Augustus Road

Chapter 32 Fear of War (Part 2)

Several nobles proposed to the tribal chief Dusonville to lead the cavalry through the pass, but Dusonville was desperate and asked what to do with the camp car left behind? There were all our descendants, women and children. Especially when he saw the stick throwers and ballistae on both sides of the pass, he made up his mind to surrender. .

What surprised him was that when he jumped off his horse and walked to the Roman commander's camp, the commander neither asked him to commit suicide nor let him get through the yoke door. Instead, he gently comforted him and his tribe through an interpreter. They also handed over part of the food for aid, and even allowed them to keep their baggage and weapons, but there were conditions: "As a servant army, provide blood tribute to the legion."

Under the arrangement of Lepidus, Dusonville led his tribe to settle in the interior of Gaul and selected the location of a walled city, pastures and fields. This surprised all the tribesmen because they did not have to be trafficked to the scorching hot Italy with their relatives. Going to the island to become a slave is the greatest blessing in itself, not to mention that the land and climate of the new home are much better than the original black rivers and forests that were so gloomy that there was no sunlight all day long. As long as you sow seeds here, you can rest assured that the cuckoo god will Then there will be a lot of harvest in the coming year.

So as promised, the thousand tribal cavalry below Dusonville were turned into the "Affiliated Legion Cavalry Wing" of the Twelve Legions. A thousand-man infantry and cavalry mixed team was formed in Lepida, Lusitania, but later due to various reasons It was disbanded, but today he used his power to recruit this group of Gallic cavalry who did not need to cooperate with the infantry without spending a single shot or a single sesstus. It was a great deal.

All that's left is to change the organization, armor, and flags.

During this time, Lepidus began to slightly reform the original soldiers' committee. He required that only those who invited the statue of King Numa into the camp to worship could be qualified to serve as committee members. He also engraved the committee's entries on a bronze plate and placed it in the camp. , for members to experience and watch. The core words are "loyalty, honor, obedience, and consultation."

However, the right to distribute subsidies is still in the hands of the Soldiers Committee, and it is still distributed every two supply days, that is, once a month. Now Lepidus felt that everything was going wrong, and he was waiting for Caesar to start a war against the Germans on both sides of the Renus River, but soon Labienus found him and said that the atmosphere in the military camp was very strange.

"When the camp was opened, many soldiers believed the lies of the traveling merchants and were afraid of the German barbarians. Many of them even refused to move to the camp to fight."

Therefore, Labienus asked Lepidus to also investigate the situation in the camp of the Twelve Legions and submit it to Caesar as soon as possible.

Lepidus thought for a moment, and immediately after Rabinus left, he declared a ban on the camp. Not only did Sabo quickly form a baggage detachment and artillery unit during this period, but he also pulled all the Vipicinas cavalry into the camp. Come here to avoid being infected by this panic plague. Next came strict military training and engineering work training. Lepidus reiterated his requirements during his stay in Lusitania. The infantry built city walls or dug trenches every day, while the cavalry had to practice in the hunting grounds every day.

As for the submitted documents, Lepidus casually concealed his identity, and along with the idea of ​​​​exploring the tone, he came to Caesar's main camp five stadias away, but saw the Governor standing among a group of generals, roaring:

"It is a shame for the Romans that so many well-equipped and well-supplied legions would actually be afraid of a group of barbarians across the Renus River. They have no tactical code, no equipment manufacturing technology, and no architectural aesthetics. They are not as good as Caesar." The Germans, at least they can make four-wheeled carriages! But you are afraid. Now there are various Germanic legends circulating in the military camp, saying that the Gauls would not dare to face them! Look at each other with a straight eye! It is said that each German is nine Roman feet tall, has a waist circumference of only nine Roman feet, and uses a sword as long as nine Roman feet. Each of them has a physique like a Hercules and is invincible. After saying that, Caesar threw the laurel leaf crown to the ground and shouted angrily to his generals: "The Germans are human beings, not giants of the deep sea! Bastard, do I want to sacrifice to Mercury, the god of messengers?" , let him use the snake-wrapped cross to bring out the dead spirit of my uncle Marius from the underworld, and tell him how he defeated three hundred thousand Cimbri and Teutons before, weren't they the same? Residents of Germania? And now, you!"

As he said that, Caesar slapped a thick pile of documents on the table, "These military tribunes, this one said that he had a backache and wanted to leave the army to recuperate in the winter camp, and this one said that the slave he brought to the military camp had an injured leg. , and it was difficult to move forward, and the mule he kept was dead, so he could no longer move towards the other side of the Renus River, because he had to rely on his own mule to cross the river." After saying this, Caesar said in front of all the generals. In front of him, he smashed the tablet on the ground, stepped on it a few times with his feet, and then said, "Give me my order. The man with backache will immediately transfer to the 10th Army Corps as the fortification commander, and help me move the most important equipment." Heavy timber and masonry; the one who could do nothing without his slaves was given command of a baggage train and kept company with military slaves; and the one whose mule died was immediately deprived of his officer position and sent to the seventh legion. Go to the front line of a large group as infantry!"

After promulgating these resolutions, Caesar paused, lowered his head and panted, while the surrounding generals did not even dare to breathe.

After a moment, Caesar raised his finger and said, "Convene a joint meeting. Now!"

Rabinus then asked in a low voice, "Then I will call all the centurions from the first cohort of each legion now?"

"No." Caesar stood up slowly, "Call all the centurions of all the legions, regular and auxiliary, all six legions, and all the centuries."

This order was very explosive. According to convention, only ten lieutenants, the tribunes of the legions, the chief centurion of the first battalion of the legion and the remaining centurions could attend the joint meeting chaired by His Excellency the Governor. If Caesar's six legions were together, there would only be about 130 people qualified to attend the meeting (about 59 centurions in each legion), but this time Caesar asked all the centurions to come to the meeting, and the lineup of participants suddenly expanded to about 4450 people, which was indeed enough to surprise people.

Caesar was going to have a full-scale showdown!

Around dusk, all the centurions, dressed neatly, came to the tent of the commander in chief one by one, but there was no room for so many people there, so they had to move to the small square of the camp. There were gates and sentries around, and ordinary soldiers were not allowed to get in touch with the news, which suddenly seemed very mysterious. (To be continued.)

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