As a sign of sincerity, Eulabella shaved all her hair to apologize, which was unwise for him to do so this season, for the sun was at its hottest when he arrived at the position between Athens and Euripius.

Surrounded by barren hillsides and the sea, the city of Athens, which Brutus guarded, was in the middle of it, and it was only a few decades since it was destroyed by Sulla, and the proudest thing of the Athenians was that Sulla destroyed Athens, but it took us so much time to revive it, and it is full of pride to say it.

But now, there is another army of Lypida, on the west side of the island of Attia in Athens, there are more than a dozen legions led by Leo, on the outer islands and to the east of the land, there are four legions united by Saab and Pontus, and now the six legions of Libida and Lufio have also arrived one after another, and in a bold cavalry maneuver, the defense line between Athens and Euripius was torn apart, and in the face of the overwhelming army of Liberida, Brutus's subordinates were outnumbered although they were good at fighting, The few barriers that had been stationed in between them could only be discarded, so that the connection between the two cities was severed.

Then countless Lybida tribes poured in, and they imitated Caesar's experience and built his two-line barriers, facing Athens on one side and Euripius on the other, and firmly besieged each of the two cities.

Originally, because the city of Athens was not large, it could not support the garrison of several legions of Brutus, so nine or eleven legions were divided and handed over to Sibaras to assist in the defense of the city of Juripius.

Li Bida first crossed the sea to Fort Li Bida. Then he rode on his horse. Together with the guards and staff, staff officers. Swiftly approached the siege of Juripis, a day and a night, where Saab Kemus was waiting for him.

As Sabo once served as chief of staff, the map table had long been erected, and all the internal affairs in the army had already been taken care of, and the officers of the 16th and 28th Legions had gathered around him to hug him when they saw the arrival of the high priest of Jiu Xuan, and Sabo was the only one standing aside. It is a smile sign.

There were not only the 16th and 28th Legions, but also the 5th, 7th, and 12th Legions led by Li Bida who came ashore by boat, plus the legions to which Leo and Paluma belonged, and each of them also drew a considerable part of the senior centurions and infantry brigades to gather in this position to prepare for the siege, so Li Bida did not make much politeness, just sat down and asked Sabo about the siege plan.

"On the other side there is the Fort of Spectacles, all built along the old stone walls of the city, which surrounds the old walls of Juripis, and is the psychological basis for Sibalas to protect the whole city. He thought it was extremely solid, even if he only had two legions of recruits in his hands. He also rejected our persuasion many times. ”

"Why do you want to be persuaded to surrender? For the stubborn Republicans, it is not painful to give them pain, they do not know that there is such a thing as punishment in this world, and this siege of Euripis only needs three results, that is, rapidity, fierceness and ferocity, then you, whatever method you use, I will see the fall of this city before sunset the next day. This is Li Bida's request, and it is also his "ultimatum", after speaking, he did not make any specific arrangements, he stopped speaking, and quietly waited for Saab's plan.

Sabo cleared his throat and said, "Because the city is surrounded by rocky cliffs on three sides, only one side faces the street and the port, and the other side has thickened stone walls, and West Barras has dug a trench in front of it, and laid out a few spectacle forts. Our siege equipment needs to be built under the projectile weapons of the Eye Fort, because West Barras has improved all the projectiles to increase the range, and they are located on the Eye Fortress, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. So Sabo beckoned, pointed to the sand table model and the chess pieces, and drew a pole there, "I will set up the siege positions on the left and right sides of the city wall, where all the equipment will be concentrated, and the cavalry will be arranged on the opposite line between the two siege positions to guard against the enemy's surprise attack." In addition, on the Athenian side, the legions of Leo and Paruma, each drawing their chief brigades, lined up on the other side of our position to guard against Brutus' reinforcements to Julipis. And then - our soldiers will do one thing, and that is to remove all the masts from the ships on the sea. ”

The plan went on and on, and though it sounded like it was unexpected, in the evening all the soldiers of the legion were in action, and from the coast to the besieged position, the soldiers, centurions, and slaves in their shirts, in the scorching sun, tied themselves with ropes, and held the long fallen mast of the ship, and dragged them in sweat towards the position. The new cavalry, fully armoured, lined up in front of the opposing line in case the siege was disrupted by the army of Cibaras.

"What are they going to do?" Cibalas, who was on the tower, asked, but the surrounding generals shook their heads, "Then shoot, shoot!" ”

The equipment on the Eye Fort began to throw stones, whistling over the heads of the cavalry in formation, but the men and horses were silent, and did not move, and then smashed into the busy queue of besieging soldiers behind, and the dead and wounded were quickly dragged away and settled, and the rest of the people continued to operate without any signs of stopping, and the cavalry cannons on the Li Bida square earth platform also began to fire, and all the soldiers and slaves were busy braving the stone bullets and lead pellets that came and went.

Soon, the soldiers erected the mast and lined up in a long column around the opposite side of the city of Eulipis, on which the so-called scale was marked according to custom, and then they actually raised the canvas, animal skins and asbestos blocks on the mast to form a curtain against the "cannon attack" of the enemy's eye fort, and then they began to build huge siege towers, rams and siege shields behind them—it turned out that what Sabo really cared about was not the damage to the infantry cavalry from the enemy's shots, and this resource Li Bida could now be said to have everything and did not care, but the enemy's throwing stones and spears will cause damage to their own siege equipment, which is a great trouble for the progress of the siege.

Sibalas was keenly aware that this would not work, so he gathered two legions of about five hundred cavalry, and after a feast, he chose the banner to advance and retreat, and took the opportunity to rush out of a hidden gate.

But they were greeted on the periphery by some 5,000 cavalry of Li Bida, all of whom fluttered high feathers, held strapped spears and cavalry spears, wielded hammers and swords, and were covered in chain mail, and were divided into small groups without fear, and fought with the cavalry of West Barras along the Eye Fort where bullets fell. (To be continued......)