Yasstes took him to a map of northern Etruscans on the table, and pointed to the map and said, "At dusk, I received a messenger sent by Hasdruba from the Florentia military camp. There were a large number of Gauls. The specific number was not clear. Hasdruba was probably not less than 20,000. Then I received a messenger sent by Luka military camp, and Gauls also appeared there, with more than 10,000 people. In addition, I received no other information... This is the current situation."

"No news was received from Aretium's military camp?"

“Not yet.”

Paltrox once visited the border legion to understand the military qualities of the legion soldiers. He believed that if the Gauls appeared near the Aretium barracks, they would definitely react quickly. It would be impossible for even messengers to be sent out. So he pondered for a moment and made his own judgment: "It seems that this time the Gauls invaded from the north of the northern border of Etruscans, and it is likely that the Senones tribe of Gauls will be again!"

"The possibility of the Senones is very high, but there are also the Salves tribes that have plagued Etrusla in recent years. If the number of Gauls invaded this time is too large, it is not ruled out that the Salves are also involved."

Patrocross nodded.

Since Dionia entered the Latinum region, Yassistes and others have begun to collect a large amount of information about the Gauls, the biggest threat to the kingdom in the north, and finally figured out the origin of the Gauls in Italy.

The Gauls originally lived north of the Alps. Many years ago (the Gauls had no dates, no writing, and could not determine the specific age). Under the rule of the wise and great leader Abigatus, the Gauls in the north of the Alps, were peaceful and peaceful, and lived a wealthy life. Therefore, the population soared, and the output of the original land could not support the excessive population. So Abigatus decided to let the excess population colonize the new land. Finally, he chose several young and promising young people as the leaders, and used lots to decide where they each were going to colonize.

Belovesus, the son of Abigatus' sister, drew south of the colonial Alps. This was undoubtedly an extremely bad luck for the Gauls at that time, because the Alps were rarely visited and the road was difficult to walk, and it was a huge risk to cross it, not to mention that no one knew what the situation would be south of the Alps.

Belovesus was young and courageous. Under his instigation, the young people of the six tribes he should have led were not afraid of difficulties. They resolutely went south. After going through thousands of hardships, they discovered the famous Taurini Pass, thus crossing the Alps and entering northern Italy. They drove away their original owner, the Etruscans, settled down with Mediolanium as the center, and called themselves "Salves", and gradually expanded outward.

Many years later, the Gaul tribe north of the Alps heard that Belovesus had a good life after he took his men to settle in the south, and he was also a little moved. Then, the Gauls led by the Knomani tribe also crossed the Alps and entered northern Italy under the leadership of the leader of Etitovus, and with the help of the Salves, they settled down on the east center with Verona.

In the following decade, the two large tribes quickly expanded around, defeating the Etruscans in the north many times, forcing them to migrate south, and causing the Etruscans, the former overlords in central and northern Italy, to decline.

More than a decade later, Senones, a large Gaul tribe north of the Alps, decided to migrate southward and enter northern Italy, but at this time there was no extra open space in the Po River plain. The upper reaches were occupied by the Liguria, the lower reaches were occupied by the Veneti people, the land was the vastest, and the fertile central part was occupied by the two major Gaul tribes Salves and Knomani. The Senones had to cross the Po River, enter the hilly and mountainous areas in the south, further drive the Etruscans in the mountains to the south, and settle down with Boroma (bonoma, the modern Bologna).

In the years that followed, the Senones, south of the Po River, had thought of taking the lower Po River plain occupied by the Mineti people for their own use. They had launched wars against the Mineti people many times and seized some of the land in Mineti, but in the end they had no choice but to use Mineti people. This was because the Bo and the downstream swamps were everywhere, the water net was crisscrossed, and the land was muddy. The Gauls, who were originally a mountain race, were not adapted to fighting here. Although the Mineti people were not native to the Po River plain, they had been moving from Illyria on the opposite side of the Adriatic Sea for hundreds of years and had already become familiar with the environment here. Therefore, after suffering a lot of losses, the Senones finally decided to maintain peace with Mineti people for a long time.

The Ligurians in the upper reaches are said to be one of the Celtics. They migrated along the coast to Italy very early and early, but they never reached a unified state. The tribes often fought against each other, but they were extremely xenophobic. The Salves invaded many times and were attacked by them stubbornly. As a result, the Salves found that these Ligurians were smaller than them, but they were as strong as them and more fierce than them. After suffering several major failures and finding that the Ligurians were not easy to mess with, the Salves eventually had to restore peace with the Ligurians.

In this way, the Gauls looked around and the best bullying was the Etruscans in the south.

After decades of development, coupled with the occasional small Gaul tribes that crossed from the north of the mountain, the population of Gaul in the south of the mountain increased several times, especially for the Senones tribes living in hilly and mountainous areas, they occupied less land and were more barren, and had a stronger demand for outward expansion of territory, and their gatherings were closer to the Etruscans.

Therefore, around 390 BC, under the leadership of the great leader Brenum, the Senones crossed the continuous mountains and invaded the Etruscan territory on a large scale, defeated the main force of Rome in the Battle of Aria, and finally occupied the city of Rome. However, they were trapped in the quagmire of war. When Brenum finally decided to lead the people to retreat from Rome and return to his hometown, he was forced to fight a hasty battle with the Latinum coalition forces led by Camillus, who were pursuing the upwards. In the end, the Senones were defeated and were attacked by the Etruscans along the way. Less than half of the people who fled back to their hometown. The great leader Brenum was also seriously injured and died of illness soon after he returned to Boloma, causing the Seloones tribe to not only greatly lose its strength, but also fall into chaos for a period of time. After many years, the northern border of Etruscans became much quieter.

It is said that during that period, even if the Senones tribe wanted to go south to rob, they usually had to bring the Salves tribe to support it, thus making the relationship between the two major tribes in Shannan Gaul more intimate.

After more than 10 years of rest and recuperation, the strength of the Senones should have been restored a lot, so in recent years, the invasion of Etruscans has begun to strengthen the invasion of Etruscans. The invasion of the Senones alone did not make Yassites worried, but if the more powerful Salves also joined in, they would have to attract the attention of the kingdom.

"I believe that tomorrow we will get more news about the Gauls, which will help us formulate countermeasures. But what I am worried about now is that there are so many Gauls invading, and the border legion led by Lord Hasdruba... can we hold the barracks before our reinforcements arrive?" Yassitus said with some concern, and he did not say something in his heart: Hasdruba is his majesty's relative. Just from the fact that he was able to directly serve as the commander of the legion as a Carthaginian who had just surrendered, King Davers attached importance to him. If he died in this invasion of the Gauls, it might attract the anger of King Davers.

"Don't worry, the three barracks in the north are built as strong as fortresses, and their defensive facilities are also perfect, no less than that of Paragonia in the past. As far as I know, the Gallics are not strong in siege. Even if they have a large number of soldiers, it is not easy to break through the barracks. Commander of the Hasdruba can completely stand until our reinforcements arrive!" Paltros said confidently.

"I hope so, but we must hurry up and send troops. The 14th Legion and the Roman reserve soldiers gathered together. How many people can there be?" Ascesters asked seriously.

"33,250 people." Patrocross immediately said a number.

More than 33,000 people were enough to form four legions. This number was indeed quite amazing for a region that had not long been incorporated into the Kingdom of Dionys. However, when the Roman region (especially Rome) surrendered to the Kingdom, there were already a large number of young and middle-aged people. At that time, they could easily form an army of tens of thousands (Roman Preparatory Brigade and Roman noble soldiers) to follow the main force of the army to fight. Later, Davers designated Latinum as the area where the kingdom needed key development. Whether it was newly transferred formal citizens or newly adult kingdom citizens, they were given priority in this area, so in recent years, the Roman region was the fastest growing area in the entire kingdom.
Chapter completed!