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

After a day of bloody fighting, only about a thousand of the 3,500 cavalry returned to the barracks, only about 1,000 cavalrymen; After today's battle, Flavies, who suffered heavy losses, did not blame the cavalry who had collapsed on the battlefield, but gathered them away.

The 2,000 archers of the auxiliary legion were almost all lost, but more than 500 of the Gallic barbarian warriors who dared to storm the phalanx of pikemen of the Mainz tribe survived; For these heroes of battle, Flavis did not let them belong to the auxiliary legions of the various legions, but directly transferred them to his own command.

Farius's Fourth Legion, which had paid the price of nearly two and a half thousand hoplites in today's battle; Although the real number of casualties was only 1,500 hoplites, the 1,000 seriously wounded could not recover their combat effectiveness in a short time. In other words, the fourth legion of Farius, in the next battle, only had the combat strength of three thousand five hundred hoplites.

Juliels' Ninth Legion, in the fierce battle, took on more of the attack of the pikemen phalanx of the Mainz tribe; So much so that the officers and men of the Ninth Army paid the price of nearly 2,500 killed, and 500 were seriously wounded. In other words, Julis's Ninth Army, in the next battle, will only have the combat strength of three thousand hoplites.

The smallest casualties were Clyde's Eighth Legion, a hoplite force of 6,000 men, which at the end of the battle had paid the price of less than 1,500 killed and 500 seriously wounded, with a remaining strength of 4,000 men; However, the performance of the Eighth Army on the battlefield was the most disappointing and unsatisfactory for Fravis.

The Eighth Legion, with a full six thousand hoplites, their enemies were nothing more than the enemy's noble cavalry; Later, as Odovaka led 2,000 Germanic axe soldiers into the battle, the Eighth Legion, which had an absolute advantage, was on the verge of collapse!

Had it not been for the timely dispatch of four hundred Guards cavalry to support, Clyde's Eighth Legion might have really collapsed on the battlefield; Odovaka's arrogance was an important factor in the battle situation, but in Flavies's view, Clyde's inaction was the key factor that led to the Eighth Army's demoralization and combat effectiveness.

Of course, the reason why Flavies reused Clyde and appointed him as the commander of the Eighth Legion was not because Clyde had any outstanding ability and outstanding ability; It was nothing more than a tactic adopted by Flavies in order to stabilize the Norikum region.

On a deeper level, as Julius expanded their territory, more and more provinces that were not the traditional sphere of influence of the Roman Republic were conquered; The Julius family's use of talents could not be limited to the Romans forever, and the existence of Clyde could be regarded as a kind of propaganda for the Julius family's reuse of foreign talents.

Clyde's performance proved to be really inadequate for the position of Captain of the Eighth Legion, but Flavies would not remove him from the position of Captain; And the soldiers lost by the Eighth Army will also be replenished by the Salzburg tribes in the Norikum area after the war, which is the price Clyde himself should pay!

But now there was another problem before Flavis, after this day of fierce fighting, the three legions of the Julius family, together there were only 10,500 hoplites and about 500 Gallic warriors; As for the 1,000 or so barbarian cavalry, that is to play the role of reconnaissance and order, and it is not of great use at all.

With the total number of men reduced to 12,000 and the 2,000 seriously wounded to be cared for, it was almost impossible for Flavies to lead this army to complete the conquest of the Mainz tribes; You must know that in today's battle, the cost of casualties of the army of the Mainz tribe is smaller than that of the Julius family, and the total strength of the two sides is almost the same.

More importantly, the army of the Mainz tribe is indeed superior to the army of the Julius family in terms of combat effectiveness, coupled with their coordination of arms and strong will to fight; With the same size of troops, the army of the House of Julius had no chance of victory.

However, Flavies could not give up the war and withdrew; Because Caesar's army had completed the conquest of the Macomani region and was on its way to the Qadi region, Flavis could not withdraw his troops at this time!

If Flavis withdraws at such a critical time, even if the Mainz tribe is unable to come to the aid of the Dham tribe in the Kadi region in time after paying the casualties of this battle; The Trier tribes of Upper Germania and the Badawi tribes of Lower Germania could send reinforcements from their respective tribes to reinforce the Damm tribe of the Qadi region through the Agripugumat region of the Mainz tribe.

With the strength of the Damm tribe, not to mention whether Caesar's two legions could succeed in occupying the Qadi region; Even if Caesar's army succeeded in occupying the Qadik, it would not be possible for him to hold the Qadí region under the attack of the Goths and Bodenshoim, as well as the Trier and Badawi tribes, because it was Germanic territory, and Caesar's army could not gain the support of the locals.

This also means that whether or not Flavis can defeat the army of the Mainz tribe, he will not choose to withdraw at such a time; Otherwise, he would have put Caesar and his army in a state of no return, something that Flavies could not do.

It is impossible to withdraw troops, and it is not strong to continue the march; As a result, the only option left for Flavis was to build a solid barracks in place to hold on. In addition to holding on, Flavies had to take other steps to strengthen his own strength; In the region of Agripugramt of the Mainz tribe, Flavies never gave up!

In order to make Caesar understand the current situation, Flavister wrote a letter to Caesar, in which he described in detail the current predicament that Flavis was experiencing, hoping that Caesar would understand the current situation; If Caesar can successfully take the Qadi region, he will hold on to it if he can, and if he can't hold it, he will retreat to the Macomani region, and everything will be to protect his own safety.

In addition to this letter to Caesar, Flavies wrote a letter to each of Caesar's three legion commanders; For Rabinus, who remained in the Macomani region, Flavies gave him an order to defend the Macomani area, and to be ready to meet Caesar's army at any time, and to ensure that Caesar's retreat was safe no matter what.

The order given to Varus and Cecil was to keep Caesar safe by Caesar's side; Even if the army is completely destroyed, it is necessary to ensure that Caesar can return to the Julius family unharmed. With the strength of the Julius family, it is not terrible to lose one or two wars, but the Julius family cannot afford to lose Caesar; Caesar's safety is far more important than the three legions!

Each of the four letters was written ten times by Flavies, after which Flavies called forty cavalrymen of the Guard, told each of them to take a letter, and then let them go; Flavis did his best to protect Caesar.

After arranging Caesar's affairs, Flavies began to think of ways to strengthen his strength; Immediately returning the cavalry to the Norikum area, and ordering the armoured brigades of the three legions to hurry to the location of the large army was only the first way Flavies, the other was to convey the order to form a new legion to Quintus Julius, who was sitting in Aletion.

The Gallic warriors who performed well in the war impressed Flavies, and gave Flavies the idea of recruiting more Gallic barbarian warriors for his own use; In addition, Flavis does not have enough troops in his hands now, and forming a new legion is also the best way to replenish his forces.

If the Romans under the rule of Julius were to form legions for recruits, the peasants who had just laid down their hoes would need to go through a minimum of months of rigorous training to become warriors ready to go to war; And recruiting Gallic barbarian warriors is not so complicated, those Gallic barbarian warriors with combat experience, as long as they have weapons and equipment, can immediately become qualified warriors.

As for the so-called problem of army coordination, the Fourth and Ninth Legions, which were strictly trained in coordination, did not necessarily show better combat effectiveness than the Gallic barbarian warriors who did not know how to cooperate in battles against the Germanic barbarian armies; At this time, Flavis had already seen that the best army against the Germanic barbarians was not the hoplites of the Julius family, but the Gallic warriors who were also barbarians.

At this point, Flavies understood why Calabis liked to use legions of Gallic barbarian warriors against the other Gallic barbarian tribal armies, while the hoplites recruited from the Julius family were only given a limited role on the battlefield; These are all useful, not just a matter of preference.

Flavies' attack on the Mainz tribes in the region of Agridigumat has been thwarted, while the army of Calabes has occupied the Aquitani region of the Rimon tribe; This region of Aquitani was connected to Greater Gaul, ruled by the most powerful Alesian tribe of the Gallic barbarians, and Calabes could lead his army north to invade Greater Gaul at any time if he wished.

Such a geographical distribution gave Flavies the hope of attacking the Germanic barbarians on both sides; Fravis then wrote another letter to Calabes, telling him not to attack the other Gallic barbarian tribes for the time being, and to immediately lead his army north to attack the Alesian tribes in Greater Gaul.

As long as Calabes was able to defeat the Alesian tribes and occupy Greater Gaul, he could attack the Upper Germanic region of the Germanic barbarians from the west; In this way, Flavis can be completely assured that there will be no strong reinforcements from the Mainz tribe, and he can also temporarily slow down the attack plan against the Mainz tribe. (To be continued.) )