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Chapter 412 Vercingetorix
The three Gauls who sneaked into the mountains were indeed slaves purchased by Onomabaitis in the northern Italian province, but that was a few years ago. They were later sent to the Nix tribe and became reserve tribesmen. This time they were returning to their hometown with the important task given to them by Chief Maximus.

According to the prior plan, after crossing the Massilia border, the three said goodbye to each other and headed to their destinations along their own chosen routes to avoid encountering Roman patrols on the way and being captured, which would make the mission impossible to complete.

The destination of the three men was Averni, and among the four, Lurios was from Averni.

The Arverni were located in the southern part of the entire Gaul region, not too far from the Roman provinces of Sifnos and Massilia. Compared with their northern compatriots, the Arverni and other surrounding Gallic tribes had more frequent contacts with the Romans and even controlled trade routes with the Roman world.

When Caesar first took office as governor of Gaul, tribes such as the Arverni gave him a lot of help.

Lurios had previously traveled to Masinia to sell goods for the Averni tribe, and was familiar with the route and terrain between the two places. Therefore, the road he chose was both remote and relatively easy to travel, and the journey was relatively smooth without encountering any trouble.

However, on the way, he often saw villages burned to ruins, the bodies of his compatriots hanged on stakes, and the elderly, children, women and children hiding in the mountains and forests, skinny as a bag of bones, and living on digging insect eggs and plant roots...

Although Caesar's scorched earth policy was mainly implemented in the coastal areas of northwestern Gaul, the Roman army adopted the same means wherever it passed, in order to intimidate all Gauls and make them become more obedient and no longer resist.

The more similar scenes he saw, the heavier his mood became, and he quickened his pace.

After a long journey, Lurios finally arrived at Gogovia (near present-day Clermont, France), the central town of the Arverni.

In Lurios's impression, although Gogovia is the center of Averni, the town is not big and the population is not large. Especially since Lurios was used to the cleanliness and prosperity of the towns in the Nix tribe, he was dissatisfied with the dirtiness and crudeness of Gogovia.

But when I saw the town again, it was even dirtier and cruder, but the population and size were much larger: there were tents everywhere outside the village, and people were everywhere, with accents from all regions and tribes in Gaul intertwined, making it extremely noisy and lively.

Could it be true that the Arverni were going to rebel as the goddess Danu had predicted? Lulioston felt panicked. Although he began to worry about his original tribe, he had to complete the task assigned to him by Chief Maximus first.

He had the impression that the person he was looking for was not here, and he came to this central town just to better find out the whereabouts of this person.

He carefully found an Averni vendor and asked a few questions cautiously while buying something from him.

Lurios was dressed like a Gallic and spoke with an Averni accent, but no one doubted him.

"You mean... Vercingetorix is ​​here?! In the main house in the town?!" Lurios was very surprised.

Yes, the person he was looking for was Vercingetorix.

In Maximus's past life, he did not know the details of Caesar's conquest of the entire Gaul region, but he knew that the Gallic rebellion launched by Vercingetorix caused a lot of trouble for Caesar, and he also knew that this incident happened in the penultimate year of Caesar's eight-year governorship of Gaul. It was precisely because time was tight and Caesar was eager to pacify Gaul so that he could march to Rome, so he took a big military risk and finally quelled the rebellion.

Therefore, from the first day Caesar took office as the governor of Gaul, Maximus counted on his fingers. In the sixth year of his reign, he summoned the thousands of Gallic slaves that Onomabaitis had purchased from the northern Italian provinces over the years and asked them: Who knows Vercingetorix?

Maximus only knew the name Vercingetorix, but didn't know how to write it (the Gauls had no written language), nor did he know which tribe he came from. But he was sure that this man must be a tribal leader (as a branch of the Celts, the Gauls were very particular about bloodline, and if he was an ordinary citizen, he would not be able to command so many tribal troops), and he was relatively young, because according to historical data, Caesar had cultivated him.

The name Vercingetorix was rare in the Gallic tribes, and relatively young Gallic leaders were also rare. When these two factors were added together, the scope was very small... Soon three of the thousands of slaves from various Gallic tribes said in succession: They knew this person.

Maximus asked further and found that the three people were talking about the same person - Vercingetorix, the young leader of the Arverni tribe.

Maximus was overjoyed and had a detailed discussion with the three men, and finally decided to send all three back to Gaul to meet with Vercingetorix. This is why Lurios returned to the Arverni territory.

However, Lurios's original identity was not ordinary, and he was very familiar with Vercingetorix's situation. He knew very well that when Vercingetorix's father was the leader of the Averni, his power was very strong, and many surrounding tribes such as the Vilavei, Gabari, Cardusi, Petrokoli, Lemovi and others all followed his lead and obeyed his orders.

At that time, Arverni dominated a large area in southern Gaul, which made him arrogant. He decided to abolish the tribal council, declare himself king and decide all tribal affairs on his own. This aroused the jealousy of the nobles and elders of the tribe, who incited the people to revolt and killed him.

Vercingetorix fled the territory of Arverni with some of his loyal subordinates and joined Caesar, who had just taken office as governor of Gaul and was recruiting cavalry, and became a cavalry captain under Caesar.

Caesar valued Vercingetorix very much because of his identity and ability, but Vercingetorix only stayed in the Roman army for two years. He ignored Caesar's retention and quietly returned to Arverni and began to recruit troops, preparing to avenge his father, kill his enemies, and take back Gorgoria.

Unexpectedly, the current leader of the Arverni (Vercingetorix's uncle) and the nobles received the news in advance and took the lead in attacking Vercingetorix's camp. Vercingetorix was outnumbered and suffered a crushing defeat, and was forced to flee the Arverni territory again...

"As early as half a year ago, Chief Vercingetorix led his army to capture this town, exiled his uncle, killed those nobles and avenged his father! Now he is the leader of us Arverni! Not only does he fight bravely, but seeing that we are living in difficulty, he also took the initiative to reduce the amount of grain we hand over. He is a hero of our Arverni! You'd better be careful with your words and don't call him by his name, otherwise someone will cause trouble for you!" the vendor kindly warned.

"Yes, he is a hero!" Lulios was deeply moved when he thought of what Chief Maximus had told him.

He straightened his clothes carefully and then strode towards the main house in the center of the town.

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Lulios stood in front of the main house, watching the guards run into the courtyard. After a while, heavy and hurried footsteps came from far away, and a familiar figure came into his sight.

This man was about thirty years old, with short, slightly messy golden hair, a broad forehead, a straight nose, a resolute face, deep eyes, a tall and straight body, and his muscles were faintly visible under the tight tribal costume. He had an aura of majesty without even being angry.

But after seeing Lurios, his imposing aura quickly disappeared, replaced by a face full of joy: "Lurios, you're still alive! This is great!"

He smiled happily, ignoring the guards' obstruction, and seemed to be completely unconcerned that Lurios, whom he had not seen for several years, might have joined the enemy forces and would be detrimental to him. He walked quickly forward, opened his arms, and gave the other party a tight hug.

At the same time, he whispered with apology: "Lurius, I'm sorry for you! That day we were defeated, and I finally got rid of their pursuit and gathered the scattered subordinates, only to find that you were not in the team. Some people said that you were captured by them, and some said that you died in the battle...

At that time, we had just lost the battle and the people were in a panic. I could only lead them to flee the Averni territory first, so I didn’t send anyone back to the camp in time to look for you and the other lost brothers…”

Lurios also hugged him tightly and said excitedly: "How can you be blamed for this? It was not easy for you to escape with the defeated soldiers at that time! Fortunately, you did it at that time, so now you can take back Gogovia! I am happy for you, Vercingetorix, you finally fulfilled the oath you made!"

The two hugged each other tightly for a long time before Vercingetorix loosened his arms. He was somewhat relieved, but also somewhat puzzled and asked, "After I captured this town, I specifically interrogated my damn uncle and found out that you were captured by them and sold to the Romans as a slave. Did you... escape from the Romans?"

Lurios shook his head, glanced at the others beside Vercingetorix, and said solemnly: "I did not escape from the Romans, nor did I become a slave of the Romans. I came here this time because someone entrusted me to tell you something extremely important alone!"

Someone immediately raised an objection: "Chief, although Lurios was once your subordinate, we don't know what he has been like in recent years. You must not--"

Vercingetorix waved his hand to stop, and said loudly: "Lurius was once my father's capable subordinate! After my father died, he firmly rejected my uncle's solicitation and fully assisted me in gathering my father's old subordinates, forming an army, and fighting against rebellion... He is like my eldest brother. Whether in the past or now, he will give me selfless help!"

(End of this chapter)