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The final battle of the Germanic Total War 044 A great time to march into Rome

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    Although Vannius's methods were decisive and cruel, in the final analysis, the tough Roman envoy was a nobleman, not a soldier.

    For him, although those prestigious Roman legions were very important to the Republic, they were still a group of "civilians" in the final analysis. In front of those noble ladies, he might be familiar with the battles that some legions had participated in, but in daily life  In life, he does not pay special attention to where the executioners are.

    Therefore, although he is eager to answer Vanius's question, in fact, what he can tell is extremely limited.

    For example, the legions annihilated by Vannius in Belgae included the famous Third Gallic Legion.

    For another example, the Sixth Iron Wall Legion that once made Caesar say "I come, I see, I win" was originally settled by Caesar in a colony nearby - to be precise, near Massilia - and  After learning that Vannius had launched an attack on the Allobrogans, the Senate re-recruited this legion and replenished its troops and weapons.

    And now it is stationed and training in Nice to prevent Vannius from entering Italy.

    In addition, the Fifth Skylark, the Tenth Knight, and other famous legions who had conquered Gaul with Caesar and participated in most of the major battles of the civil war were either in the African colonies or fighting with Caesar in Spain.  .

    However, Labienus had already re-raised three legions in Italy and assembled them near Genoa.  Prepare to defend Rome.

    As for the rest.  The poor envoy was completely speechless.

    Hearing such information, Vanius suddenly felt that he was lucky as never before - if the unlucky man sent to die had not played a trick on him, then almost all of Caesar's main legions were in Spain, standing between him and Rome.  There are only four legions in the world, and three of them are new legions.

    In this way, maybe you can take the strategic initiative!

    Think about it, that classmate Africanus took the initiative to march into Carthage, forcing Hannibal to rush back to Carthage, and could only bring back some of his "old subordinates".  Later, he angered the Carthaginians by continuously destroying Carthaginian towns, forcing Hannibal to send troops to pursue him, thereby lengthening the supply line and losing his home field advantage.  Finally, Hannibal was defeated at the battle of Zama.

    Now, as long as Vanius can quickly defeat the four Roman legions blocking his front, he can march into Rome without any hindrance - in this way, forced by the safety of the city of Rome, Caesar must quickly lead his troops back for reinforcements.  .

    After that, with the riprap tower brought by Vannius and the ballistae obtained from the city of Massilia, it may be a dream to capture the city of Rome, but it is still not a problem to destroy most of the towns, villages, and manors in northern Italy.  - In this way, whether it is to protect one's own reputation.  Either due to domestic pressure, Caesar must pursue him.

    When the time comes, you can retreat calmly, bring Caesar to a battlefield more favorable to you, and defeat him.

    Of course, there is no doubt that unless he can capture Caesar in one battle, even if Caesar only brings back half of Rome's veteran legions for the first time, he will still have to defeat all of Caesar's legions on the battlefield in the end.

    But, it¡¯s obvious, for Vanius.  It is better to defeat the enemy in batches than to crush the enemy to death with his entire army.

    To put it another way, even if you can't defeat Caesar on the battlefield and can destroy northern Italy, it will be a huge blow to the prestige and strength of Rome - it has gone through a long civil war.  Northern Italy was then devastated, and then plunged into a protracted war.  Even Caesar couldn't bear such a bad situation.

    However, there is still a huge problem in this seemingly beautiful strategy, which is the issue of Caesar's return route.

    If Caesar could have returned to Italy overland, he would have done so through Narponian Gaul, crossing the Pyrenees and the Alps - in which case Caesar's army would have appeared behind Vannius and cut off all of them.  Nius's escape route - There is no doubt that in this case, Vannius will be caught in a trap and die an ugly death.

    Therefore, only when Caesar appeared to the south of Vannius and stood between Vannius and Rome, Vannius could calmly implement his plan to lure the enemy.

    In order to achieve this goal, Vanius must do three things.

    First, Vannius wanted to deploy heavy troops in Narpan Gaul and block the two mountain passes to let Caesar know that even if he had strong combat power, it would be difficult for him to quickly return to Italy by land.

    Secondly, Vanius??It is necessary to quickly approach Rome, further create tension, and force Caesar to lead the army to confront him as quickly as possible, instead of sending all his veteran legions back to Italy through the fleet to deal with him.

    Finally, in order to convince the Romans that he had the ability to threaten Rome, Vannius also needed to capture a city before arriving in Rome to show that he indeed had the ability to capture fortified cities - of course, he was not very determined to fight in the first place.  Forget about the city of Massilia.

    It is not an easy task to achieve these three points.

    Vanius needs to divide the army he has on hand into three parts. One part enters the Aquitaine region to conquer and win over the locals, and gathers a seemingly huge army to block the Pyrenees;  After defeating Labienus, they guarded the mountain pass from the Alps to Italy; the last and most powerful force would follow them into Rome.

    How to distribute troops is a big problem.

    Logically speaking, it would be best for the coalition forces of the northern Gallic tribes, who are also Gauls, to go to Aquitani. After all, they are of the same tribe and can more easily mingle together.  Coupled with the troops of the United Kingdom and Bill and the United Kingdom who have been trained by their own military advisers, their combat effectiveness is also guaranteed.

    But the problem is that after eight years of Caesar's conquests, Vannius was worried that the people of Gaul had suffered from Caesarphobia - with Caesar's words of "killing one million Gauls and enslaving another million"  Judging from the fierce record of "Gauls", if Caesar was played in the game of Rome Total War, it would be a shame if he didn't have the attributes of "scare the Gauls" and "+5 morale +5 to the Gauls' combat commander"  Millions of wronged souls in Gaul.

    Therefore, although Vannius is logically more inclined to send the Gauls and Belgeans as the first hurdle to block Caesar's land return reinforcements, this decision is not that easy to make - I guess Caesar heard that  The people blocking him are the Gauls, so he must have decided to return reinforcements by land.

    If the Gauls cannot be used, then Vannius will only have the Germans left in his hands.

    Among them, the Kadi people are good at large-scale combat. Although the Dunkerderi and Usipeters people have been divided into two provinces, they have always been staunch allies in history. They have experience and connections in foot and cavalry cooperation.  Together with the brave and skilled Badawi people, the four field legions totaled 40,000 people, which was equivalent to more than six legions of the Romans.  After arriving at Aquitaine, you can also coerce a certain number of locals on the spot, which is theoretically enough to stop and delay Caesar for a while.

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????Although it feels a bit unnecessary, it is Vannius's return route after all. If someone is not posted to guard it, Vannius will not be at ease.

    If he simply resettles the Gauls, Vanius is still worried that Caesar will directly land in Narbon Gaul, and then scare away these war scum and cut off his retreat.

    Therefore, the remaining Macmany Field Corps must be placed here.

    However, if there are only the Macmanians themselves, they are somewhat alone - they also need an army that is at least loyal enough and reliable as a companion - after all, the remaining troops in their hands are only the British.  I can take on this important responsibility.

    So, the final result was that four Germanic field legions went to conquer Aquitaine, the Macmanian field legion and the Britons garrisoned the city of Massilia, and the remaining armies all marched eastward with them, marching into Rome.

    After summoning all the leaders of the allies and the commanders of the field armies, Vanius briefly encouraged everyone, and then announced the current good situation - Italy is empty of troops and has only four field armies. As long as they defeat these four field armies,  group, the wealthy Italy is waiting for them to "travel".

    In order to prevent Caesar from leading an army to return quickly for reinforcements, Vanius moved his four field legions to Aquitaine in a noble manner. On the one hand, he overthrew the Roman colonial rule in the area, and on the other hand, he blocked Caesar's return route.  .

    In addition, the newly conquered Massilia, as an important logistics base and seaport, cannot be abandoned - the Macmanian Field Army will continue to be stationed in the fortress outside Massilia, while the British will be stationed  In the port of the city of Massilia, and further completed the construction of the fortress in the city.

    Of course, in order to make up for the regret that the British could not participate in the plunder of Italy, Vannius said that in the next five years, all taxes in the city of Massilia will be obtained by the British.

    As for the remaining troops of the Bilgees and the Northern Gallic Tribal Alliance, they naturally followed Vannius's field legion into Rome - after defeating the new recruits that the Romans had just recruited, those in front of them would be  It is Italy that has no resistance and has gathered the wealth of the world.

    And after they destroyed Rome, GaoThe British and the British would no longer have to worry about the Romans coming to conquer and enslave them again.

    After hearing these arrangements, a group of people applauded - the Belgians, Gauls and Britons were for the freedom and wealth at their fingertips; the Germans were for the upcoming war.

    After many allies left to prepare, Vanius kept many German field legion commanders behind and explained to them patiently and in detail what they should pay attention to.

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