Chapter 222 - 146: Consecutive Breakdown of 2 Forts_2
Maximus patiently listened to his criticism of the wooden wall of the Pannonian village and asked, "So?"
"And there’s no moat dug in front of the wooden wall. If the village over there is like this, it can be easily breached. When I was campaigning with General Sula in the province of Little Asia, I once saw barbarians use a simple method to breach hastily built wooden camps of the enemy..."
As expected, this old man had long realized the next village would be difficult to capture and was pondering the method to breach Segestica Village alone here... Maximus asked in as calm a tone as possible, "What should be done?"
"Find some sturdy ropes, then a few robust long logs, and more importantly, select a few strong bulls... These are all available in the villages. In theory, horses would also work and can arrive at the village quickly, but unfortunately, when I walked around inside, I didn’t see any horses." Quintus showed confusion: "This is very strange! Even if the Pannonians used to be Illyrians and disliked raising horses, they should have developed the habit after being enslaved by the Scodisqi people from Gaul for so long."
"This matter can wait until after the next village is captured; we can then ask the captives." After Maximus said this, he immediately arranged for Pequot to prepare these things and also selected a dozen soldiers from those left behind who used to feed cattle and sheep for the nobles.
Soon, Maximus, with the Guard in tow, herded eight bulls, marching east along the river.
When they arrived at the village, they found the forces commanded by Oluus indeed faced obstacles attacking the village.
Maximus followed Quintus’ suggestion, distributing many long spears they had seized and brought to each Centurion, then had the Centurions form a turtle formation, approaching under the village wall and throwing spears inside to force the enemy away from the walls...
Then, he sent a team of soldiers to throw the logs, secured at both ends with ropes, across the village wall. The other end of the ropes was tied to the bulls. With short swords, the soldiers stabbed the bulls’ hindquarters, causing them to charge and pull the logs lodged between the wooden village walls. Unable to withstand the bulls’ immense strength, the logs either broke or were pulled down, and the rebel army soldiers, long prepared, surged through the opening...