Rome Must Fall

Since the Dacians completely stopped military operations after occupying all the land east of the Danube, the Boii seized this favorable opportunity and continued to wage war against the Pannoni.

Although the Boi people have not yet established a foothold on the south bank of the Drao River due to the natural barrier of the Drau River and the tenacious resistance of the Pannoni people, the Pannoni tribal alliance has tried its best to deal with the invasion of the Boi people and is no longer able to do so. Take other things into consideration.

This is the main reason why Temagis, the leader of Desitia Tai, took the initiative to lower his worth and accepted the harsher truce agreement proposed by the Knicks! This is why Brix has not taken any action in recent years to harass the Nyx people in the upper reaches of the Sava River, for fear of provoking them and triggering a war.

So there has been peace and quiet between Knicks and Broch in the past few years, but Bricks knows very well: This seemingly peaceful situation is only temporary. The leader of the Knicks tribe is ambitious. Since he has annexed Segestica, , will definitely not let Broch go, not to mention that it deliberately signed an armistice agreement with Daixi Tiatai, but refused to restore peace with Broch. Because of this, there is still a gap in the tribal alliance. Now that other large Pannoni tribes are unable to provide full assistance, Broch must find a way to protect himself.

After repeated discussions with the elders, Brix decided to take the approach of "building a fortress and strengthening defenses" to deal with the war with Knicks that might break out at any time.

He and the elders persuaded the tribal leaders to abandon their original residences and led the tribesmen to dig trenches, lay traps, and build wooden walls at the new settlements designated by the tribes... After repairing the stockade, the tribes gathered in Live in the village.

The Brochi people had to participate in building strongholds and strengthening defenses during their off-farm time, and they had to walk long distances to farm their fields. They were exhausted all day long. Many people were very resentful, but among the leaders and nobles, Under strong pressure, I had to obey.

Brix also sent some spies to sneak into the north to pay attention to the movements of the Knicks and prevent them from suddenly leading an invasion and catching themselves off guard.

Therefore, after Maximus led his army south, the Broch people got the news. They were not surprised by the surrender of the Lake Gonam people, because the Lake Gonam people and the Knicks had frequent exchanges in the past two years, and the relationship between the two parties became increasingly friendly. is obvious.

When the Knicks army entered the Broch territory, all the Broch people had already hid in this camp.

The camp on the northern border of Broch and at the confluence of the two rivers was what Brix valued most. He moved the surrounding tribes, even the tribesmen in the western hills and along the Kupa River, into the camp. The number of residents of this stockade is as high as fifteen thousand. Moreover, the Sava and Kupa rivers serve as barriers on the northeast and southeast sides of the city, and the city leans on mountains to the southwest, greatly reducing the area that really needs to be defended, which is conducive to the concentration of troops...

Brix named the city "Simbei Isbad" (meaning rock), which shows his confidence in it.

He hoped that the walled city could withstand the attack of the Knicks and allow them to return with their feathers broken. Even if it is not possible, the enemy must be beaten to death here, dampen their fighting spirit, and buy more time for the entire Broch tribe to fully defend themselves.

If the Nyx army gives up attacking Simbeis Baid and bypasses it and goes south directly, Blix is ​​not worried, because there are as many as 4,000 warriors in this walled city, and it can divide its troops to attack at any time to threaten Nyx. The logistics and transportation lines of the people made it impossible for them to attack with all their strength. Once the Knicks attack in the front is blocked, and Broch welcomes the alliance reinforcements, forming a siege of the Knicks army, attacking from both sides, and perhaps defeating the Knicks army, by then Broch will not only be able to relieve the destruction The crisis may be able to expand again!

In order to allow Simbeis Baid to realize his military plan, Brix appointed his most trusted tribal leader Elix as the leader of this camp, not only because of his military ability compared with other tribal leaders. The commander's ability is even better, especially because he once led the team to participate in the military operation to siege the Knicks' temporary camp. It was precisely because of the painful lesson of that time that he was deeply impressed by the strict defense facilities built by the Knicks, so he was "building A staunch supporter of the strategy of "walled city, tenacious defense", and was also the main designer of building the walled city (mostly replicating the defensive facilities of the Knicks' temporary camp). Brick believed that the defeat Erlix suffered in the temporary camp would be valuable experience for him in resisting the Knicks' offense.

At this moment, Elix stood on the wall, looking at the Nix army marching in formation on the other side of the Sava River, and the vast fleet of ships bypassing Simbeis Baid and going down the river. Both the army and the navy are huge in number, like two long dragons. Almost half an hour has passed, and the tail has not yet been seen...

Elix was not intimidated by the huge momentum of the Nyx army, but was a little disappointed: Could it be that the Nyx people knew how strong this camp was, so they gave up the attack and wanted to bypass it and attack the main camp?

Half an hour later, he received a report from the spies: the Knicks army had built a pontoon bridge on the lower reaches of the Sava River and was preparing to cross the river to the west bank.

Erlix suddenly regained his energy: It seems that the Knicks are still preparing to attack Simbei Isbad first!

When his subordinates proposed "whether to send troops to attack the enemy crossing the river", Elyx rejected it outright, arguing that the Nix army was large in number, the soldiers were well-equipped and had strong combat effectiveness, and they had an advantage in field battles. Even if they could take advantage of the enemy crossing the river, once the enemy reacted, the Nix soldiers could land by boat anywhere on the west bank and could surround the attacking soldiers... The tribe is now at a disadvantage and must fight cautiously. We must not lose the big picture because of the small, thereby weakening our defense force to defend Simbey Isbad!

Elyx persuaded the tribal leaders around him to let the Nix army build a pontoon bridge on the Sava River...

When he heard from the spies again that "the Nix soldiers crossed the river to the west bank and began to build a camp", he was completely relieved: the Nix people were sure to attack Simbey Isbad! Come on, damn Nix people, this time I want you to pay back all the humiliation I suffered before!

"Look! Another Nix army is coming!" The warriors' exclamations attracted the attention of Elyx and other tribal leaders to the north: there was indeed another Nix army marching in formation on the north bank of the Kupa River, with a huge fleet accompanying it on its right...

Elyx was surrounded by silence. He saw the fear that could not be concealed in the eyes of others, and immediately said loudly: "Do you know that when the Nix people first came here five years ago, the great leader of Segestica, Andres, asked the alliance for reinforcements and wanted to destroy them, so he formed an army of more than 30,000 people. More than 30,000 people! It feels not much different from the Nix army that invaded our territory this time! We attacked the camp where the Nix people were stationed with all our strength, but we couldn't take it down after attacking for a month, and nearly half of the warriors were killed or injured, so we had to retreat in the end! ——”

Elyx paused, looked at everyone, and said confidently: "The defense facilities of Xinbei Isbad were built according to the Nix camp back then! And we spent several years to build this village much stronger than the Nix camp. After several years of training, our soldiers are also very experienced in defending this village. I believe that even if more enemies come, Xinbei Isbad will still be a piece of hard stone that they can't swallow or bite!"

After listening to the encouragement of Elyx, everyone was slightly relieved, and silently watched this Nix army march to the confluence of the two rivers and began to build a pontoon bridge on the Sava River...

In autumn, the water volume of the Sava River decreased significantly, and with the supervision and command of engineers from the Nix Tribe's Works Department, the pontoon bridge was built quickly.

The second and fourth legions led by Tolerugo stepped onto the pontoon bridge and arrived at the east bank of the Sava River. They marched south along the river and arrived at another pontoon bridge that had just been built in the lower reaches of the Sava River. Passing it, he set foot on the west bank of the Sava River and joined the main force of the Nix led by Maximus at dusk...

The next day, the front of the Simbey Isbad village was calm. Elyx sent people to explore many times, and the report he got was: the Nix people were busy building a camp.

Elyx felt a little disappointed. He was a little impatient to see the embarrassing scene of the Nix army rushing to attack and being hit and bleeding.

The Nix army did not appear on this day, but the Nix warships on the river have been patrolling around Sinbeysnaide, and there are ships loaded with supplies sailing to the Nix camp from morning to night...

Eryx couldn't help but sigh: his tribe has lived here for more than ten years, but has not been able to build a strong fleet. The Nix talents have occupied Segestica for less than a few years, and they can build such a large fleet with good combat effectiveness. They can easily defeat the Gonanim Lake people who are good at water battles. This is why the chief Brix gave up mobilizing the tribesmen to operate their own ships to fight the Nix people on the river. This time, the Nix people were repelled. I believe that the chief Brix will definitely form a fleet of the tribe. By then, if the enemy invades again, the river in the territory will no longer be a place where they can come and go freely! ...

This day passed smoothly with the regret of Elix.

The night passed, the morning sun rose, and Elix, who had breakfast, climbed the wall of the village to inspect, and soon received a report from the spies: the Nix army was gathering in front of the camp!