Reginus and Atrius, the captured prefects of Pompey, were now being beaten with wattle sticks by some of the enraged soldiers, who screamed in pain, and the soldiers forced the old men to take out the words, and then used a kettle and a water bladder, "Hurry up and pee out, hey!" ”

Where had Atrius been treated like this, he wept that in such a situation he had no desire to urinate, but the soldiers beat the sticks harder, and did not allow them to cry, for tears were saltier than urine, and the two of them held back their tears, and at last they spilled a lot.

"Please give me a drink, or we'll die of thirst." Reginus knew that if he continued like this, he and Atrius would die of thirst before Lypida's army collapsed, and although he was forced to drink urine, he could only try it in such a desperate situation.

But the soldiers paid no attention to them, but justified that Rome was not a self-produced society, and threatened that these two would not survive at all, and that before the battle was lost, the soldiers would execute them in advance, and would not think about the ransom again, "You can't run, there are fly-like cavalry all around, and you are afraid that if you can't run three hundred steps, you will be shot or trampled to death." ”

"Please inform your sir, General Liberdaus, that I, Atrius, am also a follower of the Plebeian Party, and a deputy to the head of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Garba, but I have been coerced in the city of Utica, and I have come here to collect taxes and grain—I am willing to surrender before the battle!" Atrius, as a tax collector, was the first to feel that his life should not be thrown in this hellish place, and he still had a million of Cess's family property that he did not squander and enjoy, and he could not be ruined by this damn war.

When you hear the shouts of the tax collectors. Li Bida, who was supervising the battle at the front, said. "What else can he do? Words spoken. Just give him some urine mixed with water. ”

Soon the results came in, and Atrius said, a half-way to the east, there was a farm full of ditches, and there was precious well water, which was blocked by the mountains, and was difficult to find, and presumably Labinus did not know—"but I do know." That manor is my inheritance. So Atrius drank high-grade urine mixed with water. Reginus was in a state of half-fainting thirst in the midst of a fierce battle, and the soldiers were bowing and arrowing him, and he was still on the mule cart.

At this moment, Anthony's cavalry had already assaulted the front of the Twelfth Legion, "What about your former cavalry commander! Antony asked with a roar, and Karenus, holding his helmet and sword, replied, "You have been rescued from the city of Agaba?" The supreme commander was on the side of the 15th Army Corps, which was the position of the rear army. ”

"Then I have to ask you. Where is the position of the rear army? I was over there, and I could only see the enemy's cavalry. and smoke and dust in the sky. Anthony said sarcastically.

Karenus became a little embarrassed, saying that his army had been torn in two, and that he had no choice but to make his lifeless advance towards the city of Agaba. "Now don't go any further, Commander, take your front team with you, and gather together first and in the back. Then go back to ensure the safety of the Supreme Governor. ”

When they had continued to break the enemy light cavalry and found the Tagus' ranks, all of them were weary and thirsty, and wounded, while the Numidians were weakening - they had reached the limit of their bodies, and many of them had begun to loot the goods and wagons abandoned by Lybida's men. "Where's the Supreme Commander?" Sweating profusely, Anthony threw down his horsehair helmet and continued to ask Tagus.

"In about one or two Romes after that, I and two wings of troops will cover your rush." Without saying a word, the Spaniard changed to a new broadsword and sided with Antony.

"He's a good man!" Anthony said with admiration, and then gestured to the back, "Time is precious, Wentitis, you are also a good man, let me go with me, that Gallic boy will let him stay in the back and rest!" ”

Wentitis was a rookie who had been promoted by Antony in the previous Greek war, and after hearing Antony's order, without saying a word, he also threw down his helmet, locks, drapes and ornaments, wearing only a legionary undershirt, holding a shield and sword on horseback, and the cavalry behind him followed suit, and Vicintoli was so angry in the final queue that he could not speak, so he also took off his cloak and armor, and galloped to the front line on horseback with one hand, standing with other generals and soldiers.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the desperate Antony rushed over with more than 2,000 cavalry, while Tagus and the infantry gritted their teeth, endured thirst and fatigue, and rushed forward with only undershirts and weapons.

Seeing this, Rabinus on the high mons hurriedly made a judgment, "This group of outlaws must not be allowed to join up with the rear army of Li Pida, and give an order that the group of Numidian cavalry with saddles should not spread out in formation, and should not care about plundering and retreating, and continue to bite this group." And he soon saw that Li Bida and the 15th Army were slowly retreating towards the east as he had hoped, instead of rushing towards the city of Agaba, Rabinus was overjoyed, "It seems that Li Bida finally can't stand it anymore, he gives up, and will soon be annihilated by me in a wasteland without a water source." Tell the men and horses who had gone to the city of Agaba to serve as suspicious soldiers to withdraw and join the ensuing general attack on the enemy's commander. ”

The colored flags on the camels continued to wave, and the Numidian cavalry with saddles were so tired that they ran out of javelins at hand, and Antony's cavalry, which had just thought that they were lightly armed, had greatly increased their speed, and soon turned into hand-to-hand combat—and now the Numidian cavalry was completely inadequate, and the Gallic Germanic cavalry under Li Bida could easily swing their swords from side to side with both hands, gallop like flying on their horses, and cut the enemy under their horses.

In this way, Anthony quickly defeated the enemy's interception, but when he rushed to the front of the 15th Legion, he found that the opponent was retreating in another direction, and the situation was still very chaotic at this time.

However, Li Bida did not care about reasoning with him, and still commanded the whole army to continue to stubbornly retreat to the east, and at this time Rabinus also temporarily slowed down the attack due to the readjustment of the attack formation.

As the sun set, the fifteenth legion reached the destination that Atrius had spoken, and they won the bet, and there was indeed a manor, and there were several ditches and wells for irrigation and drinking, and all the officers and men of the legion cheered, but they did not forget the order, and first brought the wounded men and horses to the manor and settled them, and then some of the soldiers went to draw water, and some of the soldiers set up a defensive circle, and they were ready to give Rabinus some color to see.

"You are truly the lover of the goddess of fate, someone has said this about Sulla, someone has said this about Caesar, someone has said this about me, and I am saying this about you now." Anthony, who got off the horse, said to Li Bida, who was sitting on the ground. (To be continued......)