"But in this moment of strife and noise, a small night can also take the opportunity to be in the limelight." - Alexandria, poet Arimarcus

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"Naturally, I will return my favorite Calabia, waiting for me to finish this qiē and go to the seaside palace in Nicomedia to meet you." After whispering this, the high priest in front of the city gate of Wendibo slowly placed the small wooden statue of his child in the shelving of his helmet again carefully and solemnly, and then put it on, and in front of him, the morning sun and the breeze fluttered with various colored banners and military signs, "The whole army follows my command, and sorts out, in the direction of the northwestern part of the Monda Plain, in the direction of the city of Uriah!" Li Bida used a gilded baton to point to the place where the sun was rising, and shouted loudly.

At this time, all the generals, including the elders and chieftains of Wendibo City, realized that the high priest had only used a treacherous tactic to deceive the enemy before—the qiē he had made was just an illusion, and he was not willing to continue to face east and join forces with Petnius, which was all smoke released by Lipida, including the collection of timber and pack beasts, including the tribal chiefs in the surrounding areas.

When little Thor was asked to take his main force to the hilly area on the banks of the Sinchillis River to stop him, he drove directly along the plain between Ursho and the river bank to drive directly to the city of Uriah upstream of the river.

His real target was his "left hook", the three legions commanded by Karenus, who passed through the city of Cadiz and rushed directly down the Baibatis River in the east-west direction towards the heart of the hinterland, the city of Korduba.

And Li Bida has a great appetite, he is not only concerned about the annihilation of the two legions of Little Thor. And after rendezvous with Kalenus. Capture of Korduba. Subsequently, in coordination with the northern armies of Viccintoli and Itassos, they attacked from the north to the south, completely encircling Laus's corps and destroying it in the triangle between the Baibatis and Sinchillis rivers.

"Whether it's Rolls or Sektus, none of the young heroes of the Pompey family can be left, all of them need to be physically destroyed, otherwise the borders and seas of the Republic will never be at peace." Li Bida in his personal letter to Cicero in the city of Rome. It was expressed in this way, without a trace of compassion, and he also demanded it in his letters to the commanders of the armies on all fronts.

As for Wendibo City, Li Bida deliberately handed over the defense to the general Macchius, and gave him all the troops of his previous three brigades, and there were two main considerations for doing so: First, Macchius's subordinates were mostly Spanish barbarian soldiers, and their training and tactics were obviously different from his new army. Poor coordination on the battlefield, and difficult to coordinate the pace; Second. Machius abandoned the fortress defenses and surrendered to himself, and if the defeated generals encountered the old lord again, the love and determination to resist were often more fierce than the others, "Dear Lord Machius, now my army at hand is also stretched, so I can only command your original three brigades in Wendipo." When defending the city, keep in mind that you only need to loot the surrounding towns and tribes for supplies and money, and don't let in the teams of chieftains and barbarian kings, as they are all capricious and unreliable. ”

Of course, Macchius knew what the high priest had given him the task meant, but for now he had to carry it to the end, "Everyone, including the citizens of Wendibo, will renovate the gates and towers for me, and deepen the moats of the city, and prepare sufficient equipment and provisions for the guard!" We are going to stay here for ten to fifteen days, and may the gods bless us. ”

At the same time, Li Bida's advancing column was galloping quickly on the edge of the Munda Plain, and the scout cavalry of the Ursho fortress were the first to discover the whereabouts of this team, "Leave these guys alone, we don't have to go and harass and attack the city of Ursho, because it is strong and it is not in my consideration at all, everyone continues to move forward rapidly, according to the requirements of the discipline, all the soldiers carry their equipment, and advance at a speed of one day, four romans, and every day I will go about thirty to fifty romans." ”

This kind of speed is very demanding in the history of ancient marches, you must know that when Caesar was marching in Gaul, it was also a requirement, it is obvious that Li Bida is to temper the army to hold with Caesar's elite soldiers, even if there is a new firearm such as "Mama", there is also a new type of cavalry, but the training of soldiers' physical fitness and quality can never be relaxed.

So the scout cavalry of Ursaud, on fast horses, foolishly followed the army of the High Priest for about one or twenty Roman miles, but could not find out their movements, for the plain of Munda was so vast - this group of enemies might go around to the northern end of the Sinchilles River, and join up with the seven legions of the enemy from the east; It is also possible to cross the Baibatis River diagonally from the northwest to merge with the three legions of enemies in the west, there are too many possibilities. The garrison officers stationed in the city of Ursho did not dare to pursue, fearing the fate of being ambushed and annihilated in the same way as Mukuas, but they did not dare to let Li Bida go without their eyes, so they could only send a few heralds to rush to the riverside camp where the little thunder god was located to inform Sù of the enemy's movements.

But because of the lack of information, the garrison officer did not know that at this moment Sektus had gone to the lower reaches of the river with the main force, and was facing Wendibo to set up defenses, so the order came to the twilight, and ran to the camp to know that the commander was not there, so he ran again and night, and finally found the little Thor at the beginning of the second sentry that night.

"Bastard, I've been deceived by this guy again!" Sexetus' whole face and neck turned red, and he roared, and then he spun around twice, and suddenly said, "Brother is about to be in danger, no, I must also choose the cavalry and light infantry, and catch up with the fellow of Lybidaeus." ”

But his action had been greatly delayed for a day, and by the early morning of the next day, when the army of Li Bida, who had finished resting on the side of the road, began to rise one after another, and continued to rush towards the city of Uriah, they were already seventy miles away from the city of Ursho, and had penetrated deep into the heart of the river triangle.

"Odax, you took fifteen local Spanish nobles and young men in the army, rode before me, and spread the kindness and prestige of the high priest, and told them to send men and horses to the war as much as possible, so that I could forgive all the crimes of throwing themselves into the Pompey, and there would be no reckoning after the war, but those who dared to hesitate or even resist stubbornly, the Sinclera and the Balantians were their fate." After Li Bida finished speaking coldly, he handed the booklet wearing his seal document into the hands of Odax, "You have to let everyone know whether you choose to destroy Miè or obey." ”

As a result, during this day's march, there were neighboring tribes who came to join the army, some hundreds, some only dozens of horsemen, under the banners and totems of their respective tribes, Li Bida all sent them into the vanguard, "Target, the city of Uriah, the garrison of the puppet Spanish Sixth Army of Pompey." (To be continued......)