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Germanic Total War 5200 Eastern War 057 The Haunting Sixth Legion

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    When Vanius ordered the army to retreat, he sent fast horses to Nice quickly, so that the soldiers of the Macmanian Field Legion prepared to retreat. He also asked the soldiers to select a hundred puppet soldiers from the prisoners and crucify them on crosses.  superior.  The reason why they are called puppet troops is because although these people assisted the Romans in guarding the manors, they were not Romans, but freed slaves.  On this day, Vanius did not build a fortress. Instead, after crucifying the puppet troops, he led his army to retreat directly and traveled overnight.  By daylight the next day, Vanius once again crucified a hundred puppet soldiers, lived and cooked on the ruins of a nearby manor, rested for a while and then hit the road again.  At dusk the next day, Vannius ordered to camp and rest.

    After two days and one night of traveling, the entire Vanius army was very tired.  Therefore, Vanius increased the number of night watch shifts from the original three to six to ensure safety.

    Fortunately, Vannius's army and Caesar's army had already put some distance between them, so everything went smoothly that night.

    Early on the third day, after breakfast, Vanius ordered fifty puppet soldiers and fifty Roman citizens to be crucified before continuing north.

    Originally, the Guards Corps under Vannius was equipped with a large number of four-wheeled carriages, allowing the entire legion to mobilize at an extremely fast speed when the roads were in good condition, and even to be more maneuverable than when mobilizing over long distances.  cavalry troops.

    However, Vanius¡¯ allies were not equipped with so many carriages, and their maneuvering speed was far inferior.  This was coupled with the growing number of freed slaves and Roman captives that accompanied raids into northern Italy.  Vanius's marching speed actually became slower than the normal legion marching.

    In order to ensure that the old, young, women and children can keep up with the team.  Vannius dedicated all his carriages to transporting young, old, women and children, and even Roman women and children were taken care of.

    In addition, all the liberated young and strong slaves must march forward on foot with Vannius's army. If the Romans have any excuses for not leaving, or cannot keep up with the large group of people, they will be killed without hesitation.  His throat was cut with a knife and his body was abandoned on the roadside.

    Under the pressure of death, the Romans became particularly tenacious. Most of them kept up with the team, and few fell behind.

    at the same time.  In order to ensure the marching speed, Vanius also extended the technique of wearing leggings and the method of foot soaking in hot water to the entire army - although this will almost certainly lead to the leakage of these two methods, which in turn will make Vanius'  Allies and even enemies can master it, but considering that after annihilating the veteran legions under Caesar, the Germans will become the most powerful presence in this area.  Vanius doesn't think the leak of such a simple technology is a big deal.

    So, with the help of leggings and hot water, Vannius' army kept a distance from Caesar's army for a full day and a half, always leaving fresh corpses for Caesar.

    This situation lasted until the fifth day.

    At noon on the fifth day, the Gallic cavalry sent by Vannius to guard and explore the surrounding areas came back in a hurry and was defeated again.

    But this time, there were only about thirty of the one hundred cavalry left.

    According to the Gauls, it was the Roman Sixth Legion that defeated them this time. Originally, they saw that the opponent had only thirty people, so they took the initiative to attack.  But after two confrontations, they killed nearly half of their companions, and they lost more than twenty people while fleeing in panic before they could escape.

    Hearing this news, Vanius felt nervous when he lamented the weaklings of the Gallic cavalry. If these weaklings were not mistaken, then Labienus was running away with the first battalion of the Sixth Army.  After being killed, he did not escape directly back to Rome, but ran to another place to reorganize his army, and at this time, he stabbed himself in the back,

    As for the place where Labienus reorganized his army, it is likely that Milan or Genoa. Anyway, there are many towns in northern Italy, which can always get enough soldiers for Labienus. It is even possible that Labienus can directly recruit soldiers in the city.  Defense force, you can immediately get soldiers with certain experience

    After leading his army to intercept him but being massacred by him, and leading the Sixth Army to defend the city but also being captured by him, Labienus dared to lead his army to stop him, which was considered extremely courageous. And the veterans of the Sixth Army also  It can be said that he has suffered repeated defeats and fought unyieldingly.

    However, the Sixth Army¡¯s current mission is not that heavy. They don¡¯t need to defeat Vannius, they just need to hold him back.

    Right now, Vannius is being pursued by tens of thousands of Roman Legion veterans led by Caesar. As long as the Sixth Legion can block Vannius for one or two days, Caesar can catch up and start a decisive battle with Vannius in Italy. And this  Vanius would never want tounexpectedly seen

    For this reason, Vanius must defeat the Sixth Army as soon as possible, and then go to Nice to join the Macmanni Field Army

    Therefore, this time, Vanius decided to dispatch the Guards to resolve the matter

    Let the Gallic auxiliary legions protect the rescued slaves, let the northern Gallic tribal coalition guard the Roman prisoners, let Bill and the United Kings guard the back road, and Vannius personally directs the attack on the Sixth Army.

    However, what made Vannius feel helpless was that from the beginning, Labienus had no intention of engaging in a field battle with Vannius. With the veterans of the Sixth Legion, plus a group of soldiers, the total was not as good as Vannius's army.  One fifth, it is obviously impossible to defeat Vannius in the wild.

    Therefore, Labienus gave full play to the high engineering skills of the Romans and adopted a delaying tactic

    When Vannius¡¯s army advanced to the area where the Gallic cavalry encountered the enemy, and then advanced further to the north, what they saw was a completely destroyed road, and trenches and earthen ramparts one after another.

    This kind of obvious temporary fortification is not an obstacle to the infantry at all, but it is a fatal obstacle to the cavalry and the four-wheeled carriages under Vannius that transport a large amount of supplies and old, young, women and children.

    It is obviously impossible to fill these trenches with manpower. It is conceivable that the people of the Sixth Army must still be digging trenches in the distance, and there is no time.

    Therefore, Vanius had only two options: get off the road and take a detour; abandon those four-wheeled carriages, use infantry troops to cross the earthen ramparts and trenches to defeat the Sixth Army, and then go over

    After careful consideration for a while, Vanius chose to take a detour. At the moment, his main task is to retreat, not to destroy the Romans; and the Sixth Army has limited manpower and cannot destroy all roads.

    However, while bypassing the artificial trenches and earthen fortresses of the Sixth Army to the west, Vannius took the lead in sending Acre's light cavalry and led the Gallic cavalry troops to bypass the obstacles to monitor the Sixth Army.  , try to prevent them from extending the trench. Theoretically, if the trench is allowed to extend infinitely, it can be connected all the way to the Mediterranean Sea.

    However, it is obvious that the Sixth Army, or Labienus, is not that courageous, nor is it that capable. Under the surveillance of thousands of cavalry, the Sixth Army carefully listed the battle formation, and carefully  Preparing for the cavalry's attack

    After that, Vanius quickly took all the troops off the road and took a detour. This would delay him for half a day and put him closer to Caesar, but he had no choice,

    What made all the soldiers feel suffocated was that after Vannius's army detoured and withdrew the cavalry, the Sixth Army followed up unhurriedly.

    Although maintaining a safe distance from fighting, the Sixth Legion became the closest Roman legion to Vannius, and obviously became Caesar's best guide in pursuing Vannius.

    Out of anger, the Germans crucified some more Roman prisoners.

    But even so, the Sixth Legion still did not react at all, always keeping a distance, like a ghost, following behind the Vanius Legion unhurriedly, looking very patient.

    After that, three days later, Vannius¡¯ army encountered a messenger from Nice

    In addition to bringing news from the rear, this group of cavalry from the Macmany Field Corps came to ask for help.

    Just one day ago, the Roman fleet raided the port of Nice

    Because the Germans destroyed the port from the beginning and shrank the defense line into the city of Nice, the Roman fleet did not achieve results.

    Immediately afterwards, a Roman legion landed under the cover of the fleet

    According to the observation results of the Macmany Field Corps, the number of this regiment is twenty-eight

    After landing, the 28th Army was not in a hurry to launch an attack. Instead, it built fortifications and positions on the spot and completely controlled the port.

    Anxious for this move by the Romans, the commander of the Macmanian Field Army believed that the Romans were obviously waiting for backup. Because they had a powerful fleet, the Romans could easily and quickly deliver their troops to any city on the Mediterranean coast.  However, the Nice defenders did not know how many enemies would come.

    When Vanius left, he told them that the city of Nice was a very important fulcrum on their way home and they could not miss it.

    For this reason, neither the officers of the Macmany Field Corps nor the British leaders could easily abandon the city of Nice and retreat.

    But because we don¡¯t know Vannius¡¯s situation, nor do we know LuoRegarding the situation of the centaurs, the officers of the Macmany Field Corps and the leaders of the British were all obviously worried.

    Finally, after deliberation, the Macmanian Field Army sent this small number of cavalry to find Vannius¡¯ army, explain the situation to him, and request further instructions (to be continued)

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