After about noon on and off the bat, Caesar, who was caught on the other side of the river, learned the news that his first three legions had begun to pursue, and without saying a word, he mounted his horse and ordered all the chief brigades and auxiliary cavalry of the rest of the legions to follow him at once and join him in pursuit, while the rest of the men and slaves remained in the camp to deal with the follow-up.

The men of Sexetus, with the tenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth legions, fought valiantly on both sides for half a day. Even within Caesar's pursuing force, mutual admiration began to develop, with the Tenth Legion recognizing the strong style of the two auxiliary legions, while the latter two envied the Tenth Legion's sophistication and elite. When Sextus made his seventh counterattack, the commander of the Tenth Legion, Sekdilius, was furious, and he shouted to all his soldiers, "Is it true that we have no feasible way to defeat the enemy's rearguard?" Is it really necessary to be helpless, and when Caesar comes to relay with his follow-up troops, the nasty legions of recruits will take the credit and then laugh at our cowardice and incompetence? ”

As a result, when they heard this, the infantry warriors all rose up and shouted the slogan "never", and some of the three legions were baptized in the blood and fire of the Gallic wars, and some were tempered from the desert and the Parthian rain of arrows, and when Faobinas and Serha found Sekdilius, the three immediately began to negotiate, and finally Faobinas calmly observed the situation of the battlefield and proposed a new method of pursuit. Immediately, the cavalry of the three legions was selected, led by the chief centurion of the sixteenth legion, Kretus, and each cavalry was equipped with two or three light infantry from Nubian or Macedonian, armed with strong bows and throwing spears. They no longer recklessly engage in war with Sexetus. Rather, it closely followed behind a Rome. Then, when the enemy's eight brigades alternated positions, the cavalry and light infantry were divided into two parts, one of which shouted and stepped forward, and fought fiercely with the enemy's cavalry, biting them; The other went around the hill and took the high ground as the leather shieldmen were going downhill, and then their own light infantry followed. Began to shoot violently down the hill.

The light infantry of the 15th and 16th legions, most of which were equipped with sharp and unstoppable compound bows, had a much longer range than the javelins in the hands of the leather shield soldiers, and in terms of lethality and penetration, they were taught by the Parthians, which should not be underestimated. Screaming and rolling down the hill, the rest of the people were forced to turn around. Cover your body with a large leather shield and slowly retreat.

In this way, the rhythm of the alternating cover of Szectus's subordinates was disrupted, and the eight brigades of leather shield soldiers were out of order, nesting together with each other, exposed to the rain of arrows - Sekdilius took the opportunity to order the flag bearer to raise the eagle flag, and the whole army attacked from the top of the mountain and down the mountain, and Sektus rode his red pony, back and forth, and the scene evolved into the rhythm of a big scuffle, if it had been an ordinary barbarian enemy, it would have collapsed a long time ago, but Pompey's subordinates were really battle-hardened, and they were all defeated but not chaotic, Even in the face of the stragglers of the cavalry charge, they can calmly respond to the battle, and a dozen people dare to huddle together, rescue each other, or launch a counterattack.

At this time, Lipo and other generals who were originally running in front were worried about the safety of their son-in-law, so they continued to temporarily draw out other brigades, put aside the food and baggage they were carrying, and turned back to fight to relieve the siege, but Afranius insisted on continuing to move forward, and the baggage of equipment that was left behind fell on the shoulders of the soldiers who had not yet had a combat mission, and finally even the strongest soldiers who were the easiest in the training on weekdays were miserable, as for the allies and auxiliaries from the Spanish natives, they were used to running lightly on weekdays, and asked them to carry these things, It was worse than death, and the speed of the army was unusually slow—not even six miles in a whole day.

When Caesar was out of breath and arrived at the front line at dusk, the battle was still raging, and the consul laughed and shouted yes, yes, my warriors are simply my pride, "Even if I don't completely defeat this kid Sexetus, but we can fight against Pompey's elite without falling behind, forcing them to wolf bèi, our side is already victorious!" ”

He then ordered a few regiments of recruits, mainly to undertake chores, to occupy the streams and begin to build camps, while the three legions, which had fought fiercely, all returned to rest and treat the wounded, except for the cavalry, who continued to follow and harass, "and the three legions were given additional rations and rewards, and were exempted from carrying the equipment for the coming day." ”

At nightfall, the exhausted five legions of Pompey's army could only sigh in vain towards their distant destination, Tarraco, who, under Caesar's fierce pursuit, could not even find a suitable flat area near the water source to camp, so they had to run to the foot of a mountain and spend the night in a hurry.

The next day, fierce and skirmishes broke out again, as Pompey's army began to stubbornly open again, and Caesar's army stubbornly pursued. This time, Caesar was replaced by two fresh substitutes of the Seventh and Eighth Legions, and it was a big fight, and Pompey abandoned the camp of the previous day in confusion and continued to flee eastward. Caesar, who then rushed in on horseback, ran carefully with his generals to investigate, and found that the other party had abandoned the corpses of many pack horses.

"They were drinking horse blood to quench their thirst, and many of these horses were killed by swords, indicating that they were running out of fodder and began to kill horses to lighten their burden." After the judgment was completed, Caesar called the lieutenant general Tellureas to fetch the sand table and began to plan the next step of the battle, "Thirty miles further from Rome, there is a ferry crossing on the Eporo, called Corriberia, and we must intercept them in that place!" ”

"But the enemy's rearguard is still very tenacious." Tellureas said.

Caesar shouted, "Isn't Pompey's army such a stubborn enemy?" The moment I crossed the Rubicon, I didn't expect them to suddenly weaken. Therefore, I need a man who can command the cavalry subtly, and allocate all the elite to him, regardless of casualties, and at the right time, launch a decisive assault on Pompey's army, and completely disrupt them. ”

The commander's words were loud, but the faces of the people were embarrassed, for Caesar's request did not seem to be to choose a commander, but a gladiator.

Finally, a tall, blonde-haired young man of the Gallic aristocracy came out of the crowd and took the initiative to ask, "I am Vicintoli of Alveny, and I have some combat experience under General Lybidaeus in the past, and I believe that I can do it." ”

Caesar stepped forward and warmly embraced Vicintoli, "The whole army can gather two thousand fresh cavalry, and give it all to you, and in two or three days, when you approach Corribella, it will be your time, young man." ”

"Of course, I will not die, I will go forward and win, this is also a test for myself." Vicintoli replied, as if with a great sense of consciousness, "Also, in your judgment, where is General Lybida now?" Do what? (To be continued......)