Rome Must Fall

The three Gauls who sneaked into the mountains were indeed slaves purchased by Onomabaitis in the North Italian Province, but that was a few years ago. They were later sent to the Nyx tribe and became the reserve tribe. The people, this time shouldering the heavy responsibility entrusted to them by leader Maximus, returned to their hometown.

According to the prior plan, after crossing the border of Massilia, the three of them cherished each other and went to their destinations according to their own chosen routes to avoid the unfortunate encounter with a Roman patrol on the way and all being captured, resulting in the failure to complete the mission. .

The destination of the three was Averni, and Lurios, one of the four, was from Averni.

Averni is located in the southern part of Gaul, not too far from the Roman provinces of West France and Massilia. The Averni and other surrounding Gallic tribes had more frequent interactions with the Romans than their brethren to the north, and even controlled trade routes with the Roman world.

When Caesar first took office as governor of Gaul, the Averni and other tribes also gave him a lot of help.

Rurios had previously sold goods to Masinia for the Averni tribe, and he was familiar with the terrain of the route between the two places, so he chose a road that was both remote and relatively easy to walk, and the journey went smoothly. Encountered some trouble.

However, on the way, from time to time he could see villages burned to rubble, the corpses of his compatriots hanged on wooden stakes, and people hiding in the mountains and forests, reduced to skin and bones, who could only survive by digging for insects. Old, young, women and children who live on young eggs and plant roots...

Although Caesar's scorched-earth policy was mainly implemented in the coastal areas of northwestern Gaul, the Roman army adopted the same method wherever it passed, in order to shock all Gauls and make them behave and stop resisting.

The more similar scenes he saw, the heavier Lurios's mood became, which also made him walk faster.

After a long journey, Roulios finally arrived at Gogovia, the central town of the Averni people (near present-day Clermont, France).

In Rurios' impression, although Gogovia is the center of Averni, the town is not big and the population is not large, especially since Rurios is used to its towns in the Nyx tribe. The neatness and prosperity of Gogovia are even more dissatisfied with the filth and roughness of Gogovia.

But when I saw this town again, it was even more dirty and rough, but the population and scale were much larger: tents were set up everywhere outside the village, and there were people everywhere. The accents from various tribes in Gaul were intertwined, and it was unusual. The hustle and bustle.

Is it true that the Averni people are going to rebel just like the oracle of the goddess Danu! ...Lurioston felt flustered. Although he began to worry about his original tribe, he first had to complete the task assigned to him by leader Maximus.

He had the impression that the person he was looking for was not here. He came to this central town just to better inquire about this person's whereabouts.

He carefully found an Averni vendor and asked him a few cautious questions while buying something from him.

Lurios dressed as a Gaulish and spoke with an Averni accent, and no one doubted him.

"You mean...Vercingetoli is here?! In the main house in the town?!" Lurios was very surprised.

Yes, the man he was looking for was Vercingeoli.

In the memory of Maximus's previous life, he did not know the detailed process of Caesar's conquest of the entire Gaul region, but he knew that the great rebellion in Gaul initiated by Vercingetor created a lot of trouble for Caesar. And he also knew that this incident occurred in the penultimate year of Caesar's eight-year reign as governor of Gaul. It was precisely because of time constraints that Caesar was eager to pacify Gaul so that he could spare time to march on Rome, so he took great military risks and finally quelled the rebellion.

Therefore, from the first day when Caesar took office as governor of Gaul, Maximus counted it carefully with his fingers. By the sixth year of his reign, he had gathered all these years to allow Onomabaitis to travel from northern Italy one after another. Thousands of Gallic slaves purchased by the province asked them: Who knew Vercingetorius?

Maximus only knew the name Vercingetorius, but he didn't know how to write it (the Gauls didn't have writing), and he didn't know which tribe he came from, but he was sure that this man must be a tribal leader (as a Celtic The Gauls are very particular about their bloodline. If they were ordinary people, he would not be able to command so many tribal troops), and he was relatively young, because according to historical data, Caesar had cultivated him.

The name Vercingetorius is already rare among the Gallic tribes, and relatively young Gallic leaders are also rare. When these two factors are added together, the scope is very small... Thousands of people from various tribes in Gaul Three of the slaves soon said one after another that they knew this person.

Maximus asked more carefully and found that these three people were all talking about the same person—Vercingetorius, the young leader of the Averni tribe.

Maximus was overjoyed, held detailed discussions with the three men, and finally decided to send all three back to Gaul to meet with Vercingetorius.

This is why Rurios returned to Averni territory.

However, Rurios originally had an unusual identity and was very familiar with Vercingetoli's situation. He knew very well that when Vercingetoli's father was the leader of Averni, he was very powerful, surrounded by people like Villavi, Many tribes such as Gabari, Kadusi, Petrokoli, and Lemovich were headed by him and obeyed his orders.

At that time, Arverni dominated a large area in southern Gaul, which made him arrogant and conceited. He decided to abolish the tribal council and become king independently, deciding all tribal affairs alone. This aroused the jealousy of the nobles and elders of the tribe, who incited the tribesmen to revolt and killed him.

Vercingetorix fled the territory of Arverni with some of his loyal subordinates and joined Caesar, who had just taken office as the governor of Gaul and was recruiting cavalry, and became a cavalry captain under him.

Because of Vercingetorix's identity and ability, Caesar valued him very much, but Vercingetorix only stayed in the Roman army for two years. Despite Caesar's retention, he quietly returned to Arverni and began to recruit troops, preparing to avenge his father, kill his enemies, and recapture Gorgovia.

Who knew that the current leader of Arverni (Vercingetorix's uncle) and the nobles got the news in advance and took the lead in attacking Vercingetorix's camp. Vercingetorix was outnumbered and suffered a disastrous defeat, and was forced to flee the Averni territory again...

"As early as half a year ago, Chief Vercingetorix led his army to capture this town, exiled his uncle, killed those nobles, and avenged his father! Now he is the leader of our Averni people! Not only is he brave in battle, but he also took the initiative to reduce the grain we hand over when he saw that we were living in difficulty. He is a hero of our Averni! You'd better be careful when you speak, and don't call him by name, otherwise someone will cause trouble for you!" The vendor kindly warned.

"Yes, he is a hero!" Lulios was filled with emotion when he thought of the things that Chief Maximus had told him.

He carefully tidied his clothes, and then strode towards the main house in the center of the town.

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Lulios stood in front of the door of the main house, watching the guards run into the yard. After a while, heavy and hurried footsteps came from far to near, and a familiar figure came into his eyes.

This man was about 30 years old, with a slightly messy golden short hair, a broad forehead, a straight nose, a resolute face, deep eyes, a tall and straight body, and the muscle lines were faintly visible under the tight tribal clothes. He had an imposing aura without anger.

But after he saw Lurios, his imposing aura quickly disappeared, replaced by a face full of joy: "Lurios, you are still alive! This is so great!"

He smiled happily, ignoring the guards' obstruction, and seemed to not care at all that Lurios, who had not seen him for several years, might have defected to the hostile forces and would be disadvantageous to him. He stepped forward quickly, opened his arms, and gave him a tight hug.

At the same time, he whispered with apology: "Lurius, I'm sorry for you! That day we were defeated, I finally got rid of their pursuit and gathered the scattered subordinates, only to find that you were not in the team. Some people said that you were captured by them, and some said that you died in the battle... At that time, we had just lost the battle and people were panicking. I could only lead them to escape from the Averni territory first, so I didn't send people back to the camp in time to find you and other lost brothers..." Lurios also hugged each other tightly and said excitedly: "How can this be blamed on you? It was not easy for you to escape with the defeated soldiers at that time! Fortunately, you did it at that time, so now you can take back Gogovia! I am happy for you, Vercingetorix, you finally fulfilled the oath you made at the beginning!" The two hugged each other tightly for a long time, and Vercingetorix let go of his arms, a little relieved, and asked with some doubts: "After I captured this town, I specifically interrogated me That damn uncle, I just found out that you were captured by them and sold to the Romans as a slave. Did you... escape from the Romans? "

Lurius shook his head, glanced at the other people beside Vercingetorix, and said solemnly: "I did not escape from the Romans, nor did I become a slave of the Romans. I came here on someone's behalf. I have something extremely important to tell you alone!"

Someone immediately raised an objection: "Chief, although Lurios was once your subordinate, we don't know his situation in the past few years. You must not-"

Vercingetorix waved his hand to stop, and said loudly: "Lurius was once my father's capable subordinate! After my father died, he firmly refused my uncle's solicitation and fully assisted me in gathering my father's old subordinates, forming an army, and fighting rebellion... He is like my eldest brother. Whether in the past or now, he will give me selfless help!"