has an absolute geographical advantage and numerical superiority, which is a disadvantage that the Julius family cannot make up; And the army of the Ulius family also has the advantage of troops and equipment that the Damm tribe does not have, which is unique to the Ulius family.

The large number of hoplites of the Sixth and Seventh Legions was Caesar's greatest confidence in victory in the war; And the two legions' staggering equipment units are also the ace weapons of the Julius family, which is enough to turn the tide of the battle on the battlefield!

These powerful armies also have their fatal drawbacks, which are that they are unusually slow and difficult to move; In a situation where the enemy is all infantry, these two shortcomings are not fatal enough, and at least they can be concealed.

However, the army of the Damm tribe had a whole thousand Gothic cavalry; Once the equipment of the Julius family began to attack on the battlefield, it would inevitably invite a surprise attack by the enemy's cavalry units. At that time, how to stop the cavalry of the Gothic tribe became the key to whether or not these powerful weapons could be saved.

It was impossible for the light infantry of the auxiliary legions of two legions alone to stop the cavalry assault of the Gothic tribes, let alone protect those equipment; Therefore, Caesar felt that in the battle of tomorrow, he had to leave at least 3,000 hoplites to protect these equipment troops, so as to ensure that these equipment would not be destroyed.

As for the 4,000 or so auxiliary soldiers, let them fight with the hoplites; After the transfer of 3,000 hoplites, Caesar's hands had 8,000 hoplites that could be used in battle, while the enemy had nearly 30,000 infantry, and it was necessary to replenish the 4,000 light infantry of the front-line combat troops.

Arminius mobilized his commanders to fight by communicating with them; Caesar, on the other hand, thinks about tomorrow's battle deployment through his own quiet thinking, and both of them are preparing for tomorrow's battle.

After midnight had passed, the cavalry sent by Rabinus for help made their way to Caesar's barracks; After the soldiers in charge of training identified the cavalryman, he was taken to Caesar's tent.

At this time, Caesar had not yet slept, and immediately received the weary cavalry who asked for help; When the cavalryman informed Caesar of the news of the outbreak of twelve large-scale rebellions in Macomani, and the annihilation of half of the soldiers of the Fifth Legion while garrisoning, Caesar's face changed on the spot.

Twelve large-scale rebellions, and the fact that the Fifth Army had lost half of its strength, made it almost impossible for Rabinus to hold the Macomani area; If the Macomani area is lost, the armies of these two legions on their side will be in danger.

Caesar could not think of a solution to this situation for a while, so he hastened to ask the guards to bring in the Captain of Varus and the Legion of Cecil, and they all worked together to find a way to deal with the current situation; After the two regiment commanders came to the military tent and listened to the description of the cavalry, they also fell into a worried contemplation, but finally shook their heads helplessly.

After this sudden bad news, Caesar and the two legion commanders had no intention of resting, and they were all thinking about countermeasures in Caesar's military tent; Even when the sky began to slowly brighten, the three of them still did not give any orders to the army.

At this moment, another horseman came to Caesar's camp with a galloping horse; This time, the cavalryman brought the news that the rebels in the Macomani area had united, and that more than 30,000 rebels had captured the city of Macomani two days earlier, and that Rabinus, who was in charge of garrisoning the city, had broken through with the remnants of the Fifth Legion.

Suddenly learning of the fall of the Macomani region, the three men in the military tent all showed a look of horror; Now not to mention how to attack the army of the Damu tribe in front, even how to withdraw from the Qadi region unharmed has become a problem.

In the past, there were nearly 40,000 allied troops of the Damu and Goth tribes in the Qadi region, and more than 30,000 rebels in the Macomani area; If Caesar and the others did not take a reasonable measure to deal with the current predicament, then the army led by Caesar himself would have suffered an even worse end than the army of Flavies.

When it came to such a critical moment, Caesar was quiet; Since there are large-scale enemies in front and rear of your army, it is better to abandon the attack and retreat, and it is not necessarily impossible to choose a more difficult path.

Caesar, who understood it, immediately gave the order to the two legion commanders to march the army; However, the direction of the army was not in the area of Cadi in front, but in the area of Macomani in the rear, and Caesar meant that he would first join forces with the remnants of Rabinus's army.

For Caesar's affectionate and righteous move, Varus and Cecil, who had always been on good terms with Rabinus, naturally did not object; The men of Caesar's army were quickly assembled, and after a fire set the makeshift camp on fire, the army quickly retreated.

Two days later, Caesar's army met the remnants of the Fifth Legion, which Labinus was desperately fleeing; Upon learning that Rabinus was still being pursued by the rebels, Caesar immediately ordered his army to organize a counterattack on the spot, and severely damaged the rebels' pursuing vanguard.

At least 2,000 of the 5,000 elite rebel soldiers in Makuy were killed on the spot, and the rest of the warriors quickly collapsed; After all, these soldiers are civilians without any training, and it is rare to be able to pay such casualties and collapse.

And Caesar's army also paid the price of nearly 2,000 casualties, because Caesar invested all the light infantry in the battle in order to fight quickly, and the combat effectiveness of these newly formed light infantry was still too poor, and casualties were naturally inevitable.

After repelling the vanguard of the rebels, Caesar took three legions, which already numbered only about 20,000 men under his command, and immediately turned around again and marched towards the region of Agripgumat to the west; This is the strategy Caesar came up with, march west! (To be continued.) )