"The women of Tapsos are the sexiest women in the world, and I'm willing to spend all my savings to cao all the girls here. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"They're not cheap, I'm afraid you have worked hard for those warlords for ten years, and you may not be able to make up this amount."

"Those damned old men didn't allow us to loot all the city's belongings, and when we followed Pompey to the East, Pompey didn't let us treat the local residents so gently."

In the early summer, a few Pompetian soldiers stood on the walls of Tapsos, chattering with meaningless vulgar gossip, and then, casually, they turned their heads to look into the distance outside the walls, only to see a scene that alarmed them—tens of thousands of Caesar's Roman legionnaires appeared on the golden horizon in the fields outside the city where the morning mist had lifted. Their banners have even been pushed to the front line, which means that soon, this group of legions outside the city will start a siege on this place, on the city.

"Caesar! Caesar is coming! ”

The guards ran down the tower in a frenzy, shouting at their accomplices and citizens in the streets, and everyone was in a state of confusion, and three days earlier they had received information from the messengers that Caesar's army was still gathering on the eastern coastline, and now these Roman soldiers dressed in fine chain mail and armed with red Latin shields were alive outside the city. Even with the fastest march, Caesar's troops would have taken five days to get here, how did they get there?

The defenders of Tapsos climbed the walls in a panic, and before they even had time to put on their armor, they threw themselves into their posts with their weapons in hand. As he left, Kventus had left the harbor town in the hands of his loyal subordinate, Macilus, and now, the veteran centurion who had followed Pompey on his conquests of the East, was horrified and panicked by what he saw.

……

"When are we going to attack the city?"

The Pompey garrison inside the city was in disarray, but outside the city, Caesar sat comfortably on his horse, looking at the harbor city in the golden sunlight with a relaxed expression. Anthony asked, puzzled. Like a prey on a dying resistance, Caesar wouldn't let anyone touch it, which puzzled many recruits. But apart from Anthony's question, Caesar was reluctant to explain.

"No, we don't take the city."

Faced with Anthony's expectant and curious gaze, Caesar only replied very blandly. His gaze looked in the opposite direction of Tapsos, a quagmire wetland in the open area outside the city.

"But we had been on the road for two days day and night, and the soldiers were expecting the spoils of war, and the loot was the town in front of us."

Anthony continued to ask, surprised.

"As a general, as my deputy commander, Anthony, you should have a broader vision. All we do is to get the spoils of war, yes, but Tapsos is just a seaport town, and it's not worth the risk of pulling four legions here day and night. Our loot hasn't arrived yet, so let's wait in peace. ”

"Caesar, do you mean that you want to lead the rebels of Cato Jr. to fight and fight a decisive battle?"

Although Anthony, the commander of the cavalry, was not as thoughtful as Caesar, the general, who had been fighting bloody battles on the battlefield for a long time, quickly understood Caesar's thoughts. The siege of Tapsos was just a cover made by Caesar, and his real purpose was to direct the remnants of Pompey's army here and fight again. And why here, is it in Tapsos? Anthony had only come across the map drawn by the local guide and the Legion detectives a few days earlier. Tapsos may be just a very inconspicuous town on the North African coast of Tunisia, a military stronghold, but it is not the most important military fortress, but here, there are conditions that other towns do not have, it is very close to Utica, the largest city in North Africa at the moment. After the fall of Carthage, it became the largest city in the province of Aphiria. And Rabienus and Cventus will definitely pull their legions here, and they will march in a hurry, because they are afraid that Caesar will directly target Utica, which is the largest food base and fortress of Pompey's remnants at the moment, and Cato the Younger himself is in charge, yes, they must be worried that Caesar will do this, then, this is exactly what Caesar wants.

"Yes, Rabienus may not fall into my trap, but Kventus and Cato Jr. will, they have too little experience, combat experience and command experience. Without Rabbi Enus, they are nothing. Moreover, the actual commander of this battle was not Rabienus, my spies had already infiltrated the city of Utica, including the servants around Cato the Younger, who had my eye. They can't win, and it's only a matter of time before they conquer this land. ”

Caesar replied confidently to Anthony.

At the same time, the Legion began to build camps on the spot, just as it had done in the siege of Alesia in Gaul, the Ninth and Thirteenth Legions built a fence along the edge of the city, and had slaves dig traps and trenches. Soldiers of the 10th Legion went into the woods to cut down more timber for the construction of the siege net. North Africa is not as inhospitable as Appis imagined, like much of Europe, with forests, water, lawns and farmland, and because of its mild climate, it produces much more food than Italy itself.

"Appis, the soldiers can't wait, they want to enter the city and plunder the town."

Sekras ran out of the ranks of the legions, and he looked at Apis with anxious eyes, as if to say, why not attack the city yet? The enemy was almost unprepared and defenseless, like fat on a wine table, but Caesar did not let the siege be?

"I know, let everyone continue to wait, wait for Caesar's orders."

To Sekras's plea, the soldiers' plea, Appis knew and could not tell them the truth. Caesar's intentions could not be told to others, not even his own soldiers. After receiving this order, the veterans consciously put away their weapons, camped on the spot, and built siege nets, they have become accustomed to strictly obeying the orders of the commander, in the Gallic battlefield, Caesar asked them to do so, the commander's orders only need to be carried out, and there is no need to ask, that is, relying on such a "fine tradition", they marched unconsciously and defeated the barbarians many times.

And the recruits recruited by Sicily and Rome began to complain and complain......