"Warlords sustain their power through destruction and death, and once they survive this power, they gain the eternal courage to confront them." - Newak

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On this side of the Osai River, there is a combination of shallows, forests, and a simple abandoned embankment, and Li Bida is very satisfied with this terrain, and then he takes Sabo as a prisoner, gallops to the city of Assamamangars, carries his seal of "King of Cyrenaica", and mobilizes the Serapian army to rush to rush - leaving four brigades for Serha to lead the siege and monitor the castle, and the remaining six brigades arrive at the Osai River under the command of Arp, ready to annihilate the reinforcements of the Garamanthes.

And on the other side of the river, Antony, who received the order of Li Bida's death, asked all the Vibichinas to jump off their horses, and constantly blocked the sluggish enemy with bows and arrows, and the attached cavalry brigade was actually no less than the chief thousand-man brigade, with more than 1,000 Gallic cavalry, and after entering Egypt, he specially selected 300 foreign cavalry archers to enhance the combat strength, so Antony consulted with Dussonvier, and let the Gallic chief take most of the men and horses to attack the opponent's march in formation, and he himself took 300 cavalry archers, Constantly back-copied the infantry flanks behind the Garaman thee chariot, and disrupted the opponent with a platoon of arrows.

All day and night, the cavalry fought with the chariots of Garamantheus, while on the other side of the river, Li Bida and several slaves stood still on the river bank, waiting for Arp to arrive with the main force of the Serapis legion. After the second sentry, the black soldiers were in hundreds. Arriving at their destination one after another. "Bastard. You think you're here to recuperate? That's a big mistake, remember that you are now Roman legions, and your skin is good for moving in the dark—build me a simple rampart, check my bow and spear, and stick my shield in the sand! Li Bida shouted loudly, using flags and fire tongue flags to mark the positions of the men and horses on each wing, so that these people were busy, and now the black soldiers and the legion were most similar. It was while carrying the Habaishin Sword (a self-defense weapon similar to the Assyrian sword, the body of the sword was curved to facilitate parrying), and he also carried a pickaxe and shovel in his backpack, and he was frantically building.

At the dawn of dawn, the weary cavalry of Vibichinas, as had been arranged, many of them led the horses of the men in front of them, fell into the saddles, and crossed the Osai River in rows into the rear positions. Many of them fell asleep in the middle of their luggage as soon as they dismounted, and the rest of the task was left to the six brigades of the Serapis Legion for the time being!

Li Bida divided everyone into three wings. Arrayed in an irregular pattern along the riverbank, Arp was the strongest on the right flank, with three battalions, one each on the center and one on the left—and Lybida himself, with the chief brigade of Serapis, the Meadjet Guard, and another infantry battalion, lurked behind the dense forests and embankments, just behind the left flank.

In order to prevent exposure, Li Bida ordered the lurking soldiers to cover the reflection of shields and spear tips with linen covers, and the entire forest was filled with a fierce murderous aura, like a dark cloud mixed with bronze.

About a day later, the Garamatantes found that the Roman cavalry, which had been harassing them beforehand, had retreated to the other side of the river, and, out of an abundance of caution, let the accompanying infantry go ahead, while all the chariots rumbled side by side on the left flank, a position that made it easier for the riders to see and for the crew to throw javelins and spears.

Their infantry found that in the light of yesterday day, the Romans had come out of nowhere about three thousand to four thousand soldiers, and that, unlike the white-skinned men they had fought before, were all blacks of their own race, half of them armed with bows and arrows, and half of them with spears, and after forming a circle of improvised fortifications with shields and planks and sand, they were behind the river Ossay.

It seems that it is necessary to continue to break through the past! At this time, Garamantheus keenly observed that the opponent's formation was not regular, and the right flank facing the chariot was obviously much weaker, so the following battle plan was easily finalized: accompany the infantry to pin down the left flank of the Romans, while the chariot was mainly responsible for tearing the right flank, and then turn around and attack the center flank, and then outflank and annihilate the opponent's left flank.

Aren't these black soldiers the Nubians of Egypt! With hundreds of years of experience fighting them, there is no fear at all.

Having decided on the plan, the elite charioteers of Garamantheus rushed across the Osay, splashing like predators in the Nile, despite the fatigue of the days (they were obviously more tired than the Vibichinas, but the other side was not as adaptable to the environment as they were).

Over there, accompanied by the infantry also formed a formation, fighting with Alp's left flank in shallow water, the forwards on both sides used spears and light leather shields, compared to the strict Macedonian phalanx, this kind of fight was more free, the soldiers on both sides were in the light and shadow of the spear tips stabbing each other, dodging and dodging, and some directly drew their swords and slashed, and it was difficult to distinguish for a while.

The battle situation was the first to break through on the chariot side, and the elite warriors of Garamane Thetheus were indomitable, crushing the light wooden shields arranged by the Romans, passing the pike darts and arrows shot by the black soldiers, and rushing directly behind the opponent's right flank.

Quite a few chariots rose to the occasion, forgetting the pre-plan of striking the opponent's center and left flank, and began to chase the opponent's defeated soldiers, but when they saw that the defeated soldiers had jumped into the dark forest, where there was a trench covered with branches, then Garamane Theus realized that something was wrong, and shouted at his horses, and pounced and stopped in front of the trench, and in an instant a row of javelins and arrows with fire flew out of the dense forest, and several chariots at the head were immediately killed, and whistles, The sound of trumpets and drums sounded in a mixed manner, and figures scurried everywhere, frightening the chariots behind Garamantheus into a crowd, unable to maneuver in the narrow strip of land, "Give me an unstoppable rush!" The commander-in-chief Li Bida shouted, stretched out his two fingers, rode out of the forest on a white horse, crossed the trench, and the soldiers behind him also came out one after another, and then shot bows and arrows on his knees, and in the sound of the "Xiu Xiu" breaking wind, the arrow feathers flew everywhere, posing a great threat to the densely packed chariots, and many riders were full of arrows when they turned back, and they were dying in the driver's seat, and the crew behind them could only jump down, holding spears and trapping beasts, and they were easily shot or stabbed to death by the Romans.

Rypita's ambush troops rushed out, charging forward with spears in hand, or throwing pikes and bows without interruption, and one after another Garamantheus's chariots were destroyed, captured, or discarded, and they were ambushed, and the chariots on the left flank were destroyed in a very short time. (To be continued......)