Throw away your opinion, then you throw away this complaint: "I'm hurting. And let go of the "I'm hurt" complaint, and the hurt is gone.

- Marcus Aurelius (the only philosopher-emperor in Western history)

Everyone is selfish, and Lugotorix is no exception; The reason why he insisted on attacking the Roman legions the next day was indeed because the two evacuated legions of the Roman army could not return in time, and on the other hand, it could not be denied that Lugotorix had the idea of letting these two legions destroy Daniel's legion in his heart. There is no room for two tigers, and Lugotorius would be foolish enough to destroy the great enemy of the Julius family; Raise another enemy of Regulia?

Daniel's ambitions are too great, he not only wants the dominion of the Kingdom of Regulia, he also wants to include Etruscan in the territory of the Kingdom of Regulia; This was unacceptable to the Gauls. So, Lugotorix deliberately slowed down the pace of the attack; This way the Roman army had enough time to eliminate Daniel. After that, he destroyed the Roman army one by one, and in one fell swoop incorporated the northern provinces of the Roman Republic and the Kingdom of Regulia into the territory of Gaul; That's what Lugotorix is for!

What is our Lord Calabes doing at this time? After crossing the Rubicon that day, Carabes, with an army of 7,000, rushed to Milan, the capital of Gallic in the mountains, with lightning speed; Before Milan could react, Calabes's army had already taken possession of the city. And Epredolix, the governor of Gallic in the mountains, who wanted to command the cavalry to break through, was also shot into a sieve by the archers under the command of Calabes; After taking Milan, Calabis left Allah with 2,000 archers to garrison Milan, while he personally led Itami and the remaining 5,000 troops to a place less than ten miles from the Gallic military camp to hide.

Ten miles was only one step away for the Gallic cavalry, but who would doubt their absolute safety in the rear? All the armies had already come to their places before the decisive battle, and the great battle was about to break out. The next morning, when the sun had just risen; A burst of rousing trumpets sounded in the Gallic barracks, and the Gallic army began to prepare for battle! Correspondingly, a majestic trumpet sounded in the Roman military camp, and the Roman army began to line up out of the military camp to meet the enemy.

At the same time, Flavis also had light cavalry ready at all times. As soon as the two armies entered a state of engagement, these light cavalry would immediately go to the hideouts of the two legions in the rear and notify the two legions to come to their aid. In the Gallic barracks, Lugotorix arranged for his most elite expeditionary legion, the 5,000 Gallic infantry, to serve as the first river crossing troops; The remaining 2,000 javelinmen and 2,000 Gallic warriors served as the second wave of river crossings, and the third wave consisted of 6,000 Gallic infantry from the two provincial legions.

Finally, after the infantry took control of parts of the land on the south bank. then safely arrange for the most elite 5,000 cavalry to cross the river; The remaining 4,000 cavalry of the Provincial Legion and the expeditionary corps of Tursus were to serve as reserves and barracks to guard the army. Because the performance of the first wave of troops crossing the river would determine the combat effectiveness and confidence of the remaining troops, Lugotorix sent his elite army; Moreover, the river-crossing operation was already more difficult than the ordinary operation, and the expeditionary corps and the newly formed 4,000 cavalry, whose combat effectiveness was unpredictable, could only be left behind in the barracks.

Of course, to protect the elite troops under his command to cross the river. Lugotorix is also ready to use his killer unit, the Forest Hunters. The Rubicon River is nothing more than a small river more than 20 miles long, less than 50 meters wide, and can be crossed by wading in shallow places; But its unique location separates Gaul and Rome from Rome. The decisive battle was fought in a deep river, so it was necessary to use a large number of small boats to cross it; However, this was also the advantage of the Gallic army.

Lugotorix's command also included three thousand forest hunters who had been transferred back not long ago, and their bows and arrows had a range of one hundred and seventy meters, far exceeding the average archer in terms of power and range; As long as these 3,000 forest hunters were placed on the northern shore when crossing the river, the Roman army on the southern bank would have suffered a terrible blow! After the battle plan was discussed, the sound of the rallying horn turned into an offensive horn; The 5,000 Gallic infantry, lined up, began to board the ships and prepare to cross the river.

The Roman army, which had been keeping an eye on the movements of the Gallic army, also advanced its position to the south of the Rubicon River as the Gallic army prepared to attack; In order to observe the movement of the Gallic army and the situation of the river crossing, the Roman army in the formation did not form a tortoiseshell formation. Rather, it is a three-column battle array. As the Gallic infantry began to paddle, the three thousand forest hunters on the north shore began to attack; They rained down on the Roman army opposite.

This sudden rain of arrows caused heavy losses to the hoplites of the Roman army; Each round of 3,000 arrows would kill hundreds of Romans, and the generals who saw the identity of the forest hunters immediately commanded the legions to form a tortoiseshell formation. Although the Roman army with the tortoiseshell formation reduced the damage caused by the forest hunters, it was no longer able to hold the line completely; The Gallic infantry, who had been paddling hard, crossed the Rubicon and reached the south bank.

While the Gallic infantry was scuffling with the Roman army on the south bank, the forest hunters restrained the rain of arrows so as not to injure their allies; At this time, the south bank had become a melee between the Roman legions and the Gallic infantry, and the Romans were constantly cutting down the Gallic infantry to the ground, but more Gallic infantry still walked from the ship to the south bank. The first round of river crossings soon all landed on the south bank. The second round of troops also began to march towards the south bank; The Gallic cavalry also began to prepare for action.

On the other hand, the Roman army, under the blows of the forest hunters and the attack of the Gallic infantry, the Roman army of 18,000 men still maintained an absolute superiority over the Gallic army; Moreover, the Roman heavy infantry was already superior to the Gallic infantry in terms of weaponry. But this advantage came with the addition of elite Gallic warriors and the arrival of more and more Gallic troops on the southern bank. It was gradually smoothed out; At this time, the Gallic side was already in the upper hand on the battlefield, because the southern bank of the river crossing belt that the Gallic army had dreamed of had finally been cleared out by the Gallic army!

After all, the first two waves of Gallic troops who crossed the river were veterans of a hundred battles under the command of Lugotorix, and it was not easy to give full play to the advantage of troops near the riverbank; Under the onslaught of the Gallic army, regardless of losses, the southern bank occupied by the Romans was finally cleared of a part of the site sufficient for cavalry to cross the river. Just after Lugotorix arranged for 5,000 elite cavalry to board the boat, Flavis finally gave the order to officially start the battle; The Roman army at the front also quickly retreated under the orders of Flavies.

While the Gallic army on the south bank was not in order, a full 240 ballistae and 60 stone catapults were slowly operated by the equipment of the various legions in the place where the Roman army had retreated; That's Flavies' killer feature! Before the Gallic army could react. The 240 ballistas and 60 stone catapults roared of their own; In an instant, countless soldiers were killed in the Gallic army, who had nowhere to hide. This scene greatly stimulated the Gallic generals, who also knew that the disadvantage of these devices was that they were slow to operate; So, under their command. The Gallic infantry rushed at these equipment units at great speed.

At this moment, the army of five thousand led by Carabis finally arrived at the position of the Gallic military camp; When the 4,000 barbarian cavalry who remained in the camp discovered this army of unknown origin, they immediately launched an attack on Karabes under the command of their respective generals. Unfortunately, they faced not only these 5,000 enemy troops, but also 4,000 "friendly troops" behind them; Tursus's sudden backstab completely disrupted the arrangement of the four thousand cavalry. Carabes, on the other hand, took the opportunity to lead his army into the Gallic barracks.

Naturally, the sound of fighting in the Gallic barracks could not be concealed by Lugotorius and Flavies; Knowing that the time had come, Flavies immediately ordered the three Roman legions that had withdrawn to fight the Gallic army in front again. At the same time, two Roman legions, hurrying back, immediately joined the attack on the Gallic army on the south bank; At this moment, the 15,000 Gallic troops who crossed the river were less than 10,000, and they were facing an opponent of more than 20,000 Roman hoplites.

Two complete Roman legions suddenly appeared on the battlefield in front, and the sound of fighting in the barracks in the rear; This moment. Lugotorix understood everything, and it all turned out to be a trap. Whether it was the Roman army that evacuated overnight, or the Tursus who came to help in the war, they were all pawns to trick themselves into taking the bait; It seems that the changes in the Kingdom of Regulia are also all deceptions, in order to deceive themselves. Looking at the overwhelmed forest hunters in front of him and the five thousand cavalry who had already boarded the ship, Lugotorix looked up to the sky and sighed, "Daniel, you don't want to die!" ”

It's a pity that all this is irreversible, and the battlefield has always been a wrong step and a whole game is lost; The 4,000 cavalry in the barracks was finished, as was the Gallic army on the south bank. Gaul's last two provinces south of the Alps were also finished. However, the five thousand elite cavalry and three thousand forest hunters in front of them could no longer be sacrificed senselessly; Lugotorix immediately ordered the five thousand horsemen who had already boarded the ship to return to the shore, and formed a huge battle formation with the three thousand forest hunters.

The battle in the Gallic camp was not fierce, after all, it was only 4,000 newly recruited Gallic cavalry, and they were quickly killed and wounded under the sneak attack of Tursus and the strong attack of Carabes; The cavalrymen who did not die in battle also chose to surrender, because their horses had long been controlled by the people of Tusus, and the cavalry that lost their horses was still considered cavalry? After the battle in the barracks was over, Carabis ordered Tursus to continue to garrison the Gallic barracks with his army; and was responsible for the custody of Gallic prisoners.

And Carabis himself led the elite under his command who had just finished the warm-up battle to Lugotorix's newly formed battle formation; Tursus, however, advised Carabis not to lead his army to attack Lugotorix's last camp. Because the 8,000 troops in this battle array are the most elite Gallic army, and they are also the core combat strength of the army under Lugotorix; Among them were not only 5,000 elite cavalry with amazing combat effectiveness, but also 3,000 forest hunters who terrified the Roman army.

A kind reminder to Tursus. Karabes just smiled and didn't say anything; Then Karabes set off with the army. In fact, Tursus did not understand that this Gallic War was over; Was Lugotorix a famous Gallic general simply because of his bravery in battle? The difference between a famous general and an ordinary general is that a famous general sees more things than an ordinary general; And it looks at it even more highly. Let's put it this way. Famous generals can see through the minds of ordinary generals, but ordinary generals can't understand the intentions of famous generals, this is a famous general.

When Carabes's army was less than two hundred meters away from Lugotorix's main formation, Carabes's army rode alone to fifty meters in front of the Gallic battle formation; Looking at the frightened Gallic soldiers, Carabis sighed and said to Lugotorix: "General Lugotorix, you have been defeated; You and I get it. Even if you don't lose today, sooner or later Gaul will not escape the fate of surrendering to Rome. There are many reasons that determine the outcome of a war, but there is only one factor that determines the outcome between countries; The responsibility for the defeat of Gaul does not lie with you, let it go. ”

Lugotorix ignored Karabes' words, and just asked blankly, "What is the layout this time, can you tell me?" Carabis groaned, and told Lugotorix all that he had experienced in this war, no matter how big or small; Watching Lugotorix's originally upright body fall a little bit, Carabes just sighed helplessly in his heart: Heroes are in the twilight! (To be continued.) )