"Chapter 554: Invasion of a Strong Enemy"
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- Aristotle (one of the great philosophers, scientists, and educators in the ancient history of the world)
The Belgian region, in general, is a region connected to other barbarian tribes on three sides and by the sea to the north; Among them, to the east of the Belgian region is the Badawi tribe of the Lower Germanic region of the Germanic barbarians, and the strength of the Germanic barbarians is not ordinarily strong.
More importantly, the unity between the various tribes of the Germanic barbarians was well known throughout the barbarian world; As a last resort, Balenas was also unwilling to provoke such a strong enemy as the Germanic barbarians, which were the objects that the Gallic barbarians had not conquered when they gathered seven tribes, and now the Gallic barbarians were all pressed and beaten by the Germanic barbarians.
As for Greater Gaul, to the south of Belgium, it was the most powerful Alesian tribe of the Gallic barbarians; Although the current Alesian tribe is no longer the powerful existence of the past, and has been invaded by the Trier tribe of the Germanic barbarians, Balenas still understands the truth that the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse.
Only the Rennes tribe of the Amaurica region, which is located to the west of the Belgian region and does not have strong enough military strength to protect itself, is naturally the best target for Balenas's expansion; The only thing that Balenas was not very happy with was that the Amorika region of the Rennes tribe was so barren that it was almost like the Macomani region of the Germanic barbarians.
Attacking a barren area like Amaurica is better than nothing for Balenas; Balenas also wanted to occupy the richer regions of Lower Germania and Greater Gaul, but Balenas did not want to provoke an enemy who was too strong.
You must know that the current Balenas is not the Barenas who had the support of the four great tribes of the British barbarians, he is just the Barenas who fought for himself; Balenas, who can only rely on himself for everything, does not dare to provoke strong enemies easily, he is also afraid of being defeated by powerful enemies, and once he fails, all his ambitions and ambitions can only be lost.
Just as Balenas began to actively prepare for war and prepare to attack the Rennes tribe in the Amaurica region, an earth-shattering thing happened in the Germanic land, that is, the Roman Julius family south of the Alps actually divided into two ways and launched an invasion war against several tribes of the Germanic barbarians from two directions!
What is even more unexpected is that the Macomani tribe, one of the seven major tribes of the Germanic barbarians, was quickly wiped out under the attack of the army of the Julius family; Immediately afterwards, the army of the Julius family attacked the Aglidigumat region of the Mainz tribe from the Norikum region, and the other army that attacked the Macomani region also took the opportunity to invade the Qadi region of the Damm tribe.
Such a change in the situation made Balenas, who was originally afraid of the Germanic barbarians, a little unable to see the situation clearly; How could the powerful Germanic barbarians of the past be so vulnerable to the attack of the Roman Julius family?
Because Barenas's intelligence acquisition only relied on some small roads, he could not obtain comprehensive information at all, and naturally he did not know that a large-scale rebellion broke out in the Macomani area, let alone that the Mainz tribe was defeated by the main army of the Julius family in the border area, and its casualty figure was even less than that of the Julius family's army.
In fact, the current development of the situation is that the strategic plan of the Julius family has been completely broken by the various tribes of the Germanic barbarians; Even the question of whether the Julius family could safely withdraw from the territory of the Germanic barbarians, who had the absolute advantage at all, and the Julius family only won a small partial victory in the early stages of the war.
It was these small victories that were not worth mentioning, which reached the ears of Barenas, but they all became the complete victory of the House of Julius and the crushing defeat of the Germanic tribes; However, Balenas is not the kind of person who listens to the wind and rain, and naturally he cannot believe all the news from these gossipes, let alone do anything about it.
Even if Valenas didn't take any targeted measures, he involuntarily suspended the attack on the Amaurica area; The army that had been assembled was also temporarily left in the barracks, and he had to wait and see what happened.
What had happened in the Upper and Lower Germanic regions had not been the last few days, but Barrenas had to face up to the news coming from these trails; With the current strength of the Trier barbarians in the upper Germanic region, it is not a big deal to send 5,000 warriors from an army of 40,000 to reinforce the other Germanic barbarian tribes.
After all, the strength of the Trier tribe is there, even after losing 5,000 warriors, the 35,000 elite army of the Trier tribe is not something that the Alesian tribe of the Gallic barbarians can deal with; Even in recent times, the Alesian tribe has expanded its army to 50,000 people, but the newly recruited warriors are not very effective.
However, the Badawi tribe in the Lower Germanic region is not a powerful tribe among the seven major tribes of the Germanic barbarians, at least it is not ranked among the top three; Especially under the premise that the British barbarians occupied the Belgian region, the Badawi tribes in the Lower Germanic region did not even have the military strength to maintain their own absolute security, so why should they send 3,000 men to reinforce the other tribes?
For a tyrant like Balenas, he didn't believe that the relationship between the seven Germanic barbarian tribes was really like this; The only explanation is that the war between the Germanic barbarians and the Roman Julius family has reached a critical moment, and the situation is very unfavorable for the Germanic barbarians, in order to avoid the fall of the rear, the Badawi tribe reluctantly sent 3,000 soldiers to reinforce the rear.
Barenas's speculation is both plausible and plausible, but it doesn't quite correspond to reality; After judging based on this premise, Barrenas began to have an irrepressible ambition in his heart to take advantage of the chaos to attack the Germanic barbarians.
Compared to the barren Amaurica region, the rich Germanic lands were the most ideal direction for expansion in Balenas's mind; It's rare to have such a good opportunity now, and Ballenas is really willing to miss it. Otherwise, once the Roman Julius family completely occupied the Germanic land, the rich Germanic land would really have no chance of getting a piece of the pie.
With this idea, Balenas still did not dare to attack the Badawi tribe of the Lower Germanic region easily; After all, the 22,000-strong army of the Ebadavi tribe, as long as some soldiers are recruited temporarily after the outbreak of war, may not be able to resist the attack of their own strong army.
Even as long as the armies of the Badawi tribe could withstand it for a few days, the Trier tribe in the upper Germanic region could send a large army to reinforce the Badawi tribe; Balenas did not have the confidence to fight back against the combined forces of the Germanic barbarians of the Badawi and Trier tribes.
Even if Barenas were confident that he could defeat the armies of these two Germanic barbarian tribes at the same time, it would be a lose-lose situation, and the only ones who could benefit in the end would be the Julius family of Rome or the Gallic Alesian tribe who stood still.
In order to avoid such a situation, Barenas decided to personally go to the border area with the Alesian tribe and invite Brenus, the leader of the Alesian tribe, to negotiate an alliance; As long as the Alesian tribes were willing to ally with him, Balenas could accept to join Brenus in attacking the Germanic barbarians, and after the war both sides occupied the Upper and Lower Germanic regions.
Faced with the negotiation application sent by the British barbarian Barenas, Brenus naturally knew that Barenus must have wanted to join forces with him to get a piece of the pie in response to the current Germanic barbarian invasion by the Roman Julius family; To be honest, if it weren't for the existence of the British barbarians, Brenus would have led an army to attack the Trier tribes in the upper Germanic region.
With the feud between the Gallic barbarians and the Germanic barbarians, especially the generational wars between the Alesian and Trier tribes, the two sides have long been in a situation of endless death; It's rare that the Germanic barbarians are in such a big crisis now, and Brenus naturally won't mind rushing forward with his Alesian army to make up for the Germanic barbarians.
It's just that the British barbarians have recently organized an army of nearly 50,000 people to occupy the Belgian region of the Samaro Briva tribe; Although Brenus did not feel that the life or death of the Samaro Briva tribe had anything to do with his own tribe, Brenus still understood that the British barbarians with a large army did make people feel deeply threatened.
Now that it is rare that someone from the British barbarians has taken the initiative to come to the door, Brenus naturally will not refuse such an opportunity to form an alliance; In order to show his sincerity, Barenus only brought less than a hundred men to the border area, and Brenus only brought fifty personal guards.
The negotiations for the alliance between the two men went very smoothly, and both men expressed their willingness to give strong support to each other in the attack on the Germanic barbarians, driven by their common interests; In particular, Balenus promised Brenus that as long as his army completed the attack on the Badawi tribe, he would immediately attack the rear of the Trier tribe south to reinforce Brenus's attacking army.
After agreeing on a specific covenant, the two quickly returned to their base camps; Subsequently, Barenus led 26,000 British barbarian warriors and 20,000 newly recruited warriors to kill the Badawi tribe of Lower Germania, and Brenus also led 40,000 warriors of the Alesian tribe to pounce on the Trier tribe of Upper Germania.
The combined invasion of the Alesian tribes and the British army of Balenas was undoubtedly a tragedy for the Germanic barbarians, and the leak of the roof coincided with the overnight rain; However, the situation is far from being beyond the control of the Germanic barbarians, and the outcome of the war is unknown! (To be continued.) )