Rome Must Fall

Pigris spoke eloquently about the people of Ardei waving excitedly, his eyes full of contentment: "The market carefully prepared by our Ministry of Commerce has attracted some people from Ardei in the past two or three months. We will not accept them." They can not only exchange the goods they bring for the wheat of our people, but also exchange for our exquisite pottery, better iron tools, and more practical furniture... They are because of our market After improving their own lives, do you think they could not welcome us so warmly?”

In this regard, Pheasalus really had nothing to say.

The first legion left the stronghold, and Pheasalus was surprised to find that there were also crowds of people on the road outside the stronghold, but these people were holding spears, some of them were holding wooden sticks, and only a few of them wore armor... …

Seeing the puzzled look on Phesalus's face, Pigris whispered: "Budokalibas and other tribal leaders were too enthusiastic last night. I came back late and you all had gone to bed, so I didn't have time to tell you. You, these warriors are from the Aldiyi tribe that has good relations with us. They gather here just hoping to go to the battlefield with our team... Well, I agreed for you. "

"Why?" Pheasalus was still confused.

"I also raised this question at the banquet last night. They did not answer directly, but under my deliberate guidance, I still dug out some secrets from their mouths."

Pigris was somewhat complacent and said in a lower voice: "The Aldi tribes that we have good relations with and have agreements with either lost their land in the war with the Segestika people, or they lost their territory because of Being too close to the Segestica people, they had to move west to the mountains for fear of being attacked...

Due to various reasons, they had some conflicts with the Aldiyi tribe in the south in the past two or three years. However, because their leader worked hard to bridge the gap, there was no major conflict between the two sides...

But this time the Aldiyi tribe carried out military mobilization and summoned warriors from various tribes to fight south. However, their great leader Acoupagos fell ill, and his eldest son served as commander-in-chief.

But this eldest son... I heard from them that he had always been very protective of these tribes in the south and had strong opinions against them, especially after learning that they signed an agreement with us privately without discussing it in the Elders Council. They were afraid that The son of the big leader took revenge during the battle, so he wanted to hug us and be brave! "

Phesalus was an Illyrian and knew the customs of the Illyrian tribes well. Hearing this, he frowned and said, "We shouldn't interfere in the internal affairs of the Ardei people."

Pigris said meaningfully: "Before I left, the leader specifically told me to try to have a good relationship with the Ardei tribe that we have good relations with. It is impossible for me not to even accept this request. Say yes."

At the mention of the leader, Pheasalus fell silent. He vaguely felt that Maximus was planning something, but as an army general, he instinctively shrank from complex politics.

At this time, Budokaribas came with other leaders, and after a while of greetings, it was finally decided that the first legion would take the lead, followed by the other tribes, and everyone would go to the battlefield together.

The team became larger, but the marching speed slowed down a lot.

The recruits of the First Legion have already gone through several months of military training in the Nix tribe. They already feel that they are very different from the training of the Pannoni tribe army. Now that the Aldi tribe army and the First Legion are getting along together, this The contrast is even more obvious.

The soldiers of the First Legion marched in formation. Anyone who wanted to stop to rest or walk around would be reprimanded by the team officer; although the Aldi tribe team was led by the leader, there was almost no formation and they gathered together in a mess. There is no fixed pace, and they stop and go. Occasionally, some tribal warriors even break away from the team when they see a hare or mountain deer on the side of the road, and rush forward to catch it. Their leader cannot restrain them at all...

Because of this, after marching for a period of time, the First Legion pulled down the Aldi tribe's team by a large margin. Pygris suggested that the team should slow down and wait for their allies. Pheasalus did not agree.

As a result, the recruits of the First Legion saw such a strange sight: the warriors of the Aldiyi tribe were panting and catching up with their own team, but after a while, they fell behind again and could not see anyone. After a while, they again The huffing and puffing came...

Looking at the sweaty and embarrassed Aldi soldiers, these Skodisqi recruits who have lived here for generations and have similar customs and habits unconsciously feel a sense of pride from the bottom of their hearts, and this sense of pride As the First Army turned a big bend along the Mrezhnica River and marched southward, it became more intense.

Because the First Army Corps entered the small plain along the Mrezhnica River, it was no longer desolate. Instead, it was full of wheat fields, crisscrossed by roads, densely populated, with chickens and dogs hearing each other, and villages one after another, extending southward along the river... …

The people here have been notified in advance that "the army of the tribe's ally, the Nyx, will pass through here." They have never seen the Nyx people with their own eyes before, but they have heard that it was these Nyx people who defeated the enemy they feared. The Pannonian army therefore crowded the roadside to watch with curiosity, which soon turned into wonder.

"No wonder these Nyxians were able to defeat the nasty Pannonians. They all wore armor!"

"Not only do they have armor, but you can see that they are all very energetic. I dare not approach them."

"You don't understand. The most powerful thing about these Knicks is that they are very disciplined. Look at their neat queue, and look at our messy team behind... Hey, the reason why we lost to the Pannonians was It’s because they are more disciplined than us, and these Knicks are obviously more disciplined than the Pannonians, so they can beat the Pannonians!”

"Those messy teams behind are from the north, not us. Our team is better than them!"

…

Hearing the compliments coming from the roadside, the recruits of the First Legion straightened their backs even more.

"That's the main village of our tribe!" As dusk approached, Budokaribas, the guide, suddenly pointed to a village on the other side of the river and said.

Pheasalus looked up and saw a narrow pontoon leading to the other side of the river. The village on the other side of the river was obviously much larger than all the villages he had passed before, and it was surrounded by tall wooden walls and could not be seen. From the houses inside, you can only see countless smoke curling up above the village...

Fesalus compared Snodia with it in his mind, and felt that his own village was larger, more lively, and more prosperous. He did not continue to look around, turned around and asked: "Chief Budokaribas , it’s getting late, where should we camp?”

"Let's go over there and camp." Budokaribas pointed to the west without hesitation, obviously he had already made arrangements.

"We're almost close to the mountains when we go over there!" Pygris interjected: "Everyone has to pull weeds and prepare the land when walking there. How tiring! Look at how clean these fields have just been harvested. Why don't we stay here? "

Budokaribas looked embarrassed and stammered: "Here... although the wheat here has been harvested... they are still planning to... plant something else. With so many of us... it's easy... The fields were trampled...it was difficult to plow..."

The two looked at each other, and Pigris said seriously: "The fields are very precious and cannot be trampled on casually. Then I will follow your arrangement and we will camp there."

Budokalibas breathed a sigh of relief and heard Pigris say: "Now that we are all here, I should first visit the chief of Acoupagos. This is the proper rule. Fei Salus, you take the soldiers to camp first, I will be back soon."

Pheasalus nodded in agreement.

The first regiment quickly left the road and came to the wasteland far away from the river banks and fields, and began to prepare the land and set up tents.

The team of the Aldiyi tribe was not so particular. After arriving at the deserted grassland, the teams of each tribe gathered in an area. There was no pulling out grass and no tents. The soldiers lay down directly on the ground and began to rest.

Fortunately, although the tribe here did not allow the team to camp in the fields, they still prepared enough food and delivered it in time.

In the early morning of the 2nd day, the soldiers of the First Legion pulled out their tents and continued to march south along the river, followed by Aldiyi's team.

Along the way, Phesalus asked Pygris what he said when he went to see the chief of Ardei.

Pygris only responded, "The chief of Acoupagos is indeed seriously ill" and remained silent for the rest.

The entire team marched along the river for three consecutive days and arrived at the upper reaches of the Mrezhnica River. There was still flat and fertile land here, but it was sparsely populated. The soldiers had to eat the rations they carried when camping.

Then the whole army crossed the shallow river, entered the hilly area, and continued marching south. On the next day, they arrived at the upper reaches of the Korana River. The flat grassland on its north bank was already covered with tents, and countless Al The Dee warriors were playing and jostling among the tents...

After listening to Budokaribas's words, Pheasalus let out a sigh of relief: The destination has finally arrived!

He turned around and said to the messenger: "Go and tell the brothers to cheer up and show our allies the style of the Knicks warriors!"

"Yes, legion commander!"

After a while, the soldiers of the marching First Legion let out a deafening shout. This shout alerted the resting Aldi soldiers, and also alerted the leaders of the Aldi army who were discussing the matter.