The indignant Rabinus was to take the brigade that had suffered heavy casualties during the day to rest, and then he ordered the living brigade to surround the temple town, "Eat and rest, and wait until the beginning of the morrow, and then raze all the dying enemy in one blow." ”

However, just as the stars were rising, outside the camp of the three brigades of soldiers left behind in the east of the city, they found traces of the enemy's scout cavalry.

Hanske sat down on horseback, took the leather bladder thrown by his attendant, took a few sips cautiously and carefully, quenched his thirst, and then asked everyone to swagger off their horses, just before the enemy camp, to remove the wine and olive oil from the pack horses, to wipe their bodies, and to wash their tired horses, "Rest, rest." If the enemy comes to drive us out, we retreat; If the enemy cowered and did not move, we boldly lit a bonfire and informed the fifteenth army corps behind us to catch up with us, which proved that the enemy did not have a large force to stop us, and they were held back by the city of Vaga. ”

At this time, a cavalryman pointed to Vaga in the distance under the darkness of the night, "Look at this scene, has the city fallen?" ”

"The high priest's order is to conduct a reconnaissance by force first." At this time, Hansk tightened the reins again, and galloped back and forth for a while, "The main place of battle in the future is this meander, and across that side is a huge mountain parallel to the Tumr River, with plants and water sources, and this mountain range has a residual vein that sticks out vertically. Then Hansk whipped his horse, and continued, "Rabinus will not throw all his men into the city of Vaga, you see, along the ridge that stretches out to the meander. The enemy had built a fortified camp. On the mountain range, there are still camps and corners. In this way, if our army crosses the river to rescue Waga, it will be attacked by the enemy in three directions. ”

As he spoke, several horsemen had lit torches and threw them on a pile of firewood, and then Hansk drew a short wooden cylinder from the saddle hanging from the saddle, with a fuse on it, and leaned down to reach the fire, after a short burn. It shot into the air with a brilliant glow, and with a strange loud sound.

When the smoke rose around Hansk, and the night breeze in the desert quickly dispersed, and in the endless night behind, the torches were lit one by one, and the advance unit of the fifteenth regiment of "Serapis", a mixed brigade of four archers and light infantry, crept out, all carrying small shields with pikes inserted in the grooves of the shields. And carrying a long sword and a compound bow, "to carry out a pre-made scheme." Hansk waved his hand. The advance party formed a wide arc and rushed towards the camp that Rabinus had set up beforehand, followed by a thunderous shout and the flicking of the bowstrings, and the advance party fired waves of arrows into the opposite camp indiscriminately.

The fire flickered in the camp, and there was the sound of people running everywhere, and Hansk and a few cavalrymen stood on the side, watched carefully, and soon came to the conclusion, "This blockade camp will not exceed five brigades." ”

Then Haskek waited patiently, waiting for the Rabinus army from the other camps to come to reinforcements, and after about half a sentry hour, from the direction of the camp on the other side of the vein, a few wings of cavalry came, and the advance team of the fifteenth legion symbolically set up a rearguard, and then after firing a burst of arrows to cover the broken back, they quickly retreated half a Roman mile with the cavalry of Hansk, and began to camp.

"Quickly send the military information to the high priest, the city of Varga should still be holding out, and Rabinus has no room to stop us head-on, but now he should strike quickly and quickly and set up a position on the other side of the river beyond the enemy's camp, so that the enemy will be at a loss."

Then, from that night until the next morning, in front of the temporary camp of the 15th Legion, there were constantly fireworks with whistle sounds, and then a large number of "Juditian Eyes" floated in the air, and then in the great temple of the Bolad brothers in the city of Vaga, the Shitius party rested against the city wall, the sentry of the Hitius party resting against the city wall, the first to discover this scene, "Yes, it is the high priest's army of thousands of horses who have come to the rescue of us, everyone will hold on, and those who survive will be rewarded for holding on to the glory of Vaga!" With these encouraging words, all the uninjured and lightly wounded party soldiers walked about with great excitement, and they patrolled the city with the armed emigrants, and strengthened the city with masonry and stones, and carried projectile weapons, while the rest of the surviving citizens also raised their shields and braved the cold arrows that kept flying, drawing water from the wells by the temple, incinerating the bodies of the dead, and treating the seriously wounded lying in the halls of the temple. Although Hitius burned down all their houses, everyone also understood that the battle had reached this point, and if the enemy army outside rushed in, they would definitely be slaughtered indiscriminately, so that now they could only continue to follow the ruthless Tetra Monarch, but there would be life, not to mention that the reinforcements of the High Priest were said to have arrived not far from the city.

Rabinus and Lybida received information from each other at about the same time.

"The blocking force in the east of Waga City is too thin, the previous night battle should be the armed reconnaissance of Li Bida's advance troops, if it is not rushed to help in time, Li Bida will use the main force to break through the next day and move closer to Waga City!" After Rabinus had made up his mind, he moved quickly, "Come on Libida, I've been waiting for this day for a long time, I still remember the moment when we fought with the Helvetians in Gaul, we were still comrades who fought side by side, you are an extremely eccentric and tricky person, is it my misfortune or luck to be your enemy?" See if in the wastes of Numidia is your new tactics or my bravery. ”

"Watch out for enemy ambushes, Rabinus was very good at this trick in the Afrikaner wars, and I can't tell now whether he is a Roman general or a barbarian king like Jugurdah." After explaining this, Li Bida handed the token to the commander of the Twelfth Legion, Callernus, "Carry forward the courage and tenacity of the Mountain Falcon Legion, as the second echelon of the Fifteenth Legion, and focus on attacking the Rabinus Army east of Varga, if we plan in advance, then we will not have to cross the Tumr River at the risk of being flanked by the Rabinus camp." ”

Then, Li Bida handed another token to Paruma, "You take half of the new cavalry corps, and then follow the rear of the 12th Legion, ready to support the gap in the battle line at any time, you have to leave a hand in everything, there must always be a reserve on the battlefield." ”

Then he said to the rest of the generals, "The Infantry Corps, the Sixth Legion, and the Thirteenth Army Corps of the New Army, follow me and set up positions along the meanders of the river, and monitor the enemy troops camped in the mountains on the opposite bank, otherwise they will interfere with General Kalenus." ”

At this time, the road leading from the camp to the city of Utica, a heavy caravan of camels and pack horses flowed endlessly, carrying grain, water, and equipment to the front position. (To be continued......)