Sabokemus was almost stunned at this, and Habaruka took the opportunity to fluently convey it to the Numidians, and all the soldiers present chanted.

"Your Excellency, I have to affirm that you are" Sabo stammered, his emotions too high. Li Bida ignored him, and handed the herald to the clan chief of Nannumia with a smile, and the other party also smiled and saluted, and then took it, and through translation and introduction, he learned that the clan chief's name was Ma Ge, and like Habaruka, he was also from the Phoenician tribe and became a mercenary officer of the king of Juba.

Ma Ge is a very easy person to get acquainted with, especially when Li Bida hired a few top prostitutes from Cadiz City to serve around his camp, he happily handed over all the command of the troops to Li Bida, but Sabo was very unhappy, chattering along the way, seriously complaining and reminding his superiors that the behavior was a violation of military law, and it was abduction, not only abducted the mercenaries of Numidia, but also kidnapped four elephants, and by the way, abducted the taxes in the area of Cadiz.

"Quiet, dear Sabo, I am the treasurer, and my duty is to assist Caesar, and I have the power to levy troops and taxes cheaply." Li Bida also used these words to prevaricate Sabo's accusations along the way, he knew that the other party was a very loyal and dedicated person, more than capable and inflexible, Caesar abducted all my thirteen legions, what is it if I abduct a few elephants from him? "I sent a message to His Excellency the Governor, saying that the rivers in southern Lusitania are crisscrossed, and that elephants are too inconvenient to walk and will be robbed by horse bandits, and that I will join him from the flat Betnari and then around the Tygas River—rest assured. I promise that none of the four elephants will be missing a single hair! ”

Outcome. Just when the army built a large pontoon bridge over the Guadajivi River (the original narrow bridge over the river was not enough for elephants to pass) for elephants to pass through. An elephant named Vida (the Numidians and Phoenicians liked to name each war elephant for affection and ease of control) did not step steadily, and with the mahoutman riding on it, and four Numidians who were standing at its side at the time, they fell into the river and drowned, splashing like the pillars of the temple, and almost crushing the pontoon, and many soldiers were so frightened that they lay motionless on the pontoon.

See this scene. Li Bida and Ma Ge on the bank of the river were both pale and stunned for a long time, and Li Bida even waved his hand to summon Habaruka, "Did you send the letter to the governor just now?" ”

"Not yet."

Li Bida let out a long breath, "Delete the sentence of zuihou and send it out." ”

After a whole day of the market, Li Bida's three elephants, together with 3,000 soldiers of different races, walked through the weather-ravaged wilderness, and the elephants almost ate all the large amount of forage that Li Bida had requisitioned from the city of Cadiz. Only then did they reach the borders of Betnari, which was full of panicked market towns. No one thought that the Roman army was coming from the other side, and all the tribes thought that it could only be the barbarian army of Africa, and the heralds hurried in the direction of Sagantan to ask for a garrison near the Spanish province, and the elders and priests all inquired about the good and evil in front of the tribal gods, and the men gathered with their weapons, and the women climbed to the top of the wall to help in the defense.

"What is the name of the city with the stone walls down the hill opposite?" Li Bida asked Saab.

Sabo was reluctant to answer at first with his eyes closed (he expected what Li Bida was going to do next) before Zuihou said in a weak voice, "It's called Tatan"

"Order the whole army to line up and approach Tatan and prepare for battle! Without receiving any emissaries who came to negotiate, the Ala cavalry attacked and plundered the surrounding settlements, mainly for forage, soft and grain. After Li Bida gave the order to the servants and the heralds, he turned his head and explained to Ma Ge, this city called Tatan is a very evil city, to help the enemies of Rome, to contain the green forest horse bandits, we must uproot it, loot all the stolen goods, no, confiscate it into our army. Of course, for all the gains, General Marco has your one-percent.

Brother Ma was naturally very happy and agreed, so the procedure for attacking Tatan was decided.

All around Tatan were galloping Ala cavalry, none of them wearing Roman cavalry uniform, but Iberian amphorae, colored sheepskin cloaks, brandishing Celtic javelins, and setting fire to looting. In the center, a thousand Setratai warriors with short shields and long swords, in a loose horizontal formation, pressed towards the Tatan city defenses, and in front and on both flanks were Numidian javelinmen, who marched like a fly, approached the camp of the Tatan people, and hurried at them to throw hunting spears, Numidian hunting spears made of light Afrikan wood, and special holes dug in them, which could make a sharp noise during flight, which could greatly demoralize the enemy.

The stragglers of the Tatan People's Army also jumped out of the array and threw javelins at Ma Ge's subordinates, but their accuracy and range were obviously inferior to the other party, and the hunting spears and javelins flying in the sky were intertwined, and it didn't take long for the Nationalist stragglers to really "disperse", they couldn't stand the casualties and the harsh sound of the opponent's hunting spears, threw down the scattered corpses and wounded, and fled to the rear.

When the Setratai warriors began to strike the shield. When the call for a surprise attack was sounded, the cavalry of the opposite Nationalist Army also began to assemble and prepare to charge.

"We have to rush to the provincial garrison to defeat these people's troops, loot and leave. Let me see, the cavalry platoons of these people's armies are lined up in phalanxes, and the infantry tiptoe behind, so this war is a process of mutual assault and victory. After speaking, Li Bida glanced at the flag officer, and the flag officer handed over the flag of Catiline Iron Hand and the flag with the portrait of King Numa to Little Hortensius and Saab Khamus respectively, and then Li Bida gave Sabo a special look, "Remember, you hold up the portrait of King Numa that symbolizes the glory of my family and the object of your allegiance, you and Little Hortensius guide the assault, and I have arranged the tactics in advance, just do it." ”

Saab Kemus kept his head composed, paused for a few seconds, then bit his lip to take the flag, and said, "Even though I will use my life to guide our side to victory, because I am responsible for my oath to enter the camp." Then he put his legs between the belly of his horse, and with the flag fluttering the flowing streamers, he galloped with little Hortensius towards the front line of the array, and separated from them, each leading a detachment of Setratai warriors, ready to assault forward.

At this time, Ma Ge's javelinmen automatically separated, avoiding the Tatan cavalry that began to trot and assault, and they ran faster than the horses, freely dispersed to the two flanks of the opposing line, and kept a close distance from the civilian army.

"Alright, alright, this is probably a battle that will end soon!" Li Bida pulled out the fighting sword from his waist, flicked the helmet with his fingers, and secretly said that a good girl and a good girl will give me luck and bravery. (To be continued......)