If you want to do something, you have to get into the habit of doing it; If you don't want to do something, don't get involved.

- Epictetus (famous Roman philosopher)

Flavis's celebration in Salzburg lasted three days before it ended, and the enthusiasm of the Salzburg tribesmen was so hard to resist that Flavis had to let his two legions go mad in Salzburg for three whole days; In fact, the real celebration was the first day, and the next two days became a trade meeting between the people of Salzburg and the soldiers of the 6th and 7th Legions.

The people of the barbarian tribes of Salzburg took out things that their families did not use and exchanged things with the soldiers of the two legions, and the soldiers of the two legions also took out all the things they could take out and exchange, in order to exchange those things that were extremely valuable in Rome itself; Both sides felt that they had gained benefits, and they were both busy.

In such a warm environment, the formation of the Eighth Army was also carried out exceptionally smoothly; Because the warriors of the Salzburg tribe were not good at using equipment, the standard equipment brigade of the Julius family was abolished in the Eighth Legion. However, the Eighth Army still maintained a full strength of 7,000 men; It's just the addition of two Germanic berserker brigades.

These two brigades, a Germanic berserker of 1,000 men, are the most elite fighting power of the entire Salzburg barbarian tribe; They were also an important part of the Salzburg tribe's ability to escape from the blows of other tribes. Although Flavis was reluctant to say it explicitly, he still didn't trust this so-called elite fighting force very much; After all, Flavies hadn't seen the power of these berserkers with his own eyes.

Clyde was not a fool either, and he could naturally see Flavies' disapproval; Thus, a friendly battle between the Roman army and the Germanic warriors broke out. On one side were a thousand Germanic berserkers, and on the other side were a full three thousand Roman hoplites; This is the number that Clyde specifically requested, otherwise Clyde would have refused to send Berserkers.

As it turned out, Clyde was not lying, and the fighting power of these Germanic berserkers was indeed extraordinary; Each of them drank more than three bottles of ale before the battle, and then rushed up with their drunken weapons slapping their chests and screaming, while the victorious Roman hoplites met the enemy in a standard three-column battle formation!

The strength of the Germanic berserkers is indeed not false, and the combat power they burst out during the battle simply shocked Flavis; The Roman hoplites, who had an absolute numerical advantage, were still defeated by the berserkers after they set up a battle formation, and they had no power to resist, and they were suppressed by the berserkers and unable to move if they had a rare opportunity to resist.

The 3,000 hoplites ended up in a tie with the 1,000 berserkers, of course, and this was only because Clyde had given Flavies face; In fact, it was still three thousand hoplites who lost. For in the end of the three thousand hoplites were less than a thousand, and the berserkers were nearly five hundred; More crucially, such a competition is not enough to bring out the full combat power of the Berserker.

Flavis understood that those fierce berserkers who were not afraid of death would really show up on the battlefield; They will never die at the touch of the enemy's sword, and they will continue to fight to the end after being hit hard, rather than being killed by the sword of the Roman hoplites, as is the case in the competition.

As for why Flavies didn't blame the Roman hoplites for not winning, it was because Flavies had no way to blame the hoplites; They've done good enough, it's just that their enemies are too strong. With the exception of these two special brigades, the other brigades of the Eighth Legion maintained the standard Roman legion in numbers and establishment.

However, there is still a relatively large gap between the two sides in the use of weapons and equipment; The Eighth Legion, formed by the Salzburg tribes, generally used Germanic spears and axes, as well as javelins, and little to no use of short swords. Even if the Julius family changed the Eighth Legion to better equipment in the future, they would need to specially build spears and axes for them, and they would not be used to weapons such as short swords.

In addition to the large difference between the main body of the Eighth Legion and the standard legion of the Julius family, the problem of auxiliary legions is also relatively obvious; The Eighth Army was not suitable for the formation of a hoplite corps, and in fact the current composition of the Eighth Corps was the Light Infantry Corps. So should the auxiliary legions that are standard for each legion be equipped with the eighth legion? That's a problem!

Eventually, when Flavies consulted Clyde on the issue, Clyde's suggestion was that an auxiliary legion could be formed; But there is no need to form an auxiliary legion composed of light infantry, just let the cavalry warriors who originally belonged to the Salzburg tribe form an auxiliary legion and belong to the Eighth Legion.

This suggestion is still very good, at least the combat effectiveness of the cavalry is much stronger than that of the infantry; Thus, the Eighth Army had an auxiliary regiment of 2,500 cavalrymen. The cavalry of the Eighth Auxiliary Regiment was not only ordinary cavalry, but also a full 500 noble cavalry of the Salzburg tribe.

In the tribes of the barbarians, the status of the cavalry is not very high, and even many times it is not as high as the status of the elite warriors in those tribes; However, there is one type of cavalry that is respectable, and that is the noble cavalry. The noble cavalry, as the name suggests, is a cavalry composed of nobles; They have powerful forces, sophisticated weapons, and sturdy horses, and they are basically synonymous with strength!

You know, in the world of barbarians, nobility is not something that anyone can do; A person must have contributed to his tribe and have strong personal strength to become a nobleman in the tribe. Therefore, the nobles in the barbarian tribes were respected warriors and warriors; The cavalry units composed of them naturally became extraordinary.

Flavies already knew something about this when he fought against the Gallic barbarians, so he didn't interfere too much; The formation of the Eighth Army and its auxiliaries was well underway, but Flavies was still a little worried, since news of Rabinus's attack in Illyria had not yet arrived.

Flavies also knew that he was in too much of a hurry, after all, it had only been half a month since the soldiers were divided into two ways at that time; At this time, Rabinus had just begun to attack Selgistika in the Kingdom of Illyria. Even if Rabinus could take Ségistica in one fell swoop, it would take at least ten days for the cavalry to reach Salzburg!

Obviously, Flavies underestimated Rabinus a little; Before Flavis could get out of the passage, Rabinus had already led his army to take Selgistika. By the time Flavies led his army to launch a surprise attack on Salzburg, Rabinus had already sent cavalry to advance towards Salzburg with good news.

Ten cavalrymen with thirty horses, along the way changed horses without changing people desperately accelerated in the direction of Salzburg; Just eight days later, they arrived in Salzburg! At this time, Flavies was inspecting the training of the Eighth Army in a newly built barracks outside Salzburg; The Eighth Legion was guided by the officers and men of the other two legions.

The good news sent back by Rabinus not only contains the final result of the battle, but also the detailed process; Even how he managed to get into the city, Rabinus explained in detail. Rabinus wrote a total of six parchment scrolls, but after reading them carefully, Flavis could not suppress the ecstasy in his heart!

He took the Salzburg barbarian tribe without blood, and successfully surrendered the Salzburg tribe; In this conquest of Norikum, the Julius family not only did not pay any casualties, but instead equalized a strong Eighth Legion! And Rabinus was also very good, with less than two hundred casualties to occupy Ségistica, and also captured all the members of the royal family, which is really good!

At this moment, the Julius family's crusade plan was perfectly over; The Noricum region would become the sixth province under the rule of the House of Julius, and the Kingdom of Illyria would become the seventh province under the rule of the House of Julius. Now Flavies can think about another question; That is the question of how to distribute the garrison.

Whether it is the newly occupied kingdom of Illyria or the already surrendered Norikum region, it is necessary to send a large army to garrison it; Otherwise, there would be no point in occupying these regions, and these two provinces would become the eastern barrier of the Julius family! As for the Eighth Legion, which was formed by the Salzburg tribal warriors, it must have followed him back to his homeland; There is no doubt about that.

It was unlikely that Flavis would have left the Eighth Army in Salzburg after the conquest of the Salzburg Horde; How is this possible? Moreover, the weapons and equipment of the Eighth Legion also needed to be replaced, and it was best to return to Rome with Flavis; The garrisons of Norikum and Illyria were naturally to be handed over to the other three legions.

In Flavies's view, the most appropriate arrangement would have been for Varus to be stationed in Illyria with the Sixth Legion, and Rabinus's Fifth Legion and Cecil's Seventh Legion in Norikum; Between Rabinus and Cecil, a combined legion was naturally formed, with Rabinus as the commander.

Such an arrangement was most appropriate, but Flavies, fearing that Cecil would be dissatisfied with this, asked Cecil in advance if he would accept Rabinus's command; Cecil, however, did not object, but accepted it calmly, much to the satisfaction of Flavies. So, at the same time as Flavies sent an order to Rabinus; It also allowed Varus to set off with the Sixth Legion.

In addition, Flavies made arrangements for the royal family of the Kingdom of Illyria; He ordered Rabinus to change his guard and go to Salzburg after the arrival of Varus's Sixth Army. Before that, Rabinus needed to send cavalry to send all the royal family members of the Illyrian kingdom to Aretion; Then they will live in peace in Arettien. (To be continued.) )