Augustus Road

“Use your bows and arrows to prevent the enemy’s cavalry from approaching us, and do not let them get behind us.” - Prophet Muhammad

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Caesar couldn't stand it anymore, so he temporarily summoned his lieutenants and chief centurions of each legion, and held a joint meeting. Caesar was neither an emotionalist nor a superstitious. He knew very well that when he had no choice on the battlefield, , the best way is not to have your own way, nor to pray to God piously, but to gather all the front-line elites participating in the war and listen to them what to do.

This time Lepidus gave the opportunity to perform to Milu. He asked to speak in the name of the chief centurion of the Twelve Legions. Caesar naturally nodded in approval and invited.

"Every link must be prepared, because our army and the enemy are three Roman miles apart. It is best not to throw all the troops at once. We can disperse the battle. Let our twelve legions resist Mount Dukes, and your Excellency will send the rest The five legions and the auxiliary cavalry are divided into two or three lines, taking turns to move forward, supervise the battle to the death, and fight head-on. This can not only support the front and rear, but also make the soldiers in front have no way to retreat until they break through the enemy's camp. Your Excellency, Governor. He is a man who has served for many years and has fought against the Germans. In my opinion, we should not pursue defeating them with one blow. That will only be counterproductive, because the Germans are good at short battles, which is consistent with their physical strength and surname. It has to do with personality, and our army is suitable for long-term attrition wars, which benefits from our formation and discipline."

"You are right, but now that the Seweve people refuse to fight us, this is a big problem." Caesar thinks Milu's proposal is good, but the prerequisites for its implementation do not exist.

"I interrogated the captured warrior named German and found out the reason why they did not come out for a decisive battle." Labienus spoke at this time, "Aliovistus was particularly superstitious about a witch who had given birth to three children. In every previous war, she would be asked to perform divination, and every time it was very effective, this time was no exception, and the witch used fruit branches and white cloth to perform divination, and the result was that before the new moon came out. , if the Sewefer people go to war, they will not be favored by the gods and win."

"I see..." Caesar understood this time. So is there any good way to change the witch's divination? Because there are at least twelve days until the next new moon appears, and our army is already exhausted from the battle for food roads.

"Why do you want to change the witch's divination! Since the Seweif people have decided that they will not dare to fight before next month, then we will attack directly and be caught off guard. They will have to fight us decisively." Kedelius shouted this suggestion with a wave of his fist.

Yes, even though Scydelius was indeed a reckless guy, his proposal was completely correct. Lepidus also said at this time, "I have summarized the opinions of my chief centurion and the commander of the Tenth Legion. Plan. In order to achieve a surprise effect, it is believed that our army can maintain a market day harassment to paralyze the tired enemy, and then my 12th Army will first arrive at Dukes Mountain to contain the enemies everywhere, and then the Governor will lead the five The main force of the legion, decisively defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!"

Caesar and Rabinus nodded together and approved the plan, but asked Lepidus to complete the duties of the Twelve Legions during this period, otherwise they would be defeated by the three thousand Weaver elite cavalry on Dukes Mountain. Affects the entire battle situation.

Influence? I will only lead the entire decisive battle to victory. Lepidus is fully confident that through the improvement of tactics.

The next day, the Romans all stopped. They no longer let the Gallic auxiliary cavalry go out to compete with the Servevers for food roads, and they no longer let the infantry brigades carry pickaxes to dig trenches and build camps. The sounds of training and whistles also fell silent, as if the entire camp had become an empty camp.

The old and cunning Ariovistus felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere, so he went to the witch to seek God's will again on this matter. As a result, the witch used grass roots and red cloth to perform divination again, and came up with an inexplicable answer. Result: "When the clatter of horses' hooves and the sound of trumpets reaches the palisade beside the camp, the River Lenus will come to the aid of our King, the Great King."

At this time, Ariovistus was scratching his head again. There was no way that the divination of witches was so ambiguous and notorious. When you believed it with all your heart, it would often give you an unexpected answer.

The previous divine will could not be violated, so the Seweve people also calmed down and stayed at the car camp, waiting for the arrival of the new moon next month to fight the decisive battle with the Romans - many other German friendly troops who followed. Preparing to cross the Renus River and meet him, Ariovistus was still very confident in this duel.

But on the fourth day, two Roman brigades suddenly rushed to a Roman place outside the camp, quickly dug up the opposition line, and then set up some simple ballistae, one after another towards the camp. The "duty cannon" was fired, and thousands of Gallic cavalry also became active, circling around the arrayed brigade, shouting and provoking, demanding a battle with the German warriors.

Aliovistus sneered. He carefully observed the Roman formation below from the tower, and then saw the mysterious atmosphere of Caesar's camp opposite. Then he remembered the witch's divination result, and ordered the entire tribe and servants to be patient and wait until the beginning of next month before rushing out to fight the Romans in one go. At this time, Caesar was at his wit's end. He had to use a clumsy strategy to lure the enemy, using two battalions as bait. Their heavy infantry was completely hidden in the woods and bushes on both sides of the camp road. Caesar's behavior was really stupid, because I, Aliovistus, have been dealing with the Romans for half my life, and I know that the rules of their camp are to completely cut down all the trees within a radius of ten stadia, not giving the enemy a chance to approach secretly. And Caesar is now openly violating the combat manual, isn't it just for the convenience of ambush?

Another four days passed. On one side, the Romans attacked intermittently, and on the other side, the Germans tried their best to suppress the enemy. The whole battle situation was as uncertain as if it was covered by a layer of gray haze. Especially for the aggressive Germans, this unclear situation made them feel as unbearable as being in a hot sandstorm in Africa.

On the fourth sentry of the eighth day, soldiers in the 12th Legion’s sub-camp along the Rhenus River on the side of the main camp began to set up densely packed pots to cook. “Don’t put up tents on top to cover the smoke. Also, blow whistles, check equipment, and fasten tags.” Lepidus was afraid that the Germans on the opposite side would not notice, so he asked the soldiers to toss as much as they could. He imitated Caesar and used the spear that the Germans had thrown at him before in front of his own tent. He smeared blood on it (of course not his own) and lifted his cloak. “The spirit of King Numa promised me that he would protect our army with his divine power in this battle, and he would repay blood with blood and tooth with tooth.” (To be continued.)