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Chapter 280: The March to Segestica Territory

Chapter 280: The March to Segestica Territory (Part )

"Chief, we have captured all the Segestica people in the village. We have also occupied the entire village and obtained all the food and supplies stored in the village by the Pannonian army!..." Feisalus happily introduced the situation and added: "Chief, you are really amazing. You guessed that they would escape early!"

The Segestica people in the village witnessed the tragic defeat of their reinforcements and the capture of a large number of their compatriots. Later, they learned that the main force of the coalition forces had suffered another defeat. Naturally, they knew that there was no hope of continuing to hold on to the village. That’s why the leader took the initiative to propose to lead the tribe to rely on Nix. After being rejected by me, he nervously said that he needed time to discuss. It was obvious that he wanted to find a chance to escape. Anyone with a little bit of brains could guess that... Maximus glanced at Phesalus, who had a silly smile on his face: You are not good at flattery!

He cleared his throat and asked, "How many casualties have we suffered?"

"When those Segestica people saw us rushing up from the darkness, they were so scared that they fled in all directions. They didn't resist at all, so we didn't suffer any casualties." Phesalus replied with a smile.

Maximus' expression suddenly became serious, and he asked in a deep voice: "Are you sure that all the Segestica people in the village have been captured? No one escaped?"

"We can..." As soon as Phesalus opened his mouth, Aulus interrupted loudly, "Chief, we surrounded tens of thousands of enemies in the dark night. We did our best to capture all the enemies we could see. Because we were in a hurry to report the battle situation to you, we didn't have time to count the prisoners one by one, but we arranged enough soldiers to guard the river sections that can be walked and the entrances to the dense forest trails. Even if a few enemies who hid could eventually escape the pursuit, it would be impossible for them to escape back to their territory in time."

Maximus thought about it and nodded.

"Oh, right." Phesalus remembered something and said loudly, "Chief, these Segestica people did not completely resist. Their tribal leaders and some nobles fought desperately with weapons in their hands, trying to break through our blockade, but they were killed by the soldiers..."

"That's a pity." Maximus said lightly.

This was the first time that the Nixes completely captured the entire Segestica tribe. In order to ensure that these captives could obey orders better and integrate into the new tribe more quickly, Maximus informed Phesalus in advance that "you should find an opportunity to kill those tribal leaders and nobles who might hinder you in the chaos." Phesalus did it.

Maximus looked at the two men and said solemnly, "Phesalus, tomorrow morning you will take some soldiers from the First Legion and march eastward along the Kupa River to capture the remaining Segestica village for me. According to the prisoners, the village has a population of less than 5000 people and only to warriors. It was built by their great leader Andres after he defeated the Ardi people in order to prevent the Brochi people from taking advantage of the Kupa River. I believe you should be able to capture it easily."

"Chief, don't worry, the First Legion will definitely be able to complete the task you assigned!" Feisalus asked with a smile: "After we occupy that village, should we continue along the river and attack the territory of the Brochi people?"

"No need!" Maximus warned in a serious tone, "The tribe must now concentrate its forces on attacking Segestica and must not provoke the Brochi people again! On the contrary, after the First Legion occupies the village ahead, they must guard that village for me to prevent the Brochi people from invading the land we just occupied!"

"I understand!" Phesalus restrained his smile and responded solemnly.

"Aulus, tomorrow morning you will lead the soldiers of the Fourth Legion and part of the First Legion to guard all the prisoners in the barracks and the village. There are tens of thousands of prisoners here, and there must be no mistakes!" Maximus warned solemnly.

"Yes, Chief." Aulus couldn't help but ask, "Chief, how long will our Fourth Legion stay here?"

"Wait until Volenus and Capito arrive with the Second Legion. Phesalus, you will leave the defense of the eastern stockade to Toleruge, and then you can lead the First Legion to the territory of Segestica to join me."

Maximus said: "The Fourth Legion will stay here, together with the Second Legion, and obey the arrangements of the Council of State to take good care of the prisoners we captured in these two wars and in the territory of Segestica next -"

Maximus saw that Aulus wanted to speak, so he waved his hand to stop him: "We have completely defeated the Pannonian coalition through these two battles. Next, when we attack the territory of Segestica, we should not encounter any major battles. The soldiers will have few opportunities to make meritorious deeds.

The Fourth Legion suffered heavy casualties in the previous battle, and the soldiers should be allowed to rest while guarding the prisoners. In view of the great contribution made by the Fourth Legion to the tribe this time, I can allow you to select soldiers first from the prisoners, so that the Fourth Legion can be fully staffed quickly after the war. So you can have enough time to select soldiers while guarding the prisoners. Of course, if you don't want to -"

"Chief, our Fourth Legion is willing to stay and guard the prisoners well!" Aulus immediately responded loudly.

Maximus smiled. “Okay, you two hurry up and go to the stockade and finish the rest of the things. I need to sleep a little longer and recover some more energy. I have to lead the Third Legion to the territory of Segestica early tomorrow morning. ………………………………………………………………………………

At dawn the next day, mist gently spread over the river, and the mountains in the distance were still shrouded in darkness.

After a quick breakfast, Maximus, accompanied by Phesalus and Aulus and surrounded by guards, inspected the various prisoner camps in the military camp, and then went around the stockade for a tour.

He did not talk to any of the prisoners, but the prisoners could guess from his appearance that he was the leader of the Nix tribe, so many of them watched from the sidelines with uneasiness.

Then, they all saw Casinos following closely behind Maximus. At this time, he answered Maximus' various questions very respectfully, and looked flattered when he received Maximus' praise. He was completely the image of a loyal follower of the leader of the Knicks.

This caused a great shock to the captives: this son that Kabudes valued the most, the successor to the chief of the Segestica tribe, had vowed to them a few days ago that he would crush the Nix tribe, how could he suddenly become a Nix man? !
By the time Maximus finished his inspection, the Third Legion had already assembled, and each soldier carried 2 to 3 days of dry food (the soldiers of the First Legion gave their remaining dry food to the Third Legion).

Maximus led them to set off immediately. Since there was no baggage train following, the entire team marched faster. They waded across the Kupa River and passed through the dense forest road, approaching Linkou Village in the afternoon.

The dense forest roads were opened up by the Pannoni people when they migrated northward hundreds of years ago, but the establishment of Linkou Village was much later.

Several decades ago, when the Skodishchi conquered the Pannoni, the Ardii sent troops north through the dense forest road to rescue them out of loyalty to their fellow countrymen. For this reason, the Skodishchi built a stockade at the exit of the dense forest road. It could not block the Ardii army from going north, but it was like a nail that made the Ardii dare not enter the Sava River Plain and threatened their baggage transportation. When the Skodishchi gathered their troops to fight back, the troops in the forest entrance stockade could take the opportunity to cut off their way back and attack them from both sides... After suffering several losses, the Ardii people gave up the idea of ​​helping their compatriots.

In the following decades when the Skodishchi people occupied the plains along the Sava River, Linkou Village was merely a sentry tower to monitor the movements of the Ardi people in the west. Ten years after the Pannoni people overthrew the rule of the Skodishchi people, the great chief of Segestica, Andres, used it as a forward base for attacking the Ardi people. Later, after he occupied the middle plains of the Kupa River, he used it as an important material transit station.

However, after Andres died in battle, although Linkou Village did not border the territory of the Nix tribe, the cautious Kabudes still sent more people to the village to strengthen its defense capabilities.

"When we led the army to leave, there were 300 warriors in the village. The leader, Milucus, has a good relationship with me. Why don't you let me go in and persuade him to surrender?" Cassinos asked Maximus in a low voice.

"No need." Maximus just glanced at the wooden fort in front of him, turned around and said to Carminus: "Let the soldiers go around from both sides."

"Yes, chief."

Although Linkou Village blocks the exit of the dense forest road, the dense forest is not a mountain range. Although there are many trees, the terrain is relatively flat and people can pass through.

Thus, the sentry of Segestica standing on the wooden wall suddenly saw two streams of iron flowing around the two sides of the stockade and quickly merged at the back of the stockade. They were all soldiers wearing armor and carrying large shields, with a number of more than 5000...

The sentry was terrified and shouted in fear: "The enemy is coming! The enemy is coming!..."

Maximus passed through the dense forest and suddenly felt that the world was wide: under the blue sky was a vast and flat land, with dense villages, crisscrossing paths, herds of cattle and sheep, fields, children playing, adults working, and endless pedestrians... a scene of a prosperous plain.

Maximston felt excited, and the fatigue from the march dissipated a lot. He turned around and glanced at the equally excited soldiers, pointed ahead, and shouted loudly: "Knyx soldiers, you see, this is a piece of land that is bigger and better than where we live! I now need you to hold back your fatigue and move forward at a faster speed to turn this land into our new home for the Knyx!"

“Roar!!! Roar!!! Roar!!!…” the soldiers roared in unison.

(End of this chapter)

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