Chapter 164 - 117: The Riot in the Supply Camp_2
"Roar!!!" The guards raised their arms and roared.
Most of the soldiers in the Guard had been brought over by Pequot from the defeated remnants of Enomai’s forces. Maximus had appointed them as his guards, partly to win hearts and minds, and partly for ease of governance. After all, they had been accustomed to the lax discipline of Enomai’s army and would certainly struggle to adapt to the strict regulations of Maximus’s forces at the beginning.
And indeed, that was the case. Over the past month, they had caused some disturbances, leading many soldiers from the three legions to regard them with strange looks, secretly calling them "barbaric outsiders," which left them holding a deep grudge and eager to prove themselves.
Watching the 600 soldiers of the Guard, armed relatively well, charge aggressively toward the northwest, Flanitnus muttered in a low voice, "After a month in the cage, the hunting dogs are finally unleashed! Hopefully, they will prove useful..."
Maximus felt a bit nervous; there were simply too few members in the Guard.
"If they only block the breach and hold the riverbank, there shouldn’t be a problem. The concern is if they get too eager for merit and adopt an active offensive strategy, chasing the enemy into the rivers..." Quintus’s warning prompted Maximus to make an immediate decision, "Akegu! Keep an eye on Pequot for me and constantly remind him to hold the riverbank and not stray far away!"
"Understood!"
Watching the attendant sprint away, Maximus instinctively murmured to himself, "I wonder where Spartacus and his reinforcements are now?"
Quintus and Flanitnus exchanged a glance but said nothing. They could see Maximus’s tension and unease: in truth, a young man not yet 20 years old commanding such a large-scale, life-and-death battle, amidst a thunderous battlefield filled with bloodshed and chaos, receiving all sorts of good and bad news one after another, and still managing to maintain such composure—his performance was already quite remarkable.
"Report, leader, bad news! Mateninum City has mobilized troops!" A scout raced in from the east.
Maximus’s heart sank sharply.