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Chapter 405 Conquering Boyi
When the Boyi cavalry began to urge their horses and advance along the river bank, the Nyx army seemed to have just discovered the loopholes in their own defense line and hurriedly sent out spearmen to try to plug the gaps in the defense line.

The Boyi cavalry certainly did not want to let the enemy successfully form a dense wall of spears, so the entire army pressed forward and accelerated the charge, trying to break through the gap in one fell swoop.

However, the Boyi cavalry who focused their attention on the front did not notice that on the Drao River on their side, a row of Nyx warships were lined up along the river, forming two parallel lines with their charge route.

The sailors on the ship lifted the linen covering the bed, revealing a small crossbow placed in the center of the cabin. With sharp whistles piercing the air, crossbow arrows shot from the side at the galloping Boyi cavalry.

The war horses that were shot let out terrifying roars and fell powerlessly. The cavalrymen were thrown out and hit the ground, letting out sharp wails... For a moment, many cavalrymen rolled to the ground, causing the momentum of the charge to slow down slightly.

The firing of the crossbows on the warships was a signal. The spearmen who were originally going to block the gap in the defense line immediately dispersed to both sides, revealing several crossbows that were hastily placed and hidden behind them.

The crossbows attacked from right in front of the Boyi cavalry's charge. The powerful crossbow arrows caused greater damage to the Boyi cavalry, almost bringing their charge to a standstill.

The Boyi cavalry was suddenly hit and fell into chaos, but the Nixen's long-range attack did not stop. The crossbowmen on the ship and the shore worked hard to twist the bowstrings, load the crossbows, and continuously fired, forming a continuous crossfire from the side and the front, which dealt a fatal blow to the Boyi cavalry...

While the Boyi infantry were engaged in a tough battle, the Boyi cavalry had already been defeated and fled in all directions, leaving only dead and wounded horses and soldiers scattered across the river banks on both sides.

King Boyi did not know about the disastrous defeat of the cavalry. Having held the highest military power in the Boyi tribe for only two years, it was impossible for him to let the warriors fight to the death in the front while he hid in the back and watched. In order not to disappoint the trust of his people, he personally led his own tribal army and all the warriors to attack the Nix Line of Defense.

During the attack, if it were not for the protection of his personal guards, he would have almost been killed by a crossbow arrow.

King Boyi was trapped in the battle formation, and the other Boyi troops that arrived at the battlefield later lacked a unified command. They could only rely on the leaders of each team to judge the battlefield situation and make their own decisions.

Most leaders, seeing that their own army had surrounded the enemy but was unable to attack, chose to lead their troops to join the enemy, to strengthen their strength and try to destroy them in one fell swoop.

Subsequent Boyi troops continued to join in, stabilizing the attack line that was crumbling under the crossbow attacks of the Nixes.

However, after defeating the Boyi cavalry, the warships on the river used the extra-long range of their crossbows to concentrate their fire on the Boyi warriors on both sides of the siege land defense line, forcing the enemy to shift to a frontal attack, making it easier for the landing army to concentrate its defense.

The two sides fought for more than an hour, and the Boyi warriors were exhausted. However, the Nyx army used the fleet to transport away the wounded and tired soldiers, and brought in fresh troops and replenished arrows, thus maintaining the stability of the defense line.

Finally, 2000 Nix soldiers and cavalry who had quietly landed elsewhere rushed to the battlefield and launched a counter-encirclement, and the exhausted Boyi army was defeated.

In this battle, King Boyi concentrated most of the tribe's military forces. As a result, not only did the cavalry and infantry suffer heavy casualties, but thousands of warriors were also captured and suffered heavy losses. The entire tribe was terrified.

Maximus took advantage of the favorable opportunity created by this victory and led the landing army all the way to the main stronghold of King Boii. Taking advantage of the chaos, he quickly launched an attack and captured it in just one day, once again dealing a heavy blow to the Boii.

At the same time, the armies that Nix subsequently assembled landed on the north bank of the Drao River, occupying various Boyi villages in battalions and centuries...

Among these teams were some Boyi warriors who had been captured in previous battles on the south bank and who later joined the Nix tribe. This time they served as examples to convince their fellow Boyi to become Nix people.

Following the landing of the army will be a large number of officials from various departments who will govern the newly occupied territories.

They have experienced such conquests many times before, and they are all very experienced and familiar with the process.

The only difference from the previous times is that there are more than a hundred druids in the landing team, most of whom are trained in the Nix Tribe's Idyllic Seminary in recent years. Under the leadership of Emmerich, they will preach the new teachings of the Danu goddess and Maximus's identity as the Son of God to the Boii people who also believe in the goddess Danu, making it easier for them to accept the conquest of the Nix people...

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Caesar led his army out of the provincial border and pursued them all the way, finally catching up with the Helvetii near the Saône River.

At this time, a tribe of the Helvetii were crossing the river.

The Roman army took advantage of the situation and launched an attack. The Helvetic tribe was caught off guard and was defeated due to lack of organization. The survivors fled, abandoning their vehicles and property.

The Roman army took the opportunity to cross the Saône River and approach the other Helvetii.

Under the pressure of Caesar's army, the Helvetii sent envoys to negotiate, saying that they were willing to obey Caesar's suggestion of where they should settle and to restore peace with Rome. But when Caesar asked the Helvetii to hand over hostages to ensure their loyalty and obedience, the Helvetii envoys angrily refused.

So the large Helvetic force remained on guard while continuing to migrate westward as planned.

Caesar led his army in close pursuit.

The cavalry of both sides clashed several times along the way, and the Helvetii had a slight advantage.

Moreover, the Roman army was gradually moving away from the province, and the logistical supply could not keep up. The army was facing the danger of food shortage, so Caesar decided to suspend the pursuit of the Helvetii, and let the army change direction and rush to the baggage camp more than ten miles away to replenish supplies.

Just at this time, some soldiers from Caesar's Gallic allies betrayed him and ran to tell the Helvetii that the Roman army had retreated.

The Helvetii made a wrong judgment, thinking that the Roman army was afraid, so they decided to turn around and pursue them to completely solve this trouble.

When Caesar heard the news, he quickly led his troops to defend the mountain.

The large number of Helvetii launched a fierce attack. The Roman army showed great tenacity under the command of Caesar. After a whole day of fierce fighting, the Roman army won the victory.

Caesar pursued the victory and forced the Helvetii to surrender.

In the end, about 110,000 Helvetii (mostly the elderly, women and children) were forced to return to their old homeland. When they set out, the entire Helvetii tribe numbered about 360,000. Except for a few who were allowed by Caesar to settle in other Gaul tribes and tens of thousands who were sold as slaves by Caesar, about 200,000 people were missing, some died on the battlefield, some fled to the mountains, or were captured and tortured...

For Caesar, the Helvetii were unruly and the death of a large number of people reduced the threat to the Roman provinces, which was a good thing.

To this end, he even wrote a battle report himself to show off his achievements to the Roman Senate.

But for the Helvetii, this was a huge disaster. Without decades of rest and recuperation, it would be difficult to restore the vitality of the tribe. Having lost a large number of young and middle-aged people, they would be in a very difficult situation facing other surrounding tribes in the following years.

The great migration of the Helvetii and Caesar's military intervention broke the fragile balance between the various tribes in Gaul.

Caesar realized this, but he did not give up. Instead, he took advantage of the victory and summoned the leaders of the various tribes in Gaul to hold a meeting, attempting to make them submit to him and jointly maintain peace in Gaul.

As a result, at the conference, the Gaul leaders recounted the invasion of them by the German King Ariovistus and begged Caesar for protection.

Caesar assured them that he would take care of the matter.

He then sent envoys to meet Ariovistus, hoping to hold talks with him and restrain his frequent invasions into Gaul.

Ariovistus flatly refused. After driving away the messenger, he immediately sent people to unite with other Germanic tribes, assembled a large team and came to the Rhine River, preparing to cross the river into Gaul...

Caesar certainly could not allow the Germanic invasion to continue, so he quickly led his army north to help the Gauls resist the invasion of the Germanic people...

From then on, Caesar was deeply involved in the affairs of Gallic. Battles followed one after another, the scale of wars became larger and larger, and the battlefields were farther and farther away from the provinces. He had to invest all his resources in it. Due to the strength of the Roman army in the Gallic War, he had no extra energy to pay attention to other areas around the provinces under his jurisdiction.

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After the Nix army landed on the north bank of the Drao River and annihilated the main force of the Boyi army, they began to conquer the Boyi territory. During this period, they experienced many battles, with the Nix army winning more than losing. There were also many Boyi people's resistance in the occupied areas, but they were eventually pacified.

After more than two years of fighting and governance, most of the Boyi territory was conquered and the order was relatively stable. Only a small number of Boyi tribes in the north continued to resist because they had the support of the Tauricians.

Just when Maximus was preparing to raise another army to completely wipe out the Boyi tribe, news came from the Skodisci tribe: Burebista, the king of Dacia on the east bank of the Danube, wanted to meet with him for negotiations.

Maximus was shocked. In the past few years when he was fighting against the Boyi tribe, he had always had a hidden worry in his heart: he was worried that the Dacians would see that their old enemy Boyi had become weak and covet the fertile land on the west bank of the Danube and intervene in this war. This would not only block his goal of unifying the plains on the west bank of the Danube, but would also lead to hostility between Knicks and Dacia, and expand the war...

(End of this chapter)