"There is no need to list all the heirs of Augustus, whose crimes and magnificence are impossible to forget." - Edward. Gibbon

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This is the 1,000-strong first brigade of Li Bida's 12th Army Corps, under the command of Milu, extremely tough, during the day with infantry 100 strong attack, at night with ballista guns to pour fire without stopping, according to Li Bida, called "on-duty artillery fire", that is, shift rest, strengthen the defense, and then use the range of the ballista to fight against the hill from time to time, intermittently, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, causing huge casualties and pressure to the Helvetians stationed there.

By the evening of the next day, the hill troops of Helveti could no longer bear it, and their chieftain also gave the order to cross the river: among the four tribes, except for the Gunilin tribe, the remaining three tribes, including some servant tribes, all crossed the river lightly, and the Gunilin tribe was to learn from the Romans, abandon cavalry combat, and build fortifications to cover the crossing point to prevent the arrival of the main Roman army.

Therefore, the troops at the top of the hill thought that I was not from the Gunilin tribe either, so they galloped down the hill and abandoned their positions.

And the Gunilin Department did not know why, and was busy digging trenches and piling up barracks in the plains around the crossing point, and did not have time to go to the nameless hill to change guards.

In this interval of time, Li Bida smiled and rode up the mountain with a helmet under the protection of his servants, in his eyes. Overlooking the banks of the wide and supple Ara River. Hundreds of thousands of Helvetians wriggle like a giant ant colony. They chained the improvised boats and laid planks on them to form several black chains connecting the two banks, and the men and horses crowded on them, moving towards the opposite shore with the shouts of the earth, men, women, and children.

"Tell Pop to bring the catapult up, that's right. Wild ass stone thrower, with two infantry brigades. Seeing this scene, Li Bida excitedly chattered at the corners of his mouth, snatched the picture board in Sabo's hand, and identified the entire battlefield in the faint sunlight of the morning, thinking in his heart, and then pointed to Saab, pointing to the bottom of this small hill and said, "Here." Build a field fortification now, move fast! Two infantry brigades were also stationed. Defend all cavalry cannons so that they can cross fire with the hill. ”

Sabo muttered "crossfire" in his mouth, and recorded on the calf paper: the hill here, temporarily named Mount Weiai, was garrisoned by the 1,000-man brigade, two ordinary brigades, and four wild donkey single-pole stone throwers; The field fortifications below, also dug and defended by two ordinary brigades, followed by cavalry artillery detachments; At the end, the remaining four brigades remained in their original positions, under the unified command of Hortensius Jr., to ensure that they could support the front line at any time.

This arrangement was so textbook that even Sabo couldn't think of anything wrong with it, but just as he was about to upload it, Pope actually came in person, and when he came, he said to Li Bida, "The artillery detachment is gone, and they say that they can't accept any orders when they are hungry, even if His Excellency the Governor himself comes with a bundle of rods, they will not do it." ”

"I think I'm a stinky citizen! It's just an army composed of barbarians and freed slaves who have no citizenship, and it will take six years to show off! "Li Bida is annoyed, the military salary is also given to you, and even the resettlement city for the retired soldiers has been built for you, what's wrong with being hungry for a few days? Won't there be hot food after this battle, these people, the realm is too low, the level is too low!

But after pacing back and forth for two steps, he still calmed down, no, he has to contact the soldiers' committee to talk about it, causing a mutiny is not fun, before he knew in his heart that the citizen soldiers were holding swords in their hands, and the eggs of my auxiliary soldiers were not holding sheep sticks in their hands

"The soldiers demanded that in this battle, the military pay be increased by 20 percent as an additional allowance, and that there be no less than 40 percent of the spoils of war discount, and that the pension be doubled." In the temporary tent on the top of the mountain, there were still throwing stones flying overhead from time to time, Li Bida's muscles were shaking, and his legs sitting on the chair were shaking under extreme cover, listening to the request of the soldiers' committee.

That's too much! That's too much! Li Bida muttered in his heart, thinking that he would set up this thing by himself, and it was a bit like digging a pit and jumping by himself.

"Also, the supply day has been delayed for ten days, and every camp must be adequately supplied before the war, at least to last for three days."

In the past, it was all about fooling others with his own mouth cannon, but now it is his turn to be bombarded by his mouth, and Li Bida, who is covered in bruises, is still maintaining a stiff smile like a Teletubbies, saying that I am fully satisfied, fully satisfied. At the end of the day, the committee members saluted the commander and turned to leave.

Li Bida flew up and kicked the Egyptian-style chair far away, and then thought about it, this chair was specially given to him by Cleopatra before Cleopatra, and it was not easy to explain if it was broken, so he walked over and lifted the chair up again under the peculiar gaze of the service.

Forget it, for the Soldiers' Committee, a monster cultivated by himself, I will find a way to solve it slowly in the future, and now I still have to feed it obediently!

After leaving Milu and Sabo in charge of the defense of the mountain, Li Bida personally rode his horse, with a password and a few followers, and galloped all the way to the camp of the Tenth Legion, asking to see the governor Caesar.

At this time, Caesar was studying tactics with Secledilius and Crassus Jr., and when he heard Li Pida's request for supplies as soon as possible, the governor began to ramble, "Dear Commander of the Twelfth Legion, you must know that our new rule is that the regular legion and the auxiliary legion are supplied separately, and some delays are still understandable. ”

"But even if it's delayed, it's time for distribution." Li Bida was angry.

"Yes, yes, but the Eleventh Legion is still on the move, they can get supplies on the spot, and I think the warriors of the Twelfth Legion can also do it, and the supplies will not be distributed until the two auxiliary legions are complete, otherwise it will be difficult to count the account books." Caesar smiled, of course he knew it, because Rabinus had sent him a letter before, describing the difficulties of military rations, and now of course it can be delayed, and the regular ones can always afford to drag the auxiliary!

"But we can't wait for the Eleventh Legion, I know that Apis is probably already on the march to Santony by now, and there are Helvetians between us, three hundred thousand Helvitians! And I must report to you that Helveti has already crossed the river, and if you want to encircle them, you must feed us at once, even if it is as you fight. (To be continued......)