"As a non-Ti, don't believe any strategy that comes out of Oti's white face." Commander Sulla, Admiral of the Imperial Mauritanian Navy

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Audax was so excited that he bowed to the statue and said that there would be no wavering expression before the battle, "As long as the High Priest can continue to bestow this after my victory." He was obviously referring to chilled cherry wine, and the High Priest smiled and looked up, meaning you can drink it, and Odax threw his neck up, and grunted with pleasure.

But soon, Li Bida grabbed the handle of the pot and did not allow him to continue, "The remaining half, wait until you are triumphant to come and drink, and I have two large jars of chilled cherry wine here, if I can, I want to give it to you immediately." ”

At the third sentry the next day, the front-line soldiers of Leus's legion, gathering leaves and sticks, covering their helmets and shields, crept up to the hillside opposite the camp of Macchius, a valley bottom, and the high priest himself with his guards crept into the shade of a furlong tree behind, and then waved his hand to signal everyone to take their positions and prepare for battle.

After a while, the cavalry of Machius's patrolman, in strict accordance with the regulations, stepped out from the main gate of the camp, and crossed the valley floor with pleasant laughter, and the captain who took the lead dismounted himself, removed the movable antlers in the middle of the stakes, and then came out in a stream.

The sentinels of the Leus Legion were well scattered and well hidden, and they all lay motionless in the grass that could cover them. And Machius's cavalry was probably not seen for a long time. Or they simply didn't think of it. The enemy would climb over the entire snowy mountain range, and for the sake of appearing under his own noses, he would walk slackly towards the slopes of this side - just pretend to be and patrol for half a day, and then go back to the camp to rest.

Suddenly, two rows of soldiers stood up from the opposite hillside, and they let out a loud shout. Then rows of arrows and slings flew over, and the captain of the cavalry who took the lead was caught off guard, and was the first to be struck, like a kite with a broken line, and the rest of the cavalry also neighed, and circled in place, and in all directions, many ambush soldiers also jumped, some of them rushed directly to the trenches and stakes with their shields, and some threw the rest of the enemy patrol cavalry off their horses. Kill with a spear and a dagger.

"Don't put all your hopes in the surprise army, all the soldiers. All the sons of King Numa, press on me! "Li Bida himself jumped on his mount, and rushed to the front of the hill with a shining gilded baton in his hand, and at this time all the legions of Leus, about a few hundred soldiers, rushed out in a formation one after another, and behind the soldiers were military slaves with baskets, leather, and shovels, and they slowly rushed in front of the soldiers in a short time (because the soldiers were accustomed to adjusting their posture and formation while running when charging), and then covered the leather with iron hooks and stakes, Then the stones and sand in the basket were also laid up, and then, with pickaxes and shovels, they broke the enemy's wooden fences and pickets, and the pieces flew in a scattered manner, and the soldiers of the new army of Leus bravely climbed over the fortifications of Macchius along the leather covering them, and many of them turned over their shields and jumped over them.

At the same time, two detachments of artillery shells, with their iron shielded cavalry guns and small scorpion crossbows, quickly pushed out from the lurking place, shouted with the slaves, and slid down the hillside with hand in hand, bravely setting the artillery positions at the bottom of the valley and firing them at the camp of Machius, which was only visible from the top of the mountain.

Soon, the men of Machius on the towers and battle ladders on the cliffs also reacted, throwing stones and javelins from all directions, "Don't be afraid, those people are standing above us, but they are far away from us, and what they throw is not lethal!" In front of the wooden fence, the chief centurion Vlakus bent his waist and kept cheering up his comrades who were still climbing and climbing, but as soon as he finished speaking, several lead pellets from the scorpion crossbow on the cliff tower slashed the heads of four or five military slaves horizontally, and the heads of the people were covered with blood, rolling everywhere, "Bow low, bow low, pay attention to the enemy's ballista guns in all directions." Then the soldiers of the legion of Leus, having learned to be obedient, first lay down in front of the wooden fence stakes, and protected them with their shields, and when the enemy's ballistas had been fired, and when it seemed that the noose was being reloaded, they told each other, and took advantage of the opportunity to turn over one by one.

Soon after, Dussonville's cavalry also attacked, but although the trumpets were impassioned, they did not ride their horses, because the terrain was not necessary, and all the cavalry, like the infantry in front, lay on the ground, stacked in teardrop-shaped shields, and dodged the enemy's fire, looking very unique.

Machius, who had received information about the enemy's attack, quickly ran out of his command post, climbed the tower in the corner of the camp, and looked at the enemy all over the mountains below, as well as the iron hand flag of Catiline of Lypida, "It's Lybidaeus, it's Liberidaus, why is he here again!" I'm here, and I still can't hide from him? Machius couldn't help but complain loudly, and the centurion beside him began to warn him not to make such a loud noise, because if it was heard by the soldiers who resisted below, it would seriously affect the morale.

"Yes, yes!" Machius also launched a fierce attack, if you come to me, I will give you some powerful taste, he pulled out the "Sword of Benevolence", "Soldiers, gather at the slope of the main entrance, and the rest of the people stick to the tower and post, and shoot with ballistas and scorpion crossbows without stopping!" Then he gave a death order to the centurion—you take four cavalry as escorts, rush down the hill at full speed from the small gate in the back, and go to the vicinity of Ursho and the cities of Korduba, and seek reinforcements, the more the better, and send back the Libida who had come to attack here.

Along the narrow and winding mountain road outside the cliff, the small gate creaked open, and the centurion wearing the Athenian cavalry helmet, escorted by two Spanish cavalrymen holding flags in front and behind, drank and drunk, and rushed towards the bottom of the mountain.

At this time, a third of the new infantry of Li Bida had already crossed the fence and the trench, holding shields, braving arrows, and below the camp of Macchius, the enemies guarding were also red-eyed, and they cut the ropes, and loosened the net pockets of the boulders that had been hanging in the air, and the huge rolling stones roared down, and several infantrymen who were caught off guard in front screamed miserably, and were crushed into flesh and blood, and the rest rolled away, and the boulders kept tumbling until they reached the outer spikes of Macchius, with a few loud bangs, The iron hooks, inverted horse piles, and trenches he had carefully laid were "shattered" to pieces, and several large gaps appeared. (To be continued......)