The brave Sarona were not willing to be defeated, and they mobilized more citizens and slaves to try to repair the burned walls and breaches, but Machius commanded four "Samontoga" and shot flaming cork into the breaches with precision, and the bloody corpses of the dead were piled up there, and the smell of burning fish.

"Let the positions of the Latin Hill attack." Li Bida, who was watching the battle from the tower, braved the flying arrows and stones, and ordered the flag officer beside him.

"However, this will prematurely expose the position of our main force." The commander of the legion next to him, Faobinas, was worried, because Li Bida had made a precise survey beforehand, and it was clear that this hill was the key to the raid on the Lelias army, and on it was also the essence of the sixteenth legion: the chief brigade, the three-door cavalry cannon, and all the Mattia cavalry.

If you attack too early, and then try to achieve the terrifying effect on Rilias, I am afraid it will not be so easy.

But on the battlements, the magistrates of Salona, and many elders and nobles were struggling to encourage the citizens to help defend themselves, and Li Bida would never say anything that made them feel cold, so he immediately vetoed the construction of Faobinas, "To protect Salona is to protect ourselves, and also to protect the cause of His Excellency Caesar—first let the chief brigade of your legion attack to attract the attention of the enemy, and then ambush the Mattia cavalry on the back of the mountain to surprise those siege engines." Under his instructions, the flag bearers stood on the tower, raised three regimental flags in succession, and unfurled a set of flags.

"What, you actually told us to attack now?" Kretas said in a complaining tone, but Hansk, who commanded Mattia's cavalry next to him, said nothing. A qiē only the will of the coach is the first to look forward. Immediately run to mobilize your subordinates. Chretas complained a few words. The flag officer and trumpeter were also ordered to sound the horn of attack, and then the chief brigade of the "Cyrene" legion, lined up in a dense column, rose from the shelter on the hill, shield after shield, spear against spear, feather ornament next feather. Bravely charged towards the junction between the Machius position and the army of Pompey that followed.

This surprise attack startled Lelias, and he shouted at the two careless centurions, putting his troops in such a dangerous situation—at this time, the fire pots and stones thrown down by the Salonians from the tower of the city gate became more violent, and many young and middle-aged volunteers also fought with weapons, and when the main army of Lailias was flanked and retreated in terror—Hansk, who was skillful at the timing of the cavalry attack, instantly led the Mattians in a storming formation, Unstoppably burst into the isolated front where Machius was.

Neighboring Balearic barbarian soldiers. Howling for reinforcements, most of them wearing only Thracian helmets. Armed with a back-bladed machete, bare-assed, and unstoppable in hand-to-hand combat, the young volunteers of Salona did not dare to stop them at all, but this "light pig charge" Matthias were not afraid at all, they galloped, shooting arrows at the open space where the Balearic people were, and the Balearic people, who were defenseless at this moment, could not stop the damage caused to them by the powerful hooked arrow clusters alone, and many people's hands, feet and abdomen were penetrated, and intestines and flesh flowed everywhere, Many were shot like porcupine hedgehogs, and even sitting on the ground could not bear the pain of the wounds, so they had to turn around and walk away.

Mattia's cavalry managed to destroy three "Samontoga" and drag one back on horseback, and they also made a huge gain by capturing Pompey's Director of Engineering, His Excellency Macchius, for the third time.

At nightfall, in the acropolis of Salona, Lybida met with Macchius, who first inquired about the number and men of Pompey's army besieging the city, and Machius said, "In two days' time, General Lelias's First Army will also go north, and they will use the boats of Librna and Olicum to strengthen the blockade and encirclement on the coastal side of the city." Therefore, he did not have the slightest discouragement of being a prisoner, but tried his best to persuade Li Bida to lead the army to surrender, "Because now in the camp of the Republican Party, your activity and ability have been clear, as long as you can fight back, Caesar will be completely finished, although he will be finished sooner or later, and you will be the governor of the province designated by General Pompey - not as simple as a second-class province like Sardinia, and will not stop at the rank of construction officer." ”

"Can Pompey name me as a cavalry commander?" Li Bida immediately said something amazing.

At this moment, Machius was speechless, he did not expect that the ambition of this naturalized citizen of a foreign country was so great that he would become a deputy dictator, knowing that even Pompey himself was satisfied with Dickty's more than six months in office.

"If I am not mistaken, according to the custom of Pompey's high-ranking officials and arguing with each other, if he returns to the city of Rome to take power, and the men of Marcellus, Gabinus, Lelias, or Scipio are overwhelmed with the position of commander of the cavalry, how can they get my turn? So you should give up lobbying - Cato the Younger and Dumijus are dead, and Pompey is no longer in a position to call himself a Republican, he has just become an unjustified warlord, no different from Caesar. Libida replied to Machius earnestly, "But you can serve our army, I fancy your excellent skill in machine making, if I am not mistaken, you are a talent who studied under the Athenian technicians, and I now have those who are proficient in civil engineering and ship building, but there is no such thing as you?" I am willing to pay you the price of 150,000 Cesses per annum. ”

Well, now he has been persuaded by the other party, and it seems that this Lipidaus has been paying attention to himself for a long time, and Machius is even a little warm in his heart, but he still insists that he is grateful for Libida's love, but he is also Pompey's "Crien", and there is no way to act against his master.

"Well, then I will release you for the third time, and please bring this handwritten letter from Caesar, in fact, the content is the same as that of Kofinium, which is to ask for peace talks between the two and disband the army at the same time." He graciously handed the letter to Machius, and then instructed his guards to return him to the barracks of Lelias.

Later, with a sigh, Faobinas said to Lybida that it was now more difficult to defend the city, and that if Lelias really built a tower to besiege it, the food would not last long, and he would have to use Chits.

"I understand exactly what you said, and I'm ready, Machius said that the First Macedonian Army will also join the siege in two days, so we only have two days left to plan for this, and we must hurry." Li Bida pondered and replied, as if he had a plan in his heart. (To be continued......)