凯撒军记——十大经典战役 The Imperator War Chronicles — Ten Legendary Campaigns

史官普鲁登蒂亚经多方考证所撰传记，记录了凯撒征战生涯中代表性的十场战役。 A biography compiled by the scribe Prudentia after extensive research, detailing ten of the most iconic battles in Imperator's military career.

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二、逐火之旅时期

II: The Flame-Chase Journey Era

第二次奥赫玛围城战结束后，凯撒独揽奥赫玛大权，并正式迈向她的野望。自缇里西庇俄丝散布救世预言起，凯撒便开始谋划征讨泰坦、夺取火种的伟业。阳雷骑士塞涅俄丝证明了人类凭武力弑杀泰坦的可能性，悬锋的和平契约、诸邦的俯首称臣扫清了凯撒的前路。五十年内，民间亦有信任预言、试图逐火的义士，但都不成气候。而于光历3910年底，凯撒那轰轰烈烈的逐火之旅，正式开启。

After the Second Siege of Okhema, the Imperator seized absolute control of the city and officially set her ambitions in motion. Ever since Tribios spread the prophecy of salvation, the Imperator had been plotting a crusade against the Titans to claim the Coreflames. The Daythunder Knight Seliose proved that humans could kill a Titan by force. The peace treaty with Kremnos and the submission of the allied nations cleared the path ahead for the Imperator. Over the previous fifty years, some brave souls, inspired by the prophecy, also set out in pursuit of the Coreflames, but none made a mark. Then, at the end of Light Calendar 3910, the Imperator's grand Flame-Chase Journey began in full force.

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6、神悟树庭攻城战

6. Siege of the Grove of Epiphany

时间：光历3930年；地点：神悟树庭；重要将领：阿波罗尼、刻律德菈

Time: Light Calendar 3930. Location: Grove of Epiphany. Key Generals: Apollonius, Cerydra

当凯撒把奥赫玛的元老沉入湖底、将弑杀泰坦的伟愿昭告天下之时，世人只当她是胡言乱语，毕竟史上不乏为权力冲昏头脑的僭主放此厥词。就连奥赫玛的宿敌悬锋城，也认为这不过是凯撒集权、纠众的低劣诡计。此后，凯撒的行为仿佛也印证了先前的豪言是一时热血，二十年间，沉默而有条不紊地发展军力。侥幸从奥赫玛逃出的拉冬密探宣称，凯撒已集结了数以千计的黄金裔，打造出一支编制特殊的军队，其武力足以在半日内荡平任何一座城邦。一时间诸邦畏悚，唯独悬锋人心痒难耐、欲试其锋芒，无奈有和平契约在先，只好闷头砺刃备军。

When the Imperator drowned Okhema's Elders in the lake and declared her dream of slaying the Titans, the world dismissed her as a raving despot. History had seen plenty of tyrants make wild claims in their lust for power. Even Okhema's archrival, Castrum Kremnos, brushed it off as a cheap stunt to rally support. After that, the Imperator's actions seemed to be proof that her previous speech was just a moment of passion because, for the next twenty years, she seemed to be quietly, silently, and methodically building her forces. Spies from Ladon who escaped Okhema claimed she had gathered thousands of Chrysos Heirs into a specially structured army, one strong enough to flatten any city-state in half a day. Fear rippled through the states, except for the ever-restless Castrum Kremnos, eager to test their blades. But bound by the peace treaty, all they could do was sharpen their weapons in silence.

光历3930年，原树庭贤人、现逐火军参谋，「曳石爵」阿波罗尼出使树庭，三月未归。凯撒又遣「吟风爵」维吉妮娅与「命运爵」缇里西庇俄丝的一具半身前往树庭，同样了无音讯。树庭方面更有流言传出，说莲食、山羊、绳结、敬拜四贤人仇视凯撒，将几位来使囚禁，试图反抗其暴政。不日，凯撒亲自带领数十人前往树庭商议，见其势单力薄，甚至没带以武力著称的「剑旗爵」、「断锋爵」、「冬霖爵」，树庭学者均放松警惕，垂下瑟希斯的枝桠迎接凯撒。然而，凯撒所带的数十人，正是由训练有素的黄金裔组建的第一批逐火军。

Light Calendar 3930. "Dux Helkolithist" Apollonius, once a sage of the Grove and now an Advisor of the Flame-Chase Army, was sent as an envoy to the Grove and did not return after three months. The Imperator then dispatched "Dux Carminum" Verginia and one split body of "Dux Fatorum" Tribios to the Grove. They, too, vanished without a trace. Rumors swirled that the Four Sages from the Lotophagist, Caprist, Nodist, and Venerationist schools hated the Imperator, imprisoning her envoys and plotting to overthrow her rule. Not long after, the Imperator herself showed up with a small retinue, oddly without the famed warriors "Dux Gladiorum," "Dux Fragoris," and "Dux Brumalis." The scholars of the Grove, seeing her seemingly weak force, lowered their guard and welcomed her beneath the branches of Cerces. But the Imperator's few dozen followers weren't what they seemed. They were the first elite Flame-Chase Army, all Chrysos Heirs trained and battle-ready.

当日，神悟树庭告破，凯撒判处四位贤人入狱，向世人展露了此行的最大战果——「浪漫」火种，并宣布她的下一个目标，将是深居于奥莱诺斯高原之下的大地之泰坦，吉奥里亚。

That very day, the Grove of Epiphany fell. The Imperator threw the Four Sages into prison and proudly displayed her greatest prize: the Coreflame of "Romance." She then declared her next target would be Georios the Earth Titan, who was slumbering deep beneath the Oleinus Plateau.

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7、奥莱诺斯遭遇战

7. The Oleinus Skirmish

时间：光历3956年；地点：奥莱诺斯高原；重要将领：刻律德菈

Time: Light Calendar 3956. Location: Oleinus Plateau. Key General: Cerydra

直到墨涅塔陨落，世人才惊惶地发现，塞涅俄丝与缇里西庇俄丝所点燃的并非一颗渺小的火星，而是一场足以染红天空的业火。如今，凯撒向这场业火投入了包括她在内，数千黄金裔的性命当作薪柴，只为烧熔那末世的囚笼。

It wasn't until Mnestia's fall that the world finally realized Seliose and Tribios hadn't sparked a mere ember, but a blazing wildfire capable of turning the skies red. Now, the Imperator was pouring the lives of thousands of Chrysos Heirs, including her own, into the flames, determined to melt away this apocalyptic cage.

无人再敢小觑凯撒的野心。既知这逐火的僭主已将锋芒对准了大地的神明，深受其惠的城邦与族群自发地联合起来，决意保护他们信仰的泰坦。然而，与缺乏武力的墨涅塔不同，身为支柱泰坦之一，吉奥里亚的力量足以摧山荡壑，此外，亦无人知晓其藏身的具体方位。因此，凯撒不得不蛰伏等待数年。

No one dared underestimate the Imperator's ambition anymore. Knowing the Flame-Chase tyrant had set her sights on the god of Earth, the city-states and tribes blessed by that Titan banded together to defend their god. But unlike the powerless Mnestia, Georios, one of the Foundation Titans, had the strength to level mountains and carve valleys. Also, no one knew exactly where they hid. So the Imperator was forced to lie low for years.

自光历3950年起，翁法罗斯各地发生一系列大大小小的震动，仿佛是吉奥里亚预知了自己的命运。3955初，奥莱诺斯高原发生空前剧烈的地震，吉奥里亚遍布疮痍的神体自深渊之底浮现。凯撒意识到泰坦即将因黑潮而失控，遂不再等待，于年末率领逐火的大军，自奥赫玛浩浩荡荡地向西进发。光历3956年初，逐火军跨越特雷托斯平原，进入奥莱诺斯境内，却遭到伏击。奥莱诺斯、奥德里西安、伊卡利亚、汉达克，四个曾受大地泰坦庇护的农耕城邦联合起来，拦在了凯撒的前方。

Since Light Calendar 3950, tremors rocked all over Amphoreus, as if Georios sensed their fate. In early 3955, an unprecedented quake tore through the Oleinus Plateau, and Georios's battered divine form rose from the abyss. The Imperator realized the Titan would soon be out of control because of the black tide, so she stopped waiting. At the end of the year, she led her Flame-Chase Army west in a massive campaign from Okhema. Early in Light Calendar 3956, they crossed the Tretos Plains into Oleinus, only to be ambushed. Oleinus, Odressian, Icaria, and Handak, four farming city-states once under the Earth Titan's protection, united to block the Imperator's advance.

这些城邦都深受地震灾变所害，且武备不足，兵伍多由农民构成，岂是逐火军一合之敌。但凯撒并未如以往那般雷厉风行、痛下杀手，而是令黄金裔精锐迅速冲乱联军的阵型，以击伤、缴械为主要目的，使联军失去反抗之力。战后，凯撒不仅未将俘虏判刑，反而遣阿波罗尼等人留下帮忙赈灾。凯撒宣称，人类不会忘记吉奥里亚曾经施予的恩惠；而正因如此，当这尊可敬的神明因黑潮陷入无尽的折磨之时，才需要它忠诚的造物忍痛将它解放，并接过它的神权、继续庇佑人类。

These city-states had been ravaged by earthquakes and were poorly armed, their forces mostly farmers, not a match for the Flame-Chase Army. But the Imperator didn't come in swinging like before, unleashing brutal slaughter. Instead, she ordered her Chrysos Heir elites to swiftly break the lines, focusing on wounding and disarming rather than outright killing, rendering their resistance powerless. After the battle, the Imperator didn't punish the prisoners. Instead, she left Apollonius and others behind to help with disaster relief. The Imperator declared that humanity would never forget the blessings Georios once bestowed. Precisely because of that, the revered Titan needed their loyal creations to set them free when they were dragged into endless torment by the black tide, take up their divine authority, and continue protecting humankind.

许多心怀敌意的城邦期盼看到凯撒因双手染上无辜者的鲜血而声名扫地，但奥莱诺斯战役在很大程度上甚至扭转了世人对凯撒的负面印象。作为吉奥里亚讨伐战的前哨战，逐火军在此役中未损军力，亦未损声望，甚至得到了农耕城邦的投诚，堪称胜之又胜。

Many hostile city-states had hoped the Imperator would be disgraced for staining her hands with innocent blood, but the Oleinus campaign actually managed to largely reverse public opinion. As a prelude to the assault on Georios, the Flame-Chase Army came out unscathed, in both numbers and reputation, and even won over some farming city-states. It was a victory on every front.

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8、吉奥里亚讨伐战

8. Assault on Georios

时间：光历3957年；地点：奥莱诺斯高原；重要将领：荒笛

Time: Light Calendar 3957. Location: Oleinus Plateau. Key General: Terravox

光历3957年，缇里西庇俄丝的一具半身深入敌后，找到了吉奥里亚的神躯。彼时，对吉奥里亚忠心耿耿的山之民加入战场，这是一群难以商谈的战士，无论是晓之以情理还是动之以大义，他们都坚决不肯放任造物主被弑杀。于是，战争不可避免地发生了。

In Light Calendar 3957, a split body of Tribios infiltrated deep behind enemy lines and located Georios's divine form. By then, the Mountain Dwellers, fiercely loyal to Georios, had joined the battle. These warriors were impossible to reason with, neither moved by logic nor lofty ideals. They refused to let their creator be slain. Thus, a war was inevitable.

由传说中的开山者吉奥刻勒斯所率的山之民军队将吉奥里亚护在战线之后。每位山之民都天生神力，又配备有不限量的精良装备，其阵型堪称坚不可摧。大地兽骑兵一度更是成为逐火军的噩梦，哪怕是身负神血的黄金裔，也很难在奔袭的兽群面前讨到便宜。凯撒训练士兵专攻大地兽眼、腿和驭手，又以精铁为材布下陷阱，却仍然无法取得优势。

Led by the legendary Mountainbreaker Geocles, the army of Mountain Dwellers shielded Georios from the front lines. Each one of them was born with godlike strength and equipped with unlimited, top-tier gear. Their formations were nearly impenetrable. The dromas cavalry was a nightmare for the Flame-Chase Army. Even Chrysos Heirs, with their divine blood, struggled to gain ground against the stampeding beasts. The Imperator trained her soldiers to target the dromases' eyes, legs, and riders, setting traps made of refined iron, but still couldn't tip the scales in her favor.

关键时刻，一位此前从未出现过的援军突临战场。名为荒笛的巨龙自后退的逐火军中缓缓踱出，又慢慢踏入大地兽的军阵。它的脚步声让所有的大地兽都震悚着跪伏，它的怒吼与冲踏，就连全副武装的山之民也无法抵御。有荒笛牵制正面战场，凯撒命塞涅卡率精兵绕后，俘虏了以吉奥刻勒斯为首的山之民将领，最终率领残军成功来到吉奥里亚所在的裂渊上方。

At the critical moment, reinforcements arrived, one never before seen on the battlefield. A giant dragon named Terravox stepped slowly out of the retreating Flame-Chase Army and into the dromases' ranks. Its footsteps made every dromas tremble and kneel. Its roar and stomp crushed even the best-armed Mountain Dweller. With Terravox holding the front lines, the Imperator ordered Seneca to lead elite troops around the flank, capturing Geocles and other Mountain Dweller leaders. Ultimately, the Imperator led her battered army to the chasm above Georios's resting place.

海瑟音带着几组黄金裔决然跃入深渊，一番激战后，唯有海瑟音一人憾然归返——大地的深处对她发挥实力相当不利。扭转困局的依然是那名为荒笛的巨龙，它沉默地独自跃入深渊，随后大地震颤，直到三日后，吉奥里亚的火种才浮上大地。

Hysilens and several Chrysos Heir warriors plunged resolutely into the abyss. After a fierce battle, only Hysilens returned in disappointment. The depths of the earth were not a good battleground for her to exercise her strength. But it was still Terravox, the great dragon, who turned the tide. Silent and alone, it dove into the chasm. The ground shook violently, and three days later, the Georios's Coreflame finally rose back to the surface.

吉奥里亚死时，整个翁法罗斯均发生了剧烈的地震，大地四分五裂、河流改道冲湮、城邦倾颓覆灭。危急关头，自深渊中传出一声怒吼——继承了大地神权的荒笛掣曳起裂土，以自己的身躯将它们再度熔合。它的弑神之举引发了地坼之灾，但也亲手将其终止。

When Georios fell, violent earthquakes ripped through all of Amphoreus. Land split apart, rivers changed course and flooded, and city-states crumbled into ruin. At the darkest hour, a roar echoed up from the abyss. Terravox, who had inherited the divine authority of Earth, tore the cracked land asunder, using its own massive body to fuse it back together. Its godslaying act unleashed a cataclysmic quake, but it was also the one who stopped it.

此战后，凯撒领残军回归奥赫玛，不日，公开追封来历不明的巨龙荒笛为「掣地爵」，并宣布下一个讨伐的目标——塔兰顿。

After the battle, the Imperator led the remaining troops back to Okhema. Soon after, she publicly honored the mysterious giant dragon Terravox with the title "Dux Terrae," and declared their next target: Talanton.

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9、多洛斯河床白刃战

9. Dolos Riverbed Melee Battle

时间：光历3959年；地点：多洛斯平原；重要将领：拉比努斯、塞涅卡

Time: Light Calendar 3959. Location: Dolos Plains. Key Generals: Labienus, Seneca

光历3953年，悬锋与奥赫玛为期五十年的和平契约终止。同年，悬锋新王欧利庞登基。彼时翁法罗斯全域均在吉奥里亚临终前的阵痛中沉浮，但悬锋人并未借机发起征服战，而是在吉奥里亚殁后，将移动要塞锚于塔兰顿火种所在城——雅努萨波利斯以东，并陈兵多洛斯平原，声称受三相神殿所托，前来护佑律法之泰坦。而雅努萨波利斯对此驱虎吞狼之事自然喜闻乐见。

In Light Calendar 3953, the fifty-year peace treaty between Kremnos and Okhema came to an end. That same year, Kremnos crowned a new king, Eurypon. At the time, Amphoreus was still reeling from Georios's final agony, but the Kremnoans didn't seize the moment for conquest. Instead, after Georios's passing, they anchored their mobile fortress to the east of Janusopolis, where Talanton's Coreflame was located. They then stationed their troops on the Dolos Plains, claiming they were sent by the Temple of the Three Fates to protect the Titan of Law. Janusopolis welcomed this move that played one enemy against another with open arms.

对此，凯撒并不慌乱，她知晓悬锋所欲仅是一场酣畅淋漓的对决。光历3959年，凯撒命拉比努斯与塞涅卡这两位悬锋军的老熟人，带着三百余黄金裔以及数万凡人军队，堂而皇之进入多洛斯河床。两军甫一见面，无需叫阵，便默契地亮出兵刃、战到一处。

The Imperator didn't panic, for she knew Kremnos was after a decisive showdown and nothing more. In Light Calendar 3959, she ordered Labienus and Seneca, old acquaintances familiar with the Kremnoan army, to lead over three hundred Chrysos Heir warriors and tens of thousands of mortals boldly into the Dolos Riverbed. When the two armies met, no formal challenge was needed. They silently drew their blades and clashed immediately.

较之鲜血淋漓的战争，此战更像是一场庞大的悬锋祭典，战斗双方均点到为止、伤亡甚寡。这种战争风格与悬锋人以往「宁战死，毋荣归」的风格大相径庭，原因正是那名为欧利庞的新王有特异之处。其人为黄金裔，在悬锋祭典轻易胜出，身负万夫不当之勇，亦有锐意革新之野望。悬锋新后歌耳戈亦非常人，身手与欧利庞不相上下，同样对悬锋传统心怀质疑。在二人的领导下，往日眼中只有血与荣光的悬锋人，竟也开始关照起世界的命运。

Unlike a bloody war, this battle resembled a grand Kremnos Festival, with both sides holding back and suffering few casualties. This was a stark departure from Kremnoans' usual "Valorous Death Before Glorious Return" ethos. The reason behind this was that their new king, Eurypon, was no ordinary ruler. A Chrysos Heir himself, he easily dominated the Kremnos Festival, showing unmatched courage and a bold vision for reform. The new queen, Gorgo, was equally formidable, matching Eurypon blow for blow and sharing his doubts about old traditions. Under their leadership, Kremnoans, once fixated solely on blood and glory, began to take a broader view of the world's fate.

多洛斯河床一战中，欧利庞与歌耳戈亲自上阵，与拉比努斯、塞涅卡交锋，不相上下。战后，四人入帐不知商议何事，随后悬锋宣布撤军。见此变数，雅努萨波利斯顿感危亡，正欲颁发神谕召集他邦军队前来靖难，但逐火军竟已兵临城下。原来在拉比努斯与塞涅卡牵制悬锋军的同时，凯撒与海瑟音亲率剩余的两百黄金裔，跨越隔绝了奥赫玛与雅努萨波利斯的坎帕山脉东方支峦，直接叩响了三相神殿的大门。

In the battle at the Dolos Riverbed, Eurypon and Gorgo personally took the field, clashing evenly against Labienus and Seneca. After the fight, the four retired to their tents. What they discussed remains a mystery. Soon after, Kremnos announced a full withdrawal. Janusopolis, sensing impending disaster, was about to issue a divine edict calling on allied forces to quell the threat when the Flame-Chase Army suddenly appeared at their gates. While Labienus and Seneca held the Kremnoan army at bay, the Imperator and Hysilens led the remaining two hundred Chrysos Heirs on a daring trek across the eastern ridges of the Campa Mountains that cut off Okhema from Janusopolis, and struck directly at the doors of the Temple of the Three Fates.

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10、雅努萨波利斯围攻战

10. Siege of Janusopolis

时间：光历3960年；地点：雅努萨波利斯；重要将领：刻律德菈

Time: Light Calendar 3960. Location: Janusopolis. Key General: Cerydra

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与拉比努斯、塞涅卡所率主力军会合后，凯撒遣人入城招降，自己率军在雅努萨波利斯城外扎营，按兵不动。雅努萨波利斯拒绝招降后，凯撒先是散出数股军力把守八方要道、切断可能的外援，随后对城内持续施压，宣称悬锋军亦对三相神谕虎视眈眈，邀雅努萨波利斯接受奥赫玛的庇护，但仍被拒绝。最终，凯撒决定开展一次无人可知的秘密谈判。

After linking up with Labienus and Seneca's main forces, the Imperator sent envoys into the city to demand surrender, while she set up camp outside Janusopolis and held position. When the city refused to surrender, the Imperator deployed troops to guard all key roads, cutting off any external reinforcements. She then pressured the city relentlessly, claiming the Kremnoan army was also eyeing the tripartite prophecy and inviting Janusopolis to accept Okhema's protection, but the offer was turned down again. In the end, the Imperator chose to initiate a secret negotiation, the details of which no one knows.

据传，此次谈判亦有传说中的多洛斯三百侠盗相助。由多洛斯人赛法利娅牵头，三百侠盗之九十七——「执刃黑绒」费鲁姆加入阵营，他花费三日，以缇里西庇俄丝所指的逃生密道为基础，掘出一条直达公平天秤所在处的密道。刻律德菈亲自出发，带领剑旗爵等寥寥几人自密道入城，正巧与几位固执的祭司相逢……

Legend says this secret talk was aided by the famed 300 Rogues of Dolos. Led by the Dolosian native Cifera, the ninety-seventh of the 300 Rogues, "Bladed Black Velvet" Ferrum, joined the cause. Ferrum spent three days digging a secret tunnel, based on an escape route revealed by Tribios, that led straight to the chamber where the Scale of Justice was located. Cerydra herself led a small team, including Dux Gladiorum, through the tunnel and into the city, where they unexpectedly ran into several stubborn priests...

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