Augustus Road

Under the dry wind in late summer and the scorching sun at noon, hundreds of thousands of people launched an unprecedented bloody battle at the foot of Tihong Mountain. Facts have proved that Caesar's strategy of luring the enemy out and occupying the commanding heights was completely successful, especially the precious formation time. The shrewd Caesar calculated very accurately, and the following battle also verified that in the Mediterranean world at that time , as long as the legions of the Roman Republic are given the opportunity to form a majestic formation to meet the enemy head-on, no one can be their opponent, including the Gauls, Germans, Asia Minor, and Spaniards.

Fifty hundred men of the 10th Legion formed a shield wall, and then the soldiers of the 7th and 8th Legions halfway up the mountain threw hunting spears that could tear apart the entire cloud in the sky. Countless Helvetic vanguard personnel, There were one or two hunting spears on the chest and abdomen, with blood and flesh flying everywhere, and they fell to the ground in a terrifying posture. Some people were supported by the hunting spear heads that passed through their bodies, so it looked like they were still standing. He was alive, but in fact his internal organs had burst and he had died. Many of the Gauls who were lucky enough to raise their shields were able to block the hunting spears thrown by the Romans, but unfortunately the shields of ordinary men in Gaul were too inferior. They did not even have metal corners and bones, so they could not be used by hunting spears. Penetrated and forced to abandon, they were beaten to pieces, but the brave and ferocious barbarians still braved the endless death blows and moved forward. Without shields, they pushed the bodies of their companions, and soon and experienced The soldiers of the Tenth Legion fought with swords. There were many scarred people who tried to withdraw and rest in a place untouched by the war. However, they were trampled and squeezed to death by the endless men and horses behind them who only knew how to move closer.

The soldiers' shouts stirred up a bigger tornado. The originally quiet and peaceful mountains and forests were now filled with sand and rocks. Caesar stood motionless under his red cloak with his hands lowered. Looking around, the mountainside, foothills and fields were filled with brass Gallic helmets of republican soldiers and silver-plated helmets of barbarians. , countless flags were swaying, and some suddenly fell down and disappeared, and they were scattered all over the place. Caesar understood that he was now a commander. At this moment of fierce battle between the two armies, the so-called commanding art or the wisdom of the generals no longer play any role - the decisive role at this time is the centurion, the ten-capion and the ordinary veterans. , the recruits.

Therefore, when the Seventh and Eighth Legions continued to have hundreds of troops walking down the hillside. When the centurions of the Tenth Army retreated to take over the heavy casualties, they retreated to rest. Caesar just stood upright under his red cloak. He kept clenching his fists to encourage everyone, "Look here, your governor is still here. All the eagle flags are still in our hands. The enemy can hardly resist it. Their corpses are densely covered under the mountain. All we have today is All the warriors are one against a hundred!”

On the other side of Little Tree Mountain, the Bois, the rearguard force left by the Helvetii, set up a huge car camp arranged in three circles on the passage between this mountain and Mount Tijon, with a total capacity of 30,000 people. After the completion of the car camp, five thousand Boi warriors held the sheep skull flag, which was the totem of their tribe (the Boi people settled in Lake Leman and were not of the same tribe as Helvetia, but they were also brought here before) , climbing up on hands and feet along the hillside of Little Tree Mountain, preparing to annihilate this group of Romans, or prevent them from getting closer to Caesar's main force on Mount Tijon. The "three-layer defense line" installed by Lepidus - scorpion crossbow, The cavalry cannons and wild ass trebuchets fired at the bottom without any gaps across the trenches and wooden fences. The cruelty of the whole scene even stunned Labienus who was assisting here. He could not believe that this was the routine of the Roman legions. Firepower, this can no longer be called a fight, but simply a bloody massacre of the Boi people.

Before Rabinus could come to his senses, the seventh charge of the Boii had been completely crushed. Seeing that the opponent's vitality and blood essence had been completely lost, Lepidus raised his hand, and Sabokemus next to him nodded. , then asked Rabinus for instructions: "Can we put all the two thousand-man brigades of the Tenth Legion and the Twelfth Legion into the counterattack? Only by crushing the opponent's car camp, we can attack the main force of the Helvetic people from behind. Launching an attack like this on the Tihon Mountain Front and the Little Tree Mountain Front can form a pincer attack on the enemy, and the two hundred thousand Helvetians will become rats in the bag. "

Rabinus suddenly stood up, raised his scepter high, and then slashed it down hard. Dozens of trumpeters puffed their cheeks in the direction of the wind and blew the attack signal. Two elite brigades surged around the trench. , followed the passage that had been opened in advance, and split into the road down the mountain, "Damn it, this is the top elite of my Twelve Legions? Look at the momentum and pace of the tenth Legion, and then look at yours, Milu, you can get it Lead the team well, don't embarrass us." Li Bida held up the gold-plated baton and danced on the top of the mountain. He especially saw that his own team of thousands of people was in pieces on the mountain road because they failed to maintain their assault formation. He was furious and felt that the auxiliary army was weak and lacked service experience and hard training. Compared with the tenth legion, it was not good at all.

"Sabo, don't be stunned. Together with Pope, you will move out eight cavalry cannons, accompanied by two thousand-man brigades, and completely trample the enemy to the ground. Today's battle achievement is to destroy the tribe of Poi." Hearing from the commander Sabo responded to the officer's order, hugged the bumpy and shaking helmet with one hand (his face was too thin), protected the confidential document box on his back with the other, and ran towards the cavalry artillery position.

This was the moment when he verified his second "Lepider Cavalry Cannon. Modification."

Although the Boii suffered heavy casualties, their chieftain was very clever and did not allow his men to retreat back to the chariot camp. Instead, he left a small number of elite soldiers and horses to resist the pursuit in the gorge between the mountains. He rode on horseback, holding a sheep skull flag to gather the defeated soldiers, and climbed up the nameless hillside opposite. He turned the tables and took advantage of the terrain. He threw hunting spears at the two Roman thousand-man teams that were crowded in the gorge. Many Boii women and children in the chariot camp also climbed onto the tall vehicles, erected stick throwers, and wound the bowstrings of light crossbows. The crossfire was like rain and hail. Many veterans of the thousand-man team were knocked to the ground at once, and screams came one after another.

However, the thousand-man brigade was a first-class elite after all. They quickly dispersed their formations, raised their shields above their heads, and defended on the spot. The war has since fallen into a stalemate.

Pope and Sabo, along with the eight cavalry cannons, rushed down under the arrows and stones of the Boyi people. Two cavalry cannons and the tractor carriages reacted a little slower, and were immediately hit so that the wheels flew out and overturned to one side, with many casualties. At the critical moment, Sabo suddenly jumped off the speeding carriage, ran with his shield raised sideways, and protected the cavalry cannons. Inspired by him, many thousand-man soldiers also ran over and formed a shield formation around the cavalry cannons. Many people were killed and injured before they successfully unloaded the crossbow cannons from the carriage. )