When this information reached the ears of Lilias under the city of Isa, the general laughed, touched the cross scar on his eye, and said that I knew, and then he turned to the city's peacemakers, the twelve noble elders who had been chosen as hostages, a priest in wolf's clothing, and several drummers and fluteers, and said, "The situation is now clear, and I will soon annihilate Caesar's reinforcements to Illyria, and replace the Republic in this region, so you must swear to renounce your friendship with Caesar." ”

Isa City surrendered, and Lelias felt very comfortable, his pride was not only in breaking through and capturing this huge city, but also in the current situation, only he had seen through Li Pida's tricks, so he called the clerk and sent letters to Delphi and Cocula City, explaining the truth: what appeared in Olicum City was about only a few of Caesar's divisions, and your energy should still be focused on Caesar, and you should try your best to draw the newly formed legion in Asia Minor. Leave this place to me, two legions are enough.

He immediately pressed the rest of the brigade of the "La Loconia" legion, and asked the chief centurion, who was acting in command, to launch a general attack the next morning and drive the rabble back to Olicum, "and I myself will take the 'Panshen' legion and then go to uproot the province of Illyria, the city of Salona, Caesar's only stronghold." ”

Near night, all the battalions of the 1st Army of the Macedonian province were again advancing rapidly along the streets, braving the rising fog, similar to that of Pompey's Spanish province. They are all first-class elites. Even in fog. Not a single horse was left behind and lost, and even the queue was still not chaotic, and everyone still marched meticulously according to the rules of the discipline. When the dawn appeared, they reached the nameless hillside with the precision of a water timepiece, and then the officer leading the group brought the general's command to the chief centurion, who was still holding his position, and he replied, "You can form an attack formation, but you must wait until the fog has cleared before you can act directly." Because judging by the experience of these days, the fog should not last long. ”

The chief centurion was right, and even the fog today was more fragile than the previous two days, but when the light infantry on both flanks began to move towards the opposite hillside, they found that Li Bida's army was only on the back of the mountain, and there were still some cavalry there, looking at the dense queue on his side, laughing loudly, and turning to the back of the mountain very easily and nimblely. Disappeared - this is a piece of cake for the Mattias, who have always lived between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus Mountains.

Originally. Last night, under the cover of the fog, the whole army of Li Bida marched quietly and silently, and under the cover of reliable guides, moved from under the noses of the other side, along the narrow river valley, towards the city of Salona.

Now Li Bida can't wait for the reinforcements that will come to Olicum, he must rely on these 4,000 men to stabilize the front, if not, the two legions of Lelias will not be pinned, he can quickly control Illyria, and the Thracian king Curtis (he is Pompey's loyal servant), and Macedonia, the source of troops, and then combine a strong northern army to suppress the landing Caesar, and unlike Pompey's army, which is well-rested, Caesar brought several legions, All of them were insufficient, and there were many injuries and illnesses, and they were greatly attrition in the previous campaigns, and once they were to fight head-on, they would not be the opponents of Gabinus and the others.

Fortunately, due to the timely transfer, Libida arrived at the city of Salona, which was also the last colonized city in Illyria with a complete city defense, a whole day earlier than Lelius (who had been delayed for a while in the reorganization of the city of Isa), which was also the last colonial city in the whole of Illyria with a complete city defense, but fortunately, the presbyterians and city magistrates of the city were extremely pro-Caesar, because Caesar sent a large number of war slaves to this place during the Gallic War, which were used for gold mining, and brought huge profits and great prosperity to the city, so they swore a long time ago, To be Caesar's "Kerryn", like the oath that many Spanish and Greek cities took to Pompey.

When it was ascertained that he belonged and his name was determined, the citizens of Sarona greeted him and his four thousand men with great enthusiasm and shortness, but Lybita did not have time to rejoice with the citizens, and he eagerly approached the city magistrate and asked for full authority to take over the defense of the city, "for tomorrow Lelias will attack it with a whole army of elite armed men, and even mobilize a large number of barbarians, including the king of Thrace, and may also send an army to besiege us." ”

The magistrate of Salona was frightened and immediately agreed, and Li Bida then led the guards around the city quickly, and he found that the city of Salona was naturally very advantageous, sitting on a platform cliff near the sea, with cliffs in the west and north, and a tortuous coast below, which could not be approached by the enemy's infantry or fleet, and although there was a road in the southeast, it was firmly controlled by a hill, and only the front of the east was a plain for the attacking troops to spread.

"It's called the Latin Mountain, and that's why our citizens climb it on Latin Day, and hold festivals and parades, hence the name." The city magistrate told Sù Libida.

Then he immediately put up the chief brigade of the Sixteenth Legion, equipped with three cavalry cannons, and began to build a ring of fortifications along the village and the small square where the citizens of Salona were to be sacrificed, and then he asked all the men of Salona and their slaves to build a half wall along the hill and the wall, and then to build a half wall of the road outward, on which were also guarded, wooden towers, and rod throwers, so that the defenders of the city could be under the cover of this half wall. Reinforcements of the Latin Mountains at any time.

In the end, Li Bida asked the city magistrate how much grain was stored in the city, and the answer was that because the citizens abandoned the surrounding market towns and mines, and fortified the walls and cleared the fields to defend the city, the consumption of food would increase extremely, and it could only last for seven to ten days.

"Well, it seems that the only way to do this is to send envoys to the city of Olicum on horseback, and ask them to use small boats to secretly supply food to Salona along the coast." Li Bida instructed Sabo.

But at dusk that day, six of Sabo's envoys went out, and only two returned, and they angrily told Sù Lybida, "When we approached the city, we saw that the atmosphere in the city of Olikum was not right, so we left two of them on the side of the street and did not enter, and as a result, the other four were all detained, and it seems that Olikum regretted the rebellion." ”

"Do you want to kill their hostages!" At this time, Kretas clenched the hilt of his sword and asked for instructions from Li Bida. (To be continued......)