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Germanic Total War Final Battle 039 Delaying War in the Wilderness

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    After driving away the Albissi envoy, Vanius felt that he was really kind and reasonable - the other party sent a fool to negotiate, but he kindly spared the other party's life.

    After that, Vanius ordered the entire army to break camp and advance.  .

    Immediately afterwards, the scouts came to report that enemy troops had appeared.

    However, this news did not arouse the tension of the Germans, and it did not even attract the attention of Vannius - far away from them, a heavily armed Gaulish infantry appeared.

    As we all know, in this era, except for the Romanized inner Gaul, which had begun to train Romanized legionary infantry, the army sequence in most Gaul regions was extremely simple - nobles served as cavalry, and civilians served as infantry and light infantry.  That is, the shooter.

    Therefore, when he learned that the opponent's army was all infantry, Vanius knew that this army was not here to fight.

    This is indeed the case - this team just kept a safe enough distance from the Germanic army. They followed the Germanic army and marched unhurriedly, not shortening the distance and not being left behind. It seemed that they were just here to watch.  Germanic-like.

    At noon, when the sun was at its most intense, Vanius ordered the entire army to stop advancing, eat, drink, and rest temporarily¡ªof course, they must still remain fully armed and on high alert.

    In order to combat the severe cold of winter and solve the problem of cleaning the body in winter, Vanius invented the sauna.  Another benefit brought by this invention is that in theory, the Germanic people are no strangers to high temperature and high humidity environments.

    But there is an essential difference between an armed march and a sauna - at least, no one will walk in a sauna fully armed for several hours.  Not to mention there was no adequate supply of drinking water.

    So, after a morning of marching, everyone felt physically and mentally exhausted.  Rest at this time is very important.

    In order to ensure the health of the warriors, Vanius greatly reduced the proportion of meat in the diet of the Germanic warriors.  Many vegetables and berries were added, especially apple cider vinegar - this blended, sweet and sour drink quickly became the drink of choice for the Germans in hot weather, even more popular than mead.

    On the other hand, the technology of making ice from saltpeter is not a mystery to Vannius - of course, it is very mysterious to the Germans.

    Regrettably, Vanius had no intention of inventing black powder before, and there was basically no need for ice in the Germanic region.  Therefore, Vanius did not have a large amount of saltpeter in his hands, and the daily production of ice cubes was naturally very limited. It could only be used to make iced drinks for the few warriors who performed best that day.

    Therefore, Vanius has sent envoys.  Bacchus was asked to find a way to import a large amount of saltpeter from Egypt for military needs.

    But, that¡¯s all for the future.  At the moment, it is most comfortable for the German warriors.  Just hide in the temporary shade under the protection of twice the number of companions, drink a cup of not-so-hot apple cider vinegar, take a good breath, and rest for a while.  eat something.

    After that, they will go out and be responsible for protecting their companions.  Take on the duty of vigilance.

    This is also an order from Vanius - considering that the army is in enemy-occupied territory and is being tested by the harsh climate.  Based on the actual situation of adaptive training under his own orders, Vanius believed that even when setting up camp, he needed 20,000 people to remain ready for battle at any time.

    When the Germans stopped advancing and began to eat and rest, the Albisci were not idle either - except for the main force of about two to three thousand people who still maintained a safe distance, a small group of about a hundred people left the main group, carelessly  He moved closer to the Germanic army, then stayed between the two armies, and began to yell and taunt them.

    For this obvious provocation, Vanius only had to send a group of cavalry to leave the main force and approach the enemy, and then charge can solve it.

    Even the main force of the Albisi barbarians in the distance can be completely eliminated on the battlefield by sending all the cavalry units.

    However, Vanius did not give the order, and the Germans did not respond - as if those Albisi provocateurs did not exist at all, the Germans continued to be vigilant and restful.

    After avoiding noon and the entire army had finished resting and eating, the Germans set off south again - according to the guide of Arobloges, they would be able to reach the outside of Massilia in two days.  .

    Although Vannius wanted to annihilate as many enemies as possible outside the city in order to reduce the number of enemies during the siege,There is little resistance, but the enemy deliberately exposes his presence and makes such a bluff. It is likely that he has an ulterior motive - even if the news of his march into Massilia was reported to the Massilia by the Vauconti people, the opponent  There is not much time to gather subordinates to stock up on food and supplies, and there should still be a lack of time.

    Therefore, Vanius ordered the army to continue to advance without hesitation, to stay on alert, and not to be angry at the enemy's harassment, let alone waste time dealing with these enemies.

    Seeing that the Germans ignored their provocation and continued to advance, the Albisci people suddenly became anxious - just as Vannius thought, it had not been long since they got the news about Vannius's march target.  A large amount of food and supplies are being moved towards the city of Massilia. If Vanius is allowed to march without any hindrance, a lot of supplies will fall into the hands of the Germans.

    However, it is also true that their military strength is insufficient - although they bluffly claim to have a hundred thousand troops, that is actually their total population, not their total military strength - when it comes to young men who can fight, even if you add the number of people from nearby Roman colonies.  The number of brave soldiers is only 20,000 at best.

    With the precedent of Vannius annihilating four Roman legions, neither the Romans nor the Massilians dared to take the risk of attacking Vannius's army with 20,000 people, even though they knew that this group of Germans was suffering from the scorching heat.  The battle strength was greatly reduced due to the weather - therefore, their strategy was to delay the advance of the German army, hoard a large amount of food and supplies in the city of Massilia, hold on to the city, and wait for Caesar and his elite veteran legions who were brave and skilled in fighting.  assistance.

    But at the moment, the Germans are not fooled and continue to move resolutely towards the city of Massilia - at this speed, the Germans may still have time to block the largest batch of grain and supplies outside the city.

    And once this batch of food and supplies is lost, it will be suspense whether the city of Massilia can hold on until Caesar returns.

    So, a group of Albisi chiefs discussed with each other, blew the horns, and summoned the army.

    Hearing the horn, the Germans stopped marching and looked in the direction of the Albisci.

    After that, countless Gauls were seen emerging from the woods on both sides of the road and joining the previous Albissi team.

    As a result, the size of the Albisi people greatly increased, showing an attitude of five to six thousand people.

    Moreover, hundreds of cavalry also appeared in the Albissi queue - this was the entire lineup of the Albissi intercepting force.

    Although the strength of this army is enough for a battle, if Vannius had rashly sent out cavalry before, it would have probably been eaten by the opponent, but with their strength, it is obvious that they do not have enough troops to challenge Vannius's army head-on.

    But even so, the Albissi led the team to slowly approach the Germanic array.

    In this way, the Germans had to stop advancing and be on guard. Although the number of enemies was small, they were more adapted to the climate and thus were able to maintain their combat effectiveness. No matter how powerful the German army was, it was impossible to defeat the enemy during the march.  of assault.

    Faced with this situation, Vanius ordered all soldiers to be replenished with water from the cart and put up awnings to rest.

    Seeing that the Germans had stopped and the Albissi had achieved their goal, they naturally stopped getting closer - if they were too close, they would start fighting. With so few people, they might not be able to hold them back for long.

    Next, for the whole afternoon, the Germans took turns to rest under the awnings and did not march again. In order to monitor them and maintain deterrence, the Albisci stayed under the scorching sun all afternoon - they were not like the Germans after all.  In that way, the army accompanied them with carts loaded with everything they needed.

    By the evening, the Albissi people saw that nothing was going to happen, so they decided to retreat - according to the behavior of the Germans in the past few days, they should start cutting down trees, digging trenches, building campgrounds, making fires, and preparing to spend the night.

    However, just when the Germans thought that the afternoon was about to end, the battle horn suddenly sounded.

    In Vannius's army, in addition to the German Guards, there were also followers from Ervege and the entire Aroblogus. Although these people were not very effective in combat, they were very close to the Albisci.  It is also not affected by the weather and maintains complete combat effectiveness.

    Moreover, the noble cavalry of these two tribes gathered together, and there were nearly a thousand people. When the German army put up the awning to rest, Vannius had quietly issued the combat order, and under the obstruction of the awning,  The mobilization of the noble cavalry and infantry of the Gallic auxiliary legions did not attract the attention of the Albissi.

    Now, the Gallic noble cavalry has been ready behind the awning.Upon hearing the order, they all broke open the awnings and charged towards the Albissi with a roar.

    Following closely behind the Gallic noble cavalry were the Gallic infantry - just like the nobles on both sides, the Gallic infantry was divided into two groups according to their place of origin, along with the cavalry, heading straight towards Albi.  The two wings of the Westerners rushed over.

    Finally, it was Rick Burgess and the archers under his command - these archers, protected by the neat array of Germanic guns, pressed towards the Albissi, seemingly determined to destroy them with arrows.  These poorly protected barbarians

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