Under the leadership of Serbas, the Vesuvian rebels entered an intense strategic deployment.

Mount Vesuvius is steep and surrounded by cliffs, and there is only one mountain trail leading to the top of the mountain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

For the development of the situation, Chang'an did not intervene too much, his main role is to assist, and the life of the client is still to be completed by himself to be perfect, after all, no one wants to go through his life like a puppet.

No matter how perfect your life is, it is not your own experience, it is someone else's life.

Everything is as the plot developed in the previous life, Crotius led an army of 3,000 to press into Mount Vesuvius, and when he reached the foot of the mountain, he did not act rashly.

After observing the terrain, he ordered the blockade of the only mountain road leading to the summit of Vesuvius, in an attempt to cut off the supply of food and grass for the rebels and trap everyone on the mountain.

The news brought back by the scouts made the rebel soldiers very angry, but they couldn't think of a way to deal with it.

While Serbas was pondering, Chang'an had already begun to organize the collection of wild vines, a specialty of Mount Vesuvius, which was everywhere and could easily collect a large number of them.

In the end, Selbas used the envisaged method to slide down the cliff using ropes and ladders woven by wild vines, and surprise the enemy army, achieving the first major victory after the uprising.

That night, Serbas led the assault team, silently went around the enemy's back, and after giving the order to attack, the rebel soldiers rushed into the enemy camp with shouts, and the three thousand troops were killed to the point of losing their armor and crushing, and Crotius took advantage of the chaos to flee in panic.

The reputation of the Vesuvius rebels grew, and more and more people came to the Serbas.

In order to free more oppressed slaves, Selbas decided to abandon his stronghold of Vesuvius and lead the rebel army south, passing through Apulia and into Lucania, before moving to the Brutium region.

Wherever the Serbas rebels went, they attacked the local slave owners' estates and rescued countless slaves, some of whom even rebelled on their own, escaping from the slave owners' dwellings, freeing themselves from the slave owners' shackles and following the Serbas rebel army to welcome freedom.

After a fierce battle in the Brutium area, the rebels advanced along the Adriatic coastline and then all the way north.

By the beginning of the following year, the number of Serbas' troops had reached sixty thousand.

The Roman Senate was shocked by the strength of the rebel army led by Serbas, and once again sent the administrators Turus and Gallius to lead two armies to fight against the rebels.

In the face of a strong Roman army, there was a division within the rebel army. The Serbas advocated a northward march over the Alps to Gaul, where the Romans had not yet ruled.

The herders and poor people who had lived in Apulia for generations were reluctant to leave their homes and wanted to continue fighting the Roman army in an attempt to regain the lost land.

In northern Apulia, 30,000 men left the main force and moved to the direction of Mount Cavour.

In the previous life, this was a major turning point, and the rebel army that left the large army was completely intercepted and annihilated by the Roman army at the foot of Garno, which should be an indelible pain in Serbas's heart.

Chang'an stretched out his arm, he had been fighting in the big team, and now it was his turn to 'work', and after a secret conversation with Serbas, Chang'an left with the split rebel army.

Three days later, at the foot of Gargano, the rebels were confronted by the Roman army.

At the first sight of the Roman army, Chang'an lit the prepared branches, and a puff of black smoke floated into the sky. "Follow after a day, see the black smoke and rush to the rescue." This was their agreement before.

All that is left to do now is to delay as much as possible and wait for reinforcements from the Serbas to arrive.

The rebels resisted with great difficulty, but without a unified command and a general like Serbas, the rebels were defeated and countless people were slaughtered by the swords of the Roman soldiers.

Chang'an fought hard in the ranks, and retreated to the side of the mountain with the remaining rebel army, retreating to the point where there was no way to retreat, and he could only continue to fight with his sword.

One companion after another fell in a pool of blood in front of them, and when people felt deep despair, there were shouts and fights in the distance.

Selbas descended like a god, led a large army, and rescued them again as before, freeing them from the sea of suffering, and the people cheered Selbas's name, and for a time their morale was high.

The rebels, led by Serbas, once again routed the Roman offensive and crushed the Senate's attempt to strangle the rebels.

Chang An withdrew his sword and walked to the front of the team step by step, all the way to Selbas.

As the people fell silent, Chang'an knelt on one knee facing Selbas, raised his dagger with both hands, and swore aloud.

"I, Maureth, swear by the glory and life of an Etrusian: Maurice will follow my king Serbas to the death and never betray him!"

Selbas was a little surprised, but he still took the short sword in Chang'an's hand, patted Chang'an on the shoulder three times with the blade of the sword, and then raised the sword in his hand to show his allegiance to Maurice.

"I will swear to follow my king Serbas to the death, and never betray!" A deafening shout rang out in the valley, and tens of thousands of people knelt on the ground and swore allegiance, with a momentum like a rainbow.

In the future, these tens of thousands of generals will become the most loyal guardians of the Selbas.