On the second day, Agrippa handed over the defense of the camp to his brother, and he himself led two legions to line up in the open area between the river and the camp barrier, and fought against Brutus' army.

"There is no need to use the Etorian cavalry this time, because the enemy is backed by the fortifications, and our army uses heavy infantry to fight a decisive battle!" This was Brutus' judgment, so the sappers in front quickly built several wide boat bridges over the Apsus River, and set up military cantonments, and then Brutus arranged the four legions into six columns that could alternate between the front and back, relying on the Apsus River, and pressed towards Agrippa's camp.

Soon on the battlefield, shields overlapped, swords and spears stabbed each other, hats and helmets were moved, dead and wounded on the ground, all soldiers regardless of friend or foe, were lined up in a dense and tight battle formation, leaving only room for swinging swords and slashing with each other, the sky fell again with wind and snow, and the breath from the mouths of the soldiers because of shouts and wheezing became a hot mist one after another, mixed with the wind and snow, making it impossible to distinguish the people and horses in front of them.

Eventually, two hours later, Agrippa took advantage of the gap in the battle to quickly withdraw his troops, while Brutus's four legions shouted victory slogans and advanced a long distance, but they were blocked by the Agrippadon camp on the road and the flat ground, which Agrippa had deliberately heightened and strengthened before, and set up many new spectacle forts to strengthen the support inside and outside, at this time, with the sound of the order, Lucius took the two legions on standby, climbed the high platform and tower, using rod throwers and bows and arrows, "Feel the plague of Apollo and feel the overwhelming shooting!" Then it rained down, and the lightly armed auxiliaries at the front of Brutus' line were knocked down in large numbers. The rest of the hoplites. Hurry up and stack your shields high. The wounded were dragged away, and the tide receded a lot.

Then Agrippa held the camp in good order, and the fortifications were not broken, and Brutus made no progress for several days.

At this time, Brutus became a little anxious, and he gathered all the generals to discuss the matter. Sibalas and the others almost all advised him to withdraw his army in time, return to Athens, and then negotiate with Cassiio in the long run, and adopt the military plan promised by the Parthian prince before, but Brutus refused, "The supplies sent from Athens and Julipis will arrive soon, and then we will compete with Agrippa!" ”

So the whole army was sandwiched between the banks of the Apsus River, and a permanent camp was built, and after a market day, there was no large-scale fighting between the two sides. They are all rejuvenating, and sure enough, as Brutus promised. Taxes and grain arrived in the cities of eastern Greece in good time, and morale rose again.

As a result, Agrippa's second letter arrived, "This winter is bitterly cold, and both the soldiers of both sides can hardly endure it, and the cloaks, leathers, and wood are also very poor. I didn't want to fight you, but the High Priest sent a number of army inspectors, apparently to make me and these seven inexperienced army legions serve as cannon fodder to drain your strength, so I once again set up the following two armies to withdraw to their respective places of departure, and as long as I can keep Epirus until the spring of the following year, the High Priest has no reason to punish me, but my personal thoughts should also resonate with Your Excellency. ”

When Brutus received this letter, he smiled slightly, and was noncommittal, and at this time many generals said to Zodujian, "Judging from the contents of the letter, our superiority over Agrippa has been established after this supply, and they do not have the trust and support of Li Bida and his son, while we have no food, so Your Excellency should seize the opportunity to reply to confuse Agrippa, and then choose a soldier to raid their winter camp."

"Do you all think so? But as I have said, force needs to be backed up by faith and reputation, otherwise it can only be reduced to worthless violence and abuse. "You may laugh at my broadness, but if you use the right path, whether in politics or in conquest, you will eventually defeat your enemies, because they will only play tricks." Convey my order, the whole army is not allowed to move around, let alone attack without authorization! ”

Now, for the first time, most of the centurions and tribunions were dissatisfied with Brutus's disposition, and they had admired his integrity and selflessness, but this time "Brutus was really wrong", such pedantic tactics and tactics could not lead us to victory.

It was not until two or three days later, when Agrippa's 4,000 lightly armed men who had been lying in ambush at the foot of the valley floor had been discovered by Brutus' scouts and came out of their hiding place, that all of them understood Brutus's painstaking intentions - if we had really been so clever as to attack rashly, we would have been ambushed and suffered heavy casualties.

Because Agrippa's letter was a ruse in itself - Leo did what he said, and soon gave his troops sufficient and rich financial supplies by sea, so Agrippa hoped to use this letter to provoke Brutus to attack the winter camp and use an ambush to inflict heavy damage on the enemy, but who would have thought that Brutus would stick to his integrity also made him helpless.

In the days that followed, Agrippa changed his tactics, and he had his soldiers work in hundreds, within range of the winter camp, to build small fortifications step by step, each with scorpion crossbows and slaves, and in this way gradually encroached on the area previously occupied by Brutus' army. In addition, Agrippa gathered all the Ala cavalry of the seven legions and divided them into small groups, either taking the opportunity to come out of the foothills, plundering and killing Brutus' military slaves and scattered herdsmen, or attacking the rear line of the opposing army in a roundabout way as Brutus advanced and attacked.

Brutus approached the Aetolian cavalry to consult, hoping that they could also divide into small groups to defend against the invasion of the Agrippas, but they were sternly rejected by the cavalry of the League, who went up to Synesis and down to the ordinary cavalry, who were proud of the glory of the alliance that had dominated the regions of Achaia and Delphi more than three hundred years ago, indicating that the cavalry was used to form an iron-blooded wall to advance and trample the enemy, and would never do the work of these nomads.

In this case, Brutus had no choice but to personally select the patrol team from all the legions and engage in sporadic and exhausting sporadic battles and rat battles with Agrippa with few casualties.

The days flew by, but Agrippa was still very patient, and his winter camp remained unmoved. But Brutus did not seem to have any worries, for he had already made a determination to die before he set out on the expedition, so he only waited - when the craftsmen and soldiers had finished building the heavy siege equipment, he began to ravage the enemy winter camps again, and adopted new formations and tactics. (To be continued......)