Odax found a young local nobleman named Bratias, who had been comrades in the Pompei auxiliary army before, and knew each other very well.

"Now the High Priest has a clear request, that is, to take advantage of the enemy's poor intelligence and still keep it in the dark, and give Uriah the city a moment!" On the back of the galloping horse, Odax shouted to Bratias, who was following him.

"That's a good feeling, I have long wanted to do a horse bandit and completely ransack that city, I have a few acquaintances of nobles, in which to assist the little Thor in the defense, immediately our brothers will play with that group of Pompei in the palm of their hands." Bratias readily agreed.

Then, the two daring fellows asked the more than 500 cavalry and light infantry who followed behind them to put on the light sagan jackets, which was the most common attire for men in the Iberian Peninsula, and concealed their logos and tattoos, and then Odax sent two cavalrymen, in the opposite direction, to find the main marching force behind Lybida, and told the high priest of his military plan.

Li Bida understood this, and ordered the whole army to rest and hide on both sides of the road for a while, and prepare for an attack, and then told Sù Odax and Bratias to do it boldly, "As long as I can take the city of Uriah, I will allocate one-third of the spoils in the city, and divide them equally among the two of you." This greatly stimulated the two of them, so Bratias took all the cavalry and galloped to the city of Uriah.

The city of Uriah, located in the southern part of the bend of the Baibatis River and at the upper end of the Sinchillis River running north-south, is extremely important. But there is no danger in this city. It is surrounded on all sides by fertile wheat fields. and the rolling hills, especially suitable for agricultural and pastoral production, the Spanish Sixth Army of Séctus, stationed in the Medacia hills, four Roman miles from the city, overlooking the river valley, was commanded by Dacius, who was only thirty-four years old, and who had been a military tribune who had followed Pompey after the loss of senior cadres. He also had to provoke the command of a regiment.

During this time, Dacius was responsible for both military and political affairs, he constantly shuttled between the military camp and the city, went to the military camp to appease the soldiers, patrol the service, and waited for the little Thor to give an order, and then attacked south along the Sinchillis River, completing the commander's "two-sided attack" plan, and inflicting heavy losses on the enemy Petronius; When you go to the city, you need to constantly consult with the local tribes and market towns. Ask the other party to contribute money and food.

This made Dasius very tired, and it was inevitable that there would be some mistakes and inadequacies in his work. Today, when the commander had just entered the city of Uriah and inspected the city's defenses, several elders complained that there were too few garrison troops, and that the regular contingent allocated by Dasius was only one brigade, and the rest were barbarian soldiers, plus some support for the citizens - but the barbarian soldiers were quite undisciplined, and they had begun to harass the city and raid houses.

"Where do I have a regular army for your city now? Now that the fighting on the front line is tight, perhaps even the only brigade will be transferred back and sent to the commander's flood land in a unified manner. "So if you want to keep half of the reserves in the city's agricultural temple, you must readily pay the other half to the barbarian soldiers who help defend the city, and to the regular legions who deter the enemy." After saying that, he deliberately gave an order to the clerk who was following him, "From now on, post notices everywhere asking more barbarians to come and join the army." ”

At this moment, Bratias led about fifty cavalrymen, uniformly dressed in Saganmu jackets, to the iron lattice gate under the city, and loudly asked to enter the city to assist in the defense, and said that he was doing this to defend this beautiful fortress with his companions - the elders of the city felt a headache, but Dacius was greatly appreciated, and in the spirit of picking up all the vegetables in the basket, he wanted to lead Bratias into the city. However, the captain of the garrison who was stationed here reminded the commander that the battlefield in the entire Monda Plain was now unpredictable, and that any outsiders should be strictly checked.

But at this time, several barbarian nobles who had come to see the situation stood behind the battlements, and greeted Bratias warmly and joked with each other, and then they collectively approached Dacius and petitioned him that there would be no problem with the character of this brave young nobleman, and that he had come for the sake of our friendship.

Eventually, Dasius believed it, and he ordered the gate gates to be opened, and then Bratias was allowed in.

Then Dasius departed at once, and with his guards, staggered down the streets of the city to the valley of the Midasia, towards his own camp, and when it was dark, Odax and the rest of the four hundred cavalry also staggered along the road, side by side with Dasius.

The commander's guards immediately took up their weapons and were ready for battle, they were nervous about this cavalry of unknown origin, and when the captain of the lead was about to ask for the password, "Greetings to Your Excellency! At this time, Odacus, who was only a stone's throw away from Dasius, was in a hurry, and told the Spaniards on horseback to stand up and salute Dasius in the form of auxiliary troops.

As a result, Dacius also gestured back quickly and beautifully, and then said to the captain beside him, "Don't panic, this is the patrol cavalry I sent out early in the morning." "So in this confusion, Odacus secretly screamed in shame, and with four hundred cavalry, followed behind Dacius, and slowly advanced three Roman miles, and then "patrolled" in the other direction according to the fixed prescribed manner, and then walked along the whole camp for two more furlongs, and Odax found that there was a small hill in front of him, and there were bushes of different heights standing on his back, and there were no soldiers of Dacius on it, so he quietly took advantage of the darkness of the night to strictly forbid his subordinates to light up the pine, and climbed the flat-topped hill." Leaving a quarter of the men, dismounted and lurked on the top of the hill, watching the enemy's barracks, the rest of the people all went to the bushes on the mountainside to hide and roost, waiting for the signal. ”

In the dark of night, in the camp of the Acropolis of Uriah, Bratias, who had just joined during the day, found a few local nobles who were familiar with him, and took advantage of the gap between the captains of the Roman garrison to patrol the sentry, and everyone gathered, "Friends, we have been guarding the city for the Pompeys for some time, but we have never seen the corresponding reward, and I have learned from another very good friend of mine - the high priest of the Republic with fifteen legions is sweeping through the whole of Spain, and the two young Pompeys are at the end of their ropesThere is no need to be martyred for them. ”

After saying this, Bratias suddenly held out a pleadings bearing the seal of the high priest and showed it to everyone, "As long as this city is captured, one-third of all the spoils of war will be divided equally among us, and how about - I am short of helpers now." (To be continued......)