Roman Slave Owner

Chapter 385 The first battle of artillery

Annius had a sneer on his face. He was really a reckless German. Such a small number of people dared to attack half of their legion.

Under his order, a large number of crossbowmen and grenadiers came forward, including artillery.

Li Wei equipped each legion with 12 Crouching Tiger Cannons, and these Crouching Tiger Cannons were the first to cross the river.

After more than half a year of training, the artillerymen were finally ready to go into battle. This was their first battlefield show.

Anius was also extremely curious about what kind of power they could exert.

The Badawians, holding their shields, were getting closer and closer to the Roman army.

At this moment, the artillerymen lit the fuse, which burned rapidly.

"boom!"

"..."

The 12 squatting tiger cannons placed at the front roared angrily. Each of the squatting tiger cannons was filled with nearly 100 lead pieces weighing five cents. The nearly 1,200 lead pieces were densely packed like a goddess scattering flowers. Shot at the advancing Badawians.

The lead easily passed through their shields and hit their bodies.

"ah!"

"..."

The Badawi people who rushed at the front screamed in agony. Some of them had been beaten with countless pieces of lead, and their bodies were covered with bloody holes.

Just like a layer of bread being peeled off, all the Badawians at the front fell down.

This deafening loud noise startled the Badawians. They had not participated in the Battle of Nebo City, but these Badawians knew nothing about God-given weapons.

There was a look of horror on their faces. They didn't understand what could make such a terrible sound and kill so many enemies. Some people even ran back in fear.

Even Annius showed a look of shock. Although this was not comparable to the shells thrown by the trebuchet, it was not bad.

"Don't be afraid, those god-given weapons are nothing special. Brave Badawi warriors, rush forward and kill them."

Seeing this, General Badawi from behind said quickly.

At this moment, the grenadiers stepped forward and threw their grenades.

Another series of explosions sounded, and the Badawians were frightened and fled backwards.

Anius's face showed a proud look, the god-given weapon was invincible.

"Chasing them all, remember that the pursuit distance cannot exceed one mile."

Annius shouted.

He never forgot his mission, which was to protect the craftsmen to build the dock and allow the cavalry to land as soon as possible, so he did not dare to pursue excessively.

The Roman soldiers immediately launched a pursuit, taking up arms and chasing the enemy.

Unfortunately, their armor was too heavy and was far inferior to the Badawians who only wore animal skins. They only killed some injured Badawians and finally allowed them all to escape.

It didn't take long before the piers were finally built.

The ships docked at the pier, and the horses disembarked from the ships and landed on the east bank of the Rhine.

Looking at the gently swaying green grass and wild flowers, Levi smiled and said: "Germany, here I come."

***

A large Badawi settlement, with a large number of wooden houses, is now a mess.

A large number of Badawians packed up all kinds of things in fear. The Romans came to kill them, and they had to escape with their cattle and sheep.

At this time, the sound of a large number of horse hooves came from outside the settlement.

In fact, most Germanic settlements did not have walls or fences. You cannot expect a high level of productivity from a group of men hunting and women gathering.

Hearing this, the settlement became even more panicked.

General Badawi roared angrily, and finally some Badawi warriors gathered outside the settlement. They looked at the Roman cavalry with vigilance.

Soon there were more and more Roman cavalry, and they even completely surrounded the settlement.

Looking at these Badawians wearing animal skins, Bellius said with disdain: "What a bunch of barbarians, don't you think so, King Galba?"

A blond Germanic man next to him gave him an expressionless look, and then said: "Vice-General Bellius, I remember His Majesty the Pope said that it is strictly forbidden to call Germanic people barbarians, otherwise he will be punished."

This Germanic was none other than Galba, the king of a large family in Belge. After conquering Gaul, a large number of Celts and Germanic people chose to convert to the Holy Religion.

But Livi didn't particularly believe in them. He recruited some adult men from them, then formed 2 infantry legions and 6,000 cavalry, disrupted their organization, and brought them with him to bring Germany.

"Okay, I apologize to you and hope you can forgive me for my little mistake. In fact, I like the Germans very much. You can lead your troops to attack. May the true God bless you."

A false smile appeared on Belius's face.

He didn't like Galba, and he fully agreed with Levi's concerns.

"All right."

Galba said, and after saying that, he rushed forward with a large number of Gaulish cavalry and German cavalry.

Bellius looked at him with a cold look. He believed that the lives of Romans were precious, but on the contrary, the lives of these Gauls were nothing.

So he planned to give him some difficult tasks, but even if they consumed their strength, Bellius knew not to do it too obviously.

He said to a lieutenant beside him: "Let the Armenian cavalry also move, just shoot arrows from a distance."

"As commanded."

The deputy general said.

Soon the Armenian cavalry moved. They bypassed the Badawians who were fighting the Gaulish cavalry, and instead rushed towards the civilians watching the battle behind.

Seeing this, the Badawians were horrified.

Their relatives were behind them, how could they let these Armenian cavalry harm them.

So some of them hurriedly chased back, but this gave the charging Gallic cavalry an opportunity.

They quickly broke through the enemy's fragile defenses and then pursued the Badawians.

With the combined efforts of the two parties, the Badawians were defeated and fled towards the settlement in embarrassment.

"What a bunch of idiots."

Bellius said with disdain.

But at this time, something shocking happened to him. Some Germanic women rushed out of the settlement.

They took off their shirts, exposed those things, and shouted to the fleeing Badawians: "Do you want us to become slaves of the Romans? Go back and fight!"

"Son, you coward, you are a disgrace to our family. Don't run away!"

"Kill all these Romans!"

"..."

Looking at those eye-catching scenes, Bellius couldn't believe his eyes.

How could such a thing happen in this world?

Not to mention it was him, even the Armenian cavalry and Celtic cavalry were confused.

In fact, this is a German tradition. According to the records of "Germania" and "Gaul Wars", when the Germans were defeated, those German women would rush forward.

They would take off their shirts and shout angrily at the Germans who were running away to encourage them to fight bravely.

Therefore, it is not without reason that Rome calls some people barbarians. For example, when Caesar was on an expedition to the Barbarians, he said that some Britons still maintained many of the common traditions of primitive society.

(This is real history, not fake.)

Bellius cursed loudly, and the Armenian cavalry and Celtic cavalry didn't know what to do. Only some Germanic cavalry had expressions of respect on their faces.

This is their tradition!

This is their pride!

Inspired by them, some Badawians returned to fight.

But the Romans' advantage was too great. Their numbers had an absolute advantage.

Those Badawians who returned to fight were quickly killed, while the others fled again.

Seeing this, the Badawi women despaired.

At this moment, Galba rode his horse and rushed to a Badawi man and said: "Surrender, Horsa."

"It's you, Galba."

The Badawian man said in surprise that he was very strong and had no beard on his face. He was the former King of Badaw and now the Badaw general Horsa.

Since the Bilge region is close to here, Galba and Hosa also knew each other for some reason, but they didn't expect to meet again under such circumstances.

"Gelba, I didn't expect you to become a lackey of the Romans."

Horsa said angrily.

"Listen to my advice and stop resisting, otherwise you Badawi people will be exterminated. The number of cavalry coming this time exceeds 5,000."

Galba said coldly.

"you……"

Horsa was so angry that he could not speak.

He is the general of the Badawi people, so he is naturally not a reckless man.

If he could surrender to Wufa, he could also surrender to the Romans.

"Everyone, stop. As General Badawi, I order you to stop and surrender to the Romans."

Horsa shouted.

After listening to his words, the Badawians gradually stopped resisting and then threw down their weapons.

The Gaulish cavalry did not continue to pursue them, but instead prevented the Armenian cavalry from killing the surrendered Badawians.

Belius frowned at all this, and finally said nothing.

At Horsa's command, the people in the settlement quickly surrendered, and then Gelba brought Horsa to Belius.

"Vice-General Bellius, General Badawi has agreed to surrender."

Galba said.

"It's such a shame. I'm planning on killing a few more people to get a good start."

Bellius said with a sneer.

Horsa couldn't help but shudder, he could see that Bellius was not lying.

"Do you know the rules of us Romans?"

Bellius said.

Horsa remained silent and did not speak.

"If you are unwilling to convert to the true God, you will be sold into slavery. No one is exempt. Make your choice."

Bellius said.

Horsa looked at him deeply and said, "I am willing to surrender to the true God."

"Wise choice. In addition, His Majesty the Pope asked me to tell you something. Don't think about betrayal. Betrayal means you will never be trusted. When the time comes, we will not accept your surrender. Your entire family will be killed. die."

Belius said coldly, and after speaking, he looked at Galba specifically.

Galba took a deep breath and finally said nothing.

"clear."

Hossa said.

"Tell me all your other settlements."

"No problem, but I hope to send someone to persuade them to surrender."

"Can."

Horsa's surrender was beyond Li Wei's expectation. He did not expect that the Badawians would surrender so quickly after Galba's persuasion.

"Perhaps we should take him with us to persuade those Qadi people."

Levi said.

"What should we do next? Attack those Kadians?"

Bellius said.

"You are right. After defeating the Cardians, we will go north to Jutland to catch up with our old friends, the Teutons and the Cimbri."

Levi said with a smile.

"What if Wufa does not lead his troops to pursue him, but instead sends troops to Gaul?"

Belius asked.

"It's not easy to cross the Rhine. They can't build big ships. The Rhine is in our hands."

Levi said, "If he really dares to cross the Rhine, then he should not go back."

"Hopefully he does what you want him to do."

Bellius said.

"Yes, it would be best if he could lead a large army to pursue us. Then the Jutland Peninsula will be the place where he and I will have a decisive battle."

Levi said.

***

In the royal city of Sibebi, Wu Fazheng discussed the possible movements of the Romans with Naisua, Cimberius and others.

At this moment, a guard walked into Wulfa's room with a Kadi man.

"Your Majesty, General Kadi has sent a messenger."

the guard said.

"Your Majesty, send troops quickly to save us. The Roman army has crossed the Rhine River and conquered the Badawi tribe. Now they are attacking our tribe. Their troops are too many and we are no match at all. "

The Kadir messenger cried, and after speaking, he took out a letter.

"What did you say? They have crossed the Rhine. Let's take a look."

Wu Fa said quickly.

These days, he was worrying about where Li Wei would cross the river, but he didn't expect that Li Wei would cross the river from the north.

The Qadi man quickly handed him the letter.

"How many men did the Romans send out?"

Qimberius asked.

"Their strength is very large. There are at least 12 legions of infantry and 30,000 cavalry. Our people can't stand it anymore."

The Kadi man said.

"So the main force of the Romans is in the north."

Nasuya said.

Since the defeat of Naibo City, Nasuya's self-confidence has been greatly affected.