Caesar shook off his hand a little unhappily, "I still have four legions at hand, plus thousands of barbarian cavalry, which can be qualified for the task of pursuit. ”

"But it was too late, for my legion had taken a small hill by the Ara River, and found that the Helvetians had crossed seven-tenths of the way." Li Bida lied and didn't make a draft at all, in fact, at this time the Helvetians had not even crossed a tenth, "Now as long as our legions can attack them as soon as possible, disrupt his pace, and annihilate the remaining ones who have not crossed the river, the four legions of His Excellency the Governor can follow suit." ”

After hearing this, the staff turned their eyes to Caesar, who said with some embarrassment behind his back, "Now the most troublesome thing for me is this matter, although the king of the Aedui people has promised to send military rations before, but they have not moved yet, and they say that the grain is already on the way, and the next time they say that the grain is still being collected. ”

"It would be unwise to expect capricious barbarians, as long as we can annihilate a portion of the Helvetians, we will be able to capture the provisions that will sustain our pursuit." At this time, the little Crassus next to him hurriedly suggested, and the "reckless man" Sekedilius also agreed with this statement, and seeing that almost all the generals were on the side of Li Bida, Caesar also made a favor and said: "This is good, now temporarily issue an order to gather the 'tails' of the four legions and transport them to the camp of the Twelfth Legion, but Lipidaus must ensure that this legion is used, pinching the enemy, and not allowing them all to cross the Ara River, until the seventh, eighth, ninth and fourteenth legions are all encircled." ”

As you wish, God bless Rome! Li Bida immediately straightened up his waist and saluted Caesar, and then jumped on horseback. Hurried to his camp.

The Commander has obtained supplies from His Excellency the Governor! In a matter of moments, the good news spread throughout the camp of the Twelfth Legion. The sappers and infantry brigades immediately carried baskets, pickaxes, ropes and timber in high spirits. With neat steps, they swam to the foot of Mount Viai and began to build a temporary position, while Pop's artillery detachment was also very satisfied with the pack horses on the carts, disassembled and disassembled the heavy "wild donkey" stone throwers on it, and shouted various slogans with the pulling straps, and pads the rolling logs, and pulled four such machines up the hillside.

And Li Bida, who obtained the supply qualification. Like a contractor who pays off the arrears of wages, he carries a baton and points to the construction of the position, while the centurion and the battalion officers next to him each have a roll of calf paper, on which they all write down the commander's instructions, and those who can't write let the confidential slaves do it for them, "Be fast, our Twelve Legions have an extremely glorious tradition in suppressing the Catiline rebellion, fighting against the Bronze Shield Army in the Bosphorus Kingdom, and capturing the Balantian Falcon Totem in Lusitania." All of them prove that we are a unit with the highest honors. By the way, you should keep in mind the key points below. It is very important that the temporary fortifications should not only be repaired quickly and firmly, but also be arranged with multiple layers of firepower to block the enemy's counterattack. ”

Milu didn't know how to write, but when he heard the commander's term "multi-layered firepower", or when Li Bida directly expressed "multi-layered firepower" with "massa cake", he immediately made a surprised expression, took the note from the recorder next to him and looked at it, and then "studied diligently" and said, "What should I do with this kind of massa, Your Excellency Commander?" ”

Tagus and others, even Sabo laughed, and the rest of the centurions also giggled when they saw this, and had to listen carefully to the commander's explanation about "multi-layered firepower".

So Li Bida gestured and demonstrated to everyone, "We want to make the temporary position rely on Mount Weiai and make it into a pocket type, the wooden fence and trench are the first line of defense, and the light infantry is placed behind to throw hunting spears and stones, and then arrange seven or eight hundred-man teams at the second line of defense to stand by, even if it is an auxiliary army like ours, a hundred-man team has two or three scorpion crossbows, concentrate all the scorpion crossbows on the flanks, and after the light infantry engages the enemy, then fire them at the enemy's rear, remember, Shoot at the rear team - Hey, Sersi, don't be in a daze! As he spoke, Li Bida used several stones as a diagram, and Gragra drew lines on the ground with stones, "The scorpion crossbows are arranged on the two wings for cross-firing, shooting at the enemy's rear, and obtaining the widest firing area. ”

"Here is the third and last defensive facility, fix the eighteen cavalry cannons, hey, Sabo, what did you say last time about the improved shooting of the cavalry cannons?" Then Saab Kemus stepped forward, took Li Bida's words, and said: "This is the experience I learned in Lusitania, if all the cannons are used together, it may not be very efficient, unless we have ten times the number of ballistae on hand. My method was this, dividing the eighteen ballistae into three groups, staggered succession of fire, which would ensure uninterrupted suppression. Also, since the ballista can now be pushed onto the wagon, I have another suggestion - that is, when the infantry brigade pursues the enemy, you can accompany the ballista to smash the enemy's rearguard. ”

Crush the enemy's rearguard in battle? Yes, the Helvetians relied on their strong cavalry to defeat their pursuers on several occasions, and as soon as the Roman pursuers rushed up, the Helvetians took advantage of the scattered and fatigued formation of the other side to launch a powerful assault in the opposite direction to defeat the pursuers. Lybidaeus, who had suffered this big loss before, and it was useless to expect the Ala cavalry attached to the Roman legions to be attached, so it was more practical to use this group of rookies and infantry on horseback to maintain the decisive battle formation, but to use cavalry artillery

Is it dangerous that even my baby bump will be captured by the brutes?

The centurions said one after another that they would resolutely implement the theoretical essence of the commander's "three strong defenses" and "multi-layered firepower massacre," and on the one hand excavate the temporary fortifications, and on the other hand, they asked the soldiers' committee to appease the soldiers' fighting spirit with sufficient supplies in the upcoming "supply day."

On the opposite side, about thirty stadias, most of the Helvetians were still crossing the river frantically, and after arranging the five thousand cavalry to serve as the rearguard, the barbarians were relieved to step on the rickety bridge, and still left most of the heavy baggage and food behind the crossing point.

In the dark night, Sabo rubbed a fire sickle against a pine light, and the light soon brightened his somewhat thin figure, and then a "Juditian eye" slowly rose in front of his eyes, and he took the line to slide it freely towards the Ara River, which blended with the night, and then followed by more and more "eyes", and gradually thousands of barbarians crossed the river, and under the illumination of these "eyes", a huge silhouette continued to flash.

"Balor, Balor's MONOCULUS!" Thousands of barbarians shouted in horror as they looked at the "eyes" staring at them in the sky above. (To be continued......)