After a puff of smoke and dust, Li Bida watched the two chariots rush out of the valley unscathed and disappear into the reckless yellow sand, and couldn't help but sigh: "We can't learn this tactic, just like the Romans or the Greeks can't learn the Scythian's ability to draw a bow and shoot arrows on horseback, and the only preferable way is to let this skill be completely lost in the world." ”

Soon, news of the strange alien army that the Essions had brought in to resist the hunt spread in the kingdom of Garamantheus, which was able to dominate southwestern Libya only by possessing two kinds of "gold", one was white gold, that is, natural salt wells; One is purple gold, which is amethyst. The locals used this natural resource to trade with Cyrene, Carthage and even Egypt in exchange for a lot of iron ingots and seeds, and began to live an advanced life of semi-nomadic and semi-farming, and began to have quite good blacksmithing skills, began to use surplus products, made chariots and iron swords, and fed the professional army, and liked to rob the weak and powerful money and crops around them, "whatever is the cheapest and most cost-effective to grab directly." ”

Therefore, Li Bida coveted this place, which was also the reason why he was willing to help the Esions, who were very backward anyway, and those salt wells and mines still had to rely on him to turn around, and they were more interested in the dwellings and fields of the Garamatanes than these cavemen.

At the top of the nameless hill, the dark red clouds hung low, the air was filled with the feeling of flames, and all the spectators were covered in sweat, and Anthony cursed from behind the bushes, took off his tormented leather armor, put on only his shirt, and began to drink the wine mixed with clear water.

"I've reminded you many times. Drinking wine doesn't care about you. But I actually mixed it with water. You know, this thing is more expensive than wine here. Turning back and complaining, Anthony wiped his mouth and pointed disapprovingly to the direction below the mountain, where the chief brigade led by Highbrida was marching in column towards a winding and dry riverbed at the foot of the mountain.

Across the river bed was the army of the Garamanthes, about two or three thousand men. Except for the dozens of light chariots lined up in the rear, their equipment was no different from that of the barbarians of Gaul, Spain and other places, some wearing only Berber robes, holding wooden spears and shields, while others had Corinthian armor, presumably from the capture of the Cyrene kingdom, waving the short sword in their hands, and loudly provoking Hybrida.

At the sound of the whistle, the thousand-strong brigade of Highburida quickly changed formation, and waved and commanded with various flags of fire tongues. This greatly attracted the attention of the other side, and suddenly a column of light scorpion crossbows that had been wound in advance was carried to the front of the formation. Immediately a group of men fell down on their knees with their heads in front of them, and then the auxiliary cavalry of the wing bravely accompanied the three centurians of the forward, and launched an assault across the riverbed, and they greeted the enemy with their javelins, and the position of the Garamane thetes was immediately smashed into a gap, and was constantly torn apart by the fierce Romans, for Hebrida skillfully threw his successors into it.

"My esteemed chief centurion, when the enemy has a lot of chariots, please leave half of the infantry on this side of the river, be responsible for responding, prevent the enemy's counterattack, and don't let the cavalry chase too deeply!" During the fight, Sabo panted and ran to the front of the sword and sword, shouting at Hebrida, who had just stabbed an enemy to death and was drawing his sword.

But Highbrida scoffed at the young man's suggestion, and you were still complimenting your mother's nipples while I was fighting!

As a result, when the Roman thousand-man brigade was almost all pressed, the cavalry in front was the first to be attacked by the enemy's chariots, and the chariots of Garamantheus once again exerted their superb ability to turn and detour, most of them galloped back and forth on the frontal vision of the Roman cavalry, stirring up dust, to obscure the opponent's vision, and then about ten chariots lined up in a long column, violently interspersed between the two lines of infantry in Hybrida, dispersing all the light infantry there, and loosely they had the instinct to dodge the galloping chariots. Then most of the chariots on the front also turned back, and launched a counterattack on the attached cavalry, this time the chariot of the Garamane Tis, tied to the head of several sharp spears, the cold and shining spear heads in the charge slightly up and down, so that the horses of Vibicinas were greatly frightened, and the cavalry took the lead in retreating towards the riverbed position, but at this time Hebrida was in front, Sabo was behind, and still controlled the entire battle line - they formed several hollow phalanxes, stubbornly resisting the squeeze of the opponent's chariots, and the impact of the infantry, They threw stones and javelins at each other and slowly retreated towards the starting position.

But when the cavalry of Vibichinas crossed their horizon, two hundred-men were not determined enough, gave up their formation, and ran hambly with the cavalry, and were ambushed on the back of the dunes somewhere, and about twenty chariots were rammed, many of them fell headfirst in the mud of the riverbed, and were either killed or wounded under the crushing and firing of the Garamans.

At the critical moment, the cavalry artillery on the nameless mountain fired a wave of stone bullets in time, interfering with the movement of the enemy's chariots, and then Li Bida gave the order to attack, and the two auxiliary brigades rushed down the hill under the cover of bows and arrows, which made the Garamane Tisi people dare not expand the results of the battle, and many people followed the chariots, turned around and retreated, leaving the battlefield.

In this frontal battle, it can be said that both sides were defeated, but it was undoubtedly a defeat for Highburida's thousand-man brigade alone, and the two hundred-man teams were killed in more than half of the battle, one centurion was killed in battle, and the other was wounded - Li Bida plucked the wounded one to the end and punished him as an ordinary soldier, the reason should not be found in Highbrida, but that this centurion forgot the dogma of the discipline that he repeatedly mentioned on weekdays when he was in battle, that is, in front of the enemy's cavalry or chariots, he should always calmly prepare for the battle, instead of retreating in a mess.

"Jean Titus. Polo succeeded as a centurion, and in army battles, it was common for his position to rise and fall. Li Bida said to Anthony next to him.

"Tell me, then, what did you observe in this battle?" Anthony asked, after taking the personnel orders (which were theoretically under the management of the Military Tribune).

"The opponent's chariots are no less than the horses, and we must make effective use of the terrain and the appropriate tactics of foot and cavalry, and go deep into the territory of the Garamantheus to defeat them." Li Bida's answer was about a bamboo in his chest, but the specific words were clichés, which made Anthony shrug his shoulders and say if he could say it in more detail and clarity.

"You say first, if you take the cavalry attached brigade and let Dussonvier assist, can you advance a thousand stadia in three days?"

"The Vibichina are excellent cavalrymen, but they are not the best, a thousand are a little weak, and eight hundred is still no problem." Anthony replied in the affirmative. (To be continued......)