Rome must fall.

Chapter 385: Xinbei Isbaide
Since the Dacians completely stopped their military operations after occupying all the lands east of the Danube, the Boii seized this favorable opportunity and continued to wage war against the Pannoni.

Although the Boyi have not yet gained a firm foothold on the south bank of the Drao River due to the natural barrier of the Drao River and the tenacious resistance of the Pannoni people, the Pannoni Tribal Alliance has already done its best to deal with the invasion of the Boyi people and is no longer able to take care of other things.

This is the main reason why the chief of the Desitiatai, Temagis, took the initiative to lower his price and accept the more demanding truce proposed by the Nix! This is also the reason why Brix has not taken any action to harass the Nix people in the upper reaches of the Sava River in recent years, for fear of angering them and triggering a war.

Therefore, the relationship between Nix and Brochi has been peaceful in the past few years, but Brix is ​​very clear: this seemingly peaceful situation is only temporary. The leader of the Nix tribe is ambitious. Since it has annexed Segestica, it will definitely not let Brochi go. Moreover, it deliberately signed a truce agreement with Desitiatai, but refused to restore peace with Brochi. Because of this, there is a gap in the tribal alliance. Now that other large Pannonian tribes are unable to provide full assistance, Brochi must find a way to protect himself.

After repeated discussions with the elders, Bricks decided to adopt the method of "building fortresses and strengthening defenses" to deal with the war with the Knicks that might break out at any time.

He and the elders persuaded the leaders of each tribe to abandon their original residences and lead the tribesmen to the new residences designated by the tribe to dig trenches, bury traps, and build wooden walls... After the village was repaired, each tribe gathered together to live in the village.

During the slack season, the Brochi people had to help build the village and strengthen the defenses. They also had to walk a long way to their own fields to farm. They were exhausted all day long, and many of them were resentful. However, they had to obey under the pressure of the leaders and nobles.

Bricks also sent some spies to sneak into the north to keep an eye on the movements of the Nyx to prevent them from suddenly invading with their troops and catching them off guard.

So after Maximus led his army south, the Brochi people got the news. They were not surprised by the surrender of the Gonamai Lakers, because the Gonamai Lakers and the Nixes had frequent contacts in the past two years, and it was obvious that the relationship between the two sides was becoming increasingly friendly.

When the Nix army entered the Brochi territory, all the Brochi people had already taken refuge in this camp.

This fortress at the confluence of two rivers on the northern border of Brochi was the most important to Bricks. He moved the tribes around, even those in the western hills and along the Kupa River, into the fortress, bringing the population of the fortress to 15,000. In addition, the Sava River and Kupa River served as barriers on the northeast and southeast sides of the fortress, and the mountains on the southwest side, which greatly reduced the area that needed to be defended, making it easier for him to concentrate his forces...

Brix named the city "Sinbei Isbad" (meaning rock), which shows his full confidence in it.

He hoped that this fortress could withstand the attack of the Nixes and make them return in defeat. Even if it could not be done, he wanted to make the enemy suffer a bloody defeat here, dampen their fighting spirit, and buy more time for the entire Brochi tribe to prepare a full defense.

If the Nix army gave up attacking Simbeysbad and bypassed it and went directly south, Brix would not worry, because there were as many as 4,000 warriors in the fortress, and it could split its troops and attack at any time, threatening the Nix's logistics and transportation lines, making it impossible for them to attack with all their strength. Once the Nix's attack was blocked in the front, and Brochi received reinforcements from the alliance, it would form a siege on the Nix army, attacking from both sides, and perhaps defeating the Nix army. By then, Brochi would not only be able to resolve the crisis of extinction, but also expand again!

In order to enable Simbey Isbad to achieve his military plan, Bricks appointed his most trusted tribal leader, Elyx, as the chief of the fortress. This was not only because he was a better military commander than other tribal leaders, but also because he had led a team to participate in the military operation of besieging the temporary camp of the Nixes. It was precisely because of the painful lesson that time that impressed him with the strict defense facilities built by the Nixes, so he was a firm supporter of the strategy of "building a fortress and stubbornly defending", and was also the main designer of the fortress (mostly copying the defense facilities of the temporary camp of the Nixes). Brick believed that the failure Elyx suffered in the temporary camp would become his valuable experience in resisting the attack of the Nixes.

At this moment, Elyx was standing on the wall of the fortress, looking at the Nix army marching in formation on the other side of the Sava River, and the mighty fleet bypassing Simbey Isbad and sailing downstream. Both the army and the navy were huge in number, like two long dragons. After almost half an hour, they still hadn't seen the end of them...

Elyx was not frightened by the massive momentum of the Nyx army. Instead, he was a little disappointed: Could it be that the Nyx knew the strength of this camp, so they gave up the attack and wanted to bypass it and go straight to the main camp?

Half an hour later, he received a report from the spies: the Nix army built a pontoon bridge in the lower reaches of the Sava River, preparing to cross the river to the west bank.

Elyx immediately perked up: It seems that the Nix people are still preparing to attack Simbey Isbad first! When his subordinates proposed "Should we send troops to attack the enemy crossing the river", Elyx rejected it outright, on the grounds that the Nix army is large in number, the soldiers are well-equipped and have strong combat effectiveness, and they have an advantage in field battles. Even if we can take advantage of the enemy crossing the river, once the enemy reacts, the Nix soldiers can land anywhere on the west bank by boat and may surround the attacking warriors... The tribe is now at a disadvantage and must fight cautiously. We must not lose the big picture because of the small, thereby weakening our defense force to hold on to Simbey Isbad!

Elyx persuaded the tribal leaders around him to allow the Nix army to build a pontoon bridge on the Sava River...

When he heard from the spies again that "Nix soldiers crossed the river to the west bank and began to build a camp", he was completely relieved: the Nix people were going to attack Simbey Isbad for sure! Come on, damn Nix people, this time I want you to pay for all the humiliation I suffered before!

"Look! Another Nyx army is coming!" The warriors' exclamations drew the attention of Elyx and other tribal leaders to the north: indeed, another Nyx army was marching in formation on the north bank of the Kupa River, with a huge fleet accompanying it on its right...

There was silence around Eriks. He saw the fear in the eyes of others and said loudly, "Do you know that when the Nix people first came here five years ago, the leader of Segestica, Andres, asked the alliance for reinforcements and wanted to destroy them. So he formed an army of more than 30,000 people. More than 30,000 people! It feels not much different from the Nix army that invaded our territory this time! We attacked the camp where the Nix people were stationed with all our strength, but we couldn't take it down after a month of attack. Nearly half of the soldiers were killed or injured, and finally we had to retreat!——"

Eriks paused, looked at everyone, and said confidently, "The defense facilities of Simbei Isbaide were built according to the Nix camp back then! Moreover, we spent several years to build this village much stronger than the Nix camp. Our soldiers have been trained for several years and are very experienced in defending this village. I believe that even if more enemies come, Simbei Isbaide will still be a piece of hard stone that they can neither swallow nor bite!"

After hearing Elyx's encouragement, everyone calmed down a little and watched in silence as the Nix army reached the confluence of the two rivers and began to build a pontoon bridge on the Sava River...

In autumn, the water volume of the Sava River decreased significantly, and with the supervision and command of engineers from the Nix Tribe's Public Works Department, the pontoon bridge was built quickly.

The Second and Fourth Legions led by Toleruge stepped onto the pontoon bridge and reached the east bank of the Sava River. They marched south along the river and reached another pontoon bridge that had just been built downstream of the Sava River. They crossed it and stepped onto the west bank of the Sava River, and at dusk they joined the main force of Nix led by Maximus...

On the second day, everything was calm in front of the Simbei Isbad village. Eryx sent people to investigate several times, and the reports he got were always: the Nixes were busy building a camp.

Eriks felt a little disappointed. He couldn't wait to see the embarrassing scene of the Nyx army rushing to attack but ending up getting hit and bleeding.

The Nix army did not appear that day, but the Nix warships on the river were patrolling around Sinbeysnaide, and ships loaded with supplies were sailing to the Nix camp from morning till night...

Elyx couldn't help but sigh: his tribe had lived here for more than ten years, but they had not been able to build a strong fleet. However, the Nix people had occupied Segestica for less than a few years, but they were able to build such a large fleet with good combat effectiveness. They could easily defeat the Gonanimians who were good at naval warfare. This was why Chief Brix gave up mobilizing the tribesmen to operate their own ships to fight the Nix people on the river. After repelling the Nix people this time, I believe that Chief Brix will definitely build a fleet of the tribe. By then, if the enemy invades again, the rivers in the territory will no longer be a place where they can come and go freely! ...

The day passed smoothly with much regret on Elyx's part.

The night passed and the sun rose. After breakfast, Eryx climbed up the wall to inspect the village. Soon he received a report from the spies: the Nyx army was gathering in front of the camp!

(End of this chapter)