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Germanic Total War 5200 Eastern War 054 Siege of Nice Part 2

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    Even though the defense line had been breached, and even though the temporarily recruited soldiers had collapsed, the Sixth Army still showed their strength to live up to the name of the "iron wall", forming shields in streets and alleys one after another, tenaciously blocking the attack.  By.  ([] .) By the time the fastest-moving Macmanian Field Legion broke through numerous obstacles and attacked the port, Labienus had already left by boat under the protection of his guards.  Leaving with him were the Eagle Flag of the Sixth Regiment, as well as the remnants of the First Battalion and retained veterans.  After hearing the news, amid the cheers of victory from the coalition soldiers, Vanius' face didn't look good.  As long as those elite veterans don't die, it won't be long before the Sixth Legion will make a comeback - compared with the weak scum recruited temporarily, those veterans of hundreds of battles are the core and essence of a legion - as long as the veterans don't die, the legion will always be there.  .  However, this battle was indeed enough for Vannius to feel lucky.  With only a little over 10,000 troops, Labienus did not retreat to the city to engage in street fighting. Instead, he defended the city wall that surrounded the entire city and harbor. Although this gave the Romans a huge space for movement, it also  This greatly dispersed the Roman forces and directly led to the breakthrough of the Roman defense line.  In other words, in this battle, Vanius still won the victory with superior troops - this was completely different from his previous state of suppressing most enemies with elite troops and strong generals.  But Vannius didn't waste much time - after Labienus ran away, it was conceivable that before long, all of Italy would be armed and ready to fight him.  After this battle.  There are less than 20,000 people left in the entire city of Nice¡ªthis is after counting the refugees gathered from surrounding manors, villages and towns¡ªand most of them are women and children.  besides.  The Gauls also found more than 30,000 slaves in the city - because many of them were Gauls, these people were not armed by Labienus and sent to the city to fight.  Now that these people were rescued, Vanius naturally divided all these slaves according to their ethnic groups without hesitation, and handed them over to the armies of each ethnic group to select young men to supplement their troops.  After that, those young men from Africa, Syria, Egypt, Asia Minor, Thrace, Macedonia and other places were handed over to Pluto by Vanius. In this way, the number of the "Slave Liberation Army" under Pluto  The number suddenly increased to 1,500 people.  Next, Vannius handed over all the remaining more than 10,000 slave women and children, as well as more than 10,000 Roman residents, to the British coalition forces.  After a short negotiation, Vanius's Guards Corps and the Macmanian Field Corps jointly obtained more than 10,000 slaves.  More than 10,000 Roman residents were handed over to the Britons and Bilgees, while the northern Gallic tribal alliance and the allies supporting Vannius received most of the gold and silver jewelry in Nice.  Weapons and armor were also divided up at an extremely fast speed.  After the distribution of the spoils was completed, four completely different atmospheres suddenly appeared in the entire city of Nice.  Those emancipated slaves looked for their relatives and tribesmen with doubts and surprises.  Afterwards, tears filled their eyes because of the long-lost freedom, and they were thankful for their new life with the comfort of their tribesmen.  The slave warriors who were handed over to Pluto by Vanius became enthusiastic under Pluto's simple and powerful speech, and they wanted to arm themselves immediately to rescue their people - even though Caesar wanted to ensure the stability of the rear.  , granting citizenship rights to many locals, but obviously not including those barbarians who became slaves.

    And those local people who had just lost their husbands, sons and fathers cried bitterly and were heartbroken - not only had they lost their relatives and the backbone of their families, but they had also lost their freedom, and were about to be taken to remote and barbaric places by those barbarians.  and the edge of a strange world, and became the slaves of those barbarians.

    The last one is the conqueror of this city - they have placed guards here.  After taking care of all the new slaves, the Gauls, Belgeans, Britons, and Germans packed up the remains of the dead and cremated them.

    Originally, the conquerors should be happy because they conquered a city with an excellent history, solid defenses, and powerful defenders, and it only took one day.

    However, after counting the casualties, even the most optimistic leaders were not happy - they killed nearly 7,000 enemies on and under the city walls.  But he paid the price of more than 12,000 people.

    Although there were only more than 4,000 soldiers who actually died in the battle, the more than 8,000 lightly and seriously injured people not only used up the medicine brought by the conquerors from the mainland, but also consumed a lot of medicine they obtained from the city of Nice.  There is no doubt that this was a huge blow to the entire army - and in comparison, the warriors recruited from the slaves liberated from the city of Nice were simply not enough to make up for such losses.

    When the leaders gather together.  Even the youngest one couldn't help but lament: "Alasif this kind of victory happens a few more times, we will be finished."

    Such a lament suddenly came to an end??It was unanimously agreed by the Allied leaders that those who died in the battle were not considered veterans.  They are also young and strong, but the newly added slaves are barely strong but not in a very good mental state - in short, such a battle is simply not worth the gain.

    Vanius also felt the same way about this - even though it was not his direct troops that were lost, it was also his strength.

    "We can no longer attack fortified cities like this in the future." Regarding everyone's emotions, Vanius made a simple summary, "From now on, we will have only one target, which is the Roman army - and we must defeat it in the wild.  them."

    This conclusion won the unanimous consent of all leaders.

    Afterwards, Vanius looked at all the leaders: "According to the previous plan, we will rest here for three days and transform the city of Nice into our temporary stronghold."

    "Three days later, the Britons were responsible for sending our compatriots and slaves to the rear. The Macmanian Field Army was responsible for garrisoning in Nice, tending to the wounded and providing defense. Our army quickly advanced towards Rome."

    After pausing to write, Vanius turned his attention to Bruce standing in the back row - as a new leader who joined this army, for most leaders, Bruce is still a newcomer.

    ¡°As for you, Bruce, you will be training in Nice ¨C you and your people will be training for a month.¡±

    After a pause, Vanius continued: "After that, you can fight in the Po River Basin."

    "The Gauls, Britons, and Germans you have rescued, as well as all the women and children, are all sent to the city of Nice. We will be responsible for taking over them and sending those who need protection to the safe rear."

    "As for the others - Thracians, Macedonians, Africans - you can incorporate them all into your army. If necessary, we can continue to provide training for your warriors."

    Before Pluto could answer, Vanius had already spoken again: "Remember the three principles. First, your target is the manor - so never attack the city. Second, your equipment and training are insufficient, so don't  Fight the regular armies of the Romans - if you encounter regular armies, run away. Third, if my army retreats, you and your men retreat immediately."

    Hearing this, Pluto frowned: "How do I know you are not taking advantage of us?"

    This sentence immediately made the surrounding leaders glare at this ungrateful bastard - they saved him, and this is how he repaid them.

    Amidst the angry rebuke of a group of leaders, Vanius waved his hand: "Quiet."

    After asking all the leaders to quiet down, Vanius looked at Pluto seriously: "Listen boy, you are very smart, but not smart enough."

    "We fought the Romans precisely to free those enslaved peoples - and, of course, to ensure that we ourselves would not be enslaved. But like I said, we had to fight the Roman army and there was no time.  Destroy those estates one by one and free the enslaved people - you are responsible for freeing them - we are working together."

    Pluto frowned, then licked his lips: "How far should we go?"

    "Destroy all the manors in the Po River Basin and rescue everyone." Vanius answered without hesitation.

    "And after that?"

    "After?" Vanius raised an eyebrow, "When we defeat the Romans and make them no longer able to threaten us, all those warriors can return to their hometowns and live the lives they want.  .¡±

    This vision made the leaders discuss excitedly.

    And Pluto also sighed: "Is it possible? My mother was still a girl when she became a slave, and now"

    Such sighs made everyone in the big tent feel sad.

    After that, Vanius waved his hand vigorously: "Listen, warriors, no one can guarantee that our efforts will be rewarded. We are fighting the Romans, but only the immortal gods know the result. Maybe.  We can win this war, and maybe we will all die miserably. But no matter what, I think this cause is worth fighting to the death - keep fighting, so that our children and grandchildren can enjoy a long life of freedom - yours  What¡¯s your opinion?¡±

    The leaders exchanged glances with each other, then nodded, raised their weapons and roared.

    "I think so too - fight to the death for freedom!"

    ¡°Kill the Romans!¡±

    "Fight!"

    "Fight hard"?!  "

    "Save our people."

    Looking at the group of warrior leaders who were excited again, Vanius just remained silent.  He knew they could not win with courage alone.  (To be continued)

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