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Appis looked at the terrain around him and narrowed his eyes.

"What?"

And little Crassus looked at the legendary civilian corps captain beside him suspiciously.

Casare is located in the middle of Corinth and Skopje, a hilly and mountainous region where there are not many plains where large armies can be placed, so studying the terrain became the key to the battle to free Octavian. Apis and Crassus Jr. climbed a hilly hillside, and smiled knowingly when they saw the sun setting right in front of them. And little Crassus didn't understand what Appis was thinking for a while. So he looked at him suspiciously.

"Marcus, did you see that? The sunset is slowly setting in front of us. ”

Appis looked at the distant mountains, where the crimson sun stained half of the sky red, and asked little Crassus with a smile.

"Yes, that's the most common sight in our world, but what does that have to do with the tactics we're studying?"

Marcus Crassus, as the son of the famous Licinius Crassus, the richest man in Rome, was an ordinary figure in history and did not do much, and now, Apis has confirmed this in his long time with him. Crassus Jr. wondered that although he and Apis were the same Roman legionnaires, after the Spanish campaign, most of the time, Crassus the Younger had trusted Appis's arrangements and advice.

"Yes, my brother. You see, it's evening, and the sun is setting right in front of us, which means that every morning, the rising sun will rise behind us where we are. If the battle had been chosen in the morning, then our enemy would have lined up opposite us. At this time, the rising sun will obscure their view and thus the movement here. The reason why I have walked so many hills and slopes is to find such a place where I can cover the position of our cavalry assault while the two armies are engaged. And here, there are just the topographical features that meet all these requirements. ”

Apis smiled knowingly, and at the same time began to tell his colleague, Marcus Crassus, about his plans and plans for the next battle.

Seeing Crassus' stretched brow, Apis continued to explain—

"The other hills are too narrow and not facing the direction of the setting sun, which means that the reflection effect is not ideal. And here, there are just such reflective conditions, and the direction facing here is exactly the direction of the setting sun. Moreover, the back of this hill is very flat, just enough to accommodate our 1,000 cavalry formations. At the time of the battle, we can hide our cavalry on the back of this hill from being discovered by our enemies. Once the battle began, the legionnaires could quickly cross the hill, swoop down, and launch a fierce charge against the enemy's position. And, then, the glow of the rising sun will obscure their tracks. Pompey's soldiers may have heard only the sound of horses' hooves trampling the earth, but they did not know where their enemies were coming from. Because their view is obscured. ”

Appis explained confidently, and little Crassus once again showed an appreciative gaze at this time.

……

"Kventus, do you think this will be the place where Appis died in blood?"

Two days later, at the Battle of Casare, Cventus Pompey came to this grassy land with his 25,000 legionary infantry and 2,000 Roman cavalry, and in front of him were the four Roman legions of Lepida and Appis, 22,000 infantry and 1,000 Roman legionnaires. It's just that after a series of previous battles, almost all of Pompey's generals regarded Apis as their biggest enemy and Caesar's most treacherous general. It was not surprising that Kventus chose this battle with more targets, in fact, the legendary civilian general, Apis Gnaus.

"I can't guarantee you, Brody, but I can tell you unequivocally that in this battle I will spare no effort to lead my infantry phalanx and crush the frontal line of Appis. Of course, it is also important for your cavalry not to let them pose a threat to our flanks. ”

In the wee hours of the morning, before the sky was yet bright, Kventus sat on his white steed, looked at the neatly assembled phalanx of Roman legions behind him, and swore to Brody, the general of the Senate. Relying on heavy infantry to blow down the enemy was always the key to victory for the Romans in battle against foreign nations. Kventus believed it with great conviction. Of course, there is another reason why Cventus Pompey hates Apis so much, and everyone else can guess, that is, Apis once designed to kill his younger brother, Sextus Pompey. As Pompey's eldest son and Sextus' beloved elder brother, Cventus always remembered this.

"Onward, the elite of the Republic."

Soon, when the phalanx of Apis and Lepida's legions appeared on the undulating hilly front opposite, Kventus could not contain the excitement and anger in his heart, and commanded four infantry phalanxes, arranged in a long line, and rushed towards the position where Apis was.

In the faint light of dawn, all the Roman legionnaires walked in full armor on this barren land. The centurion held a torch and illuminated the centurion behind him. The light reflected on each soldier's face, their face shrouded in the night, and at the same time, as hard as a knife.

This is the time chosen by all the Romans for the decisive battle, in the early morning of the day, at the beginning of the sun......

The four elite infantry phalanxes of Pompey's guards, 12,000 men, marched forward in a neat pace amid the sound of the trumpet, and the sound wave after wave was high, and behind them was the rising dust and sand.

Sitting on his tall horse, Kventus was ready to command the remaining five thousand reserves to join the battle ahead. Like Lepida and Apis, Kventus stood on the high ground and on the hills, watching the whole battle unfold.

Brody, on the other hand, after the start of the battle, arranged the cavalry on both flanks of the legionary phalanx, as agreed in advance, to protect Pompey's hoplite phalanx from both flanks.

The Roman cavalry, under the personal command of Brody, were placed on the heights flanking the phalanx of the infantry of Cwentus, and they were alert to any movement in the positions of Lepida and Apis. For when the opposite side was lined up, Brody, like Cventus, did not see the cavalry of Lepida.

And all Pompey's men knew that after Caesar's conquest of Gaul, he brought a large number of barbarian cavalry, and their combat effectiveness was much stronger than that of the Roman cavalry, and Pompey's cavalry, almost temporarily recruited from West Asia and the Balkans, put on the armor of the Romans, but the combat effectiveness was self-evident. (To be continued.) )