He quickly made the necessary preparations to cover the old province, and not only so, but sent also a corps over the snow-covered Cevennes into the Arvernian territory; but he could not remain here, where the accession of the Haedui to the Gallic alliance might any moment cut him off from his army encamped about Sens and Langres.

With all secrecy he went to Vienna, and thence, attended by only a few horsemen, through the territory of the Haedui to his troops.

The hopes, which had induced the conspirators to declare themselves, vanished; peace continued in Italy, and Caesar stood once more at the head of his army.
The Gallic Plan of War But what were they to do?
It was folly under such circumstances to let the matter come to the decision of arms; for these had already decidedly irrevocably.

They might as well attempt to shake the Alps by throwing stones at them as to shake the legions by means of the Celtic bands, whether these might be congregated in huge masses or sacrificed in detail canton after canton.

Vercingetorix despaired of defeating the Romans.