"If cavalry were always the core of the army, the idea of democracy would never have emerged" – Bury's History of Greece

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"His Excellency Rabinus has reached the foot of the mountain, but I can clearly see that on the top of the hill is now full of Gallic flags. That is why His Excellency Rabinus called me to hurry and asked all the troops to be cautious. ”

Li Bida looked around a little uneasily, then continued to ask a few questions, with a very confident expression, and gestured to the following brigade to stop, "Build fortifications on the spot!" Prevent Helvetian attacks and wait until dawn to get in touch with the acting commander. Then several of the servants immediately stepped forward, took the mount of His Excellency the Commander, made him jump down easily, and made a group of centurions blow the whistle, while the soldiers behind put down their backpacks and tools, and began to erect signs for the fortifications of the camp.

Seeing that the other party did not move, Honorex said that he would also take the guide team to inform His Excellency Caesar, and after hearing this, Li Bida immediately said as if he had a sudden realization, "Then you must go as soon as possible, when I was marching, His Excellency the Governor had said that he would lead the two legions in two nights to attack the opposing line head-on. ”

Dunolex laughed in his heart, and said Don't worry, I will be able to run to the governor's camp in half a moment, and you will stay here for the time being, Your Excellency, as if you were standing by, and then privately said "fool" in Gaul, and touched half of his beard. Very proudly rode away.

Seeing the guide team getting slimmer and disappearing into the night, Li Bida shrugged his shoulders. He said "Zhi Hard" in Chinese, and then Milu and Tagus, who were next to them, raised the mountain falcon flag and sent a signal, and as a result, from the long grass, a large number of soldiers stood up ghostly, and they put on the helmets that hung on their belts, and silently lined up in line, and then Li Bida stepped back on his horse. With his hand pointing in the direction of Xiaoshu Mountain, the soldiers continued along the road, including the soldiers who were pretending to be holding camp tools. They also began to put shovels and pickaxes into cloth sheaths, put their shields back on their backs, and pick up their fighting swords, and follow the banner of the mountain falcon or the battalion flag of the hundredth brigade. Marched in an orderly manner.

At the foot of Little Tree Mountain. Smoke was rising everywhere, and after dismounting, he climbed to the top of the hill with great difficulty, and Rabinus stood there with his waist crossed, pointing to the bottom of the mountain, and said: "Dunolex must have taken advantage of the chaos to send men to inform the Helvetians, and more than 200,000 men, in the early hours of the morning, suddenly became agitated and moved to the distance. Guards guard cavalry were also sent. But even though they found me, they didn't attack the mountain. ”

"It's simple. After all, you have occupied the high ground, and if you are not bitten, the successor army will come up and turn into a decisive battle - and they are still full of worries about a decisive battle with our army, or rather, the two co-rulers of Helveti are patiently waiting for the right moment, and we can do everything we can. Li Bida looked down the mountain, and the rearguard cavalry escorted a large number of camping vehicles carrying women and children in the rear, shouting and leaving in a hurry, and said.

"Yes, Dunolex will help us, he will." Rabinus also laughed, "One hundred thousand slaves are going to fall into our pockets." And what you and I have to do now is to dig trenches as soon as possible, lay ballistas, and pick out brave officers and elite soldiers. ”

"How was the money from the slave trade distributed?"

"Lybidaeus, now is not the time to care about this. I may, however, say in advance that thirty percent was to be sent back to Rome for bribes, three percent to soldiers and legions, and forty percent to His Excellency the Doge's personal disposal. But even if it is our ten lieutenants, each of whom will be divided into millions or even tens of millions, it is not a big problem at all, if we serve in this Gallic province for five years, we will go back to the assets" Speaking of this, Rabinus suddenly felt speechless, Li Bida is a naturalized man of the East, and it is understandable that he is greedy for money, but he himself is an authentic Roman citizen, and he has risen to the rank of a dignified civilian tribune, and everything he says and does is for the glory of the republic, although he also knows that if he wants to rise further, Large sums of money were essential, and in Rome a nobleman or commoner was just a sign that needed to be inlaid with gold to make the sign shine.

At the end, Rabinus just smiled, shook hands with Li Bida and said, "Even if this period of service ends, our road is still long, take care, Li Bidaeus, my friend, don't die." ”

At the bottom of the hill, the soldiers of the Twelfth Legion began to dig trenches halfway up the hill to prevent the enemy from attacking in a roundabout way, and then lined up the cavalry cannons, wild donkey throwing machines, and scorpion crossbows in dense lines, and inserted their shields into the earth one by one, piled stones and hay outside, disguised as shrubs, and the men worked behind them—according to the information received by the Helvetians, there was only a thousand Romans on the top of the mountain, and the Twelve Legions would have been intimidated and far away.

At Caesar's starting point, Honorex ran and cried out: "The barbarians have been prepared, and Lord Rabinus is compelled to set up camp at the foot of the hill of Little Trees, and has sent a contemptible man to inform you to proceed cautiously, and the Twelve Legions have stopped on the way. ”

Caesar, who was dressed in military uniform, was "shocked", his eyes were flustered, and then he could only promise to announce weakly to the generals around him: "Gentlemen, rash attacks are likely to throw themselves into the net, give up for the time being." ”

"But the military rations have bottomed out." "Now you have to take the risk and go to Bibrakde." Either advance along the Little Tree Hill and defeat the Helvetians and seize their baggage supplies. ”

Dunolex saw that Caesar was trembling and rubbing his hands together in a very anxious manner, which made him very happy, and at last the governor gave an ambiguous order, "Let Rabinus and Libida stay where they are, and if the Helvetians make any moves, they will be contained, but do not take the initiative to engage in battle; The remaining four legions, following my banner, crossed the opposing line laterally, and for the time being, without disturbing the Helvetians, marched with all their might to Bibrakd. ”

"Your Excellency the Governor, do you mean a hasty march? Is it a marching stance? The clerk took note and asked questions, and a nobleman who could speak Latin whispered these words to Dunorex.

By the next day, Caesar's camp was as if it had exploded, and was filled with worry and madness, and many of the soldiers clashed with the centurions over breakfast, and they violently pounded on clay bowls and barbecue forks, shouting that they could not even eat a full meal before the march, and that His Excellency the Governor was a man of his word.

The whole barracks went into a frenzy. (To be continued......)