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Germanic Total War Final Battle 042 The Surrender of the Massilians

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.    Generally speaking, there are only two ways to fight a siege, either bloody and cruel, or boring - of course, sometimes it can be both bloody, cruel and boring.  .If a general does not care about the safety of his subordinates and the lives of soldiers, then he is likely to turn the siege into a bloody and cruel battle - countless warriors holding shields, roaring, carrying ladders and charging against the rain of arrows, wave after wave.  Yibo died on the way, and then he finally put a ladder up the city wall, climbed up and started hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, and finally captured the city wall after several battles, and then the city.  In such a process, as long as the defender has enough projectile weapons, the attacker will often have to pay one-tenth or more of his life just on the way to charge - after three or five such battles, an army will basically  It will be reimbursed.  On the other hand, if a general cherishes the lives of his soldiers and does not want them to sacrifice in vain, then he will make full preparations before attacking the city.  At this time, huge shield vehicles, solid siege towers, powerful ballistae, impenetrable siege fortifications and other siege equipment and fortifications that the general can think of will appear outside the city wall.  After that, under the protection of various protective facilities, the attacker can basically ignore the defender's projectile equipment and safely approach the enemy's city wall - after that, whether it is demolishing the city gate, poaching or climbing the wall, it will become simple and safe.  More - of course, it is just much simpler and safer than the previous siege method.  Before that happens, however, the whole process becomes a tiring chore when it comes to preparing siege engines and fortifications.  Hard and boring.  And Vanius himself.  There is no doubt that he is a man who cares deeply about the lives of his soldiers - in other words, he does not care much about their physical strength.  Therefore, he did not hesitate to turn the siege into a boring and boring hard work - the technical content was completed by the engineering troops, and the unskilled content was completed by German warriors and Gallic slaves.  Thousands of Gallic slaves dug trenches day and night, and it took three days to dig out three trenches. Two trenches pointed to both sides of the Massilia city gate, and the third trench pointed to a bastion near the city gate¡ª¡ª  Vannius's intention was to dig holes in three places at the same time, which could weaken the enemy's defense strength and open the city gates.  It is said.  When the Romans first attacked Massilia, they built a strong parapet. Later, they launched an attack in the direction of the harbor to attract the attention of the defenders, and at the same time used rolling logs to push the parapet under the city.  And by digging in under the parapet, a bastion was destroyed and led to the first surrender of the Massilians.  There is no doubt that the Roman method was faster and more convenient.  But the problem was that the Germans did not have a navy, and Vannius did not want to waste the lives of his men on a feint attack near the harbor.  Moreover, a guardrail with only one section is not as reliable as a trench in terms of long-term effectiveness.  While the Gallic slaves were digging trenches, the Massilians also launched three attacks, but were beaten back three times by the archers on the siege brick towers and the Gallic cavalry waiting outside, and many people died - of course  , under the blow of the ballistae on the city wall.  Dozens of Gallic cavalry also died.  Realizing that it would be difficult for them to stop the German engineering operations, and realizing that the German siege technology was no worse than that of the Romans, the Massilians panicked.  At the beginning, there were only three Roman legions that besieged Massilia, with less than 20,000 people in total. It took several months to build the siege fortifications, but now there are hundreds of thousands of people outside Massilia, and  It took less than a month to complete the siege.  Although the enemy did not have a navy and could not completely besiege Massilia, the Roman army was either far away in Asia Minor and had not yet returned, or it was in Spain to wipe out the remaining Pompeii party.  Either they must surround the Italian province, and there will be no time to save these isolated Massilians.  Moreover, although several years have passed, the city of Massilia has still not returned to its grandeur before Caesar's siege, and its military manpower is far less than it was then.  .Compare twice.  Everyone realized that they wanted to continue resisting the German army.  It's almost impossible to do.  After conferring with the chiefs for a while, the councilors sent clippers to Italy and Spain to explain the situation to Rome and Caesar - they were alone and alone in the face of the siege of hundreds of thousands of German barbarians and their allies.  Unable to resist, and help from the Romans was delayed, in order to avoid the barbarian massacre of the city due to long-term resistance, they had no choice but to surrender.  After sending an envoy to inform Rome of the fall of Massilia, the parliamentarians sent another envoy out of the city under a ceremonial guard and went to Vannius's camp to demand negotiations - this time the one they sent was a doctor of rhetoric.  The Massilians, not the rough Albisci.  However, this time, the knowledge and eloquence of this doctor of rhetoric were not put to use.  After learning that the city of Massilia had come to beg for mercy, Vanius did not see the doctor at all, and directly asked Carlo to send a message for him. Originally, Vanius hoped to restore the leadership status of the Massilia people, and  fought alongside the Massilians, but the Massilians preferred toHe fights and refuses to accept his friendship, then he has to suffer the consequences of this foolish choice.  Although Vannius's words were scary, the conditions offered by Vannius were actually very generous - the Massilians could continue to maintain their autonomy, but they had to provide food supplies and weapons and equipment; the Massilians needed  Pay taxes to him every year, the amount is half that of the Romans; the Massilians need to perform military service for Vannius, of course Vannius will pay them a salary; the Massilians have to give up some ports and cities  The Germans garrisoned troops, and of course Vannius would pay a sum of money for it and protect their safety - apart from that, the only thing that could be called harsh was that the Massilians needed to hand over all their projectile equipment.  This was not due to Vannius being merciful or being blinded by the sun.  In fact, this is exactly the plan that Vannius came up with after careful consideration.  If the Massilians persist in resisting to the end, Vanius can attack the city without mercy and completely conquer it.  But the Massilians chose to surrender, so he couldn't do this.  Firstly, he had to take into account the views of other regions in the future, and secondly, Vannius was also very worried - the Massilians had obviously realized that they could not hold on, and if he did not give them a way to survive, they would probably rely on the navy to escape.  .  Although it is impossible for the navy to transport everyone away, as long as it transports all the scholars and technicians, it will be enough to make Vanius cry for a while.  If people burn those projectiles on fire before leaving

    Moreover, Vannius¡¯s kindness was not completely free¡ªin the covenant with the Massilians, Vannius shamelessly neglected to deal with the Albisi people.  .

    In other words, the Germans only had a truce with the Massilians, but nothing like that with the Albisci.

    After hearing Vanius's request, the very down-to-earth doctor was stunned at first, and then elated. He kissed Carlo's chainmail with tears of gratitude, and then ran back to report the good news to the residents of the city.  .

    Soon after the envoy returned to the city of Massilia, bursts of warm cheers and wailing broke out in the city.

    After that, the Massilians sent more envoys to ask Vannius to finalize the specific terms.

    Vanius could also understand this request - after the German army entered the city of Massilia, the Massilia people would no longer be able to resist, and they had to ensure that the Germans would not immediately turn their backs.  good.

    In the surprise and gratitude of the Massilian councilors, Vanius took the initiative to set the location of the surrender ceremony in the open space outside the gate of Massilia, so that warriors from both sides could see it - of course, the city of Massilia  The ballista at the top will definitely not be able to hit here.

    Afterwards, after a brief discussion, Vannius produced an agreement written in three languages: Greek, Germanic and Latin.

    Although they did not know Germanic, the Massilians had no pressure on Greek and Latin - after confirming many terms, the Massilians signed the terms.

    Immediately afterwards, accompanied by German soldiers, the congressmen returned to the city and began to organize people to remove the ballistas on the city wall and carry them out of the city.

    Along with the ballistae, there were also swords, spears, shields, and leather helmets that could arm ten thousand people, as well as a large number of javelins and arrows. Seeing these projectiles and arrows, Vannius originally asked them to  The dissatisfied people who did not attack the city directly but carried out various hard labor construction work suddenly no longer dissatisfied - with the reserves of the Massilians, if there are enough manpower to use, then the attackers who are not fully prepared are doomed.  Rivers of blood will flow beneath the city walls.

    In addition, the Massilians also brought a lot of gold and silver utensils to give to Vanius as this year's tax. Seeing the Massilians' expressions of no pain, Vanius knew  I want less.

    After all these matters were handed over, Vanius sent the Britons and Bilgeans with experience in water warfare to enter the city of Massilia, split the Massilia port in two, and began to build defense facilities.  A small fortress was built in the city to allow Vannius to develop his navy.

    Finally, Vanius started recruiting new soldiers in the city of Massilia.

    However, what made Vannius feel that he had been cheated was that neither the Massilians nor the Albisci were strong cavalry people. In the end, Vannius recruited two thousand lightly armed men from the city of Massilia.  infantry, and mixed them with the Gaulish auxiliaries.  [To view the latest chapter of this book, please search 138kanshu.com and read without pop-up windows]//Dear!  If you think this site is good, please remember to help promote it!  This site!

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