"Camp first to secure his wife, love cattle to haul his plows." -- The ancient Greek poet Śsivotu

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Because Rabinus's attack was not a single road, but a multi-echelon and multi-directional, which reflected his perfect command art, but also showed his meticulous preparations, under this fierce offensive, only the three adjacent brigades, all of whom were men and horses of the Ninth Army Corps, rushed to join the battle group, surrounded and protected the Eagle Banner, everyone was enthusiastic and regarded death as home, but in the end it seemed that they were not defending the position, but putting all the focus on the Eagle Banner.

As a result, the other two Pompey armies, detouring back to the sides of the camp, ascended the high ground, and attacked - the slaves and some of the auxiliaries guarding the camp began to escape, and then caused a chain effect, and the rest of the Ninth Legion camps followed suit, and even if a few hundred-man troops were able to resist under the scolding of the brave officers, the obstacles to Pompey's army were sporadic and ineffective, because Rabinus had committed twenty-five brigades in the direction of attack in the north, not including the auxiliaries.

The attackers were not in love with war, and they knew very well the objectives of the task assigned by the commander: to meet the enemy to the death, to besiege them, and to continue the rest of the men to break through and infiltrate, and our goal was to drive all these men to Dikhachan, and destroy their camp, baggage, and morale.

Soon, General Celeste of the Eleventh Army was also uneasy, because Pompey's army had also killed his camp, and his men did not seem to have any intention of fighting to the death, but began to pack their bags in panic.

Celeste, it stands to reason that his qualifications are at least comparable to that of Rabinus. He was one of the first famous figures to follow Caesar's party. and made meritorious contributions in the suppression of the Catiline rebellion. Later, however, Labinus was Caesar's chief lieutenant, and he was unknown because of how fanatical he was in politics and how ordinary he was in serving Caesar militarily. Previously, Caesar placed him above Gaius and Eulabella, tasked with attacking Epirus by land and sea, hoping to give him a chance to make a contribution. But the result was obviously not very good, not to mention the loss of all the ships, and the capture of Antony's brother Gaius, which once made Antony want to kill him as soon as possible - so Caesar, when he deployed the siege line, deliberately separated the two from the north and south, so that they would not communicate with each other.

Before Pompey's men attacked, Celeste was still immersed in the writing of war history, which was his hobby and seemed to be a proud capital: a general, even if he had ordinary combat ability, could still write guò and leave his name in history. One of the objects of his attention was the Jugurdah War. One was the Catiline rebellion, the former to glorify the former leader of the party, Marius, and the latter to boast about himself.

But when the real battle came, the general began to panic again, he did not lack courage, but he was afraid that he would be defeated again, the camp of the Eleventh Legion was built on high ground surrounded by streams and trenches, Celeste was the first to hold on to the end, even if the other brigades of the Legion began to flee, but he still took the chief brigade, holding the Golden Bull flag, and repelled several charges of Pompey's army by virtue of his geographical advantage.

Confidence swelled up again - "Lighting the flame for Lord Caesar, and persevering, the Eleventh Legion needs to rebuild its reputation." Celeste shouted, and the soldiers lit an urgent bonfire, which was also a signal for Caesar's ministry.

But neither Caesar nor even Antony could come to reinforcements, because Rabinus not only left a strong garrison in the east and south of Cocula, but also arranged for a considerable number of auxiliary archers on the city walls, locking the way to reinforce the northern front, and even the crew oarsmen in the harbor were mobilized by him to guard the weak areas.

All directions are fighting and struggling, so the beacon can only become a symbolic symbol. Only the chief brigade of the Twelfth Legion, which was the first to set out from Karenus, was still fighting skirmishes on the ground, and advanced with all its strength towards the goal of support.

At dawn, Celeste did not see a single soldier coming, he looked around, the helmets of Pompey's soldiers were shaking on the roads leading to the camp, and the faces of Pompey were swaying on the roads leading to the camp, and the resistance led by Dicias, that is, the chief brigade of the Ninth Legion, was also facing collapse, although they had promised to protect the Eagle Banner in advance, but the flag bearer was killed in battle, Dicias was also wounded, five of the six centurions were killed in battle, and more than half of the soldiers were killed and wounded, so they could only hold the Eagle Banner and retreat to the rear.

At this time, a louder shout of killing came from the rear of Celeste, and he turned his head to look, and was instantly stunned - at the back of the camp, there were black and oppressive enemy troops, who were lining up in a dense formation, killing at his side. This was the third Macedonian legion that Rabinus had made a detour from the sea beforehand, and its appearance completely disintegrated the morale of Caesar's side, and the soldiers and centurions no longer cared about their honor, and rushed to be the first to flee, and many people and pack beasts fell miserably into the deep trenches they had dug and died, and the rest began to flee farther away with the corpses of their burdens.

"Collapsed, all collapsed!" Celeste didn't have time to think about it, so he also fled with the guards and armed slaves, and followed the soldiers.

In the morning breeze, on a hillside five romans from the camp to the north, Li Bida rode up, and behind him were the flags of the three legions to which he belonged, "What a spectacle. When he saw that there were flames and defeated soldiers as far as his eye could see, he said in a somewhat mocking tone.

"His Excellency Caesar's two legions here have collapsed." Sabo and Hansk, who were panting next to them, were obviously not in the same good mood as the acting commander-in-chief.

"Enough time, then let Rabinus have three daylights for the time being, so good mood. I'll treat him well until lunch! After saying that, Li Bida took out his gilded baton and pointed to the same place - this is the assembly place of the Sixth Army Corps immediately.

Then, he pointed to the coastal flat land on the right, "There, is the point of attack of the Thirteenth Army Corps, cavalry, and chariots. ”

Finally, he looked intently to the left, pointed to the high ground that stretched longitudinally, and said, "There, the assembly place of the Fifteenth Army!" ”

Behind Li Bida, the first to arrive was the Sixth Army Corps, they were panting, and they could still follow the queue, in the midst of the hustle and bustle, climbed the hillside where the acting commander-in-chief was, and then built improvised fortifications without life.

The Fifteenth Legion and the Thirteenth Legion then arrived, but they quickly and naturally parted under the guidance of the herald cavalry—Serha ran with the Fifteenth Legion toward the flank hill designated by Lybida, while Peternius himself led the Thirteenth Legion to the seashore.

"Now, it's our turn to strike!" (To be continued......)