Hearing the news, Li Bida led the whole army to the camp of Little Hortensius in less than a day, which was constructed in the manner of the barbarians: in front of the wooden wall, there was a surrounding trench, and the earth excavated from the trench was piled up along the wooden wall into a slope half a man high, and sandbags and timber were piled on top of it for projecting stragglers; Inside the wooden walls were two-storey buildings, one of which was half-buried in the ground and served as a place to store water and food, and one of which was a tree on the ground, which was connected to the wooden wall by passages for the soldiers to rest and watch.

Little Hortensius complied with Lipida's request, and when the Hinclair warrior array shouted for a challenge under the city of Asa, he maintained considerable restraint and composure, because he saw the terrible situation of the Hinclave after entering the area.

The chief of Sincla, Mucuas, was deceived by the false information spread by the messengers, and he thought that the small Roman army was still besieging the three settlements of Asa, so he took fifteen hundred men, most of them light horses, over the snow and the mountain passes, to attack the Romans, but when he arrived here, he found that the three settlements had been completely destroyed and turned into a camp for Roman soldiers; The other two settlements, with their walls and supply warehouses, were torn down and plundered, leaving only a thousand men, women, and children, who had basic rations and clothing, shivering in the cold wind and huts, and when they saw Mucuas, they all wailed and begged them to take them away, saying that all this was the work of some vicious black-haired, black-eyed, yellow-skinned New Roman treasurer.

The chieftain with the horn helmet was in a conflicted mood, he had gone out with light horses this time, and he had not been well fed, and now he was confronted by this hungry and cold inhabitant. To take it away or not to take it away? If it is not taken away, the glory of the Hinkley clan will be greatly affected; If you take it away, the supply will not last for two days, and you may be chased and ambushed by the Romans, and the losses will be even greater.

Moreover, the main force of Rome has already come, six or seven hundred people, which does not seem to be a lot, nor does it look like a regular army, and it is clear that we have the style of the Celts. Li Bida's main force was arrayed against the lake and the small camp. In this way, the concerns of the left wing were dispelled, and he lined up on the left, center, and right wings in an equal row, as suggested in the book of Pius, and then drew out the hundred-man team of Hortensius Jr. as a reserve. On the right flank, the projection stragglers and the Ala cavalry were strengthened. Other than that. Li Bida arranged the left wing, center and right wing diagonally. The left flank is close to Zuihou and is the farthest away from the enemy, so that it can avoid the enemy's light cavalry and slingers.

A row of trumpeters blew an earth-shattering and sharp sound. The Romans marched slowly and cautiously, and this kind of anxious battle fell into the heart of Mukuas, whose advantage was to be in a hurry, and since the Romans were inferior in numbers, then I will fulfill them!

The horns of the barbarians also blew, and thousands of light horsemen swooped over like a swarm of hornets, splashing snow foam in all directions, Li Bida's subordinates waved the flag, and his army all stopped, half-kneeling and bowing down, raised their shields one after another to the top of their heads, and stopped within the range of the shooting cover of the small camp, and then the stones of the lightly armored soldiers hit the barbarian light cavalry front like raindrops, and many people were knocked off their horses, but the unrivaled Sinclaves were still rushing forward in twos and threes, but when they rushed to the front of Li Bida's infantry, The Roman soldiers, however, maintained a tight line and the courage to engage in battle, stimulated by discipline and reward, even if they were previously freed slaves, were able to form a dense formation, and collectively stretched out the Celtic longsword that shimmered with the snow like a wood, forming a band of light that frightened the horses.

Zuihou, after several back-and-forth clashes, the horses of the Sinclare were extremely tired, and after returning to the opposite position, they began to dismount one after another, relying on the unwalled settlement, and also formed a dense infantry phalanx, ready to regain their strength, and then use a sharp assault to defeat the Romans.

Just as Mukuas was riding his horse, holding aloft the tribal totem, galloping back and forth to boost morale, he suddenly heard the sound of wheels on the snow on the side, yes - when the barbarian soldiers, turning their gaze to the direction of the source of the sound, they saw:

On the snow, a group of Roman cavalry with flags, in the middle of which were four standard Celtic chariots, where the hoops and axles vibrate, made a rumbling sound, especially uplifting the spirits and ears, these four chariots, on the decks of two four-wheeled chariots, each fastened with copper chains - two ballistas with double rods! On the two two-wheeled chariots, there were pale and motionsick artillerymen, and behind them were pack horses, carrying stone bullets and javelins

This is the novelty of Li Pida's original idea, the transportation of ballistas from mules and horses in the Roman army, at that time, the ballista was still disassembled, loaded on horseback, and unloaded, assembled and then shot, which undoubtedly took a lot of time. He slightly recalled the emergence and development of artillery in human history, the earliest was no wheels, and could only be fixed in place with the stupid black and rough appearance, with the improvement of fire cover and mobility requirements, the axle was gradually added, and the infantry and cavalry moved together, and became more and more lightweight, more and more suitable for the requirements of field warfare.

A ballista cannon that cannot move quickly will have at least three to four times less combat effectiveness.

When it was time to shoot, the Celtic two-wheeled chariot first stopped at the sound of the trumpet, and the gunners jumped down with all their hands and feet, and then the yoke of the four-wheeled vehicle was untied, and the copper chain on the ballista was also loosened, and the gunners began to take out the stone bullets from the pack horse's baggage, and according to the Haode group arranged by Saab Kemus in advance, the ballista and the four-wheeled vehicle adjusted their orientation together, aiming at the Sinclave phalanx who were still stunned, and then in one go, torsion, installing stone bullets, and popping out in the whistling sound - two stone bullets whizzed to the ground, It flew over the head of the Sinclay man at a distance of seven or eight Roman feet, flew to the side of the phalanx, and threw out two "waves" of snow and earth.

The well-trained gunners quickly reloaded, corrected the direction in a short time, and two more stone projectiles flew out, still whizzing over the enemy's head, smashing one of the Hinclair flags, and then flying to the other side

Now, not to mention the Hinklays, even Li Bida feels that it is too rubbing, he vaguely feels that in this era, innovation is not as simple as a new idea, as far as it seems now, his "cavalry artillery" structure has serious flaws - because of the conditions, if the chassis of the four-wheeled vehicle does not want to be destroyed, it must be designed high, and then the angle of fire of the ballista installed on it is very high, and the stone bullets are flying over the enemy's head, and there is no way to aim precisely. (To be continued......)