Chapter 428 Return to Italy

Isidy, the chief of the Yapod tribe, wore a horn helmet and leather armor, lying under a big tree to enjoy the coolness, with a big sword and wooden shield beside him.

The spies sent out rushed from the bottom of the mountain: "Chief, the Roman caravan designated by the Nixes is here!"

Isidy was immediately refreshed, stood up quickly, turned back and shouted: "Our target is here! Everyone hurry up and rush down the mountain with me to intercept them! Remember! Don't be ruthless first, trap them first, so as to lure the Romans in the city out!"

As soon as the voice fell, the Yapod warriors shouted excitedly. They had not plundered for many years.

On the one hand, it was because the Nixes who were friendly with them constantly imported cheap and beautiful materials to meet their living needs, so that they no longer had to risk their lives to plunder the trade route; on the other hand, Caesar's conquest of Gaul and his powerful army also greatly intimidated the Yapod people, so that they did not dare to offend the powerful Roman governor at the risk of extermination.

But now Caesar has led his army away, and the allies who have been providing help, the Nixen, have made demands on them again, and the restless factor in the blood of the Jabods has become agitated again.

Compared with the overly excited warriors, Isidy is still calmer. He has not forgotten his mission to perform, so he said to the spy: "Hurry up and tell the Nixen who came with us that we have gone down the mountain, and let them get ready! Remember! As long as the Roman army appears, you must urge them to go down the mountain to surround and kill! I don’t want our soldiers to suffer more losses, understand?!"

"Captain, I understand, you can rest assured!" The spy nodded heavily.

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My lord, it’s not good! Tullius’s caravan was robbed by the Jabods, and they sent people to ask us for help! ”

The broad-based military tribune Miecenes, who was stationed in Aquileia, was moved when he heard the report from his subordinates.

As can be seen from the name, Miecenes' family was a new Roman noble family with no political background. Therefore, when he was young, he was quite ambitious and followed Curio the Younger and Antony to hang out with them, thus gaining their support, being successfully elected as the quaestor, and successfully entering the Senate. Later, he followed Antony to join Caesar.

However, compared with his former friends, Curio the Younger was highly valued by Caesar and led the army to conquer Sicily and Africa, while Antony was sent to Rome and later He led reinforcements to support Caesar, and even Lucius (Antony's younger brother), who was less capable than him, was sent to lead more than a dozen battalions to guard the Illyrian province, and only he was sent to guard Aquileia.

It is said that he was responsible for defending against Celtic invasion and guarding the safety of the eastern part of the northern Italian province, but everyone knew that the northern Italian province was the safest among the provinces controlled by Caesar, and there had been no war for many years, so Miecinais had only four battalions under his command, and most of them were new soldiers.

Seeing that his former friends were all making contributions, Miecinais was unwilling, but Caesar was now powerful, so how could he dare to show his dissatisfaction.

However, Now the opportunity has come!

Tullius is the largest arms dealer in the entire Gaul province and the most important retainer of Caesar. He has provided great help for the continuous expansion of the Gaul province and has a certain influence in Caesar's heart. Therefore, when Tullius personally led the caravan to Pula to transport weapons to Caesar's army in Brindisi and passed through Aquileia, Miecinais also specially sent a team of 100 men to escort him.

This time he was in trouble. As long as he was rescued, Miecinais believed that he would be able to win his favor and let him speak well of him in Caesar's place.

In addition, the Japodes took the initiative to provoke the war, which was a good thing. He He could use this as an excuse to recruit more soldiers, expand the size of his army, find an opportunity to wipe out the Japod tribe, and earn some merit for himself.

In order to eliminate the looting Japods as soon as possible and let Tullius suffer less losses, Micinaeus ignored the dissuasion of his camp commander and insisted on leading half of the army in the city (two battalions) to rush to the rescue.

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“I remember this section of the road. After turning the mountain pass in front and walking a short distance, we will be out of the entire mountain range, right?” Tinibazus, the commander of the second legion of the Kingdom of Nix, looked ahead and asked the guide beside him loudly.

“Yes, it only takes more than ten minutes to enter the Roman province of Illyria and reach the coast.” The guide replied.

“How is it? My memory is good! More than 20 years have passed, and I still remember the road here so clearly! "Tilibazus boasted loudly to the soldiers beside him.

Then he laughed again: "We were in a mess when we entered the mountains, but now we are back! This time we will make the Romans pay for the blood debt they owed! Hey, Samoras, don't just walk with your head down, at least say something. "

"I have nothing to say. If the Romans come, I will follow your orders and lead my brothers to fight." Centurion Samoras said in a buzzing voice.

Seeing that he was only focused on walking, Tinibazus couldn't help but remind him in a low voice: "You, except for practicing at the training ground and taking care of your wife and children at home, you don't care about anything else! It's not easy to encounter this In this war, you must perform more meritorious deeds, raise your title, and actively strive to improve your position in the military, at least to become a captain, so as not to dishonor your qualifications in the kingdom! "

"Oh." Samoras responded.

Patriarch Tiniba saw that his old comrade who had shared life and death and shared hardships for decades still looked honest and honest, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: After he was promoted to the commander of the army three years ago, he reported to the Ministry of War many times. It was proposed to promote Samoras to captain, but was rejected by the Ministry of War on the grounds of Samoras' lack of ability.

Just as he was sighing, Tan Ma rushed from the front: "Lord Legion Commander, the First Legion has captured the city of Tarsatica.

Talsatica was a small seaside city in the northern part of the Roman province of Illyria. It was not far from the passage out of the mountains for the Nyx army, so it became the first stronghold that had to be removed.

Tinybazus immediately turned around and said to the messenger: "Quickly notify the major groups and speed up the march. We must arrive at Pula within two hours and capture it as soon as possible to avoid any accidents!"

"Yes, legion commander!"

Pula is an important town on the Istria Peninsula and the only large port in the northern Adriatic Gulf. In order to prevent the Roman army from landing here in the future and threatening the logistics transportation line of the Nyx army, the Nyx army must first A stronghold to be captured.

Since the Kingdom of Nyx had already planned to attack Rome, Onomabatis had been asked to set up business depots in the towns that needed to be conquered, such as Tulsatica and Pula, and many people were stationed in Tulsa. Tika was easily conquered, which was the result of the internal and external coordination.

Tinibazus was worried that the Pula people would strengthen their defenses after learning the news of the "Fall of Tulsa Tika", which would increase the difficulty of the Second Army's attack on the city, so he asked the army to get there as soon as possible without preparing the Pula people. time.

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Everything is going according to plan. The Jabods plundered Tullius's caravan, lured out the defenders of Aquileia, and annihilated them together with the ambushing Nyx army. Then they rushed to the city of Aquileia and surrounded it.

At the same time, the main force of Nyx passed through the built mountain roads, entered the province of Illyria, marched north, and successively captured Tulsatica and the Istria Peninsula, and besieged Aquileia. The Knicks armies join forces.

Two days later, Maximus led the rearguard, kingdom officials, auxiliary troops, etc. to Aquileia.

The vanguard had already set up camp outside the city of Aquileia. Maximus did not advance to rest in the camp. Instead, he led Pecot and other members of the military department, as well as the generals of each legion, around the city of Aquileia to explore After a while, they entered the military camp, and then immediately held a military meeting of the kingdom, and invited the Germanic and Yabod chiefs to participate.

In the main tent of the Chinese army, Staggs, commander of the third legion, introduced the previous battle situation: "... Chief Isidi led the Abed warriors to lure out about 2,000 Roman soldiers by attacking the Roman caravan.

While the enemy was rescuing the caravan, I led the soldiers to rush out of the forest and conduct a roundabout encirclement. However, although there were not many cavalry in this Roman army, they were quite alert. When they saw us appearing, they did not fight and immediately attacked us. Turn and flee towards Aquileia.

Because we had to cross the mountains and conduct an ambush before, we did not have cavalry, so we could not intercept them, but I divided a small number of troops to pursue them. By the time we eliminated the Roman reinforcements and arrived here, the defenders in the city had already pulled up the drawbridge, closed the city gates, and were ready to defend the city. However, due to our rapid pursuit, the enemy had no time to let people outside the city hide in. In the city...

According to the confessions of the prisoners, there are only about 2,000 defenders left in the city, more than 6,000 permanent residents, and at most 1,500 young adults who can participate in the battle——"

"That is to say, you think there are about 3,500 defenders in the city now?" Pecot interjected.

"Yes."

"I'm afraid there's more." Pecot shook his head and reminded: "Don't forget that Aquileia is a military fortress that has been established for decades. The residents here have military experience for generations and have long been with foreigners like us. In the battle, I am afraid that not only the elderly, but also women can go to the city to defend themselves when there is a lack of soldiers.

Fortunately, you were more cautious and did not give them time to allow people outside the city to hide in the city, otherwise we would have encountered greater trouble when we attacked the city. "

"The enemy only has this few people. There are so many of us, so what's there to worry about?" Someone in the big tent couldn't help shouting: "Let's attack the city together tomorrow. It only takes half a day to capture it!"