The sun is setting in the west, and the sky is approaching dusk.

Pulling a long shadow, tens of thousands of Roman legions appeared on the northern outskirts of the town.

The people of Belfast looked forward to the day, and saw a large number of figures in the north from afar, and they couldn't wait to cheer in victory, and for a while, Belfast seemed to become a sea of joy.

However, the reality is always so lacking in nutrients and extremely skinny.

A few good-eyed Celts were the first to notice that something was wrong, and the approaching team was not the so-called triumphant Celtic warriors, but the Roman invaders holding the eagle banner high!

The joyful atmosphere in Belfast instantly turned to cold, then to fear.

Without the tribal leader Teward, people were confused and running around, men looking for weapons, and women dragging children into the house. It was all in vain, and there was basically not much resistance, and Belfast fell into the hands of the king's army; No one escaped, and Otta's thousands of cavalry archers captured all those who tried to escape.

Because of Belfast's favorable geographical location, Wang's army temporarily halted its march to the south of Ireland; Valerius led the infantry and miscellaneous soldiers to transform into builders, build military fortresses and build military ports, while the royal army led the Ota cavalry corps from Belfast to the east end and directly attacked Sligo at the west end, and swept all the areas north of the two places.

The area now controlled by the royal army is equivalent to Northern Ireland in later generations, except that the northwest occupies more areas, such as the Letterkenny region, and the south has less area; In terms of area, it is almost the same.

The process of conquest was full of bloodshed, and in a little more than a month, tens of thousands of Celtic youths disappeared into this land one after another, and the total population of Ireland under the jurisdiction of the Roman Empire reached nearly 200,000, but the proportion of old people, women and children was very large.

In order to reduce the killing, Wang Jun tried to surrender, but the reaction of the Celts made him helpless.

Could it be that the Celtics would rather die than surrender?

No, on the contrary, after their surrender, they were far more well-behaved and well managed than those Picts in northern Britain; Many of the young men who survived were even willing to join the Roman army, raising butcher knives against the Celts of other tribes.

It's just that there must be a premise for all this, that is, Wang Jun needs to kill most of the warriors of their tribe first......

What is this?

Cheap?

In essence, Wang Jun's thoughts are still the thoughts of the 21st century, and sometimes it is really difficult to understand when looking at ancient things; The deputy commander, Villeris, and several other generals took it in stride, feeling that this was normal.

Victory and pride, defeat and discouragement, this is a common problem of the Celts; In the words of Clark, the general of the Second Army, they don't like to listen to good talk, and if you have to beat them to death, this is honest.

In addition, the tribal concept was deeply rooted in the hearts of the Celts; For them, the tribe is a combination of home and country; The relationship between tribes and tribes is comparable to that of one family state and another; As long as you can protect the interests of your tribe to the greatest extent after surrendering, you can do anything.

Clark had two more infantry brigades under his command, all made up of Celts; Because their organization is too poor, since their formation, they have been practicing the cooperation of queues and battle formations every day.

300 kilometres south of Belfast is the largest town in Ireland, Ebrana, and home to Ireland's most powerful Babatai tribe. No tribe on the Irish continent dared to challenge the majesty of the Babataean tribe, and no one dared to disrespect Dukaru, the leader of the Babataean tribe.

The population of the Babataean tribe is more than 200,000, and there are nearly 20,000 brave and warlike young people, while the average tribe in Ireland can have thousands of warriors, which is one of the reasons why no one dares to challenge the Babataean tribe.

Dukaru, not only the leader of the Babataean tribe, but also the legend of Ireland, the wise man of this continent; It is said that when he was young, Dukaru traveled to Britain, Gaul and other places east of the sea, endured many hardships, and participated in many large-scale wars.

Of course, legends always need some concrete examples to become more convincing and disseminated.

No second person really understands Dukaru's real experience of going overseas, but Dukaru's actions in Ireland are clearly visible under people's noses.

When Dukaru returned to Ireland, he single-handedly developed the Babataean tribe, which at that time had a population of only a few thousand, into the most populous tribe in Ireland today; Thirty-two years ago, Dukaru led the still weak Babataean tribe to defeat several large tribes in Ireland at that time that were known for their brutality and killing, and established the hegemony of the Babataean tribe on the Irish continent in one fell swoop. However, instead of taking the opportunity to eliminate other tribal forces, Dukaru vigorously promoted friendship between the tribes and quelled the centuries-old war. Ireland's stable situation today is completely dominated by Dukaru.

A basket of exploits and mysterious legends that no one really knows about have made Ducatou known as the Irish Wise, the Good, and the Brave Triple Identity; In a sense, Dukaru was already the uncrowned king of the Celts, long beyond the scope of the leader of the Babataean tribe.

On August 31, 183 A.D., all the tribal chiefs of the Irish continent were gathered, except for the areas controlled by the Romans

Ebrana (later Dublin).

The 60-year-old Dukaru, in the eyes of a large number of tribal leaders, seems to be only about 50 years old; The thin but tall body is still imposing, and the eyes as blue as the sea are full of wisdom.

Only Dukaru understands that he is really old, easily tired, and his eyesight has deteriorated significantly; Once strong and powerful arms, now only have loose muscles, perhaps, I will soon go through the last journey of my life.

Seeing that Ireland is becoming more and more stable, as long as the new leader of the tribe is chosen, Dukaru can begin to enjoy the last period of his life in peace; But now, the Romans have suddenly invaded and thrown everything upside down.

There was a lot of content in the meeting, but basically it was all Dukaru said, and the leaders of the other tribes listened; Maybe it was because no one from the other tribal leaders dared to bounce in front of Dukaru, or maybe these leaders didn't have any good way to do it, but in short, no one had the slightest objection to Dukaru's words from beginning to end of this long meeting.

Dukaru's biggest regret is that he can't have children, and the adventures of his youth have given him a lot of knowledge, but they have hurt his body; Seeing today that the other tribal leaders at the meeting only listened to themselves and had no opinions, Dukaru was not proud at all, on the contrary, he was very dissatisfied and very worried.

In view of his fears, Dukaru finally decided to mobilize the forces of the whole of Ireland and take advantage of the fact that the Romans were still unstable, and to attack on all fronts, and drive all the enemies into the sea; Dukaru felt that he was running out of time, and if he did not resolve this crisis as soon as possible, he was afraid that Ireland would be over.

Unbeknownst to Wang, a great crisis was approaching the expeditionary force, and he was now in Belfast worrying about the lack of troops.

Through the surrendered Celts, Wang Jun and others knew that the greatest enemy of the conquest of Ireland was the Babataean tribe; Whether it was to be able to return home as soon as possible, or to avoid giving the enemy too much time to prepare, Wang Jun had long wanted to take his men and horses to Ebrana.

However, the situation in Ireland is different from that of Britain, first of all, the number of troops is not insufficient, although the First Army did not participate in the British Northern Conquest from beginning to end, but at least it played the role of guarding Hadrian's Wall and ensuring that the rear was worry-free. The Third Army now garrisoned several strategic points in northern Britain to assist local officials in assimilating the Scots and Picts; In addition to some of the First Army's remaining on Hadrian's Wall, the rest was deployed in important towns in southern Britain, and although the south had been assimilated, it was still necessary to maintain a military presence.

Wang Jun continued to fight south with his existing men and horses, who would defend the northern part of Ireland that had already been conquered? Leave Clark's Second Legion behind?

Ireland is different from Britain, the vast wilderness, basically no danger to defend, leaving the Second Army, it is okay to defend Belfast, but the whole north is ......

Leave the Fourth Legion behind?

This is basically a passable defensive problem, but it seems too risky to bring a cavalry corps of 5,000 men and horses.

The head is as big as a fight, this is a true portrayal of Wang Jun at this moment.

Villeries suggested that the royal army should apply for reinforcements from home, or build fortresses to the south year by year, and slowly encroach on the south; Victory is inevitable anyway, and it doesn't hurt to have more time.

They wouldn't know that Wang Jun was in a hurry to go home, to his home in the real world.

Applying for reinforcements?

Emperor Maximus is now fighting the Germans in the north of the empire, how can there be reinforcements for you!

There are a lot of domestic soldiers, but it costs money to raise soldiers, and it costs a lot of money; Moreover, even if Maximus still had the financial resources to form a new army and rush to Ireland, it would not arrive until at least next year.

Forts to the south?

Across the Irish mainland, build a fortress half a kilometer apart from east to west, and then advance a few miles to the south to build another fortress; And so on, all the way to the southern sea, where the rebels either went into the sea to feed the fish or took the initiative to attack the fortress......

Your sister!

This is going to be built until the Year of the Monkey?

Wang Jun suddenly wanted to kick his deputy commander Villeries to another world to be the director of the stability maintenance office, and he was too stable.

Alex, who had been promoted to general of the Fourth Legion, had a better idea to let the Second Legion defend Belfast, while the Fourth Legion advanced south along the eastern seaboard, while the cavalry corps went directly into the southern part of Ireland, attacking everywhere, sweeping small tribes and harassing large tribes when they found them.

Wang Jun feels that this method is well worth trying, although there are still considerable risks.

The world is unpredictable.

Just as the king's army was shrinking its forces and preparing to carry out Alex's plan, Dukaru and the others struck first.

Time, September 15 evening.

Location, Belfast Town, Great Tent of the Commander of the Roman Occupation Army.

The characters, Commander Wang Jun of the Ninth Army, Deputy Commander Villeris, General Clark of the Second Army, General Alex of the Fourth Army, General Ota of the Cavalry Legion, plus the reserve lieutenant generals of the three legions.

In the past two days, Wang's army has completed a comprehensive downsizing operation, temporarily relinquishing military control over the entire northern part of Ireland; Tonight, the generals are being organized to discuss the final details of the plan for the southern expedition, and tomorrow morning at dawn there will be an enlarged meeting of the southern expedition at the rank of captain and above, and orders will be issued and tasks will be assigned.

Maybe Lady Luck and Wang Jun have such a leg, so that Wang Jun, who only learned a little military knowledge from the Internet, has traveled to this special era in the 2nd century AD, otherwise, tonight, Wang Jun can't eat, and he has to go around.

The 2nd century was a time when it was difficult for otaku to survive.

In this era, communication is basically based on roaring;

In this era, lighting basically relies on fire;

In this era, law and order basically rely on dogs;

In this era, transportation is basically dependent on horses.

Dukaru could never have imagined that because he had brought peace to Ireland for decades, as a result, many of the warriors of the tribe no longer knew how to fight, and could not even understand the common sense of night raids; In fact, except for Dukaru's own Babataean warriors who can also get some knowledge of war, the warriors of other tribes can only slash with open swords and guns, to put it simply, they can fight in groups. Then again, most of the military knowledge that Ducalu learned in his youth came from rising Rome, regardless of how much Ducalu could have learned at that time, even if he had learned all of them, it would have been nearly forty years ago.

Most of the tribes, marching with torches, formed a mighty fire dragon; With the dog to open the way, everyone was happy and arranged harp accompaniment.

The warriors of the Babataean tribe behaved more "quality", did not bring dogs, did not fiddle with the harp on the march, but...... They also carried torches.

Is this still a night raid?

It's an open fire battle!

Perhaps, the level of war of the Celts is still stuck in the era when the big brother organized the younger brother to fight in groups.

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