Rome Must Fall

"Chief, we have captured all the Segestica people in the village. We have also occupied the entire village and obtained all the food and supplies stored in the village by the Pannonian army!..." After happily introducing the situation, Phesalus added: "Chief, you are still awesome. You guessed that they would escape early!"

The Segestica people in the village witnessed the tragic defeat of their reinforcements and the capture of a large number of compatriots. Later, they learned that the main force of the coalition forces was defeated again. Naturally, they knew that there was no hope to continue to hold on to the village. That's why the chief took the initiative to propose to bring the tribe to Nix. After being rejected by me, he nervously proposed that he needed time to discuss. This was obviously to find an opportunity to escape. Anyone with a little brain can guess it... Maximus glanced at Phesalus, who was grinning: You are not good at flattering!

He cleared his throat and asked, "How are our casualties?"

"After those Segestica people found us rushing up from the darkness, they were scared and fled in all directions. There was no resistance at all. We didn't have many casualties." Phesalus replied with a smile.

Maximus's expression suddenly became serious, and he asked in a deep voice: "Are you sure that all the Segestica people in the village have been captured? No one has escaped?"

"We can--" As soon as Phesalus spoke, Aulus interrupted loudly: "Chief, we surrounded tens of thousands of enemies in the dark night, and we did our best to capture all the enemies we could see. Because we were in a hurry to report the battle situation to you, we didn't have time to count the prisoners one by one, but we arranged enough soldiers to guard the river sections that can be walked and the entrances of the dense forest trails. Even if a few hiding enemies can eventually escape the pursuit, they can't escape back to their territory in time."

Maximus thought about it and nodded.

"Oh, right." Phesalus remembered something and said loudly: "Chief, these Segestica people did not completely resist. Their tribal leaders and some nobles fought desperately with weapons in their hands and tried to break through our blockade, but they were killed by the soldiers..."

"That's a pity." Maximus said lightly.

This was the first time that the Nixes completely captured the entire Segestica tribe. In order to ensure that these captives could obey orders better and integrate into the new tribe more quickly, Maximus informed Phesalus in advance that "he should find an opportunity to kill these tribal leaders and nobles who might hinder him in the chaos", and Phesalus did it.

Maximus looked at the two and said solemnly: "Phesalus, tomorrow morning you will take some soldiers of the First Legion and march eastward along the Kupa River to take down the remaining Segestica village for me. According to the captives, the population of that village is less than 5,000, and there are only four or five hundred warriors. It was built by their chief Andres after defeating the Ardi people to prevent the Brochi people from taking advantage along the Kupa River. I believe you should be able to easily occupy it."

"Don't worry, Chief, the First Legion will definitely be able to complete it. "I will complete the task you assigned to me!" Phesalus asked with a smile, "After we occupy that village, should we continue to move forward along the river and attack the territory of the Brochi people?"

"No need!" Maximus warned with a serious expression: "The tribe should now concentrate its forces to attack Segestica and must not provoke the Brochi people again! On the contrary, after the First Legion occupies the village in front, it must guard the village for me to prevent the Brochi people from invading the land we just occupied!"

"Understood!" Phesalus restrained his smile and responded solemnly.

"Aulus, tomorrow morning you will lead the Fourth Legion and part of the First Legion to guard all the prisoners in the barracks and the village. There are tens of thousands of prisoners, and there must be no mistakes!" Maximus solemnly instructed.

"Yes, leader." Aulus couldn't help asking, "Leader, how long will our Fourth Legion stay here?"

"Wait until Volenus and Capito arrive with the Second Legion. Phesalus, you will leave the defense of the stockade to the east to Tolerogo, and then you can take the First Legion to the territory of Segestica to meet me."

Maximus said, "The Fourth Legion will stay here, and together with the Second Legion, obey the arrangements of the Council of State, and take care of the prisoners we captured in these two wars and in the territory of Segestica next--"

Maximus saw that Aulus wanted to speak, and waved his hand to stop him: "We have completely passed these two wars. The Pannonian coalition was defeated. Next, we will attack the territory of Segestica. We should not encounter any major battles, and the soldiers will have few opportunities to make meritorious deeds.

The Fourth Legion suffered heavy casualties in the previous battle. Next, we should let the soldiers rest well while guarding the prisoners. In view of the great merits of the Fourth Legion for the tribe this time, I can allow you to give priority to selecting soldiers from the prisoners so that the Fourth Legion can be fully staffed soon after the war. So you can have enough time to make a good selection while guarding the prisoners. Of course, if you don’t want to-"

"Leader, our Fourth Legion is willing to stay and guard the prisoners well!" Aulus immediately responded loudly.

Maximus smiled: "Okay, you two hurry to the village to finish the rest of the things. I want to sleep for a while and recover more energy. I have to take the Third Legion to the territory of Segestica early tomorrow morning.

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It was just dawning the next day, mist gently spread over the river, and the mountains in the distance were still shrouded in black.

After a hurried breakfast, Maximus, accompanied by Pheasalus and Aulus, and surrounded by escorts, inspected various prisoner camps in the military camp, and then went to inspect the stockade. One lap.

He did not talk to any of the prisoners, but the prisoners could guess that he was the leader of the Nix tribe when they saw this posture, so many people watched uneasily.

So, they all saw Cassinos following Maximus closely. At this time, he responded very respectfully to Maximus's various inquiries, and even showed a smile when receiving praise from Maximus. The flattered look was exactly that of a loyal follower of the Knicks leader.

This caused a great shock to the captives: Kabdus' most valued son and the heir to the leader of the Segostika tribe had vowed to them just a few days ago that he would destroy the Nyx tribe. Why? Became a Knick in the blink of an eye? !

By the time Maximus' inspection was over, the Third Army had been assembled, and each soldier carried 2 to 3 days of dry food (the soldiers of the First Army gave all their remaining dry food to the Third Army).

Maximus led them to set off immediately. Since they did not let the baggage team follow, the entire team marched faster, wading across the Kupa River, crossing dense forest roads, and approaching Linkou Village in the afternoon.

The dense forest roads were opened hundreds of years ago when the Pannoni people migrated north, but Linkou Village was established much later.

When the Skodisci conquered the Pannoni decades ago, the Aldi people, out of loyalty to their compatriots, sent troops northward through dense forest roads to rescue them from time to time. For this reason, the Skodisci built a stockade at the exit of the dense forest road. It could not block the northward movement of the Aldi army, but it was like a nail that made the Aldi people afraid to enter the Sava River with confidence. plain, and threatened its baggage transportation. When the Scodisqi gathered their troops to counterattack, the troops in Linkou Village could take the opportunity to cut off their return route and carry out a flanking attack... After the Aldiyi people suffered several losses, they also He gave up his desire to help his compatriots.

During the following decades when the Skodisci occupied the plains along the Sava River, Linkou Village was merely used as a sentry tower to monitor the movements of the Ardei people in the west until the Pannoni overthrew the Skodisci. Ten years after his rule, Andres, the great leader of Segostica, used it as a forward base for his attack on Ardie. Later, after he occupied the plains of the middle reaches of the Kupa River, he used it as an important transit point for supplies.

However, after Andres died in the battle, even though Linkou Village was not adjacent to the territory of the Nyx tribe, the cautious Cabudes sent additional manpower to the village to strengthen its defense capabilities.

"When we led the army to leave, there were 300 warriors in the stronghold. The leader Milukus had a good relationship with me. How about -" Cassinos asked Maximus in a low voice: "Why don't you let me go in and convince him? surrender?"

"No need." Maximus just glanced at the wooden village in front, turned back to Carminus and said: "Let the soldiers go around from both sides."

"Yes, chief."

Although Linkou Village is blocked at the exit of a dense forest road, the dense forest is not a mountain. Although there are many trees, the terrain is relatively flat and people can pass through it.

As a result, the Segestika sentry standing on the wooden wall suddenly saw two iron streams quickly bypassing both sides of the stockade and soon converging at the rear of the stockade. They were all soldiers wearing armor and carrying large shields. Its number exceeds 5,000...

The sentry was terrified and shouted in horror: "The enemy is coming! The enemy is coming!...\

,"Maximus walked through the dense forest and suddenly felt that the sky and the earth were as wide as one: under the blue sky was a vast and flat land with dense villages, crisscrossed roads, herds of cattle and sheep, fields, children playing, adults working, and endless pedestrians. ...a scene of prosperous plains.

Maximus suddenly felt energetic, and the fatigue of the march had dissipated a lot. He turned around and glanced at the equally excited soldiers, pointed in front of him, and shouted loudly: "Soldiers of Nyx, must you have seen this? This is a piece of A bigger and better land than where we live! I now need you to endure your fatigue and move forward at a faster speed to turn this land into our Knicks’ new home!”

"Hoo!!! Hoo!!! Hoo!!!..." the soldiers roared in unison.