Rome Must Fall

Quintus actually guessed the advance route of Pannoni's main coalition army! ...This made the generals admired and at the same time completely relieved and continued to implement the new plan.

At night, the Knick soldiers blew their trumpets and shouted. Pretending to attack the stronghold at night scared the Segostikas inside the stronghold so that they did not dare to let down their guard. The Nyx army could continue to make noise in batches, but Amrotas and his tribe could not sleep well all night. …

Early the next morning, a small number of Knicks soldiers continued to pretend to attack the stockade, and a few soldiers continued to guard the pontoon bridge. The fleet was cruising on the river, but most of the soldiers entered the military tent of the camp to rest after roughly setting up the camp, but from time to time The soldiers walking out of their tents and wandering around the camp and the countless smoke rising up when the time came made the Segostika warriors standing on the wooden wall to explore still feel the presence of this Nix army...

At night, the Nix soldiers were still noisy outside the stronghold, and the Segestika people were gnashing their teeth inside the stronghold, but there was nothing they could do...

Late at night, the Segostikas, who were exhausted after two consecutive days of tossing, finally couldn't bear it anymore and fell asleep. At this moment, the main force of the Knicks army began to quietly evacuate under the bright moonlight. Camp…

On the third day, the feint attack on the stockade, the garrison of the pontoon bridge, the water and land blockade, the soldiers wandering around the camp, countless rising smoke, the hustle and bustle at night... everything was as usual.

Amrotas and his tribe didn't notice anything strange, but their hatred of Kabdus was getting stronger day by day...

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A long dragon whose head and tail could not be seen meandered along the river bank... Bricks, who was riding a horse and standing on the hill next to him, watching all this, felt very satisfied.

This year, it was Blix's turn to be the host of the Tribal Alliance. He quickly issued an invitation to convene a tribal alliance meeting, and proposed at the meeting to "form a coalition army and eliminate the new Knicks as soon as possible to eliminate the future." "Disaster against the Dacians" proposal, and through his efforts, the proposal was passed.

At that time, other big leaders were surprised that Bricks rarely showed such a strong aggressiveness. After he explained the reason, everyone expressed their understanding: the Knicks actually broke into Broch's territory. They looted wantonly and incited Skodisci slaves to flee in large numbers. This still happens from time to time. If you sit back and do nothing, it is likely to spread to the territories of other large tribes and undermine the stability of the entire Pannoni Alliance... This is also the main reason why other tribal leaders agreed to this proposal.

It's just that they didn't realize that Blix had another reason for launching this war - to expand Broch's territory.

In fact, Brix is ​​not as despised by Andres, who only knows how to live a comfortable life without making progress.

Brix had no choice but to adopt such a posture in the past. After all, his territory was surrounded by other Pannoni tribes on the south, north, and east sides. Only the west side seemed to be open to expansion, but it was mostly mountains and hills. , and the Aldi people are entrenched. He did not want to take too many risks, so he first focused on managing the territory. After all, it had only been a few years since he defeated the Skodisci and regained the lost territory. This resulted in the fact that all other tribes (except Macchii) were later on. Attacking everywhere, just pretending that he is in the territory.

It wasn't until Segostika inflicted heavy losses on the Ardeii that Brix saw the right opportunity and marched westward, defeating the army of the Ardeii tribe living in the west, sweeping across the entire hilly area, and even for a time Attacked the east bank of the Korana River.

However, due to the poor supply of military food, the discomfort of most ethnic groups to mountain life, and the harassment of their rear areas by the Aldi people, who were worried about suffering greater losses, Brix had to reluctantly retreat and gave up what he had just done. Occupied a large area of ​​hilly and mountainous land.

But he did not stop there, and began to divide the land outside the western border for some nobles of the clan, and persuaded them to lead their clansmen to settle there. He wanted them to gradually get used to the life of the mountains and hills, and slowly devour them westward until they advanced. To the banks of the Korana River…

It's a pity that this plan was only implemented for a year or two before it was completely ruined by a raid by the Knicks.

In anger, Brix realized that the Knicks were a serious problem. At the same time, he also felt that even though it was blocked by hills and mountains, Broch's western border was still a bit unsafe, so he said that it was "more conducive to the march of large troops." On the grounds of "better defeating the Knicks", a two-pronged attack military plan was proposed, which was approved by most of the leaders.

So, naturally, he became the main force along the way. Led by his tribal army, he led an army of more than 40,000 people directly to the Korana River. When the time came, he took advantage of the situation to clear out the Al who lived on the Korana River. The Dee tribe once again inflicted heavy losses on the Ardeii people, and then he could let the already arranged and trustworthy Broch nobles lead the people to occupy the many villages left by the Ardeii people on the banks of the Cordona River and settle down there. , thus pushing the western border line to the Korana River at once, and the huge hills and mountains in the middle will be slowly filled by the tribesmen. In the future, the Korana River can be used as a springboard to continue to capture the Aldi people's Mu Ryznica River...

Of course, for this plan to come true, the most important thing is to defeat the Knicks.

Because he knew this, Brix did not argue with Kabudez's proposal that "his own army must fight the Knicks first."

From the western border of Broch to the banks of the Korana River, the biggest problem on this offensive route is the supply of military rations. The distance is remote, transportation is inconvenient, and the army is large in number. It is very likely that the attack will have to retreat due to food shortages halfway through the attack.

Brix had suffered losses in this area before, and he was unwilling to be idle in the years after he retired. He had personally led people to sneak into the hills and mountains many times, and he had already explored the best marching route. .

Since there was nearly two months of preparation time for this expedition, he ordered his men to lead the tribesmen to quietly enter the area, build several camps along the predetermined march route, and transport the collected food into the camps for storage in advance. A small number of soldiers were stationed to garrison them. Since these camps were far away from the mountains to the north, Nix's sentinels were not aware of them at all, let alone the Aldi people who were cowering on the banks of the Korana River and did not dare to move eastward.

Due to sufficient preparation in advance, the Pannoni army where Bricks belonged marched relatively smoothly. After leaving the Kupa River, they arrived at another small river in only half a day's march.

The river meanders westward and eventually merges into the Korana River. The terrain on both sides of the river bank is relatively flat. Several Aldi tribes once built villages here. Nowadays, several temporary villages built by Brix Camps are also located along the river from east to west.

Three days later, the Pannonian army approached the Korana River.

Since Maximus did not inform the Ardeans in advance that "the Pannonians might launch a large-scale attack", it was not until the news of the departure of the two Pannonian armies became clear a few days ago that Pygris informed the other party.

Aldee's senior management was shocked when they learned the news. On the one hand, they asked Knicks for help, and on the other hand, they urgently summoned the elders to discuss countermeasures.

Pigris responded to the other party without hesitation: Chief Maximus will summon all the soldiers to rescue the allies, but I hope that before he leads the army, you can hold on to the stockade on the Korana River and not let the enemy go smoothly. pass.

Aristarchus, who acted as the great leader, was full of promises.

However, at the Ardei tribal meeting, the leaders of the tribes south of Ardei, headed by Ambrasinos, unanimously believed that the Pannoni were menacing and their army was so large that even if the tribe summoned all its troops, it would be difficult to resist them. In order to avoid suffering excessive losses, it is better to temporarily evacuate to preserve their strength and let the Nyx people face the Pannoni army alone. After all, they have done this several times before, so that the tribe can observe the battle situation between the two sides before making any response.

Aristarchus felt very displeased. He was about to become the great leader and was unwilling to destroy his credibility. He also wanted to show off his bravery, but except for Cleobrotus, Budokaribas and a few other Except for the elders who objected, the other leaders chose to retreat (because time was too urgent, it was difficult for most of the tribal leaders in the north and west to arrive in a short time).

Aristakas had no choice but to agree to the proposal of Ambrasinos and others.

But the Ardei people of the Korana River have lived here for generations. In fact, they said they could evacuate immediately. Just when the leaders tried their best to convince the people, the Pannoni people poured into Korana like a tide. On the north bank of the Nahe River, facing the Ardie people who were unwilling to challenge, they easily broke through the villages one by one like plowing through holes and even walked to the south bank, sweeping across the Ardie villages settled on the south bank.

This caused panic among the entire Aldie tribe, because the Pannoni's front was getting closer and closer to the main Aldie camp.

When Archupagos, who was already terminally ill, heard the bad news, he kicked off his legs in horror and walked away.

Aldee's senior management did not have time to arrange his funeral. While conducting urgent military mobilization, they kept sending people to Knicks for help.

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"Madam, Capito wants to see you." Nasuya walked into the hall of the main house and said respectfully to Nesia.

Before Maximus led his army to leave, he had appointed Capito as the temporary city lord of Snodia, responsible for the management of the entire city. As the first lady of the Nyx tribe, Nesia would represent him in the main house. , if there is an important matter, Capito must inform her and only execute it after obtaining her consent.