In my opinion, the main sign of clarity of thought is the ability of a person to wander in one place alone.

- Seneca (famous Stoic philosopher of ancient Roman times)

The army of the family Julius of three legions, with their flags waved and their trumpets blaring, was concentrated in the vicinity of the camp of Calabes; Looking at the army of the Julius family in bright armor and fiery red, Carabes shook his head helplessly. The reason why Gallerius put these 30,000 troops on a big show was to deter the Alpine barbarians, and on the other hand, to show off in front of Calabes.

Although Flavies wisely did not place Carabes in the army system of the Julius family, Carabes's special status in the Julius family still made the generals of the Julius family, led by Gellerius and other generals, dissatisfied; They were jealous of Calabes's military power, and even more jealous of Flavis' absolute trust in Calabes.

However, it was impossible for them to do anything out of the ordinary against Flavis behind his back, because the military supplies of Flavis' department were sent to him directly by Flavis from the family headquarters; Issues such as weapons and equipment Calabis also had its own craftsmen, and Gallerius and others had no way to embarrass Calabis at all.

So, this time there was a rare problem with Karabes's legion; Naturally, Gallerius and the others will not let go of this opportunity. First, everyone joined forces to elect Gallerius as commander in front of Flavis, and led the army to encircle and suppress the Alpine bandits, and then Gallerius showed off his might near the camp of Calabes; In the end, of course, it was Gelerius who proved himself better than Carabes after his victory.

In the minds of the generals of the Julius family, they never thought that they would be inferior to the grassroots Carabes; Carabis was just lucky enough to win two battles, and he climbed to such a high position, which made the generals think so? Flavis also wanted to stabilize the family, and this time he let Gallerius lead the army to the expedition.

This campaign began with Flavis giving the order to fight, to Gallerius leading his army to prepare for the attack; Neither Flavis nor the generals of the Julius family had ever faced up to the enemy of the Alpine barbarians, and they all thought that the elite barbarian army in Gallic had been wiped out. What can this small barbarian tribe do?

But is this really the case? The others didn't know what Karabes thought, but Karabes didn't think it was that simple; If the Alpine barbarian tribes were really so easy to deal with, with their way of doing things for more than two hundred years. The barbarians of Gaul have already exterminated them all, will they wait until today?

Since this tribe of Alpine barbarians has been able to survive to this day under the hostility of everyone, there must still be a reason; Moreover, the Romans and Gauls were completely ignorant of the interior of the Alps, unable to know even the most basic of themselves. How can we achieve victory?

Watching the more than 20,000 Roman legionary hoplites and 6,000 auxiliary light infantry slowly descend the winding mountain path towards the interior of the Alps, Carabis felt that this time they would definitely return in vain; Even a smooth exit from the Alps is a question.

Just as Gallerius led his army into the interior of the Alps, there was also a heated discussion within the Alpine barbarian tribes; Brigo, the leader of the tribe, insisted that the Romans should be repelled by the terrain but not really inflict casualties on the Roman army, otherwise the Alpine tribes would surely be under the most ruthless and tight blockade of the Roman army.

Margelow, who served as the military commander of the tribe, believed that the Alpine tribe should not only use the terrain advantage to defeat the Roman army, but also give the Roman army a heavy blow; So that the Roman army would not dare to invade the Alpine tribes again. Moreover, the tribe can also capture a large number of captives in exchange for food and grass weapons to survive the current difficulties.

The bitter argument between the two turned the council room of the entire Alpine tribe into a vegetable market, and both had their own opinions. and all have their own opponents; The two sides quarreled in the conference room. At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the conference room; It turned out that the most revered god acolytes of the Alpine tribes had arrived!

The god attendant, as the name suggests, is the servant of the gods; The Gallic barbarians were a very god-believing people. Although the gods worshipped by each tribe may be different, the reverence for the gods is uniformly similar; Especially these god acolytes, they have a fairly high status in each tribe, and even the tribal leader must maintain enough respect when he sees them.

However, these deity attendants were generally the most devout chosen from among the devotional temple personnel over fifty years of age; They do not intervene in the lives of ordinary people at all in their own lives, but only sincerely pray to the gods on behalf of the tribe, hoping that the gods will give the tribe benefits. Why did the acolytes of the gods, who had never been out of the temple, come to the tribal meeting room at this time?

Looking at the acolyte of the gods who walked into the conference room, all the people in the room stood up and bowed to him in respect; The spirit acolyte is like an ordinary old man without any shelf. He kindly said to everyone, "You don't need to be polite, I have come today because I have just been guided by the gods; So don't dare to delay, hurry up and tell you about this guideline. ”

A divine guide? Guidance from the gods! Did the gods of heaven also see the danger of his people and come to our rescue? Everyone present couldn't help but get excited. It doesn't matter what the guidance of the gods is; As long as it is guided by the gods, it will definitely lead the Alpine tribe out of its predicament!

The excited crowd did not notice a wry smile on the corner of the god's attendant's mouth, and waited until everyone had quieted down; The acolyte of the gods said slowly: "The gods guide us, in the next battle, we must go all out to defeat the invading army of the Romans; However, it could not really hurt the Roman army. After having captured enough captives. We are to make peace with the Romans; By handing over the captives unconditionally, we will get a new chance to survive and a new life for our tribe. ”

After announcing this so-called divine guidance, the spirit attendant slowly turned around and walked out of the conference room; Only the puzzled crowd was left looking at each other. Even Brigo, who did not advocate a heavy blow to the Romans, did not think of surrendering to the Romans, but this was the guidance of the gods; Is it permissible for everyone to go against the guidance of the gods to go to war with the Romans?

In the end, it was the reverence for the gods that overcame all else; Brig and Maglow unanimously decided to follow the will of the gods and make peace with the Romans after defeating their armies. Now that the general strategic direction has been decided, the next battle will be much easier; The Alpine tribe has a total population of about 40,000, and there are more than 8,000 young and strong people with combat experience, and they are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength.

Not to mention the inferiority in armament. Even the armament of the light infantry in the Roman army was more than superior to that of these tribal warriors who lived in the interior of the Alps; However, the warriors of the Alpine tribes, who controlled the terrain of the interior of the Alps, could easily win without losing a single soldier.

After Brig and Maglow negotiated and decided to introduce the Roman army into a snowy field, they artificially created a small avalanche. to settle this battle; Brigo was in charge of preparing the avalanche with five thousand tribal warriors, while Magglo personally led the three thousand tribal warriors to the Roman army's march route to lead the Roman army to a specific location.

After discussing it, the two immediately set off separately with the warriors; The divine messenger standing on the steps of a temple built on the top of a mountain also sighed helplessly as he looked at Brig and Marglo in the distance. In fact, there is no divine guidance at all. The so-called divine guidance was nothing more than his own plan, in order to give the Alpine tribe a better chance to survive.

In recent years, the population of the Alpine tribes has been growing, and the survival of the entire Alpine tribe can no longer be sustained by the production and plundering of pedestrians and nearby tribes within the Alps. The crisis that broke out this time was just to expose the hidden dangers of the Alpine tribes in advance.

If a new mode of survival is not opened, the Alpine tribes will one day disappear into the Alps; Now is the opportunity to take advantage of the attack of the Roman army, we can fight for a new chance for the tribe to survive, I hope that the Roman rulers will not refuse the surrender of the Alpine tribes.

However, what follows is not for the messengers of the gods to see; Because he has decided to dedicate himself to the gods tonight. No one can blaspheme the gods and live in the world with dignity in the future, and the self-assertion of false divine guidance is itself the greatest blasphemy; As the most loyal servants of the gods, the gods' attendants really do not have the courage to continue to live on earth.

Maglo's lure plan went very smoothly. When 3,000 tribal warriors appeared in front of the Roman army; Gallerius immediately ordered the army to speed up to this enemy force and destroy them at all costs. However, the slow movement of the hoplites of the Roman legions, coupled with the rugged roads of the Alps, could only hang the three thousand tribal warriors from a distance; As for the six thousand light infantry of the Roman auxiliary legion, they were still in the rear of the army, and the winding route of the march could not have allowed them to run to the front for a while.

After only twenty minutes of such pursuit, Magglo and the three thousand tribal warriors completely disappeared from the sight of the Roman army; At this time, the Roman army also pursued into a snow-covered valley. Just as Gallerius sensed that something was wrong, there was a chorus of shouts from above the valley.

Before Gallerius could think about what they were crying out. The snow around the valley began to roll down on the Roman legions with lightning speed; Gallerius, who was frightened on the spot, quickly turned around and ran behind him. The hoplites around him also scrambled to run desperately the way they came; Unfortunately, except for a few lucky ones, no one else escaped.

And Gallerius was such a lucky man, desperately trying to escape to see the dense Alpine warriors rushing down from above the valley; He had to take the remaining hoplites and the light infantry who had not yet entered the valley and retreated for their lives to the outside of the Alps. As for the rest of the hoplites who were crushed by the snow, they had to ask for more blessings.

In fact, it was really Gallerius who blamed these "simple" Alpine warriors; They were just rushing to the aid of the hoplites who were crushed by the snow at Brigo's orders. Otherwise, it only takes a few minutes for these snow-covered hoplites to suffer a large number of casualties; But save the words in time. There will simply be no big casualties.

Gallerius confidently entered the interior of the Alps with twenty-one thousand hoplites and six thousand light infantry; After only five hours, the devastated Gallerius escaped with 6,000 light infantry and less than 6,000 hoplites, and the fate of the remaining 15,000 hoplites was not at all clear.

Carabes is not a person who likes to mock others, and he is not a cold-blooded and ruthless person; After discovering Gallerius and the panicked remnants, Callaris immediately opened the barracks and received them. And Calabes also ordered the men in the barracks to cook ginger soup for the soggy soldiers; At the same time, news of the crushing defeat of Gallerius' army was sent to Flavies by Calabes. (To be continued.) )