Rome Must Fall Chapter 9: Maximus’ first formation

Early in the morning, the gladiators woke up, and Hamilcar took some people to make barley porridge and bake bread using the cooking utensils in the temple backyard.

Spartacus sent Altonix to pretend to be a civilian and ride on a horse carrying gladiator equipment to explore the movements of the city of Capua. So when Vibias led his army out of the city, Altonix The Knicks have already reported this news to Spartacus.

The gladiators who had had breakfast and were full of energy did not panic because there were more enemies than themselves. Instead, they showed a strong desire to fight with them, so they began to prepare for the battle.

Since the weapons intercepted by the gladiators last night were not enough to assemble everyone, according to Spartacus's opinion, they were first given to teammates with strong combat capabilities. As a result, Maximus was not selected. In the end, He was only given a kitchen knife.

This is not a street fight, but a war duel. The enemy is outnumbered and fighting with a kitchen knife is too dangerous, so Maximus learned from some teammates and went to the oak forest to break off a relatively thick and straight branch. Sharpen one end and use it as a spear.

Even though he was at the rear, Maximus still felt nervous when he saw the heavily armed enemies approaching in formation. When Spartacus took the lead in the charge, he ran with his teammates, but the fear in his heart still made him subconsciously slow down.

Then he saw Spartacus and others showing off their might and overwhelming the front line of the Capua phalanx, and then the Capua people screamed and collapsed.

The victory came so quickly, Maximus couldn't believe his eyes. With his confidence soaring, he followed closely like other teammates: How long will it take if we don't earn performance at this time!

Maximus was tall, had long legs, wore no armor, and held a shield. He ran very fast and quickly caught up with the defeated troops.

He held the stick and thrust forward. The tip of the stick failed to pierce the enemy's leather armor, but caused him to fall to the ground.

Maximus ignored him and swung the wooden stick, hitting the head of another defeated soldier. The man screamed and fell to the ground suddenly.

The screams did not frighten Maximus, but made him excited. He followed a few steps and hit another defeated soldier on the head with a stick...

After knocking down three or four people in a row, and seeing the other defeated soldiers running further and further away, and unable to catch up, Maximus stopped and turned around, seeing his companions already cleaning the battlefield: Some are peeling off the armor of dead enemy soldiers, some are applying wounds to injured enemy soldiers who have fallen to the ground, and some are gathering together prisoners who surrendered because they could not escape...

Due to the overly exciting pursuit just now, he felt even more tired now that he had relaxed. Maximus did not join in the action against his friends, but sat down on the grass and gasped for air...

It felt cruel to see his teammates kill their seriously injured companions yesterday, and to see them kill the Capua man who was also injured and fell to the ground today, Maximus only felt a little uncomfortable.

Have you started to adapt? ...Maximus raised his head, and the warm sunlight shone through the gaps between the trees, shining on his body, which was unusually warm...

Just when he was in a daze, a voice rang in his ear: "Maximus, I didn't expect you to run so fast, and you actually knocked down three of them at once."

Maximus turned around and saw that the person speaking was Torquevaldos, a strong Gallic gladiator. Like most people, he looked down on him in the past, but now his face showed some appreciation. look.

It seems that my hard work just now was not in vain! ...Maximus stretched out his right hand, spread his fingers, and said with emphasis: "Tolquevaldo, I defeated not three, but five enemy soldiers! However, if your attack hadn't defeated them, , I won’t knock them down so easily. If you weren’t wearing armor, you would definitely be able to run faster than me and kill more enemies.”

Tolquevaldo is a straightforward man. After listening to Maximus's flattery, he smiled and said: "Don't worry, this victory has given us a lot of weapons and armor. Next time you can hold a shield and spear and fight alongside us."

Tolquevaldo's recognition dispelled the inexplicable sadness in Maximus's heart, and also made him temporarily forget his fatigue. He stood up from the ground and was about to say to him: "I'll help you peel off your armor." "At this time, there was a noise not far away, and it turned out that Spartacus and Cross had a dispute.

It turned out that Cross wanted to kill all these prisoners to scare the Romans.

Spartacus objected to this. He believed that all these prisoners should be released, because these cowardly Capua soldiers would spread their terror, causing Capua to send troops to conquer them again. will become more deliberate, buying them more time. Moreover, the good deed of releasing the captives will make the Capua people less hostile to them, which will be conducive to their subsequent activities in the Campania region and growing their team...

"What Spartacus said makes sense." Torquevaldo, who had been listening attentively, murmured in a low voice.

Maximus looked at him in surprise: the Gallic gladiators in the team always regard Cross as the leader and fully support him. It is rare to have someone who is not blindly obedient and can think independently.

Maximus looked at Spartacus who was persuading Cross again. He realized that his words last night should have had some impact on the leader of the gladiators. This shows that he is not stubborn. A commander who had his own opinions and could adopt the suggestions of his subordinates, Maximus was a little more confident that he could persuade Spartacus to lead his army to escape Italy in the future.

Spartacus's opinion was supported by Hamilcar, Enomius, Altonix and others, so the prisoners were forced to take off their armor and were released wearing only their tunics.

Cross had a dark face and said nothing.

Spartacus looked at the weapons and equipment piled on the ground and said to Hamilcar: "Go and call Maximus and count our harvest."

Maximus readily accepted the task, and he finished counting it in a short while.

Hamilcar came over to report: "Spartacus, in this battle we killed 58 people and captured 137 people ~IndoMTL.com~ We obtained a total of 195 leather armors, 320 leather helmets, and 261 short swords. Swords, 452 spears, and 500 shields."

"This is really a huge harvest. Now all our brothers have weapons!" Spartacus was a little excited. He then asked: "How many casualties do we have?"

"Only three people suffered minor injuries."

Spartacus looked at the people around him and said with a smile: "It was so easy to win this battle. The Capua people are so kind. They knew we were short of weapons and sent us a batch specially."

The people around burst into laughter.

Cross said coldly: "Everyone knows that the Capua people are weak. It is easy to defeat them, but the Romans are not easy to deal with."

"You are right." Spartacus suppressed his smile and said sternly: "So we must quickly go south to Vesuvius, strengthen the team as soon as possible, and rely on the mountainous terrain there to fight at any time. The Roman army may come to conquer us. These armors and weapons were hard-earned, so let the brothers wear them. The rest are temporarily in your charge Hamilcar. Find a way to take them all away, and let Maximus assist you. ”

"Okay." Hamilka nodded simply.

Hearing Maximus' name, Cross just snorted lightly this time and did not object. After all, he saw the scene where Maximus took the lead in chasing down the defeated soldiers and knocked down several people one after another. Coupled with last night's performance, it somewhat changed some of his bad impression of him.

After Maximus received Hamilka's notice, the first thought that came to his mind was: This is just to let me do logistics support. Does it mean that I don't have to go into battle to kill the enemy?

So he nodded in agreement without hesitation, and then asked: "What should I do now?"