Soon, Li Bida's cavalry horses began to stir uneasily, the beast's sense of smell of the bloody smell of war was much more sensitive than that of people, and the gaze of the cavalry commander under the Silver Eagle extended to the far side of the desert, where hurricane-like dust was raised, yes, it was the enemy coming.

The sound of the alarm horn spread throughout the camp, Sabo and Angandinus commanded and shouted on the main road with nervous faces, and the young soldiers of the Sixth Legion, after hearing the news of the enemy's attack, were busy reorganizing their combat preparations and ranks, and everyone's hearts were both excited and very nervous. In addition, Sabo also learned that although there were now more than a thousand cavalry in the camp, the war horses were a big problem, they were all good horses raised in the Cyrene pasture, but in the process of transporting the ships, they starved, seasick, vomited, and after being pulled to the camp, they still did not recover to a state of combat, and only two or three hundred war horses of the Vibichinas were still able to drive.

Later, the cavalry commander himself came to the camp and said to all the soldiers: "Before the battle, I was asked if I could climb that high ground, because it was very safe, but I refused, it was a coward who killed himself. There is no water on the heights, and if we do that, the enemy's light cavalry will quickly surround us, and then collapse on its own before reinforcements arrive. But we must not retreat back into the camp, which will also cut off the water supply, this is the most painful lesson of the Roman army in the Syrian war, so my sons and daughters of the Sixth Legion, you must follow my banner, calm down, and bravely march out to meet the enemy's attack, and they will not be able to run amok for long. The rest of our comrades will soon come to our reinforcements! ”

All the soldiers of the Sixth Legion shouted in response. They followed the cavalry commander and the Legion Eagle Banner. In a tight formation, they marched out of the main entrance of the camp, flanked by the cavalry of Vibichinas, and behind them were two hundred archers and slingers, all hired from Crete and Rhodes. Many of the recruits who had not been in the military for a long time began to sweat on their faces, and they felt that this desert area was simply too hot. It can't be compared to the picturesque Sardinia, which has a pleasant climate and is almost autumn, and they use these thoughts to distract themselves from their tension and anxiety.

Li Bida and other generals jumped off their horses in front of the soldiers, personally stood in the forefront, holding shields, standing with all the combatants, tightly protecting the silver eagle banner, seeing this scene, the mood of the six legions began to stabilize. Then they saw that the enemy in the distance had formed an unusually long horizontal formation. Like an extremely long and thin red line, it slowly pushed towards itself.

"What the hell is Rabinus doing!" Seeing this formation, it was Li Pida, and he couldn't help but grunt, if the Parthians and Cappadocians had an advantage in cavalry, they would confuse their opponents, and it was estimated that they would form a long column, making them look small from the front, and then suddenly spread their wings to encircle and annihilate the enemy, but there was no formation like Rabinus, did he not have many cavalry under him, but all infantry? Trying to get through a long horizontal line and make it easier to besiege us?

At least a dozen Stadia outside, in the yellow dust in the sky, it seems that Rabinus's subordinates are close infantry, but when they are visible to the naked eye, the Mauritanian and Numidian cavalry under Rabinus have straightened their bodies from their horses, so it is! The group had been lying in the saddle, so that from a distance they were about the same height as the infantry.

Rabinus used a new tactic of mixed infantry and cavalry, and his army, which was all light infantry and cavalry, was closely placed next to each other, while Rilias, with the heavily armed chief brigade, followed unhurriedly, of course, because of the obstruction of the view, Li Bida could not see it.

"Ready to shoot!" When the centurion raised the banner of the golden fly, a small number of archers and arrow slingers, through the array of the six legions, rushed to the front line, ready to rain arrows to stop the enemy's array, and the four cavalry cannons on the other two flanks also began to operate nervously.

But on the opposite side Rabinus gave the order, and his long horizontal squad suddenly and quickly separated, and the light cavalry in it stirred up a large smoke, and quickly galloped towards the farther part of the position of the Lepita regiment, "Your Excellency the cavalry commander, they are trying to surround our two flanks. Saab shouted.

"Send the Vibichinas to disperse them." Li Bida responded.

The small number of cavalry of the Gauls rushed at the enemy's light cavalry very bravely, they thought that they had been fighting with great confidence in dealing with them, and this was exactly what happened, and the light cavalry of Rabinus saw this group of chain-mail monsters with shining "Spatas", and they whistled again, and did not seem to have collapsed, they were playing with the Gallic cavalry, ready to exhaust them and collect their merits.

At the same time, all the lightly armed infantry under Rabinus rushed up bravely with the whirring stone bullets and arrow feathers, and threw out hunting spears that covered the sky and the sun, with a sharp sound, "Defend!" All the centurions shouted the order almost simultaneously, and the soldiers of the Six Legions raised their shields with a thud, followed by a violent hail of hail against the leather canopy.

"Counter-strike!" Hebridah slashed his sword, waving his arms, urging the standard-bearer to give the order. So the Sixth Legion struck its shield again, and then launched a short counterattack against the enemy's light infantry.

But the barefoot enemy infantry ran even faster, and as a result, Li Bida squinted his eyes and monitored the situation of the battlefield in the billowing smoke and dust, and he found that the enemy spear-throwers were retreating in an orderly manner, because there were hoplite positions behind Rabinus, and there were cavalry all around, ready to lure our troops deeper, and then outflank and eat us from the flanks!

"Everyone keeps their positions unmoving, and the pursuit distance is not allowed to go four paces beyond their respective team mark, and those who violate the order will be executed immediately." Li Bida quickly issued a new order.

The cavalry artillery was also pulled back into the camp, because without cavalry or sufficient infantry cover, it was exposed to the assault distance of the enemy cavalry, which was extremely dangerous. Soon after, the cavalry of Vibichinas, also due to the wounds and fatigue of their horses, retreated, dismounted and began to join the infantry, fighting with spears and bows.

At this moment, Rabinus, who had seized the fighter, took the opportunity to drive all the cavalry to press up, and these dark-skinned guys galloped back and forth in front of the position of the Sixth Legion, dodging the hunting spears thrown by the legion soldiers, and arrogantly shouting slogans to insult and provoke, and launching a short charge in small groups at any time, constantly encroaching on the positions of the Sixth Legion, pressing the soldiers in a small area, trying to wait for the opportunity to trample and crush everyone in one go.

Amid the dust and the chaotic sound of horns, the inexperienced Sixth Legion began to lose its composure, and many young men threw their hunting spears out indiscriminately before they could see the enemy clearly, only to be picked up by the enemy and thrown back with mockery.

Rabinus simply rode a white horse bareheaded, rushed to the opposite side of the front line of the Sixth Legion, and said loudly sarcastically, "Look at these rookies of recruits, driven here by your commander, I really sympathize with you!" ”

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(End of volume) (To be continued......)