Rome Must Fall

When the Boi cavalry began to urge their horses and advance along the river bank, the Nix army seemed to have discovered the loopholes in their defense line and hurriedly sent out spearmen to block the gap in the defense line.

Of course, the Boi cavalry did not want the enemy to successfully arrange themselves into a dense wall of spears, so the whole army pressed forward and accelerated the charge, trying to break through the gap in one fell swoop.

However, the Boi cavalry, who focused their attention on the front, did not notice that the Knick warships on the Drau River beside them were lining up along the river, forming two parallel lines with their charge route.

The sailors on the ship lifted the linen covering the bed, revealing a small bed crossbow placed in the center of the cabin. With a scream that pierced the air, the crossbow arrows were fired at the running Boi cavalry from the side. .

The horse that was shot let out a shocking roar and fell down powerlessly. The cavalry was thrown away and hit the ground, letting out a shrill wail... For a while, many cavalry rolled to the ground, causing the charge momentum to slow down slightly.

The firing of the bed crossbows on the warship was a signal. The spearmen who were supposed to block the gap in the defense line immediately spread to both sides, revealing several hastily placed bed crossbows hidden behind them.

The bed crossbow attacked from the front of the Poi cavalry charge. The powerful crossbow arrows caused greater damage to the Poi cavalry, almost bringing the charge to a standstill.

The Boi cavalry was suddenly attacked and fell into chaos, but the long-range attacks of the Knicks did not stop. The crossbowmen on the ship and on the shore struggled to twist the bowstrings, load the crossbows, and fired continuously, forming a continuous barrage from the side and front. Crossfire, a fatal blow to the Boi cavalry...

While the Poi infantry was engaged in a bitter battle, the Poi cavalry had been routed and fled in all directions, leaving only dead and wounded horses and soldiers scattered on both sides of the river.

King Boi did not know the news of the cavalry's disastrous defeat. He had only been in charge of the highest military power of the Boi tribe for two years and could not let the soldiers fight to the death in the front. He hid in the rear and watched. In order not to let down the trust of the people, he personally He led his own tribal army, together with all the soldiers, to launch an attack on the Knicks defense line.

During the attack, if it were not for the protection of his personal guards, he would have been almost killed by a crossbow arrow.

King Boi was trapped in the formation, and other Boi armies that rushed to the battlefield later lacked unified command. The leaders of each team could only judge the battlefield situation and make their own decisions.

When most leaders saw that their own troops surrounded the enemy but were unable to attack, they chose to lead their troops to join in, increase their strength, and strive to defeat them in one fell swoop.

Subsequent Boi troops continued to join in, stabilizing the shaky attack line under the attack of the Nyx crossbows.

However, after defeating the Poi cavalry, the warships on the river took advantage of the ultra-long range of the crossbows to focus on shooting the Poi warriors on both sides of the land defense line, forcing the other side to shift to a frontal attack, which made it easier for the landing troops to concentrate. defense.

The two sides fought fiercely for more than an hour, and the Boi soldiers were exhausted. However, the Knicks army transported wounded and tired soldiers through the fleet, brought in fresh troops and replenished arrows, and maintained the defense line. stable.

In the end, 10,000 Nix soldiers and 2,000 cavalry who had quietly landed elsewhere rushed to the battlefield and launched a counter-siege. The exhausted Boi army was defeated.

In this battle, King Poi concentrated most of the military power of the tribe. As a result, not only the cavalry and infantry suffered heavy casualties, but also thousands of soldiers were captured and suffered heavy losses, which shocked the entire tribe.

Maximus took advantage of the favorable opportunity created by this victory and led the landing army all the way to King Boi's main walled city. Taking advantage of its chaos, he quickly launched an attack and captured it in just one day. , once again gave the Boi people a heavy blow.

At the same time, the various armies that Nix subsequently assembled landed on the north bank of the Drau River, occupying various Poi villages in units of brigades and centurions...

Among these teams were some Boi warriors who had been captured in the battles on the south coast and later joined the Nix tribe, this time as examples to persuade their fellow Boi people to become Nix people.

Following the landing of the army, a large number of officials from various departments will manage the newly occupied areas.

For them, they have experienced this kind of conquest many times. They are all experienced and familiar with the things they do.

The only difference from previous times is that there are hundreds more druids in the landing team, most of whom have been trained from the Nyx Tribe's Theological Seminary over the years. Under the leadership of Emmerich, they will join the team that also believes in Danu. The Boi populace of the goddess promoted the new teachings of Danu and Maximus's status as the divine son, making them more receptive to Nyxian conquest...

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Caesar led his army beyond the borders of the province, pursued them all the way, and finally caught up with the Helvetii near the Saone River.

At this time a tribe of Helvetii were crossing the river.

The Roman army took advantage of the situation and launched an attack. The Helvetic tribe was unprepared and was defeated due to lack of organization. The survivors abandoned their vehicles and property and fled.

The Roman army took the opportunity to cross the Saone and approach the other Helvetii.

Forced by Caesar's troops, the Helvetii sent envoys to negotiate, saying that they were willing to obey Caesar's advice wherever they settled and to restore peace with Rome.

But when Caesar demanded that the Helvetii hand over hostages to ensure their loyalty and obedience, the Helvetii envoys angrily refused.

So the large army of the Helvetii remained alert while continuing to migrate westward as planned.

Caesar led his army in pursuit.

The cavalry of both sides fought several times on the way, and the Helvetii had a slight advantage.

Moreover, the Roman army gradually moved away from the province, and the logistics supply was difficult to keep up. The army was facing the danger of food shortage, so Caesar decided to suspend the pursuit of the Helvetii and let the army turn around and rush to the baggage camp more than ten miles away to replenish supplies.

Just at this time, some soldiers in Caesar's Gallic allies betrayed him and ran to tell the Helvetii: the Roman army retreated.

The Helvetii made a wrong judgment and thought that the Roman army was afraid, so they decided to pursue in turn to completely solve this problem.

When Caesar learned the news, he quickly led the team to defend the mountain.

The large number of Helvetii launched a fierce attack. The Roman army was extremely tenacious under the command of Caesar. After a whole day of fierce fighting, the Roman army won.

Caesar pursued the Helvetii and forced them to surrender.

In the end, about 110,000 Helvetii (mostly the elderly, women and children) were forced to return to their old homeland. When they set out, the entire Helvetii tribe had about 360,000 people. Except for a few who were allowed by Caesar to settle in other Gaul tribes and tens of thousands of people who were sold as slaves by Caesar, about 200,000 people were missing, some died on the battlefield, some fled to the mountains, and some were captured and killed...

For Caesar, the Helvetii were unruly, and the death of a large number of people reduced the threat to the Roman province, which was a good thing.

For this reason, he personally wrote a war report to show off his achievements to the Roman Senate.

But for the Helvetii, this was a huge disaster. It would be difficult to restore the vitality of the tribe without decades of recuperation, and they would be in a very difficult situation in the following years when they faced other surrounding tribes after losing a large number of young and middle-aged people.

The great migration of the Helvetii and Caesar's military intervention broke the fragile balance between the various tribes in Gaul.

Caesar realized this, but he did not give up. Instead, he took advantage of the victory and summoned the leaders of the Gaul tribes to hold a meeting, trying to make them submit to him and jointly maintain peace in Gaul.

As a result, at the meeting, the Gaul leaders bitterly described the invasion of the German King Ariovistus against them and begged Caesar for protection.

Caesar assured them that he would handle the matter.

He then sent an envoy to meet Ariovistus, hoping to have a meeting with him and restrain his frequent invasions of Gaul.

Ariovistus flatly refused. After driving away the messenger, he immediately sent people to unite other Germanic tribes, assembled a large team and came to the Rhine River, preparing to cross the river into Gaul...

Caesar certainly could not let the Germanic invasion go. He quickly led his army north to help the Gauls resist the invasion of the Germanic people...

Since then, Caesar has been deeply involved in Gallic affairs, fighting one after another, the scale of the war has become larger and larger, and the battlefield is farther and farther away from the province. He has to invest all his resources in it. Due to the strength of the Roman army in the Gallic War, he has no extra energy to pay attention to other areas around the province under his jurisdiction.

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After the Nix army landed on the north bank of the Drau River and annihilated the main force of the Boi, it began to conquer the Boi territory. During this period, it experienced many battles, and the Nix people won more and lost less. There were also many resistances from the Boi people in the occupied areas, which were eventually pacified.

After more than two years of fighting and governance, most of the Boi territory was conquered and the order was relatively stable. Only a small part of the Boi tribe in the north continued to resist because of the support of the Tauricians.

Just when Maximus was preparing to raise an army again to completely eliminate the Boi tribe, the Scodischi tribe sent a message: the Dacian king on the east bank of the Danube, Burebista, wanted to meet with him for negotiations.

Maximus was shocked. During his years of fighting the Boi tribe, he had always had a hidden worry in his heart: he was worried that the Dacians would see that their old enemy Boi had become weak, and then covet the fertile land on the west bank of the Danube, and intervene in this war. This would not only block his goal of unifying the plains on the west bank of the Danube, but also cause the Nixes and Dacia to become enemies, and expand the war...